October 25 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Voting Machines in Ill, Ind. Need Upgrading: Report Illinois and Indiana are among the 43 states with outdated equipment, the report said – Katie Kim
https://www.nbcchicago.com/investigations/Voting-Machines-in-Ill-Ind-Need-Upgrading-Report-498446811.html

 

WGN TV
— Tight race in Illinois’ 6th Congressional District may decide control of the House – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/24/tight-race-in-illinois-6th-congressional-district-may-decide-control-of-the-house/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Health Care Vote a Pre-Existing Condition for Illinois GOP Congressman Roskam’s attempts to repeal the ACA while refusing to hold town halls with constituents hasn’t sat well with a number of conservative and independent voters in the 6th Congressional District.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Illinois-6th-Congressional-District-Peter-Roskam-Sean-Casten-496778711.html

 

CBS2
— Mendoza: Public Servant, Double-Dipper Or Both? – Derrick Blakley (DIERSEN: Are/were you a double-dipper? My critics/opponents would stress that I earned both Civil Service Retirement System credits AND Social Security credits a) 1966-1969 while I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office and b) 1971-1972 while I worked for IRS full-time and for the Chicago Heights Firestone Store part-time.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/10/24/medoza-double-dipping-public-servant-or-both/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use “migrant caravans” to promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and especially against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-migrant-caravan-trump-terrorist-rex-huppke-20181023-story.html
— How sex columnist Dan Savage became an issue in a suburban congressional race
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-20181023-story.html
— My high school years of white privilege – John McDermott (DIERSEN: Are you a racist? Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn all Whites as being racists who should be gotten rid of. Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites especially demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites who fail/refuse to declare themselves to be racists as being especially racist.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-america-to-me-docuseries-oak-park-river-forest-high-school-1025-story.html
— Polygamy persists across Africa, to activists’ dismay – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-af–africa-polygamy-20181024-story.html
— As fertility rate sags, fingers pointed Ariana Eunjung Cha (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats do everything that they can a) to promote LGBTQ activity, that is, to destroy traditional marriage and traditional family and b) to promote abortion, that is, to promote promiscuity.)
— With Sterigenics under fire, chemical industry support of Republican Peter Roskam at issue in fiercely contested race – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-peter-roskam-chemical-industry-sterigenics-20181022-story,amp.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTINGLY, OUTRAGEOUSLY, AND TRAGICALLY, pot pushers push pot.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-marijuana-20181024-story,amp.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who send bombs to Democrats want to destroy Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/obamas-clintons-maxine-waters-robert-deniro-cnn-donald-trump-wasserman-eric-holder-george-soros-bomber-crude-pipe-bomb-threat-suspicious-package-envelope-political-rhetoric/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats highlight what Obama said that encourages people a) to come to America illegally, b) to stay in America illegally, and c) to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181024/trump-touted-obamas-2005-remarks-on-immigration-heres-what-obama-actually-said
— Hanson stays on Democratic county ballot after Lauzen appointee loses lawsuit – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181024/hanson-stays-on-democratic-county-ballot-after-lauzen-appointee-loses-lawsuit
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage women to hate men, and especially to hate men who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181025/nows-the-time-for-gop-women-to-step-up
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who send bombs to Democrats want to destroy Republicans.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181024/editorial-hate-is-too-great-a-burden-to-bear
— Challenger brings supporters to Mazzochi’s office to refute ‘attack ad’- Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181024/challenger-brings-supporters-to-mazzochis-office-to-refute-attack-ad
— FRONT PAGE: New band shell, major redesign in store for Wheaton’s Memorial Park – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181025/new-band-shell-major-redesign-in-store-for-wheatons-oldest-park-

 

WBEZ
— Students Urge UIC To Keep Criminal Background Question Off Application – Kate McGee (DIERSEN: Where you live, take classes, work, etc., how many have criminal backgrounds?)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/students-urge-uic-to-keep-criminal-background-question-off-application/9edd60f3-bb6d-4a7b-8170-65ff75154ee7

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker video points to Rauner’s repeated use of a meaty word – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181024/bernard-schoenburg-pritzker-video-points-to-rauners-repeated-use-of-meaty-word

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Gutter politics – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-10-24/editorial-gutter-politics.html

 

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— 14th Congressional District candidate Underwood attends forum alone Invited in August, Hultgren could not find time to show up, campaign says – ED KOMENDA
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/10/24/14th-congressional-district-candidate-underwood-attends-forum-alone/a145gao/

 

WAUSAU DAILY HERALD
— ‘Like a rock concert’: Trump fans line up 24 hours ahead of MAGA rally in Mosinee – Laura Schulte
https://www.wausaudailyherald.com/story/news/2018/10/24/trump-rally-mosinee-draws-maga-fans-24-hours-advance/1749501002/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— For Illinois Governors, Political Experience Optional – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: I should write a book those who waste experience. They include my Democrat superiors in the federal government and RINO politicians in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. GAO audits IRS. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted the almost 9 years of IRS experience that I gained working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. RINO politicians wasted my IRS experience and the almost 18 years of GAO experience that I gained working for GAO, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, including the 3 years that I worked on audits of IRS and the almost 9 years that I worked on audits of federal financial industry regulators. Further, they wasted what I learned a) to pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt and b) to earn a bachelor’s degree in management, an MBA, a master’s degree in accounting, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/illinois-governors-political-experience-optional#stream/0
— The Race For Comptroller, Treasurer: The Story Of How One Office Became Two. It changed after a massive embezzlement scandal filled with fast moves, fancy cars and fraud. – SAM DUNKLAU
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/race-comptroller-treasurer-story-how-one-office-became-two#stream/0

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State Rep. TOM MORRISON vouches for child abuser; GRIFFIN’s midterm prediction – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their opponents, and their dupes would stress everything that I did to help elect Hastert and to reelect Hastert.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/10/25/state-rep-morrison-vouches-for-child-abuser-griffins-midterm-prediction-underwood-ramps-up-333807

 

ONE ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives say “RAUNER, ROSKAM BLOW ANTI-LGBTQ ‘DOG WHISTLE’ EQUALITY ILLINOIS SAYS IT’S NO COINCIDENCE RAUNER AD USES GAY MARRIAGE TO LINK PRITZKER, MADIGAN.”
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2018/10/24/rauner-roskam-blow-anti-lgbtq-dog-whistle

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Consolidation Opponents Showing Over $7,800 Available for Campaign – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/10/25/mchenry-township-consolidation-opponents-showing-over-7800-available-for-campaign/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Governor Rauner, Here’s The ‘Hail Mary’ Alternative I Hope You Will Consider – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/governor-rauner-heres-the-hail-mary-alternative-i-hope-you-will-consider-quicktake/

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— State Rep. Martwick, father made an estimated $6.4 million over past decade lowering clients’ property taxes, raising others’ (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want my home’s assessed valuation to be higher.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511610504-analysis-state-rep-martwick-father-made-an-estimated-6-4-million-over-past-decade-lowering-clients-property-taxes-raising-others

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Jim Dodge: Overtaxed voters need relief – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511607988-jim-dodge-overtaxed-voters-need-relief

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— America’s newspapers are vanishing, with Illinois losing more than most – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: I should write a book about everything that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have done and all the money that they have spent since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop you and everyone else from reading those emails. So far, they have only been able to end a) my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, b) my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service (twice), d) my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, and e) my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/america-s-newspapers-are-vanishing-with-illinois-losing-more-than/article_5675eaf2-d7d0-11e8-880a-e7a797fd0c48.html

 

GOPUSA
— GOP Congressman Steve Scalise shot by Sanders’ supporter last year makes call for civility
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57604
— Jeff Zucker, CNN president, blames White House rhetoric toward media after bomb threat
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57622

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Parents needed in fight against radical LGBT agenda in schools – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2018/10/24/parents-needed-in-fight-against-radical-lgbt-agenda-in-schools

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Go ahead, Christians, close borders: God won’t be angry – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD 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://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/oct/25/christians-can-indeed-close-borders-and-still-be-b/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Explosive Packages a False Flag? – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/explosive_packages_a_false_flag.html
— Democrats getting the politics of the caravan wrong – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/10/democrats_getting_the_politics_of_the_caravan_wrong.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— DEMOCRATIC LEADERS REJECT TRUMP’S CALL FOR UNITY AFTER BOMB SCARE – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/24/pelosi-schumer-trump-rhetoric-bomb/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Limbaugh: Were Bomb Threats A ‘False Flag’ Operation? “Would it make a lot of sense for a Democrat operative or Democrat-inculcated lunatic to do it?” – AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO
https://www.dailywire.com/news/37557/limbaugh-were-bomb-threats-false-flag-operation-amanda-prestigiacomo

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Must Keep a ‘Laser Focus’ on Lowering Drug Prices – Bryan Crabtree (DIERSEN: Even though my wife and I have expensive health care and Medicare, we still have lots of out-of-pocket prescription drug expenses. No longer being to deduct those costs makes them all the more painful.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/bryancrabtree/2018/10/25/trump-must-keep-a-laser-focus-on-lowering-drug-prices-n2531575

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/412853-racial-animus-moves-to-the-forefront-in-midterm-battle
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who send bombs to Democrats want to destroy Republicans.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/413043-the-memo-bomb-attacks-expose-festering-divisions
— Trump fights uphill GOP battle on pre-existing conditions
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/413021-trump-fights-uphill-gop-battle-on-pre-existing-conditions

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump decries ‘political violence’ after years of stoking it. The president cast himself as a uniter after bombs were sent to several top Democrats, infuriating critics and touching off an argument about America’s political discourse.” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who stoke hatred against those like me who support a) the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform and b) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/24/trump-political-violence-packages-936274

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Jamal Khashoggi’s Killing Has Resonated – Megan Specia (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians and fundraisers who a) treat me as being a journalist for some of their bad purposes and b) treat me as NOT being a journalist for some of their bad purposes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/world/middleeast/jamal-khashoggi-killing.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs always blame homelessness on Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/24/opinion/business-social-responsibility-proposition-c.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump promises to stop the migrant caravan and anti-Trumps say “But his administration struggles with how to do it.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-promises-to-stop-migrant-caravan-his-administration-struggles-with-how-to-do-it/2018/10/24/ecc1ebde-d7b5-11e8-aeb7-ddcad4a0a54e_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get votes from Blacks, Democrats promise to give Blacks preference over Whites, over Hispanics, over Asians, over etc. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-senate-success-democrats-must-regain-obama-era-black-support-1540397734
— Companies are failing to make progress in hiring, promoting women – Deepa Seetharaman and Emily Glazer (DIERSEN: Women should consider working for the federal government. The federal government promises to give women preference over men. It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gender-equality-stalls-in-corporate-america-despite-metoo-1540375203

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Worker pay gap widens for small businesses Large companies’ wage boosts squeezing them. – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: Few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes work/worked for large employers. I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/10/24/small-businesses-struggle-compete-larger-firms-raise-pay/1739263002/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Ex-IRS Criminal Investigator Alena Aleykina Sent to Prison for Tax Fraud, Theft – Charles S. Clark (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.)
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2018/10/ex-irs-criminal-sleuth-sent-prison-tax-fraud-theft/152266/

 

FED WEEK
— Pay, Benefits Not among Top Concerns of Federal Workforce Experts, Report Shows (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with employers who undercompensate their employees.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/pay-for-performance-not-federal-workforce-experts-report-shows/

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.