October 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker’s and Rauner’s $207M buys lots of TV, pals — caffè lattes and Munchkins – Tina Sfondeles and Tanveer Ali
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gov-race-rauner-pritzker-record-campaign-spending-analysis/
— Not paying close enough attention can haunt a governor – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents do not want anyone to pay any attention to anything in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-campaign-racial-bias-lawsuit/
— Elizabeth Warren’s DNA test shows the charade of basing identity on race – Mona Charen
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/elizabeth-warrens-dna-test-shows-the-charade-of-basing-identity-on-race/
— That angry left-wing mob? They’re on the ballot – Gene Lyons
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-angry-left-wing-mob-november-elections/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Come back to Rauner? Or let ‘Toilets’ Pritzker wear a sash while Boss Madigan rules Illinois? – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-illinois-kass-20181019-story.html
— Trump defends press freedom, then praises a press basher – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be conservative and/or Republican, but who a) bash me and b) praise Rich Miller and the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-president-trump-jamal-khashoggi-cpj-greg-gianforte-1021-20181019-story.html
— Silenced forever: An obituary for slain journalist Jamal Khashoggi – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-jamal-khashoggi-obituary-20181020-story.html
— Illinoisans are starting to realize: Things are better elsewhere – Louis Antonacci, Hampshire, Ill.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-letters-illinois-election-college-move-20181019-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Democrat outraising Republican rival in 58th House District race – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181019/democrat-outraising-republican-rival-in-58th-house-district-race-
— Candidates for secretary of state spar over spending – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181019/candidates-for-secretary-of-state-spar-over-spending–
— I fell for Facebook fake news. Here’s why millions of you did, too. – Geoffrey A. Fowler (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary articles are fake except for the news and commentary articles that they put out or bless.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181020/essay-i-fell-for-facebook-fake-news-heres-why-millions-of-you-did-too
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF CAPUTO: Caputo expected to be named interim president of COD – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181019/caputo-expected-to-be-named-interim-president-of-cod

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Controversy surrounds pay of Ford Heights school superintendent – Dane Placko
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/controversy-surrounds-pay-of-ford-heights-school-superintendent

 

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters use Arthur Jones to promote hatred against all Republicans. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Republican-haters demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being “extreme.”
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/19/a-closer-look-at-extreme-candidates-in-illinois/

 

WBEZ
— Rauner Appoints Mostly White Men To Illinois Boards, Cabinet – Dan Mihalopoulos (DIERSEN: QUESTION: According to the Democrats, what are the worst demographics to have? ANSWER: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich (except Pritzker), gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-appoints-mostly-white-men-to-illinois-boards-cabinet/6007bbe1-d7bf-47ac-a747-1d0a1d366951

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans object to Trump’s blaming Democrats for illegal immigration. In all fairness, Trump should also blame Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs for illegal immigration.
https://www.whig.com/article/20181019/AP/310199820#

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— State board recommends changes to teacher licensing – AP (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old. None of those who they subsequently promoted over me were licensed CPAs, but they were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger than me.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article220364045.html

 

WGIL
— RAUNER HELPS CUT RIBBON ON KNOX COUNTY BREWING COMPANY (DIERSEN: Those who promote booze have always worked against me.)
http://www.wgil.com/2018/10/19/rauner-helps-cut-ribbon-on-knox-county-brewing-company/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Madigan backs Costa Howard with $360,170
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511606186-report-madigan-backs-costa-howard-with-360-170
— Madigan backs Carrier with $240,866
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511606252-report-madigan-backs-carrier-with-240-866

 

GOPUSA
— Michael Savage nails it: Antifa-type thugs the ‘brownshirts’ of Democrats (DIERSEN: I should write a book about brownshirts who work for Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, RINOs, and other anti-Trumps. They leave nasty threatening messages on my answering machine.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57136

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Republicans keep getting violently attacked – Democrats should condemn this – Rep. Steve Scalise
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rep-steve-scalise-democrats-must-stand-up-to-violence-against-republicans

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democratic operative arrested in assault on GOP candidate’s campaign manager – AP (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the nastiest political operatives who work/worked for “Republican” candidates on ballots in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton since 2000? They are doing/have done tremendous damage to all Republicans.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/17/wilfred-michael-stark-arrested-assault-kristin-dav/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— GOP Women’s Group Attacking Trump Funded Solely by Male Democratic Donor Republican Women for Progress PAC active in New Jersey, Kentucky, and Michigan – Joe Schoffstall (DIERSEN: Which “Republican” women in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois take the lead in promoting hatred a) against your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain and b) against the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct? I should write a book about “Republican” women, their operatives, and their dupes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who take the lead in promoting hatred against me and against the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in my precinct.)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/gop-womens-group-attacking-trump-funded-solely-by-male-democratic-donor/

 

TOWNHALL
— Scalise Defends Trump After ‘Body Slam’ Comment – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2018/10/19/scalise-defends-trump-after-body-slam-comment-n2530166
— The Party Of Man-Haters – Ilana Mercer (DIERSEN: Which “Republican” women in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois take the lead in promoting hatred against men? I should write a book about “Republican” women, their operatives, and their dupes in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who take the lead in promoting hatred against men.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2018/10/19/the-party-of-manhaters-n2530054

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Calls for Violence Must Be Denounced – Ed Feulner (DIERSEN: While anti-Trump Republicans have not yet called for violence against me, they are doing more to stop me from learning about their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They are doing more to stop me from promoting their fundraisers and their other activities. They are doing more to stop me from attending their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They are doing more to stop me from reporting on their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They are doing more to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. They will leave messages on my phone answering machine that are even more threatening.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/19/the-calls-for-violence-must-be-denounced/

 

DAILY CALLER
— SCALISE DEFENDS TRUMP AFTER HE’S CRITICIZED FOR PRAISING GIANFORTE – Molly Prince
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/19/scalise-trump-gianforte-praise/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Rep. Scalise: Soros-Funded Radicals Have Overtaken The Democratic Party “This might be the kind of intimidation you would expect from a tyrannical dictator” – Paul Bois
https://www.dailywire.com/news/37364/scalise-soros-funded-radicals-have-overtaken-paul-bois

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— How Obama Treated Slain Journalists – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/how_obama_treated_slain_journalists.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Why the Media Couldn’t Care less About Khashoggi – Sebastian Gorka (DIERSEN: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest a) that I have never been a journalist, b) that I am not a journalist, and c) that I will never be a journalist. In the book, I would focus on the aforesaid who claim to be “conservative” and/or “Republican,” but who bar me from their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other events that are “closed to the media.”)
https://amgreatness.com/2018/10/20/why-the-media-couldnt-care-less-about-khashoggi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Secondly, he was not a journalist. At least not in any conventional sense of the word. Journalists have a beat. Journalists are accredited and cover news stories, from the local police blotter to the White House. Khashoggi was a newly minted U.S.-based commentator, an opinion piece writer, after having spent much of his life as a subject about which journalists write (he was a friend of the Osama bin Laden family and an activist for a decidedly dark cause). To call him a journalist would be just a wrong as calling me a journalist on account of the opinion pieces I write. So, ask yourself, why does the mainstream media complex almost exclusively refer to him as a journalist?)

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Can Anti-Trump Hatred Carry the House for Democrats? – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: Which Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct paint themselves as being the most anti-Trump?)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/10/19/can_anti-trump_hatred_carry_the_house_for_democrats__138402.html

 

THE HILL
— Scalise: Trump was ‘clearly ribbing’ Gianforte with remarks on body-slamming reporter – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/412298-scalise-trump-was-clearly-ribbing-gianforte-with-rally-comments

 

ROLL CALL
— Scalise Condemns Angry Mob — One Targeting Democrats This Time Majority whip calls Florida protesters’ actions the “wrong way” to confront Pelosi – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/scalise-condemns-angry-mob-not-one-targeting-republicans
— Scalise Defends Trump Joking About Gianforte Assaulting a Reporter Majority whip says Trump was ‘ribbing’ Gianforte, not asking his supporters to engage in violence – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/scalise-defends-trump-joking-about-gianforte-assaulting-a-reporter
— Day After Praising Assault on Reporter, Trump Attacks Democrats As ‘Angry Mob’ Trump posts video message to Twitter saying Democrats are ‘losing it,’ hopes for unity someday – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/day-after-praising-assault-on-reporter-trump-attacks-democrats-as-angry-mob

 

CNN
— What Donald Trump did Thursday night in Montana is really dangerous – Chris Cillizza (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trump Republican candidates, their operatives, and their dupes will use this to demonize me, to denigrate me, to condemn me, and to destroy me even more. They will do even more to stop me from learning about their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from promoting their fundraisers and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from attending their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from reporting on their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. They will leave messages on my phone answering machine that are even more threatening.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/10/19/politics/trump-montana-gianforte/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During a Thursday night campaign rally in Montana, Donald Trump, the President of the United States, praised a Republican Congressman for assaulting a reporter. Don’t believe me? Here’s the relevant passage on Rep. Greg Gianforte from Trump’s speech: “But Greg is smart. And by the way, never wrestle him. You understand that? Never. Any guy that can do a body slam, he’s my kind of … He was my guy.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Curse of Affirmative Action – Bret Stephens (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Grrens, and RINOS use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
By Bret Stephens
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/opinion/harvard-case-affirmative-action.html
— The Poison on Facebook and Twitter Is Still Spreading Social platforms have a responsibility to address misinformation as a systemic problem, instead of reacting to case after case. – Editorial (DIERSEN: According my critics/opponents all news and commentary is poison except for the new and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/opinion/facebook-twitter-journalism-misinformation.html
— Who’s Winning the Social Media Midterms? – KEVIN ROOSE and KEITH COLLINS
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/10/18/us/politics/social-election.html
— Republicans Find a Facebook Workaround: Their Own Apps – Natasha Singer and Nicholas Confessore
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/20/technology/politics-apps-conservative-republican.html
— Your Neighbor in an Adjacent ZIP Code May Pay Less for Car Insurance – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries that invite criminals to live in your zip code?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/your-money/car-insurance-neighbor-zip-code.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Harvard’s Admissions Process, Once Secret, Is Unveiled in Affirmative Action Trial – Anemona Hartocollis (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that college degrees are worthless unless they are from Ivy League universities and b) that therefore, my degrees from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/19/us/harvard-admissions-affirmative-action.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Nikki Haley joins a growing list of Trump officials who criticize Trump on their way out the door – Amber Phillips (DIERSEN: What do you say to operatives and to dupes who work for anti-Trump “Republican” candidates who punish me because I support Trump?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/19/nikki-haley-joins-growing-list-trump-officials-who-criticize-trump-their-way-out-door/
— Trump’s fixation on immigration reflects his belief that the midterms will be a base election – James Hohmann (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who reject the immigration plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) focus on destroying me because I support that plank.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2018/10/19/daily-202-trump-s-fixation-on-immigration-reflects-his-belief-that-the-midterms-will-be-a-base-election/5bc8c33c1b326b7c8a8d1a6c/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get votes from women, Blacks, Hispanics, Asians, younger people, anti-Protestants, anti-patriotic people, anti-American people, non-rich people, non-gun owners, anti-German American, illegal, recent immigrants, etc., Democrats promise to use government to get rid of those who are male, non-Black, non-Hispanic, non-Asian, older, Protestant, patriotic, American, rich people, gun owners, German American, citizens of America, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/19/french-hill-ad-why-republicans-are-never-going-be-successful-playing-race-card-win-black-voters/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Don’t Vote for a Uniform, Vote for a Candidate There’s a surge of military veterans running for office this year, potentially reversing a long downward trend. But their values are what’s most important, not the fact they served. – Stanley McChrystal, Jeff Eggers and Jason Mangone
https://www.wsj.com/articles/dont-vote-for-a-uniform-vote-for-a-candidate-1539964834

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Democrats Are Ending — and Maybe Reversing — the Once-Powerful Republican Midterm Turnout Advantage.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/10/democrats-are-ending-maybe-reversing-gops-turnout-edge.html

 

FORBES
— Federal Lawsuit Alleges Trump’s Threats Against The Press Are Unconstitutional – Steve Denning (DIERSEN: I should write a book about many threats that have been made against me since 2000 to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. I should sue those who made those threats.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevedenning/2018/10/20/federal-lawsuit-alleges-trumps-threats-against-the-press-are-unconstitutional/#6854ad1d795f

 

PBS
— Why health care has become a top issue for voters in deep red states (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance. Knowing that federal retirees and their spouses have lifetime membership in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) helped me endure the many negatives associated with being a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/why-health-care-has-become-a-top-issue-for-voters-in-deep-red-states

 

GUARDIAN
— The only thing worse than Trump’s attack on a journalist is its timing – Ross Barkan (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trump Republican candidates, their operatives, and their dupes will use this to demonize me, to denigrate me, to condemn me, and to destroy me even more. They will do even more to stop me from learning about their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from promoting their fundraisers and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from attending their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from reporting on their press conferences, their fundraisers, and their other activities. They will do even more to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. They will leave messages on my phone answering machine that are even more threatening.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/19/trump-mocking-attack-journalist-press-freedom

 

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Jamal Khashoggi, journalist who spoke truth to power, 1958-2018 Critic of Saudi repression who paid the price for falling out of favor – Ahmed Al Omran and Andrew England
https://www.ft.com/content/425833b0-d445-11e8-a854-33d6f82e62f8

 

LEGAL BEAGLE
— Can Voice Mails & Text Messages Be Used As Evidence in a Trial? – Beverly Bird (DIERSEN: Those who paint themselves as being nasty threatening operates and nasty threatening dupes for nasty threatening activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. should be advised that I save their nasty threatening phone messages and I reserve my right to use those nasty threatening messages against them and against those who they serve as operatives for and serve as dupes for.)
https://legalbeagle.com/5965180-can-messages-used-evidence-trial.html

 

ZILLOW
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https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447899_zpid/

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.