October 31 Morning Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Rauner continues blasting Pritzker: ‘You know what JB stands for? Jail bird’ – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/rauner-continues-blasting-pritzker-you-know-what-jb-stands-for-jail-bird-

 

WGN TV
— ‘I’m going to beat Bruce Rauner’: Pritzker talks why he wants to win, what he plans to accomplish – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/30/im-going-to-beat-bruce-rauner-pritzker-talks-why-he-wants-to-win-what-he-plans-to-accomplish/
— How safe are Illinois elections from hackers? – Joe Donlon
https://wgntv.com/2018/10/30/how-safe-are-illinois-elections-from-hackers/amp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What’s on Gov. Bruce Rauner’s legislative wish list if he wins re-election against J.B. Pritzker? – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-governor-bruce-rauner-wish-list-20181030-story,amp.html
— Uihlein in for another half-million for Proft’s PAC
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-governor-bruce-rauner-wish-list-20181030-story,amp.html
— Tax relief and more tax relief on voters’ minds – Charles Selle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-selle-election-voters-tax-relief-st-1101-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner ride-along: Gov on thanking Trump, weakening Madigan, beating Pritzker – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-interview-trump-weakening-madigan-beating-pritzker/
— Gambling and legal weed won’t pay Chicago’s huge pension debt – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/legalized-recreational-pot-chicago-casino-pension-debt-mayoral-race-chico-vallas/amp/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Where Casten, Roskam disagree on gun control measures – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181031/where-casten-roskam-disagree-on-gun-control-measures
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181030/pflag-illinois-to-host-organizational-meeting-for-northern-kanewestern-cook-nov-4

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Who’s on Pritzker’s Springfield team? As the election draws near, insiders are beginning to chatter about who the Democratic nominee might put in his government and his kitchen cabinet. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” candidates who do not want those on their team or in their kitchen cabinet who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform? What do you say to “Republican” candidates who want those on their team and in their kitchen cabinet who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/whos-pritzkers-springfield-team

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats proclaim Pat Brady to be the “voice of the Illinois GOP.” What do the following have to say about that: the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) offices, IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, and your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/10/31/illinois-a-tale-of-two-states-247m-ad-buys-over-30-days-sacks-polling-for-mayor-337078

 

WIRE POINTS
— Shut down Illinois lawmaker pensions (Part 3): Getting lawmakers on board – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, those who are not very wealthy, if not extremely wealthy, are discouraged from seeking elected government offices. As everyone knows, YOU ARE IN BIG TROUBLE FINANCIALLY if you are not solidly on track to have at least $1,000,000 in today’s dollars saved for your retirement. Further, if you are not very wealthy, if not extremely wealthy, “he who pays the piper calls the tunes” applies all the more. Who do you want to be calling the tunes of elected officials?)
http://www.wirepoints.com/shut-down-illinois-lawmaker-pensions-part-3-getting-lawmakers-on-board/

 

DAILY LINE
— Rauner sees no flaw in plan to win back angry socially conservative voters with economic issues – Hannah Meisel
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/10/31/2018/rauner-sees-no-flaw-in-plan-to-win-back-angry-socially-conservative-voters-with-economic-issues/

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PARK RIDGE VOTERS TO DECIDE ON $350 PROPERTY TAX HIKE FOR MEDIAN HOMEOWNER Voters in Maine Township High School District 207 will consider Nov. 6 whether to approve a $195 million bond referendum to update its three high schools in northern Cook County. – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/park-ridge-voters-to-decide-on-350-property-tax-hike-for-median-homeowner/

 

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote LGBTQ activity is to destroy the traditional family.
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/2018/10/31/illinois-sex-ed-law-requires-honor-and-respect-for-monogamous-heterosexual-marriage/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HERE’S HOW MUCH RED TAPE TRUMP HAS CUT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/heres-how-much-red-tape-trump-has-cut.html
— PRO-ABORTION REPUBLICAN GROUP RAISES $100K TO DEFEAT PRO-LIFE IL GOP LAWMAKERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/pro-abortion-republicans-raise-funds-to-undermine-pro-life-colleagues.html
— WHAT DO COLLEGE ‘CHIEF DIVERSITY OFFICERS’ ACCOMPLISH? (DIERSEN: To accomplish Diversity is to get rid of those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/10/what-do-college-chief-diversity-officers-accomplish.html

 

BREITBART
— #Blexit Exclusive — Larry Elder: ‘Porous Borders Are Allowing Illegal Aliens to Take Jobs’ from Minorities – Alana Mastrangelo (DIERSEN: If there had been more immigrants in America when I was young, I may very well have not gotten the jobs that I did. Because all the jobs that I had were viewed as being “bad” jobs, those jobs would have been given to immigrants instead of me.)
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/10/30/exclusive-larry-elder-porous-borders-allowing-illegal-aliens-take-jobs-minorities/
— Planned Parenthood Encourages Birth … for Illegal Aliens – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/10/30/planned-parenthood-encourages-birth-for-illegal-aliens/

 

BLAZE
— Texas students say they will vote for Beto but can’t list a single thing he’s accomplished – Pat Gray (DIERSEN: What do your accomplishments include? My accomplishments include a) sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000, b) sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning since 2004, and c) also sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out each and every evening since 2015. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 316,500 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.theblaze.com/video/laugh-texas-students-say-they-will-vote-for-beto-but-cant-list-a-single-thing-hes-accomplished

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump is right – ending birthright citizenship is constitutional – Hans A. von Spakovsky
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/trump-is-right-ending-birthright-citizenship-is-constitutional
— Harry Reid’s 1993 claim that ‘no sane country’ would provide birthright citizenship fuels GOP immigration push – Gregg Re
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/harry-reids-1993-claim-no-sane-country-would-provide-birthright-citizenship-fuels-gop-immigration-push

 

GOPUSA
— Trump Tries to Fix Birthright Citizenship; Paul Ryan Shoots it Down for CNN
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58015
— Denying gender reality comes at a steep price
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=57901

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE MEDIA HAS A LONG HISTORY OF HATEFUL ATTACKS, VIOLENT RHETORIC AGAINST TRUMP ADMINISTRATION – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/30/media-hateful-attacks-trump/
— MEET THE BILLIONAIRE (PRITZKER) WHO IS POISED TO BECOME THE RICHEST GOVERNOR IN THE U.S. – Evie Fordham
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/30/jb-pritzker-richest-governor/
— STAR PARKER EXPLAINS WHY TRUMP IS GOOD FOR BLACK PEOPLE – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/30/parker-trump-good-black/
— LINDSEY GRAHAM TELLS MEXICO THAT CARAVAN THREATENS TRADE DEAL – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/30/lindsey-graham-mexico-migrant-caravan-threatens-trade-deal/
— MSNBC REPORTER INTERVIEWS LATINO TEXAN WHO IS SKEPTICAL OF MIGRANT CARAVAN, VOTING REPUBLICAN – Benny Johnson (DIERSEN: I am 100% German American. While citizens of Germany never invaded America, my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/10/30/msnbc-reporter-latino-texans-migrant-caravan/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— By the Numbers: 4 Key Points About Birthright Citizenship – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/10/30/by-the-numbers-4-key-points-about-birthright-citizenship/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Hillary Clinton Says Blacks ‘All Look Alike,’ Then Laughs As Audience Applauds – JOSEPH CURL
https://www.dailywire.com/news/37754/hillary-clinton-says-blacks-all-look-alike-then-joseph-curl

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Ending Birthright Citizenship – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/ending_birthright_citizenship.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Birthright Citizenship and Its Allies – Pedro Gonzalez
https://amgreatness.com/2018/10/30/birthright-citizenship-and-its-allies/

 

NEWSMAX
— Pence: SCOTUS Never Ruled on Birthright Citizenship for Illegals – Jeffrey Rodack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/mike-pence-birthright-citizenship-illegals/2018/10/30/id/888644/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP CONNECTS THE DOTS ON DANGERS OF ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION But the Left attacks him for the picture it creates. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271766/trump-connects-dots-dangers-illegal-immigration-michael-cutler

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood’s Stunning Hypocrisy on Birthright Citizenship After largest abortion provider declares Trump’s idea ‘harmful,’ people push back: ‘I am so confused — now you care about babies?’ – Deirdre Reilly
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/10/planned-parenthoods-stunning-hypocrisy-on-birthright-citizenship/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Saying ‘I’ve Been Used,’ Kanye West Distances Himself From Politics – Reuters (DIERSEN: Who has “used” you? 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 a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican AND b) who have “used” me. I would focus on “Republican” candidates who “used” me to get elected, but then flushed me down their toilet to curry favor with Democrats and Democrat plants, with Libertarians and Libertarian plants, with Greens and Green plants, and with RINOs.)
https://ijr.com/saying-ive-been-used-kanye-west-distances-himself-from-politics/

 

ROLL CALL
— Lindsey Graham Seconds Trump Proposal to End Birthright Citizenship South Carolina Republican has long been active in bipartisan immigration debate – Niels Lesniewski
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/lindsey-graham-trump-birthright-citizenship

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the harder that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs work to get rid of you.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/413816-immigrants-and-their-children-can-save-our-democracy-and-revive-our

 

POLITICO
— The Democrats’ Culture Divide Energized progressives are thrilled with their momentum in the Trump era. But the party’s blue-collar base might not want what the new left is delivering. – DAVID FREEDLANDER (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to not only shout that you are anti-Trump, but also to shout that you are 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.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/10/30/democratic-party-culture-divide-wars-working-class-blue-collar-221913
— Biden embarks on working class whisperer tour A Midwestern swing this week will take the former vice president to at least six states — five of which Donald Trump carried. – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the working class? I should write a book about those who have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) the jobs that I held and b) me as being a horribly failed member of the working class. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/10/30/joe-biden-midterms-949701

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Spokesman for GOP candidate quits over old tweets (DIERSEN: I should write a book about nasty/troubled/failed/threatening/vicious people in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who hint/imply/argue/shout that they are spokespersons for Republican candidates on primary ballots and general election ballots in my precinct. Needless-to-say, these nasty/troubled/failed/threatening/vicious people harm their candidates’ chances of winning.)
https://www.sanluisobispo.com/news/politics-government/national-politics/article220884340.html

 

YAHOO NEWS
— ‘Latinos for Trump’ spokesperson kicked out of Arizona bar for MAGA hat (DIERSEN: What would the anti-Trumps do to you if you wore a MAGA hat?)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/latinos-trump-spokesperson-kicked-arizona-201719441.html

 

MERCURY NEWS
— Trump’s quiet visit meets hostility in Pittsburgh – Seung Min Kim, Josh Dawsey and Mark Berman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.)
https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/10/30/trump-visits-pittsburgh-as-it-grieves-and-buries-victims/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/us/funerals-synagoguge-shooting-jewish.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/us/funerals-synagoguge-shooting-jewish.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps invite illegals and then complain about the cost to stop them at the border.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/us/politics/american-troops-border-migrants.html
— The Internet Will Be the Death of Us It casts rogue grievances as legitimate obsessions and gives prejudices the shimmer of ideals. – Frank Bruni (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all news and all commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/opinion/internet-violence-hate-prejudice.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote birthright citizenship.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/10/30/us/what-is-birthright-citizenship.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled anti-Trumps promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/national/hate-is-not-welcome-here-protesters-decry-trumps-pittsburgh-visit/2018/10/30/5133dbf2-dcb3-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_video.html
— Conservative radio host and former GOP Rep. Joe Walsh (Ill.) said Monday President Trump ‘endangers the lives’ of every member of the media when he calls them the ‘enemy of the people. – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am an enemy of those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes 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. I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/10/30/morning-bits-a-void-of-leadership/?utm_term=.424b74ed55be

 

NEW YORK POST
— Why Democrats are staying silent about the migrant caravan – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2018/10/30/why-democrats-are-staying-silent-about-the-migrant-caravan/

 

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled anti-Trumps promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/10/30/donald-trump-hatred-press-enemy-people-pittsburgh-shooting-synagogue-column/1817515002/
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/10/30/midterm-elections-2018-trump-targets-birthright-citizenship-immigration/1816924002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH GRAPHIC: The Yawning Divide That Explains American Politics Two groups of voters—white women with college degrees and white men without—have moved drastically in opposite directions, the WSJ/NBC poll shows – Aaron Zitner and Dante Chinni (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct are “white women with college degrees.” There are many in my precinct, and tragically, anti-Trumps have been extremely successful in getting them to hate those who 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.wsj.com/articles/the-yawning-divide-that-explains-american-politics-1540910719
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/rewriting-the-fourteenth-amendment-1540939660
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the harder that anti-Trumps work to bring in immigrants to get rid of you.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/jews-are-proud-to-stand-with-refugees-1540855415

FORBES
— The Problem With 25% Of Working Mother 100 Best Companies – Mary Beth Ferrante (DIERSEN: Are you a White male? Did you avoid the draft? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because I am a White male and because I avoided the draft, and therefore, b) I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marybethferrante/2018/10/30/the-problem-with-25-of-working-mother-100-best-companies/#5d56e4ad3134
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s the bad news. There is something appalling absent in 25% of these 100 Best Companies: they have less than eight weeks of paid parental leave. After further investigation, I discovered the requirement to be considered on the top 100 list is only one week of paid leave. I was shocked.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/francesbridges/2018/10/31/the-4-most-urgent-reasons-to-vote-this-election/

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.