October 9 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In debate with J.B. Pritzker, Gov. Bruce Rauner says illegal immigration contributes to Chicago gun violence – Rick Pearson, Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: Those who want Rauner to lose want Rauner to talk like Pritzker does about illegal immigration. Pritzker says illegals “are good for the economy of the state of Illinois” and “that what we need to do is protect the immigrants that are here in our state. We have immigrants here who are not protected, under attack by President Trump. He (Rauner) stands with President Trump on this. I do not.”)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-debate-rauner-pritzker-20181009-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gov. Bruce Rauner and challenger J.B. Pritzker clashed over immigration and Chicago violence Tuesday, with the Republican chief executive alleging that immigrants living illegally in the state are a factor in the city’s crime problem while the Democrat said they contribute to Illinois’ economy. . .Rauner, who has been trailing Pritzker by double digits in independently conducted polls, indicated the need to continue to heal a core GOP constituency, social conservatives, with his latest remarks on immigration. Social conservatives have been upset with Rauner’s signing of laws that expanded immigration, abortion and transgender rights. Rauner sought to make clear that he signed legislation preventing law enforcement from stopping someone solely on his or her immigration status only because it was backed by law enforcement. “Illegal immigration takes jobs away from Americans. It holds down wages, hurts union workers, farmworkers, factory workers, hurts wages and raises unemployment,” Rauner said. “One of the reasons we have such high unemployment in the city of Chicago and so much crime is the massive number of illegal immigrants here take jobs away from American citizens and Chicago citizens,” he contended, adding that Pritzker wants to make Illinois a “sanctuary state.”)
— Scalise to help Roskam raise money in Illinois’ 6th
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-pritzker-sterigenics-ad-20181008-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam is set to get a fundraising boost from a Southern congressman who defeated him in a bid to move up House Republican leadership. U.S. Rep. Steve Scalise of Louisiana will be in Naperville on Wednesday, Oct. 17, at a reception for Roskam, according to the invitation. A ticket goes for $50, and a “private roundtable” goes for $1,000. Four years ago, Scalise bested Roskam in the race for House majority whip, a post that opened up in the leadership shuffle following Eric Cantor’s primary loss to Dave Brat in Virginia. At the time, Roskam was the No. 4 Republican in the House, but his unsuccessful attempt to move up left him out of GOP leadership. Last year, Scalise was shot by a Belleville, Ill., man during practice for the annual congressional baseball game. He has since made his return to Congress, where he still serves as whip under House Speaker Paul Ryan. Roskam, of Wheaton, is locked in a tough re-election battle with Democratic businessman Sean Casten of Downers Grove, who raised $2.6 million in the third quarter, according to his campaign. Roskam’s campaign said he raised about $1.3 million.)
— Endorsement: More U.S. House endorsements: Hultgren, Quigley, Davis, Krishnamoorthi, Schakowsky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-ushouse2-hultgren-daytwo-20181003-story.html
— Rauner’s campaign gave Erika Harold’s bid for attorney general another $500,000 last week, state campaign finance reports showed. Rauner’s campaign gave her $1 million in August and previously paid for $305,000 worth of ads in the March GOP primary. She is facing Democratic state Sen. Kwame Raoul to replace retiring Attorney General Lisa Madigan.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-rauner-pritzker-sterigenics-ad-20181008-story.html
— Amazon has 6,000 job openings in the Chicago area, but its job fair failed to draw large crowds – Ally Marotti and Robert Channick (DIERSEN: From what I see, if Amazon is like most employers in the Chicago area, Amazon does not want to hire you if you are a Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-amazon-job-fair-20181009-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Outspoken abortion clinic opens first Chicago-area location – Lisa Schencker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-outspoken-abortion-clinic-opens-1005-story.html
— Kane board chair Lauzen backs off push for state’s attorney to provide accounting of Van Dyke trial costs; blasts board for ‘lack of fortitude’ – Gloria Casas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-kane-vote-resolution-van-dyke-trial-st-1010-story.html
— Young men, women are rising up. Are you scared? – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps shout at young people that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-laquan-mcdonald-1010-20181009-story.html
— After the fight over Kavanaugh: Why Dems and the GOP will only make our politics uglier – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-brett-kavanaugh-democrats-confirmation-fight-dirty-1009-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Probably only a matter of time before Rauner starts chanting ‘Build that wall!’ – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/probably-only-a-matter-of-time-before-rauner-starts-chanting-build-that-wall/
— Debatus interruptus: Rauner and Pritzker bring sharp elbows to Sun-Times debate – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-pritzker-sun-times-editorial-board-debate/?_ga=2.17412217.1915779260.1537049004-538532308.1508461012
— ‘Sanctuary cities’ don’t care if restaurants exploit undocumented workers – Neil Gaffney, Lake View (DIERSEN: Have you ever been a restaurant worker? I washed dishes part-time for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. That job enabled me to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. If there had been as many illegals around back then as there are now, I doubt that I would have been offered that job. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I saved the money that I earned for UIC college expenses. If there had been as many illegals around back then as there are now, I doubt that I would have been offered those jobs.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/undocumented-immigrants-restaurant-industry-labor-rights-letters/
(FROM THE LETTER: As I read the article “Chinatown job agencies, Asian restaurants ‘exploit’ Latinos, say workers, suit” (Oct. 7), two questions came to mind regarding Chicago and other sanctuary cities like San Francisco. On the one hand, is sanctuary first and foremost a program designed to allow the undocumented to build a life with dignity? Or, on the other hand, is it a program more designed to allow employers access to cheap unskilled labor with no labor rights, no job protections, zero benefits, and no right to complain since you risk being reported to Immigration and Customs Enforcement? I think the latter, actually. Why hire a low-skilled American citizen who will come with a multitude of labor rights and job protections, when you can hire an undocumented low-skilled worker really cheap, without any of that baggage? An employer’s dream, and the sanctuary cities are fine with it. Some sanctuary.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/rabbi-seth-limmer-lgbtq-flag-burning-path-forward/
— Schoolchildren are just the pawns in politicians’ never-ending property tax game – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: How much have you paid in property taxes? How much of a burden have you and your children been on public schools that depend on property taxes? I paid property taxes a) on my new town home in University Park 1972-1984, b) on my studio condo in downtown Chicago 1974-1976, and c) on my one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago 1974-1976. My wife and I paid property taxes on 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton 1978-1984. My wife and I have paid property taxes on 915 Cove Court in Wheaton since 1984. My wife and I have never sent any children to any public school. My wife has never attended a school. I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who want my wife and I to pay more property taxes, more income taxes, and more other taxes? They stress that I avoided the draft and my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and 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/columnists/illinois-school-funding-property-taxes-reform-kadner/
— How modern political campaigns are tearing us apart – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-exploiting-divisions-race-illinois-governor/

 

ABC7
— Nikki Haley resigns as US ambassador to UN in latest Trump shake-up – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/nikki-haley-resigning-as-us-ambassador-to-un/4447081/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker, Rauner Talk Over Issues, One Another at Sun-Times Debate – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-governor-debate-496396521.html

 

CBS2

— Kanye West To Visit President Trump At White House To Discuss Chicago Crime
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/09/kanye-west-president-donald-trump-white-house-chicago-crime/

 

WGN TV
— Rauner blames illegal immigration for Chicago crime during debate with Pritzker – LOURDES DUARTE
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/09/rauner-blames-illegal-immigration-for-chicago-crime-during-debate-with-pritzker/

 

WTTW
— ‘Boys, Boys’: Rauner, Pritzker Get Nasty in Debate – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2018/10/09/boys-boys-rauner-pritzker-get-nasty-debate
— Evelyn Sanguinetti: Candidate for Illinois Lieutenant Governor – Nick Blumberg, Rebecca Palmore
https://news.wttw.com/2018/10/09/evelyn-sanguinetti-candidate-illinois-lieutenant-governor
— Bruce Rauner: Candidate for Illinois Governor – Nick Blumberg, Rebecca Palmore
https://news.wttw.com/2018/10/09/bruce-rauner-candidate-illinois-governor
— Darlene Senger: Candidate for Illinois Comptroller – Nick Blumberg, Rebecca Palmore
https://news.wttw.com/2018/10/09/darlene-senger-candidate-illinois-comptroller

 

WBBM 780
— Different Debate, Same Rancor Between Rauner, Pritzker – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/rauner-pritkzer-debate-chicago-sun-times

 

DAILY HERALD
— Candidate sues DuPage Election commission for records – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181009/candidate-sues-dupage-election-commission-for-records
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers want everyone, including you, your brothers and sisters, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, the rest of your relatives, your neighbors, your coworkers, and everyone else to be stoners.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181009/news/310099954/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “Here’s how medical marijuana gets to your dispensary.”  Pot pushers want everyone, including you, your brothers and sisters, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, the rest of your relatives, your neighbors, your coworkers, and everyone else to be stoners.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/heres-how-medical-marijuana-gets-your-dispensary

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— In debate with Pritzker, Rauner says illegal immigration contributes to Chicago gun violence – Rick Pearson
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/in-debate-with-pritzker-rauner-says-illegal-immigration-contributes-to/article_b038e27c-89c7-5aba-bca8-b2aea8450fba.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Vice President Pence to visit Springfield for Davis fundraiser – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181009/vice-president-pence-to-visit-springfield-for-davis-fundraiser

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— “Trumpaganda” course to be taught at University of Illinois – Lauren Kostiuk
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/trumpaganda-course-to-be-taught-at-university-of-illinois

 

WJOL
— Governor Rauner Still Opposed To Recreational Marijuana – Evan Bredeson
https://www.wjol.com/governor-rauner-still-opposed-to-recreational-marijuana/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Lincoln Foundation’s finances could face multiple inquiries – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511598048-lincoln-foundation-s-finances-could-face-multiple-inquiries

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— FOIA Lawsuit Filed Against DuPage Election Commission – Seeks Transparency of Old, Cast-Off Voting Machines – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/10/foia-lawsuit-filed-against-dupage-election-commission-seeks-transparency-of-old-cast-off-voting-machines/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner blames Chicago crime on “massive number of illegal immigrants” who take away jobs (DIERSEN: Have you ever been a restaurant worker? I washed dishes part-time for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights 1964-1966. That job enabled me to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. If there had been as many illegals around back then as there are now, I doubt that I would have been offered that job. I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline during the summer of 1966. I saved the money that I earned for UIC college expenses. If there had been as many illegals around back then as there are now, I doubt that I would have been offered those jobs.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/rauner-blames-chicago-crime-on-massive-number-of-illegal-immigrants-who-take-away-jobs/
— Pritzker v. Rauner: These guys really do not like each other
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/these-guys-really-do-not-like-each-other/
— Pritzker & Rauner: Their health: The least-asked question of the election season
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/the-least-asked-question-of-the-election-season/
— Pritzker now won’t define what “middle class income” is: “It doesn’t matter”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/pritzker-now-wont-define-what-middle-class-income-is-it-doesnt-matter/
— Ives and McDermed talk #MeToo with Flannery
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/ives-and-mcdermed-talk-metoo-with-flannery/
— Rauner returns to bashing U of I
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/rauner-returns-to-bashing-u-of-i/
— Rauner still working on his base: Remap, Sanctuary state, JB = Jail Bird
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/rauner-still-working-on-his-base-remap-sanctuary-state-jb-jail-bird/
— Congressional updates: Underwood raises $2+ million; Casten up by 5; Londrigan down by 1
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/congressional-updates-underwood-raises-2-million-casten-up-by-5-londrigan-down-by-1/
— Rauner calls report “baloney” *** Did Greg Hinz solve the mystery of the leak?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/did-greg-hinz-solve-the-mystery-of-the-leak/
— NRCC uses Madigan against Underwood in new TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/09/nrcc-uses-madigan-against-underwood-in-new-tv-ad/

 

BREITBART
— Rand Paul’s Wife: I Sleep with a Loaded Gun Thanks to Leftists’ Threats – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/10/08/watch-rand-pauls-wife-i-sleep-with-a-loaded-gun-thanks-to-liberals-threats/
— Democrats Consider Becoming ‘More Ruthless’ After Losing Brett Kavanaugh Battle – John Nolte (DIERSEN: What do Democrats regret about how they have dealt with you? Of course, Democrats regret their a) hiring me in 1966 and letting let me work for the Post Office for almost 3 years, b) hiring me in 1971 and letting me work for IRS for almost 9 years, c) letting me be promoted in 1972, 1973, and 1974, d) hired me in 1980 and letting me work for GAO for almost 18 years, e) letting me serve on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996, and f) letting me be promoted me in 1986. Of course, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs regret their letting me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, as TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/09/democrats-consider-becoming-more-ruthless-losing-kavanaugh-battle/

 

GOPUSA
— Stephen Colbert writer ‘glad we ruined Brett Kavanaugh’s life’ (DIERSEN: Who has harmed you? I should write a book about those who are glad about their success in harming me. Of course, according to them, I brought it all on myself. They are glad that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. All of those who are glad 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56395

 

FOX NEWS
— Rand Paul warns of ‘assassination’ peril after Kavanaugh confirmation: ‘I really worry someone is going to be killed’ – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-warns-of-assassination-after-kavanaugh-confirmation-i-really-worry-someone-is-going-to-be-killed

 

THE HILL
— Dershowitz: Impeaching Kavanaugh would be foolish, unconstitutional
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/410563-dershowitz-impeaching-kavanaugh-would-be-foolish-unconstitutional

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Some Amazon Workers Are Fuming About Their Raise – Karen Weise
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/09/technology/amazon-workers-pay-raise.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— IS THERE ANYONE LEFT TO CHECK TRUMP? – ROBERT REICH (DIERSEN: In Illinois, one could ask is there anyone left to check Madigan?)
https://www.newsweek.com/robert-reich-there-anyone-left-check-donald-j-trump-opinion-1157557

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Administration to Review Federal ‘Competitiveness’ on Compensation – Erich Wagner (DIERSEN: Low pay is a major reason why my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never seek or take a federal job.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/10/administration-review-government-competitiveness-compensation/151844/

 

FED WEEK
— OPM Lists Ways for Agencies to Identify Strengths, Weaknesses (DIERSEN: Federal agencies are very strong a) in hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) in making way for them by getting rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/opm-lists-ways-for-agencies-to-identify-strengths-weaknesses/

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 7 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Gather In Chicago, Across The Country
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/07/anti-kavanaugh-protesters-in-chicago-across-the-country/
— Has J.B. Pritzker Trimmed His Taxes By Hiding Millions Offshore? (DIERSEN: How have you trimmed your taxes? Since 1972, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious that I have trimmed my income taxes because I deducted mortgage interest, real estate taxes, and education expenses. Since 1984, they have been furious that I have trimmed by real estate taxes because I successfully protested the assessed valuation of 915 Cove Court in Wheaton.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/3940804-has-j-b-pritzker-trimmed-his-taxes-by-hiding-millions-offshore/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Sen. Collins says she believes Ford was attacked, but not by Kavanaugh – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-susan-collins-brett-kavanaugh-vote-20181007-story.html
— Hinsdale Democrat Irfan Ibrahim challenges 10-year Republican incumbent Linda Painter for DuPage Forest Preserve District Board – Kimberly Fornek
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/news/ct-dhd-dupage-forest-preserve-3-elect-tl-1011-story.html
— ‘Saturday Night Live’ goes inside the GOP locker room post-Kavanaugh confirmation – Danielle Turchiano
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-snl-gop-locker-room-20181007-story.html
— McConnell on Kavanaugh fight fallout: ‘The Senate’s not broken’ – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-mcconnell-kavanaugh-senate-20181007-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sun-Times endorsements in 12 races for Congress: All Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/endorsements-congress-2018-general-election-illinois-sean-casten-lauren-underwood-jesus-chuy-garcia-mike-quigly-brad-schneider-robin-kelly-danny-davis-raja-krishnamoorthi-jan-schakowsky-bill-foster-bo/
— Fact-check: Rauner ‘puppet’ ad strings viewer along on property tax history – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fact-check-rauner-puppet-ad-property-tax-politifact-madigan-pritzker/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Tax-hike talk doesn’t deter Pritzker support – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Pritzker supporters a) want others to pay more state income tax, b) pay little or no state income tax themselves, and/or c) can easily afford to pay more state income tax.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-10-07/rich-millercapitol-fax-tax-hike-talk-doesnt-deter-pritzker-support.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s toilet trouble is problem for all Cook County taxpayers – BRETT ROWLAND
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/guest-commentary/2018-10-07/guest-commentary-pritzkers-toilet-trouble-problem-all-cook
— Champaign County usually outlier in 13th District vote – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-10-07/tom-kacich-champaign-county-usually-outlier-13th-district-vote.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Frese, Cramsey explore voter priorities in 94th District – Doug Wilson
https://www.whig.com/20181006/frese-cramsey-explore-voter-priorities-in-94th-district#//

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— BEHIND THE WHEEL The median annual salary for this job is $42,480. So why can’t Central Illinois companies fill them?  Challenges, opportunities seen in shortage of truckers – JAYLYN COOK (DIERSEN: How bad were the jobs that you took? GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://herald-review.com/business/local/the-median-annual-salary-for-this-job-is-so-why/article_ef2e0094-3ced-5c7b-a5dd-966256105d9a.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois GOP Looks to Turn Screws in Pritzker’s Toilet ‘Scheme to Defraud’ – Cole Lauterbach
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=272710#.W7qZHGhKiM8

 

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Media spins politics in state government issues The Daily Herald has been doing a lot of stories critical of the Illinois Tollway Authority. Some think it has less to do with good journalism and more to do with the friendship between the newspaper’s reporter and a controversial member of the Tollway Authority board who has been criticized in a Tollway memo for harassing Tollway employees – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2018/10/07/media-spins-politics-in-state-government-issues/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Tribune throws support behind Gov. Gov Rauner in re-election bid – Chandra Lye
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511591806-chicago-tribune-throws-support-behind-gov-gov-rauner-in-re-election-bid

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Crete-Monee High School reports 30% truancy rate
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511595643-crete-monee-high-school-reports-30-truancy-rate
— Crete-Monee Middle School reports 13% truancy rate
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511595647-crete-monee-middle-school-reports-13-truancy-rate

 

FOX NEWS
— Some anti-Kavanaugh protesters were paid to help make ‘viral moments,’ Vice News editor says – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/some-anti-kavanaugh-protesters-were-paid-to-help-make-viral-moments-vice-news-editor-claims

 

DAILY CALLER
— DEMOCRATS ATTACK SUPREME COURT’S LEGITIMACY AFTER KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/06/democrats-supreme-court-illegitimate-kavanaugh/
— PENCE FACES PROTESTERS AFTER CONFIRMING KAVANAUGH – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/07/pence-protesters-kavanaugh-lets-do-it/
— DEMOCRATS SAY MICHAEL AVENATTI HINDERED FIGHT AGAINST KAVANAUGH – Chuck Ross (DIERSEN: What do you get blamed for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially the defeats that Republicans on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/06/democrats-michael-avenatti-kavanaugh/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— NY Times Sunday Front: Kavanaugh Saved Himself With ‘Rage and Resentment’ – Clay Waters (DIERSEN: How did you save yourself? I saved myself for almost 18 years at GAO by working hard and by earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt, becoming a licensed CPA, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants, becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner, becoming a Certified Government Financial Manager, becoming a Certified Financial Services Auditor, becoming a Forensic Accountant, and earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. I saved myself for almost 9 years at IRS by working hard and by earning an MBA, taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, and passing the CPA examination on my first attempt. I saved myself at the Post Office for almost 3 years by working hard and by taking undergraduate business courses at UIC and NIU.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/10/07/ny-times-sunday-front-kavanaugh-saved-himself-rage-and-resentment

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— You Idiot Reporters Are Making It Worse – JONAH GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blame me for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially defeats that Republicans on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/kavanaugh-hearings-partisan-reporters-making-it-worse/
— The Left Criminalizes Politics by Weaponizing Investigations – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/leftists-weaponize-investigations-for-political-gain/
— The Left’s Bullying Anti-Kavanaugh Tactics Threaten Our Republic – JAY COST
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/anti-kavanaugh-protests-bullying-tactics-threaten-american-republic/
— Campus Chaos Has Come to Congress – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/brett-kavanaugh-hearings-campus-chaos-comes-to-congress/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that men are rapists, and especially men who are Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/410173-fired-up-after-kavanaugh-vote-dems-look-to-women-to-deliver-them-the-house

 

NBC NEWS
— McConnell says Kavanaugh confirmation fight ‘energized’ GOP voters heading into midterms In a Fox News interview on Sunday, McConnell also called Kavanaugh’s confirmation his proudest moment as a senator. – Dartunorro Clar
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/mcconnell-says-kavanaugh-confirmation-energized-gop-voters-heading-midterms-n917556

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Senate’s Deep Wounds From an Ugly Kavanaugh Fight – Carl Hulse
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/07/us/politics/kavanaugh-senate.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Defiant Republicans hope Kavanaugh fight will stoke their voters next month.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/defiant-republicans-hope-kavanaugh-fight-will-stoke-their-voters-next-month/2018/10/07/81652b98-ca4b-11e8-920f-dd52e1ae4570_story.html
— Kavanaugh arrives wounded – Robert Barnes (DIERSEN: Have you arrived wounded? I arrived wounded at GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors had forced me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. My Democrat IRS superiors a) had not promote me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, c) got rid of my mentor in 1975, and d) disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors had forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/courts_law/kavanaugh-arrives-wounded-as-is-the-supreme-courts-image/2018/10/07/c02df2fe-ca2f-11e8-a3e6-44daa3d35ede_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— The anti-Kavanaugh mobs in DC are the cutting edge of a new threat to democracy – Jay Cost
https://nypost.com/2018/10/07/the-anti-kavanaugh-mobs-in-dc-are-the-cutting-edge-of-a-new-threat-to-democracy/
— The Kavanaugh aftermath: a left that’s gone completely unhinged – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2018/10/07/the-kavanaugh-aftermath-a-left-thats-gone-completely-unhinged/

 

FORBES
— As Midterms Approach, Republicans Flee Their Anti-Obamacare Past – Bruce Japsen
https://www.forbes.com/sites/brucejapsen/2018/10/07/as-midterms-approach-republicans-flee-from-their-anti-obamacare-past/

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Supreme Court now works for the Republican Party” and “this Harvard law professor agrees” and “The Supreme Court is not the third branch of the government, but an appendage of the Republican Party.”
https://www.salon.com/2018/10/07/exclusive-salon-talks-with-harvard-law-professor-laurence-tribe-on-how-scotus-works-for-the-gop/

October 6 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Senate votes 50-48 to confirm Brett Kavanaugh to Supreme Court – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-votes-50-48-to-confirm-brett-kavanaugh-to-supreme-court-/4425968/
— Protesters gather in Washington and other cities to oppose Kavanaugh vote – CNN (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who will the anti-Trumps punish the most for Kavanaugh’s confirmation? ANSWER: Trump supporters, and especially those who are Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, non-veteran, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, those who attended private schools, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-gather-in-washington-and-other-cities-to-oppose-kavanaugh-vote/4427481/

 

NBC5
— Judge Brett Kavanaugh Narrowly Confirmed by Senate to Supreme Court Acrimonious to the end, the battle featured a climactic roll call that was interrupted several times by protesters in the Senate Gallery – Alan Fram and Lisa Mascaro
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Senate-Confirmation-Vote-Supreme-Court-Brett-Kavanaugh-495343921.html

 

CBS2
— Brett Kavanaugh Confirmed To The Supreme Court
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/06/brett-kavanaugh-confirmed-to-the-supreme-court/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court in spite of controversies – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/brett-kavanaugh-confirmed-to-us-supreme-court-in-spite-of-controversies

 

WGN TV
— Kavanaugh sworn in as 114th Supreme Court justice – AP
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/06/senate-set-to-vote-on-kavanaugh-confirmation-saturday/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Brett Kavanaugh confirmed to U.S. Supreme Court in Senate vote, 50-48 – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-brett-kavanaugh-approval-vote-supreme-court-donald-trump-pick-sexual-assault/
— Trump cheers Kavanaugh confirmation aboard Air Force One – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-cheers-kavanaugh-confirmation-air-force-one/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump lashes out at Capitol Hill protesters – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–supreme-court-trump-20181005-story.html
— ‘A referendum about me’: Trump urges GOP turnout in midterms – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–trump-20181002-story.html
— Kavanaugh confirmed, quickly sworn in: Conservative majority cemented on Supreme Court – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-confirmation-vote-20181006-story.html
— Naperville District 203 weighs whether to support arming teachers in Illinois schools – Suzanne Baker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-203-guns-in-schools-st-1007-story.html
— Silicon Valley congressman unveils an Internet Bill of Rights – Hamza Shaban
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-internet-bill-of-rights-20181005-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Underwood.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-underwood-hultgren-voter-issues-20181001-story.html
— You know history will be unkind to Kavanaugh, right? – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint negatively about you? Mine paint negatively a) what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Firestone Stores employee, Post Office employee, etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-you-know-history-will-be-unkind-to-kavanaugh-right-20181005-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers oppose any kind of restriction on the use of pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–medical-marijuana-employment-20181002-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Roskam for Congress in 6th District
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181006/endorsement-roskam-for-congress-in-6th-district
— It’s done: Senate confirms Brett Kavanaugh to the U.S. Supreme Court – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181006/its-done-senate-confirms-brett-kavanaugh-to-the-us-supreme-court
— What’s in new proposed Internet Bill of Rights? – Hamza Shaban (DIERSEN: Right No. 9 is “not to be unfairly discriminated against or exploited based on your personal data.” What personal data about you do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use against you? They use against me the fact 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, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal retiree, the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took against me including forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181006/whats-in-new-proposed-internet-bill-of-rights

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Taxes key part of campaign for governor – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181006/taxes-key-part-of-campaign-for-governor
— Illinois appellate judge accuses Kavanaugh of ‘robeitis’ – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181005/illinois-appellate-judge-accuses-kavanaugh-of-robeitis

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Tax issue hangs over Illinois governor race – Rich Miller
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-tax-issue-hangs-over-illinois-governor-race/article_32eb759c-f804-57e1-b860-2eddb9525862.html
— State workers suffer with step-increase delays – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181006/our-view-state-workers-suffer-with-step-increase-delays

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— It’s come to this in the governor’s race – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20181006/statehouse-insider-its-come-to-this-in-governors-race

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Pritzker still leads Rauner despite ‘toilet tax’ scheme – Chuck Sweeny
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20181006/pritzker-still-leads-rauner-despite-toilet-tax-scheme

 

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— Upcoming elections bring cyber security concerns – Paul Westermeyer
http://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20181006/upcoming-elections-bring-cyber-security-concerns

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Lawmakers Eye Audit of Lincoln Foundation – Greg Bishop
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=272588#.W7lBkmhKiM8

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER SAYS “JB” WILL STAND FOR “JAIL BIRD” PRITZKER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/rauner-says-jb-will-stand-for-jail-bird-pritzker-.html
— KAVANAUGH CONFIRMED BY U.S. SENATE, PULLING COURT TO THE RIGHT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/kavanaugh-confirmed-by-us-senate-pulling-court-to-the-right-.html
— THORNER: EXPERT SAYS CONSTITUTION AND SOVEREIGNTY UNDERMINED BY RIVER OF HATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/our-sovereignty-and-the-constitution-are-being-assaulted-by-an-underground-river-of-hate.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Simon Poll: 34 percent would consider voting for a candidate accused of sexual harassment by multiple people (DIERSEN: What have your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes accused you of doing? Mine have accused me of causing all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems. They have accused me of causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially all of the defeats that Republicans on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/05/simon-poll-34-percent-would-consider-voting-for-a-candidate-accused-of-sexual-harassment-by-multiple-people/

 

ROLL CALL
— Mitch McConnell Sees Electoral Gains From Fight Over Brett Kavanaugh
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell-brett-kavanaugh-gains

 

THE HILL
— Senate installs Kavanaugh on Supreme Court – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410225-senate-installs-kavanaugh-on-supreme-court
— McConnell: Kavanaugh win ‘a shot of adrenaline’ for GOP midterm chances – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410228-mcconnell-kavanaugh-win-a-shot-of-adrenaline-for-gop-midterm-chances
— The winners and losers of the Supreme Court fight – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/410242-the-winners-and-losers-of-the-supreme-court-fight

 

POLITICO
— Kavanaugh wins confirmation to the Supreme Court The high court nominee is approved by the narrowest of margins. – JOHN BRESNAHAN and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/06/kavanaugh-confirmation-vote-877357

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Senate Confirms Kavanaugh to Supreme Court, Ending a Clash With Lasting Fallout – Sheryl Gay Stolberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/06/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court.html
— HOW TO WIN YOUR FIRST THREE MONTHS ON THE JOB – Kristin Wong (DIERSEN: I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. I should write a book about my first 3 month on the job. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, and coworkers did everything that could to destroy me. They stressed that GAO had forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. They stressed 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. They stressed that my Democrat Post Office superiors had forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. They demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being completely worthless a) the experience that I had gained working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, b) what I had learned earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, c) what I had learned passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) what I had learned earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, e) etc. They stressed that I was a Republican, that I was conservative, that I was 100% German national origin, that my ancestors had been in America since 1844, that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I had avoided the draft, that I had owned a 1972 Corvette since 1971, and that my wife owned a home in Wheaton. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if I had started with GAO instead of IRS in 1971, GAO would never have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that all executive branch employees are grossly inferior to all legislative branch employees. They used Money Magazine’s nasty February 1978 article on my wife and I to paint us as being undeservedly filthy rich DINKs (dual income, no kids).)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/30/us/first-day-at-new-job.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Senate confirms Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court nomination – Seung Min Kim and John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-vote-divided-senate-poised-to-confirm-trumps-nominee/2018/10/06/64bf69fa-c969-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Senate Votes to Confirm Kavanaugh to Supreme Court President Trump’s pick could join the Court as early as Tuesday, cementing a 5-4 conservative majority – Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-poised-to-confirm-kavanaugh-for-supreme-court-1538834976

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Cox leans on business success in bid for California governor – AP (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office, what would you lean on? I would lean on the experience that I gained working for the federal government, the professional certifications and license that I earned, and the degrees that I earned. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I passed the CPA examination and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I became a licensed CPA. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article219434825.html

October 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jason Van Dyke Verdict: Chicago officer found guilty in Laquan McDonald shooting trial
https://abc7chicago.com/jason-van-dyke-trial-chicago-officer-found-guilty-of-2nd-degree-murder/4417237/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Temptation for pols to raise taxes only on ‘the rich’ will be hard to resist – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-bruce-rauner-crains-endorsement-graduated-income-tax/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The damage will be lasting as a hyper-partisan joins the Supreme Court.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-the-damage-will-be-lasting-as-a-hyper-partisan-joins-the-supreme-court/
— J.B. and the Gov: The One Percent takes on The One Percent – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/j-b-pritzker-bruce-rauner-illinois-governors-race-one-percent-billionaires/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “When in doubt, blame Hillary.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/brett-kavanaugh-whitewater-hillary-clinton-bill-supreme-court-ken-starr/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Brett Kavanaugh to be narrowly confirmed after Collins, Manchin announce their support – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-kavanaugh-vote-20181005-story.html
— Sen. Dick Durbin: Brett Kavanaugh’s Supreme Court confirmation ‘would shake the confidence of millions of Americans’
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dick-durbin-brett-kavanaugh-20181005-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “As wave of women runs for office, Dems hoping for a boost from Lauren Underwood in Illinois’ 14th District.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-underwood-hultgren-voter-issues-20181001-story.html
— Trump lashes out at Capitol Hill protesters – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–supreme-court-trump-20181005-story.html
— Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock’s trial on federal corruption charges moved to June – Elvia Malagon
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-aaron-schock-court-hearing-20181003-story.html
— Kane GOP candidates for countywide offices a no-show at League forum; District 19 candidates disagree on traffic solutions, board decisions – Gloria Casas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-kane-candidate-forum-elgin-st-1007-story.html
— Citing his ‘temperament,’ American Bar Association will re-evaluate Brett Kavanaugh’s high rating – Alex Horton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-aba-re-evaluate-kavanaugh-rating-20181005-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Hultgren, Underwood debate economic issues at Daily Herald endorsement interview – Marie Wilson – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181005/hultgren-underwood-debate-economic-issues-at-daily-herald-endorsement-interview
— Does Affordable Health Care help or hurt? Republican Hultgren, Democrat Underwood disagree – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181005/does-affordable-health-care-help-or-hurt-republican-hultgren-democrat-underwood-disagree
— Naperville House candidate still on the ballot despite residency issue – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181005/naperville-house-candidate-still-on-the-ballot-despite-residency-issue
— President candidates debate ways to improve forest preserves – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181005/president-candidates-debate-ways-to-improve-forest-preserves
— Greg Hart: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181004/greg-hart-candidate-profile

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Many UI law professors sign letter opposing Kavanaugh’s confirmation – Julie Wurth (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will it be impossible to get accepted into law schools unless you are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-10-05/many-ui-law-professors-sign-letter-opposing-kavanaughs-confirmation.html

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s record could hurt Illinois Republicans this election, except downstate.”
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/simon-poll-trump-s-record-could-hurt-illinois-republicans-this/article_8df837ca-9d74-54cf-85eb-bbd0d7fcd8fe.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Protesters Make Final Push To Derail Kavanaugh’s Bid Before Confirmation Vote – COLIN DWYER
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/protesters-make-final-push-derail-kavanaughs-bid-confirmation-vote#stream/0

 

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— DuPage County Clerk and Sheriff Debates
https://www.nctv17.com/news/dupage-county-clerk-and-sheriff-debates/

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly: Van Dyke verdict is tragic for Chicago, the police
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/kelly-issues-statement-on-officer-van-dyke-verdict

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Illinois GOP looks to turn screws in Pritzker’s toilet ‘scheme to defraud’ – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/illinois-gop-looks-to-turn-screws-in-pritzker-s-toilet/article_1812e50a-ddaa-5d9a-9d46-e74d39006003.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner: Yes to medical marijuana, still no to recreational – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-yes-to-medical-marijuana-still-no-to-recreational/article_419fffac-c82e-11e8-bf68-77c168e90f85.html
— Illinois GOP looks to turn screws in Pritzker’s toilet ‘scheme to defraud’ – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-gop-looks-to-turn-screws-in-pritzker-s-toilet/article_6761ce94-c817-11e8-b91a-432f7a2965a2.html
— Analyst: Political scandals, negative campaigns could turn voters off – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/analyst-political-scandals-negative-campaigns-could-turn-voters-off/article_04eab2cc-c807-11e8-8b30-cbb39a21346f.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Van Dyke found guilty
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/05/van-dyke-found-guilty/
— Griffin opens checkbook, but not yet as wide as before
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/05/griffin-opens-checkbook-but-not-yet-as-wide-as-before/
— “While we are loathe to kick an incumbent when he’s down, it’s hard to justify such a rating at this point”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/05/while-we-are-loathe-to-kick-an-incumbent-when-he%e2%80%99s-down-it%e2%80%99s-hard-to-justify-such-a-rating-at-this-point/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Planned Parenthood pulls its knives out, threatens pro-Kavanaugh senators – Philip Wegmann
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/planned-parenthood-pulls-its-knives-out-threatens-pro-kavanaugh-senators

 

GOPUSA
— Kavanaugh attacks backfire on Democrats, galvanize Republicans ahead of midterms
http://www.gopusa.com/kavanaugh-attacks-backfire-on-democrats-galvanize-republicans-ahead-of-midterms/

 

FOX NEWS
— Rhode Island gubernatorial, attorney general candidates arrested with 48 pounds of marijuana: police – Lucia I. Suarez Sang
https://www.foxnews.com/us/rhode-island-gubernatorial-attorney-general-candidates-arrested-with-48-pounds-of-marijuana-police

 

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— The Public Charge Rule is a Fundamentally American Concept – SPENCER RALEY
https://immigrationreform.com/2018/10/05/the-public-charge-rule-is-a-fundamentally-american-concept/

 

BREITBART
— Verizon’s Board Members Push Armies of H-1B Outsourcing Workers into Many U.S. Companies – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/04/verizons-board-members-push-armies-of-h-1b-outsourcing-workers-into-many-u-s-companies/

 

THE HILL
— Senate set for rare all-night session ahead of Kavanaugh vote – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/410175-senate-heads-for-all-night-session-ahead-of-kavanaugh-vote
— Kavanaugh protesters bring beer, chant ‘chug’ outside McConnell’s home – ARIS FOLLEY
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/410089-kavanaugh-protesters-bring-beer-chant-chug-outside-mcconnells

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Claims, Without Evidence, That Kavanaugh Protesters Were Paid.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/05/us/politics/trump-kavanaugh-protesters-paid.html
— Kavanaugh’s 1983 Letter Offers Inside Look at High School Clique – Kate Kelly and David Enrich
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/02/us/brett-kavanaugh-georgetown-prep.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ANTI-TRUMPS USE KAVANAUGH TO ENERGIZE TRUMP IMPEACHMENT PETITION AS IT NEARS 6 MILLION SIGNATURES.
https://www.newsweek.com/brett-kavanaugh-donald-trump-impeachment-petition-1153659
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ANTI-TRUMPS SAY THAT TRUMP IS RUINING AMERICA’S REPUTATION.
https://www.newsweek.com/i-was-us-ambassador-six-different-countries-trump-ruining-americas-reputation-1152631

 

WEALTHY RETIREMENT
— Age Discrimination Is Alive and Well – Steve McDonald (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://wealthyretirement.com/slap-in-the-face/equal-employment-opportunity-commission-age-discrimination/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s one for all of us who have been forced out of a job or were forced into early retirement because of our ages. In 1974, my uncle Stephen was forced to retire at the age of 64. He was a 40-year veteran of a big-time hotel business, and his work was his life. But his employer had a rule that you had to leave at age 64. No discussion! Unfair? Yeah, just a little. It gets worse… Age discrimination has been illegal in this country since 1967. But you’d be hard-pressed to convince any boomers of that fact, especially if they, a friend or a relative lose their job after the age of 50. The fact is, age discrimination is alive and well in the U.S., and it is the only kind of discrimination that is accepted and ignored by everyone. Race and sex discrimination have been on the front burner since I was kid. Despite the fact that boomers are retiring in droves (10,000 per day) and many have to work to make it in retirement, holding or finding a job after the age of 50 is next to impossible. Off the top of my head, I can think of two friends who lost their jobs after age 50. One is an attorney. It took him almost two years to find another job. The other, a 35-year veteran of the mutual fund business, couldn’t find another position and had to retire early. Every thinking person knows it was their age that was the barrier. Now, because the Gen Xers are right behind us, the numbers are just getting too big to ignore any longer. But the cavalry may finally be on the horizon. The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) just closed an age discrimination case against a restaurant chain, which cost the chain $12 million. The acting chair of the EEOC, Victoria Lipnic, stated in a recent article that age is now an enforcement priority for her commission. This shift in enforcement is too late for the three out of five of us who have been the victims of age discrimination or have seen it in action, but it’s something of a moral victory. Years of research have shown that age is not a predictor of performance. In fact, it has been repeatedly demonstrated that the workplace wisdom older workers bring with them actually makes them more effective and efficient. Fifty years of ignoring this travesty appears to be coming to an end. This has to stop. Not just because it’s wrong, but also because too many boomers have to work well into their golden years and there aren’t enough Walmarts to employ all of us as greeters.)

October 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Brett Kavanaugh FBI report shows ‘no hint of misconduct,’ Sen. Grassley says – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-report-shows-no-hint-of-misconduct-grassley-says/4408900/
— Brett Kavanaugh FBI report shows ‘no hint of misconduct,’ Sen. Grassley says, judge pens op-ed – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-report-shows-no-hint-of-misconduct-grassley-says–judge-pens-op-ed/4408900/
— Rauner and Pritzker trade accusations of criminal behavior – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-and-pritzker-trade-accusations-of-criminal-behavior/4412931/

 

NBC5
— Pritzker, Rauner Exchange Barbs Over Alleged Misconduct
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB_5P-ILLINOISR-GOVERNORS-RACE_Chicago-495213391.html

 

CBS2
— Illinois Democrat Sean Casten Among House Candidates Raising Eye-Popping Sums For November Election
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/04/house-candidates-campaign-fundraising-sean-casten-democrats/
— Fact Check: Democrat Terra Costa Howard’s Ad Falsely Accuses GOP Lawmaker Peter Breen Of Standing With ‘Accused Sex Predators’ – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/03/terra-costa-howard-campaign-ad-fact-check-peter-breen-false-attack/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Retired Justice John Paul Stevens says don’t confirm Kavanaugh
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/retired-justice-john-paul-stevens-says-don-t-confirm-kavanaugh

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— VERY SAD: Protesters opposing confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh rally in downtown Naperville – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: What percent of these protesters are anti-Trump, anti-Christian, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-kavanaugh-protest-naperville-foster-st-1005-story.html
— After the FBI report, confirm Kavanaugh – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-kavanaugh-fbi-senate-confirm-20181004-story.html
— Key Republican senators accept FBI report on Kavanaugh; retired Justice Stevens opposes nominee – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-senate-vote-fbi-report-20181004-story.html
— Which is more criminal, death or taxes? Gov. Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker fight it out. – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-death-or-taxes-20181004-story.html
— The rise and the reckoning: Inside Brett Kavanaugh’s elite circles of influence – Marc Fisher, Ann E. Marimow, Michael Kranish (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth? I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-profile-georgetown-yale-20181004-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He would be, in the words of his prep school’s motto, a man for others. At an age when most young people struggle to figure out their path forward, he knew he would devote his life to public service. Brett Kavanaugh was destined for something big. The people around him knew it, too. Through the years, Kavanaugh, 53, a federal appellate judge since 2006, has been rich in friends, loyal and true. Teachers, parents, classmates, colleagues – they made it their business to buff and defend Kavanaugh’s reputation. They cheered him on as he climbed the ladder of legal success. And they rallied around him when he tripped on the way up. That turned out to be a job that extended over four decades because as bright and kind and wise as friends say Kavanaugh is, he has also left behind a trail of people who say that his reckless behavior raises serious questions about his judgment and veracity. The story of President Donald Trump’s embattled choice for the Supreme Court, who could learn the fate of his troubled nomination Thursday, is a classic Washington tale of a young man who grew up surrounded by people in high places, keenly aware of protecting his image.)
— As Kavanaugh hearing puts spotlight on teens and alcohol, experts warn: ‘Adolescent drinking is a problem’ – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: What has steered you away from booze? For me it includes my outstanding parents, Trinity Lutheran Church and Grade School in Crete, Hope Lutheran Church and Grade School in Park Forest, and being a federal employee. Overwhelmingly, 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. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and we had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was that Wheaton was dry back then.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-kavanaugh-teen-drinking-20181004-story.html
— Trump and the myth of the self-made man – Helaine Olen (DIERSEN: To what extent did your father promote your career? My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, never attended college, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old, and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-donald-trump-self-made-tax-fraud-1005-20181004-story.html
— Bad temperament alone shouldn’t sink Kavanaugh – Noah Feldman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to make me raise my voice and lose my temper. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-kavanaugh-temperament-supreme-court-1005-20181004-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Small investors bought into Trump hotels, including his Chicago tower.” and “Then the Embarrassment came.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-hotels-chicago-new-york-20181004-story.html
— Kavanaugh says he ‘might have been too emotional’ at hearing; Friday morning preliminary vote set – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-senate-vote-fbi-report-20181004-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP looking more confident on Kavanaugh after FBI report – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-fbi-investigation-report/
— Pritzker’s and Rauner’s messages simplified: I am not a crook — but he is! – Tina Sfondeles and Emily McTavish
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-pritzker-i-am-not-crook-criiminal-legionnaires-disease-toilets/
— Illinois Senate 23rd District Republican nominee: Seth Lewis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/seth-lewis-illinois-senate-23rd-district-republican-candidate-2018-general-election/
— U.S. Rep. Schakowsky among 50 cited with trespassing at McDonald’s protest – Luke Wilusz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/u-s-rep-schakowsky-among-50-cited-with-trespassing-at-mcdonalds-protest/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump equates Brett Kavanaugh with Jason Van Dyke.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-brett-kavanaugh-jason-van-dyke-supreme-court-chicago-police-laquan-mcdonald/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White men are viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being a) racists and/or b) beneficiaries of racism.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-racism-criminal-justice-senate/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If your critics/opponents asked your college roommates for dirt on you, what would your college roommates say?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181004/analysis-kavanaugh-learns-the-ted-cruz-rule-tread-lightly-with-college-roommates
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181004/i-knew-that-he-knew-he-wasnt-telling-the-truth-former-yale-roommate-says-about-kavanaugh

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Property taxes too high? Throw the bums out. A media campaign blaming both parties for skyrocketing property taxes makes it clear that a rift in the state’s Republican Party shows no sign of healing. – MARK GUARINO
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/property-taxes-too-high-throw-bums-out
— How weak is Trump in the states that made him president? A new poll shows what Midwest voters think of the president’s performance, just weeks ahead of key elections for Senate and governor. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/how-weak-trump-states-made-him-president

 

WLS AM
— Jim Durkin: “The report is clear, [Pritzker] committed fraud” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/04/jim-durkin-the-report-is-clear-pritzker-committed-fraud/
— Bill to keep tax cheats off ballot – Nick Gale (DIERSEN: Since 1978, when Money Magazine and IRS disallowed my education deductions, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have sided with Money Magazine and with IRS and hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a tax cheat. They have 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. I earned 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.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/04/bill-to-keep-tax-cheats-off-ballot/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— GOP leaders take their shot at Pritzker over inspector general’s report – KEVIN BARLOW
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-leaders-take-their-shot-at-pritzker-over-inspector-general/article_1e839902-9218-57c1-b258-3ecacfdf739d.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner, Pritzker argue about who is more privileged during debate – Rachel Droze (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth? I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. To what extent did your father promote your career? My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, never attended college, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old, and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.))
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-pritzker-argue-about-who-is-more-privileged-during-debate-10-04-2018

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Illinois, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and then tell everyone to vote for all the Democrats on November 6, 2018 ballots to punish Trump.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/statewide-poll-illinois-gop-candidates-may-face-uphill-election-battle#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Durbin, Duckworth support AG investigation into Rauner administration’s role in vets home outbreak – Kevin Schwaller
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/durbin-duckworth-support-ag-investigation-into-rauneradministration-s-role-in-vets-home-outbreak/1498176032

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Jason Plummer: Illinois is being wrecked by bad public policy – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511587528-jason-plummer-illinois-is-being-wrecked-by-bad-public-policy

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Casten outraises Roskam two-to-one (DIERSEN: What do you give Republican candidates? I give them a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising. GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000 a year.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/04/casten-outraises-roskam-two-to-one/

 

FOX NEWS
— Texas agents seeing surge of families crossing border after controversial zero-tolerance policy ends – Casey Stegall and Maggie Kerkman
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-agents-seeing-surge-of-families-crossing-border-after-controversial-zero-tolerance-policy-ends

 

BREITBART
— Open Borders ‘Absolutely’ Risk Terrorism, Says Border Patrol Sector Chief – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/10/04/open-borders-absolutely-risk-terrorism-says-border-patrol-sector-chief/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— How California Republicans Could Avenge Kavanaugh – Eric Lendrum
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/10/04/how-california-republicans-could-avenge-kavanaugh/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Harvard Law students file complaints to keep Kavanaugh off campus as FBI finds no evidence – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/harvard-law-students-file-complaints-to-keep-kavanaugh-off-campus-as-fbi-fi

 

THE HILL
— Scores of Kavanaugh protesters arrested after descending on Senate building – MORGAN CHALFANT AND MELANIE ZANONA
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409999-scores-of-kavanaugh-protesters-arrested-after-descending-on-senate-building
— Kavanaugh’s path to confirmation begins to solidify – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409936-kavanaughs-path-to-confirmation-begins-to-solidify
— Pence accuses China of anti-Trump campaign – JORDAN FABIAN AND MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409875-pence-accuses-china-of-anti-trump-campaign
— Amy Schumer among those arrested at Kavanaugh protest – JUDY KURTZ
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/409996-amy-schumer-among-those-arrested-at-kavanaugh-protest

 

ABC NEWS
— Capitol Police have begun arresting about 300 anti-Kavanaugh protesters who staged a sit-in on the floor of a Senate office building’s atrium.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-initial-senate-vote-kavanaugh-set-friday-58275119
— Ahead of crucial Kavanaugh vote, hundreds of protesters rally in front of Supreme Court – MEGHAN KENEALLY
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ahead-crucial-kavanaugh-vote-hundreds-protesters-rally-front/story

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “religious leaders” to serve as operatives and as dupes for the Democrat Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2018/10/04/national-council-churches-makes-rare-statement-oppose-kavanaugh/
— Congressional Republicans tentatively agree to raise federal worker pay, rebuffing Trump – Erica Werner and Lisa Rein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/congressional-republicans-tentatively-agree-to-raise-federal-worker-pay-rebuffing-trump/2018/10/04/2befe952-bcf2-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html
— Inside Kavanaugh’s circles of influence: How his upbringing among Washington’s elite has helped protect him – Marc Fisher, Ann E. Marimow and Michael Kranish (DIERSEN: Who/what protected you during your upbringing? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would have to say the Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete and its members protected me 1948-1961 and that Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest and it members have protected me since 1961.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-rise-and-the-reckoning-inside-brett-kavanaughs-circles-of-influence/2018/10/04/bd8dcf4e-c677-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Police arrest anti-Kavanaugh protesters – AP
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-essential-washington-updates-police-arrest-kavanaugh-s-senate-1538684994-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Kavanaugh: An Easy Vote A ‘no’ would alienate Republican voters and invite the smearing of future nominees. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-an-easy-vote-1538694463

 

FORBES
— What It Means To Hire For ‘Culture Fit,’ And How To Do It Right – Vivian Maza (DIERSEN: What are the cultures of the organizations that you are a member of? How strongly are those cultures 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.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2018/09/28/what-it-means-to-hire-for-culture-fit-and-how-to-do-it-right/
— Female Lawyers Face Widespread Gender Bias, According To New Study – Kim Elsesser (DIERSEN: Female lawyers should consider working for the federal government. The federal government has always been under pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote females, and especially females who are Democrat, minority, and/or younger.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2018/10/01/female-lawyers-face-widespread-gender-bias-according-to-new-study/

 

HR DRIVE
— Overqualified or over the hill? The pitfalls of experience ranges In the same way that ruling out a candidate based on poor “culture fit” can be cover for bias, experts say experience ranges can be a dog whistle for age discrimination. – Riia O’Donnel
https://www.hrdive.com/news/overqualified-or-over-the-hill-the-pitfalls-of-experience-ranges/538696/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Republicans Approach Kavanaugh Victory As Collins and Flake Signal Approval – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/10/collins-and-flake-signal-likely-victory-for-kavanaugh.html

 

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Right Thinks Kavanaugh’s Toxic Masculinity Is Just ‘Being a Man’ When Trump and his Supreme Court nominee fly into a destructive rage, conservative media calls it ‘fiery.’ It’s much more than that.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-right-thinks-kavanaughs-toxic-masculinity-is-just-being-a-man

 

VARIETY
— Thousands of Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Take Washington D.C. – TED JOHNSON
https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/anti-kavanaugh-protesters-supreme-court-1202969245/

 

LGBTQ NATION
— Brett Kavanaugh may save the Republicans’ bacon on Election Day – John Gallagher
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/10/brett-kavanaugh-may-save-republicans-bacon-election-day/

 

DAILY MAIL
— Protesters take over Senate office building as anti-Kavanaugh demonstrations hit Capitol Hill in bid to halt confirmation of Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6241465/Protests-Capitol-Hill-ditch-bid-stop-Kavanaugh-confirmed.html

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 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Pritzker to Return $330K in Property Taxes After Inspector General Report Made Public The report said the Democratic candidate for governor earned property tax breaks in part by removing five toilets in the mansion next to his personal residence
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jb-pritzker-property-taxes-gold-coast-mansion-494948851.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pritzker to repay $331,000 in toilet ‘scheme’ – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/report-pritzker-to-repay-331-000-in-toilet-scheme-

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic newcomers challenge Republicans in DuPage County Board District 1 election – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dob-dupage-board-district-one-tl-1004-story.html
— Amazon raising minimum wage to $15 an hour for U.S. workers – AP (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 today’s dollars 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-amazon-raising-minimum-wage-20181002-story.html
— Following watchdog’s report, J.B. Pritzker will repay $330K in Cook County property taxes – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-toilet-home-will-repay-tax-refunds-20181002-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trmps say “Kavanaugh’s temperament, credibility emerge as flashpoints in Supreme Court fight.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-fbi-investigation-senate-20181002-story.html
— Pritzker and those toilets: A ‘scheme to defraud’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my partial day per diem claims and my education deductions were fraudulent.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-toilet-fraud-blanchard-20181002-story.html
— Pritzker’s toilet scandal stinks, but it probably won’t matter – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-pritzker-toilets-kavanaugh-1003-20181002-story.html
— In about-face, Gov. Bruce Rauner calls for Sterigenics shutdown after weeks of downplaying cancer risks – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-bruce-rauner-sterigenics-shutdown-20181002-story.html
— If Pritzker won’t share his tax plan, we Democrats shouldn’t support him – James K. Genden
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-jb-pritzker-tax-plan-democrats-madigan-transparency-1003-20181002-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Simon poll: Pritzker leads Rauner by 22 points – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: What percent of those who vote for Pritzker are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/simon-poll-pritzer-leads-rauner-22-points-2018-illinois-governor-election/
— J.B. Pritzker moves to mop up toilet mess — vows to pay back $330,000 tax break – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-refund-330000-toilet-tax-break/
— AARP poll: Illinois voters fuming about state’s financial crunch – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aarp-poll-illinois-voters-election-governor-2018-rauner-pritzker/
— Trump got $413M from his dad, much from tax dodges: NYT – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-413m-dad-tax-dodges-new-york-times/
— 14th Congressional District Republican nominee: Randall M. “Randy” Hultgren
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/randy-hultgren-14th-congressional-district-republican-candidate-2018-general-election/
— Remove your toilets if you want property tax relief – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my partial day per diem claims and my education deductions were fraudulent.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-toilet-seats-property-taxes-illinois-governors-race-bruce-rauner/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage looking to further regulate adult businesses – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181002/dupage-looking-to-further-regulate-adult-businesses
— Trump says it’s a ‘very scary time’ for young men who can be falsely accused of bad behavior – John Wagner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181002/trump-says-its-a-very-scary-time-for-young-men-who-can-be-falsely-accused-of-bad-behavior

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Poll has Pritzker way ahead, but race for Illinois attorney general close The Paul Simon Institute says that Pritzker is up 22 points on Rauner, but when it comes to Kwame Raoul and Erika Harold, lots of Illinoisans are undecided. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/poll-has-pritzker-way-ahead-race-illinois-attorney-general-close

 

WBEZ
— ‘School Choice’ Divides Gubernatorial Candidates In WBEZ/Chalkbeat Election Special – Linda Lutton (DIERSEN: I am all for school choice, but parents and their children should be advised that parents who send their children to private schools and the children who they send to private schools will be forever demonized, denigrated, and condemned by Democrats. Democrats have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) my parents for sending 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 and b) me for being a product of those schools.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/school-choice-divides-gubernatorial-candidates-in-wbezchalkbeat-election-special/c04c658d-6890-4559-b64d-49711f398235

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford man charged with defacing Republican headquarters a self-described ‘artist’ – Georgette Braun
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20181002/rockford-man-charged-with-defacing-republican-headquarters-self-described-artist

 

STATE LINE
— Full interview with Timothy Damm, suspected of vandalizing the Winnebago County Republican HQ
https://www.mystateline.com/video/full-interview-with-timothy-damm-suspected-of-vandalizing-the-winnebago-county-republican-hq_20181002162347/1492657121

 

MADISON RECORD
— IDOT worker fired for attempting to hire fellow Democrat – a county board member – sues Rauner admin (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote a) patronage, b) political affiliation discrimination, c) reverse discrimination, d) age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511586385-idot-worker-fired-for-attempting-to-hire-fellow-democrat-a-county-board-member-sues-rauner-admin
— St. Clair, Madison and Monroe county Democrat committees getting fuel from Pritzker tank – Ann Maher (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511586564-st-clair-madison-and-monroe-county-democrat-committees-getting-fuel-from-pritzker-tank

 

WQAD
— Why you are seeing so many negative political ads right now in Illinois – ELIZABETH WADAS
https://wqad.com/2018/10/02/why-you-are-seeing-so-many-negative-political-ads-right-now-in-illinois/

 

WREX
— Local leaders sound off on vandalism at GOP offices in Rockford
https://wrex.com/category/2018/09/30/local-leaders-sound-off-on-vandalism-at-gop-offices-in-rockford/

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— PBS: Kelly calls on Rahm to resign over CPS sex scandal
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/pbs-kelly-calls-on-rahm-to-resign-over-cps-sex-scandal

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Regional Superintendent of Schools Leslie Schermerhorn Protests Jack Franks’ Flying Off the Handle to & Threatening Safe School Principal
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/02/leslie-schermerhorn-protests-jack-franks-flying-off-the-handle-to-threatening-safe-school-principal/
— Is McHenry County Board Courting a Class Action Suit on Flat Rate $100 per Household Valley Hi Rebate?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/02/is-mchenry-county-board-courting-a-class-action-suit-on-100-per-household-valley-hi-rebate/
— County Clerk Employees’ AFSCME Union Contract Up for McHenry County Board Consideration on October 16th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/02/county-clerk-employees-afscme-union-contract-up-for-mchenry-county-board-consideration-on-october-16th/
— State Senator Don DeWitte Holding Fundraiser in Huntley
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/02/don-dewitte-holding-fundraiser-in-huntley/
— Citizens Advocacy Center Offers Advice to Potential Non-Partisan Candidates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/01/citrizens-advocacy-center-offers-advice-to-potential-non-partisan-candidates/
— Craig Wilcox Sworn Into State Senate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/01/craig-wilcox-sworn-into-state-senate/
— Citizens Advocacy Center Offers Advice to Potential Non-Partisan Candidates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/01/citrizens-advocacy-center-offers-advice-to-potential-non-partisan-candidates/
— Farms, Business Cut Out of Jack Franks’ Valley Hi Property Tax Rebate Program
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/01/farms-business-cut-out-of-jack-franks-property-tax-rebate-program/
— Gubernatorial Campaign Spending Up to $20 a Person
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/30/gubernatorial-campaign-spending-up-to-20-a-person/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— “An Addiction Problem in the Making”
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/an-addiction-problem-in-the-making-illinois-family-spotlight-114/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the Spotlight this week is Anita Bedell, who is the executive director of the Springfield based Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addiction Problems, which is also known as ILCAAAP. ILCAAAP’s mission is to open doors to freedom from addictive behavior for individuals and families in Illinois through public information, education, and legislation. They discuss the push in the Illinois capitol to open a new casino downtown Chicago and mini-casino’s at racetracks statewide; internet gambling and sports betting, including fantasy sports betting; the status of several pieces of gambling legislation, the principal one being SB 7 which includes internet gambling, sports and fantasy sports betting, and a Chicago casino. In the second half of the podcast Monte and Anita Bedell converse on recreational marijuana. Please contact your state lawmakers about this legislation which could come up for consideration in the fall. The Illinois Capitol switchboard is (217) 782-2000.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Simon Poll: Pritzker leads by 22 points, Raoul up by 10, Dems more enthusiastic (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, and companies support Pritzker and Raoul? ANSWER: Those 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.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/02/simon-poll-pritzker-leads-by-22-points-raoul-up-by-10-dems-more-enthusiastic/
— Underwood airs new TV ad as Casten reports $2.6 million for the quarter (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, and companies support Underwood and Casten? ANSWER: Those 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.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/02/underwood-airs-new-tv-ad-as-casten-reports-26-million-for-the-quarter/
— DCCC poll: Kelly trails Bost by a point
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/02/dccc-poll-kelly-trails-bost-by-a-point/
— Poll: Illinois voters steaming mad, half considered leaving
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/02/poll-illinois-voters-steaming-mad-half-considered-leaving/
— Rauner camp responds *** Pritzker campaign says property tax refund will be returned to county
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/02/pritzker-campaign-says-property-tax-refund-will-be-returned-to-county/
— Berrios office defends Pritzker’s property tax refunds
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/02/berrios-office-defends-pritzkers-property-tax-refunds/
— McCann responds *** Pro-Rauner group spends $1.5 million to oppose Sam McCann’s gubernatorial bid
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/02/pro-rauner-group-spends-15-million-to-oppose-sam-mccanns-gubernatorial-bid/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republican HQ covered in anti-Kavanaugh ‘rape,’ ‘shame’ graffiti Illinois lawmaker: ‘I hope whoever is responsible for this will be brought to justice’ – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/2/republican-hq-covered-in-anti-kavanaugh-rape-shame/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats in glass house as they toss stones at Kavanaugh
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55924
— Trump reminds anti-Kavanaugh senators they are not angels
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55904

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘She Never Mentioned It’: Ex-Boyfriend of Kavanaugh Accuser Swetnick Speaks Out on ‘Gang Rape’ Claim Says ‘I don’t believe her.’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/01/kavanaugh-accuser-swetnicks-ex-boyfriend-speaks-out-about-gang-rape-allegation
— Poll: Hillary Clinton Favorability Rating Remains at All-Time Low Pres. Trump more popular by 5-point margin.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/02/gallup-poll-hillary-clinton-favorability-rating-remains-all-time-low
— Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Harass Mitch McConnell at Airport ‘Do you always turn your back on women?’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/02/anti-kavanaugh-protesters-harass-mitch-mcconnell-reagan-national-airport
— ‘There Are No Boundaries’: Liberal Artist Criticized for Depicting Kavanaugh’s Daughter in Cartoon Tate: Liberals continue to ‘stoop lower and lower.’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/10/02/brett-kavanaughs-daughter-mocked-cartoon-liberal-cartoonist

 

DAILY CALLER
— FEINSTEIN CONTINUES TO ATTEMPT TO DELAY KAVANAUGH CONFIRMATION – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/02/dianne-feinstein-kavanaugh-confirmation/
— MCCONNELL MOCKS NYT ‘BOMBSHELL’ ON KAVANAUGH THROWING ICE IN COLLEGE – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/02/mcconnell-mocks-nyt-bombshell/

 

TOWNHALL
— Point By Point: Refuting Schumer’s Misleading, Hypocritical Speech on the Kavanaugh Process – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/10/02/schumers-misleading-hypocritical-speech-underscores-democrats-bad-faith-on-kavanaugh-n2524751
— ‘Gang Rape’ Accuser: Actually, I Don’t Know What Kavanaugh Did — and I Don’t Have Proof Anyway – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/10/02/kavanaugh-gang-rape-accuser-i-actually-dont-know-if-kavanaugh-did-anything-and-i-dont-have-proof-anyway-n2524568
— McConnell Triples Down: We’re Voting This Week on Judge Kavanaugh – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/10/02/mcconnell-triples-down-were-voting-this-week-on-judge-kavanaugh-n2524831

 

BLAZE
— Man claims Kavanaugh threw beer in man’s face during bar fight. Then the police report is released. – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/10/02/man-claims-kavanaugh-threw-beer-in-mans-face-during-bar-fight-then-the-police-report-is-released

 

THE HILL
— Trump defends Kavanaugh: ‘Very scary time for young men in America’ – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, if you are a White male, if a woman accuses you of wrongdoing while you were in kindergarten, grade school, high school, college, etc., your career is over and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, to get their vote, Democrats give women an unfettered “power to destroy” White men.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409486-trump-very-scary-time-for-young-men-in-america

 

ROLL CALL
— Your Boss Is Becoming More Vulnerable. When Do You Move On? A breakdown of when your paychecks will stop coming in – Alex Gangitano (DIERSEN: In 1975, my Democrat IRS superiors succeeded in getting rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. In 1987, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in getting rid of the GAO manager who had hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/hoh/boss-becoming-vulnerable-move

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Amid Kavanaugh questions, Trump says it’s not ‘acceptable’ to lie to Congress.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/02/politics/donald-trump-brett-kavanaugh-testimony/

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump says a lot will depend on FBI review of Kavanaugh
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-takes-off-for-pennsylvania-mississippi-in-whirlwind-week-of-campaigning-live-updates/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Kavanaugh likes beer — but Trump is a teetotaler: ‘He doesn’t like drinkers.’ – Ashley Parker and Philip Rucker DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who a) drank lots of booze, b) those who drink lots of booze, c) those who want to drink lots of booze, d) those who want to make lots of money selling booze, and e) those who want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze DO NOT LIKE ME.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-likes-beer–but-trump-is-a-teetotaler-he-doesnt-like-drinkers/2018/10/02/783f585c-c674-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kavanaugh’s temperament and credibility emerge as flash points in Supreme Court fight.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mcconnell-vows-kavanaugh-vote-here-on-this-floor-this-week/2018/10/02/d47f4ff4-c567-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that all men are angry anxious rapists and that therefore, men should not be allowed to hold any kind of government office or political office.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/dear-dads-your-daughters-told-me-about-their-assaults-this-is-why-they-never-told-you/2018/10/01/0f69be46-c587-11e8-b2b5-79270f9cce17_story.html
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

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Brett Kavanaugh withdraws from Harvard Law role amid backlash.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/10/02/brett-kavanaugh-harvard-law-school-teaching/1498850002/

 

CBS SACRAMENTO
— Marijuana Business Billboard Prompts Outrage In Modesto – Carlos Correa
https://sacramento.cbslocal.com/2018/09/28/marijuana-business-billboard-prompts-outrage-in-modesto/

 

FORBES
— Kavanaugh and Ford: What Degree of Political Partisanship Can America Withstand? – Bob Deutsch
https://www.forbes.com/sites/bobdeutsch/2018/10/02/kavanaugh-and-ford-what-degree-of-political-partisanship-can-america-withstand/

 

WASHINGTONIAN
— The Brett Kavanaugh Guide to 1980s DC Sports bars, preppy shops, and other places you might have seen the future judge. – ANN LIMPERT (DIERSEN: What would people have seen you doing during the 1980s? They would have seen me living with my wife in Wheaton, working for GAO, taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, taking internal auditing courses at Roosevelt, taking Certified Internal Auditor review courses, having 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton, going on many vacations with my wife, driving a 1962 Chevy Impala SS collector car, etc.)
https://www.washingtonian.com/2018/10/02/the-brett-kavanaugh-guide-to-1980s-dc/

 

GUARDIAN
— Hundreds of law professors sign letters rejecting Kavanaugh nomination – Jon Swaine
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/02/brett-kavanaugh-reject-supreme-court-nomination-law-professor-letter

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 Evening Edition

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Republican headquarters in Rockford vandalized with word ‘rape’ – Chris Green (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, reasons increase for individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups to invest in security cameras and in other security measures: Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20180930/republican-headquarters-in-rockford-vandalized-with-word-rape

 

WQAD
— Winnebago County Republican headquarters vandalized – ELIZABETH WADAS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, reasons increase for individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are members of the following groups to invest in security cameras and in other security measures: Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wqad.com/2018/09/30/winnebago-county-republican-headquarters-vandalized/

 

ABC7
— Candidates for Illinois Attorney General
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/newsviews-candidates-for-illinois-attorney-general/4375698/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that all men are rapists.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/multimedia/survivors-project-stories-of-survival-after-sexual-assault-461343433.html

 

CBS2
— Michelle Obama Works To Get Out The Vote (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 claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who not only do not want me to get out the vote, they do everything that they can to stop me from getting out the vote. 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://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/29/michelle-obama-works-to-get-out-the-vote/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 3rd Kavanaugh accuser has history of legal disputes – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed and a class action lawsuit that I was an active member of the class in. I would focus on the defendants, the facts that I presented, the charges that I made, the remedies that I sought, the attorneys who represented me, the judges that were assigned, the outcomes of the lawsuits, etc. But most importantly, I would focus on the retaliatory acts that the defendants, their operatives, their dupes, and those who what to curry favor with the defendants have taken against me.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/3rd-kavanaugh-accuser-has-history-of-legal-disputes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, has an extensive history of involvement in legal disputes, including a lawsuit in which an ex-employer accused her of falsifying her college and work history on her job application. Legal documents from Maryland, Oregon and Florida provide a partial picture of a woman who stepped into the media glare amid the battle over Kavanaugh’s nomination for the nation’s highest court. Court records reviewed by The Associated Press show Swetnick has been involved in at least six legal cases over the past 25 years. Along with the lawsuit filed by a former employer in November 2000, the cases include a personal injury suit she filed in 1994 against the Washington, D.C., regional transit authority. Her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, told the AP that court cases involving her have no bearing on the credibility of her claims about Kavanaugh. Avenatti said the suit from her ex-employer – it was dismissed a month after it was filed – was “completely bogus, which is why it was dismissed almost immediately.” He told AP that he “fully vetted” Swetnick before helping her take her claims against Kavanaugh public. . .Some details of the legal disputes she’s been involved in aren’t known, because documents in the cases are incomplete or no longer available. Records in the lawsuit filed in late 2000 by her ex-employer, Oregon-based software company Webtrends, don’t indicate why it was dismissed. Avenatti said there was a settlement in the case but no money changed hands. In its civil complaint in a state court in Oregon, the company said Swetnick, a software engineer, was an employee for a few weeks before its human resources department received a report that she had engaged in “unwelcome sexual innuendo and inappropriate conduct” toward two male co-workers at a business lunch. The lawsuit said that Swetnick in turn accused Webtrends of subjecting her to “physically and emotionally threatening and hostile conditions” and that she claimed that she’d been sexually harassed by four co-workers. The co-workers denied the allegations, the suit said. Company officials later determined, the suit said, that Swetnick had provided false information on her employment application. The suit alleged that she had misrepresented the length of time she worked at a previous employer and falsely claimed that she’d earned an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. Her lawyer, Avenatti, said that “whether she has a college degree or not does not matter as to whether she is a sexual assault victim.” Helene Moglen, Swetnick’s aunt, told AP this week that her niece went off to college but quickly moved back home. In an interview with The Washington Post, Swetnick’s father was quoted as saying that “she bootstrapped herself and became a computer expert. She’s a sharp woman.” None of the executives named in the lawsuit still works at Webtrends. Calls and emails to the company’s Portland headquarters seeking comment received no response. The lawyer who represented the company in the lawsuit also did not return messages seeking comment on Thursday and Friday. Swetnick was on the other side of a civil case in 1994, as a plaintiff, when she filed a personal injury lawsuit in Maryland against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. She claimed she lost more than $420,000 in earnings after she hurt her nose in a fall on a train in 1992.)
— Lawyer, 99, will retire ‘when they carry me out of here’ – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) to get rid of those who were older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats promote age discrimination. They get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not 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. When the aforesaid employees are eligible to retire, the Democrats pull out all the stops to get those employees to retire. I first became eligible to retire in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lawyer-99-will-retire-when-they-carry-me-out-of-here-

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 6th Congressional District Republican nominee: Peter Roskam
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/peter-roskam-6th-congressional-district-republican-candidate-2018-general-election/
— Fact-check: Did Rauner alone delay school funding, cause property tax hikes? – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-ad-fact-check-school-funding-delay-tax-hikes-illinois-governor-election/
— As Brett Kavanaugh on ‘SNL,’ Matt Damon doesn’t know the meaning of ‘stop’ – Darel Jevens
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment/snl-review-saturday-night-live-season-premiere-matt-damon-brett-kavanaugh-kanye-west/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Christine Blasey Ford may yet be more important to history than Brett Kavanaugh.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-abraham-lincoln/
— Kellyanne Conway says she’s a ‘victim of sexual assault’
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/kellyanne-conway-victim-of-sex-assault-cnn/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’ – Alex Horton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kellyanne-conway-victim-of-sexual-assault-20180930-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for problems in Mexico.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-immigrants-border-american-guns-20180930-story.html
— Naperville has spent more than $340k on unusual employee bonus program since 2013 – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been 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 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. Of course, because of the aforesaid, those federal employees who were the most successful in achieving the aforesaid priorities have been retained, have been promoted, and have gotten bonuses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-city-employee-bonuses-st-0930-story.html
— Mileage fees for Illinois highways: Setting aside the politics – Joseph L. Schofer (DIERSEN: Are you driving fewer miles per year? If you are, why? I drive fewer miles per year because I spend more and more and more hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn my priorities and b) glorify and praise their priorities. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that what they do helps elect Republican candidates and b) that what I do defeats Republican candidates. 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.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-roadtax-mileage-fees-road-user-fee-system-1001-story.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Political ads cross the digital divide to cellphones, social media and more – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes discourage religious, conservative, and Republican organizations, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, etc. a) from having websites, b) from keeping their websites up to date, and c) from sending out emails. They specifically discourage a) subscribing to get GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) visiting www.gopillinois.com. They specifically encourage everyone to spend 24 hours a day on the Democrat Facebook and on the Democrat Twitter.)
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180930/political-ads-cross-digital-divide-to-cellphones-social-media-and-more

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Tuesday forum kicks off busy October for McLean County campaigns – DEREK BEIGH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/tuesday-forum-kicks-off-busy-october-for-mclean-county-campaigns/article_e97072c3-d493-5ff7-b409-f8e55800a701.html

 

WSIL TV
— Pentagon’s immigrant recruit program stymied – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39200612/apnewsbreak-pentagons-immigrant-recruit-program-stymied

 

POLITIFACT ILLINOIS
— Pritzker’s flimsy claim that Rauner delayed school funding – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://www.politifact.com/illinois/statements/2018/sep/30/jb-pritzker/pritzkers-flimsy-claim-rauner-delayed-school-fundi/

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Craig Wilcox Being Sworn In as State Senator to Replace Pam Althoff Tonight at McHenry VFW
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/30/craig-wilcox-being-sworn-in-as-state-senator-to-replace-pam-althoff-tonight-at-mchenry-vfw/
— Craig Wilcox Resigns from the County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/30/craig-wilcox-resigns-from-the-county-board/\\
— 5,500 Homeowners Left Out of Jack Franks $100 Valley Hi Rebate Vote Buying Scheme
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/30/5500-homeowners-left-out-of-jack-franks-valley-hi-rebate-vote-buying-scheme/
— Pam Althoff Endorses Craig Wilcox as Her Successor
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/30/pam-althoff-endorses-craig-wilcox-as-her-successor/
— Craig Wilcox Fundraiser at Spectacular Site
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/30/craig-wilcox-fundraiser-at-spectacular-site/
— Illinois Budget Summary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/29/illinois-budget-summary/
— Jack Franks Proposes Drawing Down Valley Hi Surplus
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/29/jack-franks-proposes-drawing-down-valley-hi-surplus/
— Algonquin Township Advised to Turn Over Township Hall Entrance Data for Clerk Karen Lukasik
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/29/algonquin-township-advised-to-turn-over-township-hall-entrance-data-for-clerk-karen-lukasik/
— Joe Gottemoller Rolls Out Campaign Literature
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/28/joe-gottemoller-rolls-out-campaign-literature/
— Is Someone Stalking Algonquin Township Clerk Karen Lukasik?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/28/is-someone-stalking-algonquin-township-clerk-karen-lukasik/
— Indiana Trying to Consolidate Townships
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/28/indiana-trying-to-consolidate-townships/
— Disappointment with League of Women Voters’ Senate Candidate Forum
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/28/disappointment-with-league-of-women-voters-senate-candidate-forum/
— Over Half of Illinois Residents Thinking of Moving On
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/28/over-half-of-illinois-residents-thinking-of-moving-on/
— Crystal Lake’s Strange View of Flatlined Population Growth
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/28/crystal-lakes-strange-view-of-flatlined-population-grown

 

DAILY CALLER
— USA TODAY DELETES TWEET, EDITS COLUMN AFTER COLUMNIST WRITES KAVANAUGH ‘SHOULD STAY OFF BASKETBALL COURTS’ WITH KIDS – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/30/usa-today-column-kavanaugh-youth-basketball/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Republicans Should Not Have Delayed the Kavanaugh Vote – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/09/republicans-should-not-have-delayed-the-kavanaugh-vote/

 

THE HILL
— White House defends FBI investigation into Kavanaugh – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/409138-white-house-defends-fbi-investigation-into-kavanaugh
— Who you gonna call? Inspectors General. – JOHN F. SOPKO
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/408953-who-you-gonna-call-inspectors-general
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Traditionally, Congress has turned to committee staff and legislative support agencies for expertise. But much has changed on Capitol Hill over the last 40 years. The number of committee staff in the House has declined from 2,000 to 1,100, and from 1,400 to 950 in the Senate since 1979. Congressional support agencies suffered similar cuts. Government Accountability Office staff dropped from 5,300 to 3,000; Congressional Research Service staff was reduced by 28 percent; the Office of Technology Assessment was completely abolished. As Congress’ internal expertise has declined, the number of think tanks has more than doubled since 1980. Many do great work but, as New York Times and National Public Radio investigations have found, think tanks may be beholden to foreign, corporate or wealthy private donors that may affect their independence and objectivity. Likewise, as the number of congressional staff has decreased, the number of lobbyists has, unsurprisingly, increased. There are now roughly 12,000 congressional staffers and 11,500 registered lobbyists. Some experts estimate there are as many as 100,000 unregistered lobbyists. Lobbyists are not inherently evil but are, by definition, partial to the causes they are paid to promote.)
— Midterms put GOP centrists in peril – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: The harder that you work to destroy your political party, the more of a centrist that you are.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/409038-midterms-put-gop-centrists-in-peril

 

CNN
— FBI interviews Kavanaugh accuser Deborah Ramirez as part of its narrow scope – Eli Watkins, Jeff Zeleny and Josh Campbell
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/fbi-brett-kavanaugh-investigation/index.html
— Kellyanne Conway: ‘I feel very empathetic’ toward sexual assault victims … ‘I’m a victim’ – Devan Cole and Kate Sullivan
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/30/politics/kellyanne-conway-support-kavanaugh-cnntv/index.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’ – Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/30/kellyanne-conway-im-victim-sexual-assault/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Flake says Kavanaugh hearings are ‘tearing the country apart’ – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2018/09/30/flake-says-kavanaugh-hearings-are-tearing-the-country-apart/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Labor Market Opens Up for Part-Time Workers Decline in part-time employment points to disappearing labor-market slack – Sarah Chaney (DIERSEN: Have you worked part-time jobs? My working part-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1971-1972 helped me a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972. My working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969 helped me a) pay for tuition and books for undergraduate courses at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970, b) buy a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, c) buy a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, d) pay for room and board at NIU 1969-1970, and e) graduate from NIU in 1970 debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/labor-market-opens-up-for-part-time-workers-1538236801

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps say “REPUBLICANS ALIENATING WOMEN VOTERS AHEAD OF MIDTERMS WITH KAVANAUGH DEBACLE, ANALYSTS WARN.”
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-alienating-women-voters-ahead-midterms-kavanaugh-debacle-analysts-1145326