CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner gives different audiences different answers on who’s responsible for campaign ad that used profanity – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-tv-ad-20181031-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In St. Charles, hate-filled Biden promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-14th-district-joe-biden-lauren-underwood-20181031-story.html
— Overseas betting on the midterm elections soars, with big money on the Illinois governor’s race – Katie Galioto
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-political-betting-midterms-illinois-govenor-race-20181023-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you want America’s immigration laws to be enforced, Democrats call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-tv-ad-20181031-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Nick Stella should have used photos of desolate areas in the 11th Congressional District.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-tv-ad-20181031-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The impact of negative TV ads on close elections: ‘They work’ – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats treat Pat Brady like he is THE SPOKESMAN for all Republicans in Illinois. Ever-increasing, Democrats ignore the fact that Illinois Republicans elected Precinct Committeemen outside of Cook County, Township Party Chairmen in Cook County, and Ward Committeemen in Chicago who then elected Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) members who then elected Tim Schneider IRP Chairman, Mark Shaw IRP Co-Chairman, Demetra DeMonte IRP National Committeewoman, and Richard Porter IRP National Committeeman. As an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman, I have NOT been advised that IRP SCC members have voted to make Pat Brady the IRP Spokesman.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-sun-times-livestream-midterm-election-preview-lynn-sweet-eric-adelstein-pat-brady/
DAILY HERALD
— The right experience is for DuPage sheriff – Paula McGowen, Glen Ellyn
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181101/the-right-experience-is-for-dupage-sheriff
— Joe Biden emphasizes health care as he stumps in St. Charles for congressional candidate – James Fuller (DIERSEN: One of the things that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do to promote hatred against me is stress that because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only 25% of our health, dental, and vision insurance. We pay only $6,000/year while the federal government pays $18,000/year. $6,000/year is 12% of my $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181031/joe-biden-emphasizes-health-care-as-he-stumps-in-st-charles-for-congressional-candidate
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban actuary who calculated pension contributions (often too low) suspended for 2 years – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181031/suburban-actuary-who-calculated-pension-contributions-often-too-low-suspended-for-2-years
ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In St. Charles, hate-filled Biden promotes hatred of Trump.
https://abc7chicago.com/former-vp-joe-biden-rallies-with-lauren-underwood/4590854/
WGN TV
— Paul Ryan will attend a rally for Congressman Hultgren in Spring Grove on Friday
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/31/paul-ryan-attending-chicago-area-rally-for-congressman-hultgren/
WBEZ
— OUTSTANDING: Forest Park Voters Could Be First In Illinois To Remove Video Gambling – Dan Mihalopoulos
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/forest-park-voters-could-be-first-in-illinois-to-remove-video-gambling/d4c6833b-27cd-41ef-af7e-ddb855a3a1b8
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis ad uses 10-year-old bill that never got a floor vote – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181031/bernard-schoenburg-davis-ad-uses-10-year-old-bill-that-never-got-floor-vote
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Judge Patrick O’Shea who fired gun in apartment accused of retaliating against sexual harassment accusers – AIMEE BARROWS
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/10/31/judge-who-fired-gun-in-apartment-accused-of-retaliating-against-sexual-harassment-accusers/ah9gvir/
NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout that Trump supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/campaign-sprint-trumps-focus-immigration-not-winner-all-gop-candidates#stream/0
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/sen-dick-durbin-encouraged-early-voting-denounces-trump-immigration-claims#stream/0
- CHARLES PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In St. Charles, hate-filled Biden promotes hatred of Trump.
https://patch.com/illinois/stcharles-il/watch-joe-biden-speak-illinois-rally-lauren-underwood
CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— If Democrats Need to Fight Dirty, Should They Take a Cue from Madigan? Author David Faris says that, to win at the national level in 2018 and 2020, the left needs to quit bringing pistols to the nuclear war. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, etc. who pride themselves in being “dirty fighters.”)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/October-2018/If-Dems-Need-to-Fight-Dirty-Should-They-Take-a-Cue-From-Madigan/
POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Watch for this highly charged ad by the national GOP (https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1057728445386539008) to drive much of the talk about immigration today. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/11/01/rivers-casino-ownership-shift-statehouse-study-biden-barrels-through-illinois-337636
— Statehouse Democrats have a better than 50 percent chance of winning that supermajority they so want, according to new research. Political forecaster Carl Klarner has factored in a range of data points to determine the probability of victory—Democrat or Republican—in the 5,500 state legislative races nationwide. His analysis shows Illinois Democrats have a 57.4 percent chance of getting 60 percent or more House seats for a veto-proof supermajority. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/11/01/rivers-casino-ownership-shift-statehouse-study-biden-barrels-through-illinois-337636
JOHN BIVER
— SOLVING ONE GREAT POLITICAL MYSTERY IS ACTUALLY QUITE EASY
https://johnbiver.com/solving-one-great-political-mystery-is-actually-quite-easy/
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Growing number of $100,000-plus public pensions in Illinois cost taxpayers – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/reports-growing-number-of–plus-public-pensions-in-illinois/article_bbe55b58-dbad-11e8-8446-5feaa32a50af.html
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Middle School Invites Homosexual Drag Queen to Career Day – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/middle-school-invites-homosexual-drag-queen-to-career-day/
CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner: “Madigan’s always thinking” (DIERSEN:
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/31/rauner-madigan%E2%80%99s-always-thinking/
— Placing blame where it belongs
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/01/placing-blame-where-it-belongs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: MCQUEARY: “The environment in Illinois politics is telling. Among the least-represented voices in Springfield is that of conservative women. The House and Senate, made up of 177 members, include 61 women of both parties. That number should be higher, but it’s not abysmal. Of those women, the majority are Democrats and mostly lean left. The House right now has only 13 Republican women. The Senate has two. Let me repeat that data point for emphasis: Of the House’s 118 members, 13 are GOP women. Of the Senate’s 59 members, only two are Republican women. If the movement is truly about lifting women, shouldn’t it be focused on raising those numbers? Bringing more capable, opinion-diverse women into the pink-hat pavilion?” MILLER: “As I reminded subscribers earlier today, three Republicans have resigned from the Illinois Senate since the summer of 2017. All three were women and all three women were replaced by men. One of the women who stepped down was Senate Republican Leader Christine Radogno. The Senate Republicans elected a man, Sen. Bill Brady, to replace her. The #MeToo movement is not some top-down political action committee. The Republican Party, particularly in the Illinois Senate, is the entity truly in need of a dressing-down here. After all, they’re the ones who recruit the candidates and they’re the ones who exert influence on local retiree replacement decisions.”)
BLAZE
— Mattis reacts to claims that sending troops to border is a ‘political stunt’: ‘We don’t do stunts’ – Sara Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/01/mattis-reacts-to-claims-that-sending-troops-to-border-is-a-political-stunt-we-dont-do-stunts
WESTERN JOURNAL
— Official Says Majority of Caravan Made Up of Single, Adult Males – Steven Beyer
https://www.westernjournal.com/official-says-majority-caravan-made-single-adult-males/
GOPUSA
— Trump blasts ‘birth tourism,’ migrant caravan at Florida rally
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58153
— Paul Ryan’s Disingenuous Denouncement of Donald Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58143
— Unvetted Illegal Caravans Threaten Public Health
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58088
— Fake News Threatens Our National Health and Wealth (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58023
NUMBERS USA
— MARCH 6, 2018 FLASHBACK: 2018 Illinois 6th District U.S. House Comparing Candidates on Worker-Protection Immigration Stances
https://www.numbersusa.com/candidate-comparison/election/2018/congressional/house/il-06
DAILY CALLER
— WHAT HAPPENS IF THE CARAVAN MAKES IT TO THE BORDER? – Saagar Enjeti (DIERSEN: Caravans are “acts of war.” Those participating in the caravans and those who are supporting the caravans have declared war on America.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/31/trump-caravan-options-military/
— BETO O’ROURKE SPENDS MILLIONS ON CONSULTANTS AFTER TOUTING CONSULTANT-FREE CAMPAIGN – Molly Prince (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present “Republican” candidates on ballots in my precinct who act like they are taking advice from “political consultants” to destroy me. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/31/beto-orourke-consultants-campaign/
— SAUDI ARABIA FUNDS POLITICALLY INFLUENTIAL GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY THAT PROMOTES PRO-MUSLIM AGENDA – Luke Rosiak
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/31/saudi-arabia-georgetown/
COLLEGE FIX
— More than 10,000 retired Illinois educators earn six-figure pensions
https://www.thecollegefix.com/more-than-10000-retired-illinois-educators-earn-six-figure-pensions/
POLITICO
— Business lobbyists dial back efforts to prop up GOP establishment The Chamber of Commerce says it identified fewer primaries that pitted moderates against less business-friendly conservatives. – MAGGIE SEVERNS and LORRAINE WOELLERT (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, businesses paint themselves as being anti-employees, anti-union, 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 dodgers, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/31/business-lobby-primary-spending-gop-952158
THE HILL
— Democrats move from optimism to confidence about winning House – MELANIE ZANONA AND MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: QUESTION: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, who will the Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs blame for losses that Republican candidates suffer on November 6, 2018? ANSWER: They will blame those like me who support Trump and support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and in the Republican Party platform. Will those who dominate the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), etc. move to a) strike the aforesaid planks from the IRP platform and b) banish those from the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC who support the aforesaid planks? Or will they simply move to dissolve the IRP, dissolve the DCRCC, dissolve MTRCC, dissolve etc.?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/414151-dem-move-from-optimism-to-confidence-about-winning-house
WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats in prime position to take House, but battleground district poll shows wild cards remain – Scott Clement and Dan Balz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-in-prime-position-to-take-house-but-battleground-district-poll-shows-wild-cards-remain/2018/11/01/92da7754-dcb9-11e8-b732-3c72cbf131f2_story.html
— Saudi crown prince described slain journalist as a dangerous Islamist in call with White House – John Hudson, Souad Mekhennet and Carol D. Leonnig (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who treat me like I am a “dangerous conservative” and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. They include activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/saudi-crown-prince-described-slain-journalist-as-a-dangerous-islamist-in-call-with-white-house/2018/11/01/b4513e05-2d8e-4533-9cc8-2cabf8bb2d0a_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly Democrats shout “Vote for Democrats to punish Trump.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-house-races-democrats-20181031-story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Calls for Up to 15,000 Troops at Border as Election Nears – Nancy A. Youssef and Alex Leary (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you oppose the caravan, Trump-haters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mattis-defends-troop-deployment-to-mexican-border-1541015382
— Republicans Pin Hopes on Trump Rallies GOP’s need to energize the president’s core supporters has turned him into the party’s political closer – Julie Bykowicz and Janet Hook (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you support Trump, Trump-haters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/republicans-pin-hopes-on-trump-rallies-1541064600
— ‘Hello, [INSERT CITY HERE]’: Trump’s Rally Script Settles Into a Groove President Trump has been on the campaign trail for eight months. His rallies follow a predictable routine. – Anthony DeBarros (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you support Trump, Trump-haters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hello-insert-city-here-1540983600
— How Many Guns Do Americans Own? – Joel Eastwood (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are a Republican, Democrats demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, the aforesaid are buying firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-many-guns-do-americans-own-1540997454?mod=djemwhatsnews
PBS
— Is the U.S. doing enough to fight anti-Semitism? – Joshua Barajas (DIERSEN: What have you done to fight anti-Semitism? Many of my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were anti-Semitic. Many of the aforesaid did not want to supervise, work with, or work for the Jewish woman who I volunteered to work for in 1990 and continued to work for until she and my other Democrat superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. In addition to her being a Jewish woman, they resented the fact that she was younger, she was attractive, she was wealthy, she was a CPA, she had an MBA from the University of Chicago, and she was Russian-American. They were furious when I got her appointed the board of directors of IIT’s Financial Markets and Trading Master’s Degree Program.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/is-the-u-s-doing-enough-to-fight-anti-semitism
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The shooting also comes amid a growing worry over far-right extremism. A 2017 report from the Government Accountability Office found that since the 9/11 attacks, far-right extremists were responsible for three times as many attacks as Islamic extremists, 62 incidents compared with 23. Islamic extremist attacks have killed more people — 119, compared with the 106 tied to far-right extremists.)
BUSINESS INSIDER
— I’ve out-earned my husband for the past 10 years, and there are a few things no one seems to understand – Susie Moore (DIERSEN: Does/did your spouse earn more money than you? Needless-to-say, of course, to paint me as being a horrible loser, if I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress all the many years (including 1980 and 1997-2017) in which my wife had more income than I did since we got married in 1978. They would stress that while my wife earned a bachelor’s degree in finance from DePaul in 1986, she has no professional certifications, and she has no professional licenses — I earned a bachelor’s degree (management-NIU) when I was 21 in 1970 and master’s degrees when I was 27 (business-Loyola), 31 (accounting-DePaul), and 48 (finance-IIT), b) professional certifications when I was 30 (CPA), 32 (Certified Internal Auditor), 41 (Certified Fraud Examiner), 45 (Certified Government Financial Manager), 47 (Certified Financial Services Auditor), and 48 (Forensic Accountant), and c) a professional license (CPA) when I was 32.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/wife-earns-more-than-husband-2018-10
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— When We Make All (or Most of) the Money
https://hbr.org/podcast/2018/10/when-we-make-all-or-most-of-the-money
GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters shout that Trump supporters are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/oct/31/us-politics-live-midterms-latest-donald-trump
SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Erika Harold.
https://www.salon.com/2018/11/01/the-bad-the-worse-and-the-downright-ugly-gop-candidates-who-out-trump-trump/
BUSTLE
— MARCH 15, 2018 FLASHBACK: The 13 Biggest Backstabbers In Literary History, From Peter Pettigrew To Jamie Lannister – SADIE TROMBETTA (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the biggest backstabbers in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They include past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.bustle.com/p/the-13-biggest-backstabbers-in-literary-history-from-peter-pettigrew-to-jamie-lannister-8500543
