October 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— A horrible, horrible thing’: Pres. Trump, others respond to Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
https://abc7chicago.com/a-horrible-horrible-thing-trump-responds-to-pittsburgh-shooting/4565749/
— Pittsburgh synagogue shooting leaves 11 dead, 4 officers injured; suspect Robert Bowers identified – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-leaves-11-dead-4-officers-injured;-suspect-robert-bowers-identified/4565140/
— Trump calls for unity, but then whips crowd into anti-media chant – ALI ROGIN
https://abc7chicago.com/trump-calls-for-unity-but-then-whips-crowd-into-anti-media-chant-/4563485/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump also referred to the caravan of migrants fleeing violence in Central America — many of whom are now heading north through Mexico. He said the opposing party would welcome the migrants into the United States. “The Democrats want to invite caravan after caravan of illegal immigrants and they want to sign them up for free health care, free welfare, free education and for the right to vote,” he said. “It’s so unfair that people just walk across the border because our Democrat laws are no good,” he added.)

 

NBC5
— 11 Dead, 4 Officers Injured at Tree of Life Synagogue in Pa.; Suspect in Custody Congregants told MSNBC that a circumcision celebration, known as a bris, was taking place in the synagogue at the time
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Pittsburgh-Police-Respond-Synagogue-Shooting-498785981.html
— Former President Obama Hammers Trump Without Mentioning Him by Name Obama is campaigning for Democrats ahead of the 2018 midterm elections
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/former-president-obama-blasts-donald-trump-in-milwaukee-speech-498718971.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 11 dead, 6 injured in Pittsburgh synagogue shooting
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/pittsburgh-police-report-active-shooter-near-synagogue-1

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bost, Davis, and Hultgren on the stage with Trump in Murphysboro.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-trump-maga-rally-illinois-20181027-story.html
— Trump says gun control had ‘little to do’ with synagogue shooting, suggests armed guard could have curbed violence – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-synagogue-shooting-20181027-story.html
— Mail bomb suspect was ‘lost,’ then ‘found a father in Trump,’ family attorney tells CNN – Amy B Wang, Matt Zapotosky, Annie Gowen and Sari Horwitz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-cesar-sayoc-trump-20181027-story.html
— ‘Everyone scattered:’ Frightened shoppers duck, hotel guests hear shots from 13 floors up as gunman opens fire in Loop, wounding man – Katie Galioto
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-violence-shooting-20181027-story.html
— Homeless people in the library? Chicago, suburban libraries turn to social workers for help – Lisa Schencker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-libraries-hire-social-workers-1027-story.html
— Celebrities, ghosts and ordinary people: The history of Chicago is alive in its Southland cemeteries – Donna Vickroy (DIERSEN: I have the honor of knowing Ed Bara and his wife. Ed’s wife and my wife were coworkers during the 1980s and 1990s.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-vickroy-famous-graves-st-1029-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Topics: Chicago pot startup raises $120M, support grows for legal weed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-record-support-legal-weed-chicago-pot-company-raises-120m-verano-holdings/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Migrants nix offer to stay in Mexico, continue trek to US – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181027/news/310279925/
— Aurora elementary principal accused of failing to report potential abuse – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181027/aurora-elementary-principal-accused-of-failing-to-report-potential-abuse
— Bomb suspect: Ex-stripper with cash problems, Trump devotion – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181027/news/310279923/
— Illinois governor in tough re-election bid after budget woes – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181027/news/310279952/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Supporters, others come out strong to see Trump in Southern Illinois – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article220639260.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Saturday Roundup: Morrison hit with TV ad; First Jesse White ad; Madiganapalooza; Pritzker staffer speaks; Long sues
https://capitolfax.com/2018/10/27/saturday-roundup-morrison-hit-with-tv-ad-first-jesse-white-ad-madiganapalooza-pritzker-staffer-speaks-long-sues/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump calls for death penalty after synagogue shooting; leaders’ react to tragedy with sorrow, anger and frustration – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-for-death-penalty-after-synagogue-shooting-leaders-react-to-tragedy-with-sorrow-anger-and-frustration
— Trump calls synagogue shooting a wicked and anti-Semitic act of ‘pure evil’ – Brooke Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-synagogue-shooting-a-wicked-and-anti-semitic-act-of-pure-evil

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Sayoc Accusation Doesn’t Pass the Smell Test – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/sayoc_accusation_doesnt_pass_the_smell_test.html

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— Columbia U. report finds ‘lacks of diversity,’ despite spending $185 million on ‘faculty diversity’ – Celine Ryan
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11452

 

COLLEGE FIX
— California College Republicans platform gets ‘pushback’ from campus groups, community
https://www.thecollegefix.com/california-college-republicans-platform-gets-pushback-from-campus-groups-community/
— U. Michigan’s ‘Dialogues on Diversity’ combat ‘preconceived notions of diversity, privilege’ – DAVE HUBER (DIERSEN: What if diversity was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/u-michigans-dialogues-on-diversity-combat-preconceived-notions-of-diversity-privilege/

 

POLITICO
— Trump forcefully denounces ‘anti-Semitic’ mass shooting that killed 11 America’s worst synagogue shooting also leaves 7 injured — including four law enforcement officers. The apprehended suspect has been identified. – QUINT FORGEY
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/27/pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting-943380

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump says he will travel to Pittsburgh after synagogue shooting
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-condemns-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Gun Laws Had ‘Little to Do’ With Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting, Trump Says – Katie Rogers and Jeffery C. Mays
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/politics/trump-pittsburgh-synagogue-shooting.html
— Liberal Hypocrisy in College Admissions? The legacy system is affirmative action for the privileged. – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: What if Affirmative Action was only for those whose parents did not have a college degree? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/opinion/sunday/legacy-college-admissions-harvard.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/27/us/politics/marijuana-legalization-rick-steves.html

 

WASHINGTON POST

— Gunman kills 11 in Pittsburgh synagogue massacre investigated as a hate crime – Deanna Paul, Avi Selk, Amy B Wang and Mark Berman
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/27/pittsburgh-police-responding-active-shooting-squirrel-hill-area/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Federal Workers Don’t See Link Between Pay, Performance (DIERSEN: Democrat supervisors in the federal government use the extreme subjectivity in work performance assessment a) to retain and to promote employees who are Democrat, minority, and/or female and b) to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/federal-workers-dont-see-link-between-pay-performance

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.