October 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— JB Pritzker, Bruce Rauner face off in ABC7 Illinois governor debate – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-rauner-face-off-in-abc7-illinois-governor-debate/4404214/
— Cheerleader allegedly gave pot brownies to students for homecoming votes, police say – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/cheerleader-allegedly-gave-pot-brownies-to-students-for-homecoming-votes/4404174/

 

CBS2
— Rauner Seeks Delay On Plan To Pay Union Step Increases – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/03/rauner-seeks-delay-union-step-increases/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AG Madigan opens criminal probe into Rauner administration over Quincy deaths – Mike Riopell, Rick Pearson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ag-lisa-madigan-criminal-probe-into-rauner-administration-quincy-deaths-veterans/
— Democrats throwing in cash to boost Casten, Underwood bids for Congress – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/democrats-tv-ads-casten-roskam-underwood-hultgren-congress-election-2018/
— The fight against Brett Kavanaugh puts #MeToo movement in jeopardy – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/brett-kavanaugh-metoo-movement-supreme-court-nomination-se-cupp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AG Lisa Madigan investigating Gov. Bruce Rauner’s administration’s response to deaths at veterans home
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-quincy-probe-20181003-story.html
— Senate GOP busts caps: Senate Republican leader Bill Brady of Bloomington gave a $100,001 loan to his campaign committee, opening the door to receiving unlimited-size contributions. Brady could transfer that money to Republican senators and candidates. His fund began July with $781,000 in cash on hand and raised another $354,500 in donations of more than $1,000 through the end of September. Brady also chairs the Republican State Senate Campaign Committee fund. Neither of the two funds has received money from Rauner, who has given to House Republican campaign efforts. – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-illinois-governors-debate-rauner-pritzker-preview-20181002-story.html
— Sorry, CPS, you can’t blame Trump for your sex abuse penalty – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-betrayed-education-department-funds-20181001-story.html
— 46 million people voted in primaries this year. That’s not enough. – John Fortier
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-voting-turnout-primaries-democracy-1004-20181003-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker on hot seat over tax refund, while Rauner challenged on pollution – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181003/pritzker-on-hot-seat-over-tax-refund-while-rauner-challenged-on-pollution
— White House midterm message: Embrace Trump or start packing
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181003/news/310039888/

 

WTTW
— Rauner, Pritzker Square Off in Second Illinois Governor Debate – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2018/10/03/rauner-pritzker-square-second-illinois-governor-debate

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rep. Rodney Davis, Illinois congressmen ask for feds to investigate Pritzker – RYAN VOYLES
https://herald-review.com/news/local/rep-rodney-davis-illinois-congressmen-ask-for-feds-to-investigate/article_9b5a9db7-b4c2-5b75-9d5e-00f995ec5b18.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Mendoza in support of back pay, urges Rauner to stop violating court order
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/comptroller-mendoza-reaffirms-support-for-back-pay-for-state-workers

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “President Trump’s record could hurt Illinois GOP candidates.”
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39225684/new-poll-president-trumps-record-could-hurt-illinois-gop-candidates

 

WAND TV
— Mendoza demands Rauner to stop violating court order
http://www.wandtv.com/story/39225017/mendoza-demands-rauner-to-stop-violating-court-order

 

RUSS STEWART
— PRIZKER VS. MADIGAN IS THE REAL ELECTION CONTEST — BATTLE FOR SUPREMACY UNDERWAY
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2018/10-03-2018.html

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— EPIC: SEN. DICK DURBIN SLAMMED AT PRESSER BY CONSERVATIVE REPORTER
http://www.citizenkelly.com/epic-sen-dick-durbin-slammed-at-chicago-presser-by-conservative-reporter/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— A VOTE AGAINST KAVANAUGH IS A VOTE FOR AMBUSH TACTICS AND AGAINST DUE PROCESS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/a-vote-against-kavanaugh-is-a-vote-for-ambush-tactics-and-against-due-process.html
— PRITZKER LEADS BY 22 POINTS OVER RAUNER
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/pritzker-leads-by-22-points-over-rauner.html
— HOUSE GOP LEADER JIM DURKIN INTRODUCES BILL TO STOP PRITZKER-ESQUE VACANCY FRAUD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/house-republican-leader-jim-durkin-introduces-legislation-to-stop-vacancy-fraud-.html
— MARXISTS ARE WINNING VIA AMERICA’S EDUCATION SYSTEM, U OF W PROFESSOR SAYS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/marxist-are-winning-via-americas-education-system-u-of-w-professor-says.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump, tax bill dragging down suburban Republicans.”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/03/simon-poll-trump-tax-bill-dragging-down-suburban-republicans/
— New Pritzker ad quotes Rauner: “Throw me out of office in four years if I don’t deliver results” (DIERSEN: What results have you delivered? While I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, the organization always had a) breakfast meetings the third Saturday of every month except August and December, b) a picnic every August, and c) a Christmas party every December.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/03/new-pritzker-ad-quotes-rauner-throw-me-out-of-office-in-four-years-if-i-don%E2%80%99t-deliver-results/
— AG Madigan opens criminal probe into Rauner administration handling of Quincy crisis
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/03/ag-madigan-opens-criminal-probe-of-rauner-administration-handling-of-quincy-crisis/

 

BREITBART
— Barbra Streisand Uncovers Bombshell: ‘Donald Trump Has Never Owned a Dog’ – Justin Caruso
https://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2018/10/03/barbra-streisand-uncovers-bombshell-donald-trump-has-never-owned-a-dog/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Democrats Promise to Deliver Revenge for the Psychologically Disturbed
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/10/03/democrats-promise-to-deliver-revenge-for-the-psychologically-disturbed/

 

FOX NEWS
— Illinois congressmen want Pritzker under federal investigation over ‘improper’ tax breaks he received – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-congressmen-pritzker-federal-investigation-improper-tax-breaks

 

GOPUSA
– CNN, Jeff Flake Blast Trump for Questioning Ford Testimony at Rally
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=56025
— Protesters assault congressman at his Capitol Hill office
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55982

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How you feel about GOP loyalty to Trump probably depends on your age – Kristen Soltis Anderson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/how-you-feel-about-gop-loyalty-to-trump-probably-depends-on-your-age

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Gingrich: GOP Needs a 2018 Contract With America – Adele Malpass (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want that contract to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and many other planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/03/gingrich_gop_needs_a_2018_contract_with_america_138244.html

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s shot at Ford seems to backfire.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/409801-the-memo-trumps-shot-at-ford-seen-to-backfire
— Kavanaugh, Ford hit with attacks over credibility – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409695-kavanaugh-ford-hit-with-attacks-over-credibility

 

CNN
— Kavanaugh’s college roommate: He was lying (DIERSEN: If your critics/opponents asked them, what would your college roommates say about you?)
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/10/03/james-roche-anderson-cooper-kavanaugh-lied-ac360-sot-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “We’re getting ready to poll voters in Illinois’s 14th Congressional District” and ask “Can a young Democratic challenger win on health care?”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/upshot/elections-poll-il14-1.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Senate Should Not Confirm Kavanaugh. Signed, 650+ Law Professors (and Counting)”
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/03/opinion/kavanaugh-law-professors-letter.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Senate Democrats suggest past FBI background checks on Kavanaugh include evidence of inappropriate behavior – Seung Min Kim and
John Wagner (DIERSEN: Have you passed a background check? I did in 1966, 1971, and 1980.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/flake-says-trumps-mocking-of-ford-at-political-rally-was-kind-of-appalling/2018/10/03/286c3dba-c6f4-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint all men as being rapists who should be gotten rid of.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dear-christine-blasey-ford-i-too-was-sexually-assaulted–and-its-seared-into-my-memory-forever/2018/10/03/2449ed3c-c68a-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in getting “religious leaders” to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/whitehouse/the-latest-church-council-calls-for-kavanaugh-withdrawal/2018/10/03/081ca3b6-c76b-11e8-9c0f-2ffaf6d422aa_story.html

 

FORBES
— Starting A New Job? Here’s How To Get Along With Your Team – Shelcy V. Joseph (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long have a hard time getting along with me. Individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that 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 have a hard time getting along with me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/shelcyvjoseph/2018/09/30/starting-a-new-job-heres-how-to-get-along-with-your-team/#7056d3b913c4

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “opposition to Kavanaugh increases among voters.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/03/kavanaugh-opposition-bloomberg-orourke-politics-minute

October 1 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Milton Township Republican Central Committee held an outstanding Oktoberfest golf outing and dinner fundraiser Monday, October 1, 2018, at the Arrowhead Golf Club in Wheaton. The 150+ attendees included past and present state representatives and candidates Breen, Grant, Holan, Kinzler, and Khouri; past and present DuPage County officials and candidates Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Eckhoff, Elloitt, Henry, Hinds, Larsen, McGowen, Mendrick, A. Murphy, Tatro, Whelan, C. Zaruba, and Zay; Milton Township officials Falbo, Heidorn, Keller, LeVan, Molitor, Monino, Muehlfelt, and Nathwani; judges Brennan, MacKay, and Wilson; and many others including Boltz, Carlson, Cherry, Crane, Danelgo, Fitch, Fitzpatrick, A. LeVan, Lofgren, Lollino, Pacilli, Rash, Rutledge, Ryan, C. Smith, and Valle. Event sponsors included Berlin, Breen, Bucholz, Cantore, Carlson, Connelly, Downers Grove Township Republicans, DuPage Young Republicans, Eckhoff, Elliott, Ellis, Grant, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Hinkle, Jorgensen, Jourdan, Kachiroubas, Keller, Kinzler, Larsen, LeVan, Marquardt, Mazzochi, Mendrick, Monino, Muehlfelt, B. Murphy, Nybo, Roskam, Walsh, Wiley, Wilson, Zaruba, and Zay. – Dave Diersen
https://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— ‘Trying to destroy a great man:’ Trump doubles down on defense of Kavanaugh
https://abc7chicago.com/trying-to-destroy-a-great-man-trump-doubles-down-on-defense-of-kavanaugh/4386898/
— Trump calls for ‘comprehensive’ but quick FBI probe of Kavanaugh – KENDALL KARSON
https://abc7chicago.com/trump-calls-for-comprehensive-but-quick-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh/4383967/
— Hillary Clinton campaigns for governor hopeful JB Pritzker – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/hillary-clinton-campaigns-for-governor-hopeful-jb-pritzker/4386913/
— Their pay, age, political leanings and more: 6 Supreme Court questions answered – MEGHAN KENEALLY
https://abc7chicago.com/their-pay-age-political-leanings-and-more-6-supreme-court-questions-answered-/4385707/

 

CBS2
— Watchdog Report Accuses Pritzker Of ‘Scheme To Defraud’ In Property Tax Appeal – Derrick Blakley,
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/01/j-b-pritzker-property-tax-appeal-gold-coast-mansion-toilets/
— Hillary Clinton Campaigns For J.B. Pritzker In Chicago – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/01/hillary-clinton-j-b-pritzker-campaign-event-chicago-panel-discussion/

 

WLS AM
— OUTRAGEOUS: Rauner: Expansion of gaming industry can help re-build state infrastructure – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/10/01/rauner-expansion-of-gaming-industry-can-help-re-build-state-infrastructure/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Game of thrones? Watchdog sees ‘scheme to defraud’ in Pritzker toilet tax break – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/toilet-watchdog-pritzkers-property-tax-break-scheme-defraud-blanchard/
— Illinois Attorney General Republican nominee: Erika Harold
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-attorney-general-republican-candidate-erika-harold-2018-general-election/
— Illinois Secretary of State Republican nominee: Jason Helland
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/jason-helland-illinois-secretary-of-state-republican-candidate-2018-general-election/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump says he’d be a ‘mess’ as a drinker – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-trump-beer-drinker-20181001-story.html
— Hillary Clinton campaigns in Chicago for Democrat J.B. Pritzker – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-hillary-clinton-campaigning-for-pritzker-20180930-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Brett Kavanaugh didn’t ‘lie’ — he just told some little white-male-privilege lies.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-kavanaugh-lies-ludington-trump-huppke-20181001-story.html
— White House gives FBI permission to expand Kavanaugh probe slightly after barrage of criticism – Devlin Barrett, Josh Dawsey and Matt Zapotosky
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-fbi-kavanaugh-probe-20181001-story.html

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner/Kavanaugh asks: Rauner vs. Kavanaugh—who’s the biggest fraud?
https://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2018/10/01/rauner-vs-kavanaugh-whos-the-biggest-fraud

 

COURTHOUSE NEWS
— Seventh Circuit Nixes Local Right-to-Work Law – LORRAINE BAILEY
https://www.courthousenews.com/seventh-circuit-nixes-local-right-to-work-law/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Flood of vetoes headed to lawmakers for November veto session – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/flood-of-vetoes-headed-to-lawmakers-for-november-veto-session/article_c3decffc-c351-11e8-900c-879b429e2c79.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER BLASTS RAUNER AS NOT PRO-ABORTION ENOUGH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/pritzker-blasts-rauner-as-not-pro-abortion-enough-.html
— CUBS OWNER PAC FUNDS PRO-KAVANAUGH AD
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/cubs-owner-pac-funds-pro-kavanaugh-ad.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Republicans, Democrats condemn Rockford political graffiti
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/01/republicans-democrats-condemn-rockford-political-graffiti/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Democrats, Republicans have to dump planks in the Republican Party platform to get elected/reelected.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/01/will-the-gun-issue-help-four-suburban-republicans-hold-on-to-their-seats/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Georgetown professor says white GOP senators ‘deserve miserable deaths’ after Kavanaugh hearing – Caleb Parke
https://www.foxnews.com/us/georgetown-professor-says-white-gop-senators-deserve-miserable-deaths-after-kavanaugh-hearing

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Case Against Kavanaugh Is Collapsing – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/brett-kavanaugh-case-against-nominee-collapsing/

 

FEDERALIST
— Kavanaugh Accuser Co-Authored Study Citing Use Of Hypnosis To Retrieve Memories – Sean Davis
https://thefederalist.com/2018/10/01/kavanaugh-accuser-co-authored-study-citing-use-hypnosis-retrieve-memories/

 

CNS NEWS
— U.S. Increasingly Moving Away from Rule of Law, Toward Mob Rule – Allen West
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/allen-west/allen-west-us-increasingly-moving-away-rule-law-toward-mob-rule

 

DAILY CALLER
— DERSHOWITZ: KAVANAUGH ASSUMED GUILTY BECAUSE HE’S A WHITE MAN – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/01/dershowitz-kavanaugh-guilty-white-man/

 

BREITBART
— Prosecutor’s Senate Report Outlines 9 Reasons Why Christine Blasey Ford Not Credible – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/10/01/christine-blasey-ford-not-credible-prosecutor-mitchell-senate-report/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Kavanaugh roommate: ‘I never saw Brett black out’ – Diana Stancy Correll
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/kavanaugh-roommate-i-never-saw-brett-black-out

 

TOWNHALL
— Discrepancy: Kavanaugh Accuser Has Said She Was Attacked in the ‘Mid-1980’s’ and in Her ‘Late Teens,’ Differing From Her Account – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/10/01/draft-n2524169
— Unraveled: How a Democratic Senator’s Theory About Kavanaugh’s 1982 Calendar Totally Fell Apart – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/10/01/dismantled-democratic-senators-theory-based-on-kavanaughs-1982-calendar-falls-apart-n2524123

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats treat Brett Kavanaugh worse than criminal illegal aliens
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55781
— New York Times apologizes for ‘insensitive’ poll asking if Christine Blasey Ford is ‘credible’ (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? If the following were asked how credible you are, what would they say: a) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and/or county party organization, b) your representative in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP officers, d) the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, e) your Republican Congressman, f) Pence, g) Trump, h) the Republican elected officials who represent your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county, i) Sanguinetti, and j) Rauner?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55829

 

THE HILL
— Trump to press: ‘I consider you a part of the Democrat Party’ – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409285-trump-to-press-i-consider-you-a-part-of-the-democrat-party
— FBI’s Kavanaugh scope widens as GOP seeks votes – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409359-fbis-kavanaugh-scope-widens-as-gop-seeks-votes

 

POLITICO
— Clinton to campaign for Pritzker in Illinois – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: That will help Rauner.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/01/clinton-pritzker-campaign-illinois-854309
— Trump on Kavanaugh: ‘I was surprised at how vocal he was about the fact that he likes beer’ – CAITLIN OPRYSKO
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/01/trump-kavanaugh-drinking-habits-854866

 

CNN
— ACLU TV ads compare Kavanaugh to Bill Clinton, Bill Cosby – Greg Krieg (DIERSEN: QUESTION: If you ran for a government office or a political office, who would ACLU compare you to? ANSWER: Someone who shares all of or virtually all of your demographics.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/01/politics/aclu-new-ad-campaign-against-brett-kavanaugh/index.html
— Yale Classmate Says Kavanaugh Has ‘Not Told The Truth’ About His Drinking
https://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2018/10/01/kavanaugh-yale-classmate-claims-nominee-not-told-the-truth-drinking/

 

NBC NEWS
— White House authorizes FBI to expand probe of Kavanaugh The move came after two key Republicans, Sens. Jeff Flake and Susan Collins, consulted with the White House to insure the FBI probe would be thorough. – Peter Alexander, Geoff Bennett and Ken Dilanian
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/supreme-court/white-house-authorizes-fbi-expand-probe-kavanaugh-n915581

 

CNBC
— Trump slams Senate Democrats over Kavanaugh nomination, claims he saw one unidentified senator in ‘somewhat compromising’ situations – Jacob Pramuk
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/10/01/trump-slams-senate-democrats-over-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-nomination.html

 

MSNBC
— New poll on Kavanaugh tells Republicans what they don’t want to hear – Steve Benen
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/new-poll-kavanaugh-tells-republicans-what-they-dont-want-hear

 

THE HILL
— Trump says he’s fine with FBI interviewing Kavanaugh’s third accuser – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/409266-trump-says-hes-fine-with-fbi-interviewing-kavanaughs-third-accuser
— Democrats: FBI must investigate Swetnick’s allegation against Kavanaugh – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/409293-democrats-fbi-must-investigate-swetnicks-allegation-against-kavanaugh
— Voters strongly support FBI investigation of sexual assault charges against Kavanaugh
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/409277-poll-americans-approve-of-fbi-investigation-of-sexual-assault

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Tells F.B.I. to Interview Anyone Necessary for Kavanaugh Inquiry – Peter Baker and Michael S. Schmidt
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/trump-fbi-kavanaugh.html
— Trump Calls for ‘Comprehensive’ F.B.I. Inquiry of Kavanaugh Accusations but ‘Within Reason’ – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/us/politics/trump-fbi-kavanaugh.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump adds to confusion over scope of FBI investigation of Kavanaugh accusations – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-adds-to-confusion-over-scope-of-fbi-investigation-of-kavanaugh-accusations/2018/10/01/1aa5e922-c561-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump ‘surprised’ at how much Kavanaugh likes beer – Ruth Brown
https://nypost.com/2018/10/01/trump-surprised-at-how-much-kavanaugh-likes-beer/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Wants Kavanaugh Probe to Be ‘Comprehensive’ and Done Quickly GOP’s McConnell plans vote on Supreme Court nominee by week’s end; doubts linger over FBI probe – Natalie Andrews, Kristina Peterson and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-fight-in-state-of-uncertainty-1538401675

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— ‘Can you imagine what a mess I’d be?’: Trump ruminates on alcohol abuse while expressing surprise about Kavanaugh’s drinking revelations – Allan Smith
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-expresses-surprise-about-kavanaughs-drinking-revelations-2018-10
— The prosecutor who questioned Christine Blasey Ford in Senate hearing says her case against Kavanaugh is weak – Ellen Cranley
https://www.businessinsider.com/prosecutor-who-questioned-christine-blasey-ford-says-kavanaugh-case-weak-2018-10
— Trump makes vague threat to unnamed Democratic senator while defending Kavanaugh: ‘I’ve seen that person in very, very bad situations’ – Ellen Cranley
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-threat-democratic-senator-brett-kavanaugh-investigation-allegations-2018-10

 

THE WEEK
— Voters believe Christine Blasey Ford over Brett Kavanaugh, poll finds
http://theweek.com/speedreads/799287/voters-believe-christine-blasey-ford-over-brett-kavanaugh-poll-finds

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Will the Republicans Dump Kavanaugh? It all comes down to the FBI’s investigation. – ROBERT KUTTNER
http://prospect.org/article/will-republicans-dump-kavanaugh

 

HARVARD CRIMSON
— Kavanaugh Will Not Return to Teach at Harvard Law School
https://www.thecrimson.com/article/2018/10/2/kavanaugh-is-out/

 

FEDERAL NEWS RADIO
— Government is underutilizing social media – Terry Wing
https://federalnewsradio.com/technology-main/2018/10/engaged-in-social-media-if-not-you-are-missing-the-boat/

 

UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH
— Kavanaugh disqualifies himself – Editorial (DIERSEN: If you say that the charges against Kavanaugh disqualify him, then you have to say that similar charges disqualify others.)
https://pittnews.com/article/135921/opinions/kavanaugh-disqualifies-himself/

September 30 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

CBS2
— Michelle Obama Works To Get Out The Vote (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who not only do not want me to get out the vote, they do everything that they can to stop me from getting out the vote. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/29/michelle-obama-works-to-get-out-the-vote/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 3rd Kavanaugh accuser has history of legal disputes – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the lawsuits that I have filed and a class action lawsuit that I was an active member of the class in. I would focus on the defendants, the facts that I presented, the charges that I made, the remedies that I sought, the attorneys who represented me, the judges that were assigned, the outcomes of the lawsuits, etc. But most importantly, I would focus on the retaliatory acts that the defendants, their operatives, their dupes, and those who what to curry favor with the defendants have taken against me.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/3rd-kavanaugh-accuser-has-history-of-legal-disputes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Julie Swetnick, one of the women who has publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, has an extensive history of involvement in legal disputes, including a lawsuit in which an ex-employer accused her of falsifying her college and work history on her job application. Legal documents from Maryland, Oregon and Florida provide a partial picture of a woman who stepped into the media glare amid the battle over Kavanaugh’s nomination for the nation’s highest court. Court records reviewed by The Associated Press show Swetnick has been involved in at least six legal cases over the past 25 years. Along with the lawsuit filed by a former employer in November 2000, the cases include a personal injury suit she filed in 1994 against the Washington, D.C., regional transit authority. Her lawyer, Michael Avenatti, told the AP that court cases involving her have no bearing on the credibility of her claims about Kavanaugh. Avenatti said the suit from her ex-employer – it was dismissed a month after it was filed – was “completely bogus, which is why it was dismissed almost immediately.” He told AP that he “fully vetted” Swetnick before helping her take her claims against Kavanaugh public. . .Some details of the legal disputes she’s been involved in aren’t known, because documents in the cases are incomplete or no longer available. Records in the lawsuit filed in late 2000 by her ex-employer, Oregon-based software company Webtrends, don’t indicate why it was dismissed. Avenatti said there was a settlement in the case but no money changed hands. In its civil complaint in a state court in Oregon, the company said Swetnick, a software engineer, was an employee for a few weeks before its human resources department received a report that she had engaged in “unwelcome sexual innuendo and inappropriate conduct” toward two male co-workers at a business lunch. The lawsuit said that Swetnick in turn accused Webtrends of subjecting her to “physically and emotionally threatening and hostile conditions” and that she claimed that she’d been sexually harassed by four co-workers. The co-workers denied the allegations, the suit said. Company officials later determined, the suit said, that Swetnick had provided false information on her employment application. The suit alleged that she had misrepresented the length of time she worked at a previous employer and falsely claimed that she’d earned an undergraduate degree in biology and chemistry from Johns Hopkins University. Her lawyer, Avenatti, said that “whether she has a college degree or not does not matter as to whether she is a sexual assault victim.” Helene Moglen, Swetnick’s aunt, told AP this week that her niece went off to college but quickly moved back home. In an interview with The Washington Post, Swetnick’s father was quoted as saying that “she bootstrapped herself and became a computer expert. She’s a sharp woman.” None of the executives named in the lawsuit still works at Webtrends. Calls and emails to the company’s Portland headquarters seeking comment received no response. The lawyer who represented the company in the lawsuit also did not return messages seeking comment on Thursday and Friday. Swetnick was on the other side of a civil case in 1994, as a plaintiff, when she filed a personal injury lawsuit in Maryland against the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority. She claimed she lost more than $420,000 in earnings after she hurt her nose in a fall on a train in 1992.)
— Lawyer, 99, will retire ‘when they carry me out of here’ – AP (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) to get rid of those who were older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. Democrats run the federal government. Those Democrats promote age discrimination. They get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. When the aforesaid employees are eligible to retire, the Democrats pull out all the stops to get those employees to retire. I first became eligible to retire in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/lawyer-99-will-retire-when-they-carry-me-out-of-here-

 

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

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kellyanne Conway: ‘I’m a victim of sexual assault’ – Alex Horton
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kellyanne-conway-victim-of-sexual-assault-20180930-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for problems in Mexico.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-immigrants-border-american-guns-20180930-story.html
— Naperville has spent more than $340k on unusual employee bonus program since 2013 – Erin Hegarty (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Of course, because of the aforesaid, those federal employees who were the most successful in achieving the aforesaid priorities have been retained, have been promoted, and have gotten bonuses.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-city-employee-bonuses-st-0930-story.html
— Mileage fees for Illinois highways: Setting aside the politics – Joseph L. Schofer (DIERSEN: Are you driving fewer miles per year? If you are, why? I drive fewer miles per year because I spend more and more and more hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn my priorities and b) glorify and praise their priorities. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that what they do helps elect Republican candidates and b) that what I do defeats Republican candidates. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-roadtax-mileage-fees-road-user-fee-system-1001-story.html

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Christine Blasey Ford releases full statement ahead of Senate Judiciary hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/christine-blasey-ford-releases-full-statement-ahead-of-senate-judiciary-hearing/4346203/
— Julie Swetnick, 3rd Brett Kavanaugh accuser, submits allegation to Senate panel – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/3rd-kavanaugh-accuser-submits-allegation-to-senate-panel/4343887/

 

NBC5
— Priest Speaks Out for First Time After Church Burned Rainbow Flag – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/priest-paul-kalchik-speaks-out-after-flag-burning-incident-494431011.html
— Durbin, Duckworth Accept Letter of Support for Kavanaugh Accuser
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/durbin-duckworth-kavanaugh-494406521.html
— 3rd Kavanaugh Accuser Emerges; Trump Open to Changing Mind Julie Swetnick says she was gang raped at a high school party and witnessed Brett Kavanaugh engaged “in abusive and physically aggressive behavior toward girls”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Third-Kavanaugh-Accuser-Swetnick-Avenatti-494387311.html
— 4 Come Forward Vouching for Kavanaugh Accuser Ford One friend of Christine Blasey Ford’s said that, in the summer of 2016, she told him “she was assaulted in high school by a man who was now a federal judge in Washington, D.C.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Kavanaugh-Accusation-Evidence-Confirmation-Hearing-494365401.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kavanaugh denies accusations from third accuser, saying they’re from ‘Twilight Zone’ – Lisa Fernandez
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/stormy-daniels-lawyer-brings-forward-third-kavanaugh-accuser

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Third Kavanaugh accuser submits allegation to Senate panel – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-michael-avenatti-christine-blasey-ford-senate-panel-new-sexual-assault-allegations/
— What’s in Kavanaugh’s ’82 calendar: sports, movies, parties – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-1982-calendar-christine-blasey-ford/
— How Dems fight against Kavanaugh could boost GOP in midterms – S. E. Cupp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/brett-kavanaugh-nomination-republican-midterm-elections-cupp/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in turning women against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/republican-partys-woman-problem-spotlight/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Pritzker: Mileage tax ‘experimental,’ expanding gambling for road funds ‘worth looking at’ – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180926/pritzker-mileage-tax-experimental-expanding-gambling-for-road-funds-worth-looking-at
— Kavanaugh’s ‘choir boy’ image on Fox interview rankles former Yale classmates – Aaron C. Davis, Emma Brown and Joe Heim
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180926/kavanaughs-choir-boy-image-on-fox-interview-rankles-former-yale-classmates
— Board chairman candidates: DuPage shouldn’t increase property taxes – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180926/board-chairman-candidates-dupage-shouldnt-increase-property-taxes

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DeKalb County: Republicans’ campaign fundraising outpacing Democrats’ – KATIE FINLON
http://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/09/25/dekalb-county-republicans-campaign-fundraising-outpacing-democrats/a71fbsb/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Pritzker leads Rauner in UIS/NPR Illinois poll – BERNARD SCHOENBURG
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/pritzker-leads-rauner-in-uis-npr-illinois-poll/article_985f6600-653a-5416-86ae-24c6e0c01b12.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Dems, GOP play same game – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-09-26/editorial-dems-gop-play-same-game.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Survey Shows Voters Favor Pritzker In Governor’s Race, But Many Are Still Undecided – SEAN CRAWFORD
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/survey-shows-voters-favor-pritzker-governors-race-many-are-still-undecided#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— UIS Professor: One-party rule could be ‘ticket for ignoring the problems’ in Illinois – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/uis-professor-one-party-rule-could-be-ticket-for-ignoring/article_ad67801c-c0f3-11e8-ba3a-8b97091bf8cd.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPUBLICAN PARTY FAVORABILITY HIGHEST IN SEVEN YEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/republican-party-favorability-highest-in-seven-years.html
— CHICAGO’S DEPAUL UNIVERSITY PROF PREACHES ON WHY JESUS CONDEMNED THE RICH
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/chicagos-depaul-university-prof-preaches-on-why-jesus-condemned-the-rich.html
— REPUBLICAN HOUSE CHALLENGER’S SIGNS VANDALIZED IN CONTENTIOUS GRAYSLAKE RACE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/09/republican-house-challengers-signs-vandalized-in-contentious-grayslake-race.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Casten hit again on business deal
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/casten-hit-again-on-business-deal/
— Report: 78 percent of surveyed suburban Cook schools tested positive for lead
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/report-78-percent-of-surveyed-suburban-cook-schools-tested-positive-for-lead/
— Is the governor’s race hurting congressional Republicans here?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/is-the-governors-race-hurting-congressional-republicans-here/
— Panel: Parties must recruit more women, hire “Director of Diversity,” expand on the “Rooney Rule”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/panel-parties-must-recruit-more-women-hire-director-of-diversity-expand-on-the-rooney-rule/
— Dating and alcohol rules proposed for campaigns
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/dating-and-alcohol-rules-proposed-for-campaigns/
— Poll: 53 percent say they’ve considered leaving Illinois in the past year
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/26/poll-53-percent-say-theyve-considered-leaving-illinois-in-the-past-year/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— More Than 60 Georgetown Prep Alumni Defend Kavanaugh against Latest Charge in Letter to Judiciary Committee – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/classmates-defend-brett-kavanaugh-against-latest-charge/

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE TRUMP DOCTRINE PUTS THE UN IN ITS PLACE – Henry Miller
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/26/the-trump-doctrine-u-n/

 

BREITBART
— All 10 Judiciary Committee Democrats Demand Trump Withdraw Brett Kavanaugh’s Nomination – Joel Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/26/judiciary-committee-democrats-demand-trump-withdraw-brett-kavanaugh-nomination/

 

THE HILL
— Trump defends Kavanaugh in wild press conference – JORDAN FABIAN –
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408626-trump-wont-say-if-he-believes-kavanaughs-accusers-are-lying
— Avenatti releases client’s identity, allegations against Kavanaugh – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/408490-avenatti-releases-clients-identity-allegations-against-kavanaugh
— Kavanaugh denies allegations in prepared testimony – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408525-kavanaugh-denies-allegations-in-prepared-testimony
— Trump blasts Avenatti as ‘low-life’ and ‘third-rate lawyer’ – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408533-trump-blasts-avenatti-as-low-life-and-third-rate-lawyer

 

POLITICO
— Trump says Avenatti made ‘false accusations’ after third Kavanaugh allegation
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/trump-says-avenatti-made-false-accusations-after-third-kavanaugh-allegation-843149
— Kavanaugh accuser lines up evidence ahead of hearing Trump calls Kavanaugh ‘a gem’ while the Supreme Court nominee’s accuser gives senators letters her attorneys claim bolster her case. – JOHN BRESNAHAN, BURGESS EVERETT, ELANA SCHOR and RACHAEL BADE
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/jockeying-over-evidence-kavanaugh-hearing-842711
— Senate asks Kavanaugh about fourth accusation The nominee denied the newest accusation. – ELANA SCHOR and BURGESS EVERETT
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/26/jockeying-over-evidence-kavanaugh-hearing-842711

 

CNN
— Trump: Kavanaugh accusations ‘all false to me,’ but I could change my mind – Kevin Liptak and Jeremy Diamond
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/politics/donald-trump-news-conference-kavanaugh-un/index.html
— New allegations against Kavanaugh submitted to Senate committee – Sara Sidner
https://www.cnn.com/2018/09/26/politics/julie-swetnick-allegation-kavanaugh/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Read Brett Kavanaugh’s Complete Opening Statement
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/us/politics/read-brett-kavanaughs-complete-opening-statement.html
— Kavanaugh Regrets Some Choices in High School, but Again Denies Allegations of Sexual Assault – Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/us/politics/kavanaugh-calendar.html
— Kavanaugh Is Accused by a Third Woman of Sexual Misconduct – Steve Eder, Jim Rutenberg and Rebecca R. Ruiz
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/us/politics/julie-swetnick-avenatti-kavenaugh.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The problem with making a sex-crimes prosecutor the face of Senate Judiciary Republicans – Deanna Paul
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/09/26/problem-with-making-sex-crimes-prosecutor-face-senate-judiciary-republicans/
— Supreme Court nominee Kavanaugh says he was ‘not perfect’ in high school, drank beer with friends, but denies sexual assault – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-nomination-trump-calls-nominee-an-absolute-gem-as-tensions-swirl-over-planned-hearing/2018/09/26/df224aea-c190-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Kavanaugh accused of shoving woman ‘aggressively and sexually’ in the ‘90s – Joe Tacopino
https://nypost.com/2018/09/26/kavanaugh-accused-of-shoving-woman-aggressively-and-sexually-in-the-90s/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Third Woman, Julie Swetnick, Makes Allegations Against Supreme Court Nominee Brett Kavanaugh In declaration, woman alleges she was drugged, raped at 1982 party where Kavanaugh was present – Rebecca Ballhaus and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/attorney-avenatti-releases-affidavit-from-woman-describing-kavanaugh-at-parties-in-1980s-1537974634

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 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Kavanaugh accuser, panel agree on timing of hearing; unclear who will question her – BILL HUTCHINSON
https://abc7chicago.com/kavanaugh-accuser-committee-reach-deal-on-timing;-unclear-who-will-question-her/4320174/
— Some students aren’t voting absentee because they don’t know where to buy stamps – Danny Clemens (DIERSEN: While I was a student at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU in 1969, I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/not-having-stamps-stops-college-students-from-absentee-voting-report/4319971/

 

CBS2
— Loved Ones Hold Rally Calling On Justice System To Punish Drug Dealers
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/23/loved-ones-hold-rally-calling-on-justice-system-to-punish-drug-dealers/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 2nd woman claims sexual misconduct by Kavanaugh, this time in college – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-20180923-story.html
— In governor’s races, Trump emerges as a defining issue – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-governor-races-trump-20180923-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate Democrats investigating new claim of misconduct against Kavanaugh
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/report-senate-democrats-investigating-new-claim-of-misconduct-against-kavanaugh/
— Sudden focus on Feb. mayoral race could hurt Dems on Nov. 6 – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/chicago-mayoral-race-november-election-rahm-emanuel-toni-preckwinkle/
— Fact-check: Slow down, Bruce Rauner — Pritzker is not planning new ‘mileage tax’ – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bruce-rauner-j-b-pritzker-illinois-mileage-tax-gps-plan-fact-check-politifact-false/
— Neighbor calls cops on black candidate campaigning in her Wisconsin district – USA Today
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/neighbor-calls-cops-black-candidate-campaigning-her-wisconsin-district/
— Ben & Jerry’s will roll out 7 new ice cream flavors for liberal candidates – USA Today
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/ben-jerrys-roll-out-7-new-ice-cream-flavors-liberal-candidates-us-house-seats/

 

WLS AM
— Stephanie speaks with David Smith of Illinois Family Institute and Stephanie Hitt, Political Commentator.
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/09/22/today-stephanie-speaks-with-david-smith-of-illinios-family-institute-and-stephanie-hitt-political-commentator/
— Nikki Haley says sexual harassment accusers shouldn’t be blamed or second-guessed – CNN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be “guilty as charged:” Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that your charges against the aforesaid are presumed to be true: 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 avoider, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.wlsam.com/news/nikki-haley-says-sexual-harassment-accusers-shouldnt-be-blamed-or-second-guessed/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— TRAGIC: Patrons in McHenry County spend $294M on video gaming – BRITTANY KEEPERMAN
http://www.nwherald.com/2018/09/21/patrons-in-mchenry-county-spend-294m-on-video-gaming/adotedi/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Cut debate field to two – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-09-23/editorial-cut-debate-field-two.html
— Rauner could break GOP’s 82-year streak here – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-09-23/tom-kacich-rauner-could-break-gops-82-year-streak-here.html
— How rotten is too rotten for Illinois? – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-09-23/jim-dey-how-rotten-too-rotten-illinois.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— 91.9 percent of Wheaton North teachers stay put; average earns $72,830 per year
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511573176-91-9-percent-of-wheaton-north-teachers-stay-put-average-earns-72-830-per-year

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— 73.5 percent of Crete-Monee teachers stay put; average earns $59,468 per year
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511575830-73-5-percent-of-crete-monee-teachers-stay-put-average-earns-59-468-per-year

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— College classmate says Kavanaugh exposed himself to her at Yale party – Samuel Chamberlain
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/23/college-classmate-says-kavanaugh-exposed-himself-to-her-at-yale-party.html
— Schumer, Feinstein urge Trump to order FBI investigation of Kavanaugh allegations – Samuel Chamberlain (DIERSEN: Who has investigated you and why? To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates got IRS to investigate my partial day per diem claims in 1974 and my education deductions in 1978.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/23/schumer-feinstein-urge-trump-to-order-fbi-investigation-kavanaugh-allegations.html

 

BREITBART
— 5 More Dirty Tricks Democrats Could Still Try to Derail Brett Kavanaugh – Joel Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/23/5-more-dirty-tricks-democrats-could-still-try-to-derail-brett-kavanaugh/

 

DAILY CALLER
— JUDGE KAVANAUGH STILL HAS HIS SOCIAL CALENDAR FROM 1982 – Virginia Kruta (DIERSEN: What was on your social calendar when you were 17? My social calendar was virtually empty. 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://dailycaller.com/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-social-calendar-1982/
— ANOTHER PERSON WHO ALLEGEDLY HAS KNOWLEDGE OF KAVANAUGH ACCUSER’S ASSAULT HAS ‘NO RECOLLECTION’ OF BEING AT PARTY – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/22/report-another-person-who-allegedly-has-knowledge-of-fords-assault-has-no-recollection-of-being-at-party/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Brett Kavanaugh Will Provide 36-Year-Old High School Calendars to Back Up Sexual Assault Denial – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/brett-kavanaugh-will-provide-36-year-old-high-school-calendars-to-back-up-sexual-assault-denial/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— All Witnesses Deny Allegations Against Kavanaugh Ahead of Hearing – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/all-witnesses-deny-allegations-against-kavanaugh-ahead-of-hearing_2668991.html

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Senator Mazie Hirono (D-HI) Won’t Say Kavanaugh Has Presumption of Innocence, Questions His Credibility Because of His Views – SYDNEY MONDUY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that you are presumed to be “guilty as charged:” Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://ijr.com/2018/09/1125904-dem-senator-kavanaugh-innocent/

 

THE HILL
— Ex-college classmate accuses Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/408022-new-woman-accuses-kavanaugh-of-sexual-misconduct
— Groups plan mass walkout in support of Kavanaugh accuser – EMILY BIRNBAUM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who accuse me and those who support them.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408020-progressive-groups-plan-walkout-in-support-of-kavanaugh-accuser
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Republican Durbin says “Kavanaugh’s accuser is not being treated respectfully.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/407963-sen-durbin-kavanaughs-accuser-is-not-being-treated-respectfully

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Second Woman Accuses Brett Kavanaugh Of Sexual Misconduct In New Yorker Bombshell The Supreme Court nominee denied the latest allegation, calling it a “smear, plain and simple.” – Nick Visser
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/new-yorker-deborah-ramirez-brett-kavanaugh_us_5ba81e37e4b0375f8f9e41f5

 

POLITICO
— Second woman alleges assault by Kavanaugh – QUINT FORGEY
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/23/second-woman-assault-kavanaugh-837678

 

ABC NEWS
— 2nd woman accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/2nd-woman-accuses-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct-report/story?id=58031736

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Republicans wrestle with election impact of Kavanaugh controversy” and “Just six weeks from November’s elections, the allegation against Trump’s Supreme Court nominee is muddling the campaigns.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/republicans-wrestle-kavanaugh-impact-midterms-n912141

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Kavanaugh to Give Senate Calendars From 1982 to Back Up Denial – Peter Baker (DIERSEN: What were you doing 36 years ago? In 1982, I was working for GAO. I had a) become a licensed CPA in 1981, b) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980, e) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, f) got married an bought a home in Wheaton in 1978, g) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/23/us/politics/kavanaugh-senate-calendar.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ACCORDING TO ANTI-TRUMPS: Kavanaugh accuser Christine Blasey Ford moved 3,000 miles to reinvent her life. It wasn’t far enough. (DIERSEN: If you make a list of the biggest negatives in your life, what would it include? My list would include my Democrat GAO superiors’ success in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/christine-blasey-ford-wanted-to-flee-the-us-to-avoid-brett-kavanaugh-now-she-may-testify-against-him/2018/09/22/db942340-bdb1-11e8-8792-78719177250f_story.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Second woman accuses Brett Kavanaugh of sexual misconduct, claims he exposed himself to her at college party – KATE FELDMAN
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-news-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-misconduct-20180923-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Poll: Kavanaugh support hits record low amid sex assault claims – Marisa Schultz (DIERSEN: Who has worked the hardest to drive support for you down? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who have worked the hardest to drive support for me down. All of the aforesaid 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://nypost.com/2018/09/23/kavanaugh-support-hits-record-low-amid-sex-assault-claims-poll/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Why the Left Is Consumed With Hate Lacking worthy menaces to fight, it is driven to find a replacement for racism. Failing this, what is left? – Shelby Steele
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-the-left-is-consumed-with-hate-1537723198
— Lawyer for Kavanaugh’s Accuser Faces Tough Scrutiny Debra Katz has worked on women’s rights for decades, but the political, social and legal stakes in the Kavanaugh case raise the bar – Brent Kendall and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lawyer-for-kavanaughs-accuser-faces-tough-scrutiny-1537746608

 

WHEATON BUSINESS JOURNAL
— Juanita Broaddrick: Democrats were okay with putting ‘sexual predator/rapist‘ in White House
https://wheatonbusinessjournal.com/juanita-broaddrick-democrats-were-okay-with-putting-sexual-predator-rapist-in-white-house/25797/
— Vice President Mike Pence: Brett Kavanaugh is ‘man of integrity‘
https://wheatonbusinessjournal.com/vice-president-mike-pence-brett-kavanaugh-is-man-of-integrity/25799/

 

ATLANTIC
— Christine Blasey Ford and the Search for a Standard of Proof The Sunday shows were filled with commentary on the 51-year-old research psychologist’s expected testimony against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, but no one could quite define what a fair hearing should look like. – ANDREW KRAGIE
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/09/christine-blasey-ford-and-the-search-for-a-standard-of-proof/571063/

 

NEW YORKER
— Senate Democrats Investigate a New Allegation of Sexual Misconduct, from Brett Kavanaugh’s College Years – Ronan Farrow and Jane Mayer
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/senate-democrats-investigate-a-new-allegation-of-sexual-misconduct-from-the-supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaughs-college-years-deborah-ramirez

September 22 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Governor Bruce Rauner and First Lady Diana Rauner spoke at an outstanding brunch hosted by Women Working for Change at the Courthouse Square Entertainment Room in Wheaton Saturday, September 22, 2018. The 70+ attendees included Cherry, Fitch, Mathison, McNeily, Rutledge, Saake, R. Sanguinetti, Senger, and Suess. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

ABC7
— Ford’s lawyers say she accepts request to speak to Judiciary Committee next week, but details need to be worked out – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/fords-lawyers-say-she-accepts-request-to-speak-to-judiciary-committee-next-week/4312752/

 

NBC5
— Father Kalchik Removed Following Recent Flag Burning Controversy, Threats – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors removed me in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/father-kalchik-removed-following-recent-controversy-threats-sources-say-494047531.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was revealed just this week that a rainbow pride flag, that had hung in the church sanctuary, was burned outside the church 10 days ago. “There have been death threats against him and even his elderly parents, and lots of threats of vandalism to the Church,” the primary source said. That source believes it’s best Kalchik is removed for his safety. As of Saturday evening, the Archdiocese has not responded to NBC 5’s request for a comment on Kalchik’s removal.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Flag-burning priest removed from Avondale parish by Cardinal Cupich – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors removed me in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/flag-burning-priest-removed-from-avondale-parish-by-cardinal-cupich/
— More uncertainty as Kavanaugh accuser agrees to talk to Senate – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/after-uncertainty-more-brett-kavanaugh-accuser-christine-blasey-ford-agrees-talk-us-senate/
— In first debate, gov candidates focused on zingers, not issues – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-bruce-rauner-governor-debate-election/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— White House distances itself from reports that Trump could target Facebook, Google and Twitter with a new executive order – Tony Romm, Josh Dawsey
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-white-house-trump-facebook-google-twitter-executive-order-20180922-story.html
— Trump administration seeks to limit access to U.S. for immigrants who use or are likely to use public assistance – Nick Miroff
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-administration-immigrants-public-assistance-20180922-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cadre of GOP insiders getting big salaries at Illinois tollway – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me like I was part of a plot to stop them from hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. They knew that my wife had helped elect Jim Thompson. They were fully aware of the arguments that Thompson and Jim Edgar made in Rutan that government employers should be allowed to engage in political affiliation discrimination (SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html).)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180922/cadre-of-gop-insiders-getting-big-salaries-at-illinois-tollway
(FROM THE ARTICLE: All six positions are Rutan-exempt, meaning it’s allowable to hire someone with political affiliations. The term stems from a lawsuit filed against former Republican Gov. James Thompson over political hiring. The tollway has a history of hiring and awarding contracts to political insiders under Democratic and Republican governors. Former Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, imprisoned on corruption charges, was charged with strong-arming a construction company for donations and taking contributions from a contractor. State Rep. Jeanne Ives, a conservative Republican from Wheaton, has criticized the hiring of Gorman and Durkin. Of the other staffers, Ives said it’s reasonable for leadership to want “people who are aligned with you politically and you see eye-to-eye with. But it has to be disappointing to folks who’ve worked at the tollway a long time and have more institutional knowledge not to be given the opportunity.”)
— Elgin police officers complain about diversity consultant’s Facebook posts – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180921/elgin-police-officers-complain-about-diversity-consultants-facebook-posts
— Alec Baldwin said it’s ‘agony’ to be Trump on ‘SNL,’ but it looks as if he will be back anyway – Bethonie Butler
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20180922/alec-baldwin-said-its-agony-to-be-trump-on-snl-but-it-looks-as-if-he-will-be-back-anyway

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lots of sound, not much light in governor debate – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20180922/statehouse-insider-lots-of-sound-not-much-light-in-governor-debate

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats move Kavanaugh nomination into bizarro male-bashing land (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from women, Democrats promote hated of men.)
http://www.gopusa.com/democrats-move-kavanaugh-nomination-into-bizarro-male-bashing-land/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why California’s Republican John Cox looks increasingly likely to win the governorship – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/09/why_californias_republican_john_cox_looks_increasingly_likely_to_win.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Agencies Probe Deep State Subversives After Video Stings – R. Cort Kirkwood (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government viewed their employees who were Republican, and especially those like me who were White, male, and/or non-veteran, as being subversives. They saw us as subverting their efforts to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30144-agencies-probe-deep-state-subversives-after-video-stings

 

THE HILL
— Kavanaugh accuser agrees to testify next week – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407925-kavanaugh-accuser-agrees-to-testify-next-week

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Administration Aims to Sharply Restrict New Green Cards for Those on Public Aid – Michael D. Shear and Emily Baumgaertner
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/22/us/politics/immigrants-green-card-public-aid.html

 

CNN
— Reagan’s daughter defends Kavanaugh’s accuser
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/09/22/ronald-reagan-patti-davis-sexual-assault-accuser-kavanaugh-new-day-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump may push antitrust probe into Google, Facebook – Eileen AJ Connelly
https://nypost.com/2018/09/22/trump-may-push-antitrust-probe-into-google-facebook/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration seeks to limit access to U.S. for immigrants who use or are likely to use public assistance – Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-seeks-to-limit-access-to-us-for-immigrants-who-use-or-are-likely-to-use-public-assistance/2018/09/22/c5a43012-bd06-11e8-be70-52bd11fe18af_story.html

September 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Rauner calls out J.B. Pritzker days before 1st debate on Thursday – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-calls-out-pritzker-days-before-1st-debate/4278777/
— Attorney general candidates Harold, Raoul & Harsy square off in first forum – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/attorney-general-candidates-square-off-in-first-forum/4279085/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Wheaton College reaches settlement with ex-football player in hazing – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/college-reaches-settlement-with-ex-football-player-in-hazing

 

WGN TV
— Illinois attorney general candidates clash over ads during first debate – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/09/18/illinois-attorney-general-candidates-clash-over-ads-during-first-ever-debate/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner says assault allegations against Brett Kavanaugh ‘should disqualify him’ if founded – Mike Riopell and Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-republicans-rauner-roskam-weigh-in-brett-kavanaugh-20180918-story.html
— Who benefits by bringing up Brett Kavanaugh’s high school history? – Michael W. Drwiega, Wilmette
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-brett-kavanaugh-high-school-assault-20180918-story.html
— Trump says he feels ‘terribly’ for Kavanaugh as Dems, GOP fight over who should testify – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-brett-kavanaugh-blasey-ford-hearing-20180918-story.html
— Illinois attorney general candidates defend their TV attack ads in first meeting – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-attorney-general-meeting-defend-attack-ads-20180918-story.html
— Rauner nets endorsement from business groups, assails J.B. Pritzker on tax plan – Mike Riopell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-endorsements-20180918-story.html
— Feinstein’s handling of Kavanaugh accusation has made our politics even uglier – Jonah Goldberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-goldberg-jonah-brett-kavanaugh-0919-story.html
— Kavanaugh and Ford: High school’s long reach – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-kavanaugh-ford-metoo-court-20180918-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Business groups put weight behind Rauner – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bruce-rauner-business-friendly-agenda-tariff-wars/
— Attorney General candidates spar over same-sex adoption, campaign ads – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/kwame-raoul-erika-harold-gay-adoption-ad-illinois-attorney-general-editorial-board/
— You can’t stop candidates from running for office – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/chicago-mayoral-candidates-election/
— Playing fast and loose with the facts in the race for attorney general – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-attorney-general-erika-harold-kwame-raoul-ads-politifact-truth/

 

WLS AM
— Jeanne Ives – “All the politicians want to do right now is kick the can down the road”
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/09/18/jeanne-ives-all-the-politicians-want-to-do-right-now-is-kick-the-can-down-the-road/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Showdown hearing not yet set: Dems, GOP arguing on witnesses – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180918/showdown-hearing-not-yet-set-dems-gop-arguing-on-witnesses
— Anderson Cooper accuses Donald Trump Jr. of ‘tweeting lies’ with old hurricane photo – Antonia Noori Farzan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180918/anderson-cooper-accuses-donald-trump-jr-of-tweeting-lies-with-old-hurricane-photo

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Roskam touts tax reform, 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/

 

BEVERLY REVIEW
— William Kelly announces run for mayor – Kyle Garmes
http://www.beverlyreview.net/news/community_news/article_3648e90a-bb5b-11e8-bfd5-a7b0cf190798.html

 

WJOL
— Former Governor Edgar Won’t Endorse Governor Rauner – Evan Bredeson
https://www.wjol.com/former-governor-edgar-wont-endorse-governor-rauner/

 

WHEATON PATCH
— 2 Illinois Towns (Wheaton at No. 27 and Schaumburg at No. 34) Among Money’s ‘Best Places To Live In America’ Money says these Illinois towns “combine economic growth, affordability and quality of life.” – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/2-illinois-towns-among-moneys-best-places-live-america

 

UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Breaking Down The Chicago Mayoral Field
https://mailchi.mp/upstream-ideas/super-bowl-champ-burgess-owens-on-challenging-leftist-orthodoxy-251729?e=6f5c563571

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— State Senate Candidates’ Night – Part 1 – Taxing Retirement Income
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/17/state-senate-candidates-night-part-1-taxing-retirement-income/
— County Board Member Chuck Wheeler Holds Fundraiser
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/18/chuck-wheeler-hold-fundraiser/
— State Senate Candidates’ Night – Part 2 – Recreational Marijuana
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/09/18/state-senate-candidates-night-part-1-taxing-retirement-income-copy/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives claims Diana Rauner is in charge, not the governor
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/ives-claims-diana-rauner-is-in-charge-not-the-governor/
— Rauner: “Pritzker is a gun grabber of the first order”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/rauner-pritzker-is-a-gun-grabber-of-the-first-order/
— Rezin calls on Long to resign
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/unclear-on-the-concept-102/
— Edgar again scolds Rauner about the impasse
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/edgar-again-scolds-rauner-about-the-impasse/
— If you worked for Bruce Rauner, what message would you recommend he use to improve his image? (DIERSEN: Those who are members of Group A would advise Rauner to completely dump those who are members of Group B. Those who are 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and those who are members of Group B 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://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/question-of-the-day-2746/
— Rauner endorsed by business groups while Pritzker says he failed them
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/rauner-endorsed-by-business-groups-while-pritzker-says-he-failed-them/
— Speaker Madigan says he supports McDonald’s employees striking to protest sexual harassment
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/speaker-madigan-says-he-supports-mcdonald%e2%80%99s-employees-striking-to-protest-sexual-harassment/
— “That’s not the rich” (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who since 1966 have demonized me, have denigrated me, and have condemned me as being “rich.”)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/18/that%e2%80%99s-not-the-rich/

 

CONSERVATIVE WOMAN
— Presumed guilty – the sickening show trial of Brett Kavanaugh – Laura Perrins
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/presumed-guilty-the-sickening-show-trial-of-brett-kavanaugh/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— ‘Credibly Accused’ Is the New ‘Gravitas’ – BEN MARQUIS
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/credibly-accused-new-gravitas/

 

TOWNHALL
— No, One Accuser’s Uncorroborated, Distant Memory is Not Sufficient to Derail a Supreme Court Nomination – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/09/18/no-one-accusers-uncorroborated-memory-is-not-sufficient-to-derail-a-supreme-court-nomination-n2519834
— Another Delay Tactic: Dianne Feinstein is Now Demanding Dozens of Witnesses Testify Against Kavanaugh – Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who would testify against me. 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://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/09/18/dianne-feinstein-is-now-demanding-dozens-of-witnesses-testify-against-kavanaugh-n2520139
— Chuck Grassley Has Sent Multiple Requests to Brett Kavanaugh’s Accuser for Testimony, She Isn’t Responding – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/09/18/brett-kavanaughs-accuser-isnt-answering-phone-calls-from-chuck-grassley-to-testify-about-her-accusations-n2520092
— Trump Slams Democrats For Tactics on Kavanaugh: He Doesn’t Deserve This – Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: Who comes to your defense when you are attacked? I should write a book about those who since 2000 have attacked me at candidate fundraisers and at 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, etc. events. 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://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/09/18/trump-slams-democrats-for-tactics-on-kavanaugh-says-his-n2520223

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Double Standard for High-Profile Sexual-Misconduct Accusations – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, the more of the following that you are, the more guilty that you are of any accusation: 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://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/the-double-standard-for-high-profile-sexual-misconduct-accusations/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Feinstein blames GOP after Kavanaugh accuser stays mum, admits ‘I can’t say everything’s truthful’ – Gregg Re
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/09/18/feinstein-blames-gop-after-kavanaugh-accuser-stays-mum-admits-cant-say-everythings-truthful.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— ACCUSER’S FRIENDS REVEAL SHE’S DISCUSSED ENCOUNTER WITH KAVANAUGH IN THE PAST – Kevin Daley
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/18/ford-kavanaugh-witnesses/
— SOROS-BACKED ACTIVISTS SLIP CASH TO ANTI-KAVANAUGH PROTESTERS BEFORE ARRESTS – Peter Hasson and Joe Simonson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/18/soros-kavanaugh-protesters/
— NEW YORKER PROFILE OF SARAH SANDERS APPEARS TO MOCK HER CHRISTIAN FAITH – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/18/new-yorker-sarah-sanders-mocks-faith/

 

GOPUSA
— Joe Biden: ‘Dregs of society’ support Donald Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54851
— San Francisco residents pleading with thieves to spare their vehicles
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=54807
— John Kerry advises the mullahs on how to outwit the U.S.
http://www.gopusa.com/john-kerry-advises-the-mullahs-on-how-to-outwit-the-u-s/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Ruthlessly Destroy Brett Kavanaugh
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28758


THE HILL
— Kavanaugh’s ex-classmate tells senators he won’t testify – MICHAEL BURKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/407296-kavanaughs-classmate-tells-senators-he-wont-testify?rnd=1537303178

 

POLITICO
— When 11 men interrogate: GOP tries to head off Kavanaugh debacle The specter of Anita Hill looms over next week’s hearing on Christine Blasey Ford’s sexual assault allegation. – BURGESS EVERETT and ELANA SCHOR
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/18/kavanaugh-hearing-senate-republicans-828601

 

CNN
— George W. Bush defends Kavanaugh as ‘a fine husband, father, and friend’
https://fox13now.com/2018/09/18/george-w-bush-defends-kavanaugh-as-a-fine-husband-father-and-friend/

 

ABC NEWS
— Senators united that Kavanaugh accuser should be heard; divided on how and where – ALI ROGIN
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/senators-united-kavanaugh-accuser-heard-divided/story?id=57916423
— ACLU: Facebook allows gender-biased job ads on its platform – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, because anti-Trumps are making people ever-increasingly more and more and more anti-Trump, employers ever-increasingly only want to hire people who are anti-Trump. Overwhelmingly, people who are anti-Trump are also 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://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory/aclu-facebook-gender-discrimination-ads-57905828

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Christine Blasey Ford Wants F.B.I. to Investigate Kavanaugh Before She Testifies – Sheryl Gay Stolberg, Nicholas Fandos and Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/18/us/politics/christine-blasey-ford-kavanaugh-senate-hearing.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats don’t want a fair Kavanaugh hearing — they want a circus – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2018/09/18/democrats-dont-want-a-fair-kavanaugh-hearing-they-want-a-circus/
— Man said to be in room during alleged Kavanaugh attack refusing to testify – Kate Sheehy
https://nypost.com/2018/09/18/man-said-to-be-in-room-during-alleged-kavanaugh-attack-refusing-to-testify/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Men (only) at work: Job ads for construction workers and truck drivers on Facebook discriminated on gender, ACLU alleges – Elizabeth Dwoskin (DIERSEN: From what I see, because anti-Trumps are making people ever-increasingly more and more and more anti-Trump, employers ever-increasingly only want to hire people who are anti-Trump. Overwhelmingly, people who are anti-Trump are also 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.washingtonpost.com/technology/2018/09/18/employers-are-using-facebook-target-job-ads-police-officers-truck-drivers-sports-store-clerks-exclusively-men/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Justice Department Has Ordered Key Chinese State Media Firms to Register as Foreign Agents – Kate O’Keeffe and Aruna Viswanatha (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream media acts like it is a foreign agent that should be registered.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/justice-department-has-ordered-key-chinese-state-media-firms-to-register-as-foreign-agents-1537296756

 

NATIONAL JOURNAL
— The Five Stages of Political Grief Here are the telltale signs that prove a campaign is losing, badly. – Josh Kraushaar (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have blamed me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nationaljournal.com/s/672603?unlock=31LVEUDF5EKI7S00

 

COSMOPOLITAN
— A Man Who Has Been Credibly Accused of Sexual Assault Should Not Make Decisions About Women’s Bodies Christine Blasey Ford’s allegations against Brett Kavanaugh make it even clearer that he should not serve on the Supreme Court. – DAWN LAGUENS
https://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a23304662/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-abortion-scotus/