ABC7
— Brett Kavanaugh, Christine Blasey Ford testify before Senate Judiciary Committee – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-testify-at-senate-hearing/4350156/
— Key moments from the Kavanaugh-Ford hearing
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/watch-key-moments-from-the-kavanaugh-ford-hearing/4352076/
— Lindsey Graham: Democrats’ treatment of Brett Kavanaugh ‘most despicable thing’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/graham-dems-treatment-of-kavanaugh-despicable/4354194/
NBC5
— Christine Blasey Ford Recalls ‘Uproarious Laughter’ in Alleged Kavanaugh Sexual Assault; Kavanaugh Issues Forceful Denial “Indelible in the hippocampus is the laughter, the uproarious laughter between the two and their having fun at my expense,” Ford told the Senate Judiciary Committee – Lisa Mascaro and Alan Fram
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Brett-Kavanaugh-Christine-Blasey-Ford-Senate-Hearing-494465551.html
— Durbin Pushes Kavanaugh to Ask for FBI Investigation
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Senator-Dick-Durbin-Pushes-Brett-Kavanaugh-To-Ask-For-FBI-Investigation-494548341.html
CBS2
— Kavanaugh Delivers Emotional Denial Of Sexual Assault Claim
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-supreme-court-hearing/
— Christine Blasey Ford Tells Durbin She’s ‘100 Percent’ Sure Brett Kavanaugh Sexually Assaulted Her
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/09/27/christine-blasey-ford-brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-senate-judiciary-committee-hearing-dick-durbin/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kavanaugh fights back after accuser testifies to Senate Judiciary Committee about alleged sex attack – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/supreme-court-kavanaugh-ford-hearing
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kavanaugh delivers emotional denial of Ford’s ‘100 percent’ certainty that he assaulted her – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kavanaugh-ford-hearing-20180927-story.html
— Kavanaugh says ‘I’m innocent’ as Durbin pushes judge to endorse FBI investigation – Mike Riopell, Patrick M. O’Connell
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-dick-durbin-brett-kavanaugh-20180927-story.html
— Recap of Christine Blasey Ford and Brett Kavanaugh’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearings – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-hearing-20180927-story.html
— Kavanaugh confirmation spills into heated governor’s races – AP
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-governors-delay-kavanaugh-vote-20180927-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said earlier this month that there should be an investigation and the allegations, if true, should disqualify Kavanaugh. He did not specify whether he thought the Senate inquiry was sufficient or whether the FBI should investigate, as Democrats have asked. Rauner’s spokesman said the governor was traveling Thursday and did not watch Ford’s testimony. His Democratic challenger, J.B. Pritzker, criticized Rauner’s response. The governor, he said Thursday, “continues to support Trump and this troubling nominee. I’ve opposed Kavanaugh from day one because he poses a grave threat to Roe v. Wade, the Affordable Care Act, and critical consumer and environmental protections.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate panel continues with plan to vote Friday on Kavanaugh – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-senate-panel-vote-friday-supreme-court-nominee-christine-blasey-ford/
— Fiery Kavanaugh denies quiet accuser Ford in Senate showdown – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/supreme-court-nominee-brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-senate-hearing/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Republicans have learned very little since Anita Hill in 1991.” Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans paint themselves as being anti-heterosexual males. How soon will the Chicago Sun-Times a) fire all its employees who are heterosexual males, b) cancel all subscriptions for those who are heterosexual males, and c) do even more to get rid of heterosexual males once and for all?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-sexual-assault-allegation-supreme-court-christine-blasey-ford-clarence-thomas-donald-trump/
DAILY HERALD
— ‘Facts Matter’ series: How newspapers guard against bias – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: The mainstream media spins facts to promote the Democrat Party platform, the Libertarian Party platform, and the Green Party platform.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20180927/facts-matter-series-how-newspapers-guard-against-bias
QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-legalized-pot-in-illinois-the-argument-in-michigan/article_8cb3b8f7-6b2f-586a-94a4-aa93efb5ac.html
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Winchester’s civil rights suit against Illinois GOP awaits judge’s review – Robert Hadley
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511582175-winchester-s-civil-rights-suit-against-illinois-gop-awaits-judge-s-review
— Republican lawmakers claim Democratic deception with ‘no budget, no pay’ mailers – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511580441-republican-lawmakers-claim-democratic-deception-with-no-budget-no-pay-mailers
CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker touts his proposed “cuts” when he’s never proposed any
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/27/pritzker-touts-his-proposed-cuts-when-hes-never-proposed-any/
— Rauner blames union-friendly laws for loss of Toyota plant
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/27/rauner-blames-union-friendly-laws-for-loss-of-toyota-plant/
— Madigan reports raising $4.5 million in 16 days
https://capitolfax.com/2018/09/27/madigan-reports-raising-45-million-in-16-days/
WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Kavanaugh Denies Assault in Emotional Opening Statement: ‘Grotesque and Coordinated Character Assassination’ ‘My family and my name have been destroyed by vicious and false accusations’ – David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/politics/kavanaugh-denies-assault-emotional-opening-statement-grotesque-coordinated-character-assassination/
BREITBART
— Brett Kavanaugh Rips Senate: ‘You Have Replaced ‘Advice and Consent’ with ‘Search and Destroy’ – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2018/09/27/brett-kavanaugh-rips-senate-you-have-replaced-advice-and-consent-with-search-and-destroy/
DAILY CALLER
— KAVANAUGH: ‘THIS CONFIRMATION PROCESS HAS BECOME A NATIONAL DISGRACE’ – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-supreme-court-national-disgrace/
— KAVANAUGH CONDEMNS DEMS FOR ‘DESTROYING’ HIS GOOD NAME AND REPUTATION – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-dems-destroying-eputation/
— WHY KAVANAUGH AND THE REPUBLICANS DESERVE TO LOSE – Stephen Baskerville
https://cdn.dailycaller.com/2018/09/27/kavanaugh-republicans-deserve-to-lose/
GOPUSA
— The danger of Democrat overreach: The Kavanaugh hearings could fuel Republican turnout
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55532
— Background info comes out on Avenatti client, Julie Swetnick
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55578
— Time to out all politicians who have paid off allegations
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=55444
FOX NEWS
— Kavanaugh Accuser Christine Blasey Ford Testifies Before Senate: ‘I Believed He Was Going to Rape Me’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/27/christine-blasey-ford-testimony-senate-brett-kavanaugh-i-believed-he-was-going-rape-me
— Chris Wallace on Christine Blasey Ford Testimony: ‘This Is a Disaster for Republicans’ Dems landing ‘haymakers,’ ‘Fox News Sunday’ host says.
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/09/27/chris-wallace-christine-blasey-ford-testimony-rachel-mitchell-disaster-republicans
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— New Poll: Smears Of Kavanaugh Motivating Voters Against “radical and unscrupulous” Democrats
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/28821
THE HILL
— Trump: Kavanaugh showed ‘exactly why I nominated him’ – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408860-trump-kavanaugh-showed-exactly-why-i-nominated-him
— Kavanaugh calls confirmation process a ‘national disgrace’ – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408816-kavanaugh-calls-confirmation-process-a-national-disgrace
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Kavanaugh accuser gives gripping testimony before Senate committee.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/408732-kavanaugh-accuser-gives-gripping-testimony-before-senate-committee?userid=3526
— How the Trump tax law passed: Bipartisanship wasn’t an ingredient
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/408631-how-the-trump-tax-cuts-passed-bipartisanship-wasnt-an-ingredient
POLITICO
— Senators expect Judiciary Committee vote on Kavanaugh Friday – BURGESS EVERETT and JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/09/27/senators-expect-judiciary-committee-will-hold-kavanaugh-vote-friday-850293
CBS NEWS
— Ford and Kavanaugh make their cases in dramatic, wrenching Senate testimony – Nancy Cordes
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford-make-their-cases-in-dramatic-wrenching-senate-testimony/
ABC NEWS
— Kavanaugh confirmation spills into heated governor’s races – GEOFF MULVIHILL
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/gop-governors-call-delay-kavanaugh-vote-58129786
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Illinois, Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner said earlier this month that there should be an investigation and the allegations, if true, should disqualify Kavanaugh. He did not specify whether he thought the Senate inquiry was sufficient or whether the FBI should investigate, as Democrats have asked. Rauner’s spokesman said the governor was traveling Thursday and did not watch Ford’s testimony. His Democratic challenger, J.B. Pritzker, criticized Rauner’s response. The governor, he said Thursday, “continues to support Trump and this troubling nominee. I’ve opposed Kavanaugh from day one because he poses a grave threat to Roe v. Wade, the Affordable Care Act, and critical consumer and environmental protections.”)
NEW YORK TIMES
— Kavanaugh Hearings on TV Offer Riveting Drama to a Captive Nation – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/business/media/kavanaugh-blasey-ford-hearing-tv.html
— Brett Kavanaugh and Christine Blasey Ford Square Off in Emotional Hearing With Court in Balance – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/us/politics/brett-kavanaugh-confirmation-hearings.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Kavanaugh to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/25/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-women-sexual-assault-questions.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/opinion/brett-kavanaugh-christine-blasey-ford.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/nyregion/brett-kavanaugh-high-school-drinking-assault.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/opinion/kavanaugh-anita-hill-hearing-women-senate.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/27/us/politics/ap-us-supreme-court-kavanaugh-accuser-.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/27/us/ap-us-supreme-court-kavanaugh-voices.html
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/09/27/us/politics/ap-us-supreme-court-kavanaugh-the-latest.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/27/us/politics/anita-hill-kavanaugh-hearings.html
https://www.nytimes.com/video/us/politics/100000006126054/mark-judge-brett-kavanaugh.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opinion/kavanaugh-supreme-court-hearing-delay.html
— The Latest Attack on Islam: It’s Not a Religion Too many Americans would deny Muslims the religious liberty they insist upon for Christians. – Asma T. Uddin (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/opinion/islamophobia-muslim-religion-politics.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Republicans, citing bias, give Google third degree – Daisuke Wakabayashi and Cecilia Kang (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs side with Google. Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Christian, 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 side with Google.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/09/26/technology/google-conservatives-washington.html
WASHINGTON POST
— A day of explosive testimony results in a partisan brawl – Dan Balz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-day-of-explosive-testimony-results-in-a-partisan-brawl/2018/09/27/3be77b18-c297-11e8-97a5-ab1e46bb3bc7_story.html
— Behind Kavanaugh fight, a national struggle over trust, identity and sex roles – Marc Fisher
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/behind-kavanaugh-fight-a-national-struggle-over-trust-identity-and-sex-roles/2018/09/27/8dbeb4d8-c25b-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html
— Kavanaugh hearing: Supreme Court nominee insists on his innocence, calls process ‘national disgrace’ – Seung Min Kim, Ann E. Marimow, Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/kavanaugh-hearing-christine-blasey-ford-to-give-senate-testimony-about-sexual-assault-allegation/2018/09/27/fc216170-c1c3-11e8-b338-a3289f6cb742_story.html
— Fox News anchor Chris Wallace says Kavanaugh case prompted his own daughters to reveal their stories – Lindsey Bever
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/reliable-source/wp/2018/09/27/fox-newss-chris-wallace-daughters-stories-show-it-would-be-a-big-mistake-to-disregard-christine-blasey-ford/
— Boys will be boys? Why #AllMen should be offended by the latest Kavanaugh defenders. – Monica Hesse
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/boys-will-be-boys-why-allmen-should-be-offended-by-the-latest-kavanaugh-defenders/2018/09/20/a3524230-bc41-11e8-be70-52bd11fe18af_story.html
— Kavanaugh-Ford hearing: A dramatic lesson on gender roles – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/kavanaugh-ford-hearing-a-dramatic-lesson-on-gender-roles/2018/09/27/0b1636c6-c2b2-11e8-9451-e878f96be19b_story.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Stark Divide, Raw Emotion in Kavanaugh-Ford Hearing Supreme Court nominee and his accuser give sharply different accounts at Senate hearing – Janet Hook, Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-day-of-high-stakes-hearing-kavanaugh-and-accuser-prepare-to-testify-1538052956?mod=djemalertNEWS
— Democrats Endorse Avenatti Brett Kavanaugh’s opponents will believe anything. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What if you sought a government office or a political office as a Republican and your opponent hired Michael Avenatti to destroy you? You would be in especially big trouble if you are a Trump supporter, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or your ancestors have been in America for a long time. To get dirt on you, Avenatti would contact a) all those who you ever ran against for any kind of office, b) your brothers, sisters, parents, grandparents, children, grandchildren, etc. and your past and present friends, enemies, spouse(s), lawyers, pastors, doctors, insurance agents, etc., c) all the politicians who represent you or want to represent you in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, Illinois, and in the federal government, d) all the members of all the organizations that you ever were a member of, e) all the individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that you have sued and that have sued you, f) all the employees of all the employers that you ever worked for, g) all your college, high school, grade school, and kindergarten classmates and teachers, h) all your neighbors where ever you have lived, i) all those who disapprove of your demographics, j) etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-endorse-avenatti-1538004075
— Yale University Under Federal Investigation for Use of Race in Admissions Practices Justice, Education Departments looking into allegations of discrimination against Asian-American applicants – Nicole Hong and Melissa Korn (DIERSEN: Only 44.7% of Yale’s 2017 undergraduate students were White.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-opens-probe-into-whether-yale-university-discriminates-against-asian-americans-1537980075
— Democrats Disgrace the Senate Their effort to smear Kavanaugh would be unworthy of a Third World country. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-disgrace-the-senate-1538003034
— The Kavanaugh Standard A defeat based on these accusations will divide the country for a generation. – Daniel Henninger (DIERSEN: I have often said that if you have ever done anything that subjects you to blackmail, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office. If you were Kavanaugh, and if you had done what Kavanaugh has admitted to doing, what would you have told Trump up front? If you were Trump, would you have still picked Kavanaugh and why?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-kavanaugh-standard-1538003069
— The Attack on Kavanaugh Is Un-American The Rolling Stone rape hoax illustrated what happens when we adhere to preconceived narratives. – Libby Locke (DIERSEN: Of course, when I speak with a person, I can tell how successful that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been in turning that person against me, that is, how successful that they have been in painting me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-attack-on-kavanaugh-is-un-american-1538002857
BLOOMBERG
— Trump Demands Vote on Kavanaugh and Praises Senate Testimony – Jennifer Jacobs, Laura Litvan, and Steven T. Dennis
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-27/trump-is-said-to-stand-behind-kavanaugh-as-testimony-unfolds
FORBES
— IRS Announces New Per Diem Rates For Taxpayers Who Travel For Business – Kelly Phillips Erb (DIERSEN: SEE Diersen v. IRS at: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kellyphillipserb/2018/09/26/irs-announces-new-per-diem-rates-for-taxpayers-who-travel-for-business-but-watch-out-for-tax-law-changes/
USA TODAY
— I’m from Kavanaugh’s elitist world. I know how prep-school privilege buries secrets. Students attending Washington-area prep schools are groomed to be society’s leaders. But a blemishless record speaks more to secrecy than integrity. – Deirdre M. Bowen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my parents the most for sending me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2018/09/27/brett-kavanaugh-rape-sexual-assault-allegations-prep-school-party-column/1418692002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Saving for college not always a priority Parents’ decision may be right financial move. – Janna Herron (DIERSEN: When you were in grade school and high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” When was in grade school and high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/09/26/saving-college-not-always-parents-top-money-goal/1421729002/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: First paychecks need room to stretch – Adam Shell (DIERSEN: What did you do with your first paychecks? After I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, I started working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights. I lived with my mother and brother in Crete. My financial hardship draft deferment application was pending. I used part of my salary to help support my mother and brother. Things improved financially in 1971 when a) I got a better paying job working for IRS, b) I started working for Firestone part-time, and c) my mother got a better paying job. I bought a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, I started paying tuition for graduate business courses at Loyola in 1972, and I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/09/25/best-budgeting-tips-retirement-debt-payments/1337120002/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Skills Shortage and Federal Compensation – Howard Risher
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2018/09/skills-shortage-and-federal-compensation/151608/
