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September 29 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who stopped by Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s outstanding Election Headquarters Grand Opening Saturday, September 29, 2018, included Carlson, Connelly, Eckhoff, Falbo, Keller, LeVan, McGowen, Monino, Nathwani, and Wiley. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Brett Kavanaugh’s 2nd accuser contacted by the FBI: Lawyer – MORGAN WINSOR
https://abc7chicago.com/brett-kavanaughs-2nd-accuser-contacted-by-the-fbi-lawyer/4370564/
— Senate, women across the country divided by Kavanaugh hearing – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-women-across-the-country-divided-by-kavanaugh-hearing/4367913/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FBI contacts Kavanaugh Yale classmate in its investigation – AP (DIERSEN: If you were accused of wrongdoing while you were in college, what would your college classmates say about you?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fbi-contacts-brett-kavanaugh-yale-classmate-supreme-court-nominee-investigation/
— Despite sympathy for his accuser, Kavanaugh supporters stick with pick – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-many-women-support-controversial-supreme-court-pick-christine-blasey-ford-sexual-assault-allegations/
— Republicans face tough vote, political fallout from Kavanaugh turmoil – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/republicans-face-tough-vote-political-fallout-from-kavanaugh-turmoil/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FBI reaches out to second woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct – Shane Harris, Matt Zapotosky, Tom Hamburger, Seung Min Kim
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fbi-kavanaugh-investigation-20180929-story.html
— ‘This country is being ripped apart’: How Jeff Flake tipped the scales on a new FBI probe of Brett Kavanaugh – Mary Clare Jalonick and Thomas Beaumont
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-jeff-flake-brett-kavanaugh-fbi-20180929-story.html
— Jeff Flake gives Democrats the gift of time in their fight against Brett Kavanaugh – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-brett-kavanaugh-jeff-flake-kass-20180928-story.html
— Yearbook lies may end up giving Kavanaugh something to cry about – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-kavanaugh-ford-renate-crying-20180930-story.html
— Tesla’s Elon Musk settles with SEC, will pay $20 million fine and resign as board chairman – Renae Merle
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-tesla-elon-musk-sec-settlement-20180929-story.html
— Republicans fear political fallout in midterms from Kavanaugh turmoil – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-republicans-political-fallout-20180929-story.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Senger promises experience to comptroller’s office – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: What does your work experience best qualify you to do? My work experience best qualifies me to audit federal agencies, and especially federal financial industry regulators and IRS. I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of many other federal agencies for almost 6 years, and on audits of IRS for 3 years. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for the Post Office for almost 3 years. I passed the CPA examination and the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. I became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. I earned master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance.)
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/senger-promises-experience-to-comptroller-s-office/article_4c4f69f2-6d08-5afe-941f-d17a85b9feac.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Some people can’t make up their minds – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180929/statehouse-insider-some-people-cant-make-up-their-minds

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— How many ads have Rauner, Pritzker run on Decatur-area TV stations? We crunched the numbers. – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/how-many-ads-have-rauner-pritzker-run-on-decatur-area/article_44d7fdee-9e64-5bce-ba86-2f57008779a9.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Student accused of being neo-Nazi leaves SIU
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article219238085.html
— New attack ads by Bost, Kelly campaigns bend the truth, fact check shows – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article218675755.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— State Boosts Monthly Aid To Needy Families – MAUREEN FOERTSCH MCKINNEY
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/state-boosts-monthly-aid-needy-families#stream/0
— Some Budget Suggestions For The Winning Candidate For Governor – CHARLES N. WHEELER III
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/some-budget-suggestions-winning-candidate-governor#stream/0
— Republicans Push Kavanaugh Nomination Forward, But At What Cost? – DOMENICO MONTANARO
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/republicans-push-kavanaugh-nomination-forward-what-cost#stream/0
— Chicago Schools Lose Millions For Allegedly Not Shielding Students From Sexual Abuse – SASHA INGBER
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/chicago-schools-lose-millions-allegedly-not-shielding-students-sexual-abuse#stream/0

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Republican org questions Howard’s honesty after failure to report finances – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511582533-republican-org-questions-howard-s-honesty-after-failure-to-report-finances

 

FOX NEWS
— White House limits FBI’s Kavanaugh inquiry to 2 of 3 accusers – Jeffrey Rubin
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/29/wh-instructs-fbi-to-question-first-2-kavanaugh-accusers-but-not-3rd-report.html

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Illegal Immigrant Accused of Murder Is DACA Recipient – KARISTA BALDWIN
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/illegal-immigrant-accused-murder-daca-recipient-report/

 

BREITBART
— Democrats Seek to Import 5X the Number of Foreign Refugees to the U.S. – John Binder (DIERSEN: Democrats want refugees because sooner or later, refugees will vote for Democrats. RINOs want refugees because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/28/democrats-seek-to-import-5x-the-number-of-foreign-refugees-to-the-u-s/

 

DAILY CALLER
— JERRY BROWN SIGNS LAW BANNING SHOTGUN, RIFLE SALES TO THOSE UNDER 21 – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/29/jerry-brown-restricts-rifle-21/

 

TOWNHALL
— Is America Really a Melting Pot Anymore? – Christopher N. Malagisi (DIERSEN: Democrats do everything that they can to make immigrants Democrats, that is, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/christophernmalagisi/2018/09/29/is-america-really-a-melting-pot-anymore-n2523558

 

THE HILL
— GOP risks disaster with Kavanaugh, midterms – NIALL STANAGE –
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409074-the-memo-gop-risks-disaster-with-kavanaugh-midterms
— Immigration under Trump: If you can’t afford it, don’t come – DAN STEIN (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants who need/want/demand massive amounts of public assistance because sooner or later, they will vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/408813-immigration-under-trump-if-you-cant-afford-it-dont-come

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— White House Puts Limits On FBI’s Kavanaugh Investigation The agency reportedly won’t be allowed to look into another allegation from Kavanaugh’s high school days. – Sara Boboltz
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/white-house-puts-limits-on-fbi-investigation-into-kavanaugh-reports_us_5bafeb5de4b027da00d3c5ae

 

POLITICO
— Chicago’s Top Cop Was Fired After the Laquan McDonald Shooting. Now He Wants to Be Mayor. But to his opponents, Garry McCarthy’s aggressive style bears the blame for such police shootings. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/09/29/chicagos-ex-police-chief-was-fired-after-the-laquan-mcdonald-shooting-now-he-wants-to-be-mayor-220805

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “New wave of attack ads shows Democrats on offense, Republicans on defense.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/29/politics/party-committees-target-key-house-races/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that all Republicans are racists and that Republicans should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/29/us/polite-racism/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kavanaugh Battle Shows the Power, and the Limits, of #MeToo Movement – Kate Zernike and Emily Steel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/us/politics/kavanaugh-blasey-metoo-supreme-court.html
— Elon Musk and Tesla Settle With S.E.C. in Fraud Case – Matthew Goldstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/business/tesla-musk-sec-settlement.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party platform and the Libertarian Party platform are vehemently anti-Christian.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/christians-politics-belief.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats are confident that sooner or later, they will get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/trump-democracy-history.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to make women hate men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/29/opinion/sunday/kavanaugh-feminism-conservatism.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump praises Kavanaugh’s ‘courage’ during testimony
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/trump-praises-kavanaughs-courage-during-testimony/2018/09/29/a0d4c936-c440-11e8-9451-e878f96be19b_video.html
— FBI reaches out to second woman who has accused Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct – Shane Harris, Matt Zapotosky, Tom Hamburger, and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-reaches-out-to-second-woman-who-has-accused-brett-kavanaugh-of-sexual-misconduct/2018/09/29/365f959c-c3f8-11e8-8f06-009b39c3f6dd_story.html
— DIERSEN DEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The American Bar Association had concerns about Kavanaugh 12 years ago. Republicans dismissed those, too.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/28/american-bar-association-had-kavanaugh-concerns-years-ago-republicans-dismissed-those-too/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “She considered exposing her rapist — then she thought about his wife: Why one woman decided to maintain her silence.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2018/09/28/feature/i-considered-exposing-my-rapist-then-i-thought-about-his-wife/
— Tesla’s Elon Musk settles with SEC, will pay $20 million fine and resign as board chairman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/business/wp/2018/09/29/teslas-elon-musk-settles-with-sec-will-pay-20-million-fine-and-resign-as-board-chairman/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-male says “The roots of male rage, on show at the Kavanaugh hearing.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/democracy-post/wp/2018/09/29/the-roots-of-male-rage-on-show-at-the-kavanaugh-hearing/
— The ACLU typically stays neutral about Supreme Court nominees. It didn’t with Kavanaugh. – Kristine Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/29/aclu-typically-stays-quiet-about-supreme-court-nominees-it-didnt-with-kavanaugh/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— White House Directs FBI to Interview First Two Kavanaugh Accusers, But Not the Third FBI probe won’t include interviewing Julie Swetnick, drawing criticism from her attorney – Dustin Volz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-directs-fbi-to-interview-first-two-kavanaugh-accusers-but-not-the-third-1538256505
— Elon Musk Can Remain Tesla CEO but Must Step Aside as Chairman in SEC Settlement The company and Musk also have agreed to pay a $40 million fine – Tim Higgins
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elon-musk-can-remain-tesla-ceo-but-must-step-down-as-chairman-in-sec-settlement-1538257394

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Kavanaugh agrees that Kavanaugh might never be able to coach basketball again.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/erik-brady/2018/09/28/brett-kavanaugh-right-he-can-no-longer-coach-girls-basketball/1459496002/

 

RAW STORY
— BUSTED: Brett Kavanaugh lied about ‘busting tail’ to get into Yale with ‘no connections’ — he was a legacy – Martin Cizmar (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents never attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/busted-brett-kavanaugh-lied-busting-tail-get-yale-no-connections-legacy/

 

SPLC
— We oppose Kavanaugh  We’re in danger of losing the federal courts for a generation.
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/09/29/weekend-read-we-oppose-kavanaugh

September 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford testify before Senate Judiciary Committee – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-testify-at-senate-hearing/4350156/
— Key moments from the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/watch-key-moments-from-the-kavanaugh-ford-hearing/4352076/
— Lindsey Graham: Democrats’ treatment of Brett Kavanaugh ‘most despicable thing’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/graham-dems-treatment-of-kavanaugh-despicable/4354194/

 

NBC5
— Christine Blasey Ford Recalls ‘Uproarious Laughter’ in Alleged Kavanaugh Sexual Assault; Kavanaugh Issues Forceful Denial “Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense,” Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee – Lisa Mascaro and Alan Fram
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Brett-Kavanaugh-Christine-Blasey-Ford-Senate-Hearing-494465551.html
— Durbin Pushes Kavanaugh to Ask for FBI Investigation
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Senator-Dick-Durbin-Pushes-Brett-Kavanaugh-To-Ask-For-FBI-Investigation-494548341.html

 

CBS2
— Kavanaugh Delivers Emotional Denial Of Sexual Assault Claim
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-supreme-court-hearing/
— Christine Blasey Ford Tells Durbin She’s ‘100 Percent’ Sure Brett Kavanaugh Sexually Assaulted Her
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/27/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing-dick-durbin/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kavanaugh fights back after accuser testifies to Senate Judiciary Committee about alleged sex attack – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/supreme-court-kavanaugh-ford-hearing

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kavanaugh delivers emotional denial of Ford’s ‘100 percent’ certainty that he assaulted her – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-ford-hearing-20180927-story.html
— Kavanaugh says ‘I’m innocent’ as Durbin pushes judge to endorse FBI investigation – Mike Riopell, Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dick-durbin-brett-kavanaugh-20180927-story.html
— Recap of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-20180927-story.html
— Kavanaugh confirmation spills into heated governor’s races – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-governors-delay-kavanaugh-vote-20180927-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said earlier this month that there should be an investigation and the allegations, if true, should disqualify Kavanaugh. He did not specify whether he thought the Senate inquiry was sufficient or whether the FBI should investigate, as Democrats have asked. Rauner’s spokesman said the governor was traveling Thursday and did not watch Ford’s testimony. His Democratic challenger, J.B. Pritzker, criticized Rauner’s response. The governor, he said Thursday, “continues to support Trump and this troubling nominee. I’ve opposed Kavanaugh from day one because he poses a grave threat to Roe v. Wade, the Affordable Care Act, and critical consumer and environmental protections.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate panel continues with plan to vote Friday on Kavanaugh – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-senate-panel-vote-friday-supreme-court-nominee-christine-blasey-ford/
— Fiery Kavanaugh denies quiet accuser Ford in Senate showdown – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-senate-hearing/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Republicans have learned very little since Anita Hill in 1991.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans paint themselves as being anti-heterosexual males. How soon will the Chicago Sun-Times a) fire all its employees who are heterosexual males, b) cancel all subscriptions for those who are heterosexual males, and c) do even more to get rid of heterosexual males once and for all?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegation-supreme-court-christine-blasey-ford-clarence-thomas-donald-trump/

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Facts Matter’ series: How newspapers guard against bias – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: The mainstream media spins facts to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180927/facts-matter-series-how-newspapers-guard-against-bias

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-legalized-pot-in-illinois-the-argument-in-michigan/article_8cb3b8f7-6b2f-586a-94a4-aa93efb5ac.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Winchester’s civil rights suit against Illinois GOP awaits judge’s review – Robert Hadley
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511582175-winchester-s-civil-rights-suit-against-illinois-gop-awaits-judge-s-review
— Republican lawmakers claim Democratic deception with ‘no budget, no pay’ mailers – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511580441-republican-lawmakers-claim-democratic-deception-with-no-budget-no-pay-mailers

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker touts his proposed “cuts” when he’s never proposed any
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/27/pritzker-touts-his-proposed-cuts-when-hes-never-proposed-any/
— Rauner blames union-friendly laws for loss of Toyota plant
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/27/rauner-blames-union-friendly-laws-for-loss-of-toyota-plant/
— Madigan reports raising $4.5 million in 16 days
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/27/madigan-reports-raising-45-million-in-16-days/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kavanaugh Denies Assault in Emotional Opening Statement: ‘Grotesque and Coordinated Character Assassination’ ‘My family and my name have been destroyed by vicious and false accusations’ – David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/politics/kavanaugh-denies-assault-emotional-opening-statement-grotesque-coordinated-character-assassination/

 

BREITBART
— Brett Kavanaugh Rips Senate: ‘You Have Replaced ‘Advice and Consent’ with ‘Search and Destroy’ – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/27/brett-kavanaugh-rips-senate-you-have-replaced-advice-and-consent-with-search-and-destroy/

 

DAILY CALLER
— KAVANAUGH: ‘THIS CONFIRMATION PROCESS HAS BECOME A NATIONAL DISGRACE’ – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-supreme-court-national-disgrace/
— KAVANAUGH CONDEMNS DEMS FOR ‘DESTROYING’ HIS GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-dems-destroying-eputation/
— WHY KAVANAUGH AND THE REPUBLICANS DESERVE TO LOSE – Stephen Baskerville
https://cdn.dailycaller.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-republicans-deserve-to-lose/

 

GOPUSA
— The danger of Democrat overreach: The Kavanaugh hearings could fuel Republican turnout
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55532
— Background info comes out on Avenatti client, Julie Swetnick
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55578
— Time to out all politicians who have paid off allegations
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55444

 

FOX NEWS
— Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Testifies Before Senate: ‘I Believed He Was Going to Rape Me’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/27/christine-blasey-ford-testimony-senate-brett-kavanaugh-i-believed-he-was-going-rape-me
— Chris Wallace on Christine Blasey Ford Testimony: ‘This Is a Disaster for Republicans’ Dems landing ‘haymakers,’ ‘Fox News Sunday’ host says.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/27/chris-wallace-christine-blasey-ford-testimony-rachel-mitchell-disaster-republicans

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— New Poll: Smears Of Kavanaugh Motivating Voters Against “radical and unscrupulous” Democrats
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28821

 

THE HILL
— Trump: Kavanaugh showed ‘exactly why I nominated him’ – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408860-trump-kavanaugh-showed-exactly-why-i-nominated-him
— Kavanaugh calls confirmation process a ‘national disgrace’ – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408816-kavanaugh-calls-confirmation-process-a-national-disgrace
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kavanaugh accuser gives gripping testimony before Senate committee.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408732-kavanaugh-accuser-gives-gripping-testimony-before-senate-committee?userid=3526
— How the Trump tax law passed: Bipartisanship wasn’t an ingredient
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/408631-how-the-trump-tax-cuts-passed-bipartisanship-wasnt-an-ingredient

 

POLITICO
— Senators expect Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh Friday – BURGESS EVERETT and JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/27/senators-expect-judiciary-committee-will-hold-kavanaugh-vote-friday-850293

 

CBS NEWS
— Ford and Kavanaugh make their cases in dramatic, wrenching Senate testimony – Nancy Cordes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-make-their-cases-in-dramatic-wrenching-senate-testimony/

 

ABC NEWS
— Kavanaugh confirmation spills into heated governor’s races – GEOFF MULVIHILL
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gop-governors-call-delay-kavanaugh-vote-58129786
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said earlier this month that there should be an investigation and the allegations, if true, should disqualify Kavanaugh. He did not specify whether he thought the Senate inquiry was sufficient or whether the FBI should investigate, as Democrats have asked. Rauner’s spokesman said the governor was traveling Thursday and did not watch Ford’s testimony. His Democratic challenger, J.B. Pritzker, criticized Rauner’s response. The governor, he said Thursday, “continues to support Trump and this troubling nominee. I’ve opposed Kavanaugh from day one because he poses a grave threat to Roe v. Wade, the Affordable Care Act, and critical consumer and environmental protections.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kavanaugh Hearings on TV Offer Riveting Drama to a Captive Nation – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/business/media/kavanaugh-blasey-ford-hearing-tv.html
— Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford Square Off in Emotional Hearing With Court in Balance – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Kavanaugh to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-women-sexual-assault-questions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/nyregion/brett-kavanaugh-high-school-drinking-assault.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/opinion/kavanaugh-anita-hill-hearing-women-senate.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/27/us/politics/ap-us-supreme-court-kavanaugh-accuser-.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/27/us/ap-us-supreme-court-kavanaugh-voices.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/27/us/politics/ap-us-supreme-court-kavanaugh-the-latest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/us/politics/anita-hill-kavanaugh-hearings.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000006126054/mark-judge-brett-kavanaugh.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opinion/kavanaugh-supreme-court-hearing-delay.html
— The Latest Attack on Islam: It’s Not a Religion Too many Americans would deny Muslims the religious liberty they insist upon for Christians. – Asma T. Uddin (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opinion/islamophobia-muslim-religion-politics.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Republicans, citing bias, give Google third degree – Daisuke Wakabayashi and Cecilia Kang (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs side with Google. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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 side with Google.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/technology/google-conservatives-washington.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— A day of explosive testimony results in a partisan brawl – Dan Balz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-day-of-explosive-testimony-results-in-a-partisan-brawl/2018/09/27/3be77b18-c297-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html
— Behind Kavanaugh fight, a national struggle over trust, identity and sex roles – Marc Fisher
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/behind-kavanaugh-fight-a-national-struggle-over-trust-identity-and-sex-roles/2018/09/27/8dbeb4d8-c25b-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html
— Kavanaugh hearing: Supreme Court nominee insists on his innocence, calls process ‘national disgrace’ – Seung Min Kim, Ann E. Marimow, Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-hearing-christine-blasey-ford-to-give-senate-testimony-about-sexual-assault-allegation/2018/09/27/fc216170-c1c3-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html
— Fox News anchor Chris Wallace says Kavanaugh case prompted his own daughters to reveal their stories – Lindsey Bever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/09/27/fox-newss-chris-wallace-daughters-stories-show-it-would-be-a-big-mistake-to-disregard-christine-blasey-ford/
— Boys will be boys? Why #AllMen should be offended by the latest Kavanaugh defenders. – Monica Hesse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/boys-will-be-boys-why-allmen-should-be-offended-by-the-latest-kavanaugh-defenders/2018/09/20/a3524230-bc41-11e8-be70-52bd11fe18af_story.html
— Kavanaugh-Ford hearing: A dramatic lesson on gender roles – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/kavanaugh-ford-hearing-a-dramatic-lesson-on-gender-roles/2018/09/27/0b1636c6-c2b2-11e8-9451-e878f96be19b_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Stark Divide, Raw Emotion in Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing Supreme Court nominee and his accuser give sharply different accounts at Senate hearing – Janet Hook, Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-day-of-high-stakes-hearing-kavanaugh-and-accuser-prepare-to-testify-1538052956?mod=djemalertNEWS
— Democrats Endorse Avenatti Brett Kavanaugh’s opponents will believe anything. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What if you sought a government office or a political office as a Republican and your opponent hired Michael Avenatti to destroy you? You would be in especially big trouble if you are a Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time. To get dirt on you, Avenatti would contact a) all those who you ever ran against for any kind of office, b) your brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, etc. and your past and present friends, enemies, spouse(s), lawyers, pastors, doctors, insurance agents, etc., c) all the politicians who represent you or want to represent you in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, Illinois, and in the federal government, d) all the members of all the organizations that you ever were a member of, e) all the individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that you have sued and that have sued you, f) all the employees of all the employers that you ever worked for, g) all your college, high school, grade school, and kindergarten classmates and teachers, h) all your neighbors where ever you have lived, i) all those who disapprove of your demographics, j) etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-endorse-avenatti-1538004075
— Yale University Under Federal Investigation for Use of Race in Admissions Practices Justice, Education Departments looking into allegations of discrimination against Asian-American applicants – Nicole Hong and Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: Only 44.7% of Yale’s 2017 undergraduate students were White.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-opens-probe-into-whether-yale-university-discriminates-against-asian-americans-1537980075
— Democrats Disgrace the Senate Their effort to smear Kavanaugh would be unworthy of a Third World country. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-disgrace-the-senate-1538003034
— The Kavanaugh Standard A defeat based on these accusations will divide the country for a generation. – Daniel Henninger (DIERSEN: I have often said that if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office. If you were Kavanaugh, and if you had done what Kavanaugh has admitted to doing, what would you have told Trump up front? If you were Trump, would you have still picked Kavanaugh and why?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kavanaugh-standard-1538003069
— The Attack on Kavanaugh Is Un-American The Rolling Stone rape hoax illustrated what happens when we adhere to preconceived narratives. – Libby Locke (DIERSEN: Of course, when I speak with a person, I can tell how successful that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been in turning that person against me, that is, how successful that they have been in painting me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-attack-on-kavanaugh-is-un-american-1538002857

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Demands Vote on Kavanaugh and Praises Senate Testimony – Jennifer Jacobs, Laura Litvan, and Steven T. Dennis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/trump-is-said-to-stand-behind-kavanaugh-as-testimony-unfolds

 

FORBES
— IRS Announces New Per Diem Rates For Taxpayers Who Travel For Business – Kelly Phillips Erb (DIERSEN: SEE Diersen v. IRS at: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/09/26/irs-announces-new-per-diem-rates-for-taxpayers-who-travel-for-business-but-watch-out-for-tax-law-changes/

 

USA TODAY
— I’m from Kavanaugh’s elitist world. I know how prep-school privilege buries secrets. Students attending Washington-area prep schools are groomed to be society’s leaders. But a blemishless record speaks more to secrecy than integrity. – Deirdre M. Bowen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents the most 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.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/27/brett-kavanaugh-rape-sexual-assault-allegations-prep-school-party-column/1418692002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Saving for college not always a priority Parents’ decision may be right financial move. – Janna Herron (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” When was in grade school and high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/09/26/saving-college-not-always-parents-top-money-goal/1421729002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: First paychecks need room to stretch – Adam Shell (DIERSEN: What did you do with your first paychecks? After I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I started working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I lived with my mother and brother in Crete. My financial hardship draft deferment application was pending. I used part of my salary to help support my mother and brother. Things improved financially in 1971 when a) I got a better paying job working for IRS, b) I started working for Firestone part-time, and c) my mother got a better paying job. I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, I started paying tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/09/25/best-budgeting-tips-retirement-debt-payments/1337120002/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Skills Shortage and Federal Compensation – Howard Risher
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2018/09/skills-shortage-and-federal-compensation/151608/

September 25 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

THE HILL
— Senate panel schedules Friday morning vote for Kavanaugh

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

September 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner says he’s a centrist while Republican, Democratic parties dominated by extremes – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Since at least 1977, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) has been dominated by anti-conservative extremists. These anti-conservative extremists reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the IRP platform. These anti-conservative extremists do everything that they can to drive conservatives out of the IRP, that is, they do everything that they can to destroy the IRP.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-rauner-calls-himself-a-centrist-20180924-story.html
— Rauner reaching out to suburban women – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-attorney-general-editorial-board-meeting-20180924-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Suburban women have been a critical factor in deciding special elections this year and, amid their dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner is reaching out in a new ad. The ad features Anne Wedner, a former backer of President Barack Obama, who is founder of Kent Road Strategies, who has worked on Democratic and Republican campaigns with a focus on the North Shore. Billing herself as a lifelong Democrat, Wedner touts her childhood support for the Equal Rights Amendment and her dissatisfaction with national politics — a distancing effort from Trump aimed at helping Rauner in the suburbs while he seeks Trump supporter backing Downstate. “Today, I’m not happy with Washington and I’m also heartbroken about Illinois,” she says. “We have to fix our financial problems and Bruce Rauner is the only candidate with the courage to do it,” she adds. Wedner goes on to say the election “isn’t about party politics. This is about saving our state.” The suburban collar counties voted overwhelmingly for Hillary Clinton over Trump — except for McHenry County — in the 2016 presidential and there are GOP fears that moderate suburban women will be a major factor in Illinois’ November elections because of the controversial president. The ad can be viewed here.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Protestant leaders to Cardinal Cupich: Condemn priest who burned rainbow flag – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: One could say that Rev. Paul Kalchik gave ammunition to those who promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/religious-leaders-cardinal-cupich-condemn-catholic-priest-burned-gay-flag-lgbtq-rainbow/
— Tax Reform 2.0 is just another GOP scam to benefit the wealthy – Editorial (DIERSEN: Roskam should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/tax-cuts-republican-congress-midterm-elections/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Plus, 2.0 would make more cuts to the estate tax that’s paid by only about 5,000 wealthy families — while permanently capping the $10,000 SALT (state and local tax) deduction that millions of taxpayers use. There’s more, but you get the drift.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage clerk candidates don’t want to rush election commission merger – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180925/dupage-clerk-candidates-dont-want-to-rush-election-commission-merger
— This is not politics as usual — it is political pyromania – Michael Gerson
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180925/this-is-not-politics-as-usual—-it-is-political-pyromania
— National Voters Registration Day worth marking – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at young people a) that they should register to vote to get rid of Republicans and b) that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180924/editorial-national-voters-registration-day-worth-marking

 

WBEZ
— Chicago Public Schools Alumni Score Record High College-Going Rate – Sarah Karp (DIERSEN: What percent of those who you graduated from high school with a) went to college, b) earned a bachelor’s degree, c) earned a master’s degree, d) earned a professional certification, e) earned a professional license, and/or f) earned a degree from an Ivy League university?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicago-public-schools-alumni-score-record-high-collegegoing-rate/2e18c96c-6742-4ce7-9dd5-4489ab1c0dc9

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— The Latest: Trump says Democrats trying to destroy Kavanaugh – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/business/article218917545.html

 

TIMES
— The New Century Republicans will be hosting Illinois GOP chairman Tim Schneider to share his perspective on this fall’s elections.
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/09/24/gop-chairman-to-speak-in-la-salle/ajf68fv/

 

CHALK BEAT
— With the alarm sounded statewide over shortages, Chicago forges ahead with a teacher experiment – CASSIE WALKER BURKE (DIERSEN: How bad were the jobs that you held? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job; b) that IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job; and c) that 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://chalkbeat.org/posts/chicago/2018/09/14/chicago-teacher-residencies-illinois-teacher-shortage/

 

WEST COOK NEWS
— House GOP Leader Durkin’s Western Springs’ home for sale
https://westcooknews.com/stories/511579898-house-gop-leader-durkin-s-western-springs-home-for-sale

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Despite national economic recovery, Illinois’ debt per taxpayer worse than during Great Recession – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/despite-national-economic-recovery-illinois-debt-per-taxpayer-worse-than/article_62d5071c-c036-11e8-9def-f7b98e97df52.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner claims “moderation” is how “Illinois can be saved” (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Since at least 1977, the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) has been dominated by anti-conservative extremists. These anti-conservative extremists reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and/or other planks in the IRP platform. These anti-conservative extremists do everything that they can to drive conservatives out of the IRP, that is, they do everything that they can to destroy the IRP.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/25/rauner-claims-moderation-is-how-illinois-can-be-saved/
— Paid Rauner consultant appears in new Rauner TV ad
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/25/paid-rauner-consultant-appears-in-rauner-tv-ad/
— Thirteen months later, Pritzker still hasn’t kept his promise to release his “full” tax plan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/25/thirteen-months-later-pritzker-still-hasnt-kept-his-promise-to-release-his-full-tax-plan/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Kavanaugh Interview Explains Why Feminist Left Hates Him
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28803

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Kavanaugh confirmation derailed by sexual misconduct allegations: A list of his accusers – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/25/kavanaugh-confirmation-derailed-by-sexual-misconduct-allegations-list-his-accusers.html
— Laura Ingraham: Kavanaugh, Democratic emotional extortion and the lessons to be learned
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2018/09/25/laura-ingraham-kavanaugh-democratic-emotional-extortion-and-lessons-to-be-learned.html

 

FEDERALIST
— Why Open Borders Are Bad For Everyone
https://thefederalist.com/2018/09/24/podcast-why-open-borders-are-bad-for-everyone/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Yale study: Illegal immigrant population likely double, possibly triple previous estimates – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans are overjoyed about that.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/24/yale-study-finds-us-illegal-immigrant-population-s/
— Republicans ‘all in deep depression’ over midterms — and fear Trump isn’t helping – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/24/republicans-alarmed-midterms-internal-polling-fear/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CONSERVATIVES, KAVANAUGH ALLIES GALVANIZED AND DEFIANT AFTER NEW ROUND OF ALLEGATIONS – Kevin Daley
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/blasey-ford-ramirez-kavanaugh/
— ‘MELTING POT OR CIVIL WAR?’ — TUCKER AND NATIONAL REVIEW EDITOR REIHAN SALAM DISCUSS UPDATED ILLEGAL IMMIGRANT NUMBERS – Scott Morefield (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans plan on using illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/tucker-carlson-reihan-salaam-illegal-immigration/
— SEN. LINDSEY GRAHAM ATTACKS DEMOCRATS’ WILLINGNESS TO BELIEVE KAVANAUGH ACCUSER BUT NOT OTHERS – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes immediately believe any and all accusations that are made against me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/sen-lindsey-graham-attacks-democrats/
— TED CRUZ CHASED OUT OF DC RESTAURANT BY ANTI-KAVANAUGH PROTESTERS – Amber Athey (DIERSEN: I should write an article about what anti-Trumps in my precinct do to discourage me from doing anything to help elect Republicans. From what I can tell, about 30 registered voters in my precinct cast Republican primary ballots to inflict whatever damage they can on the Republican Party, but then they always vote for Democrats in general elections. They are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They never vote for candidates in uncontested Republican primary races.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/ted-cruz-protested-dc-restaurant/
— LIBERAL PAC TARGETING #METOO-ACCUSED POLITICIANS ONLY TARGETS REPUBLICANS, GIVES PROMINENT DEMOCRATS A PASS – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/24/liberal-metoo-pac-keith-ellison-tom-carper/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Reforms Cut Back Migrant Youth-to-Illegal Alien Relative Pipeline – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/24/migrant-children-5x-government-shelters/
— Vatican Cardinal: Pope Francis Is ‘Ice-Cold, Cunning Machiavellian’ – Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/09/24/vatican-cardinal-pope-francis-ice-cold-cunning-machiavellian/

 

CNS NEWS
— McConnell: It’s ‘A Smear Campaign, Pure and Simple,’ But the Senate WILL Vote on This Nomination – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/mcconnell-its-smear-campaign-pure-and-simple-senate-will-vote-nomination
— If Pro-Life Movement on Capitol Hill Is Dead, Republicans Killed It – Rachel Bovard (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican reject the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform and work very hard against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/rachel-bovard/if-pro-life-movement-capitol-hill-dead-it-republicans-who-have-killed-it

 

LIFEZETTE NEWS
— ‘Unfit’ for Supreme Court: Leftist Hollywood Weighs In on Kavanaugh Accusers Nominee vehemently denies allegations from two women; he’s under attack by anti-Trump celebs on social media
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/09/unfit-for-supreme-court-leftist-hollywood-weighs-in-on-kavanaugh-accusers/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Demonstrate Their Hatred of Women – Tom Trinko
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/09/democrats_demonstrate_their_hatred_of_women.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Andrew Cuomo using banks to target NRA, faces major legal test – Fred Lucas
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/24/andrew-cuomo-using-banks-to-target-nra-faces-major-legal-test.html

 

THE HILL
— 13 states accepted Sessions invitation to meeting on social media bias: report – MICHAEL BURKE
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/408197-13-states-accepted-sessions-invitation-to-meeting-on-social-media-bias

 

POLITICO
— Avenatti stars in ‘avenging angel’ role For the third time this year, the attorney and 2020 presidential prospect has rolled a grenade into the Trump White House. – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: Who have been the Michael Avenattis in your life? I should write a book about those who have taken the lead in turning everyone against me in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/24/michael-avenatti-kavanaugh-2020-trump-838149

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Christians say “Pence is first VP to speak at anti-gay group’s Values Voter Summit.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/pence-first-vp-speak-anti-gay-group-s-values-voter-n912641

 

CBS NEWS
— Michael Avenatti says new Brett Kavanaugh accuser will come forward before Thursday (DIERSEN: Who have been the Michael Avenattis in your life? I should write a book about those who have taken the lead in turning everyone against me in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/michael-avenatti-says-new-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-will-come-forward-before-thursday/
— White House Open To Having Second Kavanaugh Accuser Testify On Thursday
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/09/25/white-house-open-to-deborah-ramirez-kavanaugh-accuser-testimony/

 

CBS BALTIMORE
— With Newfound Aggressiveness, GOP Ramps Up Kavanaugh Fight – AP
https://baltimore.cbslocal.com/2018/09/25/with-newfound-aggressiveness-gop-ramps-up-kavanaugh-fight/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Conservative Divide Over Kavanaugh
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/podcasts/the-daily/kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-conservative-divide.html
— FRONT PAGE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: U.S. Senate candidate from Arizona: A story of Hard Times, but Was She Homeless – Jonathan Martin (DIERSEN: How do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint your parents? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted my parents as being undeservedly filthy rich.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/politics/kyrsten-sinema-arizona.html
— Pigs All the Way Down Kavanaugh and our rotten ruling class. – Michelle Goldberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/opinion/columnists/kavanaugh-georgetown-supreme-court.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The New York Times editorial board claims that it is separate from its newsroom.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/opinion/editorials/immigrants-welfare-benefits-trump-administration.html
— Protesters Rally Against Kavanaugh, and Back His Accusers: ‘The Wave of Women Is Here’ – Maya Salam and Niraj Chokshi
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/24/us/stop-kavanaugh-walkout-sexual-assault.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘I know his heart’: Ashley Estes Kavanaugh revives old-fashioned script in newfangled era – Isaac Stanley-Becker (DIERSEN: Are you married? I have been married for 40 years. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were beyond furious when I got married in 1978. They had always painted me as being someone who so bad that no one would marry me. Many of them were never married, were divorced, had spouses who had little or no income, and/or had major marital problems.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/25/i-know-his-heart-ashley-estes-kavanaugh-revives-old-fashioned-script-in-newfangled-era/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fighting to save his Supreme Court nomination, Kavanaugh was joined by his wife Monday for a Fox News interview. Ashley Estes Kavanaugh is a town manager in the Washington, D.C., suburbs and a former aide in George W. Bush’s White House, where she and Kavanaugh met. The interview was powerful proof that, even in the #MeToo moment, Wynette’s call to “show the world you love him” still carries weight, as it did for Clinton, even though she disparaged the song. The comparison is especially fitting given Kavanaugh’s role — as associate counsel in the office of independent counsel Kenneth W. Starr — in proposing sexually explicit questions for President Bill Clinton to answer about his affair with Monica Lewinsky. Asked by Fox’s Martha MacCallum whether she doubted her husband, the mother of two daughters replied, “No. I mean, I know Brett — I’ve known him for 17 years.” “And,” she continued, as her husband glanced sideways to look plaintively at her, “this is not at all characteristic. It’s really hard to believe. He’s decent. He’s kind. He’s good. I know his heart. This is not consistent with Brett.”)
— An Illinois priest living legally in the U.S. for 14 years is being deported — over a single vote he shouldn’t have cast – Meagan Flynn
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2018/09/24/an-illinois-priest-living-legally-in-the-u-s-for-14-years-is-being-deported-over-a-single-vote-he-shouldnt-have-cast/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The Kavanaugh hearings have become a ‘witch hunt,’ where belief is all that matters – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-goldberg-kavanaugh-blasey-ford-20180925-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Politics of Destruction A second Kavanaugh accuser betrays the Democratic strategy of character assassination – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-politics-of-destruction-1537831889
— Republicans Rally Around Kavanaugh Nomination McConnell, Trump reiterate support for high-court pick after a new allegation emerges – Natalie Andrews and Kristina Peterson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-confirmation-process-encounters-more-uncertainty-1537798999
— Kavanaugh, in Rare Interview, Denies Sex-Assault Allegations, Says He Won’t Withdraw Interview with Fox News is the first Judge Kavanaugh has given since Mr. Trump nominated him in July – Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-in-rare-interview-denies-sex-assault-allegations-says-he-wont-withdraw-1537841186
— Kavanaugh Controversy Adds to Public’s Crisis of Confidence As Americans continue to lose faith in bedrock democratic institutions, perhaps the solution is outside the Beltway – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-controversy-adds-to-publics-crisis-of-confidence-1537799881
— A Shameful Season for American Journalism The Nation, the New Yorker and the New York Review of Books all run scared from criticism.
116 Comments – Christopher M. Finan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-shameful-season-for-american-journalism-1537830679
— A Stumble Down Memory Lane Like Kavanaugh’s latest accuser, people often have ‘gaps.’ They don’t always fill them with truth. – Richard B. McKenzie
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-stumble-down-memory-lane-1537830831

 

USA TODAY
— For Democrats, Kavanaugh nomination is about Donald Trump, not sexual misconduct – Andy Biggs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/24/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearings-donald-trump-nomination-column/1410654002/
— In Ford v. Kavanaugh, truth-seeking is a casualty – Editorial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/20/christine-blasey-ford-needs-testify-brett-kavanaugh-editorials-debates/1372242002/
— Kavanaugh allegations: ‘What boy hasn’t done this in high school?’ Most haven’t, experts say. – Ashley May
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation-now/2018/09/25/kavanaugh-allegations-sex-assault-isnt-common-high-school-behavior/1408911002/
— To clear Brett Kavanaugh, FBI investigation is the only option – Ross K. Baker
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/09/25/brett-kavnaugh-fbi-investigation-dr-christine-blasey-ford-ramirez-column/1414412002/
— Kavanaugh classmate Mark Judge spotted hiding out at Delaware beach house by reporter – William Cummings (DIERSEN: Will Mark Judge say that he was a bad influence on Kavanaugh?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/09/25/kavanaugh-classmate-mark-judge-spotted/1418443002/

 

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— ‘How’d you find me?’: Mark Judge has been holed up in a beach house amid media firestorm – Gabriel Pogrund, Carol D. Leonnig & Aaron C. Davis
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/nation_world/mark-judge-beach-house-delaware-amid-media-firestorm-kavanaugh-20180925.html

 

BLOOMBERG
— White House Considers Draft Order to Look Into Google, Facebook – Ben Brody and Jennifer Jacobs
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/2018/09/22/draft-order-for-trump-would-crack-down-on-google-facebook#gs.nEjRi9c

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— The White House is considering an antitrust investigation into ‘online platform bias’ at Google and Facebook — read the leaked document here – Jim Edwards
https://www.businessinsider.com/white-house-executive-order-investigate-google-facebook-antitrust-2018-9/

 

LOS ANGELES BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Here’s a roadmap to navigating background check laws – Anet Drapalski (DIERSEN: What would a background check on you disclose? A background check on me would disclose a) that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) that my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) that my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/losangeles/news/2018/09/24/roadmap-to-navigating-background-check-laws.html

 

FORBES
— If you want to get ahead in your career: Don’t get lucky, get a champion – Shaheena Janjuha-Jivraj (DIERSEN: I should write a book about a) my Democrat IRS superiors’ success in getting rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and b) my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in getting rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shaheenajanjuhajivrajeurope/2018/09/24/if-you-want-to-get-ahead-in-your-career-dont-get-lucky-get-a-champion/#4580dd3a5e75

 

NEWSWEEK
— CHICAGO PRIEST WHO BURNED RAINBOW FLAG WHILE RECITING EXORCISM PRAYER REMOVED FROM PARISH – JASON MURDOCK
https://www.newsweek.com/chicago-priest-who-burned-rainbow-flag-while-reciting-exorcism-prayer-removed-1135126
— KAVANAUGH: I WAS A VIRGIN IN HIGH SCHOOL AND ‘MANY YEARS THEREAFTER’ – DAVID BRENNAN
https://www.newsweek.com/kavanaugh-i-was-virgin-high-school-and-many-years-thereafter-1137069

 

NATIONAL MEMO
— White House Drafts Exec Order Against Liberal ‘Bias’ Online
http://www.nationalmemo.com/white-house-drafts-exec-order-against-liberal-bias-online/

 

THE WEEK
— Kavanaugh’s Yale freshman roommate says when he drank heavily, he got ‘aggressive and belligerent’ (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://theweek.com/speedreads/797971/kavanaughs-yale-freshman-roommate-says-when-drank-heavily-got-aggressive-belligerent

 

NARFE
— How Much Will You Need to Retire?
https://discovernarfe.org/NARFEHOWMUCHMONEYFEDWEEKEMAIL0918

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CATO acts like it is a paid agent a) for foreign countries and b) for employers that want cheap labor.
https://www.cato.org/blog/what-there-were-millions-more-illegal-immigrants

 

ATLANTIC
— Yale Law School’s Reckoning Over Brett Kavanaugh Students and faculty staged a sit-in Monday in protest against President Trump’s nomination of the conservative appellate court judge, a 1990 Yale law graduate, to the Supreme Court. – JACOB STERN, DAVID YAFFE-BELLANY
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/protests-grow-yale-law-school-over-brett-kavanaugh/571225/

September 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kavanaugh, Blasey Ford agree to testify before Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday – Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick, Jonathan Lemire
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-20180922-story.html
— At Missouri rally, Trump praises Kavanaugh and says, ‘We have to fight for him’ – Rachel Chason, David Nakamura
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-missouri-rally-kavanaugh-20180921-story.html
— Northwest Side priest who burned rainbow banner removed from church effective immediately, ‘must take time away from the parish’: Cupich – Ese Olumhense (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors removed me in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Since then they have had the Civil Service Retirement System pay me $1,089,144 ($4,322 X 252 months) in today’s dollars to not come to work.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-rainbow-banner-burning-priest-replaced-cupich-20180922-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Public school in Alameda, California encourages its female students to dress sexy.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-us–relaxing-school-dress-codes-20180919-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, you are “guilty as charged” if you are a member of any of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-judge-kavanaugh-president-trump-christine-blasey-ford-0923-20180921-story.html
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-brett-kavanaugh-mary-schmich-why-i-didnt-report-20180921-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: In a front page top of fold editorial with a big color picture unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps use refugees to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-refugee-agency-struggles-agg-story-20180918-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about the success that Democrat teachers have in cranking out “good little Democrats.” What percent of public high school students are filled with hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-school-mock-elections-st-0919-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Students can be a harbinger for how the actual election might go. Becky Simon, president of the League of Women Voters of Naperville, said in past elections students have been accurate in picking the winners of the popular vote. Among the 14 percent of teens at the three local high schools who voted, Democrat J.B. Pritzker was favored by 62 percent of the nearly 1,200 teens who voted. Republican incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner came in second with 25 percent of the vote. In the 11th District Congressional race, incumbent Democrat Bill Foster led with 72 percent of the mock vote over Republican Nick Stella’s 28 percent. Democratic Secretary of State Jesse White, probably the most familiar candidate with teens because his name is on their driver’s licenses and driving permits, was the overwhelming vote-getter in all of the races, receiving 74 percent of the ballots cast. In the other races, the Democrats were on top with more than half of the teen vote.)
— FRONT PAGE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville woman won’t withdraw from ballot despite DuPage County error that makes her ineligible to run for state seat – Erin Hagarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-election-commission-address-coding-st-0923-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Rauner, Pritzker and a dismal first governor debate – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180922/editorial-rauner-pritzker-and-a-dismal-first-governor-debate
— Lawyer who tackled Uber now suing IBM for age bias – Gerrit De Vynck
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20180923/lawyer-who-tackled-uber-now-suing-ibm-for-age-bias

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Rep. Hultgren talks Trump, tariffs and the upcoming election Incumbent has represented 14th Congressional District since 2011 – BRITTANY KEEPERMAN
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/09/19/rep-hultgren-talks-trump-tariffs-and-the-upcoming-election/af2p9pl/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Wanted: An Illinois governor candidate to talk about Central Illinois – Editorial
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-wanted-an-illinois-governor-candidate-to-talk-about/article_b194a4c0-4bbf-5406-8759-1816243c6457.html

 

FEDERALIST
— Fourth Supposed Witness To Kavanaugh Accuser’s Alleged Assault Says It Didn’t Happen – Margot Cleveland
http://thefederalist.com/2018/09/23/fourth-supposed-witness-kavanaugh-accusers-alleged-assault-says-didnt-happen/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump administration moves to deny green cards to immigrants on public aid – Elliot Spagat
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/23/trump-administration-moves-deny-green-cards-immigr/
— Woman doesn’t recall party, ‘does not know’ Kavanaugh despite accuser’s claim, lawyer says – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/23/leland-keyser-doesnt-recall-party-know-brett-kavan/
— DHS proposes limits on welfare payments to immigrants ‘Public charge’ plan would save nearly $20 billion over next decade – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/22/kirstjen-nielsen-approves-welfare-limits-immigrant/
— Kavanaugh a ‘man of integrity,’ Pence tells Values Voter Summit Hails judge’s ‘strong record of support for limited government, religious liberty and our Second Amendment’ – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/22/vice-president-mike-pence-brett-kavanaugh-man-inte/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ellison Accuser Says She Has Been ‘Smeared’ by Her Party Karen Monahan says her accusations have been treated nothing like those against Brett Kavanaugh – Jeffrey Cimmino
https://freebeacon.com/politics/keith-ellison-accuser-says-she-has-been-smeared-by-her-party/
— Immigration, Inequality, and America’s Future Review: ‘Melting Pot or Civil War?’ by Reihan Salam – Charles Fain Lehman
https://freebeacon.com/culture/immigration-inequality-and-americas-future/

 

TOWNHALL
— The Six Significant Hurdles Preventing Ford From Deep Sixing Kavanaugh – Kevin McCullough
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2018/09/23/the-six-significant-hurdles-preventing-ford-from-deep-sixing-kavanaugh-n2521633

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— A political smear and the 6th Amendment – Raoul Lowery Contreras
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/a_political_smear_and_the_6th_amendment.html
— Shocker: Study shows the number of illegals double what was previously thought – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/shocker_study_shows_the_number_of_illegals_double_what_was_previously_thought.html
— Prediction: Kavanaugh will not be confirmed before the midterms – Christopher Paslay
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/prediction_kavanaugh_will_not_be_confirmed_before_the_midterms.html
— With the Kavanaugh Charade, Do Polls Now Replace the Constitution? – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/09/with_the_kavanaugh_charade_do_polls_now_replace_the_constitution.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Kavanaugh and the #MeToo Terror – Ned Ryun
https://amgreatness.com/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-and-the-metoo-terror/

 

FOX NEWS
— Media overjoyed with Obama, tough on Trump
http://video.foxnews.com/v/5838746626001/?#sp=show-clips

 

PJ MEDIA
— Study: Twice the Number of Illegal Aliens in U.S. as Previously Thought – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/study-twice-the-number-of-illegal-aliens-in-us-as-previously-thought/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Trump Jr. Unleashes in Rare Op-Ed: Democrats Are Now the Party of Lawlessness and Anarchy – KARISTA BALDWIN
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/trump-jr-unleashes-rare-op-ed-democrats-now-party-lawlessness-anarchy/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Third Named Witness Rejects Kavanaugh’s Accuser’s Allegations – CHARLES C. W. COOKE
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/third-named-witness-rejects-kavanaughs-accusers-allegations/
— Long-Time Friend of Christine Blasey Ford Contradicts Her on Party – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/christine-blasey-ford-friend-contradicts-her-on-party/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say that Democrats see Kavanaugh saga as playing to their advantage.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/407863-dems-see-kavanaugh-saga-as-playing-to-their-advantage

 

POITICO
— Woman denies attending party where alleged Kavanaugh assault occurred – BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/22/kavanaugh-ford-woman-party-letter-836913

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kavanaugh Was Supposed to Be a Midterm Boon for G.O.P. Not Anymore.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/politics/kavanaugh-senate-republicans-elections.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, you are “guilty as charged” if you are a member of any of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/opinion/sunday/brett-kavanaugh-burden-of-proof.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Man-haters promote man-haters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/opinion/sunday/brett-kavanaugh-anger-women-metoo.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/opinion/sunday/immigration-children-detention.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Sooner or later, anti-Trumps blame all poverty on those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/opinion/sunday/bill-gates-melinda-gates-global-poverty.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A crow about their success in destroying 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.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/opinion/sunday/resistance-kavanaugh-trump-protest.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. Anti-Trumps want to get rid of Trump and his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/us/politics/trump-25th-amendment.html
— The Five Battlefields for Control of the House – Astead W. Herndon
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/09/19/us/politics/midterm-elections-congressional-districts.html
(ANTI-TRUMPS SAY: Illinois’s Sixth District The suburbs of Chicago were a base of the Republican Party before Mr. Trump. One need only visit a shopping mall in Burr Ridge or a youth baseball game in Barrington Hills to see throngs of the white, highly educated voters who are the electoral backbone of the area, and once voted solidly for presidential candidates like Mitt Romney. But if these voters have leaned right in the past, drawn to promises of lower taxes and smaller government, Mr. Trump has pitched many of them back in the other direction. In Illinois’s Sixth Congressional District, the president’s combustible persona and administration have put Republican candidates in dire peril. Jane Melvin, 55, said she has typically voted Republican in the past and still yearned for a version of the party that has been fading away. “If John Kasich was running in my district, I would vote for him,” said Ms. Melvin, referring to the right-of-center Ohio governor who routinely chides Mr. Trump. Ms. Melvin said she had long supported her congressman, Peter Roskam, but was reconsidering this year because Republicans had failed to check the president. “It’s a character question and a silence question,” she said. “Because they won’t stand up to Trump and say this is wrong.” Mr. Roskam, a former member of the House Republican leadership team, represents one of 21 seats where college-educated white suburbanites could upend the Republican majority in the House. Most of these seats, in relatively homogenous communities around cities like Minneapolis and Philadelphia, are seen as electoral toss-ups. In 2016, Mr. Roskam easily secured re-election by nearly 20 percentage points, but Mrs. Clinton carried the area in the presidential race by about seven points. A Times/Siena College poll found Mr. Roskam effectively tied with his Democratic challenger, Sean Casten, a clean-energy businessman. Mr. Casten has closed in on Mr. Roskam with help from voters like Karrie Sullivan, a former Roskam supporter who said she now favors divided government — both in Washington, where Republicans are in charge, and in Illinois, where Democrats may take full control of government in November. “It seems like the best situation is when neither party has complete control,” Ms. Sullivan said. Mr. Roskam, like other Republican candidates in similar wealthy suburbs, has tried to make the Republican tax overhaul an asset to his campaign. But many suburban voters have bristled at changes to federal deductions for state and local taxes. Highlighting the gulf between the Republican white-collar base and Mr. Trump’s hard-line following, candidates like Mr. Roskam have broken with Mr. Trump on critical issues like tariffs. Pursuing both wavering moderates and hard-core conservatives, Mr. Roskam said at a recent debate that he considered Mr. Trump’s performance “middling.” “Good on the economy, jumbling on other issues,” he said.)
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/sports/baseball/mexico-baseball-laredo.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, those who stay in America illegally, and those who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/accused-of-ms-13-and-other-gang-ties-separated-parents-struggle-to-get-their-kids-back/2018/09/10/989db652-abda-11e8-a8d7-0f63ab8b1370_story.html
— UN: Excessive drinking killed over 3 million people in 2016 – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) drink lots of booze, b) want to drink lots of booze, c) want to make lots of money selling booze, and/or s) want government to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/europe/un-excessive-drinking-killed-over-3-million-people-in-2016/2018/09/21/a4a8b5ea-be05-11e8-8243-f3ae9c99658a_story.html
— ‘Incredibly frustrated’: Inside the GOP effort to save Kavanaugh amid assault allegation – Seung Min Kim and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/incredibly-frustrated-inside-the-gop-effort-to-save-kavanaugh-amid-assault-allegation/2018/09/22/6808baf6-bde0-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— The ‘deep state’ leaves Trump with no good options – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2018/09/22/the-deep-state-leaves-trump-with-no-good-options/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-abramsky-trump-politics-of-fear-midterms-20180923-story.html

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Ford ill-served by anti-Kavanaugh forces – Marc A. Thiessen
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/09/ford_ill_served_by_anti_kavanaugh_forces

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Yale Law Professor Amy Chua Rejects Charge She Coached Female Students on How to Dress for Kavanaugh News outlets had reported she told women to dress ‘outgoing’ – Melissa Korn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/yale-law-professor-amy-chua-rejects-charge-she-coached-female-students-on-how-to-dress-for-kavanaugh-1537663769

 

TIME
— Trump Administration Targets Immigrants Who Receive Public Benefits – MAYA RHODAN
http://time.com/5384007/trump-administration-public-charge-rule/

September 21 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Governor Debate Gets Heated: Top 9 Moments Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker launched attacks at one another amid an already-heated campaign for governor of Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/debate-governor-of-illinois-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-493970491.html

 

ABC7
— Computer error may derail political newcomer’s state house race in DuPage County – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/computer-error-may-derail-political-newcomers-state-house-race-in-dupage-county/4305645/
— Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein suggested recording Trump, removing him via 25th Amendment – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/sources-deputy-ag-rosenstein-suggested-recording-trump-removing-him-via-25th-amendment/4304965/

 

CBS2
— Kane County Board Chair Chris Lauzen Takes Issue With Cost Of Prosecutor Handling Van Dyke Case – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/21/jason-van-dyke-murder-trial-costs-kane-county-joseph-mcmahon-chris-lauzen/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump calls out Kavanaugh’s accuser; McConnell says GOP will ‘plow right through’ on nomination – John Wagner, Seung Min Kim, Sean Sullivan
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-20180921-story.html
— Avondale priest on torching of rainbow banner: ‘Love the sinner, hate the sin — that’s as harsh as I get’ – Ese Olumhense
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-church-addresses-banner-burning-20180921-story.html
— Trump, Rauner have the power to shut down a toxic Willowbrook plant. Will they use it? – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-sterigenics-cancer-risks-politics-20180919-story.html
— Rauner’s ‘Chris Kennedy moment’ puts a fitting capper on a nasty debate – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-pritzker-debate-burge-mccarthy-20180921-story.html
— Is America more politically polarized than ever? Not quite – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-polarized-america-civil-war-0923-20180921-story.html
— Naperville candidate Lauren Underwood to get ice cream made in her honor by Ben and Jerry (yes, THAT Ben and Jerry) – Erin Hegarty
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-underwood-ben-jerry-ice-cream-flavor-st-0923-story.html
— Serious or sarcastic? Sources say Rosenstein spoke of possible secret Trump taping – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-rod-rosenstein-trump-wire-20180921-story.html
— Elgin-area union members, Dems set up picket line to protest appearance by man who helped GOP win union dues case in Supreme Court – Janelle Walker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-union-protest-elgin-st-0923-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Why Chicago-area high school students are leaving Illinois for college – Adam Thorp and Jane Recker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, if you graduate from a college in Illinois, you are presumed 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.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-high-school-graduates-leaving-illinois-chicago-suburbs-colleges-universities-outofstate-higher-education/
— First black female White House reporter gets Newseum statue – AP (DIERSEN: Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions, and that because of that, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should a) stop me from learning about their events and other activities, b) stop me from promoting their events and other activities, c) stop me from attending their events, and d) stop me from reporting on their events and other activities.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/first-black-female-white-house-reporter-gets-newseum-statue/
— Supreme Court appointment requires high standards – Gene Lyons (DIERSEN: Many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-christine-blasey-ford/
— As a journalist, I plead guilty to ‘reporting while black’ – John W. Fountain (DIERSEN: As a journalist, I plead guilty to reporting while being a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (almost 70), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, former union member, federal retiree, married, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/journalism-kerner-report-african-americans-john-fountain/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Deputy Gov. Munger moves to state commerce job
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180921/deputy-gov-munger-moves-to-state-commerce-job
— Georges v. McConchie: Senate candidates disagree on recreational pot, budgeting approach – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180921/senate-candidates-disagree-on-recreational-pot-budgeting-approach
— Memory’s frailty may be playing role in Kavanaugh matter – AP (DIERSEN: What were you doing when you were 17 years old? I worked as a part-time dishwasher for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint with the money that I had earned and saved washing dishes. I graduated from Crete-Monee High School. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. Nevertheless, I got accepted by UIC. During the summer of 1966, I worked as a golf shoe cleaner for the Flossmoor Country Club, as a slag chipper for Thrall Car in Chicago Heights, and as a gasoline pumper for John’s Sinclair in South Chicago Heights. I lived with my parents and brother in Crete. I saved money for college expenses. My eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20. I had partial red/green color blindness. I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20180921/news/309219993/
— Krishnamoorthi, Diganvker at odds over tax cuts Krishnamoorthi and Diganvker debate their benefits, fairness – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180921/krishnamoorthi-diganvker-at-odds-over-tax-cuts-
— Lesser v. Morgan: What’s driving the candidates in 58th state House race – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180921/whats-driving-the-candidates-in-58th-state-house-race

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Democratic House campaign outpaces GOP in fundraising And Chicago moguls on both sides of the political spectrum are writing big checks. – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/democratic-house-campaign-outpaces-gop-fundraising

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Who won last night’s Illinois governor debate? A look at what was said – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopell
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/who-won-last-night-s-illinois-governor-debate-a-look/article_1dc13b36-d3c3-5896-bb1b-9dfd97bb6cde.html

 

WSIL TV
— Rauner eliminates 53 boards and commissions
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39148778/rauner-eliminates-53-boards-and-commissions
— Reaction to the first debate between candidates for governor – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39149934/reaction-to-the-first-debate-between-candidates-for-governor

 

HOMER GLEN PATCH
— Will County Board Members Visit White House The delegation met with administration officials about securing resources for local projects including public health and infrastructure. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/homerglen-lockport/will-county-board-visits-white-house

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Democratic candidate Val Montgomery formerly indicted for felony forgery in Texas, documents show – Chandra Lye
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511571230-democratic-candidate-formerly-indicted-for-felony-forgery-in-texas-documents-show

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Debate shows McCann could be a problem for Rauner, expert says – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/debate-shows-mccann-could-be-a-problem-for-rauner-expert/article_f206c42e-bdb2-11e8-b597-3ff5755b37b9.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES SPAR IN FIRST DEBATE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/il-gubernatorial-candidates-spar-in-first-debate-.html
— MUNGER NAMED INTERIM DCEO DIRECTOR
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/munger-named-interim-dceo-director.html
— KAVANAUGH SUPPORTERS HOLD PRESS CONFERENCE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/kavanaugh-supporters-hold-press-conference-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— IRP v. Long: Empty threat? Or does somebody know something we don’t?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/21/empty-threat-or-does-somebody-know-something-we-dont/
— Rauner vetoes second bill to address gender wage gap (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have provided a jury with many examples in which GAO paid it female employees who had less work experience, less education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses higher salaries than GAO paid its male employees.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/21/rauner-vetoes-second-bill-to-address-gender-wage-gap/
— Munger moves to DCEO
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/21/munger-moves-to-dceo/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Communist GAO auditor says federal bureaucracy abuzz with socialists Agency plans to investigate employee caught in Project Veritas sting – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: One could say that GAO got rid of me so that it could hire, retain, and promote people like Subramanian.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/20/communist-gao-auditor-says-federal-bureaucracy-abu/

 

BREITBART
— Feminists on Kavanaugh-Ford: ‘We Don’t Need to Prove This Beyond a Reasonable Doubt’ – Robert Kraychik (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get their votes, Democrats give women the power to destroy any Republican who they want to.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/21/feminists-kavanaugh-ford-dont-need-prove-beyond-reasonable-doubt/
— Ivy League Study: Illegal Population is 22 Million, Double Estb. Estimate – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at all 22 million of these citizens of foreign countries that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Democrats plan on using these 22 million citizens of foreign countries to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/21/ivy-league-study-illegal-population-is-22-million-double-estb-estimate/
— Twitter Approves Ads in Favor of Female Genital Mutilation After Blacklisting Pro-Lifers – Charlie Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/21/twitter-approves-ads-in-favor-of-female-genital-mutilation-after-blacklisting-pro-lifers/

 

DAILY CALLER
— HIGH-RANKING DEMOCRATS SAY THEY BELIEVE KAVANAUGH’S ACCUSER – Benny Johnson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more that people believe charges against you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/21/democrats-believe-kavanaugh-accuser-video/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Christine Blasey Ford’s Hidden High School Social Life
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28785

 

VALUES VOTER SUMMIT
— Values Voter Summit 2018 VIDEO ARCHIVE
http://www.valuesvotersummit.org/archive

 

TOWNHALL
— Polls: Democrats Believe Kavanaugh’s Accuser, Dismiss Keith Ellison’s — Despite Gap in Corroborating Evidence – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/09/21/home-stretch-n2521225

 

GOPUSA
— Trump calls on Kavanaugh accuser to provide police report from alleged assault
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55168

 

DAILY TORCH
— Project Veritas videos expose unaccountable federal government employees – Natalia Castro (DIERSEN: One could say that GAO got rid of me so that it could hire, retain, and promote people like Subramanian.)
http://dailytorch.com/2018/09/project-veritas-videos-expose-unaccountable-federal-government-employees/

 

PROJECT VERITAS
— The Deep State Unmasked: Federal Employee Admits to Breaking Rules Every Day (DIERSEN: One could say that GAO got rid of me so that it could hire, retain, and promote people like Subramanian.)
https://www.projectveritas.com/video/the-deep-state-unmasked-federal-employee-admits-to-breaking-rules-every-day/

 

POLITICO
— POLITICO Race Ratings: GOP grip on House continues to slip 7 GOP-held seats move toward Democrats. – STEVEN SHEPARD
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/21/republican-grip-on-house-slips-834666
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois-06 (from Lean Republican to Toss-Up): GOP Rep. Peter Roskam faces his toughest race since 2006. A New York Times/Siena College poll showed Roskam essentially tied with Democrat Sean Casten. But this was the jaw-dropping finding: President Trump’s approval rating is just 36 percent, with 57 percent disapproving, meaning Roskam is fighting against fierce political headwinds.)

 

THE HILL
— GAO investigating after employee featured in Project Veritas video – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: One could say that GAO got rid of me so that it could hire, retain, and promote people like Subramanian.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/407578-gao-investigating-after-employee-featured-in-project-veritas-video

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— More than 75 women come to defense of Kavanagh
https://www.yahoo.com/news/more-75-women-come-defense-175345598.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says if Attack on Kavanaugh Accuser Was ‘as Bad as She Says,’ Charges Would Have Been Filed – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Eileen Sullivan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/21/us/politics/trump-kavanaugh-blasey-attack.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Debunking 5 Viral Rumors About Christine Blasey Ford, Kavanaugh’s Accuser.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/19/us/politics/christine-blasey-ford-kavanaughs-fact-check.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Senate panel chairman threatens Kavanaugh vote on Monday if accuser does not respond by 10 p.m. – John Wagner, Seung Min Kim, and
Sean Sulliva
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-questions-credibility-of-kavanaugh-accuser-lashes-out-at-democrats/2018/09/21/dd557fc6-bd84-11e8-b7d2-0773aa1e33da_story.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— GOOGLE BRAINSTORMED WAYS TO COMBAT TRUMP’S TRAVEL BAN BY LEVERAGING SEARCH RESULTS FOR PRO-IMMIGRATION CAUSES – ALEXANDRA HUTZLER
https://www.newsweek.com/google-brainstormed-search-functions-mitigate-trump-travel-ban-1132848

September 17 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

September 15 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marijuana-weed-cannabis-blackhawks-jimmy-buffet/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at Backs, at females, 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://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ayanna-pressley-terri-sewell-jahana-haynes-kamala-harris-maxine-waters-congressional-black-caucus-democrats-democratic-party-future-black/
— Libertarian U.S. Senate candidate Gary Johnson of New Mexico discloses cannabis investments – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/gary-johnson-libertarian-senate-candidate-discloses-cannabis-investments/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner has a revelation – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180915/statehouse-insider-rauner-has-revelation

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner’s reluctant embrace of Trump – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauners-reluctant-embrace-of-trump

 

ABC7
— Woman claims she was denied service at Taco Bell for speaking English
https://abc7chicago.com/society/woman-claims-she-was-denied-service-at-taco-bell-for-speaking-english/4251302/

 

CBS2
— GOP Lawmaker (Rep. Clay Higgins, R-Louisiana) Wants Members Of Congress To Be Drug Tested
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/15/gop-lawmaker-wants-members-of-congress-to-be-drug-tested/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Why Are Fact Checkers Singling Out California’s Republican Underdog? – Tim Graham (DIERSEN: The higher the government/political office that you seek/hold, the more that your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn you. What are the highest government/political offices that have you have sought/held? I should write a book about how my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonized, denigrated, and condemned me a) because I was a GS-12 at IRS and a GS-13 at GAO, b) because I sought GS-13 jobs at IRS and GS-14 jobs at GAO, c) because I was a American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) webmaster, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, and TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, d) because I am a GOPUSA Illinois Editor and a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and e) because I ran to be MTRCC Treasurer in 2004.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2018/09/15/fact-checkers-or-cox-blockers

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump and Birthright Citizenship – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/09/trump_and_birthright_citizenship.html

 

HOT AIR
— Obama Demonizing Trump And Republican Voters Coast To Coast – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/09/15/obama-demonizing-trump-republican-voters-coast-coast/

 

THE HILL
— Primary turnout soars in 2018 with Dems leading charge – REID WILSON
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/406779-primary-turnout-soars-in-2018-with-dems-leading-charge

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Couldn’t Get Mexico To Pay For His Wall. Now Americans Won’t Pay Either.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps side with foreign countries against America.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-no-border-wall_us_5b9c1ee4e4b013b0977abbdd

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Rauner’s reluctant embrace of Trump a re-election tightrope
https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Rauner-s-reluctant-embrace-of-Trump-a-re-election-13232056.php

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Money Talks. Will the G.O.P. Listen? Seth Klarman was once the biggest donor to the Republican Party in New England. This year he’s giving some $20 million to Democrats. – Bari Weiss (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, and political consultants who state that they are Republican, but who talk and/or act like they are taking lots of money from Democrats, from Libertarians, and/or from Greens to destroy conservative individuals like me and to destroy conservative organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/15/opinion/sunday/seth-klarman-donations-trump-democrats.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— We are entering the ‘age of bewilderment’ – Kyle Smith
https://nypost.com/2018/09/15/we-are-entering-the-age-of-bewilderment/

September 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After first-term turbulence, Gov. Bruce Rauner says ‘We have to change the system slowly. It takes time.’ – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopel
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-governor-editorial-board-20180913-story.html
— Your taxes: Rauner vs. Pritzker’s empty chair – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-income-tax-rauner-illinois-property-election-20180914-story.html
— #KassforMayor handicaps the post-Rahm opposition – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-mayoral-election-kass-20180913-story.html
— J.B. Pritzker: Legal sports betting in Illinois is ‘an important thing to consider’ – Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: Democrats promote vice. Democrats promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-sports-gambling-20180914-story.html
— Vernon Hills appoints County Board candidate Karimar “Kari” Brown to vacant trustee seat – Rick Kambic
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/vernon-hills/news/ct-vhr-karimar-brown-vernon-hills-appointment-tl-0920-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, Pritzker to meet jointly with Sun-Times Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/rauner-pritzker-debate-sun-times/
— Cupich suggested church should do ‘background checks’ on potential U.S. bishops – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-cardinal-blase-cupich-catholic-church-bishops-background-checks-mundelein-seminary/
— Rauner claims he’s learned some valuable lessons – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/bruce-rauner-lessons-learned-pritzker-illinois-election/
— Keep Illinois out of Big Marijuana’s costly grip – David Goodknect, Bonfield
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/obama-presidential-center-jackson-park-brett-kavanaugh-big-marijuana/
— As Trump threatens election meddlers, Russia says ‘so what?’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/donald-trump-oleg-morozov-election-meddlers-russia-hacking-sanctions/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Island Lake trustee Sandy Doehler censured for ‘childish’ behavior during parade – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180914/island-lake-trustee-censured-for-childish-behavior-during-parade
— Underwood says Hultgren sold out on tax cuts – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180913/underwood-says-hultgren-sold-out-on-tax-cuts

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Bill Daley is running for mayor The former U.S. commerce secretary is about to announce he’ll seek the job long held by his brother and his father. – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/bill-daley-running-mayor

 

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow about their success in getting women to push pot.
http://www.newstrib.com/free/women-in-cannabis-are-planning-to-vote-on-nov-and/article_18541150-b754-11e8-b218-4b96c451a9d2.html

 

  1. LOUIS AMERICAN
    — Illinois offers ‘Commitment’ for low-income students U of I offers free tuition for Illinois residents whose family makes $61,000 or less (DIERSEN: My parents never earned anywhere close to $61,000/year in today’s dollars.)
    http://www.stlamerican.com/news/local_news/illinois-offers-commitment-for-low-income-students/article_55301baa-b6fa-11e8-902e-6bc5db7a04fc.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Roskam praises effort to fight anti-Semitism – Robert Hadley (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Democrats run the federal government. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors and supervisors were Jewish Democrats. To turn them further against me, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates stressed a) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, b) that I am 100% German national origin, and c) that I have always been a Republican.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511561038-roskam-praises-effort-to-fight-anti-semitism

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois officials get audience in White House with Pence, other officials – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/illinois-officials-get-audience-in-white-house-with-pence-other/article_65910fa4-b844-11e8-b3c2-bf8d36ae8270.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RAUNER DRAWS HIGHEST UNFAVORABLES AMONG 2018 GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/rauner-draws-highest-unfavorables-among-2018-gubernatorial-candidates.html
— RAUNER ASKS FOR FOUR MORE YEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/rauner-asks-for-four-more-years.html
— ANOTHER DALEY TO EXTEND FAMILY’S MAYORAL DYNASTY?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/another-daley-to-extend-familys-mayoral-dynasty-.html
— THORNER & O’NEIL: THE STRUGGLE TO PRESERVE A REPRESENTATIVE REPUBLIC WHEN MOBS DEMAND CONTROL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/thorner-oneil-the-struggle-to-preserve-a-representative-republic-when-mobs-demand-control.html
— UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS MAKES MASSIVE FREE-TUITION ‘COMMITMENT’
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/university-of-illinois-makes-massive-free-tuition-commitment.html
— HOW TO SAVE CITIES LIKE CHICAGO: ELECT REPUBLICAN MAYORS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/how-to-save-cities-like-chicago-elect-republican-mayors.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— 140 Illinois Republicans were in DC this week for meetings
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/14/140-illinois-repubicans-were-in-dc-this-week-for-meetings/
— After snubbing Tribune, Pritzker agrees to joint appearance at the Sun-Times
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/14/after-snubbing-tribune-pritzker-agrees-to-joint-appearance-at-the-sun-times/
— Equality IL wants Rauner to stop contributing to Erika Harold as Ken Griffin chips in $200K
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/14/equality-il-wants-rauner-to-stop-contributing-to-erika-harold-as-ken-griffin-chips-in-200k/

 

GOPUSA
— Desperation: Feinstein claims high school sexual accusations against Brett Kavanaugh
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54631
— Illegal alien families break record
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54601

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has denied an allegation of sexual misconduct from his high-school days that Democrats reportedly submitted to the FBI. – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-categorically-denies-sexual-misconduct-allegation/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘What will Chicago do without Rahm?’ Why Rahm Emanuel quit the Chicago mayor’s race and why he must resign – William J. Kelly
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/sep/13/what-will-chicago-do-without-rahm/

EAGLE ACTION REPORT
— Seriously, What’s So Great About Diversity? The more diverse a nation, the greater the danger of its disintegration. – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use diversity to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://eagleactionreport.com/articles/seriously-what-s-so-great-about-diversity

VOICE OF AMERICA
— Are Aging Americans Too Old to Work? – Dora Mekouar (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am almost 70. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination big time a) to get rid of those who were older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. I should write a book about those in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party who focus on promoting age discrimination. Those who promote age discrimination also promote discrimination against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://blogs.voanews.com/all-about-america/2018/09/14/too-old-to-work/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— China Is Detaining Muslims in Vast Numbers. The Goal: ‘Transformation.’ – Chris Buckley (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs would love to detain Republicans and transform them into Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/08/world/asia/china-uighur-muslim-detention-camp.html
— The Recovery Threw the Middle-Class Dream Under a Benz – Nelson D. Schwartz
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/12/business/middle-class-financial-crisis.html

September 14 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DuPage County Board Member Grant Eckhoff held an outstanding fundraiser Thursday evening, September 13, 2018, at Choun’s Restaurant in Wheaton. Illinois Lieutenant Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti spoke very highly of him. The 50+ attendees included Anderson, Berlin, Bucholz, Carlson, Cherry, Colgan, Crane, Dangelo, Falbo, Grant, Gresk, Hinds, Hogan, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, LeVan, Lollino, McCluskey, Monino, McGowen, Olson, Puchalski, Rash, Tornatore, and Wilson. Event sponsors included Cronin, Dabrowski, Demos, DeMotte, Hogan, Puchalski, Tanatore, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Illinois State Senator Mike Connelly held an outstanding fundraiser Thursday evening, September 13, 2018, at Emmett’s Restaurant in Wheaton. The 50+ attendees included Anderson, Carlson, Colgan, Dangelo, Fisher, Fitch, Grant, Healy, LeVan, Lollino, Marquardt, McCluskey, Monino, McGowen, Sanguinetti, and Wilson. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— JB Pritzker, Kwame Raoul lead in new, state-wide Illinois Broadcasters Association poll
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/jb-pritzker-kwame-raoul-lead-in-new-state-wide-poll-/4236278/
— Rauner slams Pritzker in speech – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-slams-pritzker-in-speech/4236423/
— Willie Nelson attacked by fans online over upcoming Democratic candidate rally appearance in Texas (DIERSEN: If you do anything to help elect a Democrat, you should be barred a) from claiming to be a Republican, b) from seeking any kind of government or political office as a Republican, and c) from holding any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://abc7chicago.com/entertainment/angry-fans-attack-willie-nelson-over-democratic-candidate-rally-appearance/4237834/

 

NBC5
— JB Pritzker Holds Double-Digit Lead Over Bruce Rauner in New Poll – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jb-pritzker-polling-bruce-rauner-double-digit-lead-493201791.html

 

CBS2
— Comparing Pritzker, Rauner Attack Ads: Who’s Telling The Truth? – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/13/comparing-pritzker-rauner-attack-ads-whos-telling-the-truth/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Licensed gun owner aids Cicero cops in shootout with suspect; 1 officer injured
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/licensed-gun-owner-aids-cicero-cops-in-shootout-with-suspect-1-officer-injured
— Humbled Illinois Governor Rauner admits errors, pleads for 2nd term – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/humbled-illinois-governor-rauner-admits-errors-pleads-for-2nd-term

 

WGN TV
— Rauner: Pritzker ‘lacking in the integrity and character’ to be Illinois governor – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/09/13/rauner-pritzker-lacking-in-the-integrity-and-character-to-be-illinois-governor/

 

WBBM 780
— Erika Harold Addresses Kwame Raoul’s Ad On Her Said Beliefs – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/issue-erika-harold-addresses-kwame-raoul-s-ad-her-said-beliefs

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP pulls support for Downstate lawmaker Jerry Lee Long of Streator over ‘zero tolerance policy on harassment’ but doesn’t elaborate – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-republican-harassment-20180913-story.html
— In mea culpa to voters, Rauner pleads for second term by saying he’s not perfect but has grown – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governor-bruce-rauner-election-speech-20180913-story.html
— Pritzker can skip debates, but he still must answer for his tax ‘plan’ – Eric Zorn
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-rauner-pritzker-debates-graduated-income-tax-0914-20180913-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Chicago’s Puerto Rican community rebukes Trump over false claims about Hurricane Maria death toll: “His comments … are ludicrous.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-reacts-puerto-rico-trump-20180913-story.html
— Obama mocks Republicans at rally – Felicia Sonmez
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-obama-mocks-republicans-ohio-rally-20180913-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-pot-industry-stoner-stereotype-20180829-story.html
— Willie Nelson is playing his first-ever political concert for Beto O’Rourke. Some fans are abandoning him. – Timothy Bella (DIERSEN: If you do anything to help elect a Democrat, you should be barred a) from claiming to be a Republican, b) from seeking any kind of government or political office as a Republican, and c) from holding any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/ct-willie-nelson-beto-orourke-20180914-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago pension fiasco: $54M lost on deal with Daley nephew, ex-Obama boss – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/?post_type=cst_article&p=1359203
— Trump says Democrats inflated Puerto Rico death toll – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hurricane-maria-donald-trump-puerto-rico-death-toll/
— Madigan gives deposition — accuser says ‘he pretty much played the denial game’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mike-madigan-accuser-deposition-denial-game-jason-gonzales-sham-candidates/
— Work alone will never be enough to end poverty in America – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/work-alone-will-never-be-enough-to-end-poverty-in-america/
— George Ryan returns from Cuba, insists embargo must go – Michael Sneed (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Americans support George Ryan.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/george-ryan-returns-cuba-insists-embargo-go/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Underwood uses League forum to attack Hultgren on tax plan – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20180913/underwood-uses-league-forum-to-attack-hultgren-on-tax-plan
— Lauzen again demands accounting for costs of prosecuting Van Dyke – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180913/lauzen-again-demands-accounting-for-costs-of-prosecuting-van-dyke
— 55th District hopefuls tout bipartisan appeal – Eric Peterson (DIERSEN: For a politician to be bipartisan is to flush the members of his/her political party down the toilet.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180913/55th-district-hopefuls-tout-bipartisan-appeal
— No Metra fare hike, but service cuts loom without state aid – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180912/no-metra-fare-hike-but-service-cuts-loom-without-state-aid

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Humbled Illinois governor admits errors, pleads for 2nd term – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180913/humbled-illinois-governor-admits-errors-pleads-for-2nd-term
— U.S. appeals court upholds Illinois campaign finance limits – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20180913/us-appeals-court-upholds-illinois-campaign-finance-limits

 

TIMES
— House GOP asks Rep. Long to step down after harassment allegations Long says he’s ‘not a puppet of any party’ – Derek Barichello
http://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/09/13/house-gop-asks-rep-long-to-step-down-after-harassment-allegations/amihkk/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Humbled Illinois governor admits errors, pleads for 2nd term – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article218351705.html

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Humbled Illinois governor admits errors – AP
http://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/humbled-illinois-governor-admits-errors/article_9a8eda83-c101-5787-8139-195c68831d3d.html

 

WGEM
— New poll shows Pritzker nearly 17 points ahead of Rauner – Jim Roberts
http://www.wgem.com/story/39088698/2018/09/13/new-poll-shows-pritzker-nearly-17-points-ahead-of-rauner

 

WIFR
— Rauner campaigns as ‘better governor’ for second term – AP
https://www.wifr.com/content/news/Rauner-campaigns-for-second-term-Im-a-better-governor-now-493195431.html

 

WSIL TV
— Gov. Rauner reflects on time as governor, reveals plan for future – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39088980/rauner-reflects-on-time-as-governor-reveals-plan-for-future

 

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rauner campaigns for 2nd chance: “I’m a better governor now” – AP
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/rauner-campaigns-for-2nd-chance-im-a-better-governor-now-09-13-2018

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Gov. Rauner deploys troops to aid the east coast – DaLaun Dillard
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/gov-rauner-deploys-troops-to-aid-the-east-coast/1442287045

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner campaigns for 2nd chance: “I’m a better governor now” – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-campaigns-for-2nd-chance-im-a-better-governor-now-09-13-2018

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— State debt decreases for fourth straight week – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511562101-state-debt-decreases-for-fourth-straight-week

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Is this the most toxic tax in Illinois politics? – Austin Berg
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/op-ed-is-this-the-most-toxic-tax-in-illinois/article_e4f984cb-c1f7-5ab5-b92f-08dd9ee3d474.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— New poll: Pritzker up by 17, Raoul leads by 11
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/13/new-poll-pritzker-up-by-17-raoul-leads-by-11/

 

BREITBART
— Revolving Door: Dozens of Clinton Staffers Hired by Google — and Vice-Versa – Charline Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/09/13/revolving-door-dozens-of-clinton-staffers-hired-by-google-and-vice-versa/
— Dalai Lama: ‘Europe Belongs to Europeans’, Refugees Should Return and Rebuild Homelands – Virginia Hale (DIERSEN: One could say “America belongs to Americans, illegals should return to their homelands and rebuild them.”)
https://www.breitbart.com/london/2018/09/13/dalai-lama-sweden-europe-europeans/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CONSERVATIVE LAUNCHES NEW SOCIAL MEDIA, SEARCH SITE Stop being censored by Facebook, Google, Twitter
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/conservative-launches-new-social-media-search-sites/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— New data: The border surge is increasing AGAIN – Daniel Horowitz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use citizens of foreign countries to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/new-data-the-border-surge-is-increasing-again/

 

HOT AIR
— Its New National Identity Crisis Makes The U.S. More Like The Middle East
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/09/new-national-identity-crisis-makes-u-s-like-middle-east/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Instead of “Americanizing” the Middle East, he notes, that the U.S. has become increasingly “Middle Easternized.” The polarization of American society is so extreme that the Republican and Democratic parties resemble warring tribes that see each other as existential threats. A large number of Republicans seem to regard loyalty to the person of Donald Trump as more important than their commitment to any higher goals like the rule of law or preservation of democracy internationally. The Democratic Party, for its part, has shifted away from the broad class-based coalitions of the New Deal and Great Society to advocacy on behalf of its component identity groups: African-Americans, women, the LGBT community and the like.)

 

CNN
— Just wait. Trump will tell us how to judge his Hurricane Florence response. – Stephen Collinson (DIERSEN: Who tells people how to judge things in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/14/politics/donald-trump-hurricane-florence-response/

 

UPI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use Illinois to push pot nationwide.
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/09/14/States-watching-Illinois-use-of-marijuana-to-fight-opioid-crisis/3711536870575/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook ‘Better Prepared’ to Fight Election Interference, Mark Zuckerberg Says – Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/technology/facebook-elections-mark-zuckerberg.html
— U.S. Recovery Eludes Many Living Below Poverty Level, Census Suggests – Glenn Thrush
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/us/politics/poverty-rate-census-bureau.html
— The Real Google Censorship Scandal It’s not about right-wing Americans. It’s about China. – Kara Swisher
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/13/opinion/google-censorship-trump-china.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ICE says it needs a $1 billion funding boost to meet Trump’s aggressive deportation goals – Maria Sacchetti
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/immigration/ice-says-it-needs-a-1-billion-funding-boost-to-meet-trumps-aggressive-deportation-goals/2018/09/13/179819b2-b6c0-11e8-94eb-3bd52dfe917b_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Feinstein asks FBI to review letter involving Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh – JENNIFER HABERKORN (DIERSEN: The higher the office that you seek, the harder that your critics/opponents will work to destroy you.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-congress-brett-kavanaugh-20180913-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The existence of the letter was first reported by the Intercept, an online news publication. It said the letter apparently describes an incident involving Kavanaugh and a young woman while they were in high school, but included no details.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Poll: Democrats’ Positive Image Fades as Americans Sour on Both Parties
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/campaign-wire-2018-midterms/card/1536839135

 

BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Google pushes back on age-bias lawsuit, saying ‘Googleyness’ isn’t code for ‘young’ – Luke Stangel (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, in America, White men are written off as being losers who should be gotten rid of unless they are earning say a) $100,000/year by age 25, b) $200,000/year by age 30, c) $300,000/year by age 35, d) $400,000/year by age 40, e) $500,000/year by age 45, f) $600,000/year by age 50, g) $700,000/year by age 55, h) $800,000/year by age 60, i) $900,000/year by age 65, j) $1,000,000/year by age 70.)
https://www.bizjournals.com/sanjose/news/2018/09/13/google-age-discrimination-lawsuit-googleyness-goog.html

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn young men as being sexists. Ever-increasing, young men are coming to realize a) that Democrats give tremendous preference to young women and b) that Democrats dump young men who are not successful. For example, in the federal government, with its “up-or-out” policy, Democrats dump men (BUT NOT WOMEN) 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://www.salon.com/2018/09/13/teen-gender-gap-persists-survey-shows-boys-still-hold-sexist-attitudes/