October 1 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pritzker gives campaign another $20 million, bringing him to $146.5 million in self-funding – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-cam-20180930-story,amp.html
— FBI interviews second Kavanaugh accuser; Yale friend remembers him as heavy drinker – AP (DIERSEN: If the FBI asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fbi-kavanaugh-investigation-20180929-story.html
— 8 habits of the most valuable employees – Marcel Schwantes (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. According to those Democrats, their most valuable employees are those who are Democrat, and especially those who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20181001/281908774081117

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FBI interviews Kavanaugh accuser; Yale friend remembers heavy drinker – AP (DIERSEN: If the FBI asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-fbi-interviews-accuser-yale-friend-remembers-heavy-drinker/
— Illinois Comptroller Republican nominee: Darlene Senger
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/darlene-senger-illinois-comptroller-republican-candidate-2018-general-election/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn men as being rapists.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/protecting-reproductive-rights-is-about-equity-economic-justice/
— FROM THE SENGER ARTICLE: “There is a push in Illinois to legalize marijuana, in part to increase state revenue. What is your view on that? Senger: I don’t support the idea of legalizing marijuana in order to pay for key government services.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/darlene-senger-illinois-comptroller-republican-candidate-2018-general-election/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF CASTEN AND ROSKAM: Roskam, Casten disagree on lifting payroll tax cap for Social Security – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181001/roskam-casten-disagree-on-lifting-payroll-tax-cap-for-social-security
— 10th District candidates dispute Trump’s assertion that news media are ‘enemies of the people’ – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181001/10th-district-candidates-dispute-trumps-assertion-that-news-media-are-enemies-of-the-people

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Governor Bruce Rauner is proud of his record on health care, though not everyone agrees with him – Dean Olsen
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20180930/governor-bruce-rauner-is-proud-of-his-record-on-health-care-though-not-everyone-agrees-with-him

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— More and more people are giving up on Illinois – Jim Dey (DIERSEN: What discourages you from giving up on Illinois? My ancestors have lived in northeast Illinois since 1844. I lived in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in Wheaton since 1978. I earned my grade school diploma, high school diploma, undergraduate degree, and three master’s degrees in northeast Illinois. I held jobs in northeast Illinois 1964-1997. My wife and I have lived in our home since 1984. My brother, my wife’s sister and brother, and her brother’s children and grandchildren live in northeast Illinois. etc.)
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-09-30/jim-dey-more-and-more-people-are-giving-illinois.html

 

BELLVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Yale classmate recalls Kavanaugh as frequent, heavy drinker – AP (DIERSEN: If the FBI asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say?)
https://www.bnd.com/news/nation-world/national/article219296020.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Conservative Take On Kavanaugh Hearing And Investigation
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/conservative-take-kavanaugh-hearing-and-investigation#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps Promote Matt Damon As A Sniffing, Shouting Brett Kavanaugh On ‘SNL’ Season Premiere
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/matt-damon-sniffing-shouting-brett-kavanaugh-snl-season-premiere#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— CUBS OWNERS are actively supporting Brett Kavanaugh through their 45Committee, a nonprofit headed by Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts. The group has spent $650,000 funding a one-minute TV ad that calls attention to Kavanaugh and his “honor, integrity and strong moral character.” The ad features female friends and former classmates of Kavanaugh’s, including Sara Fagan, a White House aide to former President George W. Bush, and podcaster Laura Cox Kaplan. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/illinoisplaybook

 

WIRE POINTS
— Latest Racist Phrases Teachers Taught To Avoid: ‘America Is a Melting Pot,’ ‘Where Are You From?’ ‘Why Are You So Quiet?’- Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/evanston-other-schools-reach-new-low-on-implicit-bias-microagression-and-equity/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— School funding formula could leave schools vulnerable to funding cuts – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511584050-school-funding-formula-could-leave-schools-vulnerable-to-funding-cuts

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— USDA says Illinois over-issued food stamps, may face significant fines – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/usda-says-illinois-over-issued-food-stamps-may-face-significant/article_02f08c50-c422-11e8-a5f3-4b474cacffd6.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WINNEBAGO COUNTY GOP HEADQUARTERS VANDALIZED BY KAVANAUGH OPPONENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/winnebago-county-gop-headquarters-vandalized-by-kavanaugh-opponents.html
— DUPED BY DIVERSITY: COLLEGES CORRUPT THEIR CURRICULUM TO SATISFY MODERN PROGRESSIVE SENSIBILITIES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/duped-by-diversity-colleges-corrupt-their-curriculum-to-satisfy-modern-progressive-sensibilities.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— New Rauner ad calls Pritzker “Mike Madigan’s puppet”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/01/new-rauner-ad-calls-pritzker-mike-madigans-puppet/

 

GOPUSA
— 10 lessons learned from the Kavanaugh hearings
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55799
— Voting machines subject to ‘staggering’ vulnerabilities
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55678

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘Where Is Your Integrity?’ Pirro Rips Dems for ‘Hypocrisy’ in Kavanaugh Hearing (DIERSEN: What percent of those who disqualify Kavanaugh because he drank booze in high school and in college a) drank lots of booze themselves, b) drink lots of booze themselves, c) want to drink lots of booze themselves, d) want to make lots of money selling booze themselves, and/or e) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze?)
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/30/brett-kavanaugh-hearing-judge-jeanine-opening-statement-pirro-rips-democrats

 

DAILY WIRE
— Ben Shapiro Details Senate Democrats’ Hypocrisy On Kavanaugh FBI Investigation – James Barrett (DIERSEN: What percent of those who disqualify Kavanaugh because he drank booze in high school and in college a) drank lots of booze themselves, b) drink lots of booze themselves, c) want to drink lots of booze themselves, d) want to make lots of money selling booze themselves, and/or e) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36518/ben-shapiro-details-senate-democrats-hypocrisy-james-barrett
— Two Former Classmates Of Brett Kavanaugh Claim He Is ‘Lying’ About Heavy Drinking In Youth – Frank Camp
https://www.dailywire.com/news/36515/two-former-classmates-brett-kavanaugh-claim-he-frank-camp

 

HOT AIR
— Kavanaugh And The Blackout Theory – SARAH HEPOLA (DIERSEN: What discourages you from drinking? For me, it has always been my being raised as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In addition, I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. In addition, I have seen far too many examples in which drinking has severely harmed people, is severely harming people, and will severely harm people. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) drank lots of booze, b) drink lots of booze, c) want to drink lots of booze, d) want to make lots of money selling booze, and/or e) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of booze.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/09/kavanaugh-blackout-theory/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— SEXUAL PREDATORS AND THEIR ACCOMPLICES GO AFTER KAVANAUGH From Hillary Clinton to George Soros. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271484/sexual-predators-and-their-accomplices-go-after-daniel-greenfield
— TWICE AS MANY ILLEGAL ALIENS IN US ACCORDING TO MIT The magnitude of the crisis is greater than has been reported. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271442/twice-many-illegal-aliens-us-according-mit-michael-cutler

 

BREITBART
— Public Blames Business for Illegal Migration – Neil Munro (DIERSEN: What percent of the employers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America a) prefer hiring citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America, b) prefer hiring anti-Trumps over Trump supporters, c) prefer hiring anti-Protestants over Protestants, d) prefer hiring anti-conservatives over conservatives, e) prefer hiring those who are anti-patriotic over those who are patriotic, f) prefer hiring anti-Republicans over Republicans, g) prefer hiring anti-Americans over Americans, h) prefer hiring anti-Whites over Whites, i) prefer hiring anti-males over males, j) prefer hiring those who are anti-older people over older people, k) prefer hiring those who are anti-rich people over rich people, l) prefer hiring those who are anti-gun owners over gun owners, m) prefer hiring those who are anti-German Americans over those who are German American, n) prefer hiring those who are anti-draft avoiders over those who are draft avoiders, and/or o) prefer hiring those who are anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time over those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/30/iowa-poll-shows-public-blames-business-for-illegal-migration/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— GOP Is Doomed, Part LXXVII: Kavanaugh Has Left House Majority ‘In Tatters’ – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/09/30/gop-doomed-part-lxxvii-kavanaugh-has-left-house-majority-tatters

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WEAK REPUBLICANS SURRENDER TO EVIL WOMEN Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson wonders why they repeatedly fall for this ruse
https://www.wnd.com/2018/09/weak-republicans-surrender-to-evil-women/

 

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— MIT & Yale Find Illegal Immigration Underestimated – Malcolm A. Kline
https://www.academia.org/mit-yale-find-illegal-immigration-underestimated/

 

DAILY CALLER
— FRIEND OF JULIE SWETNICK’S CASTS DOUBT ON CLAIMS SHE MADE IN 1994 LAWSUIT – Chuck Ross
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/30/friend-julie-swetnicks-doubt-1994-lawsuit/

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— How the GOP Became Trump’s Party – CHARLES J. SYKES (DIERSEN: Of course, someone could write a book about how the Illinois Republican Party became Rauner’s party.)
https://www.weeklystandard.com/charles-j-sykes/how-the-gop-became-trumps-party

 

THE HILL
— Why Kavanaugh case will kill Republicans in the midterms – DOUGLAS SCHOEN
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/409117-why-kavanaugh-case-will-kill-republicans-in-the-midterms
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump is tearing the racial fabric.”
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/409173-juan-williams-trump-is-tearing-the-racial-fabric

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois political parties key to purging sexual harassment
https://www.theolympian.com/news/business/article219268000.html

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “New questions emerge over FBI investigation of Kavanaugh.”
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/01/politics/white-house-kavanaugh-confirmation-postponement/index.html

 

CBS NEWS
— “Belligerent and aggressive”: Brett Kavanaugh’s Yale classmate says he was heavy drinker – AP (DIERSEN: If the FBI asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-friend-yale-university-charles-chad-ludington-letter-released-2018-09-30/
— Kavanaugh’s confirmation process is not supposed to work this way – MICHAEL GRAHAM (DIERSEN: The higher the government or political office that you seek/hold, the harder that your critics/opponents work to destroy you.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-kavanaughs-confirmation-process-is-not-supposed-to-work-this-way/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Judge Kavanaugh Is One Angry Man” and say “He’s shown us that he’s up for a fight,” and ask “can he rule dispassionately?” Who has worked the hardest to make you lose your temper? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to make me lose my temper. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/opinion/kavanaugh-supreme-court-senate-hearing.html
— Chad Ludington’s Statement on Kavanaugh’s Drinking and Senate Testimony (DIERSEN: If the FBI asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/us/politics/chad-ludington-statement-brett-kavanaugh.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that all men are rapists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/us/the-rules-of-the-workplace-then-and-now.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/opinion/assault-survivors-kavanaugh-trauma.html
— An anti-Trump says “Trump Can’t Win the War on Demography A proposed citizenship question on the 2020 census reveals the dependency between older white voters and America’s growing young minority population.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/opinion/trump-cant-win-the-war-on-demography.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use illegals to demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/01/opinion/migrant-children-tent-city-texas.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/30/us/migrant-children-tent-city-texas.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Can the FBI do its job with Kavanaugh?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/can-the-fbi-do-its-job-with-kavanaugh/2018/09/30/7b3a6582-c4f9-11e8-9b1c-a90f1daae309_story.html
— Fight over Kavanaugh intensifies amid confusion over limits of FBI sexual assault investigation – Mike DeBonis and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/administration-says-white-house-is-not-limiting-fbi-probe-of-kavanaugh-but-is-against-fishing-expedition/2018/09/30/aa7b796e-c4bb-11e8-b1ed-1d2d65b86d0c_story.html
— Fox News’s Jeanine Pirro calls the Kavanaugh saga a ‘crucifixion’ of a former altar boy – Kristine Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/09/30/fox-newss-jeanine-pirro-calls-kavanaugh-saga-crucifixion-former-altar-boy/

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Yale classmate accuses Brett Kavanaugh of ‘blatant mischaracterization’ of his drinking – Michael D. Shear and Robin Pogrebin (DIERSEN: If the FBI asked your kindergarten, grade school, high school, and college classmates and teachers about you, what would they say?)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2018/09/30/yale-friend-says-brett-kavanaugh-was-heavy-drinker/pR2dryAc0s1LrOLbd0sAHJ/story.html

 

DENVER POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who destroy the traditional family crow about their success in Colorado.
https://www.denverpost.com/2018/09/30/colorado-gay-transgender-candidates/

 

MIAMI HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want felons to vote.
https://www.miamiherald.com/news/politics-government/influencers/article219171925.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— WILLIE NELSON DEBUTS SONG AIMED AT TED CRUZ CALLED ‘VOTE ‘EM OUT’ AT BETO O’ROURKE RALLY – BRENDAN COLE
https://www.newsweek.com/willie-nelson-song-ted-cruz-vote-em-out-beto-orourke-rally-1145521

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/09/27/marijuana-stocks-investing-risks/1421068002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate the following promote hatred of the following: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/09/30/standing-up-hate-and-becoming-voice-change/1438617002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Feinstein’s ‘Temperament’ Gambit Democrats lobby the ABA to reopen its Kavanaugh evaluation. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who has worked the hardest to make you lose your temper? I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to make me lose my temper. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/feinsteins-temperament-gambit-1538337954
— This Is No Mere ‘Job Interview’ Even in the court of public opinion, basic fairness should preclude conviction without clear evidence. – Alan M. Dershowitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-is-no-mere-job-interview-1538313919
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that all men are rapists.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-complex-reasons-sexual-assaults-go-unreported-1538227801

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Kavanaugh to make women hate men.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-01/kavanaugh-battle-intensifies-historic-gender-gap-before-election
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-10-01/kavanaugh-hearing-draws-supreme-court-into-politics-it-disclaims

 

ATLANTIC
— How the Kavanaugh Allegations Are Rallying Conservatives Behind Trump – Seth Mandel
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/kavanaugh-allegations-drive-support-trump/571756/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump signed the 2019 NDAA, H.R. 5515, into law Aug. 13, which ushered through a series of new policy reforms, such as revamping the military’s “up or out” promotion system. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted “up or out” a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/trump-signs-defense-spending-bill-into-law-1.549542

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.