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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 13 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— DHS Says It’s Finally Hiring More Border Agents Than It’s Losing – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/10/dhs-says-its-finally-hiring-more-border-agents-its-losing/151987/

October 8 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For the U.S. House: Roskam, Tillman, Kelly, Lipinski and Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ushouse-roskam-dayone-20181003-story.html#nt=oft12aH-1la1
— Gov. Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker set to rumble twice in week after accusing each other of crimes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-pritzker-busy-week-ahead-20181007-story.html
— State GOP gets cash infusion – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-pritzker-busy-week-ahead-20181007-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Illinois Republican Party, which has been heavily subsidized by Gov. Rauner, has gotten a cash infusion of more than $850,000 from a variety of sources. The House Republican Organization, the campaign funding arm of House GOP lawmakers and candidates, gave the state GOP $500,000. The HRO has also received significant funding from Rauner. In addition, the Republican State Senate Campaign Committee gave the party $200,000, while Rauner’s hand-picked state Republican chairman, Cook County Commissioner Tim Schneider, added another $80,000. Barrett Davie, a Republican state Senate candidate from Lake Forest who is challenging Democratic state Sen. Julie Morrison of Deerfield, also gave the state GOP $70,000. Davie also has been the beneficiary of more than $300,000 from conservative Republican mega-donor Richard Uihlein of Lake Forest.)
— Columbus, Ohio, once spent $95M to celebrate Columbus Day. Now, it’s canceled. – Meagan Flynn (DIERSEN: What percent of illegal immigrants 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-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-columbus-day-columbus-ohio-20181008-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But it became the subject of protests last year over Columbus’ enslavement of native people, with the protest’s organizer supporting renaming the city itself. “Christopher Columbus was an agent of and continues to be a symbol of the genocide of the indigenous peoples of the Americas,” Elissa Washuta, a protester and member of the Cowlitz Indian Tribe, told the Columbus Dispatch in August 2017.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat’s poll shows Casten ahead of Roskam by 5 points – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/?post_type=cst_article&p=1411456
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among women voters polled, Casten is up 15 points — 54 percent to 39 percent. For men voters polled, Roskam is up by 7 points — 50 percent to 43 percent, according to the poll. Casten is also performing better with voters age 18 to 39 — polling 58 percent to Roskam’s 25 percent. The race between Roskam, who has held the seat since 2007, and Casten, a political newcomer and a former energy company executive, is under a microscope nationally as Democrats try to regain control of the chamber. Roskam’s campaign said they’re aware the race is close but expressed optimism in the incumbent’s chances. The campaign on Sunday also sought to link Casten to Illinois House Speaker Mike Madigan, echoing TV ads which say “both would make us pay a lot more” in taxes. “We are confident voters will stick with Peter Roskam, who has been an effective leader for Illinois and is rated as one of the most bipartisan members of Congress,” spokeswoman Veronica Vera said.)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Ground zero for governmental failure: Chicago’s south suburbs The south suburbs represent a catastrophic, wholesale failure of government, and they’re a warning to other Illinois areas caught in death spirals for the same reasons. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/ground-zero-governmental-failure-chicagos-south-suburbs

ABC7
— Chicago has second-most dog poop in US, study finds – Jonathon M. Sadowski
https://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/chicago-has-second-most-dog-poop-in-us-study-finds/4422159/#new_tab

WGN RADIO
— Reporter breaks down the toilet tax break scheme on “porcelain prince”
https://wgnradio.com/2018/10/07/porcelain-price-reporter-breaks-down-the-toilet-tax-break-scheme/
— Rauner and Pritzker agree to chat with high school students
https://wgnradio.com/2018/10/08/sunday-spin-rauner-and-pritzker-agree-to-chat-with-high-school-students/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— April Ryan: Trump sees women reporters as weak
https://www.pantagraph.com/business/investment/personal-finance/april-ryan-trump-sees-women-reporters-as-weak/video_71194872-e4d9-5230-9a4e-5aa9385503e5.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Too big to fall? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-10-08/editorial-too-big-fall.html

DEPAULIA
— Chicago students rally together against Brett Kavanaugh – Daniel Schrimer
https://depauliaonline.com/36982/news/chicago-students-rally-together-against-brett-kavanaugh/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Student reactions to Kavanaugh confirmation echo a polarizing process – Daisy Conant and Danielle Spitz
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2018/10/07/campus/northwestern-students-react-to-brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-process/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Conroy won’t oppose statewide residential property tax proposal
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511597409-conroy-won-t-oppose-statewide-residential-property-tax-proposal

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— AG Candidate Kwame Raoul should be charged with perjury for filing another false Statement of Economic Interest – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/10/ag-candidate-kwame-raoul-should-be-charged-with-perjury-for-filing-another-false-statement-of-economic-interest/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative students say free-speech rights assailed by anti-Kavanaugh mob Kavanaugh supporters harassed at two University of Texas campuses – James Varney
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/7/texas-conservative-students-say-free-speech-rights/

TOWNHALL
— Politicians Care More About Illegal Immigrants and Elections than Disabled Veterans – Justin Haskins
https://townhall.com/columnists/justinhaskins/2018/10/08/politicians-care-more-about-illegal-immigrants-and-elections-than-disabled-veterans-n2526303
— We’ll Remember In November: This Kavanaugh Witch Hunt Is Radicalizing Us Normals – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2018/10/08/well-remember-in-november-this-kavanaugh-witch-hunt-is-radicalizing-us-normals-n2525987

HOT AIR
— Kavanaugh’s Confirmation Will Radicalize The Democratic Party – PHILIP KLEIN
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/10/kavanaughs-confirmation-will-radicalize-democratic-party/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Trump warns of ‘tidal wave’ of illegals, crime if Dems win midterms – Michael F. Haverluck
https://www.onenewsnow.com/national-security/2018/10/07/trump-warns-of-tidal-wave-of-illegals-crime-if-dems-win-midterms

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Epic Fail: Student Walkout Protests
https://www.academia.org/epic-fail-student-walkout-protests/

BREITBART
— McCaskill, all Democrat Senators, Push Catch-and-Release Bill for Migrants – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/08/mccaskill-all-democrat-senators-push-catch-and-release-bill-for-migrants/

DAILY WIRE
— Democrats Blame Avenatti For Kavanaugh Confirmation – JAMES BARRETT (DIERSEN: Who blames you and for what? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially for those defeats suffered by Republican candidates on DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 ballots in Wheaton.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36838/democrats-blame-avenatti-kavanaugh-confirmation-james-barrett

DAILY CALLER
— LIBERAL WRITERS, ACTIVISTS ATTACK ‘WHITE WOMEN’ OVER KAVANAUGH – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/07/liberals-attack-white-women-brett-kavanaugh/

FOX NEWS
— Democrats to appeal to voters to channel anger over Kavanaugh confirmation – Edmund DeMarche (DIERSEN: The more demographics that you share with Trump and/or with Kavanaugh, the harder that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs will work to destroy you. What demographics do you share with Trump and/or with Kavanaugh? Trump, Kavanaugh, and I are Trump supporters, Kavanaugh supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, and our ancestors have been in America for a long time. Trump and I are Protestant, gun owners, German national origin, and draft avoiders. Trump and Kavanaugh are federal employees; I was a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democrats-to-appeal-to-voters-to-channel-anger-over-kavanaugh-confirmation
— Susan Collins slams anti-Kavanaugh activists for ‘trying to buy votes’ – Mike Arroyo
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/susan-collins-slams-anti-kavanaugh-activists-for-trying-to-buy-votes

WORLD NET DAILY
— LEFT TURNS VICIOUS ON SEN. SUSAN COLLINS Now they are threatening to rape her staffer
https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/left-turns-vicious-on-sen-susan-collins/
— WHY YOU NEED NEW CONSERVATIVE SOCIAL MEDIA & SEARCH Stop being censored by Facebook, Google and Twitter
https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/why-you-need-new-conservative-social-media-search/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Have you been a victim of censorship? If you are a conservative, it is almost certain Facebook, Google, Twitter or another high tech company put some type of restriction on the information you need. Your posts may be blocked or shadowbanned. Perhaps, important news is hidden from you. It is a matter of freedom or tyranny. Many people are asking, what is the solution? USA.Life social network and 1776Free.com search engine are the answer to Facebook, Google and Twitter censoring Christians, conservatives and liberty. These new sites are being built by Steven Andrew, a Silicon Valley technology and Christian leader. He set up a crowdfunding page to launch the sites and people are chipping in to save our freedoms. Already, they have exceeded $200,000. When Andrew saw Facebook block tens of millions of his posts from followers, he decided to use his Internet business and leadership skills to make these pro-America alternatives. How can these new sites save the Internet for you and your loved ones? Here are three important reasons why you need USA.Life and 1776Free.com. 1. Freely Share Life, Liberty and Happiness Andrew found big tech blocks pro-American values. Your God-given rights are being restricted. Important things like God, family values, securing the borders for your safety, gun rights, life, the Constitution and traditional marriage are being attacked by these big tech companies. A report found Google gave 96% liberal news against President Trump. This affects elections. USA.Life and 1776Free.com use a Pro-America Algorithm (TM), so you can always share and find life, liberty and happiness. You can freely talk about American values, without being restricted. This makes you and your loved ones safe, strong and blessed. 2. Privacy News reports reveal Facebook, Google and others track almost all private details of your life. This spying is unAmerican. However, USA.Life and 1776Free.com give you privacy. Only a minimal amount of information is used. If you delete something, it is deleted. There is no selling of your personal data to third parties. 3. Real News Liberal big tech companies updated their algorithms, so conservatives get less traffic, according to reports. They promote fake news outlets, which is a danger to national security. USA.Life and 1776Free.com are different. They give you real news, so you know the truth about what is going on. You and your family gain real knowledge. Learn More Without USA.Life and 1776Free.com, your freedom and privacy could be lost forever. However, the Internet can be saved if 58,000 people give $10, or if 5,800 supporters give $100. New members are joining every day by signing up for a free account. Joining now gives users access to preferred usernames and project updates. Don’t be trapped with anti-American Facebook, Google and Twitter, sign up today. With these new sites, you help save the USA.)

THE HILL
— Suburban voters will decide control of Congress – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/410174-suburban-voters-will-decide-control-of-congress

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Republicans may have traded majorities in Congress for a conservative Supreme Court.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/08/politics/election-2018-midterm-brett-kavanaugh/index.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps acknowledge that “Trump is winning” but ask “are voters tired of it?”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-winning-are-voters-tired-it-n917536?cid=public-rss_20181008

NEW YORK TIMES
— On the Left, Eyeing More Radical Ways to Fight Kavanaugh – Charlie Savage
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/us/politics/democrats-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Liberals, This is War.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Get Angry, and Get Involved.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/opinion/midterms-trump-republicans-supreme-court.html
— FRONT PAGE: Wall Street Is Booming Under Trump. But Many of Its Donors Are Embracing Democrats. – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/us/politics/wall-street-election-donations.html

NEW YORK POST
— Another casualty of the Kavanaugh fight: the media’s ‘what women think’ scam – Karol Markowicz
https://nypost.com/2018/10/07/another-casualty-of-the-kavanaugh-fight-the-medias-what-women-think-scam/

USA TODAY
— Marijuana caused more damage to teens’ brains than alcohol, study finds – Joel Shannon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/10/06/marijuana-damaged-teenagers-brains-more-than-alcohol-study-finds/1539574002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Parties Seize on Kavanaugh Supreme Court Clash A month before midterms, both sides use the debate to stoke passions – Janet Hook
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-midterms-kavanaugh-fight-seen-boosting-gop-in-senate-democrats-in-house-1538910000
— The Kavanaugh Effect: Political Debates Shake Up the Workplace The Supreme Court confirmation battle over Brett Kavanaugh has left Americans looking for ways to find common ground with their colleagues Brett Kavanaugh arrives for testimony before the Senate – Chip Cutter, Vanessa Fuhrmans and Julie Jargon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kavanaugh-effect-political-debates-shake-up-the-workplace-1538949970
— The Political Distortion of Language – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-political-distortion-of-language-1538926301

FORBES
— Think Again If You Plan To Work Longer – Teresa Ghilarducci (DIERSEN: How long do you plan to work? I planned to work at least until I would be eligible for regular retirement when I was 55 in 2003. But my Democrat superiors in the federal government succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement offer when I was 49 in 1997. Consequently, my pension is only $51,864, or only 41% of what my $125,325 salary was in today’s dollars.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2018/10/08/think-again-if-you-plan-to-work-past-65/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When 52% of older workers are pushed out of their jobs, working longer is not their choice. The stark truth is that a significant share of older workers — age 55-64 — are not anywhere near being on track to afford retirement. The median retirement account balance for older workers is only $15,000. Even the highest income workers — those earning over $200,000 per year who are in the top ten percent of the income distribution — do not have enough money to retire and maintain their standard of living. Their median account balance is under a year’s salary at $200,000 and 15% of the highest earners have no retirement plan except Social Security. For nearly 20 years, the advice to older people is to make to make up for inadequate retirement wealth by working longer. Yet, from 2008 to 2014, at least 52% of retirees over 55 left their last job involuntarily as a result of direct job loss (they were laid off or their business closed or changed ownership); they felt they were pushed out so they quit; or their health deteriorated; or they had to leave work to take care of a sick family member.)

INSURANCE JOURNAL
— Google Keeps Age Discrimination Claims Settlement Amount Secret – Robert Burnson (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.insurancejournal.com/news/national/2018/10/08/503581.htm

WRAL
— Republican women praise Kavanaugh confirmation, call sexual assault claims ‘outlandish’
https://www.wral.com/republican-women-praise-kavanaugh-confirmation-call-sexual-assault-claims-outlandish-/17899795/

NEW YORKER
— The Rise and Fall of Affirmative Action With a lawsuit against Harvard, Asian-American activists have formed an alliance with a white conservative to change higher education. – Hua Hsu (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2018/10/15/the-rise-and-fall-of-affirmative-action

GUARDIAN
— Women aren’t united against Kavanaugh. That’s a dangerous myth – Jessa Crispin
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/08/women-united-kavanaugh-dangerous-myth
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-man says “The Kavanaugh case revealed a system rigged against women.”
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/08/kavanaugh-case-revealed-system-rigged-against-women

DAILY MAIL
— CNN White House reporter Kaitlan Collins is forced to apologize after her old homophobic tweets resurface – MARLENE LENTHANG
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6250991/CNN-White-House-reporter-forced-apologize-old-homophobic-tweets-resurface.html

METRO WEEKLY
— LGBTQ groups decry Kavanaugh’s confirmation to Supreme Court HRC, Lambda Legal, NCLR and others slammed Senate Republicans — and particularly Susan Collins — for confirming Brett Kavanaugh – Rhuaridh Marr
https://www.metroweekly.com/2018/10/lgbtq-groups-decry-kavanaughs-confirmation-to-supreme-court/

October 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO BUSINESS JOURNAL
— OPPOSITION RESEARCH: DuPage County Chairman Candidate, Lynn LaPlante, To Host Free October 6th Inaugural “Get out the Vote Concert” at DuPage County Fairgrounds to Increase Voter Turnout and Introduce Voters to Candidates
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/businesswire/press_releases/Illinois/2018/09/21/20180921005553
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180921005553/en/
(FROM THE PROMOTION: Statewide Candidates Including JB Pritzker and Kwame Raoul and Democratic Candidates in DuPage County to Attend News Highlights Entertainment by Award Winning Musicians, Orbert Davis of the Chicago Jazz Philharmonic, Jazz Vocalist of the Year Tammy McCann, and Ralph Covert of The Bad Examples and Ralph’s World. Several delicious food trucks by Chicagoland’s best including Mario Cart’s Race to the Taste. The Beer Cellar from Glen Ellyn will be on hand to sell fresh, local craft beer from Illinois. Family-friendly activities which include a mock voting event for children, with voting booths, ballots and stickers; seasonal activities for children, including: face painting, pumpkin painting and balloon artists and photo booth. Help Lynn Win, the organization supporting DuPage County Board Chairman Candidate, Lynn LaPlante, is hosting a free “Get Out The Vote Concert” on Saturday, October 6 at the DuPage County Fairgrounds at 2015 Manchester Rd, Wheaton, IL from 3PM to 7PM. For the very first time, constituents in DuPage County will have a chance to hear from the largest gathering of Democratic candidates in the state. Ms. LaPlante commented, “This is a watershed event in an historically red DuPage County. We have never had a full Democratic ballot for voters to choose from before. Currently, there is one Democrat out of nineteen County Board Members. A Democrat or a woman has never held the office of Chairman in the history of DuPage County—179 years! It is time to change that. For the first time in its history, voters will be able to hear from and meet a full ballot of inspiring Democratic candidates, from the judges at bottom of the ballot to gubernatorial candidates at the top. Many of the candidates attending the event, including JB Pritzker, are first time candidates like me, following President Obama’s wise words that ‘change only happens when ordinary people get involved.”)

WLS AM
— Rauner and Pritzter set to debate tonight on ABC7 – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/03/rauner-and-pritzter-set-to-debate-tonight-on-abc7/

WGN TV
— Pritzker, Rauner to face off in Illinois governor debate
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/03/pritzker-rauner-to-face-off-in-illinois-governor-debate/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Failure and fraud likely themes when Rauner, Pritzker meet for second debate – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/failure-fraud-rauner-pritzker-second-debate-abc7-league-women-voters-univision/
— Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock’s federal criminal case to be heard by Chicago judge – Lynn Sweet and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aaron-schock-congress-federal-criminal-case-northern-district-illinois-judge-colin-bruce-peoria/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: With Illinois medical pot market poised to expand, high-profile national chain is buying Oak Park dispensary – Robert McCoppin
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-medmen-buys-medical-marijuana-dispensary-in-illinois-20181002-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want to get rid of the Pledge of Allegiance.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-pledge-folo-st-1003-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— The case for township road districts’ demise – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181003/editorial-the-case-for-township-road-districts-demise

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker’s toilet scandal: Who leaked the report—and how bad is the damage? The Democratic gubernatorial candidate is likely to survive a watchdog report that he gained from “a scheme to defraud” taxpayers. But the impact could last. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzkers-toilet-scandal-who-leaked-report-and-how-bad-damage
— These are the richest people in our area, says Forbes Of the 14 wealthiest area residents who made the list last year, 13 returned this year. – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents and my wife and I the most as being undeservedly filthy rich. They started all that in 1966 when I was 17 years old and bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/news/these-are-richest-people-our-area-says-forbes

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Former SJ-R cartoonist’s take on Kavanaugh sparks firestorm – Dean Olsen
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181002/former-sj-r-cartoonists-take-on-kavanaugh-sparks-firestorm
— McCann goes on TV, but also targeted by $1.5 million campaign – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181002/mccann-goes-on-tv-but-also-targeted-by-15-million-campaign
— Watch the candidates: Pritzker vs. Rauner vs. Jackson vs. McCann, Illinois governor
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181002/watch-candidates-pritzker-vs-rauner-vs-jackson-vs-mccann-illinois-governor
— Rauner administration asks for more time on step pay – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: I got many step increases and COLAs while I worked for Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997. In addition, I got promotions in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 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.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181002/rauner-administration-asks-for-more-time-on-step-pay

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— For governor: Bruce Rauner – Editorial Board
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-10-03/editorial-governor-bruce-rauner.html
— Caught with hands in toilet, Pritzker repays ill-gotten gains – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-10-03/jim-dey-caught-with-hands-toilet-pritzker-repays-ill-gotten-gains.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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 make progress in getting rid of those 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://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-10-02/ammons-details-panels-report-creating-culture-safe-women-campaigns.html
— The News-Gazette Endorses Erika Harold For Illinois Attorney General
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-10-02/editorial-backing-susana-mendoza-erika-harold-november.html

NEWS PRESS NOW
— 15th District race preview: After running unopposed in 2016, Shimkus faces challenger – GABRIEL NEELY-STREIT (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest to get someone to run against you, that is, who works the hardest to get rid of you? Those who work the hardest against me 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. I should write a book about them.)
http://www.newspressnow.com/news/national/th-district-race-preview-after-running-unopposed-in-shimkus-faces/article_bf9e1f34-0222-5655-8a4a-a3d568ee70af.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Enthusiasm Among Illinois Democrats More Than Double What It Was In 2014: Poll – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/enthusiasm-among-illinois-democrats-more-double-what-it-was-2014-poll#stream/0
— Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham Lashes Out At Democrats Over Kavanaugh – TIM MAK
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/republican-sen-lindsey-graham-lashes-out-democrats-over-kavanaugh#stream/0

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Madigan backs Glen Ellyn’s Terra Costa Howard with $173,000
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511586570-report-madigan-backs-glen-ellyn-s-terra-costa-howard-with-173-000

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Real estate experts say Prizker’s toilet troubles could be criminal – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/real-estate-experts-say-prizker-s-toilet-troubles-could-be/article_6c611fc2-c68b-11e8-8219-b3f679853cac.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Beyond the Kavanaugh Event: America’s Fading Traditions – Dr. Daniel Boland
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/beyond-the-kavanaugh-event-americas-fading-traditions/

CAPITOL FAX
— Republican delegation asks US Attorney to probe Pritzker
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/03/republican-delegation-asks-us-attorney-to-probe-pritzker/
— WBEZ: “Rauner’s Office Contributed To Delay In Quincy Legionnaires’ Notice”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/03/wbez-rauner%e2%80%99s-office-contributed-to-delay-in-quincy-legionnaires-notice/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ugly war of words in Senate as nation splits over Kavanaugh – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/ugly-war-of-words-in-senate-as-nation-splits-over-kavanaugh

FEDERALIST
— The Kavanaugh Circus Shows The Supreme Court’s Political Power Is Out of Control For the sake of our political system, we must re-embrace the balance of power the Constitution originally envisioned. – Travis Weber
http://thefederalist.com/2018/10/03/the-kavanaugh-circus-shows-the-supreme-court-is-way-too-political/

TOWNHALL
— Of Course, The Two Women Who Yelled At Spineless Jeff Flake Never Had Their Political Ties Exposed – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/10/02/of-course-the-two-women-who-yelled-at-jeff-flake-never-had-political-ties-exposed-n2524625

DAILY CALLER
— THREE WITNESSES INTERVIEWED BY FBI IN KAVANAUGH PROBE DON’T REMEMBER THE PARTY IN FORD’S TESTIMONY – Evie Fordham
http://dailycaller.com/2018/10/02/kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-witnesses/
— THE NUMBERS ON KAVANAUGH ARE IN AND THEY’RE A DISASTER FOR DEMOCRATS – Grace Carr
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/02/kavanaugh-numbers-confirmation-democrats/

PJ MEDIA
— Female Reporters #LiterallyShaking after Trump Treats Them Exactly Like Male Reporters – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/trending/female-reporters-literallyshaking-after-trump-treats-them-exactly-like-male-reporters/

FOX NEWS
— Christine Blasey Ford ex-boyfriend says she helped friend prep for potential polygraph; Grassley sounds alarm – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/christine-blasey-ford-ex-boyfriend-says-she-helped-friend-prep-for-potential-polygraph-grassley-sounds-alarm
— 10 things Democrats will take away from us if they win control of the House and Senate – Charlie Kirk
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/10-things-democrats-will-take-away-from-us-if-they-win-control-of-the-house-and-senate

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Kavanaugh backlash builds, as Dems face voter troubles – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/3/brett-kavanaugh-backlash-builds-democrats-face-vot/
— Fraud soars as more men sneak children into U.S. to exploit ‘family loophole’ – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/2/illegal-immigrant-men-sneak-children-us-exploit-fa/

HOT AIR
— The Democrats’ Latest Bill To Shield Illegal Aliens – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/10/02/democrats-latest-bill-shield-illegal-aliens/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats fail to grasp the irony of their attacks on Kavanaugh’s credibility – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/dems_fail_to_grasp_the_irony_of_their_attacks_on_kavanaughs_credibility.html

BREITBART
— Michael Steele: Kavanaugh’s ‘Aberrant’ Behavior at Hearing a ‘Cultural Moment’ GOP Is ‘Ignoring’ – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/10/02/michael-steele-kavanaughs-aberrant-behavior-at-hearing-a-cultural-moment-gop-is-ignoring/
— Democrats Fight Trump to Preserve Cartels’ Migrant-Smuggling Business – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/02/democrats-fight-trump-to-preserve-uac-migrant-loophole/

TPM
— Kavanaugh’s ‘Revenge’ Theory Draws Attention To His Past With Clintons – Lisa Mascaro (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the “real” and the “only” reason why I wanted GAO to assign me to audits of IRS was that I wanted to take revenge on IRS. They stressed that IRS did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/kavanaugh-past-with-clintons

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— The Weekly Watchman: The Kavanaugh vote is now a proxy for defending due process – Drew White
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-weekly-watchman-the-kavanaugh-vote-is-now-a-proxy-for-defending-due-process/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY REVIEW
— Christine Ford and the Party Of Smears, Attack, Besmirch And Slander – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/10/christine-ford-and-the-party-of-smears-attack-besmirch-and-slander/

THE HILL
— Trump blasts NYT tax story a ‘hit piece’ – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: Have you ever been the subject of a hit piece? My wife and I were. Money Magazine published a hit piece on my wife and I in its February 1978 edition. For sure, Money Magazine would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran, and provably not either if I was not 100% German national origin and baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. Money Magazine despises, if not hates those who share my demographics.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409623-trump-blasts-nyt-tax-story-a-hit-piece
— 2020 primaries loom over GOP senators on Kavanaugh – ALEXANDER BOLTON (DIERSEN: Who will run in the 2020 U.S. Senate Republican primary?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409591-2020-primaries-loom-over-gop-senators-on-kavanaugh

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally a) illegally encourage people to illegally come to America illegally, b) illegally encourage people to illegally stay in America illegally, and c) illegally encourage people to illegally bring others to America illegally.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-illegal-language-immigrant_us_5bb2bd41e4b00fe9f4f9b033
— The Enduring, Messy Power Of Rage-Filled Women We have been here before, and we will likely be here again. The real test is whether our collective anger can sustain. – Emma Gray (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in getting rid of men in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/angry-women-good-and-mad-rebecca-traister-rage-becomes-her-soraya-chemaly_us_5bb27285e4b027da00d65113

NBC NEWS
— McConnell denounces Kavanaugh ‘feeding frenzy,’ doubles down on vote this week Senate Republicans have given the FBI until Friday to complete the new investigation of the Supreme Court nominee. – Rebecca Shabad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-denounces-kavanaugh-feeding-frenzy-doubles-down-vote-week-n916206

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Taunts Christine Blasey Ford at Rally – Maggie Haberman and Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/us/politics/trump-me-too.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Engaged in Suspect Tax Schemes as He Reaped Riches From His Father.” My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates painted my education deductions as being fraudulent.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/02/us/politics/donald-trump-tax-schemes-fred-trump.html
— Missing in the G.O.P.: Black and Hispanic Nominees for Governor – Astead W. Herndon (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Blacks, at Hispanics, and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/03/us/politics/republican-governors-midterms.html
— The American Civil War The nation is deeply divided, with each side seeing the other as “the enemy.” – Thomas L. Friedman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/opinion/the-american-civil-war-part-ii.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump and the Self-Made Sham Now let’s see your tax returns, Mr. President.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/opinion/donald-trump-tax-fraud-fred.html

WASHINGTON POST
— FBI navigates political minefield and deadline in Kavanaugh inquiry – Devlin Barrett, Devlin Barrett, Matt Zapotosky, Carol D. Leonnig and Tom Hamburger
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-navigates-political-minefield-and-deadline-in-kavanaugh-inquiry/2018/10/02/315aa59c-c67c-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Brett Kavanaugh’s Righteous Anger His foes seem to think a good judge would respond like a robot to scurrilous personal attacks. – Orrin Hatch (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that disqualifies you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the success that they have had in getting me to raise my voice. I should write a book about all the times that they have succeeded in getting me to raise my voice. When they speak at me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are unpleasant, rude, nasty, disrespectful, dismissive, discrediting, arrogant, pushy, belittling, condescending, insulting, accusatory, bombastic, obnoxious, outrageous, vicious, threatening, and even worse things. They talk and/or act like they have the power to destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that they want to. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/brett-kavanaughs-righteous-anger-1538519713

USA TODAY
— Primary lessons: Two parties in flux, both defined by President Donald Trump – Susan Page
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/02/donald-trump-defines-republicans-democrats-midterms-election-day-approach/1491435002/
— Even if Kavanaugh confirmed to Supreme Court, fight over sex assault allegations unlikely to end – Gregory Korte
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/02/supreme-court-confirmation-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-democrats-impeachment/1457450002/

DETROIT NEWS
— Kavanaugh’s ‘revenge’ theory spotlights Clintons – AP (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Of course, my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the “real” and the “only” reason why I wanted GAO to assign me to audits of IRS was that I wanted to take revenge on IRS. They stressed that IRS did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974.)
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/03/kavanaugh-spotlights-past-clintons/38028099/

KANSAS CITY STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Women are flocking to Democrats” and ask “Will local GOP candidates regret embracing Trump?”
https://www.kansascity.com/opinion/opn-columns-blogs/dave-helling/article219357830.html

KCBS RADIO
— Age Discrimination Is Becoming A Trend (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://kcbsradio.radio.com/media/audio-channel/age-discrimination-becoming-trend

DUKE CHRONICLE
— Duke trustee (Pritzker) to repay $330,000 in taxes after removing toilets from home for tax break – Nathan Luzum
https://www.dukechronicle.com/article/2018/10/billionaire-duke-trustee-removed-toilets-from-mansion-for-tax-break-duke-university

U.S. NEW & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner Seeks Plant Shutdown After Downplaying Cancer Risks.”
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-10-02/rauner-seeks-plant-shutdown-after-downplaying-cancer-risks

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP TELLS SUPPORTERS DEMOCRATS HAVE GONE ‘LOCO’ AND WILL DO ANYTHING FOR POWER – HARRIET SINCLAIR
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-tells-supporters-democrats-have-gone-loco-and-will-do-anything-power-1148543

FORTUNE
— Trump Mocked Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford. Key Undecided Senators Are Not Happy
http://fortune.com/2018/10/03/flake-collins-criticize-trump-comments/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kavanaugh’s Partisan Rage Was Disqualifying – Even If He’s Innocent.” What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that disqualifies you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress the success that they have had in getting me to raise my voice. I should write a book about all the times that they have succeeded in getting me to raise my voice. When they speak at me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are unpleasant, rude, nasty, disrespectful, dismissive, discrediting, arrogant, pushy, belittling, condescending, insulting, accusatory, bombastic, obnoxious, outrageous, vicious, threatening, and even worse things. They talk and/or act like they have the power to destroy any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that they want to. They blame me for all of their problems, for all of your problems, for all of my problems, and for all of everyone’s problems. I should write a book about them.
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/10/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-partisan-rage-ford-was-disqualifying-fbi-jeff-flake-senate.html

ATLANTIC
— National Reporters Are Transfixed by the Kavanaugh Story. How About Their Readers? Viewership for the major news networks was high, but TV only tells half the story. – SHAN WANG
https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2018/10/how-many-people-are-truly-following-kavanaugh-news/571897/

THE WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump calls Kavanaugh a “beer-drinking bro and a coastal elite.” To demonize, denigrate, and condemn you, what do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes call you? To demonize, denigrate, and condemn me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes call me a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 70), rich, gun owner, 100% German American, someone whose ancestors have been in America for a long time (since 1844), union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 21 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, and even worse things.
http://theweek.com/articles/799269/brett-kavanaugh-beerdrinking-bro-coastal-elite

LAWYERS
— THE GRAY AREA OF WORKPLACE DISCRIMINATION – Sidney L. Gold (DIERSEN: The federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/discrimination/the-gray-area-of-workplace-discrimination-50733/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Employee Engagement and Professional Development Top Management Agenda Progress Report – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were engaged in a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/10/employee-engagement-professional-development-top-management-agenda-progress-report/151737/

MOSCOW TIMES
— Russian Senate Passes Contentious Pension Age Hike Bill The senators also unanimously passed a bill criminalizing age discrimination in firing and hiring workers who are five years away from retirement. (DIERSEN: In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I was five years away from being eligible to retire. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://themoscowtimes.com/news/russian-senate-passes-contentious-pension-age-hike-bill-63069

October 2 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Resist’ movement: Where were you when Illinois needed you? – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-mcqueary-resist-madigan-election-20181002-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Treasurer Republican nominee: Jim Dodge
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-treasurer-republican-candidate-jim-dodge/
— Problems for Pentagon’s immigrant recruit program – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid. Democrats want to use immigrants to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/problems-for-pentagons-immigrant-recruit-program/

DAILY HERALD
— What it means to live in polarized times – Lee Hamilton (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps focus on turning members of Group A against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181002/hamilton-what-it-means-to-live-in-polarized-times
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you seek a government office or a political office, sooner or later, if you did not “help others” when you were in kindergarten, grade school, high school, college, etc., you will be viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being selfish and even worse things.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181002/editorial-inspiring-suburban-kids-an-antidote-to-our-trying-times
— White House sets Friday deadline for FBI to investigate Kavanaugh allegations – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181002/white-house-sets-friday-deadline-for-fbi-to-investigate-kavanaugh-allegations

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do everything that they can to make women anti-marriage, 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.npr.org/2018/10/02/651439266/married-women-may-be-moving-away-from-the-gop

WIREPOINTS
— Jim Edgar’s Outrageous Advice to J.B. Pritzker – Quicktake
http://www.wirepoints.com/jim-edgars-outrageous-advice-to-j-b-pritzker-quicktake/

BREITBART
— Trump Warns Democrats Will Wreak Financial Havoc if They Take Congress – Joshua Caplan
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/01/trump-warns-dems-financial-havoc-take-back-congress/
— Donald Trump: No ‘Witch Hunt’ with FBI Investigation of Brett Kavanaugh – Charlie Spiering (DIERSEN: If your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say? What percent of your classmates and teachers a) disapprove of your demographics and/or b) are envious of your accomplishments? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would seek out my classmates and teachers who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-union members, anti-federal employees, anti-federal retirees, anti-married people, anti-childless people, anti-pet-less people, anti-American nameplate car owners, anti-Corvette owners, anti-etc.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/01/donald-trump-no-witch-hunt-fbi-investigation-brett-kavanaugh/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump: ‘Democrats are willing to do anything and hurt anyone’ for power – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/1/trump-democrats-are-willing-to-do-anything-and-hur/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump: Democrats are the ‘party of crime’ – Robert Donachie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/trump-in-tennessee-democrats-are-the-party-of-crime

WORLD NET DAILY
— IDENTITY POLITICS IS DESTROYING US How diversity mania is poisoning politics, culture, education and science (DIERSEN: Democrats want Republicans to join Democrats and engage in disgusting divisive identity politics (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics), that is, Democrats want Republicans to compete with Democrats in promising to use government to give preference to those who are minority, female, LGBTQers, younger, recent immigrants, unmarried, renters, non-Protestant, non-rich, veterans, disabled, those who have health problems, etc.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/10/identity-politics-is-destroying-us/

DAILY CALLER
— NYT REPORTER IS YALE LAWYER WHO DENOUNCED KAVANAUGH BEFORE REPORTING ON HIM – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/01/nyt-reporter-is-yale-lawyer-who-denounced-kavanaugh-before-reporting-on-him/
— JULIE SWETNICK: ‘I CANNOT SPECIFICALLY SAY THAT [KAVANAUGH] WAS ONE OF THE ONES WHO ASSAULTED ME’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/01/julie-swetnick-kavanaugh/

GOPUSA
— Are Republicans Born Wimps? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55853

AMERICAN THINKER
— Fight Together or Fall Apart – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/fight_together_or_fall_apart.html

FEDERALIST
— Federal Employees Who Resist Elected Officials’ Orders Should Be Fired – Inez Feltscher Stepman (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government and they use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not retain, to not promote, and to get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote 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. Democrats forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, that is, they fired me because I resisted their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, their age discrimination, and their retaliation.)
https://thefederalist.com/2018/10/01/federal-employees-who-resist-elected-officials-orders-should-be-fired/

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Times Mocks Kavanaugh’s Daughter Praying: ‘God Forgive My Angry, Lying, Alcoholic Father’ – Chris Reeves
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/chrisreeves/2018/10/01/illinois-times-mocks-kavanaughs-daughter-praying-god-forgive-my-angry-lying-alcoholic-father-n2524401

SPECTATOR
— Brett Kavanaugh’s real crime? He’s a white man If you are obsessing over someone’s skin colour, you are probably a little bit racist – Brendan O’Neill
https://spectator.us/2018/10/brett-kavanaughs-real-crime/

NEWSMAX
— The Kavanaugh Fiasco Is Galvanizing the Right Ahead of the Midterms – Steve Gruber (DIERSEN: The more demographics that you share with Kavanaugh, the more outraged that you should be against Democrats. Both Kavanaugh and I are Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, and non-veteran. I assume that he is a gun owner and that his ancestors have been in America for a long time like me. However, I am not an attorney, let alone a judge. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. All my ancestors came from what is now Germany. My wife and I are childless. None of my degrees are from Ivy League universities. None of my ancestors attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I graduated from a public co-ed high school. My participation in sports was all but ended by a bone disease. I did not display any kind of leadership potential in high school or college. My college majors were management, business, accounting, and finance. I never made any academic honor roles. I was never a member of a fraternity. While Kavanaugh lived in a “dilapidated group house” when he attended law school, I stayed at University Plaza Dormitory and Lincolnshire West Apartments while I attended NIU. While Democrats forced me into early retirement in 1997 when I was 49 years old, Republicans nominated Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 when he was 53 years old. While I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, Kavanaugh is not. While I am a State Editor for www.GOPUSA.com, Kavanaugh is not. While Kavanaugh “serves as a lector at his Washington, D.C. church, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. He has helped serve meals to the homeless as part of church programs, and has tutored at the Washington Jesuit Academy, a Catholic private school in the District of Columbia,” I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. While “Kavanaugh’s reported salary as a federal judge is $220,600 and $27,000 as a lecturer at Harvard Law School, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864 and my Social Security is only $2,064.)
https://www.newsmax.com/stevegruber/kavanaugh-republicans-voters-midterms/2018/10/01/id/884311/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Fate of Republican Party is tied to Kavanaugh — so don’t flake on us.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/409403-fate-of-republican-party-is-tied-to-kavanaugh-so-dont-flake-on-us
— Democrats see Kavanaugh fight driving women to polls – AMIE PARNES (DIERSEN: Democrats crow about their success in making women hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/409363-dems-see-kavanaugh-fight-driving-women-to-polls

NBC NEWS
— Trump says Kavanaugh treated ‘viciously’ and ‘violently’ by Democrats The president lashed out at opposition party senators over their treatment of the sexual assault allegations against his Supreme Court nominee in a wild press conference Monday. – Jonathan Allen
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/trump-says-kavanaugh-treated-viciously-violently-democrats-n915471
— Gun violence, health care among top concerns for women, especially minorities, new survey finds Women are calling on Congress to reduce gun violence, ensure affordable health care and support pay equity, a new survey commissioned by the YWCA finds. – Nicole Acevedo (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? What are the top concerns of those who share your demographics?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/gun-violence-health-care-among-top-concerns-women-especially-minorities-n915401

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps Attack Kavanaugh’s Temperament and Honesty.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-temperament-honesty.html
— Trump, Defending Kavanaugh, Accuses Senate Democrats of Hypocrisy and Dishonesty – Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/trump-democrats-blumenthal-feinstein-booker.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Kavanaugh’s former acquaintances “say that the image he’s presenting doesn’t quite match the Brett Kavanaugh they knew in school.” If your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say? What percent of your classmates and teachers a) disapprove of your demographics and/or b) are envious of your accomplishments? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would seek out my classmates and teachers who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-union members, anti-federal employees, anti-federal retirees, anti-married people, anti-childless people, anti-pet-less people, anti-American nameplate car owners, anti-Corvette owners, anti-etc.) https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/podcasts/the-daily/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-classmates.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “What Has Brett Kavanaugh Done to Us?” and say “No matter what the FBI finds, he will color the midterms, 2020, institutional trust and partisan warfare going forward.” What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame you for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) blame me for all of their problems, b) blame me for all of your problems, c) blame me for all of my problems, and d) blame me for all of everyone’s problems. They specifically blame me for all the defeats that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially the defeats that Republican candidates have suffered who have been on DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 ballots in Wheaton.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/opinion/kavanaugh-supreme-court-hearing.html
— Detailed New National Maps Show How Neighborhoods Shape Children for Life Some places lift children out of poverty. Others trap them there. Now cities are trying to do something about the difference. – Emily Badger and Quoctrung Bui (DIERSEN: What neighborhood did you grow up in and how did it shape you? My parents lived a) in a 2-bedroom apartment above my grandfather’s hardware store at the northeast corner of Main and Exchange in Crete 1948-1954 and then b) in a house at 1286 Wood Street in Crete that my grandfather had built in 1926. My father died suddenly in 1969 and my mother died in 2016. They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod. They sent me to Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/upshot/maps-neighborhoods-shape-child-poverty.html
— I.R.S. Tax Fraud Cases Plummet After Budget Cuts – Jesse Eisinger and Paul Kiel (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988. I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980. Democrats do not want Republicans to work for IRS and Democrats certainly do not want Republicans to work on audits of IRS.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/business/economy/irs-tax-fraud-audit.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump says “The Angry White Male Caucus Trumpism is all about the fear of losing traditional privilege.” According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I have achieved virtually nothing during my lifetime, and what little I have achieved is because I benefited from a) discrimination against minorities, b) discrimination against females c) my avoiding the draft, d) my being grossly overpaid by the federal government, e) my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents, f) my retirement benefits being much too generous, g) etc.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/opinion/kavanaugh-white-male-privilege.html
— After Watching Kavanaugh Hearing, Woman Decides to Name State Senator She Says Raped Her – Sarah Mervosh
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/joe-fain-rape-candace-faber.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Foreign countries liked America when the anti-American Obama ran America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/us-image-foreigners-poll.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The White House still has no idea how to vet Brett Kavanaugh.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/10/02/white-house-still-has-no-idea-how-vet-brett-kavanaugh/?utm_term=.7d5efa72d3c0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “‘The trauma for a man’: Male fury and fear rises in GOP in defense of Kavanaugh.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-trauma-for-a-man-male-fury-and-fear-rises-in-gop-in-defense-of-kavanaugh/2018/10/01/f48499a2-c595-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Yale graduate says Kavanaugh once started bar fight that led to police questioning.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/yale-graduate-says-brett-kavanaugh-once-started-a-bar-fight-that-led-to-his-questioning-by-police/2018/10/02/ddefb4f2-c60c-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html

USA TODAY
— On Brett Kavanaugh investigation, Democrats will never be satisfied – Thomas Jipping
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/01/brett-kavanaugh-investigation-democrats-never-satisfied-editorials-debates/1493514002/
— Can I be fired with no warning? – Johnny Taylor (DIERSEN: Employers want all their employees to be “at-will” employees. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2018/09/25/hr-fired-no-notice-when-must-tell-boss-pregnant/1381846002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that one of Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale classmates says that Kavanaugh was a “belligerent and aggressive” drinker.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/10/01/brett-kavanaugh-yale-classmate-drinking-statement/1484822002/

HARTFORD COURANT
— Alcohol Could Be Key Factor For Kavanaugh – Susan Froetschel (DIERSEN: All 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.)
http://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-froetschel-kavanaugh-drinking-trump-20181001-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— With Uncertainty in GOP Ranks, McConnell Plans Votes on Kavanaugh Senate Majority Leader plans to begin votes without knowing where three key Republicans stand, and without completed FBI background check – Siobhan Hughes
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-uncertainty-in-gop-ranks-mcconnell-plans-votes-on-kavanaugh-1538486533
— Destroying Brett Kavanaugh This is what Democrats do when they think Roe v. Wade is at stake. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/destroying-brett-kavanaugh-1538433267
— Kavanaugh’s Foes Politicize the FBI Their demands amount to a criminal probe. That would destroy the judicial confirmation process. – David B. Rivkin Jr. and Kristi Remington
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaughs-foes-politicize-the-fbi-1538433332
— How Much Politics in a Supreme Court Justice? Judges aren’t quite as divorced from the messy world of politics as it might seem – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-much-politics-in-a-supreme-court-justice-1538405660
— M.B.A. Applications Decline at Harvard, Wharton, Other Elite Schools as Degree Loses Luster American business schools struggle to lure professionals out of strong job market, face competition from top programs overseas – Kelsey Gee (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/m-b-a-applications-keep-falling-in-u-s-this-year-hitting-even-elite-schools-1538366461
— Amazon to Raise Its Minimum U.S. Wage to $15 an Hour – Laura Stevens (DIERSEN: When did you start earning $15 an hour in today’s dollars? I started earning $15.85 an hour (GS-4 Step 1) in 1966 when I was 18 years old. The requirements for that job included having a high school diploma, passing an employment examination, passing a background investigation, passing a physical examination, having a driver’s license, having a good driving record, passing a truck driving examination, having a car to use to deliver mail from, agreeing to be an “on call” employee, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-raise-its-minimum-u-s-wage-to-15-an-hour-1538476027
— AARP to Take On Ageism, Enlists Former Ad Executive Cindy Gallop Advocacy group seeks to change how older Americans are portrayed in ads – Suzanne Vranica
https://www.wsj.com/articles/aarp-to-take-on-ageism-enlists-former-ad-executive-cindy-gallop-1538391601

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump sets ‘unlikely’ Friday deadline for FBI investigation into Kavanaugh – AP
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-sets-friday-deadline-for-fbi-investigation-into-kavanaugh-2018-10

WASHINGTONIAN
— Here’s How I Grapple With Lack of Diversity in the Press Corps as a Black White House Reporter – BRITTANY SHEPHERD (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors grappled with their employees’ lack of diversity by wasting the careers of and by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/10/01/heres-how-i-grapple-with-lack-of-diversity-in-the-press-corps-as-black-white-house-reporter/

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Trump administration juggling multiple priorities to modernize federal workforce – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Democrats modernize the federal workforce by getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://federalnewsradio.com/your-job/2018/10/trump-administration-juggling-multiple-priorities-to-modernize-federal-workforce/

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Think Republican women will turn on Brett Kavanaugh — or Donald Trump?” and say “Think again. Gender equality is a partisan issue: Most Republican women are just as sexist as Republican men.” and ask “Remember 2016?”
https://www.salon.com/2018/10/02/think-republican-women-will-turn-on-brett-kavanaugh-or-donald-trump-think-again/
— “Fox & Friends” host says Brett Kavanaugh is a victim of racial profiling Fox News’ Rachel Campos-Duffy offers a bizarre defense of Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee – RACHEL LEAH (DIERSEN: How are you profiled? How bad are your demographics? Under the Democrats, the worst possible demographics are: Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, non-veteran, and your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.salon.com/2018/10/01/fox-and-friends-host-says-brett-kavanaugh-is-a-victim-of-racial-profiling/

September 30 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Graham suggests no need for FBI to look into Kavanaugh’s drinking past
https://abc7chicago.com/graham-suggests-no-need-for-fbi-to-look-into-kavanaughs-drinking-past/4375350/

NBC5
— ‘SNL’ Taps Matt Damon for a Raging Kavanaugh – Joe Michalitsianos
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/SNL-Matt-Damon-Brett-Kavanaugh-Cold-Open-494727361.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says FBI has ‘free rein’ in Kavanaugh investigation – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-20180930-story.html
— Kavanaugh case unfolds as DeVos prepares to revise college sexual assault investigation rules – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-kavanaugh-betsy-devos-college-sexual-assault-20180930-story.html
— Matt Damon appears as Brett Kavanaugh in ‘Saturday Night Live’ premiere – Danielle Turchiano
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-kavanaugh-snl-premiere-20180930-story.html
— The compelling case against Kavanaugh – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: Who has made a “compelling case” against you? I should write a book about those who made “compelling cases” against me to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership in 2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004, GAO employment in 1997, etc. Of course, the aforesaid hint/imply/argue/shout that I cause all my own problems and that brought all the aforesaid adverse actions upon myself. 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 MTRC 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-kavanaugh-blasey-ford-graham-20180928-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Democrats crow about their success in getting Republican candidates and Republican elected officials to dump the Second Amendment plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform, and therefore, dump those voters who support that plank.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gun-violence-2018-general-election-governor-bruce-rauner-peter-breen-chris-nybo-terra-costa-howard-editorial/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF RAUNER: Pritzker wants to root out ‘corruption’ at tollway – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180929/pritzker-wants-to-root-out-corruption-at-tollway
— Leslie v. Wheeler: 50th House candidates disagree on Madigan’s influence over Springfield politics, term limits – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180929/50th-house-candidates-disagree-on-madigans-influence-over-springfield-politics-term-limits
— Join the Facts Matter community conversation – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, in Illinois, the mainstream news media downplays, ignores, and distorts facts that support planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, planks the Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Ever-increasing, in Illinois, the mainstream news media downplays, ignores, and distorts facts that promote individual responsibility, traditional marriage and family, right to life, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), enforcement of immigration laws, enforcement of illegal drug laws, enforcement of civil service rules, enforcement of age discrimination laws, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180929/editorial-join-the-facts-matter-community-conversation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “No evidence women got ‘a lot of money’ to claim Trump misconduct.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180929/facts-matter-no-evidence-women-got-a-lot-of-money-to-claim-trump-misconduct

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Jesse White says daughter’s experience helped form fundraising policy – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: I do not need to or want to do any fundraising for what I do. Because I have enough money and enough time and enough motivation, I can afford to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are beyond furious about that.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180929/bernard-schoenburg-jesse-white-says-daughters-experience-helped-form-fundraising-policy
— Springfield High salutes Vietnam vets at Class of 1968 reunion – Steven Spearie (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for avoiding the draft. I sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They stress that WHILE MY CLASSMATES WERE DYING IN VIETNAM, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, I bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, I bought a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, I when on spring breaks to Florida in 1969 and 1970, I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I bought a new a 1972 Corvette in 1971, I got promoted in 1972, I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972, I got promoted in 1973, I got promoted in 1974, I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East (ODE) building in 1974, I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, I bought a one bedroom condo in the ODE building in 1976, etc.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180929/springfield-high-salutes-vietnam-vets-at-class-of-1968-reunion

HERALD & REVIEW
— Statewide office candidates hard to miss online – BERNARD SCHOENBURG
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/statewide-office-candidates-hard-to-miss-online/article_89b6e538-6eef-544e-abb2-9224578d2dca.html
— Among Central Illinois farmers, anxiety for financial help in wake of tariffs – KEVIN BARLOW
https://herald-review.com/business/agriculture/among-central-illinois-farmers-anxiety-for-financial-help-in-wake/article_70c5736c-97c7-50e0-b588-f2c0a7111938.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Outgoing Sen. Althoff urges Senate to reconsider consolidation bill Letter in Springfield: Measure targeting local townships is flawed – ED KOMENDA
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/09/28/outgoing-sen-althoff-urges-senate-to-reconsider-consolidation-bill/a1u3p1j/

TOWNHALL
— 10 Reasons The FBI Will Clear Kavanaugh – Kevin McCullough
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2018/09/30/10-reasons-the-fbi-will-clear-kavanaugh-n2524076

FOX NEWS
— Trump defends Kavanaugh, derides Dems for shameful conduct: ‘Bad things will happen’ if voters stay home – Frank Miles
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/29/trump-brings-make-america-great-again-rally-to-west-virginia.html

BREITBART
— Left Turns to Homophobia to Attack Lindsey Graham: ‘Closeted Idiot’ – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/09/29/left-turns-to-homophobia-to-attack-lindsey-graham-closeted-idiot/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Why Kavanaugh case will kill Republicans in the midterms.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/409117-why-kavanaugh-case-will-kill-republicans-in-the-midterms
— Graham defends Kavanaugh against criticism over temperament: He was ‘rightly offended’ – MICHAEL BURKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409121-graham-defends-kavanaugh-against-temperament-criticism-he-was-rightly

HUFFINGTON POST
— Jeff Flake: I’ll Back Kavanaugh Unless FBI ‘Turns Up Something — And They Might’ The GOP senator made the surprise call on Friday for the one-week delay on Kavanaugh’s final confirmation vote. – Dominique Mosbergen
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/jeff-flake-kavanaugh-fbi_us_5bb09b02e4b0343b3dc0de73

CNN
— Trump says Kavanaugh ‘suffered, the meanness, the anger’ of the Democratic Party – Betsy Klein
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/29/politics/trump-west-virginia-rally/index.html
— Kellyanne Conway: Kavanaugh investigation ‘not meant to be a fishing expedition’ – Eli Watkins
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/kellyanne-conway-kavanaugh-fbi-cnntv/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— California official wants probe of pension chief’s education California official wants probe of pension chief’s education (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction.)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article219068435.html

REUTERS
— White House says not ‘micromanaging’ FBI probe of Kavanaugh
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-court-kavanaugh/white-house-says-not-micromanaging-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-idUSKCN1MA0M5

ABC NEWS
— Graham suggests no need for FBI to talk to Kavanaugh classmates on drinking: He’s not a ‘stumbling, bumbling drunk’
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/graham-suggests-fbi-talk-kavanaugh-classmates-drinking-hes/story?id=58173769

NBC NEWS
— Trump asks if Feinstein leaked allegation against Kavanaugh, says FBI probe may be ‘blessing in disguise’ The president told reporters he fully supported his Supreme Court nominee and said he has no backup plan to replace him. The allegations against Judge Brett Kavanaugh have reminded millions of Americans of the hard-drinking, hypersexualized “bro culture,” often associated with fraternities and prep schools. – Lauren Egan (DIERSEN: The “bro culture” did not attract me. I lived with my parents and brother while I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, attended UIC 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and the summer of 1969. I lived at University Plaza Dormitory for three semesters 1969-1970 and at Lincolnshire West Apartments for the 1970 summer session. I never even tried to join a fraternity.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-n915091

CBS NEWS
— Jeff Flake, Chris Coons on Brett Kavanaugh’s “angry” Senate testimony – Emily Tillett
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/jeff-flake-chris-coons-60-minutes-interview-brett-kavanaugh-angry-senate-testimony/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Schools Are Tackling ‘Bro’ Culture. The Kavanaugh Case Shows Why That’s Hard to Do. – Anemona Hartocollis and Dana Goldstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/us/kavanaugh-fraternities-prep-school.html
— ‘Risky Business’ and Brett Kavanaugh, 35 Years Later Though we like to think that we’ve evolved since the hard-partying and sexual attitudes of the 1980s, affluence, high expectations and alcohol remain a dangerous mix. – Ginia Bellafante
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/nyregion/brett-kavanaugh-high-school-drinking-assault.html
— Brett Kavanaugh Loves His Beer The Supreme Court nominee paired a frothy beverage with identity politics. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: All my critic/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.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-beer-politics.html
— Would You Hire Kavanaugh? – Nicholas Kristof DIERSEN: Would you have hired me in October of 1997 when I was 49 years old? You would have learned from your investigation of my federal career a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in September of 1997, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. You would have learned from your investigation that instead of making me a counteroffer when Oldsmobile offered me a job in 1971, Firestone rudely fired me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/opinion/sunday/kavanaugh-ford-hearing.html
— At Elite Colleges, Racial Diversity Requires Affirmative Action – Susan Dynarski (DIERSEN: What if Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion were only for those whose parents did not have a college degree? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/business/at-elite-colleges-racial-diversity-requires-affirmative-action.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Partisan rage over Kavanaugh allegations erupts into midterm campaigns.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/partisan-rage-over-kavanaugh-allegations-erupts-into-midterm-campaigns/2018/09/30/6c2bb8b0-c342-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html

USA TODAY
— White House is not involved with FBI investigation into Kavanaugh allegations, officials say – Christal Hayes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/30/brett-kavanaugh-allegations-fbi-investigation/1473687002/

WHITE PLAINS DAILY VOICE
— Kavanaugh Must Take A Polygraph Test, Cuomo Says – Jon Craig and Joe Lombardi
https://whiteplains.dailyvoice.com/politics/kavanaugh-must-take-a-polygraph-test-cuomo-says/742618/

WACO TRIBUNE HERALD
— What harm is there in FBI’s checking sexual-assault allegation? – Editorial
https://www.wacotrib.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-what-harm-is-there-in-fbi-s-checking-sexual/article_d65f78de-bed1-565e-91e6-7d6e226e3fbf.html

PENN LIVE
— Scott Perry isn’t an advocate for federal employees he represents – DAVID CWALINA, Silver Spring Twp. (DIERSEN: How many federal retirees live in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.pennlive.com/opinion/2018/09/scott_perry_doesnt_represent_u.html

PBS
— A look at what the FBI’s Kavanaugh investigation will entail – AP
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/a-look-at-what-the-fbis-kavanaugh-investigation-will-entail

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “KAVANAUGH AND FORD TESTIMONIES HAVE DIVIDED AMERICA.”
https://www.newsweek.com/kavanaugh-and-ford-testimonies-have-divided-america-poll-shows-1145234
— KAVANAUGH SAID HE HAD ‘NO CONNECTIONS’ TO YALE. HE WAS, IN FACT, A LEGACY STUDENT – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/kavanaugh-said-he-had-no-connections-yale-he-was-legacy-student-1145286

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Jeff Flake Explains Why He Called for a Delay on the Kavanaugh Vote – Benjamin Har
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/flake-explains-why-he-called-for-delay-on-kavanaugh-vote.html

FORTUNE
— Trump Says Limited FBI Kavanaugh Investigation Is ‘Going to Turn Out Very Well for the Judge’ – Bloomberg
http://fortune.com/2018/09/30/trump-kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-twitter/

NERD WALLET
— How to Put Your Money Where Your Politics Are – LAURA MCMULLEN (DIERSEN: While I am willing to donate a) 10+ hours of my time each and every day, b) 70+ hours of my time each and every week, c) 300+ hours of my time each and every month, d) 3,650+ hours of my time each and every year, e) 36,500+ hours of my time each and every decade, and f) many thousands of dollars every year to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening, I am increasingly reluctant to donate money to religious organizations, to conservative organizations, to Republican organizations, to activists, to candidates, to elected officials, to party leaders, to etc. Ever-increasingly, far too many of the aforesaid fail/refuse to defend and advance a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform, b) the illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Republican Party platform, and c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling. Ever-increasingly, far too many of the aforsaid promote identity politics, 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, and even worse things.)
https://www.nerdwallet.com/blog/finance/how-to-make-a-political-contribution/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Make sure you can afford to donate Determine which “bucket” of your budget this donation will come from, says Craig Israelsen, executive in residence in the Financial Planning Program at Utah Valley University. Some buckets are off limits, like those for housing payments or utilities. And pulling from retirement savings is “questionable” at best, he adds. (“Our retirement is on us — nobody else is really responsible for that.”) But the money “has to come from somewhere,” Israelsen says. So would you dip into to your clothing or restaurant budget and offset a $100 contribution by, say, not shopping or dining out for a month? Would you pull $300 from your travel funds and, in doing so, commit to driving to Mom’s for Thanksgiving dinner rather than flying? Pausing to reflect on what you’d have to give up for this donation will help you rank its importance among other expenses. Maybe you decide to keep the restaurant dinners and either skip the donation or give less than you’d intended. (More on the value of small donations later.) Or maybe this reflection affirms that, yes, this contribution is important enough to make a sacrifice. (And if this exercise is a real head-scratcher, consider it your cue to build or revisit your budget.))

ATLANTIC
— Saturday Night Live Mocks Brett Kavanaugh the Frat Bro In its first cold open of the season, the show cast Matt Damon to play the Supreme Court nominee as a raging and whining teenager. But the sketch rang hollow in some ways. – DAVID SIMS
https://www.theatlantic.com/entertainment/archive/2018/09/saturday-night-live-brett-kavanaugh/571741/

GUARGDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-America/male says: “The Kavanaugh hearing proves yet again the US hates women.”

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/29/kavanaugh-ford-hearing-protest-patriarchy-borrowed-time

September 29 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Who will the anti-Kavanaughs focus on destroying in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Of course, the more demographics that you share with Kavanaugh, the more that they will do to destroy you. How many demographics do you share with Kavanaugh? Both Kavanaugh and I are Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, and non-veteran. I assume that he is a gun owner and that his ancestors have been in America for a long time. However, I am not an attorney, let alone a judge. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. All my ancestors came from what is now Germany. My wife and I are childless. None of my degrees are from Ivy League universities. None of my ancestors attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I graduated from a public co-ed high school. My participation in sports was all but ended by a bone disease. I did not display any kind of leadership potential in high school or college. My college majors were management, business, accounting, and finance. I never made any academic honor roles. I was never a member of a fraternity. While Kavanaugh lived in a “dilapidated group house” when he attended law school, I stayed at University Plaza Dormitory and Lincolnshire West Apartments while I attended NIU. While Democrats forced me into early retirement in 1997 when I was 49 years old, Republicans nominated Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 when he was 53 years old. While I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, Kavanaugh is not. While am a State Editor for www.GOPUSA.com, Kavanaugh is not. While Kavanaugh “serves as a lector at his Washington, D.C. church, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. He has helped serve meals to the homeless as part of church programs, and has tutored at the Washington Jesuit Academy, a Catholic private school in the District of Columbia,” I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. While “Kavanaugh’s reported salary as a federal judge is $220,600 and $27,000 as a lecturer at Harvard Law School, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864 and my Social Security is only $2,064. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Senate vote on Kavanaugh confirmation delayed for FBI investigation – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-vote-on-kavanaugh-confirmation-delayed-for-fbi-investigation-/4367913/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Calls to rape crisis hotlines increasing after Ford, Kavanaugh testify.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/calls-rape-crisis-hotlines-increase-after-christine-blasey-ford-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-testimony/

WBEZ
— Rauner Calls For Investigation Into Kavanaugh Allegations – Tony Arnold, Kristen Schorsch (DIERSEN: To call for an investigation is to hint/imply/argue/shout that you side with the accuser. To call for an FBI investigation is to shout that you side with the accuser. Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/gov-bruce-rauner-calls-for-investigation-into-kavanaugh-allegations/aa46dc58-896a-440e-8b8b-b28686472627

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Which Illinois colleges receive the most federal student aid? (DIERSEN: I attended UIC 1966-1968 and NIU 1969-1970. Because I did not seek any “student aid,” my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned me, my parents, my grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511428300-which-illinois-colleges-receive-the-most-federal-student-aid
(FROM THE ARTICLE: University of Illinois at Chicago and City Colleges of Chicago-Harold Washington College reported receiving the most federal financial aid during the 2015-16 academic year among Illinois schools, according to a Higher Education Tribune analysis of federal data.)

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Terra Costa Howard waffles on support for her benefactor, House Speaker Michael Madigan – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511582429-terra-costa-howard-waffles-on-support-for-her-benefactor-house-speaker-michael-madigan
— Mendrick plans to utilize technology to make DuPage County Sheriffs office more effective – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511580644-mendrick-plans-to-utilize-technology-to-make-dupage-county-sheriffs-office-more-effective
— Kinzler says lawmakers are overpaid, supports ‘no budget, no pay’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511581254-kinzler-says-lawmakers-are-overpaid-supports-no-budget-no-pay

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner urges delay in Kavanaugh vote – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: To call for a delay in the Kavanaugh vote is to hint/imply/argue/shout that you side with Kavanaugh’s accusers.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511583244-rauner-urges-delay-in-kavanaugh-vote
— Non-profit group raises awareness about property taxes – Chandra Lye (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that my wife and I should pay more real estate taxes, more state income taxes, more federal income taxes, and more etc. taxes.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511577521-non-profit-group-raises-awareness-about-property-taxes

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rodney Davis’s bill making federal tax cuts permanent passes House, Senate vote uncertain – Cole Lauterbach and Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: The $10,000 SALT cap discourages marriage in Illinois and it discourages homeownership in Illinois.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/illinois-congressman-s-bill-making-federal-tax-cuts-permanent-passes/article_54398fe6-c358-11e8-8c8c-9341dee42447.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If signed into law, it would also make the $10,000 limit on state and local tax deductions permanent. That’s been a thorn in the side of high tax states like Illinois, but Tax Foundation analyst Nicole Kaeding says that tax reform as a whole is keeping more money in Illinois taxpayers’ pockets. “Every individual in every congressional district across the country is seeing a net tax cut this year, even with the SALT cap,” she said. Others with the Tax Foundation have called the SALT deduction poor fiscal policy that subsidizes high-earners in high-tax states.)

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Graham says McCain’s anger at Kavanaugh hearing ‘would have made me look like a choir boy’ – Adam Shaw
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/29/graham-says-mccains-anger-at-kavanaugh-hearing-would-have-made-me-look-like-choir-boy.html

GOPUSA
— Trump orders 7th FBI investigation of Kavanaugh as GOP senators ‘Flake’ out (DIERSEN: How many federal background checks have you passed? I passed three – in 1966 for my Post Office job, in 1971 for my IRS job, and in 1980 for my GAO job.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55748
— Are you mad enough at the GOP to stay home from the polls and give Maxine Waters a bigger platform?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55558
— Do you want Jane Fonda’s ’empathy’?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55569
— UNCC workshops help students’ ‘understanding of Whiteness’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55237

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Another FBI Investigation of Kavanaugh Would Be Pointless – Thomas Jipping (DIERSEN: To call for an investigation is to hint/imply/argue/shout that you side with the accuser. To call for an FBI investigation is to shout that you side with the accuser. Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/28/why-another-fbi-investigation-of-kavanaugh-would-be-pointless/
— Defending Kavanaugh Isn’t an Attack on Women – David Harsanyi
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/09/28/defending-kavanaugh-isnt-an-attack-on-women/

NEW AMERICAN
— Value Voters Summit and John Birch Society Attacked by SPLC – James Murphy
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/faith-and-morals/item/30194-value-voters-summit-and-john-birch-society-attacked-by-splc

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Frauds: Pro-Gay Rosie O’Donnell Uses Homosexual Slur To Attack Lindsey Graham – CILLIAN ZEAL
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/odonnell-homosexual-slur-graham/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Dan Rather: If GOP Confirm Kavanaugh, They’re ‘Extinct’ Like the Dinosaurs – Nicholas Fondacaro (DIERSEN: How many demographics do you share with Kavanaugh? Both Kavanaugh and I are Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, married, non-poor, and non-veteran. I assume that he is a gun owner and that his ancestors have been in America for a long time. However, I am not an attorney, let alone a judge. I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. All my ancestors came from what is now Germany. My wife and I are childless. None of my degrees are from Ivy League universities. None of my ancestors attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I graduated from a public co-ed high school. My participation in sports was all but ended by a bone disease. I did not display any kind of leadership potential in high school or college. My college majors were management, business, accounting, and finance. I never made any academic honor roles. I was never a member of a fraternity. While Kavanaugh lived in a “dilapidated group house” when he attended law school, I stayed at University Plaza Dormitory and Lincolnshire West Apartments while I attended NIU. While Democrats forced me into early retirement in 1997 when I was 49 years old, Republicans nominated Kavanaugh for the U.S. Supreme Court in 2018 when he was 53 years old. While I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, Kavanaugh is not. While am a State Editor for www.GOPUSA.com, Kavanaugh is not. While Kavanaugh “serves as a lector at his Washington, D.C. church, the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament. He has helped serve meals to the homeless as part of church programs, and has tutored at the Washington Jesuit Academy, a Catholic private school in the District of Columbia,” I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church. While “Kavanaugh’s reported salary as a federal judge is $220,600 and $27,000 as a lecturer at Harvard Law School, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864 and my Social Security is only $2,064.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2018/09/25/rather-if-gop-confirm-kavanaugh-theyre-extinct-dinosaurs

COLLEGE FIX
— Elite Pomona College invites Democratic Party to register students as voters, ignores Republican Party – GREG PIPER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/elite-college-invites-democratic-party-to-register-students-as-voters-ignores-republican-party/

THE HILL
— Kavanaugh confirmation faces fresh uncertainties – LYDIA WHEELER, JORDAIN CARNEY AND ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409043-kavanaugh-confirmation-faces-fresh-uncertainties

ROLL CALL
— Dems Have Walked Out Over Guns, and Now Kavanaugh Kamala Harris and Mazie Hirono aren’t the only ones to make a dramatic exit in the Trump era – Erin Franczak
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-have-walked-out-over-trump-guns-and-now-kavanaugh
— Push to Name Highway for Obama Was Inspired by Trump Only man to defeat the former president in a race says they’ve ‘overcome past differences’ – Alex Gangitano (DIERSEN: If the past predicts the future, sooner or later, Trump will join the Bushs and dump those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/hoh/rush-push-to-name-highway-for-obama-due-to-current-administration

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Republicans Will Rue The Day They Stood Behind Brett Kavanaugh.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-kavanaugh-gop-trump-resistance_us_5bae1f2ae4b0b4d308d23239

ABC NEWS
— Who is Mark Judge? Brett Kavanaugh’s high school friend and the only named witness – MORGAN WINSOR
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mark-judge-brett-kavanaughs-high-school-friend-named/story?id=58147304

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “With the Kavanaugh hearings, Republicans hurt themselves with women voters yet again The allegations against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee were mishandled from the beginning. GOP leaders have continued to make that worse.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/kavanaugh-hearings-republicans-hurt-themselves-women-voters-yet-again-ncna914891

YAHOO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Kavanaugh vs. Ford: #MeToo candidates confront a wider gender gap.”
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kavanaugh-v-ford-metoo-candidates-confront-wider-gender-gap-230624322.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONTPAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in making Kavanaugh mad. I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to make me mad. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/us/politics/kavanaugh-testimony-supreme-court.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in making women hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-jeff-flake-gop-women.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/opinion/jeff-flake-brett-kavanaugh-fbi-supreme-court.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/us/politics/christine-blasey-ford-testimony-testifying-while-female.html
— Viral Videos Are Replacing Pricey Political Ads. They’re Cheaper, and They Work. – Jeremy W. Peters and Sapna Maheshwari
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/10/us/politics/midterm-primaries-advertising.html
— Why Mentoring Matters, and How to Get Started Professional mentorships used to be the workplace norm, but today they’re hard to find, even though they matter more than ever. Here’s how to find one, and how to get the most from it. – Lizz Schumer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my IRS superiors got rid of my IRS mentor. He promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. I should write a book about how my GAO superiors got rid of my GAO mentor. He hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/smarter-living/why-mentoring-matters-how-to-get-started.html

— Believability Is the Road to National Ruin Thursday’s hearings should not prevent Kavanaugh’s confirmation. – Bret Stephens (DIERSEN: Who has worked the hardest to stop others from believing you? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to stop everyone from believing me. They stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for almost 21 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/28/opinion/kavanaugh-blasey-testimony-believe.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Details in Kavanaugh’s 1982 calendar entry could be scrutinized in FBI investigation – Michael Kranish, Joe Heim and Emma Brown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/details-in-kavanaughs-1982-calendar-entry-could-be-scrutinized-in-fbi-investigation/2018/09/28/d51fd764-c358-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White male says “Brett Kavanaugh’s indignation was the sound of privileged white male entitlement.”
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-kavanaughs-indignation-white-male-entitlement-20180928-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Another Kavanaugh Flakeout The American Bar Association president tries to sandbag another nominee. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/another-kavanaugh-flakeout-1538176574
— Expansion of FBI Probe Draws Focus on Kavanaugh’s High School Associates Sudden turn of events in Senate Judiciary Committee intensifies attention on a handful of people – Alex Leary and Siobhan Hughes (DIERSEN: If you were accused of wrongdoing while you were in high school, what would your high school classmates say about you?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/expansion-of-fbi-probe-draws-focus-on-kavanaughs-high-school-associates-1538173675

FOX 40
— John Cox Stops in Sacramento, Talks About Affordability Ahead of November Ballot – NIKKI LAURENZO (DIERSEN: What has made things less affordable for you? For me, since 1997, in today’s dollars, it has been having $6,122 a month or $73,461 a year or $734,610 a decade or $1,542,681 so far LESS TO SPEND because my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My salary was $125,325 in today’s dollars, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of that, or $51,864.)
https://fox40.com/2018/09/28/john-cox-stops-in-sacramento-talks-about-affordability-ahead-of-november-ballot/

NEWS ONE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-White says “White People Are Willing To Sacrifice White People To Uphold White Supremacy The reason Brett Kavanaugh still has support has nothing to do with anyone’s belief that he’s innocent.”
https://newsone.com/3829048/kavanaugh-hearing-white-people-supremacy/

QURTZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-male says “Confirming Brett Kavanaugh would be awful for American boys and men.”
https://qz.com/1406199/confirming-brett-kavanaugh-would-be-awful-for-men-and-boys/

September 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Brett Kavanaugh Vote: Trump orders supplemental FBI investigation, GOP agrees to delay Senate vote – AP (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/kavanaugh-vote-trump-orders-supplemental-fbi-investigation-gop-agrees-to-delay-senate-vote/4358519/
— Protesters confront Sen. Flake in elevator amid Kavanaugh vote: ‘Don’t look away from me’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/video-protesters-confront-sen-flake-in-elevator/4359947/
— Who is Mark Judge, Brett Kavanaugh’s high school friend sought by Senate Dems? (DIERSEN: If you were charged with wrongdoing while you were in high school, what would your classmates say about you?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/who-is-mark-judge-brett-kavanaughs-high-school-friend/4361861/
— Brett Kavanaugh wrongly claimed he could drink legally in Md.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/kavanaugh-wrongly-claimed-he-could-drink-legally-in-md/4360841/

NBC5
— Illinois Abortion Law Anniversary Falls on Day of Kavanaugh Vote
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-abortion-law-anniversary-falls-on-day-of-kavanaugh-vote-494639231.html
— Kavanaugh Faces New FBI Probe Before Full Senate Vote “This country’s being ripped apart here and we’ve got to make sure we do due diligence,” Flake said – Lisa Mascaro, Alan Fram and Catherine Lucey (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Senate-Committee-Vote-Brett-Kavanaugh-Confirmation-494584681.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump orders new FBI probe of Kavanaugh (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/trump-orders-new-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner says Kavanaugh vote should be delayed; Sen. Dick Durbin says he will vote ‘no’ – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-brett-kavanaugh-20180928-story.html
— Democrat J.B. Pritzker says campaigns should adopt anti-harassment policies – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-sexual-harassment-morning-spin-20180927-story.html
— Republicans, Trump agree to limited FBI probe of Judge Kavanaugh, delaying final Senate vote – AP (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-vote-20180928-story.html
— Homecoming goes gender-neutral: More schools ditching king, queen traditions – Angie Leventis Lourgos (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats crow about their success in destroying masculinity, femininity, heterosexuality, traditional marriage, and traditional family.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-homecoming-non-traditional-gender-neutral-20180927-story.html
— Dozens gather in Loop to urge Senate to reject Kavanaugh nomination – Ese Olumhense
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-supreme-court-demonstration-chicago-20180928-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Kavanaugh.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-why-christine-blasey-ford-is-believable-20180928-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-kavanaugh-blasey-ford-graham-20180928-story.html
— Overqualified? Or too old? Age discrimination case takes aim at biased recruiting practices. – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination to a) get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-age-discrimination-lawsuit-dale-kleber-0930-story.html
— FBI again drawn into partisan controversy as GOP consents to additional Kavanaugh probe – Matt Zapotosky (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fbi-kavanaugh-investigation-20180928-story.html
— What will it take to draw conservatives to academia? – Donald G. Westlake, Wheaton (DIERSEN: I would stress to Westlake that I have always been a conservative and a) that I have three master’s degrees – an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; b) that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; and d) that I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-liberals-donald-trump-education-20180928-story.html
(FROM THE LETTER: Similarly, it seems that one should consider the possibility that the number of qualified candidates for faculty positions is much greater for liberals than for conservatives. Perhaps there is a correlation between years of study and the degree of liberalization. Perhaps that would account for Donald Trump’s statement, “I love the poorly educated.”)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner says Kavanaugh nomination should be postponed – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-delay-confirmation-vote/
— Activists, politicians rally against Kavanaugh at Federal Plaza – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/activists-politicians-rally-against-kavanaugh-at-federal-plaza/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use refugees to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/doctors-without-borders-forced-from-home-daley-plaza-shows-journey-refugee/
— Trump orders ‘limited’ FBI probe of Kavanaugh allegations – AP (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-senate-panel-vote-friday-supreme-court-nominee-christine-blasey-ford/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps confront Flake.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/women-confront-senator-jeff-flake-arizona-brett-kavanaugh-support-supreme-court-nomination/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint Republicans who are male as being rapists and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Ever-increasingly, to vote for a Democrat is to shout that Republicans who are male are rapists and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/working/chicago-rape-crisis-hotline-sexual-assault-resources/
— Only a full FBI probe of allegations against Brett Kavanaugh will do – Editorial AP (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-christine-blasey-ford-senate-republicans/
— Lots of thought went into anti-harassment recommendations – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: If you want to be popular with women who are anti-men these days, you paint men as being rapists and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/anti-harassment-equality-access-panel-democratic-party/
— Addressing sexual misconduct in our communities is complex but essential – Omer M. Mozaffar (DIERSEN: If you want to be popular with women who are anti-men these days, you paint men as being rapists and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/addressing-sexual-misconduct-complex-essential/

DAILY HERALD
— Three top attorneys leaving DuPage state’s attorney’s office – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180928/three-top-attorneys-leaving-dupage-states-attorneys-office
— Investigation of Des Plaines police party cost nearly $60,000 – Chacour Koop
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180928/investigation-of-des-plaines-police-party-cost-nearly-60000
— Kane clerk candidates differ over election hacking threat – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180928/kane-clerk-candidates-differ-over-election-hacking-threat

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is Rauner ‘at peace’ with losing? When the governor came by for an interview the other day, he seemed like he couldn’t wait until Election Day—and not because he expects to be re-elected. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/rauner-peace-losing
— Pritzker defends graduated income tax as crucial for Illinois Appearing before Crain’s editorial board, the Democratic nominee sticks by his tax and public-option health care plans, vows support for a “fair” remap and disses the South Loop Discovery Partners Institute plan. – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-defends-graduated-income-tax-crucial-illinois
— The Illinois GOP’s terrible, horrible, no good, very bad year A campaign slate populated by a Nazi, a couple of conspiracy theorists and an accused harasser is just the beginning of the party’s headaches. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/illinois-gops-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-year

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Thousands Could Be Deported As Government Targets Asylum Mills’ Clients – AILSA CHANG
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/thousands-could-be-deported-government-targets-asylum-mills-clients

WEEK
— Rauner calls for investigation of allegations before Kavanaugh vote (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://week.com/news/2018/09/28/rauner-calls-for-investigation-of-allegations-before-kavanaugh-vote/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ONE YEAR AGO TODAY: RAUNER DELIGHTS THE ILLINOIS ACLU WITH TAXPAYER-FUNDED ABORTIONS

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/one-year-ago-today-rauner-delights-the-illinois-aclu-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Hinz: Rauner has “made his peace” with losing
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/28/hinz-rauner-has-made-his-peace-with-losing/
— Who does and who doesn’t use non-disclosure agreements in their campaigns? (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They have made it very clear that if any Republican candidate responded to any email from me, they would viciously destroy them. What do you say to my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/28/who-does-and-who-doesnt-use-non-disclosure-agreements-in-their-campaigns/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I sent this e-mail to all Democratic and Republican statewide campaigns and both state parties earlier this week.)
— Rauner continues editorial board meetings
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/28/rauner-continues-editorial-board-meetings/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democratic mistreatment of Brett Kavanaugh has united and awakened a sleeping GOP base – Kimberly Ross
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/democratic-mistreatment-of-brett-kavanaugh-has-united-and-awakened-a-sleeping-gop-base

DAILY CALLER
— FLAKE FALTERS, CALLS FOR FBI PROBE OF BLASEY FORD CLAIMS AS KAV ADVANCES TO FLOOR – Kevin Daley (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/28/kavanaugh-judiciary-committee-vote-fbi/
— MONTGOMERY COUNTY POLICE EXPLAIN WHY THEY’RE NOT INVESTIGATING CHRISTINE BLASEY FORD’S ALLEGATIONS – Evie Fordham (DIERSEN: Where do you live? Who has jurisdiction to investigate you? Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”))
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/28/montgomery-county-police-kavanaugh/
— MICHAEL AVENATTI CANNOT PRACTICE LAW IN DC OR MARYLAND, RECORDS SHOW – Joe Simonson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/28/michael-avenatti-dc-maryland-swetnick/
— BRETT KAVANAUGH’S HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATE LEAVES CNN HOST SPEECHLESS: ‘I WOULD REMEMBER THAT’ – Nick Givas (DIERSEN: If you were charged with wrongdoing while you were in high school, what would your classmates say about you?)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/28/brett-kavanaugh-high-school-classmate-cnn/

FOX NEWS
— Trump orders supplemental FBI investigation of Kavanaugh allegations before floor vote – Alex Pappas (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/28/senate-gop-leaders-agree-to-seek-additional-fbi-background-investigation-into-brett-kavanaugh-before-final-vote.html
— Ingraham on Dems Walking Out of Kavanaugh Hearing: They’re Whipping the Base Into a ‘Frenzy’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/28/laura-ingraham-kamala-harris-dems-walking-out-kavanaugh-hearing-whipping-base-frenzy

GOPUSA
— Leftists restaurant confrontation with Ted Cruz backfires
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55718

BREITBART
— Christine Blasey Ford Brought No Evidence but Plenty of Contradictions – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/28/nolte-christine-blasey-ford-brought-no-evidence-but-plenty-of-contradictions/

THE HILL
— Trump to order new FBI investigation into Kavanaugh after Senate request – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409031-trump-to-order-new-fbi-investigation-into-kavanaugh-after-senate
— GOP leaders delay Kavanaugh confirmation for one-week FBI investigation – JORDAIN CARNE (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409018-gop-leaders-delay-kavanaugh-confirmation-for-one-week-fbi-investigation
— Judiciary approves Kavanaugh, sending nomination to full Senate after Flake request – JORDAIN CARNEY AND ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408915-kavanaugh-confirmed-by-senate-judiciary-committee
— McConnell says Kavanaugh nomination moving forward as Trump approves FBI probe – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409048-mcconnell-says-senate-pressing-ahead-on-kavanaugh-as-trump-approves-fbi-probe

CNN
— Trump changes course by ordering FBI investigation into Kavanaugh – Betsy Klein (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/28/politics/trump-fbi-investigation-kavanaugh/index.html
— Republicans agree to FBI probe into Kavanaugh, Senate vote delay – Eric Bradner, Manu Raju, Phil Mattingly and Dana Bash (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/28/politics/kavanaugh-senate-judiciary-vote/index.html
— LIVE NEWS: Brett Kavanaugh nomination faces delay; Ford’s lawyer welcomes FBI investigation, warns against “artificial” time limits; Trump orders FBI supplemental investigation into Kavanaugh; Kavanaugh says he will continue to cooperate with the FBI; Flake says FBI report could change his mind on Kavanaugh; Ted Cruz: We’ll let the FBI determine which allegations are credible (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/kavanaugh-senate-committee-vote/index.html

AOL
— Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh’s net worth revealed – JOEL ANDERSON
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2018/09/28/supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-net-worth-revealed/23544917/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Brett Kavanaugh’s Net Worth: $1.2M . . . Brett Kavanaugh Could Be Among the Poorest Supreme Court Justices)

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Crisis of election security
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/magazine/election-security-crisis-midterms.html
— How Connected Is Your Community to Everywhere Else in America? – EMILY BADGER and QUOCTRUNG BUI
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/19/upshot/facebook-county-friendships.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives ask “Biased News Media or Biased Readers?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/upshot/biased-news-media-or-biased-readers-an-experiment-on-trust.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Kavanaugh vote: Senate Republican leaders agree to new FBI background investigation of Kavanaugh – Seung Min Kim and John Wagner (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-committee-prepares-to-vote-on-kavanaugh-nomination-as-key-senators-remain-silent/2018/09/28/0b143292-c305-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html
— Kavanaugh vote: Senate Republican leaders agree to new FBI background investigation of Kavanaugh – Seung Min Kim and John Wagner (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/senate-committee-prepares-to-vote-on-kavanaugh-nomination-as-key-senators-remain-silent/2018/09/28/0b143292-c305-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fox News dominates the ratings competition in coverage of Kavanaugh hearing – Stephen Battaglio
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-kavanaugh-tv-ratings-20180928-story.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— Harvard Law students protest any return of lecturer Brett Kavanaugh to Cambridge – Michael Levenson
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2018/09/28/harvard-law-students-protest-any-return-lecturer-brett-kavanaugh-cambridge/vzTn2o4vKEwOqS1is4yR7L/story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Orders Supplemental FBI Investigation (DIERSEN: If someone accused you of wrongdoing while you were in high school, would Trump order the FBI to investigate you? Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”))
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/kavanaugh/card/1538168422?mod=djemalertNEWS
— LIVE COVERAGE: Senate Judiciary Committee Sends Kavanaugh Nomination to Senate Floor Panel advances nomination on party-line vote after Flake calls for delay in floor vote for FBI probe; Cruz Says FBI Will Determine Scope of Probe; White House ‘Shellshocked’ by Developments; ‘There’s No Plan B’; Why Senators Are Focusing on Thursday, July 1, 1982 Calendar Entry; Cornyn Says FBI Will Conduct ‘Supplemental’ Investigation; Mark Judge Willing to Cooperate With FBI Investigators; Three People Dr. Ford Alleges Were at the Party in the Early 1980s; Trump Defers to Senate on FBI Probe and Vote Delay) (DIERSEN: Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/kavanaugh

BLOOMBERG
— Politics, Not Evidence, Will Determine Kavanaugh Vote Four undecided senators control the outcome. – Jonathan Bernstein
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2018-09-28/kavanaugh-investigation-is-unlikely-to-change-the-outcome

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Federal employees may not be able to access social media, personal email if Senate bill becomes law – Eric White
https://federalnewsradio.com/federal-newscast/2018/09/federal-employees-may-not-be-able-to-access-social-media-personal-e-mail-if-senate-bill-becomes-law/

FEDERAL TIMES
— The push to expand oversight transparency – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/2018/09/28/the-push-to-expand-oversight-transparency/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Rauner, Madigan Urge Senate to Seek FBI Probe of Kavanaugh – AP (DIERSEN: If someone accused you of wrongdoing while you were in high school, would Rauner and Madigan call for the FBI to investigate you? Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-09-28/rauner-madigan-urge-senate-to-order-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “REPUBLICANS JUST LOST WOMEN FOR GOOD.”
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-just-lost-women-good-opinion-1143284

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “GOP degrades women and workers, Illinois Gov. Rauner says “Me too.””
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/gop-degrades-women-and-workers-illinois-gov-rauner-says-me-too/

SLATE
— A List of Everyone the FBI Could Interview About Brett Kavanaugh if They Really Want to Find Out How Credible He Is – CHRISTINA CAUTERUCCI and BEN MATHIS-LILLEY (DIERSEN: If someone accused you of wrongdoing while you were in high school, would Rauner and Madigan call for the FBI to investigate you? Why not have GAO investigate the Kavanaugh allegations instead of FBI? According to GAO (https://www.gao.gov/about/index.html), GAO “is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress” and it is often called the “congressional watchdog” and it supports congressional oversight by “investigating allegations of illegal and improper activities.”)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2018/09/kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-potential-witnesses.html

September 25 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump Returns to the U.N.—with a Mountain of Evidence for ‘Peace Through Strength’
https://www.whitehouse.gov/articles/president-trump-returns-u-n-mountain-evidence-peace-strength/
VIDEO: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q6XXNWC5Koc

ABC7
— DISGUSTING: Ted Cruz and wife heckled at restaurant by Brett Kavanaugh protesters – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ted-cruz-wife-heckled-at-restaurant-by-brett-kavanaugh-protesters/4335535/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING: ‘Baby Trump’ coming to Chicago for women’s march
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/-baby-trump-coming-to-chicago-for-women-s-march
— Trump boasts of America’s might, draws headshakes at United Nations – AP (DIERSEN: Which countries shook their heads at America? Countries that shake their heads at America send their citizens into America to destroy America.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/trump-united-nations

WGN TV
— Harold calls attacks over conservative views ‘disingenuous’, Raoul calls her ‘extreme’ – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/09/25/harold-calls-attacks-over-conservative-views-disingenuous-raoul-calls-her-extreme/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Early voting for Illinois’ 2018 midterm election starts Thursday. Here’s what you need to know. – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-early-voting-thursday-20180925-story.html
— Archdiocese to pay $2.9 million to settle suit of man who says he was sexually abused by Rev. Daniel McCormack as a boy – Matthew Walberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-daniel-mccormack-sex-abuse-victim-settlement-chicago-archdiocese-20180925-story.html
— Senate Judiciary Committee schedules vote on Kavanaugh nomination, one day after hearing from his first accuser – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-second-accuser-deborah-ramirez-20180925-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Racial slurs hurled in bleacher brawl at Wrigley on Hispanic Heritage Night – Satchel Price
https://chicago.suntimes.com/sports/wrigley-field-brawl-racist-cubs-fan-2018/
— McCarthy supports retirees fighting for health care, blasts ‘callous’ Rahm – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would be overjoyed if Trump cut or eliminated my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, and/or my Social Security. They paint me as being undeservedly filthy rich. They stress that I avoided the draft, that my wife and I gave trying to have children, that we did not adopt, and that we did not become foster parents. They hint/imply/argue/shout that the federal government grossly overpaid me and that my federal retirement benefits are much too generous.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mccarthy-retirees-health-care-blasts-callous-rahm/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get women to vote for Democrats, Democrats shout at women a) that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things and b) that Republicans have caused all the problems that women have had, are having, and will have.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/equal-rights-amendment-illinois-constitution/

DAILY HERALD
— Cronin: DuPage County must trim spending to balance budget – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Have you had to trim your spending? Since 1997, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement offer, I have had to trim my spending in today’s dollars by $6,122/month or by $74,464/year, or by $1,542,744. My GAO salary was $125,325/year in today’s dollars, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of that, or $51,864/year.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180925/cronin-dupage-county-must-trim-spending-to-balance-budget

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner makes final pitch as early voting begins The struggle for spending reform continues, the GOP incumbent tells Crain’s editorial board. But what is his plan to get there after a bumpy four years? – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/rauner-makes-final-pitch-early-voting-begins

WTTW
— William J. Kelly Launches Second Bid for Chicago Mayor – Jay Shefsky
https://news.wttw.com/2018/09/25/william-j-kelly-launches-second-bid-chicago-mayor

WBBM 780
— Illinois AG Race: Raoul, Harold Criticize Each Other’s Potential Impact On Families – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/raoul-harold-criticize-each-others-potential-impact-families

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A pot promoter says “Rauner overstates Colorado pot trouble.”
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180624/georgette-braun-rauner-overstates-colo-pot-trouble

HERALD & REVIEW
— Harold says Raoul has turned Illinois attorney general race into referendum on her views on same-sex marriage, abortion – RICK PEARSON
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/harold-says-raoul-has-turned-illinois-attorney-general-race-into/article_339735a9-fb3d-5bde-a259-2b65b29beaf8.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Ex-governor Jim Edgar’s public silence foreshadows GOP’s doom – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-09-25/jim-dey-ex-governors-public-silence-foreshadows-gops-doom.html

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— Milwaukee County Republicans’ tweet mocks accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh – Molly Beck
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/09/25/milwaukee-county-gops-tweet-mocks-claims-against-kavanaugh/1419696002/

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION COMMISSION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sample ballots are available.
https://www.dupageco.org/VoterLookup/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner speaks at annual Chamber of Commerce luncheon – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511578187-rauner-speaks-at-annual-chamber-of-commerce-luncheon

CAPITOL FAX
— Harold and Raoul battle it out at the Tribune
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/25/harold-and-raoul-battle-it-out-at-the-tribune/
— Rauner talks about gaming and marijuana
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/25/rauner-talks-about-gaming-and-marijuana/
— Rauner makes his pitch to Crain’s
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/25/rauner-makes-his-pitch-to-crains/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump to U.N.: Refugees Should Return to Their Countries and ‘Make Them Great Again’ – Charlie Spiering (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want refugees to come to American and help Democrats get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/25/donald-trump-u-n-refugees-should-return-their-countries-make-great-again/
— United Nations Audience Laughs at Donald Trump During Speech – Charlie Spiering (DIERSEN: Globalists want to destroy America. Which countries laughed at America? Countries that laugh at America send their citizens into America to destroy America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/25/united-nations-audience-laughs-at-donald-trump-during-speech/

FOX NEWS
— Trump brushes off laughing UN audience, doubles down on ‘America First’ – Adam Shaw (DIERSEN: Which countries laughed at America? Countries that laugh at America send their citizens into America to destroy America.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/25/trump-brushes-off-laughing-un-audience-doubles-down-on-america-first.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The Latest: GOP hires female attorney for Kavanaugh hearing – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/25/the-latest-mcconnell-urges-fairness-for-kavanaugh/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Gallup: GOP Has Highest Favorability Rating in 7 Years – Andrew Kugle
https://freebeacon.com/politics/gallup-gop-highest-favorability-rating-seven-years/

DAILY CALLER
— THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN AGAINST JUDGE BRETT KAVANAUGH INTENSIFIES – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/25/kavanaugh-supreme-court-the-new-yorker/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— GOP Senator: Second Kavanaugh Accuser Refuses to Respond to Congress – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/gop-senator-second-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-refuses-to-respond-to-congress/

ACTION NEWS NOW
— CNN MOVES 9 KEY HOUSE RACES IN DEMS’ FAVOR
http://www.actionnewsnow.com/content/national/494299831.html?ref=831
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Race moves from Likely Republican to Lean Republican IL-06: Will GOP Rep. Peter Roskam, first elected amid the Democratic wave of 2006, be able to withstand the political currents of 2018? This suburban Chicago seat where a majority of residents hold a college degree is exactly the kind of district Democrats are eyeing to lift the party back to the majority in the House. Trump only received 42% of the vote here in 2016, losing the district by seven points to Clinton. That was a swing from 2012, when Romney carried the district 53% to 45%. A recent NYT/Siena poll found 57% of voters in the district disapprove of the job Trump is doing as president. That survey also found Roskam and his Democratic challenger, Sean Casten, locked in a close race at 45% to 44%. Casten, a scientist and clean energy businessman, has drawn scrutiny for some controversial statements, including comparing the President to Osama bin Laden. He later said he regretted his comments. Casten has also sought to put Roskam on defense for not being a check on the President and for supporting Trump’s agenda, especially the GOP tax plan, which the Democrat says could hurt taxpayers in the district because of the cap on state and local deductions.)

THE HILL
— Senate panel schedules Friday morning vote for Kavanaugh

https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408402-senate-panel-schedules-friday-morning-vote-for-kavanaugh
— Trump attacks second Kavanaugh accuser: ‘She admits that she was drunk’ – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408285-trump-blasts-democrats-for-playing-a-con-game-with-kavanaugh

POLITICO
— Laughter, frowns and shrugs: Trump speaks to the U.N. The president told world leaders that the U.S. would always put its interests above theirs, rejecting the rise of ‘globalism.’ – NAHAL TOOSI (DIERSEN: Which countries laughed, frowned, shrugged at America? Countries that laugh, frown, shrug at America send their citizens into America to destroy America.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/25/trump-united-nations-globalism-840045
— GOP hires female attorney to question Kavanaugh accuser Republicans, however, won’t name the questioner. – ELANA SCHOR, JOHN BRESNAHAN and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/25/white-house-lashes-out-feinstein-838942

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Unleashes on Kavanaugh Accuser as Key Republican Wavers – Peter Baker and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/us/politics/lisa-murkowski-brett-kavanaugh.html
— Trump Accuses Democrats of Running ‘Con Game’ Against Kavanaugh – Mark Landler and Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/us/politics/trump-brett-kavanaugh.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump attacks second Kavanaugh accuser, saying she ‘has nothing,’ admits she was drunk – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/white-house-open-to-public-testimony-from-second-kavanaugh-accuser-sanders-says/2018/09/25/5169442e-c0aa-11e8-9005-5104e9616c21_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Criticizes Democrats Who Raised Kavanaugh Misconduct Allegations They are ‘lousy politicians,’ says president in defense of Supreme Court nominee – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-open-to-testimony-from-second-kavanaugh-accuser-1537886519

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want Republicans to join Democrats and engage in disgusting divisive identity politics, (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identity_politics), that is, Democrats want Republicans to compete with Democrats in promising to use government to give preference to those who are minority, female, LGBTQers, younger, recent immigrants, unmarried, renters, non-Protestant, non-rich, veterans, disabled, those who have health problems, etc.
https://politics.myajc.com/blog/politics/reminder-that-the-gop-can-reach-for-immigrant-voters-wants-them/ayC9X2LvyhSPpz8bCVN1bL/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Trump Defends Kavanaugh: ‘I Understand College Very Well’ – Jonathan Chait
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/09/trump-defends-kavanaugh-i-understand-college-very-well.html

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— New Yorker Under Fire Over Latest Kavanaugh Allegations – Jason Schwartz
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/new-yorker-under-fire-over-latest-kavanaugh-allegations/

September 17 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Next mayor must keep business at top of City Hall priority list Here’s hoping one of the mayoral wannabes takes a plank from Emanuel’s platform and fights for the interests of business. And if none of the current contenders is smart enough to do so, here’s hoping a better candidate emerges. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Members of the following special interest groups want them to be City Hall’s top priority: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/next-mayor-must-keep-business-top-city-hall-priority-list

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California Inc.: Less-educated workers increasingly grapple with lower wages – David Lazarus (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1070 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-lazarus-newsletter-california-inc-20180917-story.html

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

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