ABC7
— Brett Kavanaugh FBI report shows ‘no hint of misconduct,’ Sen. Grassley says – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-report-shows-no-hint-of-misconduct-grassley-says/4408900/
— Brett Kavanaugh FBI report shows ‘no hint of misconduct,’ Sen. Grassley says, judge pens op-ed – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-report-shows-no-hint-of-misconduct-grassley-says–judge-pens-op-ed/4408900/
— Rauner and Pritzker trade accusations of criminal behavior – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-and-pritzker-trade-accusations-of-criminal-behavior/4412931/
NBC5
— Pritzker, Rauner Exchange Barbs Over Alleged Misconduct
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/WEB_5P-ILLINOISR-GOVERNORS-RACE_Chicago-495213391.html
CBS2
— Illinois Democrat Sean Casten Among House Candidates Raising Eye-Popping Sums For November Election
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/04/house-candidates-campaign-fundraising-sean-casten-democrats/
— Fact Check: Democrat Terra Costa Howard’s Ad Falsely Accuses GOP Lawmaker Peter Breen Of Standing With ‘Accused Sex Predators’ – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/03/terra-costa-howard-campaign-ad-fact-check-peter-breen-false-attack/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Retired Justice John Paul Stevens says don’t confirm Kavanaugh
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/retired-justice-john-paul-stevens-says-don-t-confirm-kavanaugh
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— VERY SAD: Protesters opposing confirmation of Brett Kavanaugh rally in downtown Naperville – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: What percent of these protesters are anti-Trump, anti-Christian, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-kavanaugh-protest-naperville-foster-st-1005-story.html
— After the FBI report, confirm Kavanaugh – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-kavanaugh-fbi-senate-confirm-20181004-story.html
— Key Republican senators accept FBI report on Kavanaugh; retired Justice Stevens opposes nominee – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-senate-vote-fbi-report-20181004-story.html
— Which is more criminal, death or taxes? Gov. Bruce Rauner, J.B. Pritzker fight it out. – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-death-or-taxes-20181004-story.html
— The rise and the reckoning: Inside Brett Kavanaugh’s elite circles of influence – Marc Fisher, Ann E. Marimow, Michael Kranish (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth? I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-profile-georgetown-yale-20181004-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He would be, in the words of his prep school’s motto, a man for others. At an age when most young people struggle to figure out their path forward, he knew he would devote his life to public service. Brett Kavanaugh was destined for something big. The people around him knew it, too. Through the years, Kavanaugh, 53, a federal appellate judge since 2006, has been rich in friends, loyal and true. Teachers, parents, classmates, colleagues – they made it their business to buff and defend Kavanaugh’s reputation. They cheered him on as he climbed the ladder of legal success. And they rallied around him when he tripped on the way up. That turned out to be a job that extended over four decades because as bright and kind and wise as friends say Kavanaugh is, he has also left behind a trail of people who say that his reckless behavior raises serious questions about his judgment and veracity. The story of President Donald Trump’s embattled choice for the Supreme Court, who could learn the fate of his troubled nomination Thursday, is a classic Washington tale of a young man who grew up surrounded by people in high places, keenly aware of protecting his image.)
— As Kavanaugh hearing puts spotlight on teens and alcohol, experts warn: ‘Adolescent drinking is a problem’ – Kate Thayer (DIERSEN: What has steered you away from booze? For me it includes my outstanding parents, Trinity Lutheran Church and Grade School in Crete, Hope Lutheran Church and Grade School in Park Forest, and being a federal employee. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) drank lots of booze, b) drink lots of booze, c) want to drink lots of booze, d) want to make lots of money selling booze, and/or e) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze. A major reason why my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton in 1978 and we had one built in Wheaton in 1984 was that Wheaton was dry back then.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-kavanaugh-teen-drinking-20181004-story.html
— Trump and the myth of the self-made man – Helaine Olen (DIERSEN: To what extent did your father promote your career? My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, never attended college, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old, and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-donald-trump-self-made-tax-fraud-1005-20181004-story.html
— Bad temperament alone shouldn’t sink Kavanaugh – Noah Feldman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to make me raise my voice and lose my temper. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-kavanaugh-temperament-supreme-court-1005-20181004-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Small investors bought into Trump hotels, including his Chicago tower.” and “Then the Embarrassment came.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-hotels-chicago-new-york-20181004-story.html
— Kavanaugh says he ‘might have been too emotional’ at hearing; Friday morning preliminary vote set – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-senate-vote-fbi-report-20181004-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— GOP looking more confident on Kavanaugh after FBI report – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-fbi-investigation-report/
— Pritzker’s and Rauner’s messages simplified: I am not a crook — but he is! – Tina Sfondeles and Emily McTavish
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-pritzker-i-am-not-crook-criiminal-legionnaires-disease-toilets/
— Illinois Senate 23rd District Republican nominee: Seth Lewis
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/seth-lewis-illinois-senate-23rd-district-republican-candidate-2018-general-election/
— U.S. Rep. Schakowsky among 50 cited with trespassing at McDonald’s protest – Luke Wilusz
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/u-s-rep-schakowsky-among-50-cited-with-trespassing-at-mcdonalds-protest/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump equates Brett Kavanaugh with Jason Van Dyke.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-brett-kavanaugh-jason-van-dyke-supreme-court-chicago-police-laquan-mcdonald/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White men are viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being a) racists and/or b) beneficiaries of racism.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-racism-criminal-justice-senate/
DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If your critics/opponents asked your college roommates for dirt on you, what would your college roommates say?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181004/analysis-kavanaugh-learns-the-ted-cruz-rule-tread-lightly-with-college-roommates
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181004/i-knew-that-he-knew-he-wasnt-telling-the-truth-former-yale-roommate-says-about-kavanaugh
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Property taxes too high? Throw the bums out. A media campaign blaming both parties for skyrocketing property taxes makes it clear that a rift in the state’s Republican Party shows no sign of healing. – MARK GUARINO
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/property-taxes-too-high-throw-bums-out
— How weak is Trump in the states that made him president? A new poll shows what Midwest voters think of the president’s performance, just weeks ahead of key elections for Senate and governor. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/how-weak-trump-states-made-him-president
WLS AM
— Jim Durkin: “The report is clear, [Pritzker] committed fraud” – Kimberly Kaczmarek
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/04/jim-durkin-the-report-is-clear-pritzker-committed-fraud/
— Bill to keep tax cheats off ballot – Nick Gale (DIERSEN: Since 1978, when Money Magazine and IRS disallowed my education deductions, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have sided with Money Magazine and with IRS and hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am a tax cheat. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the undergraduate and graduate courses that I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48.)
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/04/bill-to-keep-tax-cheats-off-ballot/
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— GOP leaders take their shot at Pritzker over inspector general’s report – KEVIN BARLOW
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/gop-leaders-take-their-shot-at-pritzker-over-inspector-general/article_1e839902-9218-57c1-b258-3ecacfdf739d.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— Rauner, Pritzker argue about who is more privileged during debate – Rachel Droze (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns you as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth? I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as being someone who was born with a silver spoon in his mouth. To what extent did your father promote your career? My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. He had fought type 1 diabetes from age 14, was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma, never attended college, worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, and did not buy a new car until he was 45 years old, and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy.))
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rauner-pritzker-argue-about-who-is-more-privileged-during-debate-10-04-2018
NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Illinois, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and then tell everyone to vote for all the Democrats on November 6, 2018 ballots to punish Trump.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/statewide-poll-illinois-gop-candidates-may-face-uphill-election-battle#stream/0
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Durbin, Duckworth support AG investigation into Rauner administration’s role in vets home outbreak – Kevin Schwaller
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/durbin-duckworth-support-ag-investigation-into-rauneradministration-s-role-in-vets-home-outbreak/1498176032
METRO EAST SUN
— Jason Plummer: Illinois is being wrecked by bad public policy – Glenn Minnis
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511587528-jason-plummer-illinois-is-being-wrecked-by-bad-public-policy
CAPITOL FAX
— Casten outraises Roskam two-to-one (DIERSEN: What do you give Republican candidates? I give them a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising. GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000 a year.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/04/casten-outraises-roskam-two-to-one/
FOX NEWS
— Texas agents seeing surge of families crossing border after controversial zero-tolerance policy ends – Casey Stegall and Maggie Kerkman
https://www.foxnews.com/us/texas-agents-seeing-surge-of-families-crossing-border-after-controversial-zero-tolerance-policy-ends
BREITBART
— Open Borders ‘Absolutely’ Risk Terrorism, Says Border Patrol Sector Chief – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/texas/2018/10/04/open-borders-absolutely-risk-terrorism-says-border-patrol-sector-chief/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— How California Republicans Could Avenge Kavanaugh – Eric Lendrum
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/10/04/how-california-republicans-could-avenge-kavanaugh/
LIFE SITE NEWS
— Harvard Law students file complaints to keep Kavanaugh off campus as FBI finds no evidence – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/harvard-law-students-file-complaints-to-keep-kavanaugh-off-campus-as-fbi-fi
THE HILL
— Scores of Kavanaugh protesters arrested after descending on Senate building – MORGAN CHALFANT AND MELANIE ZANONA
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409999-scores-of-kavanaugh-protesters-arrested-after-descending-on-senate-building
— Kavanaugh’s path to confirmation begins to solidify – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409936-kavanaughs-path-to-confirmation-begins-to-solidify
— Pence accuses China of anti-Trump campaign – JORDAN FABIAN AND MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409875-pence-accuses-china-of-anti-trump-campaign
— Amy Schumer among those arrested at Kavanaugh protest – JUDY KURTZ
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/in-the-know/409996-amy-schumer-among-those-arrested-at-kavanaugh-protest
ABC NEWS
— Capitol Police have begun arresting about 300 anti-Kavanaugh protesters who staged a sit-in on the floor of a Senate office building’s atrium.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/latest-initial-senate-vote-kavanaugh-set-friday-58275119
— Ahead of crucial Kavanaugh vote, hundreds of protesters rally in front of Supreme Court – MEGHAN KENEALLY
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/ahead-crucial-kavanaugh-vote-hundreds-protesters-rally-front/story
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “religious leaders” to serve as operatives and as dupes for the Democrat Party.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2018/10/04/national-council-churches-makes-rare-statement-oppose-kavanaugh/
— Congressional Republicans tentatively agree to raise federal worker pay, rebuffing Trump – Erica Werner and Lisa Rein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/congressional-republicans-tentatively-agree-to-raise-federal-worker-pay-rebuffing-trump/2018/10/04/2befe952-bcf2-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html
— Inside Kavanaugh’s circles of influence: How his upbringing among Washington’s elite has helped protect him – Marc Fisher, Ann E. Marimow and Michael Kranish (DIERSEN: Who/what protected you during your upbringing? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would have to say the Trinity Lutheran Church in Crete and its members protected me 1948-1961 and that Hope Lutheran Church in Park Forest and it members have protected me since 1961.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-rise-and-the-reckoning-inside-brett-kavanaughs-circles-of-influence/2018/10/04/bd8dcf4e-c677-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Police arrest anti-Kavanaugh protesters – AP
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-essential-washington-updates-police-arrest-kavanaugh-s-senate-1538684994-htmlstory.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Kavanaugh: An Easy Vote A ‘no’ would alienate Republican voters and invite the smearing of future nominees. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-an-easy-vote-1538694463
FORBES
— What It Means To Hire For ‘Culture Fit,’ And How To Do It Right – Vivian Maza (DIERSEN: What are the cultures of the organizations that you are a member of? How strongly are those cultures anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2018/09/28/what-it-means-to-hire-for-culture-fit-and-how-to-do-it-right/
— Female Lawyers Face Widespread Gender Bias, According To New Study – Kim Elsesser (DIERSEN: Female lawyers should consider working for the federal government. The federal government has always been under pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote females, and especially females who are Democrat, minority, and/or younger.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kimelsesser/2018/10/01/female-lawyers-face-widespread-gender-bias-according-to-new-study/
HR DRIVE
— Overqualified or over the hill? The pitfalls of experience ranges In the same way that ruling out a candidate based on poor “culture fit” can be cover for bias, experts say experience ranges can be a dog whistle for age discrimination. – Riia O’Donnel
https://www.hrdive.com/news/overqualified-or-over-the-hill-the-pitfalls-of-experience-ranges/538696/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Republicans Approach Kavanaugh Victory As Collins and Flake Signal Approval – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2018/10/collins-and-flake-signal-likely-victory-for-kavanaugh.html
DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Right Thinks Kavanaugh’s Toxic Masculinity Is Just ‘Being a Man’ When Trump and his Supreme Court nominee fly into a destructive rage, conservative media calls it ‘fiery.’ It’s much more than that.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/the-right-thinks-kavanaughs-toxic-masculinity-is-just-being-a-man
VARIETY
— Thousands of Anti-Kavanaugh Protesters Take Washington D.C. – TED JOHNSON
https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/anti-kavanaugh-protesters-supreme-court-1202969245/
LGBTQ NATION
— Brett Kavanaugh may save the Republicans’ bacon on Election Day – John Gallagher
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/10/brett-kavanaugh-may-save-republicans-bacon-election-day/
DAILY MAIL
— Protesters take over Senate office building as anti-Kavanaugh demonstrations hit Capitol Hill in bid to halt confirmation of Trump’s Supreme Court nominee
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6241465/Protests-Capitol-Hill-ditch-bid-stop-Kavanaugh-confirmed.html
