October 26 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Suspect detained in Florida in connection with suspected explosive devices – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/suspect-detained-in-fla-in-connection-with-suspected-explosive-devices/4558625/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner, Chicago community leaders talk crime prevention
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/rauner-chicago-community-leaders-talk-crime-prevention

 

WGN TV
— Did nephew of Harvey mayor get special treatment in DUI case? – BEN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/25/did-nephew-of-suburban-mayor-get-special-treatment-in-dui-case/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Man arrested in Florida in connection with mail-bomb scare targeting Trump critics, official says – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-suspicious-package-pipe-bomb-20181026-story.html
— Villa v. Khouri: Taxes big issue in race for 49th District seat in General Assembly – David Sharos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-49th-district-preview-st-1025-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The 14th Congressional District has been a Republican bastion for years.” and ask “Is 2018 the year it turns blue?”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-14-hultgren-underwood-campaign-20181025-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Chemical industry bought TV ads to thank Rep. Peter Roskam just before Sterigenics became hot issue.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-peter-roskam-chemical-industry-sterigenics-20181022-story.html
— In this time of immense fear, how to find your purpose – Mary Schmich (DIERSEN: What is your purpose? My purpose is to defend and advance a) all 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. My critics’/opponents’ purpose is to stop me from doing the aforesaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/schmich/ct-met-schmich-time-of-purpose-20181025-story.html
— More businesses giving employees paid time off to encourage voter turnout on Election Day – Robert Channick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-paid-time-off-election-day-20181025-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “Tax on high-end real estate could help people at other end have a place to live.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/brown-real-estate-transfer-tax-homelessness/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame guns for gun violence, not those who use guns to commit violence.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gun-violence-chicago-federal-laws/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tollway leaders spar over spending as expansion is planned – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181025/tollway-leaders-spar-over-spending-as-expansion-is-planned
— Morrison retracts letter supporting pastor convicted of physically abusing kids – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181025/morrison-retracts-letter-supporting-pastor-convicted-of-physically-abusing-kids
— Daily Herald editors discuss First Amendment – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: The Daily Herald should publish an article on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who work the hardest a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181025/daily-herald-editors-discuss-first-amendment
— Costa Howard questions Breen’s votes on gun-control bills – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181026/costa-howard-questions-breens-votes-on-gun-controll-bills
— Secretary of State candidates disagree over Real ID compliance – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181026/secretary-of-state-candidates-disagree-over-real-id-compliance

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— A half-million Chicago-area homeowners lose under new tax law, report claims A study lays out who is worse off under the GOP’s caps on state and local deductions, but U.S. Rep. Roskam says the authors excluded the good stuff in the law. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Government should encourage marriage and home ownership. Too many of those around Roskam want to punish me because I have repeatedly asked Roskam in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly. To punish me, too many of those around Roskam a) dismiss/belittle/badmouth what I have done to help elect and reelect Roskam since 2000, b) refuse to include diersen@aol.com on Roskam’s press advisory list, c) attempt to bar me from his press conferences, d) bar me from attending his fundraisers, and e) bar me from reporting on his fundraisers. Too many of those around Roskam believe that the more that they punish me, the more votes that Roskam will get. Too many of those around Roskam want him to give preference to those who are unmarried and/or renters.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/half-million-chicago-area-homeowners-lose-under-new-tax-law-report-claims

 

WBEZ
— Rauner: ‘Very Proud’ Of Minority Appointees To Cabinet, State Boards – Dan Mihalopoulos (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were “very proud” of their success in a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) making way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/rauner-very-proud-of-minority-appointees-to-cabinet-state-boards/5307fbf7-5b30-41c4-8a62-21c1b2446f01
— Cook County Board Targets Other Hospitals To Provide More Free Care – Kristen Schorsch (DIERSEN: How much pressure are the hospitals near you under to provide “more free care?”)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/cook-county-board-targets-other-hospitals-to-provide-more-free-care/3d16626e-7243-477a-aca9-0da24c455f17

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hate Trumps “base.” Members of Trump’s base are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. According to Democrats, you are “rich” if you are not on welfare.
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/10/26/trump-sending-troops-to-border-an-issue-that-fires-up-base/attop96/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— VERY SAD: Gender Spectrum Rally
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/photos-gender-spectrum-rally/collection_5384e597-36a0-516a-8711-0b766f88ad7b.html#1

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— How much interest is there in the election? Early voting numbers tell the story – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article220608305.html

 

TIMES
— Long says political opponent defamed him in ad Streator Republican is asking for $50K in damages – Derek Barichello (DIERSEN: I should sue those who have defamed me. They knowingly make false statements about me with malice a) to get me to stop putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to get people to stop reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/10/25/long-says-political-opponent-defamed-him-in-ad/ahd8dr6/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Breaks Campaign Finance Record, Annoys Illinois With $80 Million Of Ads
https://www.npr.org/2018/10/25/660403482/pritzker-breaks-campaign-finance-record-annoys-illinois-with-80-million-of-ads
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/hell-no-memo-illinois-trans-intersex-activist-organizes-rally#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, pedophiles, sexual harassers, rapists, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/what-year-woman-looks-illinois#stream/0

 

KSUK
— Can media organizations refuse to air certain political ads? Many viewers actually called 5 On Your Side asking us to take the ad off the air, but is that even possible? – Chris Davis
https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/politics/verify-can-media-organizations-refuse-to-air-certain-political-ads/63-607824175

 

WAND TV
— Murphysboro preparing for President Trump visit
http://www.wandtv.com/story/39365512/murphysboro-preparing-for-president-trump-visit

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— TOM MORRISON: ‘I made a grave error’ — ERIKA HAROLD won’t say if she voted for TRUMP
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/10/26/morrison-i-made-a-grave-error-harold-wont-say-if-she-voted-for-trump-emanuel-hands-out-100k-334843

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Governor Rauner ordered to turn over FOIA “Guidelines” – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/10/governor-rauner-ordered-to-turn-over-foia-guidelines/

 

WIRE POINTS
— What Pritzker’s progressive tax rates will probably look like – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: What about taxing retirement income? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want Illinois to tax a) my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my Social Security, and my RMD which starts next year and b) my wife’s Social Security and her RMD which starts in 2021.)
http://www.wirepoints.com/what-pritzkers-progressive-tax-rates-will-probably-look-like-wirepoints-special-report/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Khouri slams ‘repulsive mailer,’ calls on Villa to discuss relevant issues – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511609395-khouri-slams-repulsive-mailer-calls-on-villa-to-discuss-relevant-issues

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘IT’S AN INVASION,’ BORDER PATROL UNION CHIEF RESPONDS TO MIGRANT CARAVAN – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/25/migrant-caravan-border-patrol-brandon-judd/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Congressional Hopeful Sean Casten Inspired by Obscene Hatemonger Dan Savage – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/10/congressional-hopeful-sean-casten-admires-obscene-hatemonger-dan-savage/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LETTER TO EDITOR: HOLDING MY NOSE, I’M VOTING FOR RAUNER
https://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/letter-to-editor-holding-my-nose-im-voting-for-rauner.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— These “HELP MIKE MADIGAN VOTE DEMOCRAT” signs started popping up up and down Eola Rd… paid for by the Naperville Township Republicans.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/26/sign-of-the-times-6/
— Rauner campaign produces another video featuring Gov. and Mrs. Rauner
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/26/rauner-campaign-produces-another-video-featuring-gov-and-mrs-rauner/

 

GOPUSA
— Media and the Incessant Drumbeat Blaming Trump for Bombs – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57736

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Suburban Republicans struggling to survive Trump – David M. Drucker (DIERSEN: Too many of those around Roskam want Roskam to run as an anti-Trump. Of course, because I support Trump and because many opinion leaders in Roskam’s congressional district read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, too many of those around Roskam want Roskam to dump me completely.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/suburban-republicans-struggling-to-survive-trump
(FROM THE ARTICLE: BARTLETT, Ill. — The Republican Party is on the ropes in America’s upscale suburbs, usually friendly territory that is poised to rebuke President Trump and deliver the House majority to the Democrats, in the final days of a volatile fall campaign. In suburban Chicago, Rep. Peter Roskam is battling to survive amid political headwinds Republicans last experienced in the late 2000s with dual blue waves that booted the GOP from power in Congress and elevated Illinois Democrat Barack Obama to the White House. Roskam always beat the odds, overcoming challenges more daunting than his Democratic opponent this year, businessman Sean Casten. None of these hurdles were Trump. In galvanizing a loyal coalition of conservative populists that won an unlikely 2016 victory simultaneously drove moderate Republican women and independents in the suburbs into the arms of the Democrats, putting the House in play and the GOP majority in serious jeopardy. In Roskam’s district, Democrat Hillary Clinton defeated Trump by 7 points; similar results played out in nearly two-dozen traditionally Republican seats. “I’ve said early on in this presidency that the president should stop tweeting; just throw the Twitter feed away and there’s really nothing good I’ve seen that has happened as a result,” Roskam said Wednesday in an interview with the Washington Examiner, after a campaign swing through the 6th Congressional District. “When it’s been appropriate for me to stand up to the administration, I’ve done that, and I’ve been vocal.” Putting an “independent check” on Trump is a big theme of the Casten campaign. This is “something that Peter Roskam has failed to do as he’s voted with Trump 94 percent of the time,” Casten spokesman Greg Bales said. Casten declined a request for an interview. The Trump revolt in suburbia is fueling the Democratic Party just down the road in the neighboring 14th Congressional District, a roughly half-rural, half-suburban seat drawn to protect Republican incumbents and that voted for the president over Clinton by nearly 4 points. Republican Rep. Randy Hultgren is in measurably better shape than Roskam, according to the available polling data and the analysis of party insiders on both sides of the aisle. But the congressman’s dynamic Democratic challenger, Obama administration veteran Lauren Underwood, an African-American woman, is forcing Hultgren to fight for a fifth term. The rise of quality Democratic candidates in usually sleepy GOP districts like the 14th is a key component of what House Republicans are spread so thin as they labor to defend their 23-seat majority. Early Thursday morning, more than two-dozen Underwood supporters packed a meeting room at a local community college for a round table on climate change and the environment. This sort of fresh energy in GOP districts on the margins of competitiveness is boosting Democratic prospects, putting even more pressure on Republican incumbents in battleground districts that are on the frontlines of the Democrats’ assault. “You are finding a lot of women, in particular, that are motivated and angry and upset and are actually taking that next step to actually get involved, not only through traditional routes in terms of the county party structures or the county parties, but also just kind of forming their own pop-up groups,” said Kristina Zahorik, chairwoman of the Democratic Party in McHenry County, in the 14th District. “In previous cycles, we didn’t see that,” Zahorik added. Democrats less than two weeks before Election Day are maintaining a generic ballot lead of between 7 and 8 points, just enough for them to win the House but not enough to guarantee victory. Some Republicans, though still in danger, have seen their numbers improve as GOP enthusiasm has ticked up in the aftermath of the explosive confirmation of Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh. Roskam, hard-working and battle-tested, is beginning to feel a change in the tide that the sixth-term congressman said reminds him of past hard-fought finishes in tough environments. On Wednesday, a relaxed Roskam accepted the endorsement of a local chamber of commerce before assembled dignitaries and employees at an automotive repair shop in Crystal Lake, a leafy community of 40,000 in his district, as he talked up tax reform and its impact on the economy. The $1.3 trillion tax overhaul has been a tough sell in affluent blue-state suburbs, as voters calculate the loss of the federal deduction for state and local taxes. Roskam, as member of the House tax-writing committee, has come under fire for the legislation in some quarters. But signs of pressure were nonexistent as he traversed the district, asking voters to talk about how the law improved their finances. The Roskam campaign is hitting Casten for supporting a hike in the gas tax, an issue that could offset blowback for his support of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. Backng a gas tax is a curious position in an area where voters are so dependent on their automobiles for transportation. Roskam said his opposition is “common sense,” an approach that he believes has helped him weather past storms, and will do so again. “I love campaigns like this — because campaigns like this are about worldview. This is not donkeys and elephants; it’s not shirts and skins, it’s about how do we view the economy ultimately,” Roskam said as he accepted the chamber endorsement.)

 

FOX NEWS
— Progressives are using migrant caravan for twisted political game before midterm elections – Nick Adams
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/progressives-want-to-use-migrant-caravan-to-make-trump-and-gop-look-bad-before-midterm-elections

 

NEWSMAX
— Customs: 14,000 Illegals From Dangerous Countries Caught Entering U.S. A Central American migrant caravan passes through Tapachula, Mexico on Tuesday en route to the United States. – David A. Patten
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/customs-border-caravan-iran-terrorism/2018/10/25/id/888014/

 

HOT AIR
— US Military To Deploy To Southern Border To Confront Caravan – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/10/25/breaking-us-military-deploy-southern-border-confront-caravan/

 

BREITBART
— Organizer Admits Caravan Is a ‘Mass Exodus’ from Central America to U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/25/organizer-admits-caravan-is-a-mass-exodus-from-central-america-to-u-s/
— President Trump May Take Extraordinary Action Against Caravan and Migrants, Say Media Reports
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/25/media-reports-trump-may-take-extraordinary-action-against-caravan-and-migrants/
— Caravan Organizer: ‘White Voters’ in U.S. Concerned with Mass Immigration Not Our Problem – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/25/caravan-organizer-white-voters-in-u-s-concerned-with-mass-immigration-not-our-problem/
— Border Patrol Council Chief: Army Cannot Stop Caravan – Only Wall, Laws, or Facilities – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/10/25/border-patrol-army-stop-caravan-wall-laws-facilities/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Lefty SPLC, Soros Foundations Build Coalition to Ban ‘Hate Speech’ Online – Corinne Weaver (DIERSEN: Those who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me side with SPLC and side with Soros. I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2018/10/25/lefty-splc-soros-foundations-build-coalition-ban-hate

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— We Are All Proud Boys Now – Gavin Wax
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/we_are_all_proud_boys_now.html

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Hispanics Flip the Script When Univision Asks About Honduran Caravan – BENJAMIN ARIE
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/hispanics-flip-script-caravan/

 

POLITICO
— Trump rejects blame for bomb scare, suggests double standard – CAITLIN OPRYSKO (DIERSEN: Which activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and operatives and dupes for the aforesaid in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois blame Trump and blame his supporters the most for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on those around Roskam who blame Trump and who blame Trump supporters like me for Roskam’s problems.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/26/trump-bomb-scare-cnn-942320
— Trump Jr. praises black conservatives at D.C. gathering – ALEX THOMPSON
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/25/donald-trump-jr-black-conservatives-942157
— White House prepares executive order to block caravan migrants
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/25/migrants-caravan-white-house-executive-order-941993

 

NBC NEWS
— Civil rights groups call for tech firms to crack down on hate groups Tech companies have begun to block hate groups but some executives have publicly grappled with whether they should determine who can speak or make money online. – David Ingram (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, “tech firms” will get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/civil-rights-groups-call-tech-firms-crack-down-hate-groups-n924321

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Anti-Trumps say: “Trump, Partisan and Pugilist, Abandons Calls for Unity After Bomb Scares.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/us/politics/trump-attacks-media-bombs.html
— The Great Lawn Sign War of 2018 – Jennine Capó Crucet (DIERSEN: If you display a lawn sign for a Democrat, you shout not only that you are anti-Trump, but that you 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.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/opinion/sunday/nebraska-senate-race-2018.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and Trump’s supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/opinion/america-nationalism-diversity-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/opinion/trump-republican-hate.html
— What to Expect if Democrats Flip the House – Carl Hulse (DIERSEN: Democrats have made it very clear that they want to use government to get rid individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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/2018/10/25/us/politics/house-of-representatives-midterm-elections.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Google Protected Andy Rubin, the ‘Father of Android’ The internet giant paid Mr. Rubin $90 million and praised him, while keeping silent about a misconduct claim. – Daisuke Wakabayashi and Katie Benner
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/25/technology/google-sexual-harassment-andy-rubin.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred of 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.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/10/25/trump-wants-us-to-be-at-war-with-one-another-his-latest-rage-tweets-confirm-it/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump is unwittingly blaming himself for postal bombs.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/10/25/trump-is-unwittingly-blaming-himself-postal-bombs/?utm_term=.ffd658dc54ee
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/10/25/donald-trump-embraces-nationalism-of-the-worst-kind/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/10/25/trump-is-responsible-for-the-descent-into-thuggery/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2018/10/25/trump-wants-us-to-be-at-war-with-one-another-his-latest-rage-tweets-confirm-it/
— Google reveals 48 employees fired for sexual harassment – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/technology/google-reveals-48-employees-fired-for-sexual-harassment/2018/10/25/861f8e94-d8ba-11e8-8384-bcc5492fef49_story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump tells migrant caravan: Go back to your country – Lia Eustachewich
https://nypost.com/2018/10/25/trump-tells-migrant-caravan-go-back-to-your-country/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred of 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.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/25/trumps-nationalist-racist-patriotic-talker/1749806002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: USA TODAY/Suffolk Poll: The midterms are all about Trump, and Democrats have the edge in the stretch – Susan Page and Cat Hofacker (DIERSEN: Which activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and operatives and dupes for the aforesaid in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois blame Trump and blame his supporters the most for their problems, for your problems, and for everyone’s problems? I should write a book about the aforesaid. I would focus on those around Roskam who blame Trump and who blame Trump supporters like me for Roskam’s problems.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/25/poll-midterm-elections-donald-trump-democrats/1742432002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/tv/2018/10/25/glaad-study-says-number-lgbtq-characters-hits-new-broadcast-tv-high/1744939002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Considers Blocking Immigrant Entry at Mexican Border Officials discuss closing crossing points; president tells caravan to ‘go back to your country’’ – Alicia A. Caldwell and Rebecca Ballhaus and Nancy A. Youssef
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mattis-expected-to-send-800-u-s-troops-to-mexican-border-1540481427
— Defuse America’s Explosive Politics Politicians in both parties need to clean up their own side of the street. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/defuse-americas-explosive-politics-1540507892
— FRONT PAGE: At Netflix, Radical Transparency and Blunt Firings Unsettle the Ranks Buzzwords and anxiety fill the hallways as Hollywood giant tries to maintain a winning culture amid breakneck growth; ‘sunshining’ the ‘N-word’ scandal – Shalini Ramachandran and Joe Flint (DIERSEN: I should write an article about those few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who sided with me. They were a) NOT anti-Protestant, b) NOT anti-conservative, c) NOT anti-patriotic, d) NOT anti-Republican, e) NOT anti-American, f) NOT anti-White, g) NOT anti-male, h) NOT anti-older people, i) NOT anti-rich people, j) NOT anti-gun owners, k) NOT anti-German Americans, l) NOT anti-draft avoiders, m) NOT anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and n) NOT anti-union.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-netflix-radical-transparency-and-blunt-firings-unsettle-the-ranks-1540497174
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The incident touched a nerve inside the streaming-video giant. The company’s handling of the ensuing backlash put on stark display the “Netflix way”—a culture where radical candor and transparency are among the highest virtues, and where openly discussing whether people should be fired, and explaining why they were, are common rituals.)

 

INVESTORS BUSINESS DAILY
— HuffPost Lectures Trump On Rhetoric, While Delivering A Daily Dose Of Hate To Its Liberal Readers – Editorial
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/trump-violent-rhetoric-huffpost-media-bias/

 

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW
— Uber and Lyft are behind a sharp rise in US traffic deaths
https://www.technologyreview.com/the-download/612346/uber-and-lyft-are-behind-a-sharp-rise-in-us-traffic-deaths/

 

VARIETY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who send bombs to Democrats want to destroy Republicans.
https://variety.com/2018/politics/news/trump-cnn-1202993956/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/26/outsourcing-political-violence-bomb-scares-trump
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/25/trump-media-bombs-cnn-democrats-clinton-obama

 

RE/MAX
FOR SALE: 404 West Elm Street, Wheaton
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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.