October 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner says he expects to meet with President Trump during southern Illinois visit – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-southern-illinois-trump-rally-20181026-story.html
— Maybe J.B. Pritzker should hire Megyn Kelly – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-jb-pritzker-politics-kass-20181026-story.html
— Don’t give up on South Suburban Airport, speaker tells crowd in Lansing – Ted Slowik
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-lansing-third-airport-st-1028-story.html
— Chicago Skyway canopies restored to original streamlined look, with modern updates – Blair Kamin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kamin/ct-biz-skyway-toll-booth-kamin-1026-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Alleged mail bomber described as ‘a lunatic’ – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us-explosive-devices-suspect-20181026-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Megyn Kelly, fired J.B. Pritzker staffers just didn’t get it – Mary Mitchell
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mitchell-megyn-kelly-jb-pritzker-blackface-racism-lawsuit-discrimination/

 

WLS AM
— Gutierrez plays Nazi card against Trump – Bill Cameron (DIERSEN: The more of the following demographics that you have, the more that anti-Trumps treat you like you are a Nazi: 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. I should write a book about anti-Trumps in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican treat me like I am a Nazi. Should I sue them?)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/26/gutierrez-plays-nazi-card-against-trump/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Governor says he’ll attend Trump rally in Murphysboro – Tim Ditman
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-10-26/governor-says-hell-attend-trump-rally-murphysboro.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Thumbs Down: To increasingly negative campaign ads – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181026/thumbs-down-to-increasingly-negative-campaign-ads

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Migrant caravan spurs controversy in central Illinois – Cymphanie Sherman
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/migrant-caravan-spurs-controversy-in-central-illinois
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “It’s a national security issue,” said Rosanna Pulido, founder of the Illinois Minuteman Project, which speaks out against illegal immigration. She fears the number of military troops being sent is not enough. “We have no idea who’s coming through our borders and again, as far as I’m concerned it’s our government who’s responsible for the safety and security of our country first, our citizens first,” said Pulido.)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Political Strategists Weigh In On Midterm Prospects (DIERSEN: What does it seem like political strategists are advising the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct to do? Because anti-Trumps seem to outnumber Trump supporters in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, it seems like political strategists are advising the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in my precinct a) to dump Trump and to dump Trump’s supporter, b) to pander to anti-Trumps, and c) to dump Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should write an article about the candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in my precinct a) who reject the aforesaid advice and b) who accept the aforesaid advice.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/political-strategists-weigh-midterm-prospects#stream/0

 

WMAY
— Lieutenant Governor Goes On Attack Against Rauner Foes (DIERSEN HEADLINE: I have always helped elect all the Republican candidates in general elections. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who a) paint me as being a Rauner foe and b) paint me as being a Roskam foe? They advise Rauner and Roskam a) to not invite me to their political events, b) to bar me from their political events, c) to bar me from reporting on their political events, and d) to blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems?)
https://www.us927.com/syn/2138/5138/lieutenant-governor-goes-on-attack-against-rauner-foes/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— More newspapers endorse Rauner for governor – Chandra Lye
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511610496-more-newspapers-endorse-rauner-for-governor
— Howard “Madigoon” caught taking Breen literature from homeowner’s front door handle – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: What do you say to voters a) who cast Republican primary ballots to do what damage they can, b) make it clear that they vote for Democrats in general elections, c) never vote for candidates in uncontested Republican primary races, d) are filled with hatred of Republicans, and e) promote hatred of Republicans? I estimate there are about 30 such voters in my precinct.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511612284-howard-madigoon-caught-taking-breen-literature-from-homeowner-s-front-door-handle

 

GOPUSA
— Transgenderism is a political figment, not biological truth
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57507
— Central American invasion advances more quickly toward US, treks 62 miles in one day (DIERSEN: What have the anti-Trumps in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois done so far to make the invasion successful? Have they treasonously sent money to invasion leaders? Are they treasonously making plans to go to Mexico and to join with the invaders?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57802
— Civility? NY Times Publishes Fantasy Story Depicting Trump’s Assassination
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57791
— PETA claims milk a ‘symbol used by white supremacists’ (DIERSEN: My distant relatives in New York state are farmers who produce lots of milk.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57400
— Nationalist is not an n-word (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-American, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, 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.gopusa.com/?p=57718

 

NEWSMAX
— Left Tries Its Best to Blame Trump for Pipe Bombs – Patrick Buchanan
https://www.newsmax.com/patrickbuchanan/brennan-jfk-oswald-pelosi/2018/10/26/id/888119/

 

FOX NEWS
— GOP governor’s unusual ad depicts wedding between Illinois Dems, pronounces state ‘f—–’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-governors-unusual-ad-depicts-wedding-between-illinois-dems-pronounces-state-f
— ‘Full-Scale Invasion’: Malkin Says Trump Must Stop Migrant Caravan
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/26/michelle-malkin-says-trump-must-use-any-means-necessary-stop-migrant-caravan
— Ingraham: Dems Have ‘Convenient Case of Amnesia’ in Blaming Trump for Suspicious Packages Says ‘cynical ploy’ will not work in midterms.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/26/laura-ingraham-angle-commentary-democrats-media-blaming-trump-package-bombs

 

TOWNHALL
— The Democrats Run on Hate Michael Reagan Michael Reagan
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelreagan/2018/10/27/the-democrats-run-on-hate-n2532258
— ‘Caravan’ Just Turned Blue Wave into Red Tsunami – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2018/10/26/caravan-just-turned-blue-wave-into-red-tsunami-n2532407

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rauner attempting to tie Pritzker to corrupt Dem machine in Illinois – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/rauner_attempting_to_tie_pritzker_to_corrupt_dem_machinein_illinois.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Because We Live Here – Pedro Gonzalez
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/10/27/because-we-live-here/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What surges toward the United States from the south is not a “caravan,” it is an invading force. Mothers who take money from leftist activists to drag their children on for thousands of miles in front of cameras are not brave, they are mercenary. Men who tear apart metal barriers and cry, “Donald Trump is the antichrist,” are not “just looking for work,” they are looking for a fight and are daring anyone to stop them. Just as well, I would refer the “free market” fearmongers, who insist that America needs a constant influx of fresh “diversity” as tribute to satiate the Invisible Hand, to Chilton Williamson Jr.: “You could ‘prove’ to me that, without the immediate transference of the entire population of Hong Kong to the state of California, the United States would be in a major economic depression by the middle of next year, and I would still be against transferring it there.” Yet even as we scramble to address the threat before us, another rears its head. There is now a second mob 2,500 strong organizing to march on the United States.)

 

BREITBART
— DACA Illegal Alien: Latinos Must Stop Trump in Midterm Elections, Vote for ‘Our Values and Needs’ – John Binder (DIERSEN: If you vote for Democrats, you shout that you 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.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/26/daca-illegal-alien-latinos-must-stop-trump-in-midterm-elections-vote-for-our-values-and-needs/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Congress Must Act to Deter Future Caravans – MATTHEW CONTINETTI (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps love caravans.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/central-american-caravan-illegal-immigration-congress-national-sovereignty/

 

THE HILL
— Lara Trump: ‘CNN has proven themselves’ anti-Trump – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have proven themselves to be anti-Trump? They demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a Trump supporter. They do not want me to know about their political events. They do not want me to promote their political events. They do not want me to attend their political events. They do not want me to report on their political events. They do not want anyone to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/413401-lara-trump-cnn-has-proven-themselves-anti-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says: “Pipe bombs threaten to derail GOP midterm messaging.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/413397-pipe-bombs-threaten-to-derail-gop-midterm-messaging
— Trump rejects calls to temper rhetoric: ‘I think I’ve been toned down’ – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413418-trump-rejects-calls-to-temper-rhetoric-i-think-ive-been-toned-down

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/cesar-sayoc-found-a-father-in-trump-family-attorney-ron-lwoy-tells-anderson-cooper_us_5bd3c1cae4b0d38b58838a00

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/mail-bomb-suspect-cesar-sayoc-custody-allegedly-sending-pipe-bombs-n924856

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter. Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being a Trump supporter? I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who state that they are religious, conservative, and or Republican AND b) who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a Trump supporter. The aforesaid include employees of and volunteers for Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in my precinct. They blame Trump and blame Trump’s supporters like me for all the problems that their candidates are having.
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-news/cesar-sayoc-package-bomb-suspect-florida-latest-today-2018-10-27-live/

 

CNN
— Cesar Sayoc was a DJ, bodybuilder and pizza delivery man before he became a serial bomb suspect – Nicole Chavez
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/27/politics/cesar-sayoc-mail-bomb-suspect/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter.
https://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Amid-scare-Trump-urges-unity-after-partisan-13340165.php

 

AOL
— Trump says media uses bomb case to score political points against him – Reuters
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2018/10/26/trump-says-media-uses-bomb-case-to-score-political-points-against-him/23573014/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans Rushing to Save House Seats From Onslaught of Democratic Money – Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/politics/house-republicans-elections.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally. Anti-Trumps count on illegals to help them get rid individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/world/americas/what-is-migrant-caravan-facts-history.html
— Google Workers Fume Over Executives’ Payouts After Sexual Misconduct Claims – Daisuke Wakabayashi and Kate Conger
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/technology/sexual-harassment-google.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/us/cesar-sayoc-bombing-suspect-arrested.html
— New Type of Credit Score Aims to Widen Pool of Borrowers – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Have you had a good credit score? My critics/opponents were furious when my good credit score enabled me to borrow to buy a new Corvette in 1971, a new town home in 1972, a studio condo in 1974, a one bedroom condo in 1976, a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, and a new home in Wheaton with my wife in 1984.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/your-money/new-credit-score-fico.html
— To Cast Their Ballots, These Voters Will Have to Get Out of Dodge – Mitch Smith (DIERSEN: How convenient is the polling place for the voters in you precinct? The polling place for the voters in my precinct is far less convenient than it used to be.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/us/dodge-city-kansas-voting.html
— Erdogan Demands that Saudis Tell Turkey Who Ordered Khashoggi Killing – Carlotta Gall (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who gave the orders for adverse actions against you? I should write a book about those who gave the orders to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service (twice), Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/26/world/middleeast/turkey-erdogan-khashoggi-saudi-arabia.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Voters are finally on to the GOP.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/voters-are-finally-on-to-the-gop/2018/10/26/8bd9ce84-d94c-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/27/why-its-fair-ask-whether-trump-is-blame/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/i-could-really-tone-it-up-trump-shows-little-interest-in-uniting-the-nation-during-crises/2018/10/26/6a859c38-d891-11e8-a10f-b51546b10756_story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, if you criticize Democrats or if you criticize the Democrat news media, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of. I should write a book about those around Rauner and Roskam who are anti-Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/as-trump-blames-media-for-uncivil-tone-at-charlotte-rally-supporters-regard-bomb-reports-with-frustration-and-suspicion/2018/10/26/5022e00a-d948-11e8-83a2-d1c3da28d6b6_story.html

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Blaming Trump, GOP could backfire for Dems – Joe Battenfeld
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/joe_battenfeld/2018/10/blaming_trump_gop_could_backfire_for_dems

 

NEWS TRIBUNE
— Invasion of the country snatchers – Cal Thomas
https://www.news-herald.com/opinion/invasion-of-the-country-snatchers-cal-thomas/article_126edaa2-d85d-11e8-8df3-4b54ac4e43b5.html

 

STAR TELEGRAM
— Media calls of ‘racist,’ ‘Nazi’ fall flat in Texas Trump country – RICHARD GREENE
https://www.star-telegram.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/richard-greene/article220623470.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Defense Secretary Approves Sending More Troops to Mexican Border The order doesn’t specify how many will be sent – Nancy A. Youssef and Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mattis-approves-sending-more-troop-to-mexican-border-1540566532
— ‘Liberated Spirits’ Review: When Alcohol Was a Women’s Issue The first social issue to drive women into politics en masse was not suffrage but Prohibition. – Elizabeth Winkler (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) drank lots of booze, b) drink lots of booze, c) want to drink lots of booze, d) want to make lots of money selling booze, and/or e) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberated-spirits-review-when-alcohol-was-a-womens-issue-1540512794
— Megyn Kelly, Elizabeth Warren and PC Power Why playing race and gender ‘gotcha’ is mostly a preoccupation of educated, affluent whites. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/megyn-kelly-elizabeth-warren-and-pc-power-1540594432
— Some 43% of College Grads Are Underemployed in First Job – Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: Are/were you underemployed? I was underemployed while I worked for Firestone Stores 1970-1972, for IRS 1974-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997. I have been unemployed since 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/study-offers-new-hope-for-english-majors-1540546200

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Illinois Swing Takes Him Far From Chicago’s Suburbs The 12th Congressional District was a Democratic stronghold not long ago. – Kim Chipman and Derek Wallbank
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-26/illinois-midterm-elections-2018-trump-to-hold-bost-rally

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Forbes promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/toddessig/2018/10/26/how-trumps-psychology-of-hate-unleashed-the-magabomber/#44c1fc8f1046
— Mapping The Illinois $100,000 Club: 94,000 Public Employees & Retirees Cost Taxpayers $12B – Adam Andrzejewski (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://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/10/26/illinois-100000-club-94000-six-figure-public-employees-and-retirees-cost-taxpayers-12b/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint Cesar Sayoc Jr. as being a typical Trump supporter.
https://www.businessinsider.com/cesar-sayoc-florida-bomber-trump-republican-party-2018-10

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting Hispanics to hate Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/2018-midterm-polls-latino-voters-turnout-support-for-democrats-rising.html
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/trumps-closing-midterm-pitch-is-white-identity-politics.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— Trump says the media is using the ‘sinister actions of one individual to score political points against me’ – FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6322583/Trump-accuses-media-using-sinister-actions-bomber-score-points-against-me.html

 

ABS-CBN
— U.S. mail bombing suspect, an ardent Trump supporter – Agence France-Presse (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump supporters. QUESTION: What indicates that Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains are Trump supporters? ANSWER: They distributed campaign literature for Trump in the 2016 Republican primary election and the 2016 general election. They recommended voting for Trump in their precinct letter in the 2016 Republican primary election and the 2016 general election. They voted for Trump in the 2016 Republican primary election and the 2016 general election. They displayed yard signs for Trump in the 2016 Republican primary election and the 2016 general election. They got yard sign locations for Trump in the 2016 Republican primary election and the 2016 general election. They have given money to Trump’s campaign. They support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform. They share demographics with Trump, for example, they are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://news.abs-cbn.com/overseas/10/27/18/us-mail-bombing-suspect-an-ardent-trump-supporter

October 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Cesar Sayoc Jr arrested in Plantation, Florida; suspected in pipe bomb scare – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/cesar-sayoc-arrested-in-florida-as-suspect-in-pipe-bomb-scare/4558625/
— Cesar Sayoc, pipe bomb suspect, apparently threatened Chicago Rep. Luis Gutierrez on social media – Chuck Goudie, Ross Weidner, Christine Tressel and Barb Markoff
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pipe-bomb-suspect-apparently-threatened-rep-gutierrez-on-social-media/4560686/
— 2 Pritzker campaign staffers fired for charcoal mask social media post – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/2-pritzker-campaign-staffers-fired-for-charcoal-mask-social-media-post/4561602/
— Lisa Madigan: Rauner’s office hid health dangers of Willowbrook Sterigenics plant for months – Stacey Baca
https://abc7chicago.com/health/lisa-madigan-rauners-office-hid-health-dangers-of-willowbrook-sterigenics-plant-for-months/4561426/

 

NBC5
— ‘Hey Slime Scum’: Man Accused of Sending Pipe Bombs Appears to Have Threatened Illinois Congressman Luis Gutierrez on Social Media
Fourteen suspected mail bombs in total have been addressed to Democrats and others in multiple states – Richard Ray
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Man-Accused-of-Sending-Pipe-Bombs-Appears-to-Have-Threatened-Illinois-Congressman-Luis–498709851.html
— 2 Pritzker Campaign Employees Fired Over Charcoal Mask Post The post comes just days after past and former staffers of J.B. Pritzker’s campaign filed a lawsuit alleging a pattern of racial discrimination and harassment within the campaign
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/2-Pritzker-Campaign-Employees-Suspended-Over-Charcoal-Mask-Post-498711571.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump/Rauner says “Trump and Rauner administrations knew about Sterigenics cancer risks months before telling public.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sterigenics-early-warning-hidden-from-public-20181025-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump, Joe Biden to battle for southern Illinois voters – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-joe-biden-battle-for-southern-illinois-voters/
— Lawmaker sued for banning 2 constituents from Facebook page – AP (DIERSEN: Should I sue activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who ban me from their press conferences, fundraisers, etc.?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jim-walsh-lawmaker-sued-banning-2-constituents-facebook-page/
— ‘Everything on table’ to block migrants at border: U.S. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/everything-on-table-to-block-migrants-at-border-us/
— Raoul, Harold, Harsy make closing arguments in battle to be state’s top lawyer – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/raoul-harold-attorney-general-race-states-top-lawyer/
— Republican ads exploit loophole Pritzker didn’t bother to close – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/erika-harold-pritzker-michael-madigan-campaign-ads/
— Two Pritzker staffers fired after one appears with darkened face on Instagram – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/two-pritzker-campaign-workers-suspended-after-one-wears-charcoal-face-mask-blackface/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/donald-trump-mail-bombs-inflammatory-rhetoric-hate-speech-cesar-sayoc/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists, 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.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181026/news/310269998/
— Don’t fall for political deception in non-binding referendums – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181026/editorial-dont-fall-for-political-deception-in-non-binding-referendums
— Accusations fly as residents near Sterigenics fear chemical exposure – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181026/accusations-fly-as-residents-near-sterigenics-fear-chemical-exposure
— Responsible roads – Chris Heidorn, Milton Township Supervisor
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181026/responsible-roads
— DuPage County Board Dist. 6 hopefuls differ on need for lobbyists – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181026/dupage-county-board-dist-6-hopefuls-differ-on-need-for-lobbyists

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— This pitch to help the homeless comes with a $150M tax on residential sales Ald. Burnett and allies say the levy would apply to properties that sell for over $1 million. But that could hit almost any three- or six-flat in the city—and lead to rent hikes. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pitch-help-homeless-comes-150m-tax-residential-sales

 

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Republican Super PAC Loses Fight Over Illinois Law – Lorraine Bailey
https://www.courthousenews.com/republican-super-pac-loses-fight-over-illinois-law/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Jay Kinzler: J.B. Pritzker will raise taxes and leave the state in more financial bankruptcy – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511610884-jay-kinzler-j-b-pritzker-will-raise-taxes-and-leave-the-state-in-more-financial-bankruptcy

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TWO PRITZKER STAFFERS FIRED FOR POSTING BLACKFACE PHOTO ON INSTAGRAM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/two-pritzker-staffers-fired-for-posting-blackface-photo-on-instagram.html
— KIRK: DON’T BELIEVE DEMS’ TIRED LIES ABOUT PRE-EXISTING CONDITIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/kirk-dont-believe-dems-tired-lies-about-pre-existing-conditions.html
— THORNER: IS IT TOO LATE TO STOP RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA IN ILLINOIS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/thorner-has-the-train-left-the-station-for-recreational-marijuana.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— After-hours news: Rauner to skip Trump event, new anti-Harold TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/26/after-hours-news-rauner-to-skip-trump-event-new-anti-harold-tv-ad/
— ISRA President: “This is a battle between the city of Chicago and the rest of the state”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/26/isra-president-this-is-a-battle-between-the-city-of-chicago-and-the-rest-of-the-state/
— McCann mailer attacks “leftist” Rauner and Pritzker over abortion, Kavanaugh, trans rights and Trump
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/26/mccann-mailer-attacks-leftist-rauner-and-pritzker-over-abortion-kavanaugh-trans-rights-and-trump/
— Two Pritzker campaign workers suspended after pic resembling “blackface” posted online
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/26/two-pritzker-campaign-workers-suspended-after-pic-resembling-blackface-posted-online/

 

GOPUSA
— Migrant invasion coverage inaccurate, incomplete
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57728

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Is Not Responsible For the Actions of a Mentally-Disturbed Supporter – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/10/26/by-the-way-strong-gdp-growth-figure-beats-expectations-keeps-us-on-track-for-three-percent-annual-growth-n2532276
— Trump Applauds Law Enforcement on Arrest of Suspect in Bomb Scares, Renews Call for Unity – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/10/26/president-trump-addresses-bomb-scares-following-arrest-of-suspect-n2532271

 

ABC NEWS
— President Trump bears ‘no’ responsibility in pipe bomb scare: VP Pence to ABC News – TARA PALMERI and BENJAMIN SIEGEL
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/president-trump-bears-responsibility-pipe-bomb-scare-vp/story?id=58755197

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Caravan migrants reject Mexico plan on refuge – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-latest-unicef-highlights-perils-for-children-on-caravan/2018/10/26/b3667d1a-d90d-11e8-8384-bcc5492fef49_story.html

October 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rauner ad stirs controversy – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-ad-stirs-controversy/4543842/
— Peter Roskam, Sean Casten race close in final weeks of campaign – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/race-between-roskam-casten-close-in-final-weeks-of-campaign/4543837/

 

NBC5
— NBC 5 Interview With 14th Congressional District Candidates Randy Hultgren, Lauren Underwood NBC 5 spoke to Randy Hultgren and Lauren Underwood two weeks before the November election – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/interview-14th-district-congressional-candidates-randy-hultgren-lauren-underwood-498353091.html
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/14th-Congressional-District-Candidates-Speak-on-Issues-498367291.html
— Pritzker Follows Rauner Attack With ‘Blame Game’ Ad The ad, which is set in the scene of a wedding, shows a priest standing before two men, said to be Pritzker and Madigan, under an arch reading vows
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-Follows-Rauner-Attack-With-Blame-Game-Ad-498333201.html
— Rauner Launches New Ad Featuring ‘Unholy Union’ The ad, which is set in the scene of a wedding, shows a priest standing before two men, said to be Pritzker and Madigan, under an arch reading vows
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Launches-New-Ad-Featuring-Unholy-Union-498313171.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Campaign Drops Bleeped F-Bomb In ‘Unholy Union’ Ad Slamming Pritzker Gay lawmaker slams Rauner for “blatant homophobia”; LGBTQ group Equality Illinois says “Our weddings are not a joke.”
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/23/bruce-rauner-campaign-ad-j-b-pritzker-unholy-union-same-sex-marriage-f-word/
— Rauner’s ‘Unholy Union’ Ad Features A Pritzker, Madigan Marriage – Roseanne Tellez
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/23/bruce-rauner-campaign-ad/

 

WLS AM
— Gov. Bruce Rauner: “I believe we’re gonna win again because we’re fighting for what’s right” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/23/gov-bruce-rauner-i-believe-were-gonna-win-again-because-were-fighting-for-whats-right/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker and Madigan ‘get married’ in new controversial Rauner ad – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-madigan-get-married-controversial-rauner-ad/
— Pritzker spending more than Rauner team on TV ads, especially in Chicago market – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-spending-more-than-rauner-team-on-tv-ads-especially-in-chicago-market/
— Over 7K-strong, migrant caravan pushes on; still far from US – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/donald-trump-7k-strong-migrant-caravan-far-from-us-united-states/
— How Illinois is getting better at being the worst in the country financially – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-worst-state-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-tax-hike-kadner/
— Rauner’s latest TV ad suggests he knows he’s f—– – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-tv-ad-same-sex-marriage-unholy-union-madigan-pritzker/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner declines to use profanity from his new ad, says Illinois is ‘screwed’ if J.B. Pritzker wins – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-bruce-rauner-ad-profanity-20181022-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: New Chicago marijuana company raises $120 million, is expanding in Illinois – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-marijuana-company-verano-20181022-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-caravan-asylum-seekers-amnesty-international-1024-20181023-story.html
— More than 200,000 Illinoisans have cast their ballots in early voting so far. Here’s what you need to know. – Katie Galioto
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-early-voting-20181018-story.html
— 41st House District voters turned away at Naperville early voting spots; candidate’s name on ballot caused problem: election commission – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-early-voting-numbers-st-1024-story.html
— Weeks before election, Trump to unveil nonbinding resolution promising 10 percent tax cut – Damian Paletta and Erica Werner
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-tax-cuts-20181023-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Some early voters in DuPage will need to use paper ballots – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181023/some-early-voters-in-dupage-will-need-to-use-paper-ballots
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise illegals.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181023/who-are-the-people-in-the-migrant-caravan
— GOP candidates to speak at Schaumburg breakfast Oct. 27
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181023/gop-candidates-to-speak-at-schaumburg-breakfast-oct-27
— Pritzker, Rauner campaign back-to-back in suburbs this week – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181023/pritzker-rauner-campaign-back-to-back-in-suburbs-this-week
— Income tax strategies separate Caffrey, Mazzochi in 47th House District – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181023/income-tax-strategies-separate-caffrey-mazzochi-in-47th-house-district

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Governor endorsement: Bruce Rauner
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/10/22/our-view-governor-endorsement-bruce-rauner/ae3fxpp/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner ‘marriage’ ad includes profane clergyman – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181023/rauner-marriage-ad-includes-profane-clergyman

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Almost everything is going state Democrats’ way – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-10-23/jim-dey-almost-everything-going-state-democrats-way.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Attack ads have become the weapon of choice in the battle for top political offices – JOSEPH BUSTO
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article220058280.html

 

WJOL
— Governor Rauner Opens Door To Appearing With President Trump – Evan Bredeson
https://www.wjol.com/governor-rauner-opens-door-to-appearing-with-president-trump/

 

WSIL TV
— Appellate court rejects Rauner claim of “impasse” in AFSCME contract negotiations
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39345697/appellate-court-rejects-rauner-claim-of-impasse-in-afscme-contract-negotiations

 

KWQC
— TV6 sits down with Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner ahead of the upcoming election
https://www.kwqc.com/content/news/TV6-sits-down-with-Illinois-Gov-Bruce-Rauner-ahead-of-the-upcoming-election-498361841.html

 

BRUCE RAUNER
— VIDEO: Governor Rauner on Flannery Fired Up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rl_Lwco8Uhc

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Against the Current: John Kass
https://mailchi.mp/upstream-ideas/election-preview-with-john-kass?e=6f5c563571

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— More Rauner Hypocrisy Revealed – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/10/more-rauner-hypocrisy-revealed/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner’s new TV ad is a real doozy
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/23/rauners-new-tv-ad-is-a-real-doozy/
— Two Rauner interviews, two Rauner answers on migrant caravan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/23/two-rauner-interviews-two-rauner-answers-on-migrant-caravan/
— Pritzker outspending Rauner on Facebook by more than 12 to 1
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/23/pritzker-outspending-rauner-on-facebook-by-more-than-12-to-1/
— Cook moves Bost race from “Toss Up” to “Lean R” as new poll shows growing lead
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/23/cook-moves-bost-race-from-toss-up-to-lean-r-as-new-poll-shows-growing-lead/
— Harold says she’s not accountable to governor, president in new TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/23/harold-says-shes-not-accountable-to-governor-president-in-new-tv-ad/
— Rauner-funded candidate denies being “Rauner Rino”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/23/rauner-funded-candidate-denies-being-rauner-rino/
— Appellate court vacates ILRB ruling that AFSCME contract negotiations were at impasse
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/23/appellate-court-vacates-ilrb-ruling-that-afscme-contract-negotiations-were-at-impasse/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Caravan sparks call to build the wall
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/23/inside-the-beltway-caravan-sparks-call-to-build-th/

 

BREITBART
— Pence: Leftist Groups, Venezuela Funding Migrant Caravan Including Middle East Element – Michelle Moons
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/10/23/pence-leftist-groups-venezuela-funding-migrant-caravan-including-middle-east-element/

 

DAILY CALLER
— PRESIDENT TRUMP USES OBAMA VIDEO TO MAKE HIS CASE AGAINST THE CARAVAN – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/23/trump-obama-caravan/
— PENCE: HONDURAN PRESIDENT SAYS VENEZUELA FUNDING MIGRANT CARAVAN – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/23/pence-honduras-venezuela-migrant-caravan/
— DHS: MORE THAN A HALF MILLION PEOPLE TRIED TO ILLEGALLY CROSS THE SOUTHWEST BORDER IN FY2018 – Will Racke
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/23/dhs-half-million-illegal-immigrants-2018/

 

GOPUSA
— Whitebread Michael Moore cheers ‘last days’ of old white men: ‘The dying dinosaur’
http://www.gopusa.com/whitebread-michael-moore-cheers-last-days-of-old-white-men-the-dying-dinosaur/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— NY Times Embraces Democratic Socialists Against ‘Inherently Exploitative’ Capitalism – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/10/23/ny-times-embraces-democratic-socialists-against-inherently

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Is It Too Much to Expect Voters to Register? The Left Thinks So. – HANS A. VON SPAKOVSKY & ASHLEY VAUGHAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/voter-registration-left-claims-voter-suppression/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Trump’s Instincts on Transgenders Are Right on the Money
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/10/23/trumps-instincts-on-transgenders-are-right-on-the-money/

 

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— STONED PARENTS FROM A CHILD’S PERSPECTIVE Growing up around marijuana smoke was not easy
http://www.poppot.org/2018/10/23/stoned-parents-childs-perspective/

 

THE HILL
— Hollywood donors flood Dems with midterm cash – JUDY KURTZ
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/412790-hollywood-donors-flood-dems-with-midterms-cash

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— #MeToo Brought Down 201 Powerful Men. Nearly Half of Their Replacements are Women. – AUDREY CARLSEN, MAYA SALAM, CLAIRE CAIN MILLER, DENISE LU, ASH NGU, JUGAL K. PATEL and ZACH WICHTER (DIERSEN: How many millions of Republicans, millions of Whites, millions of males, millions of older people, and/or millions of non-veterans have the Democrats a) brought down using Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and/or age discrimination and b) replaced with Democrats, minorities, women, younger people, and/or veterans?)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/23/us/metoo-replacements.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Pompeo vows to keep migrant caravan from crossing US border – Nikki Schwab
https://nypost.com/2018/10/23/pompeo-vows-to-keep-migrant-caravan-from-crossing-us-border/

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Say Government Should Stop Hondurans At the Border
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/immigration/october_2018/voters_say_government_should_stop_hondurans_at_the_border

October 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Republicans disavow ‘mob’ for confrontation of Nancy Pelosi – ALEXANDER MALLIN
https://abc7chicago.com/republicans-disavow-mob-for-confrontation-of-nancy-pelosi/4526201/
— The issues of the mid-term elections
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-the-issues-of-the-mid-term-elections/4518012/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats’ hope for a blue wave to capture Congress ebbs as GOP rebounds – Sean Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-midterm-election-democrats-republicans-20181020-story.html
— 45 years ago: Richard Nixon’s ‘Saturday Night Massacre’ (DIERSEN: What were you doing 45 years ago? I was 25 years old. I worked for IRS in both its Joliet office and in its Chicago office at 63rd and Halsted as a GS-11 Revenue Officer (currently $67,638/year). I had worked for IRS since June of 1971. I lived in a townhome in University Park that I had bought new a year earlier. I owned a 1972 Corvette that I had bought new 2 years earlier and a 1962 Chevy BelAir. I took one graduate business course at a time at Loyola. My mother and brother lived in Crete.)
https://chicagotribune.newspapers.com/clip/24688135/sunday_front_page_after_the_saturday/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Warren ancestry brings attention to how tribes decide membership – AP (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? One of my worst demographics is that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F. According to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had pretended to be Swedish? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin. I should write a book about those of the aforesaid who are of German national origin themselves, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn people of German national origin to curry favor with those who are anti-German American.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/warren-ancestry-brings-attention-to-how-tribes-decide-membership/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Early voting begins Monday: Where you can go to do it – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181020/early-voting-begins-monday-where-you-can-go-to-do-it
— Should Vernon Township voters eliminate highway district? Officials disagree – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181020/should-vernon-township-voters-eliminate-highway-district-officials-disagree

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— How will governor candidates tackle Illinois’ big pension problem? – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181020/how-will-governor-candidates-tackle-illinois-big-pension-problem

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— McCann turns sights on Republicans – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181020/statehouse-insider-mccann-turns-sights-on-republicans

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Serious about ending corruption? Vote for Erika Harold – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20181020/our-view-serious-about-ending-corruption-vote-for-erika-harold

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— 16th Congressional District – Adam Kinzinger endorsed
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/10/18/our-view-16th-congressional-district-adam-kinzinger-endorsed/ac8ev9/

 

HERALD & NEWS
— Endorsement: 16th District Congress: Adam Kinzinger
https://www.theherald-news.com/2018/10/18/16th-district-congress-adam-kinzinger/aoz1u1b/

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Jeff Sessions: ‘Chicago police are not the problem’ Attorney General blames ACLU for spike in crime
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/10/20/jeff-sessions-chicago-police-are-not-the-problem/aiysvnv/

 

MADISON RECORD
— ‘People are motivated’ says organizer of taxpayer revolt rally, set Oct. 24 – John Sammon
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511606461-people-are-motivated-says-organizer-of-taxpayer-revolt-rally-set-oct-24

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— National Pulse: Partisan divide, voter scramble mark midterm – Bill Ketter
http://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/national-pulse-partisan-divide-voter-scramble-mark-midterm/article_8f8b810e-ceea-51b3-9a28-c32736f2017b.html

 

FOX NEWS
— In Nevada, Trump says Democrats want to turn US into Venezuela – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/in-nevada-trump-says-democrats-want-to-turn-us-into-venezuela

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Top Democrat suggests Khoshoggi was on a Trump hit list – Rowan Scarborough (DIERSEN: Who has you on their hit list and why? I should write a book about those who have me on their hit list and why they have me on their hit list.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/20/joaquin-castro-suggests-khoshoggi-trump-hit-list/
— Trump hints at plan to fix ‘both sides’ of migrant caravan crisis Says he’ll unveil it after the midterm elections – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/20/donald-trump-mulls-plan-fix-both-sides-migrant-car/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump: Democratic victory in midterms would be win for human traffickers – Robert Donachie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-democrat-win-in-november-is-a-win-for-human-traffickers
— ‘Body slam’ journalist links Trump comments to Khashoggi murder – Katelyn Caralle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/body-slam-victim-worries-trump-praise-will-encourage-violence-against-journalists

 

TOWNHALL
— The Party of Antifa Fascists? – Paul Driessen
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2018/10/20/the-party-of-antifa-fascists-n2530342

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Deep blue California makes itself nation’s pestilence capital – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/deep_blue_california_makes_itself_nations_pestilence_capital.html
— Central American illegals riot at Guatemala-Mexico border – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/central_american_illegals_riot_at_guatemalamexico_border.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— As Caravan Approaches, Quit Lying about Immigration – ROGER L SIMON
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/as-caravan-approaches-quit-lying-about-immigration/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Reporters Call Trump Supporters ‘Cruel.’ They Respond. – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/20/media-misses-reporters-call-trump-supporters-cruel-they-respond/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CONSERVATIVES CONDEMN RIGHT-WING MOB WITHIN DAYS FOR GOING AFTER PELOSI – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/20/conservatives-right-wing-mob-pelosi/
— WHITE LIBERALS MORE LIKELY TO BELIEVE AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE DISCRIMINATED AGAINST THAN AFRICAN-AMERICANS – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/19/white-liberals-african-americans-discriminated/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Migrant Caravan Clashes With Mexican Police, Migrants Sleep on Bridge at Border – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/migrant-caravan-clashes-with-mexican-police-sleeps-on-bridge-at-border_2695086.html

 

THE HILL
— Migrant caravan rushes Mexican border, clashes with police – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/latino/412375-migrant-caravan-rushes-mexican-border-clashes-with-police
— Early voting hints at huge turnout – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412263-early-voting-hints-at-huge-turnout
— Durbin to Trump: ‘We’re the mob? Give me a break’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/412379-durbin-to-trump-were-the-mob-give-me-a-break

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump insults Joe Biden during MAGA rally in Elko – ZEKE MILLER
https://www.lasvegasnow.com/news/in-full-campaign-mode-trump-calls-dems-too-extreme/1537202387

 

CNN
— Thousands in a migrant caravan are waiting to cross the Guatemalan-Mexican border amid sweltering heat – Bill Weir, Michelle Mendoza and Ray Sanchez
https://www.wowt.com/content/news/Thousands-in-a-migrant-caravan-are-waiting-to-cross-the-Guatemalan-Mexican-border-amid-sweltering-heat-498112981.html
— The Harvard admission trial puts the school’s dirty secrets on display – Joan Biskupic
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/20/politics/harvard-admissions-affirmative-action-trial-money/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Seizes On Migrant Caravan to Rev Up Republican Voters – Jeremy W. Peters and Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/us/politics/trump-migrant-caravan-midterm.html
— Playing Up Support Among Hispanic Voters, Trump Takes Aim at Immigration Laws – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/us/politics/trump-arizona-rally-immigration.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— House Democrats’ hope for wave election diminishes as Republicans rebound – Sean Sullivan
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/house-democrats-hope-for-wave-election-diminishes-as-republicans-rebound/2018/10/20/3b28d9b4-d31e-11e8-83d6-291fcead2ab1_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Rootless, Isolated and Manipulated by Technology Online news sites give you only the news you’re likely to prefer, making it likely you’ll click on it. – Barton Swaim (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but a) DO NOT want me to include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that they publish, b) DO NOT want me to drive traffic to their websites, c) DO NOT want me to promote their fundraisers and events, d) DO NOT want me to attend their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events, and e) DO NOT want me to report on their press conferences, fundraisers, other events.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/politics-books-rootless-isolated-and-manipulated-by-technology-1539985712

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Elizabeth Warren shows failure of race preferences – Mona Charen
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/10/elizabeth_warren_shows_failure_of_race_preferences

 

TIMES FREE PRESS
— In full campaign mode, Trump calls Democrats ‘too extreme’ – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who call me “too extreme” because I a) promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, b) promote the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and c) oppose the promotion of booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
https://www.timesfreepress.com/news/breakingnews/story/2018/oct/20/full-campaign-mode-trump-calls-democrats-too-extreme/481461/

 

NEWSLINE
— Most white Americans will never be affected by affirmative action. So why do they hate it so much? – Maud Ernser (DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes HAVE NOT BEEN ADVERSELY AFFECTED by Affirmative Action, Diversity, or Inclusion. They are one or more of the following: Wealthy, Democrat, minority, female, younger than me, veteran, disabled, LGBTQer.)
https://newsline.com/2018/10/19/most-white-americans-will-never-be-affected-by-affirmative-action-so-why-do-they-hate-it-so-much/

 

GAY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If they win the mid-term elections, Democrats plan on getting rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.gaytimes.co.uk/community/114204/democrats-plans-to-ban-lgbtq-discrimination-across-america-if-they-win-the-mid-term-elections/

October 19 Evening Edition

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Casten v. Roskam: A House Majority by ‘Any Means Necessary’  A Democratic challenger with a smash-mouth style seeks to flip a suburban Illinois district Hillary Clinton carried in 2016. – Kyle Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-house-majority-by-any-means-necessary-1539989212
— California Democrats Test the Limits of Anti-Trumpism They want to campaign on national issues, but voters are focused on progressive failures closer to home. – Allysia Finley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-democrats-test-the-limits-of-anti-trumpism-1539989189

 

NBC5
— Rep. Peter Roskam Dealing With Toughest Election Fight of His Life
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/peter-roskam-struggles-to-adjust-as-seat-suddenly-isnt-safe-498038081.html
— Full Interviews: Peter Roskam, Sean Casten Speak About Upcoming Election The election is one of the nation’s most closely watched – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/peter-roskam-sean-casten-speak-about-upcoming-election-498070361.html
— Former Pritzker Staffers Speak Out on Allegations of Racial Discrimination, Harassment  The three former staffers were not named in a lawsuit filed earlier this week – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Have you sued your employer? In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Walter T. Charlton represented the plaintiffs in that lawsuit. In 1998, Charlton filed a lawsuit for me against GAO that charged GAO with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/former-pritzker-staffers-speak-out-on-harassment-allegations-498062481.html

 

CBS2
— Kanye West Dines On Chicken Tacos In Naperville
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/18/kanye-west-pepes-naperville/

 

WLS AM
— How safe is Peter Roskam’s seat? – AP
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/19/house-safe-is-peter-roskams-seat/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Caravan migrants break Guatemala border fence, rush Mexico – AP (DIERSEN: The first and foremost responsibility of countries is to a) stop people from coming into the country illegally and b) stop people from staying in the country illegally.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/migrant-caravan-guatemala-mexico-us-donald-trump/
— ENDORSEMENT: Mark Batinick for Illinois House in the 97th District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/mark-batinick-illinois-house-97th-district-elections-endorsement/
— ENDORSEMENT: David S. Olsen for Illinois House in the 81st District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/david-olsen-endorsement-illinois-house-81st-district-candidate-2018-general-election/
— ENDORSEMENT: Jim Durkin for Illinois House in the 82nd District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/jim-durkin-illinois-house-82nd-district-endorsement/
— Trump could visit Illinois next week in midterm push – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-southern-illinois-visit-mike-bost-congress-republican-bruce-rauner/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Migrants break through fence at Guatemala-Mexico border – AP (DIERSEN: The first and foremost responsibility of countries is to a) stop people from coming into the country illegally and b) stop people from staying in the country illegally.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-migrant-caravan-guatemala-20181019-story.html
— Scrap the gas tax! It’s time to start charging drivers by the mile – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: If you drive few miles each year, what are the reasons for that? For me, the reasons include a) my spending 10+ hours each and every day in my home putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) my home being near Roosevelt Road businesses and downtown Wheaton, and c) my having far less money to spend on entrainment, vacations, etc. – my pension is only 41% of what my ending salary was in today’s dollars.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-vmt-vehicle-miles-traveled-tax-gasoline-pritzker-rauner-1021-20181018-story.html
— What this election means for American jobs – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-economy-voting-tax-cuts-trump-20181019-story.html
— Americans are living high at the expense of posterity – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-climate-climate-deficit-mconnell-1021-20181019-story.html
— AG candidate Kwame Raoul calls lawsuit against fellow Democrat J.B. Pritzker ‘shoddily drafted’ – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-kwame-raoul-lawsuit-20181019-story.html
— Ignore that half-million dollars: Republican Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti was on Quad Cities radio on Thursday to promote Gov. Rauner and told listeners the campaign doesn’t rely on polls. “We never relied on polls four years ago. We’re not relying upon polls now,” Sanguinetti said on WOC-AM in Davenport, Iowa, when asked about surveys showing the Rauner ticket trailing Democrat J.B. Pritzker by double digits. “Yeah, we do have internals that say something different. But so what? Right now we’re getting out there, we’re communicating with the people in all our counties,” she said. Team Rauner has spent $537,704 on polling since April 2017, including $143,000 from July through September of this year, state campaign records show. For the campaign four years ago, Rauner’s campaign did not directly identify any spending on polling. – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-toni-preckwinkle-chance-the-rapper-20181018-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pepe’s in Naperville basking in afterglow of Kanye West visit – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181019/pepes-in-naperville-basking-in-afterglow-of-kanye-west-visit
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives say “Conservatives mount a whisper campaign smearing Khashoggi in defense of Trump.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181019/conservatives-mount-a-whisper-campaign-smearing-khashoggi-in-defense-of-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Just 1 in 4 thinks Kavanaugh told entire truth.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181019/news/310199939/
— Naperville mayor shares his life at Lutheran school (DIERSEN: I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, MSLs are much too conservative.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181019/naperville-mayor-shares-his-life-at-lutheran-school

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Attorney General: This is the other statewide race that really matters – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/other-statewide-race-really-matters

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Editorial Board Endorsement: Give Gov. Rauner another term
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181019/editorial-board-endorsement-give-gov-rauner-another-term
— Time for elected officials to reject this massive expansion of gambling – Anita Bedell
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181016/letter-time-for-elected-officials-to-reject-this-massive-expansion-of-gambling

 

SOUTHERN
— Email indicates President Trump is planning potential visit to Carbondale – ISAAC SMITH
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/email-indicates-president-trump-is-planning-potential-visit-to-carbondale/article_7bbb4bef-3100-5241-91c4-ce01ee66b2f1.html

 

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— President Trump potentially holding rally in Carbondale Oct. 27
https://dailyegyptian.com/87738/showcase/president-trump-potentially-holding-rally-in-carbondale-oct-27/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Advice That Might Save Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren: Go on the Offensive on Abortion
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/19/advice-that-might-save-peter-roskam-and-randy-hultgren-go-on-the-offensive-on-abortion/

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Lies, backbiting and grandstanding impact DuPage Township Board, watchdog group claims – W.J. Kennedy
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511606374-lies-backbiting-and-grandstanding-impact-dupage-township-board-watchdog-group-claims

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Coles County – Why Candidate forums fail the people – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/10/coles-county-why-candidate-forums-fail-the-people/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— No-Shot Sam McCann Doubles Down in Deceit – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/10/no-shot-sam-mccann-doubles-down-in-deceit/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WILL COUNTY GOP LIGHTS UP I-55 WITH REASONS TO “VOTE REPUBLICAN” NOVEMBER 6TH
https://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/will-county-gop-lights-up-i-55-with-reasons-to-vote-republican-november-6th.html
— MCCANN CAMPAIGN SCOOPS UP MILLIONS FROM UNION PACS AND SUPER PACS
https://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/mccann-campaign-scoops-up-millions-from-union-pacs-and-super-pacs.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— State Journal-Register endorses Rauner “with reservations”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/19/state-journal-register-endorses-rauner-with-reservations/
— Speaker Ryan to campaign for Davis *** Trump likely coming to Illinois to boost Bost
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/19/trump-likely-coming-to-illinois-to-boost-bost/
— Pritzker campaign lawyer hints at defamation suit, claims campaign was never served
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/19/pritzker-campaign-lawyer-hints-at-defamation-suit-claims-campaign-was-never-served/
— Rauner says he’s “trying to eradicate” the Madigan machine “cancer,” but the “treatments are tough”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/19/rauner-says-hes-trying-to-eradicate-the-madigan-machine-cancer-but-the-treatments-are-tough/
— Rauner again denies any delays at Quincy veterans’ home
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/19/rauner-again-denies-any-delays-at-quincy-veterans-home/

 

BREITBART
— Migrant Caravan Tears Down Border Fence, Storms Mexico – Ildefonso Ortiz and Brandon Darby (DIERSEN: The first and foremost responsibility of countries is to a) stop people from coming into the country illegally and b) stop people from staying in the country illegally.)
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/10/19/watch-migrant-caravan-tears-down-border-fence-storms-mexico/

 

FOX NEWS
— Rush Limbaugh Exclusive: Left-Wing Democrats ‘Resent The Idea of America Being Great’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/18/rush-limbaugh-interview-sean-hannity-left-hates-trump-wants-america-fail
— Tucker on Migrant Caravan: Dems ‘Inviting’ It in Effort to Strengthen Their Hold on Power
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/18/tucker-blasts-honduras-nicaragua-caravan-democrat-inviting-it-because-helps-politics

 

GOPUSA
— News media joins the Honduran ‘caravan’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57183
— Rush Limbaugh’s midterms prediction: GOP keeps House and Senate, and exposes bogus polls
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57188

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Embrace E-Verify – Editorial
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/immigration-e-verify-republicans-should-embrace/

 

THE HILL
— Small-dollar donations explode in the Trump era – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412231-small-dollar-donations-explode-in-the-trump-era

 

CNN
— Chaos erupts as caravan reaches Mexico border – Michelle Mendoza and Catherine E. Shoichet
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/americas/caravan-mexico-border/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Thieves targeted $12 billion through IRS tax fraud The IRS thwarted most attempts, but scammers got at least $1.6 billion – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/19/thieves-targeted-billion-through-irs-tax-fraud/?utm_term=.cc3fae9fbf61

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Democrat Sean Casten’s business background under microscope in 6th Congressional District race – PATRICK M. O’CONNELL
http://www.nydailynews.com/ct-met-casten-business-background-20180927-story.html

 

THE WEEK
— Trump is glorifying violence against journalists. This is a national disgrace. – Joel Mathis (DIERSEN: Thankfully, my critics/opponents have not called for physical violence against me, but they have called for verbal violence against me. I should always wear a body camera when I leave my home.)
https://theweek.com/articles/802760/trump-glorifying-violence-against-journalists-national-disgrace

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP FAN KANYE WEST WEARS ‘MAGA’ HAT TO MEXICAN RESTAURANT IN NAPERVILLE – SHANE CROUCHER (DIERSEN: Kanye West has far more courage than I have. From what I see, the more that you do to promote Trump, the more likely that you will be attacked by anti-Trumps.)
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-fan-kanye-west-wears-maga-hat-mexican-restaurant-1177416

 

LAW 360
— The A-List For Managing Employment Law Risks And Costs – Brendan Sweeney (DIERSEN: Beyond overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with employers against employees.)
https://www.law360.com/commercialcontracts/articles/1092410/the-a-list-for-managing-employment-law-risks-and-costs

 

FED SMITH
— VA Says Morale is Improving Among its Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran told them that their morale would improve if GAO got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/10/19/va-says-morale-improving-among-employees/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Democrats are an ‘angry mob’ and ‘they’re losing it’ says Trump as he brands Holder and Hillary as obstacles to national unity – FRANCESCA CHAMBERS
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6296219/Trump-says-Holder-Hillary-angry-mob-stopping-national-unity.html

October 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Campaign signs are everywhere. But do they work? – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain done to encourage the Republican voters in your precinct to display signs for the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct? In August, I hand-delivered a letter (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) to all the homes in my precinct that had at least one registered Republican voter that asked them to consider displaying yard signs for the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in our precinct. The letter included a listing of all the candidates and the office that they are running for. I hand-delivered the letter a second time in September to the Republican homes on the busier streets in my precinct – Roosevelt Road, Warrenville Road, and Elm Street. Since September 4, 2018 my two Roskam 4X4s and my two “Vote Republican” 4X4s have been displayed on the second floor balcony of Ron Dell’s building at the southeast corner of Roosevelt and Warrenville in my precinct. Three 4X3 Roskam signs are being displayed on Warrenville south of Roosevelt, one at Park and Wheaton by Whittier Grade School, one at Elm and Wheaton by Edison Middle School, and one at Warrenville and Arbor.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-election-campaign-signs-20181018-story.html
— Democrat Sean Casten’s business background under microscope in 6th Congressional District race – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-casten-business-background-20180927-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans, though, have attacked Casten’s business career in campaign ads, zeroing in on a 2015 lawsuit filed by an investor in Recycled Energy Development, which converted emissions from power plants into energy. Casten was the company’s president and CEO. The suit leveled allegations of mismanagement against Casten and the company’s leadership, including “baseless accounting manipulations,” “inflated salaries,” “improperly inflated bonuses” and “irresponsible spending,” according to court documents. Casten and his family eventually settled with the investor’s management firm and sold the company. Letters sent to investors in RED in the lead-up to the sale that were obtained by the Chicago Tribune stated that while preferred interest holders in RED would recoup their investment plus interest, common interest investors would not.)
— Khashoggi warns in last column of free rein to silence media – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to silence me: a) the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, d) all the Republicans who represent (especially Peter Roskam), who are seeking to represent, and/or who sought to represent my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, and e) those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–saudi-arabia-missing-writer-column-20181018-story.html
— Jamal Khashoggi’s last column: ‘The Arab world is facing its own version of an Iron Curtain’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/la-fg-khashoggi-column-20181018-story.html
— Jamal Khashoggi’s final column: What the Arab world needs most is free expression – Jamal Khashoggi
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-jamal-khashoggi-final-column-20181017-story.html
— There’s a surprising lack of detail in the ‘October surprise’ against Pritzker – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: There are lots of details in Diersen v. GAO. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-pritzker-racism-discrimination-lawsuit-campaing-1019-20181017-story.html
— GOP worries Trump is unprepared The ‘blue wave’ in the House could sweep over White House. – Anita Kumar
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20181019/281745565362709

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Unfriending Zuckerberg: State treasurer Frerichs seeks Facebook chair’s ouster – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/unfriending-mark-zuckerberg-illinois-treasurer-facebook-frerichs-pennsylvania-rhode-island-new-york/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’s state treasurer invests about $28 billion on behalf of the state, college funds for Illinois students, and local governments. As of August 2018, funds under his control owned $33.5 million worth of Facebook stock.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— GOP megadonor Uihlein gave $305,000 to state Senate candidate Davie, report shows – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181018/gop-megadonor-uihlein-gave-305000-to-state-senate-candidate-davie-report-shows
— Which 12 billionaires from Illinois make Forbes 400 list? – Kim Mikus
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181019/which-12-billionaires-from-illinois-make-forbes-400-list

 

WGN TV
— Chicago vs. downstate: Illinois’ urban-rural divide plays big role in politics, upcoming election – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/18/chicago-vs-downstate-illinois-urban-rural-divide-plays-big-role-in-politics-upcoming-election/

 

WTTW
— LGBTQ Publication Suing Illinois Prison Officials Over Censored Materials – Matt Masterson (DIERSEN: What percent of those who go into prisons as heterosexuals come out of prisons as LGBTQers?)
https://news.wttw.com/2018/10/18/lgbtq-publication-suing-illinois-prison-officials-over-censored-materials

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Republican officials condemn attack letters to Woodstock Democrats State lawmaker, County Board member speak out – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/10/18/republican-officials-condemn-attack-letters-to-woodstock-democrats/aruj6kc/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Anonymous attack letters sent to Woodstock residents with Democratic political signage on their lawns has pushed a pair of Republican leaders in McHenry County to speak against hate rhetoric in the community. “I condemn the coward(s) who wrote these letters, and ask anyone with any bit of concern for the direction in which our public conversation has gone to do the same,” state Rep. Steve Reick, R-Woodstock, said in a statement. “This transcends party, and silence is not an option.” The typed letters, signed by “The Phantom” and “The Wizard,” arrived in the mail last week for Woodstock Democrats Sarah Parisi and Lou Ness. The letters included no return address and attacked the residents for the signs planted in their yards supporting local Democrats.)
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: Endorsement: 6th Congressional District: Sean Casten
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/10/18/our-view-6th-congressional-district-sean-casten/aj8ky1a/

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— GOP veteran Roskam struggles to adjust as seat suddenly isn’t safe – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Roskam campaign managers, Roskam political consultants, Roskam staff, and Roskam volunteers who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for Roskam’s problems. They refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. They do not want me to know about their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. They do not want me to promote their fundraisers and other events. They do not want me to attend their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. They do not want me to report on their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. Everyone sees how these nasty people treat me and treat my GOPUSA Illinois emails. Everyone sees that they are harming Roskam.)
http://www.dailyjournal.net/2018/10/19/us-election-2018-house-illinois-roskams-plight/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Gun rights supporters want Boone County voters to send message to Springfield – Susan Vela
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20181018/gun-rights-supporters-want-boone-county-voters-to-send-message-to-springfield

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Candidates Hash Out Recreational Pot Laws
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-candidates-hash-out-recreational-pot-laws

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— President Trump Campaigns For Midterm Candidates – TAMARA KEITH
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/president-trump-campaigns-midterm-candidates#stream/0
— As Caravan Of Migrants Heads North, Trump Threatens To Close Southern U.S. Border – JOHN BURNETT & LAUREL WAMSLEY
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/caravan-migrants-heads-north-trump-threatens-close-southern-us-border#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois to celebrate its 200th with star-studded lineup (DIERSEN: While my ancestors have been in northeast Illinois since 1844, it is ever-increasingly difficult for me to celebrate the 200th. Ever-increasingly those who dominate my precinct, who dominate Wheaton, who dominate Milton Township, who dominate DuPage County, and who dominate Illinois make progress in driving out of my precinct, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois those who share my demographics. I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in northeast Illinois since 1844.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/illinois-to-celebrate-its-th-with-star-studded-lineup/article_406c138e-d30d-11e8-b530-77e908eeac59.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DOWNSTATE GOP CONGRESS INCUMBENT (MIKE BOST) REELS IN ONE UNION ENDORSEMENT AFTER ANOTHER
https://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/downstate-gop-congress-incumbent-reels-in-one-union-endorsement-after-another.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Lawyer won’t answer simple questions as some anonymous former Pritzker staffers speak out
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/19/lawyer-wont-answer-simple-questions-as-some-anonymous-former-pritzker-staffers-speak-out/
— AFL-CIO launches “massive” digital ad buy
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/19/afl-cio-launches-massive-digital-ad-buy/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— CALLING ALL CHRISTIANS: WALLACE RESCINDS GUBERNATORIAL ENDORSEMENT – ERIC M. WALLACE, PHD
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/calling-all-christians-wallace-rescinds-gubernatorial-endorsement/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump accuses Dems of welcoming caravan before midterms; Rosie O’Donnell wants troops to oust Trump
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fox-news-first-trump-accuses-dems-of-welcoming-caravan-before-midterms-rosie-odonnell-wants-troops-to-oust-trump

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump sees Democrats behind migrant caravan: ‘It didn’t just happen’ – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/18/democrats-behind-migrant-caravan-donald-trump-sugg/
— News media joins the Honduran ‘caravan’ – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/18/inside-the-beltway-news-media-joins-the-honduran-c/

 

TOWNHALL
— Caravan Puts Trump Legacy on the Line – Pat Buchanan
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2018/10/19/caravan-puts-trump-legacy-on-the-line-n2529892
— Leftist Violence Natural Outgrowth of Authoritarian Ideology – David Limbaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2018/10/19/leftist-violence-natural-outgrowth-of-authoritarian-ideology-n2529848

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— A wake-up call for the deplorables – Alicia Colon
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/a_wakeup_call_for_the_deplorables.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Threatens To Close Border as Migrant “Caravan” Doubles – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30371-trump-threatens-to-close-border-as-migrant-caravan-doubles

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Migrant Caravan Gathers on Mexico-Guatemala Border as Trump Threatens Military Intervention – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/migrant-caravan-gathers-on-mexico-guatemala-border-as-trump-threatens-military-intervention/

 

GOPUSA
— Texas Democrats ask noncitizens to register to vote
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57185
— Politico editor demonstrates why conservatives don’t trust media
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57133
— Washington state’s white working class shrinks in share of population — a national trend
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56980
— Middle school apologizes after student advised to turn GOP elephant shirt inside out
http://www.gopusa.com/middle-school-apologizes-after-student-advised-to-turn-gop-elephant-shirt-inside-out/

 

BREITBART
— 2018 Poll: Immigration ‘Most Important’ Issue for GOP Voters – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/18/2018-poll-immigration-most-important-issue-for-gop-voters/
— Donald Trump: ‘Democrats Produce Mobs, Republicans Produce Jobs’
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/18/donald-trump-democrats-produce-mobs-republicans-produce-jobs/
— White House: John Kelly, John Bolton Argue Best Response to Democrats’ ‘Open Borders Agenda’ – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/10/18/wh-kelly-bolton-argue-response-to-democrats-open-border-plans/
— Donald Trump Suggests Someone Is Paying Migrants in Caravan – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/18/donald-trump-suggests-someone-is-paying-migrants-in-caravan/
— BEYOND TRAGIC: U.N.: 40 Percent of U.S. Births Occur Outside of Marriage – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/18/u-n-40-percent-of-u-s-births-occur-outside-of-marriage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new report from the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) says 40 percent of all births in the United States occur outside of marriage, an increase from 10 percent in 1970. The data show births outside marriage in the European Union (EU) are up even greater. “The data show such births in the U.S. and EU are predominantly to unmarried couples living together rather than to single mothers,” Bloomberg reports. Michael Hermann, UNFPA’s senior adviser on economics and demography, told Bloomberg the EU likely has even more out-of-wedlock births than the U.S. because its member countries provide greater amounts of welfare and public health funding in their socialized medicine programs. Unwed parents are also provided with tax incentives, Hermann said. Kelly Jones, director for the Center on the Economics of Reproductive Health at the Institute for Women’s Policy Research, reportedly said the data show cultural and religious norms about women and marriage have changed, and women are starting families later in life. In the U.S., the average age a woman has her first child is now 27, according to the data, up from 22 in 1970. “Women are claiming their ground professionally,” Jones said. “Delaying motherhood is a rational decision when you consider the impact it can have on your career, and that’s contributing to this trend.” The marriage rate has also declined in the U.S., according to the U.S. Census Bureau, as the number of cohabitating adults has risen. In addition, the U.S. fertility rate plummeted last year to a record low. John Santelli, professor at Columbia’s Mailman School of Public Health, told Bloomberg the traditional culture of the West “has been reversed.” “Cohabiting partners are having children before getting married,” he said. “That’s a long-term trend across developing nations.” Hermann said the trend in the cultural shift will continue. “We can’t go back to ’50s,” he said. UNFPA is the largest international provider of sexual and reproductive health services – which include abortion. The U.N. agency has been linked to the support of population control programs such as China’s coercive abortion “one-child policy.” Soon after his inauguration in 2017, President Donald Trump signed an executive order that reinstated and updated the “Mexico City Policy,” thereby ending UNFPA’s U.S. funding because of its support and funding of abortion.)

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Could Trump Win 20 Percent of the African-American Vote in 2020? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/18/could_trump_win_20_percent_of_the_african-american_vote_in_2020_138385.html

 

COLLEGE FIX
— In campus speech, David Hogg says U.S. is stolen land, justifies illegal immigration – WILLIAM NARDI
https://www.thecollegefix.com/in-campus-speech-david-hogg-says-u-s-is-stolen-land-justifies-illegal-immigration/

 

THE HILL
— Migrant caravan reaches Mexico’s southern border – MORGAN GSTALTER
https://thehill.com/latino/412182-migrant-caravan-reaches-mexicos-southern-border

 

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Trump lacks legal authority to send military to U.S.-Mexico border.”
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-lacks-legal-authority-to-send-military-to-us-mexico-border/

 

NBC NEWS
— Trump voters say men are discriminated against more than gays, minorities Nearly half of Trump voters said men face either “a great deal” or “a fair amount” of discrimination in America today. – Alexander Kacala (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn men as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. What do you say to men who demonize, denigrate, and condemn men to avoid being destroyed by anti-Trumps?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/trump-voters-say-men-are-discriminated-against-more-gays-minorities-n921801

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Seeking Work After Congress? Sharp Partisans Need Not Apply – Carl Hulse (DIERSEN: I worked Congress for almost 18 years 1980-1997, that is, I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/us/politics/congress-divisive-partisanship.html
— Women Get Feet in the Door of the Car Design Boys’ Club – Robert C. Yeager (DIERSEN: EEOC ended my career in the automotive industry. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/business/women-automotive-design-cars.html
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-conservative says “A Conservative Group’s Closed-Door ‘Training’ of Judicial Clerks Draws Concern.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/18/us/politics/heritage-foundation-clerks-judges-training.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP veteran Roskam struggles to adjust as seat suddenly isn’t safe – Sara Burnett (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Roskam campaign managers, Roskam political consultants, Roskam staff, and Roskam volunteers who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for Roskam’s problems. They refuse to include diersen@aol.comon their press advisory and press release lists. They do not want me to know about their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. They do not want me to promote their fundraisers and other events. They do not want me to attend their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. They do not want me to report on their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. Everyone sees how these nasty people treat me and treat my GOPUSA Illinois emails. Everyone sees that they are harming Roskam.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/gop-veteran-struggles-to-adjust-as-seat-suddenly-isnt-safe/2018/10/19/5096939a-d355-11e8-a4db-184311d27129_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with individuals, with organizations, with companies, with governments, and with countries that want to use illegals to destroy America.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/editorials/la-ed-migrants-caravan-mexico-trump-20181019-story.html

 

WTHI TV
— TRUMP: I’M NOT TO BLAME IF GOP LOSES HOUSE (DIERSEN: Who blames you for what? I should write a book about scapegoating candidates, their scapegoating campaign managers, their scapegoating political consultants, their scapegoating staff, and their scapegoating volunteers in Illinois since 2000 a) who have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their defeats and near defeats and/or b) who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails now for their feared defeat on November 6, 2018. They refuse to include diersen@aol.com on their press advisory and press release lists. They do not want me to know about their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. They do not want me to promote their fundraisers and other events. They do not want me to attend their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. They do not want me to report on their press conferences, fundraisers, and other events. Everyone sees how these nasty people treat me and treat my GOPUSA Illinois emails. Candidates who scapegoat are far more likely to be defeated.)
https://www.wthitv.com/content/national/497922921.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Aims to Fire Up Republican Voters Over Immigration So far, GOP candidates’ ads don’t emphasize issue, and Democrats say it alienates independents – Alex Leary (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-aims-to-fire-up-republican-voters-over-immigration-1539906051
— White House Chief Kelly, National Security Adviser Bolton Have Expletive-Laden Fight Argument was prompted by a recent report about border crossings and involved criticism of Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen – Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-chief-kelly-national-security-adviser-bolton-have-expletive-laden-fight-1539897207
— Democrats Haven’t Turned Back From 1968 The politics of identity and attack have supplanted the old liberal tradition, which favored national unity. – Ted Van Dyk
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-havent-turned-back-from-1968-1539904193
— California Public Employees Vote Against Pension-Fund Activism Playing politics with other people’s savings is never popular. – Paul S. Atkins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/california-public-employees-vote-against-pension-fund-activism-1539904066

 

BLOOMBERG
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Almost Half of U.S. Births Happen Outside Marriage, Signaling Cultural Shift – Riley Griffin
https://www.bloombergquint.com/pursuits/almost-half-of-u-s-births-happen-outside-marriage-signaling-cultural-shift#gs.8JYf4Rg
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-18/demand-for-pot-grow-ops-is-astronomical-as-canada-legalizes

 

KIPLINGER
— Can the Office Gray Gracefully? – NEALE GODFREY (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and the 1990s, GAO did not gray gracefully. GAO wasted the careers of and got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO 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.kiplinger.com/article/retirement/T012-C032-S014-can-the-office-gray-gracefully.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Remember the good old days when your career goal was to be employed by one company and stay there until your glorious retirement? In fact, over 40% of Baby Boomers stayed with their job for more than 20 years, and 18% stayed at least 39 years, according to a NORC Center for Public Affairs Research survey. Pensions and stability were clearly driving forces. You could then look forward to your retirement party, which would include a toast to your long service, a gold watch and a pension that, along with Social Security, would guarantee you a financially secure life.)

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says that the Democrats are centrist. However, Democrats promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/tribalism-exhausted-majority-centrism-david-brooks-democratic-party.html

 

DAILY MAIL
— ‘It didn’t just happen’: Trump says the DEMOCRATS are behind the immigrant caravan of 4,000 moving north – as the US strikes a deal with Mexico to help them identify ‘legitimate’ asylum claims – GEOFF EARLE and JESSA SCHROEDER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6292659/Trump-suggests-Democrats-created-caravan-illegals-heading-border.html

October 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— JB Pritzker pushes back against racial discrimination claims – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-pushes-back-against-racial-discrimination-claims/4512198/
— President Trump threatens Mexico over migrant caravan – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/president-trump-threatens-mexico-over-migrant-caravan/4512432/

 

NBC5
— More Pritzker Staffers Allege ‘Demeaning’ Discrimination – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-497968791.html

 

WGN TV
— US surgeon general says opioid crisis is top priority – LOURDES DUARTE AND KATHARIN CZINK
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/18/us-surgeon-general-says-opioid-crisis-is-top-priority/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump threatens to close Mexican border over migrant caravan – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigration-migrant-caravan-mexico-donald-trump-military-southern-border/
— Pritzker vows to fight racial discrimination suit, calls it campaign ‘craziness’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-fight-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-craziness-strattin/
— Don’t blame workers for state’s financial problems – Mike Newman, deputy director, AFSCME Council 31 (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, while I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the Democrats who ran GAO blamed GAO’s problems on its 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. They certainly blamed me for GAO’s problems a) because they forced me to take a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) to GS-9 Step 10 (currently $72,677) to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars, b) because they did not promote me to GS-13 until 1986 when I was 38 years old, and c) because they never promoted me beyond GS-13. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/pritzker-endorsement-illinois-state-workers-afscme-budget/
— ENDORSEMENT: Peter Breen for Illinois House in the 48th District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/peter-breen-illinois-house-48th-district-endorsement/
— ENDORSEMENT: Deanne Marie Mazzochi for Illinois House in the 47th District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/deanne-marie-mazzochi-endorsement-illinois-house-47th-district-candidate-2018-general-election/
— ENDORSEMENT: Keith R. Wheeler for Illinois House in the 50th District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-keith-r-wheeler-for-illinois-house-in-the-50th-district/
— ENDORSEMENT: Tonia ‘Jane’ Khouri for Illinois House in the 49th District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-house-49th-district-tonia-jane-khouri-sun-times-endorsement-karina-villa/
— ENDORSEMENT: Grant Wehrli for Illinois House in the 41st District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsement-grant-wehrli-illinois-house-41st-district-2018-general-election/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— J.B. Pritzker labels staff discrimination lawsuit as ‘untrue,’ ‘craziness’ at end of political campaign – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-cct-met-illinois-governors-race-pritzker-responds-to-lawsuit-20181018-story.html
— Group slams Nazi running for Illinois congressional seat as a Republican: ‘This is a person that nobody should vote for’- Gregory Pratt
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-3rd-congressional-district-antinazi-20181018-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Schneider for Cook County Board
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181018/endorsement-schneider-for-cook-county-board
— Democratic incumbent faces two Republicans in DuPage County Board District 2 race – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181018/democratic-incumbent-faces-two-republicans-in-dupage-county-board-race
— Kane County gets state money for election security but can’t make changes yet – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181018/kane-county-gets-state-money-for-election-security-but-cant-make-changes-yet

 

WGN RADIO
— Gubernatorial Candidate J.B. Pritzker: “Let’s be upfront about it”
https://wgnradio.com/2018/10/18/gubernatorial-candidate-j-b-pritzker-lets-be-upfront-about-it/

 

WLS AM
— Rauner: Pritzker is a “Mercedes Marxist” – John Dempsey
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/18/rauner-pritzker-is-a-mercedes-marxist/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Poll Finds Wide Partisan Gaps On America’s Biggest Problems – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/poll-wide-partisan-gaps-americas-biggest-problems#stream/0

 

MAROON
— Hundreds of Graduate Students Participate in Pro-Union Walk Out
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/10/18/hundreds-graduate-students-participate-pro-unioniz/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Conservatives: Union water boy Sam McCann stabbed Tom Morrison in the back – W.J. Kennedy
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511605499-conservatives-union-water-boy-sam-mccann-stabbed-tom-morrison-in-the-back

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Kinzler: Illinois has a ‘spending problem’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511604608-kinzler-illinois-has-a-spending-problem
— Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune endorse Roskam for Congress – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511604799-daily-herald-chicago-tribune-endorse-roskam-for-congress

 

CAPITOL FAX
— War of words intensifies between Ives and McCann
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/18/war-of-words-intensifies-between-ives-and-mccann/
— Rauner’s “one-day bodyman” resurfaces
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/18/rauners-one-day-bodyman-resurfaces/

 

BREITBART
— Watch: Republican Peter Roskam Targets Democrat Sean Casten’s ‘Mean Tweets’ in Hilarious New Ad – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/midterm-election/2018/10/18/peter-roskam-targets-democrat-sean-casten-mean-tweets-in-hilarious-new-ad/
— Democrats Double GOP’s Fundraising for House Races – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/18/democrats-double-gop-fundraising-for-house-races/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trend: Trump’s Job Approval is Clearly Surging. Why? – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/10/18/bounce-trump-approval-surges-to-47-percent-in-new-poll-n2529768

 

LIFESITE NEWS
— Twitter locks LifeSite out of account for ‘hate’: fact-based post on rise in gay STDs
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-twitter-locks-lifesite-out-of-account-for-fact-based-post-on-rise

October 18 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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


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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Annual Raises and Inflation – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Have you gotten pay increases? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor. They continue to be furious that because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, my pay increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me in 1986. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/10/17/federal-employee-annual-raises-inflation/

 

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

 

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

October 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Campaign workers sue J.B. Pritzker alleging racial discrimination
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/campaign-workers-sue-jb-pritzker-alleging-racial-discrimination/4502953/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker Staffers File Suit Alleging Racial Discrimination J.B. Pritzker denied the claims against him – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/pritzker-racial-discrimination-lawsuit-497764061.html

 

CBS2
— Pritzker Campaign Staffers File Discrimination Lawsuit Less than three weeks before the November election, several current and former campaign workers have filed a federal lawsuit against Democratic candidate J.B. Pritzker, calling his campaign a “cesspool of racial discrimination and harassment.”
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/3953923-pritzker-campaign-staffers-file-discrimination-lawsuit/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republican U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise’s visit to Naperville highlights national importance of Chicago-area race – Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-roskam-scalise-event-20181017-story.html
— J.B. Pritzker campaign workers file lawsuit alleging racial discrimination; group wanted $7.5 million to settle – Mike Riopell and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-federal-lawsuit-20181017-story.html
— Special-interest cash flows into campaign coffers for Southland lawmakers — even if they’re running unopposed – Ted Slowik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-3q-campaign-finance-reports-st-1018-story.html
— Old-school Chicago election season: A surge in requests for mail-in ballots not seen since WWII – Katie Galioto
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-mail-ballot-midterm-elections-20181001-story.html

— Canada legalized marijuana, but don’t bring any home to Chicago after your next trip – Ese Olumhense
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-canada-legalizes-marijuana-keep-it-there-20181017-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker campaign workers claim discrimination in federal lawsuit, demand $7.5M Lawsuit rips open racial wound for Pritzker — but he insists charges ‘not true’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-campaign-workers-lawsuit-racial-discrimination-7-5-million-bruce-rauner-illinois-2018-governor-election/
— WEDNESDAY, October 17, 2018, 4:30 p.m. – As the special guest at a campaign reception hosted in support of Representative Peter Roskam, House Majority Whip Steve Scalise and Representative Peter Roskam will hold a press gaggle prior to the reception. Chicago Marriot Hotel – Naperville: 1801 N Naper Boulevard, Naperville.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-illinois-political-daybook-oct-17-peter-roskam-tammy-duckworth/
— Working the Story: Mansions, toilets and tax breaks – Tim Novak and Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/how-sun-times-broke-story-pritzker-mansion-toilets-property-tax-break-2018-general-election/
— ENDORSEMENT: Seth Lewis for Illinois Senate in the 23rd District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/seth-lewis-endorsement-illinois-senate-23rd-district-2018-general-election/
— ENDORSEMENT: Chris Nybo for Illinois Senate in the 24th District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-senate-elections-chris-nybo-24th-district-gun-control-western-springs/
— ENDORSEMENT: Michael G. Connelly for Illinois Senate in the 21st District
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/michael-connelly-endorsement-illinos-senate-21st-district-democrat-2018-general-election/

DAILY HERALD
— Milton Township supervisor Chris Heidorn moves to replace Glen Ellyn mosquito abatement board – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181017/township-supervisor-moves-to-replace-glen-ellyn-mosquito-abatement-board
— Endorsements: Cantore, Painter for DuPage forest preserve positions
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181017/endorsements-cantore-painter-for-dupage-forest-preserve-positions
— Helene Miller Walsh: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181017/helene-miller-walsh-candidate-profile
— ‘Horseface’: Does it matter that Trump ridicules women? – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181017/news/310179913/

 

WLS AM
— John Tilman, “Do you really want to vote for an even bigger Illinois tax burden?” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/17/john-tilman-do-you-really-want-to-vote-for-an-even-bigger-illinois-tax-burden/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— READ THE DOCUMENT: J.B. Pritzker campaign workers file lawsuit alleging racial discrimination; group wanted $7.5 million to settle –
MIKE RIOPELL and RICK PEARSON
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/read-the-document-j-b-pritzker-campaign-workers-file-lawsuit/article_b5e7aa57-8539-5814-97ae-0cbefd0325d2.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Pritzker campaign sued by own staffers alleging racial discrimination – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article220156310.html

 

MADISON RECORD
— Pritzker price tag: Candidate’s spending promises require doubling state income tax – Adam Schuster, Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill, Illinois Policy Institute
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511604539-pritzker-price-tag-candidate-s-spending-promises-require-doubling-state-income-tax

 

STATELINE
— Pritzker campaign sued for racial discrimination and harassment
https://www.mystateline.com/news/pritzker-campaign-sued-for-racial-discrimination-and-harassment/1531345111

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— 10 Pritzker staffers file racial discrimination lawsuit
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/pritzker-staffers-file-racial-discrimination-lawsuit

 

WAND
— Claims of racial discrimination in governor candidate Pritzker campaign – Jessica Dobson
http://www.wandtv.com/story/39301422/claims-of-racial-discrimination-in-governor-candidate-pritzker-campaign

 

MDJ ONLINE
— Minority campaign staffers sue Pritzker, claiming discrimination – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/minority-campaign-staffers-sue-pritzker-claiming-discrimination/article_341e3fda-83fb-5f62-982a-fdd227af2b19.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Lawsuit filed by Pritzker campaign staffers alleges racial discrimination – Kevin Schwaller
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/lawsuit-filed-by-pritzker-campaign-staffers-alleges-racial-discrimination/1531111872

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— IFA Rescinds Our Endorsement of Sam McCann for Governor – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/10/ifa-rescinds-our-endorsement-of-sam-mccann-for-governor/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION’S STATEMENT REVERSING MCCANN ENDORSEMENT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/illinois-family-actions-statement-reversing-mccann-endorsement.html
— IVES’ STATEMENT ON MCCANN’S MAILER AGAINST TOM MORRISON
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/ives-statement-on-mccanns-mailer-against-tom-morrison.html
— ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION RESCINDS SAM MCCANN ENDORSEMENT OVER MAILER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/breaking-illinois-family-action-rescinds-sam-mccann-endorsement-over-mailer.html
— FISCALLY SOUND STATES: ILLINOIS IN BOTTOM FIVE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/fiscally-sound-states-illinois-in-bottom-five.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Illinois politicians have gone to prison for dumber things – Scott Reeder
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511604607-reeder-illinois-politicians-have-gone-to-prison-for-dumber-things
— Illinois Democrats falsely attack character of suburban Republicans, ad claims – Robert Hadley
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511603252-illinois-democrats-falsely-attack-character-of-suburban-republicans-ad-claims

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Budget groups: Pritzker’s plans would cost taxpayers billions more – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/budget-groups-pritzker-s-plans-would-cost-taxpayers-billions-more/article_25dbe6e6-d18e-11e8-b26f-8fa33332b968.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP responds *** Bombshell discrimination lawsuit called “offensive” and “baseless” by Pritzker campaign
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/17/bombshell-discrimination-lawsuit-called-offensive-and-baseless-by-pritzker-campaign/
— Another former Pritzker campaign worker comes forward as the spin cranks up
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/17/another-former-pritzker-campaign-worker-comes-forward-as-the-spin-cranks-up/
— Sam McCann jumps into House races against “Raunerite” Republicans
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/17/sam-mccann-jumps-into-house-races-against-raunerite-republicans/
— Pritzker then and now
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/17/pritzker-then-and-now/

 

BLAZE
— Illinois Democratic governor candidate sued for racial discrimination by former employees – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/10/17/illinois-democratic-governor-candidate-sued-for-racial-discrimination-by-former-employees

 

GOPUSA
— Deep state conservatives
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56903
— Democrats force leader to resign over, ‘I stand for the flag. I kneel at the cross’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56889
— Week 6: Still thousands of empty seats in NFL stadiums
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56893

 

DAILY CALLER
— BLACK AND LATINO CAMPAIGN STAFFERS FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST DEM ILLINOIS GOV CANDIDATE FOR RACIAL DISCRIMINATION – Henry Rodgers
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/17/black-latino-staffers-pritzker/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Democrat IL Gov Candidate Accused Of ‘Racial Discrimination And Harassment’ By Staffers    Staffers say they were hired to fill “quotas” and tasked with “racist” jobs. – EMILY ZANOTTI
https://www.dailywire.com/news/37240/democrat-il-gov-candidate-accused-racial-emily-zanotti

 

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Boycott Hearing on Trump’s Judicial Nominees – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/10/17/democrats-boycott-hearing-on-trumps-judicial-nominees-n2529388
— Democrats Know They Can Always Count on the Media – Ben Shapiro
https://townhall.com//columnists/benshapiro/2018/10/17/democrats-know-they-can-always-count-on-the-media-n2528998

 

TPM
— Key Architect Of The GOP Tax Plan Peter Roskam Isn’t Talking About It Much On The Trail – Cameron Joseph
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/dc/peter-roskam-campaign-tax-law

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Beware Soros’s “Rented Evangelicals”
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/28949-beware-soross-rented-evangelicals

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A Blue Wave of ‘Undocumented’ Voters? – JONATHAN S. TOBIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/stacey-abrams-undocumented-voters-blue-wave/
— Two Minnesota Republican Candidates Assaulted – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/two-minnesota-republican-candidates-assaulted/

 

CBS NEWS
— American workers finally see a real bump in pay – ALAIN SHERTER (DIERSEN: Have you gotten pay increases? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor. They continue to be furious that because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, my pay increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me in 1986. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/american-workers-finally-see-real-bump-in-pay/

 

CNBC
— Trump agenda, attitude overshadow tax cuts for GOP in midterms
https://www.cnbc.com/video/2018/10/17/trump-agenda-attitude-overshadow-tax-cuts-for-gop-in-midterms.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Record number of families crossing U.S. border as Trump threatens new crackdown – Nick Miroff and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/record-number-of-families-crossing-us-border-as-trump-threatens-new-crackdown/2018/10/17/fe422800-c73a-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Why do California voters prefer Democrat Gavin Newsom? It has to do with Donald Trump, new poll finds – ANDREW SHEELER
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article220164675.html

 

POLITICUS USA
— The Trump trap – Republicans duck president in key House races
https://www.politicususa.com/2018/10/17/special-report-the-trump-trap-republicans-duck-president-in-key-house-races-2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Six-term Representative Peter Roskam has a good sense of how voters in Illinois’ 6th Congressional District feel about the president. Despite re-electing the Republican congressman in 2016, they backed Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton over Trump by nearly 7 percentage points. The district typifies the battlegrounds where Republican candidates face anti-Trump headwinds: a fast-growing suburb west of Chicago with a median income near $100,000. Roskam has made no statements of support for Trump on his website or in posts this year to his social media accounts. He acknowledges that associating himself with the president might do more harm than good. Having Trump campaign for him in the district “obviously wouldn’t be helpful,” he said in an interview. Roskam has criticized Trump’s tariffs on imported goods and has decried the administration’s separation of immigrant children from parents. After Trump held a July press conference with Russian President Vladimir Putin and refused to condemn Putin for interference in the 2016 U.S. elections, Roskam called Trump’s performance “an affront to American democracy.” But Roskam notes that he also backs the president on issues important to pro-Trump voters, such as raising military spending and lowering taxes. In an August tweet, Roskam described as “absurd” a statement by his Democratic opponent comparing Trump with al Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden. “This district is discerning,” Roskam said, and voters want a candidate who will represent their interests independent of the president. But Roskam’s reluctance to embrace Trump isn’t enough for some of the anti-Trump Republicans he’s trying to capture. “Peter Roskam has distanced himself from Trump, but he doesn’t stand up to him,” said Bill Wentz, 73, a lifelong Republican and former federal government lawyer. Roskam hasn’t done enough to fight the president on economic policies that Wentz says undermine traditional Republican support for free markets by picking “winners and losers.” He also is uncomfortable with Trump’s failure to fully embrace U.S. intelligence agencies’ finding that Russia interfered in the 2016 U.S. elections. Wentz’s answer: vote for Roskam’s Democratic opponent, Sean Casten.)

 

GOVERNING
— Democrat in Illinois Governor’s Race Hit With Racial Discrimination Lawsuit From His Own Campaign Workers – Mike Riopell and Rick Pearson
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/tns-illinois-campaign-workers-lawsuit-pritzker.html

October 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Wide range of shocking behavior by city workers fills inspector general’s report – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/?post_type=cst_article&p=1429657

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville District 203 will oppose a push by rural schools to arm teachers – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to abolish the Second Amendment.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-203-say-no-to-guns-st-1017-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint older Whites, their parents, their grandparents, and the rest of their ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, raters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-sears-catalogue-mary-schmich-20181016-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, public schools encourage students to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181010/add-gender-diversity-to-list-of-things-your-kids-need-to-know-about-experts-say
— Glen Ellyn mosquito abatement district seeks tax increase amid calls for consolidation – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181016/glen-ellyn-mosquito-abatement-district-seeks-tax-increase-amid-calls-for-consolidation
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Canada to pardon pot possession as it legalizes marijuana – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181016/news/310169834

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield School Board vice president Adam Lopez files discrimination complaint against Country Financial – Brenden Moore
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181016/adam-lopez-files-discrimination-complaint-against-country-financial
— City council approves plan for 1908 Race Riot site – Crystal Thomas (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1908? My grandfather on my father’s side helped his father operate Crete’s only hardware store. My grandmother on my father’s side helped her parents operate a farm in Crete. My grandparents on my mother’s side helped their parents operate farms in Grant Park near the Indiana border. According to Democrats, if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefited from their discrimination against minorities and against females, b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, and c) the faster that you should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181016/city-council-approves-plan-for-1908-race-riot-site

 

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— Hosty named GOP state central committeeman
http://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/10-16-2018/Hosty-named-GOP-state-central-committeeman/

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Referenda To Oppose More Gun Control Laws On Ballot In Over A Dozen Illinois Counties – PETER MEDLIN
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/referenda-oppose-more-gun-control-laws-ballot-over-dozen-illinois-counties

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w IL Trea. cand. Dodge on Quincy, JB’s fraud scheme, safe state investing
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/10/watch-berkowitz-w-il-trea-cand-dodge-on-quincyjbs-fraud-scheme-safe-state-investing-cableweb/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Madigan has been able to create a public sector middle class on the backs of ordinary Illinoisans
http://www.wirepoints.com/madigan-has-been-able-to-create-a-public-sector-middle-class-on-the-backs-of-ordinary-illinoisans-ted-on-illinois-rising/

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Pritzker campaign accused in lawsuit of discrimination, harassment against black, Latino campaign staffers – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511603853-pritzker-campaign-accused-in-lawsuit-of-discrimination-harassment-against-black-latino-campaign-staffers
COMPLAINT: https://jnswire.s3.amazonaws.com/jns-media/2c/74/948298/Little_v_PritzkerCampaign.pdf

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Jim Dodge: Unions counting on Madigan to make things alright for them – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511602406-jim-dodge-unions-counting-on-madigan-to-make-things-alright-for-them

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Illinois Planned Parenthood spends $600K to oust taxpayer-funded abortion opponents from state legislature
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511603594-illinois-planned-parenthood-spends-600k-to-oust-taxpayer-funded-abortion-opponents-from-state-legislature

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Six Champaign-Urbana Residents Diagnosed with Legionnaires’ Disease – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/10/six-champaign-urbana-residents-diagnosed-with-legionnaires-disease/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Legal scholar says public retirement stewards should prioritize taxpayers over retirees – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Why don’t my critics/opponents sue my Democrat GAO superiors for forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old? So far, in today’s dollars, the Civil Service Retirement System has paid me $1,093,466.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/legal-scholar-says-public-retirement-stewards-should-prioritize-taxpayers-over/article_eaae832a-d166-11e8-aa21-0ba69240885d.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BEYONCÉ, HANNITY AND LEBRON JAMES AMONG MOST POLITICALLY DIVISIVE ENTERTAINERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/beyonc%C3%A9-hannity-and-lebron-james-among-most-politically-divisive-entertainers.html

 

GOPUSA
— Trump warns Honduras against sending illegal ‘migrant caravans’
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-warns-honduras-against-sending-illegal-migrant-caravans/

 

DAILY CALLER
— SUBURBAN WOMEN DON’T LOVE ABORTION – Brenna Lewis and Matt Lamb (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who have worked the hardest to destroy those like me who support the right to life plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/16/opinion-suburban-women-dont-love-abortion/

 

FEDERALIST
— Why Open Borders Are Bad For America’s Immigrants In ‘Melting Pot or Civil War? A Son of Immigrants Makes the Case Against Open Borders,’ Reihan Salam says America must make smart investments in alleviating global poverty as it moves toward a more skills-based immigration system. – Francisco Gonzalez
https://thefederalist.com/2018/10/16/open-borders-are-bad-for-americas-immigrants/

 

BREITBART
— Democrat Sen. Sherrod Brown Urges Amnesty for Illegals with Jobs – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer hiring illegals over citizens of America. Employers can manipulate, dominate, and exploit illegals far easier than they can manipulate, dominate, and exploit citizens of America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2018/10/16/sen-sherrod-brown-urges-amnesty-for-illegals-with-jobs/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A merit-based argument for making immigration great again – W. James Antle III
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/a-merit-based-argument-for-making-immigration-great-again

 

THE HILL
— Conservatives fear Trump will cut immigration deal – MELANIE ZANONA
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/411763-conservatives-fear-trump-will-cut-immigration-deal?userid=3526
— GOP strategist says Republican candidates are ‘all over the map’ on immigration (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. In Illinois, if you get elected or appointed as a Republican, you obligate yourself to defend and advance the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform.)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/411715-gop-strategist-says-republican-candidates-are-all-over-the-map

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Laura Ingraham: Vote GOP Or Democrats Will Replace You With Immigrants The Fox News host suggested Democrats wanted to replace American voters with “an ever increasing number of chain migrants.” Lee Moran (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer hiring illegals over citizens of America. Employers can manipulate, dominate, and exploit illegals far easier than they can manipulate, dominate, and exploit citizens of America.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/laura-ingraham-gop-midterms-immigrants_us_5bc6d489e4b055bc947b6d7d

 

POLITICO
— Trump’s new fights with women stoke GOP concern about female voters The president is accused of sexism in his attacks on a senator and a former porn star, soon after a Supreme Court confirmation battle that has already left many American women furious. – GABBY ORR and REBECCA MORIN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/16/trump-go-after-stormy-daniels-avenatti-905698

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Canada now world’s largest legal marijuana marketplace – ROB GILLIES AND GENE JOHNSON
https://www.kansascity.com/news/article220143520.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Horseface,’ ‘Lowlife,’ ‘Fat, Ugly’: How the President Demeans Women President Trump has a history of attacking women by mocking their bodily functions, demeaning their looks or comparing them to animals. – Michael D. Shear and Eileen Sullivan (DIERSEN: QUESTION: When Trump demeans women, who do anti-Trumps punish? ANSWER: All Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/politics/trump-women-insults.html
— Polarization Seems to Be Helping Republicans in Run-Up to Midterms Energized voters on the right dim prospects for big Democratic gains in red districts and states. – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/upshot/midterms-polarization-republicans-polls.html
— With a House Takeover, Democrats Could Get Trump’s Tax Returns. Would They? – Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/us/politics/trump-tax-returns-democrats.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Letter sent to 400,000 ‘inactive’ New York voters – William Neuman (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there in the voter rolls in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/16/nyregion/inactive-voter-letter-nyc.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— OUTSTANDING: Trump Threatens to Cut Off Aid to Honduras Over Immigration Caravan Guatemalan authorities arrest Bartolo Fuentes, leader of the caravan of more than 1,500 migrants – Rebecca Ballhaus, Juan Montes and Santiago Pérez
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-threatens-to-cut-off-aid-to-honduras-over-immigration-caravan-1539697747
— Trump’s Grim Handbook for Governance Unyielding loyalty to the president and scorn for ‘losers’ are among the top rules. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-grim-handbook-for-governance-1539730866

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana becomes legal in Canada on Wednesday – Alan Freeman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/marijuana-becomes-legal-in-canada-on-wednesday-but-barriers-remain-for-consumers/2018/10/16/2a1627b4-d0bf-11e8-a4db-184311d27129_story.html

 

CRONKITE NEWS
— One class at time: ‘Dreamers’ find it hard to afford college after court ruling – Abdel Jimenez (DIERSEN: I rarely took more than one course at a time while I earned a job-related MBA from Loyola in 1976, a job-related master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a job-related master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997 a) because that was what I could afford and b) my jobs working for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997 came first.)
https://cronkitenews.azpbs.org/2018/10/16/arizona-daca-recipients-stuggle-without-in-state-tuition/

 

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps call you a Nazi if you do not promote citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://www.alternet.org/news-amp-politics/fox-news-laura-ingraham-echoes-you-will-not-replace-us-nazi-chant-vile-segment

 

DAILY MAIL
— OUTSTANDING: Trump warns Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador that all payments to them will stop if they continue to allow illegals into the U.S.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6283603/Trump-warns-Honduras-halt-migrant-caravan-lose-US-aid.html

 

TRAINING ZONE
— What to Look For When Hiring a Webmaster – Cristine Felt (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why do organizations that claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but are dominated by anti-conservatives and/or by anti-Republicans, do not want me to serve as their webmaster? ANSWER: Those who dominate those organizations know that I would want their website to promote a) the traditional family plank in the IRP platform (https://illinois.gop/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/2016PlatformoftheIllinoisRepublicanParty.pdf), b) the right to life plank in the IRP platform, c) the immigration plank in the IRP platform, d) the Second Amendment plank in the IRP platform, e) the illegal drugs plank in the RNC platform (https://prod-static-ngop-pbl.s3.amazonaws.com/media/documents/DRAFT_12_FINAL%5B1%5D-ben_1468872234.pdf), and f) the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the RNC platform. I should write a book about those who rudely terminated me as webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (twice) and for the Illinois Center Right Coalition.)
https://www.trainingzone.co.uk/community/blogs/cristinefelt/what-to-look-for-when-hiring-a-webmaster

 

FAST COMPANY
— This is how you get your boss’s job – ART MARKMAN (DIERSEN: To keep their jobs and/or to get promoted, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government focused on destroying their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90250157/how-to-get-your-bosss-job

 

CPA JOURNAL
— Reflections on My 66 Years in Public Accounting – Arthur J. Radin, CPA (DIERSEN: Democrats use “up-or-out” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.cpajournal.com/2018/09/21/reflections-on-my-66-years-in-public-accounting/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The concept of “up-or-out”—either get promoted in a reasonable time or find another job—did not exist until around 1965, when the large firms started to adopt the policy. Eight years after starting at Touche and after many rapid promotions, I was made a partner at the age of 31. I did not think I was too young to be a partner; others did. Today, 40 years after I left the firm, I am amazed how often someone introducing me says, “He was a partner of Deloitte,” to establish my credentials.)