Month: November 2016

November 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump taps Cubs’ Todd Ricketts for Deputy Commerce post – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/trump-taps-cubs-todd-ricketts-for-deputy-commerce-post/amp/
— Madigan stays out of mix as budget clock ticks – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-stays-out-of-mix-as-budget-clock-ticks/
— Seven ways Trump tries to control the media – Robert Reich  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about the efforts that have been made to control me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/reich-seven-ways-trump-tries-to-control-the-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. Berate the media. . .2. Blacklist critical media. . .3. Turn the public against the media. . .4. Condemn satirical or critical comments. . .5. Threaten the media directly. . .6. Limit media access. . .7. Bypass the media and communicate with the public directly.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote LGBTQ activity.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-court-should-ban-sexual-orientation-discrimination/
— Megyn Kelly dishes about Chicago – Shia Kapos  (DIERSEN: Is/was your job fulfilling?  Because of GAO’s mission, my job working for GAO 1980-1997 was especially fulfilling.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kapos-fred-eychaner-builds-gallery-for-aids-arts-show/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly chit-chatted about Chicago with business executives at a party hosted by Dan Goodwin, chairman of Inland Real Estate Group. Kelly sat with Ron Gidwitz, a fundraiser for Donald Trump; investor and philanthropist Muneer Satter; Bill Kunkler, executive vice president of the Crown family’s CC Industries; and Todd Ricketts, the Cubs co-owner who says he’s “honored” to be considered for a position in Trump’s Cabinet. On stage at the Westin Hotel in Lombard, Kelly talked about living in Chicago. Before battling Trump on the air, she was a litigator at the Jones Day law firm in the city. Kelly said she has fond memories of guitar lessons at Old Town School of Folk Music and living in Roscoe Village. But the work wasn’t fulfilling. An episode of “Dr. Phil” hit home. “He said, ‘The only difference between you and someone you envy is that you settled for less.’” A career change followed, and now comes Kelly’s book: “Settle for More.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump nominates Todd Ricketts, Cubs co-owner, for deputy commerce secretary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-todd-ricketts-trump-deputy-commerce-secretary-20161130-story.html
— Emanuel tries to close deal on city worker pension bill in Springfield – Hal Dardick, Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rahm-emanuel-laborers-pension-bill-springfield-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Trump tweet stirs memories of when Chicago was at center of flag-burning debate – Marwa Eltagouri and Vikki Ortiz Healy  (DIERSEN: What do flag-burners think of you?  I am proud to say that flag-burners despise if not hate me.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-trump-flag-burning-chicago-reaction-met-20161129-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But supporters of a ban on flag burning hailed Trump’s statement, calling on him to ban the desecration of the flag. A top-ranking member of the American Legion, the wartime veterans’ association, said the flag was a symbol that deserved protection and shouldn’t be destroyed even in American protest. “Our brothers and sisters in arms have shed blood, even paid the ultimate sacrifice, in defense of our nation. The American flag represents their sacrifice and our nation’s way of freedom,” National Commander Charles E. Schmidt said in a news release.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps equate Japanese-Americans in 1942 with Muslim-Americans today.  Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-internment-camps-japanese-muslims-20161129-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Group home provider’s license is pulled over ‘imminent risk’ to residents – Patricia Callahan and Michael J. Berens
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-group-home-license-pull-met-20161129-story.html
— Castro a hero to useful idiots, but not to those he’d broken – John Kass
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-fidel-castro-kass-1130-20161129-column.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Consolidate debate draws 18 Republicans for Naperville Township seats – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161129/news/161128953/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF CHARLIE KIRK: Wheeling High graduate Charlie Kirk behind political ‘Professor Watchlist’ – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161130/news/161139969/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Wheeling native is the driving force behind a new website that identifies professors from Illinois and around the country and claims they “discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” The Professor Watchlist is part of Turning Point USA, founded by Charlie Kirk, a 23-year-old Wheeling High School graduate. “It’s no secret that some of America’s college professors are totally out of line,’ Kirk wrote in a recent blog post, adding it is “time to expose them.” The website describes itself as “an aggregated list of pre-existing news stories that were published by a variety of news organizations.” Most of the listings, which include professors’ names and photos, give as attribution campusreform.org, which is run by the conservative Leadership Institute. The Professor Watchlist says it will “continue to fight for free speech and the right for professors to say whatever they wish” but states “students, parents, and alumni deserve to know the specific incidents and names of professors that advance a radical agenda in lecture halls.” Kent State history professor Julio Pino, among those named on the site, told The New York Times the site is “a kind of normalizing of prosecuting professors, shaming professors, defaming professors.” According to the list, Darwin Pagnac, an instructor at Des Moines Area Community College, required students to write about climate-change skeptics and address their motivation and who funds their efforts. Dr. David Pook, a professor at Granite State College in New Hampshire, is listed for saying he helped write Common Core standards in order to end white privilege and “that as a white male in society I am given a lot of privilege that I didn’t earn.” Professors from Northwestern University, DePaul University, Columbia College Chicago, the University of Illinois at Chicago and Loyola University Chicago are on the list. The Professor Watchlist says Columbia College chemistry and environmental science Professor Keith Kostecka called for the demise of the Tea Party and commented that House Speaker Paul Ryan should go kill himself. Kostecka told the Daily Herald “this all came about due to someone stealing my identity (from Facebook) several years ago and posting some terrible thing supposedly stated by me that I had and have no part of. I am on this list due to that very unfortunate series of events.” Northwestern University engineering professor Alan Butz is on the list for statements he made denying the Holocaust took place. Northwestern officials pointed Tuesday to a statement made by University President Henry S. Bienen in 2006, which noted, “There is no question that the Holocaust is a well-documented historical fact,” but Butz, a tenured professor, “is entitled to express his personal views, including on his personal web pages, as long as he does not represent such opinions as views of the university.”)

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Trump tweets: I’m leaving businesses to focus on presidency – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161130/NEWS02/161139999

 

STATELINE
— Kellogg pulls ads from Breitbart  Website claims 45 million unique visitors a month – Dylan Byers  (DIERSEN: There are no ads on www.gopillinois.com and in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, so no there are no ads to be pulled.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are furious that I have enough time and enough money to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email every morning and every evening free of charge and without any advertising.)

http://www.mystateline.com/news/kellogg-pulls-ads-from-breitbart
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The cereal brand Kellogg is pulling its advertising from Breitbart News because it disagrees with the right-wing website’s political views. “We regularly work with our media-buying partners to ensure our ads do not appear on sites that aren’t aligned with our values as a company,” Kellogg said in a statement. “We recently reviewed the list of sites where our ads can be placed and decided to discontinue advertising on Breitbart.com. We are working to remove our ads from that site.” That decision comes amid scrutiny over Breitbart’s controversial populist, anti-immigrant worldview, and in the wake of Donald Trump’s decision to appoint former Breitbart executive chairman Steve Bannon as his chief White House strategist. Should other advertisers follow suit, it could lead to financial troubles for the site. But Breitbart says Kellogg is wrong to dismiss its loyal and extensive readership, which it claims totals 45 million unique visitors in the last month. “Breitbart News Network has built an engaged community of over 45 million loyal readers who are also a powerful consumer group that reflects the values of mainstreet America,” the company said in a statement. “Kellogg’s decision to blacklist one of the largest conservative media outlets in America is economic censorship of mainstream conservative political discourse. That is as un-American as it gets.” Breitbart CEO Larry Solov similarly told The Hollywood Reporter that Kellogg was “buying into a false, left-wing narrative that our 45 million readers are deplorables.”)

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Chicago-based U.S. court to hear LGBT-workplace bias appeal – AP  (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have convinced a jury that to meet their Affirmative Action quotas during the 1980s and 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO discriminated against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/chicago-based-us-court-to-hear-lgbt-workplace-bias-appeal/article_79807fc1-4aa6-5ce1-a01e-4d5e9d071c79.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  A Chicago-based court will consider arguments that protections under the 1964 Civil Rights Act should expand to cover LGBT workers. The full 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals will rehear Indiana teacher Kimberly Hively’s appeal Wednesday. It vacated a ruling by three of its own judges in July that the landmark workplace-discrimination law doesn’t cover sexual-orientation bias. Hively alleges a college didn’t hire her full time because she is a lesbian. The three-judge panel did criticize the lack of sexual-orientation workplace protections, but said they must come from Congress or the U.S. Supreme Court. President-elect Donald Trump is expected to nominate a social conservative to fill a Supreme Court vacancy, making High Court action on the issue uncertain.)

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Gerrymandering? Not in Champaign County – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2016-11-30/kacich-gerrymandering-not-champaign-county.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Closer Look At Banning Flag Burning In Illinois – BRENDAN CULLERTON
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/closer-look-at-banning-flag-burning-in-illinois-11-30-2016

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Republican Legislators Side With Rauner To Kill Automatic Voter Registration – AMANDA VINICKY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/republican-legislators-side-rauner-kill-automatic-voter-registration#stream/0

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Thanks, taxpayers, for $510,495 in benefits for part-time county leaders – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article116522433.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Governor Paints Bleak Fiscal Picture – Cole Lauterbach
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=230490#.WD4-QRHxZZI

 

WBEZ
— Governor Rauner Whittles Down His Plan To Five Key Priorities
https://www.wbez.org/shows/morning-shift/governor-rauner-whittles-down-his-plan-to-five-key-priorities/158128d4-be38-4bfa-84c3-7dfb06576ea7

 

WSIL TV
— Treasury nominee Mnuchin was Trump’s top fundraiser – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33820562/treasury-nominee-mnuchin-was-trumps-top-fundraiser

 

WJBD
— Rauner Sets Up 2 Workplace Task Forces; Union Is Skeptical  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, its top priority was a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) making way for them by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, and especially those Republicans who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.wjbdradio.com/local-news/2016/11/29/rauner-sets-up-2-workplace-task-forces-union-is-skeptical

 

SOUTHERN
— State regulators simplify “intimidating” professional licensure process for applicants with criminal records – MOLLY PARKER (In 1981, I got through Illinois’ “intimidating” professional licensure process to become a licensed CPA.)
http://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/state-regulators-simplify-intimidating-professional-licensure-process-for-applicants-with/article_ef9b07e9-bfc9-5931-91a7-b899bd3ee235.html

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Administration discusses future of undocumented students, faculty – Megan Jones  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.)
http://dailyillini.com/news/2016/11/29/ui-administration-discusses-future-undocumented-students-faculty/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Legendary Documentary Studio Tackles the Illinois Budget Crisis  Kartemquin Films is teaming up with In These Times to tell the stories of those affected by the impasse as another budget fight looms. – WHET MOSER
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/November-2016/A-Legendary-Documentary-Studio-Tackles-the-Illinois-Budget-Crisis/

 

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— The Heavy Costs of State of Illinois Bill Paying
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/the-heavy-costs-of-state-of-illinois-bill-paying/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS HOUSE STOPS VOTER REGISTRATION EFFORT FOR NON-CITIZENS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/illinois-house-stops-voter-registration-effort-for-non-citizens.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP: “Democrats can no longer run from their support of Madigan as their undisputed leader”
http://capitolfax.com/2016/11/30/ilgop-democrats-can-no-longer-run-from-their-support-of-madigan-as-their-undisputed-leader/
— Rauner imposes “reasonable” drug and alcohol testing on workers
http://capitolfax.com/2016/11/30/raumer-imposes-reasonable-drug-and-alcohol-testing-on-workers/
— Rauner administration agrees in principle to Exelon deal
http://capitolfax.com/2016/11/30/rauner-administration-agrees-in-principle-to-exelon-deal/
— CHICAGO CUBS CO-OWNER TODD RICKETTS TO BE TRUMP’S DEPUTY COMMERCE SECRETARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/chicago-cubs-co-owner-todd-ricketts-to-be-trumps-deputy-commerce-secretary.html
— Brown: “The lame duck tax increase has been the Rauner strategy all along”
http://capitolfax.com/2016/11/30/brown-the-lame-duck-tax-increase-has-been-the-rauner-strategy-all-along/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: U. of Illinois to study ‘sanctuary’ status for immigrants – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/30/u-of-illinois-to-study-sanctuary-status-for-immigr/
— Donald Trump to embark on a thank you tour of the heartland – Jennifer Harper  (DIERSEN: If Trump came to Illinois, who would he thank the most?  Who delivered the most votes for Trump in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/29/donald-trump-to-embark-on-thank-you-tour-2016/
— White House says Obama won’t pardon illegals – Stephen Dinan  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes could hint/imply/argue/shout that I was a draft-dodger and that I was pardoned for my seeking and obtaining student draft deferments 1966-1970 and for seeking and obtaining a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/29/white-house-says-obama-wont-pardon-illegals/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pointing to Confederate troops after the Civil War and draft-dodgers after the Vietnam War as groups that had been granted mass pardons, they said the same tool could be used for more than 740,000 Dreamers — young adult illegal immigrants who came to the U.S. as children. Mr. Obama granted them a deportation amnesty under his 2012 Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program.)

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Zales Jewelers Commercial Is Slick Propaganda to Normalize Homosexual ‘Marriage’ – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2016/11/29/video-zales-jewelers-commercial-is-slick-propaganda-to-normalize-homosexual-marriage/

 

GOPUSA
— Justin Trudeau: Baby-Faced Commie Apologist Unmasked – Michelle Malkin
http://www.gopusa.com/justin-trudeau-baby-faced-commie-apologist-unmasked/

 

NEWSMAX
— Obama: ‘Fox News in Every Bar and Restaurant’ Hurt Dems With Voters – Theodore Bunker
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/obama-fox-news-hurt-democrats/2016/11/29/id/761220/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Share Your Life – Tim Hetzner  (DIERSEN: How much of your life do you share with others?  Each and every day, I share 10+ hours of my life, that is, I share two GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, one in the morning, and one in the evening.  How much of their lives do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes share with you?)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2016/11/30/share-your-life/

 

THE BLAZE
— Texas Governor Greg Abbott to sanctuary cities: “You are going to comply with the law.” – Brandon Morse (DIERSEN: When will Rauner say that to Chicago and to other sanctuary cities in Illinois?)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/29/texas-governor-greg-abbott-to-sanctuary-cities-you-are-going-to-comply-with-the-law/

 

BREITBART
— College Dems, SJWs Push for Ole Miss ‘Sanctuary Campus’ – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/11/29/college-dems-sjws-push-ole-miss-sanctuary-campus/

 

GOPUSA
— Obama’s Empty Promise
http://www.gopusa.com/obamas-empty-promise/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Photo: Mitt Romney Looks Really Uncomfortable At His Meeting With Trump – Blake Neff
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/29/photo-mitt-romney-looks-really-uncomfortable-at-his-meeting-with-trump/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ten Reasons Left-Wingers Cut Trump Voters from Their Lives – DENNIS PRAGER
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442538/why-left-wingers-cut-ties-trump-voters

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GAO: Federal student loan subsidies twice as high as expected – JOSEPH LAWLER
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/watchdog-federal-student-loan-subsidies-twice-as-high-as-expected/article/2608490

 

THE HILL
— President Obama legitimized Castro’s oppression in life and death – MATT SCHLAPP
http://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/foreign-policy/307821-president-obama-legitimized-castros-oppression-in-life-and

 

POLITICO
— Trump to leave business to ‘fully focus on running the country’ – LOUIS NELSON
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-companies-231982

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Mitt Romney After Donald Trump Dinner: He Can ‘Lead Us To That Better Future’  Romney, Trump and Reince Priebus dined on frog legs at a French restaurant at one of Trump’s hotels.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/romney-trump-dinner_us_583e4b96e4b0c33c8e130346
— Top Congressional Watchdog Uninterested In Trump’s Conflicts Of Interest Before He Takes Office  Rep. Jason Chaffetz wants to give Trump “some time.” – Matt Fuller  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have tremendous conflicts of interest.)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/chaffetz-trump-conflicts-of-interest_us_583e27b0e4b0ae0e7cdac310

 

AOL NEWS
— Day of Giving: Illinois First Lady Diana Rauner  CBS 2’s Rob Johnson speaks with Diana Rauner on the importance of donating and the impact it makes. (DIERSEN: How much of your life do you give to others?  Each and every day, I give to others 10+ hours of my life, that is, I give two GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, one in the morning, and one in the evening.  How much of their lives do my critics/opponents give to you?  My critics/opponents have lots of money and lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.  If they wanted to, they could give you lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and much more.)
http://www.aol.com/video/view/day-of-giving-illinois-first-lady-diana-rauner/583e1dcc1c68990eaa82616d/

 

ABC NEWS
— Mitt Romney, Donald Trump Dine at Exclusive NYC Restaurant Amid Cabinet Speculation – VERONICA STRACQUALURSI and BEN SIEGEL
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/mitt-romney-donald-trump-dinner-tonight-amid-cabinet/story?id=43844307
— Carrier Says It Reached Deal With Trump to Keep Jobs in Indiana – JOHN SANTUCCI, REBECCA JARVIS, and TOM LIDDY
http://abcnews.go.com/US/carrier-reached-deal-trump-jobs-indiana/story?id=43861224

 

NBC NEWS
— Mitt Romney Lavishes Praise on President-elect Trump, Whom He Once Called ‘Fraud’ – ALEXANDRA JAFFE
http://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/mitt-romney-lavishes-praise-president-elect-trump-whom-he-once-n689946

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— More Law Degrees for Women, but Fewer Good Jobs – ELIZABETH OLSON  (DIERSEN: Is the job that you have a good job?  Were the jobs that you held good jobs?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would tell you that none of the jobs that I held 1964-1997 were good jobs.  Those jobs being bad made it all the more difficult for my employers to hire women, to retain women, and to promote women.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/business/dealbook/more-law-degrees-for-women-but-fewer-good-jobs.html
— Eyeing the Trump Voter, ‘Fight for $15’ Widens Its Focus – NOAM SCHEIBER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/business/economy/fight-for-15-wages-protests.html
— Trump to Announce Carrier Plant Will Keep Jobs in U.S. – NELSON D. SCHWARTZ
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/business/trump-to-announce-carrier-plant-will-keep-jobs-in-us.html
— Can the Democrats Move Right? – Ross Douthat
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/30/opinion/can-the-democrats-move-right.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Scores arrested in first ‘Fight for $15’ protests since Trump win – Reuters
http://nypost.com/2016/11/29/scores-arrested-in-first-fight-for-15-protests-since-trump-win/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Why (ILLEGALS) won’t self-deport – Wayne A. Cornelius (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who sides with the illegals? ANSWER: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-cornelius-self-deportation-20161130-story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Donald Trump tweets that he will leave his business ‘in total’ to focus on presidency
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/30/donald-trump-tweets-that-he-will-leave-his-business-in-total-to-focus-on-presidency/
— Hopes for a female president dashed, women take running for office into their own hands – Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/hopes-for-a-female-president-dashed-women-consider-entering-politics-themselves/2016/11/26/1620b182-b043-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25_story.html
— Continue diversity efforts under Trump, civil servants urged – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: If the federal workforce looked like America, half its employees would be Republicans; but virtually all federal employees are Democrats.  While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, its top priority was a) hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) making way for them by getting rid of its employees who were Republican, and especially those Republicans who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/11/28/continue-diversity-efforts-under-trump-civil-servants-urged/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President-elect Donald Trump was barely mentioned at the White House Summit on Diversity and Inclusion in Government, but he wasn’t ignored. Top career civil servants and Obama administration political appointees gathered Monday to discuss the importance of a federal workforce that looks like America at all levels, just weeks before the new president, who was overwhelmingly rejected by voters of color, takes office. Trump gained political notoriety by fronting a racist birth certificate campaign to delegitimize Barack Obama, the first black president. Trump then ran a campaign that started with bashing Mexicans and was tarred by his vulgar misogyny. It speaks volumes that he was backed by the Ku Klux Klan, an American Nazi leader, and hailed with Nazi salutes, even as he rejected their support. With that context the summit, planned before his electoral college victory, took on even greater significance. No one was openly critical of Trump during the morning plenary sessions. That would have been impolitic, particularly given the graciousness of the president and first lady toward the incoming occupants of the White House. Indeed, participants seemed to expect the diversity effort to continue under Trump, despite his actions and statements, because it is “imperative,” in the words of acting office of personnel management director Beth Cobert. “The bottom line is simple,” she said in terms Trump can appreciate. “We cannot afford to leave talent and resources on the table.” Yet Trump’s reputation provides good reason for trepidation, as some speakers alluded to — if only obliquely. “Given the nature of this campaign on this issue of diversity and inclusion, I’m sure that there is more than the usual amount of concern and questions,” said Shaun Donovan, Office of Management and Budget (OMB) director. That is “all the more reason,” he added, that career officials “should be thinking about how you step up, how you join together in the coming months and years to make sure that this issue gets carried on.” Carrying on efforts to expand federal workforce diversity after Obama’s departure was a repeated message at the summit. Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, deputy secretary of energy, said “the work we have begun to date has to be extended across administrations” and how deeply disappointing it would be if that work was “lost or dropped.” Although Gilbert Sandate, chair of the Coalition for Fairness for Hispanics in Government, said the Obama administration has had “inconsistent, spotty success in advancing diversity,” he also praised the president for establishing “one of the most ambitious, multipronged, systematic efforts to institutionalize hiring excellence in government.” The summit grew from Obama’s 2011 Executive Order “establishing a coordinated government-wide initiative to promote diversity and inclusion in the federal workforce.” Sandate does not expect similar efforts under Trump. “Trump’s stated and known views about diversity and inclusion in general … do not bode well for a government workforce that looks like America anytime soon,” said Sandate, who was not at the summit. “I’m afraid the challenge under the Trump administration will be to dig in and fight to hold onto the diversity and inclusion gains made thus far, lest they be quickly eroded or eliminated entirely.” Cobert, who this year said that “one of the most challenging barriers to diversity and inclusion is unconscious bias,” cited three examples of “affirmative steps” taken by the administration “to build a diverse workforce”: In November, the federal government “exceeded the president’s goal of hiring 100,000 people with disabilities into the federal workforce over five years.” The Agriculture Department’s use of “blind applications” that don’t include the names of candidates helped increase the percentage of women in its Senior Executive Service (SES) to 39 percent, an increase of almost 50 percent. The Federal Aviation Administration’s “concerted effort to broaden the recruitment effort” led to a significant increase in job offers to Hispanic candidates and women. “These are examples of real progress,” Cobert said in prepared remarks. True. Yet these success stories also tell us how far away parity remains because of the racism, sexism and implicit bias that makes real inclusion an elusive goal. Female senior executives, for example, remain well below their percentage of the general population at the Agriculture Department and across government. The FAA’s efforts resulted in 28 percent of job offers to women, although women hold up half the sky, as Mao Zedong reminded us. Governmentwide, women were 34.4 percent of the SES workforce in fiscal 2015. The Hispanic-Latino category was a minuscule 2.9 percent, according to an OPM report. The percentage of African American senior executives, however, has increased considerably during the Obama years. In 2008, before he took office, black employees were 8.2 percent of the SES. That had increased to 11.3 in 2015. Without mentioning the president-elect, Sherwood-Randall capsulized the call for civil servants to continue the fight for greater diversity under Trump with this simple directive: “Speak truth to power.”)
— Donald Trump has reached a deal with a manufacturer to keep jobs from going to Mexico – Jim Tankersley and Danielle Paquette
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/29/donald-trump-has-reached-a-deal-with-a-manufacturer-to-keep-jobs-from-going-to-mexico/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Says He Will Be ‘Leaving My Great Business in Total’  President-elect says it is important to avoid appearance of a conflict of interest – DAMIAN PALETTA
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-says-he-will-be-leaving-my-great-business-in-total-1480507486
— U.S. to Forgive at Least $108 Billion in Student Debt in Coming Years  GAO report offers first full cost estimate of debt-relief programs, berates Education Department over accounting methods – JOSH MITCHELL
http://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-to-forgive-at-least-108-billion-in-student-debt-in-coming-years-1480501802
— More Whites Die Than Are Born in One-Third of States  Trend is reshaping the social, political and economic landscape of the U.S. –  JANET ADAMY  (DIERSEN: Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, anti-Whites are overjoyed about this.  Who are the leading anti-Whites in the world, in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/more-whites-die-than-are-born-in-one-third-of-states-1480433481

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— How Political Affiliation Determines Internet Access  Government officials around the world tend to ignore the Internet needs of political opponents and marginalized minority groups, according to a recent study. – Rick Paulas
https://psmag.com/how-political-affiliation-determines-internet-access-fa5d9b2188f5#.xus6yclh2

 

SEATTLE TIMES
— U.S. Rep. DelBene bill would prohibit religious registry – Editorial (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
http://www.seattletimes.com/opinion/editorials/us-rep-delbene-bill-would-rightly-prohibit-any-religious-registry/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Welcome to Washington. Are You Ready to Lead? – Dan Chenok
http://www.govexec.com/excellence/promising-practices/2016/11/welcome-washington-are-you-ready-lead/133463/

 

SLATE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Going Rate for Mitt Romney’s Soul Is Apparently a $215.57 Meal at Jean-Georges.”
http://www.slate.com/blogs/browbeat/2016/11/30/mitt_romney_dines_with_the_devil.html

November 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— KANSAS SCHOOL DISTRICT BANS SAFETY PINS; SUPT. COMPARES IT TO BAN ON CONFEDERATE FLAG
http://abc7chicago.com/education/kansas-school-district-bans-safety-pins/1630418/

 

NBC5
— More Than 4,000 Vacant Lots on Sale for $1 in Chicago
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/More-Than-4000-Vacant-Lots-on-Sale-for-1-in-Chicago-403596686.html

 

CBS2
— Campaign Cash Flows As Utility Pushes Controversial Energy Bill – Brad Edwards
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/11/28/2-investigators-campaign-cash-flows-as-utility-pushes-controversial-energy-bill/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— 55 ticketed at ‘Fight for 15’ protest in West Town
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/crime/220391950-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Madigan no-shows meeting, Rauner’s GOP launches attack website – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-madigan-state-budget-met-1130-20161129-story.html
— Ill. House fails to overturn Rauner’s veto of automatic voter registration bill
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-automatic-voter-registration-bill-veto-20161129-story.html
— Oak Brook makes offer to avoid red light cameras near Oakbrook Center mall – Chuck Fieldman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dob-red-light-followup-tl-1201-20161129-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The death of Obamacare would hurt poor, white Trump voters.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-tom-price-obamacare-trump-20161129-story.html
— Forget ‘identity’ politics. Voters still want to be asked for their votes. – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs pander to those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-identity-politics-clinton-democrats-perspec-1130-20161129-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Should political candidates appeal to particular racial, ethnic or gender groups? Or should they broaden their message to appeal to all groups?  Such are the questions that presidential campaigns ask themselves in the circular firing squad of blame that follows a big loss. Four years ago, the big word for Republicans after President Barack Obama’s re-election was “diversity.” After the party had lost the popular vote in five of the previous six presidential elections, the Republican National Committee’s “autopsy” report called for aggressive outreach to blacks, Hispanics, Asians and other growing nonwhite demographic groups that were not voting much for Republicans. Alas, that approach evaporated with the Grand Old Party’s nomination of Donald Trump. Result: The GOP has lost the popular vote in six of the past seven elections — yet bagged enough electoral votes this time to win the White House.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Ban Donald Trump from Twitter.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-donald-trump-twitter-ban-20161129-story.html
— Trump expected to name ex-Goldman banker Steven Mnuchin as Treasury secretary, sources say – Ylan Q. Mui, Philip Rucker
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-mnuchin-treasury-secretary-20161129-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House fails to override Rauner veto of automatic voter reg bill – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/house-fails-in-attempt-to-override-rauner-veto-of-voter-reg-bill/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Traditional marriage opponents crow about their successes.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/illinois-panel-backs-gay-couple-in-civil-union-complaint/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/steinberg-the-sword-of-sincere-religious-faith-has-two-edges/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Fewer candidates, more diversity on Elgin ballot – Elena Ferrarin
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161129/news/161128900/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Your favorite restaurant? It’s probably inspected less than you think – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161129/BLOGS02/161129900/your-favorite-restaurant-its-probably-inspected-less-than-you-think
— What happens after five people overdose from heroin in a Chicago nursing home – MARGARET DANILOVICH
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161129/OPINION/161129890/what-happens-after-five-people-overdose-from-heroin-in-a-chicago

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Lawmakers seek to block lame-duck session tax – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161129/lawmakers-seek-to-block-lame-duck-session-tax

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McSweeney, Franks warn of lame-duck tax increase, showcase opposing bills – Kevin CRAVER
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/11/29/mcsweeney-franks-warn-of-lame-duck-tax-increase-showcase-opposing-bills/atnx4dk/

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who give ammunition to anti-Trumps?
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/fundraiser-launched-for-store-manager-berated-on-video/article_a3e5ecf0-55d6-5024-a83e-ef7d510bae93.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Evanston encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/evanston-aldermen-pass-strengthened-welcoming-city-law/article_6291cf3e-11b1-5363-9698-ce63607490f1.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who give ammunition to anti-Trumps?
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/harassment-in-schools-skyrockets-after-election-teachers-report

 

WJBD RADIO
— Deadline for Wisconsin Recount Payment of $3,499,689 Looming
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/11/29/deadline-for-wisconsin-recount-payment-looming

 

WSIL TV
— Trump suggests ‘consequences’ for any flag-burners – AP  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, there were consequences for those like me who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and there were severe consequences for those like me who opposed political affiliation discrimination, opposed reverse discrimination, and/or opposed age discrimination.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33815068/trump-suggests-consequences-for-any-flag-burners

 

RIVER BENDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/durbin-dreamers-should-not-be-deported-16776.cfm

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Madigan skips Tuesday mornings leaders meeting due to scheduling conflict
http://ilnews.org/11109/madigan-skips-tuesday-mornings-leaders-meeting-due-scheduling-conflict/
— GOP calls Dem tactics at committee hearing “theater”
http://ilnews.org/11104/gop-calls-dem-tactics-committee-hearing-theater/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILGOP LAUNCHES NEW WEBSITE, “BOSSMADIGAN.COM”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/ilgop-launches-new-website-bossmadigancom.html
— REP. IVES SPELLS OUT OPPOSITION TO EXELON BAILOUT BILL
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/rep-ives-spells-out-opposition-to-exelon-bailout-bill-.html
— CHICAGO CHAMBER, RETAIL MERCHANTS’ REPORT CALLS FOR EXELON BAILOUT TO SAVE NUCLEAR PLANTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/chicago-chamber-retail-merchants-report-calls-for-exelon-bailout-to-save-nuclear-plants.html
— AFP-IL EXEC DIRECTOR SAYS “END THE SUBSIDIES, SAY NO TO THE BAILOUT BILL”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/afp-il-exec-director-says-end-the-subsidies-say-no-to-the-bailout-bill.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? AT BLACK FRIDAY PROTEST ON CHICAGO’S MAG MILE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/wheres-weyermuller-at-black-friday-protest-on-chicagos-mag-mile.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— Billionaire Behind NYC Trump Sign Removals Tied To Illinois Gov. Rauner – William J. Kelly
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/29/billionaire-behind-nyc-trump-sign-removals-tied-to-illinois-gov-rauner/
— CNN Anchor: Americans Should Wear Hijabs To Show Solidarity With Fearful Muslims – Chuck Ross
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/29/cnn-anchor-americans-should-wear-hijabs-to-show-solidarity-with-fearful-muslims-video/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— MORE THAN 800,000 NONCITIZENS MAY HAVE VOTED IN 2016 ELECTION, EXPERT SAYS
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/11/29/more-than-800000-noncitizens-may-have-voted-in-2016-election-expert-says/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Trump: Flag-Burning Must Have Consequences, ‘Perhaps Loss of Citizenship or Year in Jail’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/11/29/trump-says-burning-flag-must-have-consequences-suggests-loss-citizenship-or-year-jail

 

GOPUSA
— Somali Refugee Wounds 11 with Car and Knife at Ohio State
http://www.gopusa.com/somali-refugee-wounds-11-with-car-and-knife-at-ohio-state/
— Texas governor plans to end sanctuary cities in state  (DIERSEN: Rauner should do the same.)
http://www.gopusa.com/texas-governor-plans-to-end-sanctuary-cities-in-state/
— Treasonous: Maryland schools taking steps to become sanctuary campuses
http://www.gopusa.com/maryland-schools-taking-steps-to-become-sanctuary-campuses/
— Trump’s Tweet on Flag Burning Sets Media Aflame
http://www.gopusa.com/trumps-tweet-on-flag-burning-sets-media-aflame/
— It’s Hard to Win a Swimsuit Contest in a Burkini
http://www.gopusa.com/its-hard-to-win-a-swimsuit-contest-in-a-burkini/

 

BREITBART
— Failed Democrat VP Candidate Tim Kaine Tweets Against ‘Gun Violence’ After OSU Knife Attack – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/28/failed-dem-vp-candidate-tim-kaine-tweets-gun-violence-osu-knife-attack/

 

THE HILL
— Trump mulls loss of citizenship, jail for flag burning – HARPER NEIDIG
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/307811-trump-proposes-harsh-punishments-for-flag-burning

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who give ammunition to anti-Trumps?
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-hate-incidents_us_583dd8bfe4b0860d6116bf95

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Protesters Across U.S. Demand $15 Minimum Wage – DANIEL VICTOR and NOAM SCHEIBER  (DIERSEN: I did not earn $15 an hour in today’s dollars until I was 18 years old in 1966.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/business/economy/fight-for-15-wages-protests.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump’s claims of massive widespread voter fraud require great investigation — which hopefully his team has done – CHARLES STEWART III
http://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/trump-voter-fraud-claims-large-not-investigated-article-1.2890634

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Canada Falls Short of Pledge on Border Security and Trade, Watchdog Says  Auditor general sees room for improvement despite pact with U.S. in 2011 – PAUL VIEIRA
http://www.wsj.com/articles/canada-falls-short-of-pledge-on-border-security-and-trade-watchdog-says-1480449525

 

USA TODAY
— Gingrich calls Trump tweet about vote fraud a big mistake – Susan Page
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/29/gingrich-calls-trump-tweet-vote-fraud-big-mistake/94604846/

 

PBS
— Low-wage workers across the country protest and strike, demanding $15 minimum wage – KRISTEN DOERER  (DIERSEN: Did you work for less that $15 an hour in today’s dollars?  I worked for far less than $15 an hour in today’s dollars 1964-1966 when I washed in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights and during 1966 when I cleaned golf shoes at Flossmoor Country Club, chipped slag at Thrall Car in South Chicago Heights, and pumped gasoline at John’s Sinclair in South Chicago Heights.)
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/rundown/low-wage-workers-across-country-protest-strike-demanding-15-minimum-wage/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Dolly Parton Is Grateful She Grew Up Poor – Reuters (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents had far more money than their parents had.  If that is true, why did I a) do yard work and deliver newspapers 1962-1964, b) wash dishes 1964-1966, c) clean golf shoes, chip slag, and pump gasoline in 1966, d) deliver mail 1966-1969, and e) work on an automobile assemble line and work as a security guard in 1970 to pay for a) 1958 Chevy BelAir when I was 16 in 1964, b) a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, c) college expenses in UIC 1966-1968, d) a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967, e) a new 1969 Dodge Charger SE in 1968, and f) college expenses at NIU 1969-1970?)
http://time.com/money/4585236/dolly-parton-money-lessons-dollywood/

November 29 Morning Edition

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Megyn Kelly’s lunch with DuPage Republicans – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: Megyn Kelly spoke at Dan Goodwin’s outstanding Annual Holiday Luncheon Monday, November 28, 2016, at the Westin Hotel in Lombard. She was interviewed by Indiana Governor Elect Eric Holcomb.  The 500+ attendees included Cubs players David Ross, Kyle Schwarber, and Pedro Strop; current and former federal officials Biggert, Hultrgen, Kinzinger, LaHood, and Roskam; current and former Illinois officials Bellock, Brady, Biggins, Coladipietro, Connelly, Daniels, Dillard, Fortner, Ives, Lauzen, McConnaughy, Millner, Munger, Murphy, Oberweis, Reboletti, Sanguinetti, Wehrli, and Winger; current and former county officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Carlin, Cronin, Eckhoff,Elliott, Fichtner, Grant, Grasso, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, King, Krajewski, Mazzochi, Murphy, Painter, Puchalski, Redick, Ruscitti, Schillerstrom, Schultz, Zaruba, and Zay; township officials Anderson, Dabrowski, Kain, Keller, and Valle; current and former party leaders Brady, Claar, Donovan, Durante, Fisher, Marchese, Minor, Porter, and Schneider; judges Birkett, Diamond, Fawell, Guerin, Jorgensen, Kinsella, Kleeman, McJoynt, and O’Shea; and many others including Bond, Gidwitz, Fitzpatrick, Marquardt, Proft, Ricketts, Shaw, and the Wagners. This outstanding annual event benefits the New Directions Affordable Housing Corporation.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161129/NEWS07/161129914
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Nov. 28, while the rest of the city was recovering from Thanksgiving, 600 movers and shakers—mostly Republicans from DuPage County—were at the Westin in Lombard for Daniel Goodwin’s annual holiday lunch. Goodwin, a former Chicago Public Schools teacher who is principal and chairman at Inland Real Estate Group in Oak Brook, holds the invitation-only, private luncheon for his friends. It always features a name-brand speaker (George W. Bush and Bruce Rauner in 2014) and this year, that speaker was Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly, who is promoting her new book, “Settle for More.” If your invitation got lost in the mail, don’t fret. Here’s a recap of what you missed. *Selfie opps with World Series champion Chicago Cubs Kyle Schwarber, David Ross and Pedro Strop. The three hung out in a roped-off corral before lunch, smiling for photos with dozens of guests. Also on hand: Chicago Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts, who is reportedly being considered for a cabinet position by Donald Trump. *Wayne Messmer, former Cubs public-address announcer, delivering “God Bless America” and “The Star Spangled Banner” before lunch was served. Messmer, who has performed the National Anthem for Blackhawks, Bears and White Sox games, delivered straight by-the-book performances of both songs. *Lunch with 140 politicians. According to Goodwin, elected officials made up a quarter of the lunch bunch. Goodwin called on two, Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti and Gov.-elect Eric Holcomb (R) of Indiana, to stand and be recognized. *Mass-autographed copies of Kelly’s book. $32.39. *Holcomb’s 40-minute interview with Kelly, on a stage that held two Christmas trees, two American flags and a menorah. Kelly, careful to the point of near blandness, said she thought the media had learned “very little” during the campaign; that she hoped the “magnanimous Trump, not the thin-skinned, petty Trump” would inhabit the Oval Office; that she would have loved to have interviewed Hillary Clinton during the election cycle; and that Steve Bannon, Trump’s pick for chief strategist, tops her interview wish list. *A two-minute video about New Directions Housing, Goodwin’s nonprofit that provides affordable housing for people who need it, and a gentle ask to contribute. Rodger Brown, New Directions president, said the luncheon, which is primarily a social function and not a fundraiser, usually brings in about $50,000 for New Directions.)

 

POLITICO
— Megyn Kelly’s top interview choice? Steve Bannon  ‘What’s wrong with centrist?’ she asks, thinking of Fox News – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/11/megyn-kellys-top-interview-choice-steve-bannon-107658
(FROM THE ARTICLE:  President-elect Donald Trump’s top White House strategist Steve Bannon hasn’t had kind words for Fox News anchor Megyn Kelly; still, Kelly said Monday she’d like to sit down with him one-on-one. Bannon has criticized both Fox News and Kelly specifically, telling the Hollywood Reporter: “Rupert is a globalist and never understood Trump. To him, Trump is a radical. Now they’ll go centrist and build the network around Megyn Kelly.” “My response to that is, we already are centrist,” Kelly said Monday. “What is wrong with centrist? Must the whole nation be polarized now, even the news organizations?” Kelly, visiting here as part of a national tour to promote her new memoir, Settle For More, was interviewed by Indiana Governor-elect Eric Holcomb at the private event, which was hosted by Inland Real Estate CEO Dan Goodwin as part of a holiday fund-raiser. “To delegitimize all of the media has real implications that as a journalist, I think are dangerous,” Kelly said. “And we should put the pause button on accepting this narrative that the media are scum and they’re disgusting and they’re all in the tank and they’re not trustworthy, which I do not believe. I just do not think it’s true.” She also spoke of the amount of “disinformation” during the campaign. “I do think this year was a free-for-all,” Kelly said. “To try to fact check (Trump) would be exhausting. He really told several …. things that were untrue by the hour in the course of an hour. And it was sort of accepted … I hope that doesn’t set a precedent for other politicians.” Kelly marveled that Hillary Clinton never appeared on her show though she said she tried to book her throughout election. “She actually isn’t on my list anymore.” What does she think the media has learned from this past election? Kelly said she did think there was some soul-searching by journalists who completely wrote off Donald Trump and found themselves shocked by the outcome on Election Day. But for the most part: “Very little,” she said, to laughter. “We’re not an introspective group. I think the media in my experience … most of the journalists I know are tough, they’re shoe-leather reporters, they care about getting it right. Nine out of 10 of them make no money. They don’t have any kind of glamorous life and they’re just trying to be First Amendment advocates.”)
— Todd Ricketts ‘honored’ to be under consideration for post with Trump – NATASHA KORECKI
http://www.politico.com/states/illinois/story/2016/11/todd-ricketts-talks-possible-trump-cabinet-post-role-in-fundraising-107645
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts said on Monday that it is “an honor” to be under consideration for a top post in the Trump administration. He met with the president-elect last week. Trump has discussed naming Ricketts as deputy commerce secretary. Ricketts is the son of billionaire TD Ameritrade founder and conservative donor Joe Ricketts, and the brother of Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, a Republican. Another brother, Tom Ricketts is chairman of the Cubs. “The reality is, it was an honor to be invited to interview. If something comes of it, that’s great. If nothing happens, I still will have felt honored to be part of the process,” Ricketts told POLITICO Illinois. “We had a really good conversation but nothing was set in stone. A thousand things can happen, so we’ll wait and see. We’ll wait until it’s all officially, official, official.” Family members were not supportive of Trump during the primary season, something the candidate noticed. At one point, Trump tweeted that the family “better be careful, they have a lot to hide!” Trump then threatened to launch ads attacking the family, “telling them all what a rotten job they’re doing with the Chicago Cubs.” In the general election, however, family members came through for Trump. They took control of a super PAC called Future45 and Todd Ricketts reportedly helped raise $30 million from other groups, while Joe and Marlene Ricketts donated $1 million to groups supporting Trump. Ricketts said Monday that he and Trump laughed off their personal differences. “We supported other candidates in the primary, but there was never a time when we weren’t going to support the Republican nominee for the general election,” Ricketts said. Ricketts said his fundraising apparatus ended up filling a void left by other Republicans who traditionally played that role, like Karl Rove. “We had an entity and an organization and relationships that made it easier for us to be that entity to support Trump than many others,” Ricketts said. Ricketts said he believes there is a mandate to address working class wages. “We’ve seen wages stagnate among working class Americans and those are the people who put [Trump] into office,” he said. “So the first thing we need to do is generate some economic growth. I think the quickest way to do that would be some tax reform, we need Dodd-Frank reform, we need Obamacare reform. And with those things I think we’re in the right direction.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Women plan march on Washington day after Trump’s inauguration.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-womens-march-on-washington-met-20161128-story.html
— Madigan says he has ‘overwhelming support to be re-elected speaker’ – Monique Garcia and Rick Pearson  (DIERSEN: If you have personally benefited from the problems that Madigan has created, you support Madigan.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-rauner-madigan-fall-session-20161128-story.html
— Illinois companies see possibilities in Safe Roads amendment, Trump infrastructure plans – Robert Reed
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/columnists/ct-infrastructure-spending-illinois-robert-reed-1128-biz-20161128-column.html
— How Donald Trump’s immigration plan could hurt tech and its workers  Chicago tech business leaders say foreign talent boosts economy – Kate MacArthur  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps a) glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn America and its citizens.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-immigrants-tech-trump-bsi-20161128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Five myths about the alt-right.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-alt-right-white-supremacy-neo-nazis-20161128-story.html
— The left’s love affair with Fidel Castro – Cal Thomas
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-liberals-praise-fidel-castro-20161129-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans say Dems divided and in no hurry to solve budget mess – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/republicans-say-dems-divided-and-in-no-hurry-to-solve-budget-mess/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who give ammunition to the anti-Trumps?
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/video-of-customer-rant-prompts-10k-in-donations-to-store-worker/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Does Trump believe every stupid thing, or just say it?”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-does-trump-believe-every-stupid-thing-or-just-say-it/
— Late-paying charter schools fail Chicago civics class – Editorial
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-late-paying-charter-schools-fail-chicago-civics-class/

 

WBEZ
— TREASONOUS: Evanston Strengthens Sanctuary City Status – Patrick Smith, Odette Yousef
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/evanston-considers-becoming-a-sanctuary-city-to-immigrants/2ab117dc-9d31-43e9-b586-93d14423b824

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Legislative leaders meet, will meet again – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161128/legislative-leaders-meet-will-meet-again
—  It’s time for some courageous outrage in Illinois – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161128/our-view-its-time-for-some-courageous-outrage-in-illinois
— Imprisoned Hastert fights for tax-covered pension – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161128/imprisoned-hastert-fights-for-tax-covered-pension

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump attacks CNN over reporting on false voter fraud claims  Trump issues attacks via Twitter – Dylan Byers
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-attacks-cnn-over-reporting-on-false-voter-fraud-claims
— Panelist: Give Donald Trump ‘his medication’  Republican commentator drew protest from fellow panelist on ‘CNN Tonight’ – Josiah Ryan
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/panelist-give-donald-trump-his-medication

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Illinois election-statistics website releases ‘Post-Mortem’ data report – Jeff Gantt
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511049384-illinois-election-statistics-website-releases-post-mortem-data-report

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Gov. Rauner wants the same deal he wanted 14 months ago: Watch Berkowitz w/R House Leader Durkin
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2016/11/gov-rauner-wants-the-same-deal-he-wanted-14-months-ago-watch-berkowitz-wr-house-leader-durkin-cable-and-web/

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: University of Chicago encourages people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  That is treasonous.
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2016/11/29/zimmer-signals-support-daca/

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Minority wrongs  Why the losers are winning in the U.S. – James Krohe Jr.
http://illinoistimes.com/article-17956-minority-wrongs.html

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois State Police – Only truth will lead to trust – time to step up – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/11/illinois-state-police-only-truth-will-lead-to-trust-time-to-step-up/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: ALL-STAR HEARTLAND PANEL DISCUSS IMPORTANCE OF BREAKING THE DEMOCRATIC SUPER HOUSE MAJORITY (PART 2)
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/thorner-all-star-heartland-panel-discuss-importance-of-breaking-the-democratic-super-house-majority.html

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— ONE THOUSAND VETERANS Swarm Liberal Hampshire College After Removal of US Flag – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/one-thousand-veterans-protest-liberal-hampshire-college-removal-us-flag-video/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Former Speaker of the House John Boehner says Donald Trump is no ideologue, and that he might be “barely a Republican.” Some would say the same thing about Boehner himself.
https://pjmedia.com/video/john-boehner-trump-is-barely-a-republican/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ELECTED DONALD TRUMP, NOT THE ALT-RIGHT – Kent Kellar
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/11/29/the-american-people-elected-donald-trump-not-the-alt-right/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Decision Time for the GOP Elite – Michael Kimmitt
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/11/decision_time_for_gop_the_elite.html

 

LIFEZETTE
— Why Mexico Should Embrace Trump’s Wall  Increased border security, better cooperation would slow flow of illegal guns from United States – Brendan Kirby
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/why-mexico-should-embrace-trumps-wall/

 

CHRISTIAN NEWS WIRE
— AFTAH to Trump: ‘Gay Marriage’ Not ‘Settled’ Law  LaBarbera Urges President-elect to Honor His Pledge to GOP Voters to Defend Traditional Marriage by Working to Reverse SCOTUS Obergefell Ruling
http://www.christiannewswire.com/news/5444278723.html

 

INDEPENDENT CATHOLIC NEWS
— Over 1500 faith leaders urge Republican lawmakers to reject Trump’s ‘Cabinet of Bigotry’  (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, “faith leaders” act as operatives or as dupes for the Democrat Party.)
http://www.indcatholicnews.com/news.php?viewStory=31439

 

BREITBART
— Federal Agencies Ignore Republicans, Push ‘Midnight Regulations’ Before Trump Presidency – ALEX SWOYER
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/28/federal-agencies-ignore-republicans-pushing-midnight-regulations-forward-trump-presidency/

 

THE BLAZE
— Texas Republican resigns from Electoral College: ‘I can not and will not vote for Donald Trump’ – Kate Scanlon
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/28/texas-republican-resigns-from-electoral-college-i-can-not-and-will-not-vote-for-donald-trump/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Department of Homeland Security Overwhelmed by Green Card Catastrophe  DHS issuing thousands of duplicate cards, terrorists can access benefits – Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/department-homeland-security-overwhelmed-green-card-catastrophe/

 

THE HILL
— Annoyed Dems dismiss recount as ‘waste of time’ – NIALL STANAGE
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/307787-annoyed-dems-dismiss-recount-as-waste-of-time
— Majority expect Donald Trump to keep promises – REBECCA SAVRANSKY  (DIERSEN: What promises have you made?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have promised to do little or nothing other than to stop me from putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to stop you from reading those emails.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307791-exclusive-majority-expect-donald-trump-to-keep-promises

 

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives say “Liberals Should Welcome Republican Allies in the Age of Trump  Time to reflect after winning the culture wars and losing the governing wars.”
http://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/liberals-welcome-republicans-trump

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Professor Watchlist Is Seen as Threat to Academic Freedom – CHRISTOPHER MELE  (DIERSEN: What lists are you on?  Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors HAVE ME ON THEIR LISTS OF THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/us/professor-watchlist-is-seen-as-threat-to-academic-freedom.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new website that accuses nearly 200 college professors of advancing “leftist propaganda in the classroom” and discriminating against conservative students has been criticized as a threat to academic freedom. The site, Professor Watchlist, which first appeared Nov. 21, says it names those instructors who “advance a radical agenda in lecture halls.” “We aim to post professors who have records of targeting students for their viewpoints, forcing students to adopt a certain perspective, and/or abuse or harm students in any way for standing up for their beliefs,” wrote Matt Lamb, an organizer of the site. The Professor Watchlist is a project of Turning Point USA, a nonprofit organization that says its mission is to educate students about “true free market values.” Charlie Kirk, its founder and executive director, wrote in a blog post that “it’s no secret that some of America’s college professors are totally out of line” and that it was time to expose them. But Julio C. Pino, an associate professor of history at Kent State University in Ohio who is among those named on the site, said in an interview, “What we are seeing with this site is a kind of normalizing of prosecuting professors, shaming professors, defaming professors.” “The broader issue it raises is: What kind of country is America going to become in the next four years?” he added. Professor Pino said professors should not fight the creators of the list directly but instead seek allies on and off campus to address what gave rise to the atmosphere that allowed the website to flourish in the first place.)
— Facebook Shouldn’t Fact-Check – JESSICA LESSINNO (DIERSEN: To stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have to not only fact-check everything in the articles that I link to, but that I have to carry out their blacklist orders. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have millions if not billions of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. on their blacklists.  Because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders, they blacklist me.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/opinion/facebook-shouldnt-fact-check.html
— Facebook Runs Up Against German Hate Speech Laws – MARK SCOTT and MELISSA EDDY  (DIERSEN: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, soon, if not already, anything said or written by those who are member of one or more of the following groups will be considered to be hate speech: Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/technology/facebook-germany-hate-speech-fake-news.html
— News Outlets Rethink Usage of the Term ‘Alt-Right’ – SYDNEY EMBER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/business/media/news-outlets-rethink-usage-of-the-term-alt-right.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump’s Lies About the Popular Vote.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/opinion/donald-trumps-lies-about-the-popular-vote.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Threatening Cuba Will Backfire.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/29/opinion/threatening-cuba-will-backfire.html
— Challenging the Boss in Public? For Kellyanne Conway, It’s Part of the Job – MICHAEL D. SHEAR and MAGGIE HABERMAN  (DIERSEN: What do you say about those who you work/worked for?  Virtually all those who I have worked for demanded total obedience from their subordinates.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/us/politics/kellyanne-conway-donald-trump.html
— When Having Insurance Still Leaves You Dangerously Uncovered – Aaron E. Carroll  (DIERSEN: I pay lots of money for dental insurance, but very little is covered.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/28/upshot/when-having-insurance-still-leaves-you-dangerously-uncovered.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Michael Steele: What Republicans need to do about all ‘the KKK stuff’ – Jonathan Capehart
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/11/22/michael-steele-what-republicans-need-to-do-about-all-the-kkk-stuff/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump won by rejecting the political rules” and ask “Will the GOP Senate give him more leeway with Cabinet nominees?”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-confirmations-20161119-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Trump adviser Peter Thiel is on Silicon Valley speed dial – Jessica Guynn
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/11/28/peter-thiel-donald-trump-silicon-valley-adviser/94545582/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: China’s New Tool for Social Control: A Credit Rating for Everything  Beijing wants to give every citizen a score based on behavior such as spending habits, turnstile violations and filial piety, which can blacklist citizens from loans, jobs, air travel – JOSH CHIN and Gillian Wong  (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes want to control not only me, but to control you and to control everyone else and everything else.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chinas-new-tool-for-social-control-a-credit-rating-for-everything-1480351590
— The Recount Hail Mary  The left may get an unexpected lesson in electoral federalism. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-recount-hail-mary-1480285772
— The Benefits of Being Distracted – SUMATHI REDDY (DIERSEN: What do you focus on?  I focus on putting out two GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every day.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-benefits-of-being-distracted-1480357109

 

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Should more troops become eligible for food stamps? – Carl Prine
http://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/military/sd-me-military-compensation-20161121-story.html

 

SACRAMENTO BEE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives say “Trump’s triumph should signal an end to checklist conservatism.”
http://www.sacbee.com/opinion/op-ed/ben-boychuk/article115581483.html

 

THE BEAST
— Trump: Flag-Burners Should Be Jailed
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/29/trump-flag-burners-should-be-jailed.html

 

RIGHT WING WATCH
— Peter LaBarbera: Trump Might Be ‘Actually More Dangerous’ That Clinton In Promoting LGBT Rights – Kyle Mantyla
http://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/peter-labarbera-trump-might-be-actually-more-dangerous-that-clinton-in-promoting-lgbt-rights/

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— Now’s the time for socialist organization.  We need to make the demonstrations against Trump’s presidency as big as possible – Danny Katch
https://socialistworker.org/2016/11/29/nows-the-time-for-socialist-organization

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Should Presidents Include Political Opponents In Their Cabinets? (DIERSEN: The answer is NO based on my experience serving as the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012.  I should write a book about those TAPROOT officers, directors, and members who worked the hardest to destroy me and to destroy TAPROOT.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/november_2016/should_presidents_include_political_opponents_in_their_cabinets

November 28 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Megyn Kelly in Lombard advises Trump: ‘Try to take the high road’ – Robert Sanchez  (DIERSEN: Megyn Kelly spoke at Dan Goodwin’s outstanding Annual Holiday Luncheon Monday, November 28, 2016, at the Westin Hotel in Lombard. She was interviewed by Indiana Governor Elect Eric Holcomb.  The 500+ attendees included Cubs players David Ross, Kyle Schwarber, and Pedro Strop; current and former federal officials Biggert, Hultrgen, Kinzinger, LaHood, and Roskam; current and former Illinois officials Bellock, Brady, Biggins, Coladipietro, Connelly, Daniels, Dillard, Fortner, Ives, Lauzen, McConnaughy, Millner, Munger, Murphy, Oberweis, Reboletti, Sanguinetti, Wehrli, and Winger; current and former county officials Berlin, Bucholz, Cantore, Carlin, Cronin, Eckhoff,Elliott, Fichtner, Grant, Grasso, Grogan, Henry, Hinds, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, King, Krajewski, Mazzochi, Murphy, Painter, Puchalski, Redick, Ruscitti, Schillerstrom, Schultz, Zaruba, and Zay; township officials Anderson, Dabrowski, Kain, Keller, and Valle; current and former party leaders Brady, Claar, Donovan, Durante, Fisher, Marchese, Minor, Porter, and Schneider; judges Birkett, Diamond, Fawell, Guerin, Jorgensen, Kinsella, Kleeman, McJoynt, and O’Shea; and many others including Bond, Gidwitz, Fitzpatrick, Marquardt, Proft, Ricketts, Shaw, and the Wagners. This outstanding annual event benefits the New Directions Affordable Housing Corporation.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161128/news/161129038/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Roughly 140 elected officials were on hand to hear her speak, including Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, DuPage County State’s Attorney Robert Berlin and DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin. Others in the crowd included business leaders, professionals and civic leaders. Before Kelly took the stage, Goodwin explained why he hosts the annual event, which helped raise money the New Directions Affordable Housing Corporation. “This is an opportunity for us to do something for the holidays,” Goodwin told the crowd. “The reason all of you have been invited here is because you have something special about you. You make a difference in the world.”)
— Four of nine Wheaton City Council candidates running for West District seat – Jessica Cilella  (DIERSEN: Approximately half of my precinct is in the West District and approximately half is in the East District.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161128/news/161129002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Scalzo said he wants to serve another four years to provide continuity on the council. Bobby McNeily, a nonprofit professional, filed simultaneously with Scalzo on the first day of filing. McNeily has served on the city’s community relations commission for two years and said he is running because he hopes to inspire other millennials to run for public office. A lottery will be held at 8:30 a.m. Friday to determine whose name will appear first on the ballot. Other candidates for the West District seat are Lynn Robbins, a former Illinois Park and Recreation Association board member, and Joseph Leone. In the East District, incumbent Thor Saline will face Michael Barbier, a project engineer for DuPage County, and Thomas Dymit, a Chicago Symphony Chorus singer and North Central College faculty member. Councilmen John Rutledge in the South District and Phil Suess in the North District will run unopposed.)
— Naperville council race features 8 candidates for 4 seats – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161128/news/161129003/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former U.S. Rep. Aaron Schock asks for change of venue to Peoria – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-aaron-schock-wants-new-venue-met-1128-20161128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How Donald Trump’s immigration plan could hurt tech and its workers.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/bluesky/originals/ct-immigrants-tech-trump-bsi-20161128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s illegal voters lie is just a distraction.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-trump-illegal-voters-huppke-20161128-story.html
— Which Democrats will run for president in 2020? – Chris Cillizza
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-democrats-2020-presidential-election-20161128-story.html
— Fixing Illinois: Will Madigan, Cullerton let workers comp be a starting point for compromise? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-madigan-rauner-cullerton-work-comp-edit-jm-20161123-story.html
— Republicans accuse Democrats of ‘good cop, bad cop’ routine on Rauner agenda – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-madigan-illinois-budget-meeting-met-1129-20161128-story.html
— ComEd, Exelon scale back controversial bill, again – Ally Marotti
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-comed-rate-increase-1129-biz-20161128-story.html
— Following grandson’s death, Davis seeks more spending in poor neighborhoods – Hal Dardick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-danny-davis-violence-met-1129-20161129-story.html
— Rescue 2 Illinois nukes? Why Springfield shouldn’t pick winners and losers – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-nuclear-comed-exelon-power-plants-illinois-edit-1129-jm-20161128-story.html
— First commercial Havana-bound flights touch down amid transition for U.S., Cuba – Lauren Zumbach and Robert Channick
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-airlines-cuba-1129-biz-20161128-story.html
— A recount won’t change the election results, but Trump and the political fringes are debating it anyway – Noah Bierman and Michael A. Memoli
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-trump-recount-20161128-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Black politicians unite after murder of congressman’s grandson – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/black-politicians-unite-after-murder-of-congressmans-grandson/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Biz opposition grows as Exelon trims bailout bill again – STEVE DANIELS
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161128/NEWS11/161129911/biz-opposition-grows-as-exelon-trims-bailout-bill-again

 

ABC7
— GOV. RAUNER ON BUDGET IMPASSE, PRESIDENT-ELECT DONALD TRUMP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-rauner-on-budget-impasse-donald-trump/1628537/
— OHIO STATE ATTACKER ID’D AFTER COLUMBUS ACTIVE SHOOTER ALERT – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/news/osu-attacker-idd-after-columbus-active-shooter-alert/1628656/
— MAN WHO ALLEGEDLY SHOT PREGNANT GIRLFRIEND, KILLING UNBORN CHILD, FATALLY SHOT BY POLICE – Jessica D’Onofrio and Liz Nagy
http://abc7chicago.com/news/pregnant-woman-shot-by-boyfriend-unborn-child-killed-family-says/1628422/

 

NBC5
— Lawmakers Reconvene for Budget Negotiations, Veto Sessions  As lawmakers prepare to reconvene in Springfield Tuesday for the final string of veto sessions, some pivotal measures remain on the table. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Things-to-Look-Out-for-in-the-Upcoming-Veto-Session-story-403446376.html
— Illinois Lawmakers Face Exelon Energy Plan, Derided as ‘Bailout’ – John O’Connor
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-lawmakers-face-exelon-energy-plan-derided-as-bailout-403439676.html
— Rauner Pushes Balanced Budget, Reforms Ahead of Veto Sessions  As the Illinois General Assembly prepares to reconvene in Springfield Tuesday for a second round of veto sessions, Gov. Bruce Rauner pushed for a full, balanced budget that includes a series of reforms from his “turnaround agenda.” – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Continues-to-Push-for-Balanced-Budget-Reforms-403424536.html
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rauner-403362306.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Seeking Daily Budget Meetings With Top Lawmakers
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/11/28/rauner-seeking-daily-budget-meetings-with-top-lawmakers/
— OUTRAGEOUS: IDOT Announces Driverless Cars, Says Illinois Needs To Prepare
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/11/28/idot-announces-driverless-cars-says-illinois-needs-to-prepare/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Terrorism suspected in car-and-knife attack at Ohio State
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/220151139-story

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Democrats try to force a fight on Trump business interests  Trump involved in more than 500 companies – Cristina Alesci and Jon Sarlin
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/democrats-try-to-force-a-fight-on-trump-business-interests
— Saudis believe Trump will unleash America’s economy  Maintaining oil production ‘justifiable’ – Matt Egan
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/saudis-believe-trump-will-unleash-americas-economy

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Rauner does about-face, reveals ‘positive conversation’ with Trump – Jeff Gantt
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511049374-rauner-does-about-face-reveals-positive-conversation-with-trump

 

ELMHURST PATCH
— Who’s Who in DuPage Politics? New Elected Officials To Be Sworn In Next Week  Get to know your new elected officials before they take the oath of office next Monday. – Anicka Slachta
http://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/whos-who-dupage-politics-new-elected-officials-be-sworn-next-week

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Governor’s Office warns of possible $47 billion bill backlog in four years
http://ilnews.org/11092/governors-office-warns-possible-47-billion-bill-backlog-four-years/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— IL Legislators Want to Spend Taxes on Abortions – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/il-legislators-want-spend-taxes-abortions/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: ALL-STAR HEARTLAND PANEL DISCUSS NOV. 8TH “EARTHQUAKE” ELECTION
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/11/thorner-all-star-heartland-panel-discuss-nov-8th-earthquake-election.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Republicans suggest there’s a divide between Democratic leaders
http://capitolfax.com/2016/11/28/republicans-suggest-divide-between-democratic-leaders/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Megyn Kelly Was Just Asked If She Would Ever Join Donald Trump’s Administration. Here’s How She Responded. – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/28/megyn-kelly-was-just-asked-if-she-would-ever-join-donald-trumps-administration-heres-how-she-responded/

 

GOPUSA
— Elite Media Plot New Censorship Regime
http://www.gopusa.com/elite-media-plot-new-censorship-regime/
— Obama hastens deal accepting 1.8K rejected Muslims
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-hastens-deal-accepting-1-8k-rejected-muslims/
— Obama Whitewashes Castro’s Tyranny in ‘Carefully-Worded’ Statement
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-whitewashes-castros-tyranny-in-carefully-worded-statement/
— HUD pays low-income families to live upscale
http://www.gopusa.com/hud-pays-low-income-families-to-live-upscale/

 

THE HILL
— Romney flirtation jolts Trump World – JONATHAN SWAN AND BEN KAMISAR
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307797-romney-flirtation-jolts-trump-world

 

POLITICO
— Indicted Schock asks to move case to his hometown – JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/aaron-schock-trial-illinois-231901

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Gives Mitt Romney a Second Interview for Diplomatic Post – PETER NICHOLAS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-gives-mitt-romney-a-second-interview-for-diplomatic-post-1480379550

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “A Wall Is an Impractical, Expensive, and Ineffective Border Plan.”
https://www.cato.org/blog/border-wall-impractical-expensive-ineffective-plan

November 28 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say Trump’s claim that ‘millions of people’ voted illegally for Clinton is bogus.  How many illegals are registered to vote in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  How many of them voted in the November 8, 2016 election?  How many of them voted for Clinton?  Will the Democrats ask the Democrats who run GAO to investigate and answer those questions?
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-fact-check-trump-20161127-story.html
— Management behaviors that send great people out the door – Marcel Schwantes  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-management-behaviors-that-send-great-people-out-the-door-20161118-story.html
— Your social media ranting could sink your job prospects – Brian J. O’Connor  (DIERSEN: By searching the internet, what “negative” things could employers find about you?  They could easily find the following “negative” things about me: baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran; conservative; Republican; American; White; male; old (born in 1949); non-poor; gun owner; German American; draft avoider; ancestors have been in America since the 1840s; my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, they disallowed my education deductions, and they disallowed my partial day per diem claims; my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests; I have filed lawsuits; etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/tca-your-social-media-ranting-could-sink-your-job-prospects-20161118-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Did things get a little heated on your social media feed after the recent election? Be careful. It could prevent you from getting hired. Donald Trump got the top job in America despite his penchant for shooting from the lip on Twitter, but other job seekers aren’t so lucky. More and more, an ill-tempered tweet or a crude Facebook rant can disqualify you from a job. According to an April survey by the job site CareerBuilder, 60 percent of employers comb social networking sites to research job candidates. Of those, 46 percent said they’d reject a candidate if they found “provocative” photos, videos or information; 43 percent object to information about drinking or drugs; and 33 percent said they’d toss a candidate for “discriminatory comments related to race, religion, gender, etc.” An offensive social media post can not only keep you out of a job, it can also cost you the one you have, of course. Just last month in Georgia, Jane Wood Allen, a Forsyth County Schools paraprofessional, was canned after a Facebook post in which she called first lady Michelle Obama “a gorilla.”)
— Why is working not worth the effort for some men? – Robert Samuelson  (DIERSEN: For me, see above concerning what employers can/would find about me by searching the internet.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-men-work-ethic-trump-samuelson-perspec-1128-md-20161125-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 61 shot, 8 fatally, in Thanksgiving weekend violence
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/8-wounded-in-shootings-in-first-10-hours-of-thanksgiving-weekend/
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/map-thanksgiving-weekend-shootings-tracker/
— ‘I’m sorry’ would go a long way for Trump – Laura Washington  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to say that you are sorry for?  Mine want me to say that I am sorry for causing all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems.  They especially want me to say that I am sorry a) for causing all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, b) for causing all the problems that Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party have had since 2000, c) for causing all the problems that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and the American Association of Political Consultants have had since 2000, d) for causing all the problems that Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have had since 2000, e) etc.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/laura-washington-im-sorry-would-go-a-long-way-for-trump/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Munger’s strength – Kerry Lester
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161128/news/161129138/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political data analyst Scott Kennedy recently did a deep dive of Illinois election results and found, among other tidbits, that even though Republican Illinois Comptroller Leslie Munger of Lincolnshire lost statewide to Democratic Chicago City Clerk Susana Mendoza, she outperformed Republicans at the top of the ticket — including President-elect Donald Trump and departing U.S. Sen. Mark Kirk of Highland Park — everywhere but in southern Illinois. Munger’s performance was particularly strong in the collar counties, where she took an average of 51 percent of the vote, compared to Trump’s 41 percent and Kirk’s 45 percent. In suburban Cook County, Munger took 39 percent of the vote, while Trump took 30 percent and Kirk took 33 percent. For more on the election, check out Kennedy’s site, www.illinoiselectiondata.com.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD EDITORIAL WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES: Anti-Trumps promote George Ryan and Castro.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161128/news/161129137/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will Trump’s $1 trillion answer suburban transportation wishes? – Marni Pyke
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161128/news/161129136/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois lawmakers return to unfinished business – Doug Finke
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20161127/illinois-lawmakers-return-to-unfinished-business

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— It’s time to get down to specifics, drop the stereotypes – Doug Wilson  (DIERSEN: Democrats run America. Democrats determine who is stereotyped positively and who is stereotyped negatively. Democrats stereotype positively those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors. Democrats stereotype negatively those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.  That is one reason why Trump won and Clinton lost.)
http://www.whig.com/20161127/its-time-to-get-down-to-specifics-drop-the-stereotypes

 

TIMES
— Madigan unpopular, but not down – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/opinion/columnists/as-it-is-madigan-unpopular-but-not-down/article_79f639e6-6f1d-5e28-800c-2ec60287c2a3.html

 

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Breaking down the blue-collar workforce – Chris Gelbach  (DIERSEN: Are/were you a member of the blue-collar workforce?  I was 1964-1972.  While you were a member of the blue-collar workforce, did you hold jobs that minorities and women could have held, that is, did you take jobs away from minorities and from women?  I did.  I washed dishes 1964-1966; I cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; I delivered mail 1966-1969; I worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; and I pumped gasoline 1970-1972. In my defense, few minorities and few women wanted the blue-collar jobs that I held.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned all the jobs that I have held as being “bad jobs.”)
http://www.nwitimes.com/business/jobs-and-employment/breaking-down-the-blue-collar-workforce/article_c1eb3fa2-62e1-5c63-b465-6be3ef070721.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2013, the working class accounted for nearly two-thirds of the country’s entire civilian labor force between the ages of 18 and 64. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, people of color will become a majority of the American working class in 2032, well before the overall U.S. population becomes “majority-minority” in 2043. The subset of the working class aged 25 to 34 will be majority-minority just five years from now in 2021. As a June 2016 Economic Policy Institute report on the topic by Wilson notes, the wages of all gender, racial and ethnic groups have failed to keep pace with the nation’s economy-wide productivity growth between 1979 and 2014. The hardest-hit workers in this respect have been Latino men, who have seen their hourly wages decrease by an inflation-adjusted 9.8 percent over this period. Second were black men, whose wages have decreased by 7.2 percent. White males, in contrast, have seen their wages decrease by a significantly lower 3.1 percent over the same period. Working-class wages for women, meanwhile, trail those of working-class men across all ethnic groups. White working-class women make 81 percent of the median hourly wage of white working-class men. But even here, race supersedes gender to some degree, with black men making 78 percent of what white men do, and Latino men making 76 percent.)

 

WIFR
— Back to Springfield
http://www.wifr.com/content/news/Back-to-Springfield–403299806.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Residents file to run for 4 Naperville City Council seats in spring – Carol Ostrow
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511049065-residents-file-to-run-for-4-naperville-city-council-seats-in-spring
— Fitch downgraded DuPage bond rating over home rule policy, county board member says – Karen Kidd
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511008408-fitch-downgraded-dupage-bond-rating-over-home-rule-policy-county-board-member-says

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Edgar County Watchdogs duo receive Krieble Foundation Unsung Hero Award – Ruth de Jauregui
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511049078-edgar-county-watchdogs-duo-receive-krieble-foundation-unsung-hero-award
— Illinois’ debt per capita ranks among 10 highest in U.S., at nearly $15,000
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511049058-illinois-debt-per-capita-ranks-among-10-highest-in-u-s-at-nearly-15-000

 

PJ MEDIA
— Hypocrite Megyn Kelly: ‘I Have No Political Ideology. I’m A Soulless Lawyer At Heart’ – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/11/27/hypocrite-megyn-kelly-i-have-no-political-ideology-im-a-soulless-lawyer-at-heart/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sure, Megyn: “I am not an ideologue. I always laugh because when I was coming up the ranks at Fox News, the left thought I was always in the tank for the Republicans because they always see you through a certain prism. And then during this year of Donald Trump, now the right thinks I’m in the tank for the Never Trumpers or the liberals. But the truth is, I’m not in the tank, I’m not swimming in the tank at all. I’m off to the side of the tank. I don’t even have my bathing suit on. I’m just watching the tank…I have no political ideology. I’m a soulless lawyer at heart. I can see both sides of every argument.”  All those who believe Megyn, please raise your hand. No one. Ah. That’s what I thought. I watched the debates and I’ve watched quite a lot of  “The Kelly File.” As such, I know what her ideology is: establishmentarianism. That’s what Megyn Kelly is all about. She loves the establishment of both parties. That’s clear from the way she approaches them … and that’s also one of the major reasons why Rupert Murdoch loves her as much as he does; after all, he too is an establishmentarian. The only reason Fox News eventually decided to support Trump is that they realized they couldn’t bring him down. When you can’t beat them, join them.)

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Compare and Contrast: DONALD TRUMP vs OBAMA on Tyrant Fidel Castro’s Death
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/compare-contrast-donald-trump-obamas-statements-fidel-castro-death/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— ‘PISSED OFF’ DAD OF JAMIEL SHAW JR. EXPLAINS HOW LIBERAL IMMIGRATION LIES HARM BLACK AMERICANS – Carly Hoilman
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/11/pissed-off-dad-of-jamiel-shaw-jr-explains-how-liberal-immigration-lies-harm-black-americans

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Trump back to business as recount distractions loom large  (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but will my critics/opponents call for federal investigations into being hired in 1980, 1971, and 1966?  GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/28/trump-back-to-business-as-recount-distractions-loom-large.html

 

BREITBART
— Rosie O’Donnell Defends Questioning Whether Barron Trump is Autistic – DANIEL NUSSBAUM
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/11/27/rosie-odonnell-defends-tweet-questioning-whether-barron-trump-autistic/
— Thirteen Undiplomatic Statements by Mitt Romney About Donald Trump – MICHELLE MOONS
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/27/thirteen-undiplomatic-statements-by-mitt-romney-about-donald-trump/
— Gingrich: Trump Supporters Would Be ‘Enormously Disappointed’ if Trump Selected Romney for Cabinet Position – TRENT BAKER
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/11/27/gingrich-trump-supporters-would-be-enormously-disappointed-if-trump-selected-romney-for-cabinet-position/
— Kurtz on ‘Trump Trauma’: ‘Can We Please Cool It With the Nazi Stuff?’ – TRENT BAKER
http://www.breitbart.com/video/2016/11/27/kurtz-trump-trauma-can-please-cool-nazi-stuff/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Guns & Politics: Trump And The Rise Of The Alpha Male – Susan Smith
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/27/guns-politics-trump-and-the-rise-of-the-alpha-male/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Appalling Whitewashing of Castro’s Legacy – Mike Gonzalez
http://dailysignal.com/2016/11/26/the-lefts-appalling-whitewashing-of-castros-legacy/

 

NEWSMAX
— Rosie Defends Ugly, False Claim Trump’s Son Autistic
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Rosie-ODonnell-Barron-Trump-Autistic/2016/11/27/id/760832/
— Veterans to Protest at Massachusetts College That Stopped Flying US Flags
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/veterans-protest-hampshire-college/2016/11/27/id/760803/

 

TOWNHALL
— Cabinet Watch: Todd Rickets Likely Pick for Deputy Commerce Secretary – Jason Hopkins
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/jasonhopkins/2016/11/27/cabinet-watch-todd-rickets-likely-pick-for-deputy-commerce-secretary-n2250893

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Will Not Appoint Romney – J. Marsolo
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/11/trump_will_not_appoint_romney.html
— Progressivism’s Bigoted Past (and Present) – Richard Winchester
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/11/progressivisms_bigoted_past_and_present.html

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CBS Comedy ‘The Great Indoors:’ ‘Millennials are like Flowers that Wilt in the Shade of Criticism’ – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2016/11/28/cbs-comedy-great-indoors-millennials-are-flowers-wilt-shade

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Jeffress commends Trump for forgiving Hillary – Michael F. Haverluck
http://www.onenewsnow.com/church/2016/11/27/jeffress-commends-trump-for-forgiving-hillary

 

LIFEZETTE
— Test-Taking Anxiety Among Our Kids – Janna Farley  (DIERSEN: What tests did you pass to get your jobs, to keep your jobs, and/or to get promoted? I passed all the tests needed to earn a grade school diploma in 1962, a high school diploma in 1966, a job-related bachelor’s degree in 1970, and job-related master’s degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997.  I passed the Post Office employment test in 1966, the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, the CPA examination in 1979, and the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981.)
http://www.lifezette.com/momzette/test-taking-anxiety-among-kids/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mark Hamill casts Donald Trump’s team as a ‘who’s-who of really despicable people’ – Victor Morton
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/27/mark-hamill-casts-donald-trumps-team-whos-who-real/
— Throwing off the PC shackles  Liberals can’t imagine why Americans reject the secular disdain for values – Robert Knight
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/27/throwing-off-the-pc-shackles/
— Welcome to the party of Trump  The president-elect will build on the Reagan legacy of growth and optimism – Stephen Moore
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/27/welcome-to-the-party-of-donald-trump/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Democrats see Putin payback for Trump over biz deals – PAUL BEDARD
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/vodkagate-dems-see-putin-payback-for-trump-over-biz-deals/article/2608256

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Fidel Castro, Media Darling  Liberal media, politicians praise dead dictator – Bill McMorris
http://freebeacon.com/culture/fidel-castro-media-darling/
— Twitter Grants Verification to Muslim Brotherhood’s Violent, Anti-Semitic Online Mouthpiece  Decision slammed by Cruz, experts – Adam Kredo
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/twitter-muslim-brotherhood-verification/

 

BERNARD GOLDBERG
— Relax Liberals: The Third Reich Isn’t Coming
http://bernardgoldberg.com/guess-who-forgot-how-to-be-liberal/

 

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Control Your Anger! – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do everything that they can to make me angry.  So far, they have been unsuccessful.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2016/11/28/control-your-anger/

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Mainstream Media projecting “Fake News” on Conservative outlets more farce than force – Judi McLeod
http://canadafreepress.com/article/mainstream-media-projecting-fake-newson-conservative-outlets-more-farce-tha

 

TRIB LIVE
— The left’s deadly fixation – MICHELLE MALKIN
http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/11527199-74/bush-trump-president

 

THE HILL
— Vulnerable Dems ready to work with Trump – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/307452-vulnerable-dems-ready-to-work-with-trump

 

AOL NEWS
— New poll results show America is a deeply divided nation  (DIERSEN: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors FOCUS ON DIVIDING EVERYONE AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/11/27/new-poll-results-show-america-is-a-deeply-divided-nation/21615216/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Cities Vow to Fight Trump on Immigration, Even if They Lose Millions – JENNIFER MEDINA and JESS BIDGOOD  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps put foreign counties and their citizens ahead of America and its citizens.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/27/us/cities-vow-to-fight-trump-on-immigration-even-if-they-lose-millions.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— The left’s lunatic ‘hate’ hysteria – Editorial (DIERSEN: Who promotes hatred of Trump and hatred of Trump’s supporters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in America, and across the world?)
http://nypost.com/2016/11/27/the-lefts-lunatic-hate-hysteria/
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: Just because President-elect Donald Trump has unequivocally disavowed and condemned white nationalists and alt-right types who cheered his victory, don’t expect the left and its media allies to end their hysteria about the orgy of “hate” they claim is sweeping America. Trump made no bones about where he stands: “I don’t want to energize the group,” he told The New York Times. “I’m not looking to energize them . . . and I disavow the group. Disavow and condemn.” That prompted some alt-righters to complain that they’d been “bamboozled by The Donald.” What’s really driving this is the left’s desperate denial of the simple fact that Trump emerged victorious by winning over people who’d previously voted for Barack Obama. If you won’t admit that the left no longer speaks to working-class whites, then it’s easier to blame “a basket of deplorables,” as Jason Riley notes in The Wall Street Journal. So they point to opportunists like ex-Klan leader David Duke or white nationalist Richard Spencer as evidence that a new wave of intolerance elected Trump. Bull. Spencer attracted barely 200 people at his conference, with its made-for-video “Hail Trump” salutes. Yet the media responded slavishly with wall-to-wall coverage. Duke realizes that anything positive he says about Trump will be covered – so he keeps praising him. That such “watchdogs” as the Anti-Defamation League and the Southern Poverty Law Center have bought in to this hysteria proves they’ve become blatant partisans. (The ADL seems unbothered by the anti-Israel record of Rep. Keith Ellison, who’s bidding to chair the Democratic Party.) The left is determined to undermine Trump’s legitimacy, so expect to see this nonsense continue. Just realize that it bears no resemblance to reality.)

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump California officials call Trump fraud accusations absurd. How many illegals are registered to vote in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?  How many of them voted in the November 8, 2016 election?  How many of them voted for Clinton?  Will the Democrats ask the Democrats who run GAO to investigate and answer those questions?
http://www.latimes.com/nation/politics/trailguide/la-na-trailguide-updates-trump-california-fraud-voting-illegally-padilla-statement-htmlstory.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump vs. the White House Press Corps  The briefing room contains 49 seats. Most go to the MSM with barely any to the dot-com world. – ARI FLEISCHER
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-vs-the-white-house-press-corps-1480279305
— Five Myths About Landing a Good Job Later in Life – ANNE TERGESEN  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if they had been me in 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to retire, they could have easily landed a good job.  In 1997, in today’s dollars, GAO was paying me $120,427.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/five-myths-about-landing-a-good-job-later-in-life-1480302842
— Fidel Castro’s Communist Utopia  He turned a developing Cuba into an impoverished prison. – Editorial
http://www.wsj.com/articles/fidel-castros-communist-example-1480189319

 

FORBES
— What Trump Can Undo On Day One, According To The Congressional Research Service – Jeff McMahon
http://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffmcmahon/2016/11/28/what-trump-can-undo-on-day-one-according-to-the-congressional-research-service/

 

TULSA WORLD
— Choosing Romney would be seen as betrayal, Trump aide warns – AP  (DIERSEN: Within the Republican Party, supporting anyone who has not supported Trump since he won the nomination is a betrayal of those who voted for Trump.  But of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, anti-Trumps want to betray those who voted for Trump.)
http://www.tulsaworld.com/news/government/ap/choosing-romney-would-be-seen-as-betrayal-trump-aide-warns/article_dd12674f-7556-5b4b-a337-6ba35f79e1f3.html

 

UNION LEADER
— What workplaces must do in the age of Trump – REX HUPPKE  (DIERSEN: From what I see, virtually all employers are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, such employers, if they have not already, will stop hiring and get rid of their employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, 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.)
http://www.unionleader.com/article/20161128/NEWS02/161129413

 

BRISTOL HERALD COURIER
— Will Washington shout down the ‘voice’ of Trump voters? – AP  (DIERSEN: Who has taken the lead in shouting down the ‘voice’ of Trump voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
http://www.heraldcourier.com/news/national/will-washington-shout-down-the-voice-of-trump-voters/article_fc2f46c5-6bfd-5731-886c-d18ce0ce0efe.html

 

THE BEAST
—  Trump ‘Furious’ at Kellyanne’s Romney Attack  (DIERSEN: Who do your critics/opponents authorize/direct to attack you?  I should write a book about my critics/opponents and those who they authorize/direct to attack me.)
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/28/report-trump-furious-at-romney-attack.html

 

INQUISITER
— Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly, Megyn Kelly, And Sean Hannity Rule November Cable News Ratings – Daryl Deino
http://www.inquisitr.com/3749369/fox-news-bill-oreilly-megyn-kelly-and-sean-hannity-rule-november-cable-news-ratings/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fox News was easily the ratings winner during one of the most divisive election months in recent history. For the month of November (ratings are averaged up until November 22 at Showbuzz Daily), Bill O’Reilly comes in first place with an average of 4.03 million viewers a night, while Megyn Kelly comes in second place with an average of 3.37 million a night. Sean Hannity, Fox News’ rising star, has averaged 2.94 million. It’s important to note that on some nights, these stars didn’t even appear on their shows. This especially rings true when talking about Bill O’Reilly. The last time O’Reilly hosted The O’Reilly Factor before heading off on a well-earned vacation, Bill talked about Trump’s closed-door meeting with New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio. “As you may know, the nation’s largest town falling apart literally with construction projects clogging almost every road in Manhattan, beggars all over the place and a defiant mayor who says he will not cooperate with the federal government on illegal immigration. Something he told Mr. Trump today,” O’Reilly angrily said before showing a video clip where de Blasio says that NYC and other cities will do all they can to protect their residents and make sure that families are not torn apart. Bill O’Reilly then handed the segment over to Fox News correspondent Doug McKelway, who said that the mayor was not surprised to see dozens of TV cameras and 25 reporters because de Blasio wanted people to know he will fight Donald Trump tooth and nail on the issue. However, de Blasio did tell reporters that the talk was productive, and he realizes that the ball is now in Donald Trump’s court. Megyn Kelly has dealt with the issue of illegal immigration on The Kelly File this month, but Kelly seemed more interested in seeing if Donald Trump would follow through on his promise to pursue criminal charges against Hillary Clinton. “For months on the campaign trail, Mr. Trump attacked his rival for conducting the highly classified business of the United States over a private, unsecured email server — all while she was Secretary of State,” Kelly said at the very beginning of her show this past Tuesday. Then, Megyn Kelly played a tape where Donald Trump said Hillary was weak, pathetic, and should be in jail for what she did with her emails. Another tape showed Donald Trump discussing the issue with Anderson Cooper on CNN. Trump told Cooper that everybody knows Hillary should be in prison. As Megyn Kelly noted, Trump’s supporters screamed “Lock her up!” at many of his rallies, including one in Pennsylvania. Kelly had Clinton Cash author Peter Schweizer on, and he said that Trump’s decision was disturbing. He believes Trump should not be talking about this at all, and it’s unethical for a president-elect to try and interrupt an FBI investigation. However, Congressman Sean Duffy told Megyn Kelly that he disagreed since the Clinton investigation has been played out as much as possible. Sean Hannity wasn’t happy with Trump’s decision either. But he has been more upset with the way the mainstream press has been treating Trump and actually called on the president-elect to boycott the media. Politico reported the story on Wednesday. “Fox News commentator Sean Hannity said that until journalists admit to colluding with Hillary Clinton’s campaign, President-elect Donald Trump should reconsider granting traditional access to reporters.” Trump can do this and speak directly to you, the America people, without having his words twisted and taken out of context. Why not do that?” Hannity asked, referring to the fact Trump put out his own video announcing his executive actions in his first 100 days in office. Of course, Sean Hannity suffered a lot of backlash in the media. But the anger against Hannity is what is propelling him very close to beating Megyn Kelly in the ratings. Do you think Sean Hannity can beat Megyn Kelly in December? Let us know your thoughts and predictions in the comments section.)

 

FED SMITH
— Fixing Federal Labor Relations: Official Time May Not be the Biggest Problem – Bob Gilson  (DIERSEN: The biggest problems include ending political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2016/11/27/fixing-federal-labor-relations-official-time-may-not-be-the-biggest-problem/

 

PRAVDA REPORT
— The Pain of American Decline, and the Solace of Trump’s Populism – Peter Baofu, Ph.D.
http://www.pravdareport.com/opinion/columnists/28-11-2016/136271-trump_populism-0/

 

GUARDIAN
— Linking Trump to the Ku Klux Klan risks boosting a rump organization – Tom Rice  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs always want to paint Republicans as being members of the KKK.  If you are a Republican, the more of the following demographics that you have, the more that Democrats and RINOs will paint you as being a member of the KKK: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, overweight, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/nov/28/trump-ku-klux-klan-media-manipulation-kkk

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Resisting Donald Trump: Getting prepared to fight immigration raids and deportations  Organizers say now is the time to prepare for resistance.”
http://www.salon.com/2016/11/27/resisting-donald-trump-getting-prepared-to-fight-immigration-raids-and-deportations_partner/

 

ALTERNET
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Comparisons to Hitler and 1933 Are Not Out of Whack—Something Like That Could Happen Here.  None of us could stop Donald Trump, and comparisons to 1933 no longer seem ludicrous” and ask “What do we do now?”
http://www.alternet.org/election-2016/it-can-happen-here-has-it-1933-scenario-no-longer-hypothetical
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Rise Of The ‘Alt Right’ And Religious Right Are Chillingly Similar. We can glean a lot about what’s ahead by studying the legacy of the Religious Right.”
http://www.alternet.org/right-wing/rise-alt-right-and-religious-right-are-chillingly-similar

 

DAILY KOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Normalizing the deplorable, the despicable, the supremacist, and the violent.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/27/1603172/-Normalizing-the-deplorable-the-despicable-the-supremacist-and-the-violent
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Behind the outrage, the long-term damage of a Trump term.”
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2016/11/27/1602524/-Behind-the-outrage-the-long-term-damage-of-a-Trump-term

 

LGBTQ NATION
— An open letter of thanks to President Barack Obama – Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld  (DIERSEN: To put it mildly, those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they can to destroy the Republican Party.)
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/11/open-letter-thanks-president-barack-obama/

November 27 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump claims without evidence that ‘millions’ voted illegally.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-recount-20161127-story.html
— Kellyanne Conway steps up bid to block possible Mitt Romney nomination
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-kellyanne-conway-mitt-romney-20161127-story.html
— Donald Trump calls recount efforts ‘sad,’ says ‘nothing will change’ – Amy B Wang, Matt Zapotosk
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-recount-20161127-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-aide-says-clinton-shouldnt-join-recount/
— Trump aides say Cuban government will have to change – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-aide-talks-future-of-us-cuban-relations/
— At least $1 million in costs to reach new CPS teachers contract – Lauren FitzPatrick
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/at-least-1-million-in-costs-to-reach-new-cps-teachers-contract/
— Charter schools fined $1.8M for late pension contributions – BGA
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/bga-charter-schools-fined-1-8m-for-late-pension-contributions/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  That is treasonous.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-a-nod-to-compromise-scholarships-for-undocumented/
— Fox’s Megyn Kelly to headline Dan Goodwin’s private party Monday, November 28, 2016
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/kapos-j-b-pritzker-on-why-hillary-clinton-lost/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want to “boost voter rolls and help clean up voter records.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-override-would-be-a-vote-for-democracy/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s needed in politics: Even more change – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161126/ISSUE05/311269992/whats-needed-in-politics-even-more-change

 

ABC7
— TRUMP TOWER BECOMES ‘DUMP TOWER’ ON GOOGLE MAPS – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-tower-becomes-dump-tower-on-google-maps/1627839/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps blame Trump and his supporters for political harassment.  The presumption is that the majority harasses the minority.  Did Clinton or Trump win your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county and by what margins?  Clinton got 211 votes in my precinct, but Trump got only 137.  Before the general election, anti-Trumps in my precinct told me that they were going to vote for Clinton to punish me and to punish all Republicans because Trump had won the Republican presidential nomination.  In my precinct in the March 15, 2016 Republican presidential primary, 93 voted for Kasich, 49 for Cruz, 21 for Trump, and 14 for Rubio.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Concord-Familys-Home-Vandalized-With-Pro-Trump-Flags-403177776.html

 

WGN RADIO
— Politics with Rick Pearson Full Show 11/27/16 – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2016/11/27/the-sunday-spin-politics-with-rick-pearson-full-show-112716/
(FROM THE POSTING: For our first guest, we talk with Elmhurst Republican are Mark Fratella. Mark was an early Trump endorser and we’ll discuss moves made for the president-elect’s Cabinet as well as his 100-day agenda. . .After that, Republican state Sen. Michael Connelly of the Naperville-Lisle suburban area stops by the show to talk about  the end of the fall veto session. Will we see another stop gap? Find out the senator’s thoughts here.)

 

WSIL TV
— Trump assails recount push, claims millions voted illegally – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33799627/trump-calls-it-sad-that-clinton-joining-recount-effort

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Cruz: If we don’t deliver ‘there will be pitchforks and torches in the streets’ ‘This election was a mandate with change’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/cruz-if-we-dont-deliver-there-will-be-pitchforks-and-torches-in-the-streets
— Conway: Trump, Obama have been ‘talking regularly’  Despite disagreements, Trump enjoys talking with president – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/conway-trump-obama-have-been-talking-regularly
— Rubio: Trump Cuba policy should pave way for democracy  Florida senator: Our goal is national security – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/rubio-trump-cuba-policy-should-pave-way-for-democracy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump falsely claims ‘millions of people who voted illegally’ cost him popular vote.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-falsely-claims-millions-of-people-who-voted-illegally-cost-him-popular-vote

 

SHIA KAPOS
— Fox’s Megyn Kelly to headline Dan Goodwin’s private party Monday, November 28, 2016
http://shiakapos.com/megyn-kelly-to-headline-chicago-real-estate-execs-holiday-party/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE ‘PURGE’! COMPANIES EXACT REVENGE ON TRUMP SUPPORTERS  ‘You are not welcome … and we ask that you leave our firm’ – CHELSEA SCHILLING  (DIERSEN: How many work/worked for purge employers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?  My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in purging me in 1997.)
http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/the-purge-companies-exact-revenge-on-trump-supporters/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Is it time to give Donald Trump a chance? – Judson Phillips  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government gave me a chance. At GAO, they gave me almost 18 years to become a Democrat; at IRS, they gave me almost 9 years; and at the Post Office, they gave me almost 3 years.  If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.  But if I had become a Democrat, I would have had to discriminate against federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/27/it-time-give-donald-trump-chance/
— Republicans warn against ‘burrowing in’ Obama political appointees to career federal positions – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.  IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.  The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/27/obama-appointees-burrowing-in-for-career-federal-j/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Congressional Republicans are warning the departing Obama administration against moving any more political appointees into career-service government jobs, a practice known as “burrowing in.”  Government auditors found 69 Obama political appointees who moved into career jobs from 2010 to 2015, and 17 of them didn’t receive the required approval from the Office of Personnel Management. With President-elect Donald Trump preparing to fill about 4,000 political appointments, Republican lawmakers say there is more motivation for Democratic appointees to try to latch onto protected career positions. Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Ron Johnson, Wisconsin Republican, has asked acting OPM Director Beth Cobert for weekly reports on all conversions or attempted conversions, including the names, titles and salaries of federal employees who have switched from political appointments to career positions since June 30. “With the results of the presidential election, there could be an increase in attempts by the nearly 4,000 political appointees across the federal government to convert to career positions,” Mr. Johnson wrote in a letter last week. “I am concerned that, due to the seniority of political appointees at many agencies, there could be pressure to approve these conversions outside the standard merit-based approach to federal hiring.”)

 

JOHN BIVER
— RIDE THE THUNDER: A MUST-SEE MOVIE
http://johnbiver.com/ride-thunder-must-see-movie/

 

FOX NEWS
— Conway resumes Romney opposition, says Trump loyalists feel ‘betrayed’
http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2016/11/27/conway-resumes-romney-opposition-says-trump-loyalists-feel-betrayed.html

 

THE BLAZE
— Donald Trump alleges millions of people voted illegally – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/27/donald-trump-alleges-millions-of-people-voted-illegally/

 

BREITBART
— ‘Sanctuary California’ Faces Bankruptcy if Trump Withholds Federal Funds – CHRISS W. STREET
http://www.breitbart.com/california/2016/11/26/sanctuary-california-faces-immigration-defunding-bankruptcy/
— Mark Hamill: Trump’s Cabinet a ‘Who’s Who of Really Despicable People’ – DANIEL NUSSBAUM
http://www.breitbart.com/big-hollywood/2016/11/27/mark-hamill-trumps-cabinet-whos-really-despicable-people/

 

DAILY CALLER
— As Party Flirts With Socialism, DNC Silent On Fidel Castro Death – Peter Hasson
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/27/as-party-flirts-with-socialism-dnc-silent-on-fidel-castro-death/
— Jimmy Carter Mourns Castro’s Death, Praises Dictator For ‘His Love Of His Country’ – DEREK HUNTER
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/26/jimmy-carter-mourns-castros-death-praises-dictator-for-his-love-of-his-country/

 

NEWSMAX
— Castro Bodyguard’s Exposé: Luxury, Ladies, Secrecy in Starving Cuba – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Fidel-Castro-bodyguard-book-luxury/2016/11/27/id/760806/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Priebus: Trump could cut off Cuba if Raul Castro refuses ‘movement in the right direction’ – SARAH WESTWOOD
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/priebus-trump-could-cut-off-cuba-diplomatic-ties-with-cuba/article/2608235

 

THE HILL
— Trump: ‘I won the popular vote if you deduct’ illegal votes – MALLORY SHELBOURNE
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/307622-trump-i-would-have-won-popular-vote-if-people-had-not-voted-illegally
— Federal Reserve braces for Trump shake-up – PETER SCHROEDER
http://thehill.com/policy/finance/307455-fed-braces-for-trump-shake-up

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump falsely claims millions voted illegally.”
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/trump-illegal-voting-clinton-231860

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump Still Thinks Climate Change Is ‘A Bunch Of Bunk’  His presidency will likely be disastrous for global efforts to mitigate climate change. – Marina Fang
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-climate-change_us_583b16e3e4b000af95ee85dd

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump falsely claims ‘millions of people who voted illegally’ cost him popular vote.”
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/politics/donald-trump-voter-fraud-popular-vote/

 

CBS NEWS
— Donald Trump: “Millions” voted illegally in election
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-millions-voted-illegally-for-hillary-clinton/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: CBS News draws attention to a “vulgar pro-Trump passenger.”
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/delta-sorry-for-not-kicking-pro-trump-passenger-off-plane/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Donald Trump: ‘I won the popular vote if you deduct the millions of people who voted illegally’ – Cleve R. Wootson Jr.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/11/27/donald-trump-i-won-the-popular-vote-if-you-deduct-the-millions-of-people-who-voted-illegally/

 

USA TODAY
— Trump aide: Cuba has work to do to ‘meet our demands’ – Jayne O’Donnell  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with Cuba against America.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/27/trump-aide-cuba-has-work-do-meet-our-demands/94510578/
— Trump: I would have won popular vote too with different kind of campaign – David M Jackson
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/27/donald-trump-popular-vote-hillary-clinton-electoral-college/94518150/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Three States Prepare to Recount Ballots as Trump Team Attacks the Attempt  Wisconsin, Michigan and Pennsylvania may have to recount if Jill Stein’s effort succeeds – BYRON TAU and  BRODY MULLINS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-his-team-attack-attempts-to-recount-ballots-in-three-states-1480268403

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump, Suggesting Voter Fraud, Says He Won the Popular Vote – Ros Krasny
http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-11-27/trump-suggesting-voter-fraud-says-he-won-the-popular-vote

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Ted Cruz warns there will be ‘pitchforks and torches in the streets’ if Trump doesn’t deliver on campaign promises – Adam Edelman
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ted-cruz-predicts-chaos-trump-doesn-deliver-promises-article-1.2888914

 

FREDERICK NEWS POST
— Kelly says it’s important people learn of Trump’s actions – AP
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/public/ap/kelly-says-it-s-important-people-learn-of-trump-s/article_b3597d45-3c0b-52fd-92c9-47455fe20c9a.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump Falsely Blames Popular-Vote Loss on Voter Fraud.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/11/donald-trump-blames-popular-vote-loss-on-voter-fraud.html

 

DAILY BEAST
— Cruz Won’t Disavow Trump Criticisms
http://www.thedailybeast.com/cheats/2016/11/27/cruz-won-t-disavow-trump-criticisms.html

November 27 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Much Uncertainty Ahead in US-Cuba Relationship  Obama’s decision to engage Havana in the hopes of forging new bonds could quickly unravel – Bradley Klapper  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps always put the interests of foreign countries ahead of the interests of America. That is one reason why Trump won and Clinton lost.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/NATL-Much-Uncertainty-Ahead-in-US-Cuba-Relationship–403197476.html

 

CBS2
— State Budget Deadlock Continues To Harm Social Service Organizations – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/11/25/state-budget-deadlock-continues-to-harm-social-service-organizations/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— New British law allows police and tax inspectors the power to look at everyone’s internet history  (DIERSEN: What is your internet history?  My internet history is beyond massive because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.  Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and/or their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the anti-Trumps a) will find out who reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) will viciously destroy those who read those emails?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/219967167-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cuban-Americans in Chicago subdued after Fidel Castro’s death – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-castro-death-chicago-reax-20161126-story.html
— Trump Tower in Manhattan becomes ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps  (DIERSEN: Do you own real estate?  If so, what does Google let your critics/opponents call it?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-dump-tower-google-maps-20161126-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Keep an eye on Trump fanatics.”  Anti-Trumps run Illinois. Anti-Trumps run Cook County.  Anti-Trumps run Chicago.  Anti-Trumps run etc.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of all Trump supporters. What will they do first?  Stop hiring Trump supporters? Fire Trump supporters? Refuse to do business with Trump supporters?  Force Trump supporters to wear “Make America Great Again” caps to identify them so that they can be harassed, threatened, beat up, or killed?  Will anti-Trumps get illegals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, Muslims, Mexicans, Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, women, young people, LGBTQ people, poor people, recent immigrants, union members, members of the paid news media, stoners, criminals, and members of other oppressed groups to threaten, to beat up, or to kill Trump supporters?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-keep-an-eye-on-trump-fanatics/
— California now the capital of liberal America – Robert Reich  (DIERSEN: What are the liberal counties, liberal township/wards, liberal municipalities, and liberal precincts in Illinois?  They would be those counties, township/wards, municipalities, and precincts in which Clinton defeated Trump by the greatest margins.  How nasty/vicious are the Clinton voters in those counties, township/wards, municipalities, and precincts?  What will they do to the Trump voters in those counties, township/wards, municipalities, and precincts?  211 voted for Clinton in my precinct, but only 137 voted for Trump.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/robert-reich-california-now-the-capital-of-liberal-america/
— Former Gov. Ryan shares memories of Cuban leader – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: To this day, George Ryan supporters work very hard against me.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, George Ryan would have been reelected Governor in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-gov-ryan-shares-memories-of-cuban-leader/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Energy bill improved, but again—why the bailout for money-losing nukes? – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161126/ISSUE07/311269999/exelon-nuclear-bailout-should-not-be-part-of-illinois-energy

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Time for AFSCME to put its cards on the table – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161126/our-view-time-for-afscme-to-put-its-cards-on-table
— Workers’ compensation changes must strike compassionate balance – Sen. Don Harmon
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161126/sen-don-harmon-workers-compensation-changes-must-strike-compassionate-balance

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Canadian PM Trudeau’s Castro tribute raises eyebrows  People mock Prime Minister on social media – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/canadian-pm-trudeaus-castro-tribute-raises-eyebrows

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Trump’s Tweets: Today’s ‘fireside chats’ – Matt Lewis
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/trump-s-tweets-today-s-fireside-chats/article_c6322942-3a6b-5b4f-a9d7-3c88dfd85ed7.html

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— 4 things to watch for during the second half of the veto session – Doug Finke
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20161126/4-things-to-watch-for-during-second-half-of-veto-session

 

HERALD NEWS
— Changes in Will County Board District 10 increase Republican majority  Longtime board members did not seek re-election – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.theherald-news.com/2016/11/23/changes-in-will-county-board-district-10-increase-republican-majority/aw655ai/
— Promises, promises – Scott Reeder
http://www.theherald-news.com/2016/11/23/reeder-promises-promises/anozbma/

 

DECATUR DAILY
— Popularity contest with Trump – Milbank (DIERSEN: What would my critics/opponents say to Trump about me and about my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Would they stress that only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump, while 211 voted for Clinton?  Would they provide Trump with a list of those who have worked the hardest to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to stop everyone from reading those emails?  Would they provide Trump with a list of all those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but who fail/refuse to return my phone calls?  Would they drag out all those who I have sued and/or who I might sue?  Would they provide Trump with a list of all those “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who do not want me to know about their events or other activities, do not want me to promote their events or other activities, do not want me to attend their events, and who do not want me to report on their events?  Would they stress all the links to articles that are critical of Trump that I have included in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Would they stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.?)
http://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/columnists/popularity-contest-with-trump/article_e8fd4557-c5a4-5aa4-a9a0-95edb4d440e5.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Journalists need to recognize we’re not going to win a popularity contest with Trump, and we shouldn’t try. Trump is not going to be appeased by friendlier coverage. He campaigned against the media, and he will continue to use the media as a foil. His party controls Congress, and conservatives will soon control the Supreme Court. If he can discredit the media, he’ll remove another check to his power. Our third president, Thomas Jefferson, famously remarked that “were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Our 45th president would clearly prefer the former. He has shut out news organizations, including The Post, whose coverage he dislikes. He has threatened to restrict First Amendment press freedoms. Pursuing public affection is a fool’s errand. The profession was never held in high public esteem. And the recent decline in approval is due entirely to Trump’s bashing.)

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— Court gives hope for fair elections  Justices should hear case, put limits on historic practice of partisan cheating. – Editorial
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/opinion/court-gives-hope-for-fair-elections/article_b6e29970-b389-11e6-a047-2b625c2e6b12.html

 

HOLLYWOOD CHICAGO
— Interview: Christine Dudley, Director of The Illinois Film Office
http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/27036/interview-christine-dudley-director-of-the-illinois-film-office

 

NEWSMAX
— Rubio Slams Obama’s Conciliatory Statement on Castro’s Death – Reuters
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/rubio-slams-obama-statement/2016/11/26/id/760740/

 

TOWNHALL
— Fondest Hope for Trump Admin – Watch the Movie “Dave” – Bruce Bialosky
http://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2016/11/27/fondest-hope-for-trump-admin–watch-the-movie-dave-n2249707

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump May Need Roberts’ Vote When Supreme Court Takes Cases  (DIERSEN: Who “may need” you for something in the future?  My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that no one will ever need me for anything in the future.)
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-trump-supreme-court/2016/11/26/id/760747/

 

THE HILL
— Jerry Falwell Jr. says he turned down Trump Cabinet position – JESSE BYRNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307586-falwell-says-he-turned-down-trump-cabinet-position

 

CNN
— CNN/ORC poll: A nation divided, and is it ever – Jennifer Agiesta  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors FOCUS ON DIVIDING EVERYONE AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, 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.  I see the aforesaid in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and across the world.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/politics/cnn-poll-division-donald-trump/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Splurge or save? Holiday spending may hinge on how you voted – ANNE D’INNOCENZIO  (DIERSEN: Trump supporters who live/work in Clinton areas might be buying guns and ammunition for their self defense.)
http://www.bradenton.com/news/business/article117011413.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Next Battle: Keeping These Republican Senators Happy – CARL HULSE  (DIERSEN: Who demands that you keep them happy?  Usually, it is whoever you ask for money from or whoever you take money from.  However, even though I have not asked for money from my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes, and I would never take any money from them, THEY HAVE ALWAYS DEMANDED THAT I KEEP THEM HAPPY.  Even though I never asked for money from them and I would never take any money from them, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants HAVE ALWAYS DEMANDED THAT I KEEP THEM HAPPY.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/us/politics/donald-trumps-republicans-senate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote abortion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/opinion/chasing-abortion-rights-across-the-state-line.html
— Democracy Could Use a Drink  The Saloon, America’s Forgotten Democratic Institution – JON GRINSPAN  (DIERSEN: How much time and money have you spent in saloons? I have spent extremely little.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they spend lots of their time and lots of their money in saloons or like they want to.  Some, if not many talk and act like they spend lots of their time and lots of their money smoking pot or like they want to.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/the-saloon-americas-forgotten-democratic-institution.html
— The Privileged Immigrant – SHANTHI SEKARAN  (DIERSEN: Are/were you privileged?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being privileged.  They stress that I am White, male, healthy, and non-poor.  They stress that I avoided the draft and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/the-privileged-immigrant.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Promise of a ‘Think Big and Live Large’ President – ROBERT J. SHILLER  (DIERISEN: Do/did you think big and live large?  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes never encouraged me to think big.  They never encouraged me to get jobs, to buy cars, to earn college degrees, to seek promotions, to buy real estate, to get married, to earn professional certifications, to earn a professional license, to save for retirement, or to do anything else like the aforesaid.  Actually, they discouraged me from doing the aforesaid.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/upshot/trump-and-great-business-ideas-for-america.html
— Should Parents Be Expected to Donate to a Public School? – KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH  (DIERSEN: My parents paid real estate taxes 1953-1962 while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962.  I have paid real estates taxes since 1972 and my wife and I have paid real estate taxes since 1978, but we have never sent any children to any public school.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/magazine/should-parents-be-expected-to-donate-to-a-public-school.html
— Trump’s Election? Some Students Are Too Busy to Worry – GINIA BELLAFANTE  (DIERSEN: How busy were you when you were a college student? I was a full-time undergraduate student at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 and a part-time graduate student at UIC in 1971, at Loyola 1972-1976, at DePaul 1976-1980, at Roosevelt in 1981, at UIC 1982-1984, and at IIT 1992-1997.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/nyregion/trumps-election-college-students.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Vandal renames Trump Tower to ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps – Nicole Hensley (DIERSEN: Do you own real estate?  If so, what does Google let your critics/opponents call it?)
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/vandal-renames-trump-tower-dump-tower-google-maps-article-1.2888446

 

USA TODAY
— Trump Tower changed to ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps – Steph Solis (DIERSEN: Do you own real estate?  If so, what does Google let your critics/opponents call it?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/27/trump-tower-changed-dump-tower-google-maps-reports-say/94506532/

 

DENVER POST
— Trump’s focus on Muslims is troubling for Colorado survivors of Japanese-American internment camps in WWII – MARK K. MATTHEWS  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who do Democrats and RINOs “focus” on?  ANSWER: Those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/27/trump-muslim-japanese-american-internment-camp/

 

FREDERICK NEWS POST
— If anyone wants to blame women for Trump’s win, they ought to start with Hillary Clinton – Amanda Carpenter
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/if-anyone-wants-to-blame-women-for-trump-s-win/article_910700ea-7bb8-5084-a690-368498bc514a.html

 

UNION LEADER
— Trump expresses ‘solidarity’ with Cuban-Americans – DOUGLAS HANKS  (DIERSEN: What is your national origin?  Who expresses solidarity with those who share your national origin?)
http://www.unionleader.com/Trump-expresses-solidarity-with-Cuban-Americans

 

CLARION LEDGER
— Progressives spend too much time on past – Thomas Sowell
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/11/26/sowell-progressives-spend-much-time-past/94479278/

 

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
— A disturbing sign in voting patterns: A massive economic divide  According to Brookings, the fewer-than-500 counties that Clinton won generated 64 percent of U.S. economic activity in 2015, vs the more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won, which generated 36 percent. – Jim Tankersley  (DIERSEN: How much “economic activity” did your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois generate in 2015?)
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20161126/disturbing-sign-in-voting-patterns-massive-economic-divide

 

LUBBOCK ONLINE
— Trump and the lawsuit presidency – New York Times  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about all the lawsuits that I have filed?)
http://lubbockonline.com/editorials/2016-11-27/other-views-trump-and-lawsuit-presidency#.WDrMzuYrKM8

 

WESTERLY SUN
— Destined for the top, Trump pushed to be first – Steven Slosberg  (DIERSEN: What sports did you play in high school?)
http://www.thewesterlysun.com/opinion/columnguest/9639609-154/destined-for-the-top-trump-pushed-to-be-first.html

 

WCBM
— Texas judge who told new citizens to leave U.S. if they don’t like Donald Trump suspended from overseeing citizenship ceremonies – David Boroff
http://www.wcbm.com/2016/11/27/texas-judge-suspended-for-telling-new-citizens-trump-is-your-president-if-you-dont-like-it-leave/

 

MIAMI HERALD
— A car dealer escaped Cuba. Fidel is dead so there’s a $15,000 discount – DAVID J. NEAL
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/fidel-castro-en/article117358878.html

November 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DONALD TRUMP, US POLITICAL FIGURES REACT TO CASTRO’S DEATH – ABC NEWS
http://abc7chicago.com/news/donald-trump-ted-cruz-react-to-castros-death/1626405/
— HILLARY CLINTON CAMPAIGN: WE ARE TAKING PART IN THE RECOUNT – CNN
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/clinton-campaign-we-are-taking-part-in-the-recount/1626648/

 

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps continue to promote white supremacists.
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Trump-still-navigating-white-supremacists-support–403123356.html

 

CBS2
— Politician’s Reaction To Death Of Fidel Castro – AP
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/11/26/politicians-reaction-to-death-of-fidel-castro/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump slams recount push as ‘a scam,’ says election is over
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-election-recount-20161126-story.html
— Clinton recount plan draws sore loser jibe from Team Trump – Steven T. Dennis and Kevin Cirilli
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-clinton-bg-93910f2e-b3fc-11e6-be1c-8cec35b1ad25-20161126-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Can electors vote for Clinton rather than Trump?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-electoral-college-electors-20161126-story.html
— Weeping, hopeful, Cubans look to future without Fidel Castro
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-cubans-future-castro-20161126-story.html
— Fidel Castro is dead: He leaves behind a dysfunctional legacy – Alfonso Chardy
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-fidel-castro-legacy-20161126-story.html
— Fidel Castro is dead at 90. Can his revolution be far behind? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-fidel-castro-dead-cuba-opinion-edit-jm-20161126-story.html
— Union Station slowly moving into 21st century – Blair Kamin (DIERSEN: I went through Union Station frequently 1992-1997 while I a) worked for GAO at its office at 200 West Adams Street in Chicago and b) took graduate finance courses at IIT at 565 West Adams Street in Chicago.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-union-station-future-kamin-met-1127-20161125-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those that are anti-Trump, anti-White, and/or anti-men continue to promote the alt-right.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-alt-right-white-male-supremacy-20161125-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Political insiders cashed in on failed O’Hare project – Tim Novak and Jon Seidel
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdogs-political-insiders-cashed-in-on-failed-ohare-project/
— A midnight dinner with Fidel Castro – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: Those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois who promote Castro have always worked very hard against me.  They continue to this day to blame me for all of George Ryan’s problems.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sneed-a-night-with-castro/
(PHOTO CAPTION: Chicago Sun-Times columnist Michael Sneed, center, shares a toast with Cuban President Fidel Castro, right, during a reception before a dinner at the Palace of the Revolution Jan. 24, 2002. Illinois Gov. George Ryan, left, joins in the toast.)
— IRS agent William Witkowski an answer to prosecutors’ prayers – Mark Brown  (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988.  I worked for IRS’s Collection Division 1971-1980.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-irs-agent-an-answer-to-prosecutors-prayers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political corruption will never be eliminated in Chicago, but some people will tell you nobody ever did more to slow it down than William Witkowski. Those who are old enough should recognize the names of Witkowski’s investigative targets: Illinois Gov. Otto Kerner, powerhouse Ald. Thomas Keane, Attorney General William Scott, Judge Reginald Holzer and John Cardinal Cody. Others will recognize the lawyers who gained prominence prosecuting them: Jim Thompson, Sam Skinner, Tyrone Fahner, Jeremy Margolis and Scott Turow. But very few are familiar with the former IRS agent whose extraordinary investigative skills made those cases — and in the process made him a legend in certain circles. Witkowski died Nov. 13 from complications of multiple sclerosis. He was 74. Never one to take bows during his lifetime, Witkowski will have to suffer these accolades in silence. “Bill Witkowski was the single best investigator I have ever known,” said veteran investigative reporter Edward Pound, formerly of the Chicago Sun-Times. I’m quoting Pound here because many people regard him as the single best investigator ever to work in my business, and it takes one to know one. But everyone who spoke to me about Witkowski offered the same sort of superlative assessment without reservation. “We wouldn’t have been able to do the prosecutions we did without him,” said Fahner, the prosecutor who convicted Keane and went on to become Illinois Attorney General and later a successful lawyer with Mayer Brown. In the 1970s and 1980s, it was the IRS that did most of the heavy lifting on political corruption in Illinois. And in that circle, Witkowski gained a reputation as the alpha dog. Many recall his unassuming style. A large man with a flat top brush cut, Witkowski looked more the part of the neighborhood guy he was than anybody’s notion of an IRS agent.)

 

DAILY HERALD
— Here’s an election law legislators should pass – Jim Davis
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161126/news/161129326/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Second half of veto session starts Tuesday – Doug Finke
http://www.pjstar.com/news/20161126/second-half-of-veto-session-starts-tuesday

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— TRAGIC: Normal marijuana dispensary now open – Derek Beigh
http://www.pantagraph.com/lifestyles/health-med-fit/normal-marijuana-dispensary-now-open/article_98774989-14ee-5d30-a2f7-ec1503d58137.html
— Grassroots efforts gain ground in Twin Cities – Steve Vogel
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/opinion/vogel-grassroots-efforts-gain-ground-in-twin-cities/article_3a015dc1-6915-5ae5-8d61-43bbd33e05af.html

 

WSIL TV
— Trump slams recount push as ‘a scam,’ says election is over – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33796377/amid-recount-effort-trump-eyes-foreign-policy-defense-jobs

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Donald Trump blasts recount as ‘ridiculous’ and ‘a scam’ ‘election is over’- CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/donald-trump-blasts-recount-as-ridiculous-and-a-scam

 

MILWAUKEE COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites say “Trump’s Cabinet Nominations are Calculated Insult.”
http://milwaukeecourieronline.com/index.php/2016/11/26/trumps-cabinet-nominations-are-calculated-insult/

 

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://chicagodefender.com/2016/11/26/apology-demanded/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Obama Awards Abortion Activists Bill, Melinda Gates – Michael F. Haverluck
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/obama-awards-abortion-activists-bill-melinda-gates/

 

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Without Illegal Vote Tally Trump Would Have Won Popular Vote in a Landslide – Get Over It Snowflakes – Jim Hoft
http://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/11/subtract-the-illegals-and-trump-won-the-popular-vote-in-a-landslide-get-over-it-snowflakes/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— After Trump rift at Liberty University, students find unity – AP
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/26/after-trump-rift-at-liberty-university-students-fi/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump: ‘Brutal Dictator’ Caused ‘Unimaginable Suffering’
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/trump-help-cuban-people/2016/11/26/id/760732/
— Trump May Not Continue Obama’s Open Relations With Cuba – Sandy Fitzgerald
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Trump-US-Cuba-Relations/2016/11/26/id/760735/

 

THE BLAZE
— Sen. Marco Rubio rebukes President Obama over his ‘pathetic statement’ on death of Fidel Castro – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/26/sen-marco-rubio-rebukes-president-obama-over-his-pathetic-statement-on-death-of-fidel-castro/
— Sen. Ted Cruz urges Americans to remember the people who died under Fidel Castro’s communist rule – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/26/sen-ted-cruz-urges-americans-to-remember-the-people-who-died-under-fidel-castros-communist-rule/
— Cuban-born sports writer confronts Colin Kaepernick over Fidel Castro t-shirt – Jon Street
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/25/cuban-born-sports-writer-confronts-colin-kaepernick-over-fidel-castro-t-shirt/
— ‘Kaepernick weeps for his idol’: Mike Huckabee roasts NFL QB Colin Kaepernick over Castro death – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/11/26/kaepernick-weeps-for-his-idol-mike-huckabee-roasts-nfl-qb-kolin-kaepernick-over-castro-death/

 

BREITBART
— University of Kansas Cheerleaders Suspended for Linking Trump to KKK on Social Media Post – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/sports/2016/11/25/university-kansas-cheerleaders-suspended-linking-trump-kkk-social-media-post/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Illegals Flooding the Border in Advance of Trump Inauguration – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/2016/11/26/illegals-flooding-the-border-in-advance-of-trump-inauguration/

 

GOPUSA
— Castro Dead: Revelry and cheers in Miami
http://www.gopusa.com/castro-dead-revelry-and-cheers-in-miami/

 

FOX NEWS
— Biased College Professors Now Listed in Database By Conservative Watchdog  (DIERSEN: Democrat professors focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/11/25/biased-college-professors-now-listed-database-conservative-watchdog

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illinois: Christian Liberty Academy’s abortion memorial vandalized again – Michael F. Haverluck
http://www.onenewsnow.com/pro-life/2016/11/25/christian-schools-abortion-memorial-vandalized-again#.WDmGO06QHOE.facebook

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REIVIW
— 18 Cities Pledge to Stay ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Despite Trump. The one thing that all the cities have in common: They’re all governed by Democrat mayors. – JUSTEN CHARTERS
http://ijr.com/wildfire/2016/11/743516-18-cities-sign-anti-trump-sanctuary-city-pledge-they-all-have-something-else-in-common/
— Black Friday Dawns as ‘Bloody Friday’ as Shootings Interrupt Shoppers in Three States – VIRGINIA KRUTA
http://ijr.com/2016/11/743342-black-friday-dawns-as-bloody-friday-as-shootings-interrupt-shoppers-in-three-states/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— White House denies that Russia hacked election for Donald Trump win – PHILIP WEGMANN
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/white-house-denies-that-russia-hacked-election-for-donald-trump-win/article/2608215

 

THE HILL
— Trump knocks ‘defeated’ Dems supporting recount – PAULINA FIROZI
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307582-trump-slams-defeated-and-demoralized-dems-supporting-recount-effort
— Trump: Castro left a legacy of ‘unimaginable suffering’ – NIKITA VLADIMIROV
http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/307560-trump-castro-left-a-legacy-of-unimaginable-suffering

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who voted for Trump.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/steven-shehori/the-full-metal-hypocrisy-_b_13128496.html

 

CNN
— Clinton campaign: We are taking part in the recount – Eugene Scott
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/politics/clinton-campaign-recount/index.html
— Clinton to join recount that Trump calls ‘scam’ – Eugene Scott
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/26/politics/clinton-campaign-recount/index.html

 

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Islam.
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-hatecrime-muslims-idUSKBN13L0YI

 

NBC NEWS
— ‘Fidel Castro Is Dead!’ Trump Tweets, Attacks Legacy as a ‘Brutal Dictator’ – ELIZABETH CHUCK
http://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/fidel-castros-death/fidel-castro-dead-trump-tweets-attacks-legacy-brutal-dictator-n688591

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Unions Got Wrong About Trump – STEVEN GREENHOUSE
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/what-unions-got-wrong-about-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Pretend Populism of Donald Trump.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/the-pretend-populism-of-donald-trump.html
— Mr. Trump, let journalists do their job – Editorial  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a journalist?  Should I write a book about those a) who do not want me to know about their events or other activities, b) who do not want me to promote their events or other activities, c) who do not want me to attend their events, and/or d) who not want me to report on their events or other activities?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/mr-trump-let-journalists-do-their-job/2016/11/26/a3196ee6-b1ae-11e6-840f-e3ebab6bcdd3_story.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Marco Rubio: Fidel Castro was an ‘evil, murderous dictator who inflicted misery and suffering’ – Kristine Guerra
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2016/11/26/marco-rubio-castro-will-be-remembered-as-evil-murderous-dictator/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Constitution lets the electoral college choose the winner. They should choose Clinton.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-constitution-lets-the-electoral-college-choose-the-winner-they-should-choose-clinton/2016/11/24/0f431828-b0f7-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html
— The real secret to Asian American success was not education – Jeff Guo
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/11/19/the-real-secret-to-asian-american-success-was-not-education/
— Hillary Clinton’s campaign will participate in Wisconsin recount
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-politics/wp/2016/11/26/hillary-clintons-campaign-will-participate-in-wisconsin-recount/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Americans keep looking away from the election’s most alarming story.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/americans-keep-looking-away-from-the-elections-most-alarming-story/2016/11/25/83533d3e-b0e2-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Can electors vote for Clinton rather than Trump?”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-pol-electoral-college-2016-story.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s media tactics are straight out of the Obama playbook – Kyle Smith
http://nypost.com/2016/11/26/trumps-media-tactics-are-straight-out-of-the-obama-playbook/

November 26 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Protesters disrupt Black Friday shopping on Mag Mile – JULIAN CREWS AND ANDREA DARLAS
http://wgntv.com/2016/11/25/protesters-expected-to-hit-chicagos-mag-mile-today/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump’s presidential duties, private interests may become intertwined – Rosalind S. Helderman, Tom Hamburger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-businesses-benefit-from-election-20161125-story.html
— Easy retirement? Only for a privileged few – AP  (DIERSEN: My envy-filled critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always been a) furious that I began earning full-time credits toward a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension in 1966 when I was 18 years old and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office and b) furious that I have been getting a CSRS pension (currently $50,720) since 1997 when I was 49 years old.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.  From what I see, if they had wanted to, none of my  critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois have the qualifications and/or ability to earn a CSRS pension.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–divided-america-retirement-gap-20161117-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/lyons-emperor-trumps-inauspicious-debut/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Beverage tax is bad for business, county – Sean M. Morrison, Cook County Commissioner, Palos Park
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161126/discuss/161129357/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Let’s get automatic voter registration done right in Illinois – Mike Fortner
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161125/mike-fortner-lets-get-automatic-voter-registration-done-right-in-illinois

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Thumbs up: To Thanksgiving Day volunteers – Editorial  (DIERSEN: What volunteer work did you do on Thanksgiving Day 2016?  I spent 10+ hours putting out two GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. The morning edition included links to 54 articles from 34 different sources and the evening edition included links to 39 articles from 22 different sources.  It was a very slow government/political news day.)
http://www.nwherald.com/2016/11/25/thumbs-up-to-thanksgiving-day-volunteers/amzonzh/

 

TIMES
— Thank Independent Map group; refuse to surrender – Editorial
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/editorial/our-view-thank-independent-map-group-refuse-to-surrender/article_0c5f47d5-1901-5a3b-a706-53b0047b3c6a.html

 

KANAKKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— More false promises expected – Scott Reeder
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/scott-reeder-more-false-promises-expected/article_5abb7776-e503-56c4-85e1-cace3c7efcdb.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— BEYOND TRAGIC: Illinois Quad-Cities takes in millions in video gaming revenues – Stephen Elliott
http://www.qconline.com/news/local/illinois-quad-cities-takes-in-millions-in-video-gaming-revenues/article_f279bb31-856f-5050-aaf0-79433b12499f.html

 

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— Did former factory class get its revenge this election? – Jim Nowlan  (DIERSEN: Do you look down on the “factory class?”  All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois look down on the “factory class.”  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being “above it all.”  They despise if not hate people like me who did yard work, delivered newspapers, washed dishes, cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, pumped gasoline, delivered mail, worked on an automobile assembly line, worked as a security guard, sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances, collected delinquent taxes, and audited federal agencies.)
http://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/local/jim-nowlan-did-former-factory-class-get-its-revenge-this/article_ee6b3361-a271-53d0-bf50-ba9917be95e6.html

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— City brings back nuisance property ordinance  New ordinance will exempt domestic, sexual violence calls – Linda N. Weller
https://thetelegraph.com/news/92839/city-brings-back-nuisance-property-ordinance

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Governor Supports Apprenticeship Programs – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=230308#.WDlxMOYrKM8

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Veteran given a new house as he confronts PTSD – MARIE WILSON  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that in all likelihood, if I had not sought and obtained student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971, I would have been killed or severely/permanently injured in Vietnam.)
http://www.bnd.com/news/article116403303.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Report: ARI prison-diversion program so far saves taxpayers over $75 million
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511049027-report-ari-prison-diversion-program-so-far-saves-taxpayers-over-75-million

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Looking for a Place to Donate to? Consider DuPage Food Pantry – April Leachman
http://www.chicagonow.com/chicago-on-the-radar/2016/11/looking-for-a-place-to-donate-to-consider-dupage-food-pantry/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Hypocrite Media Pushing All This Alt-Right Nonsense to Attack Trump – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/11/25/hypocrite-media-pushing-alt-right-nonsense-attack-trump/

 

GOPUSA
— Chicago Protester: No reason to vote in this country
http://www.gopusa.com/chicago-protester-no-reason-to-vote-in-this-country/
— Boycott of Target to continue through Christmas season  (DIERSEN: What are your demographics?  What do businesses like Target think of those who share your demographics?)
http://www.gopusa.com/boycott-of-target-to-continue-through-christmas-season/
— College students falling apart after Trump victory  (DIERSEN: Democrat teachers focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
http://www.gopusa.com/college-students-falling-apart-after-trump-victory/

 

TOWNHALL
— An ‘America First’ Trump Trade Policy – Pat Buchanan
http://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2016/11/26/an-america-first-trump-trade-policy-n2250779
— Romney Might Issue Apology Over Anti-Trump Remarks To Increase Chances Of Nabbing Cabinet Position – Matt Vespa  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to apologize?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize for causing all the problems that they, you, I, and everyone else has had, are having, and will have.)
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/11/25/romney-might-issue-apology-over-antitrump-remarks-to-increase-chances-of-nabbing-cabinet-position-n2250579

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHICAGO BLACK FRIDAY BOYCOTT AND BLOCKADE? NO BIG DEAL  Only 1/2 of those promising to protest with Black Lives Matter showed up
http://www.wnd.com/2016/11/black-friday-boycott-no-big-deal/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Journalist Tricked Into Spreading Hoax Trump-Inspired Attack – Peter Hasson  (DIERSEN: Since January 1, 2005, I have included links to almost 252,800 articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, my nasty/troubled/failed/vicious critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn each and every decision that I have made to include or to not include a link to an article in a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/25/journalist-tricked-into-spreading-hoax-trump-inspired-attack-video/

 

BREITBART
—  Sarah Palin on Feminism, the Trump Administration, and Her Political Future – JOHN HAYWARD
http://www.breitbart.com/radio/2016/11/25/exclusive-sarah-palin-on-feminism-the-trump-administration-and-her-political-future/
— Politico: Steve Bannon’s First Pick for President Was Sarah Palin
http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presidential-race/2016/11/25/politico-steve-bannons-first-pick-for-president-was-sarah-palin/

 

NEWSMAX
— Fatal Police Shootings Thus Far This Year Nearly Doubled From ’15 – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/fatal-police-shootings-nearly/2016/11/25/id/760688/
— Politico: Trump Building ‘Team of Gazillionaires’ – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/politics/politico-donald-trump-team-rich/2016/11/25/id/760693/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Coulter, immigration hawks already worried Trump going soft – W. JAMES ANTLE III
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/coulter-immigration-hawks-already-worried-trump-going-soft/article/2608204

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Supreme Court Is Trump And The Right’s Jewel In The Crown.”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/earl-ofari-hutchinson/the-supreme-court-is-trum_b_13213424.html

 

REUTERS
— Wisconsin agrees to statewide recount in presidential race – Susan Heavey
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-recount-idUSKBN13K1ZJ

 

AOL
— Bank employee terminated over comments about Obama family
http://www.aol.com/article/2016/11/25/bank-employee-terminated-over-comments-about-obama-family/21614381/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Can businesses refuse to serve — or employ — Trump supporters? – Eugene Volokh  (DIERSEN: How much religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do the Trump-haters have in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, the Trump-haters will use their clout to destroy Trump supporters.  One should expect that the more votes that Clinton got than Trump got in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, the faster that Trump-haters will move to destroy you. What actions should Trump supporters take to defend themselves against the Trump-haters?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/volokh-conspiracy/wp/2016/11/25/can-businesses-refuse-to-serve-or-employ-trump-supporters/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Is a private business’s refusing to serve people based on their political affiliation legal? How about firing employees for their politics (something that might be implied by “you are not welcome at 1st In SEO and we ask you to leave our firm” and “break ties with any person”)? It turns out that this depends on the jurisdiction, and on whether the business is discriminating against clients or employees. The First Amendment doesn’t apply to such private businesses (incidentally, whether or not they take government funds, see Rendell-Baker v. Kohn (1982)), and federal law generally doesn’t ban political affiliation discrimination, so it ends up being a matter of state and local law. In New Mexico, for instance, discriminating against clients on this basis is legal — but firing employees, or threatening to fire them, based on their politics is a felony. 1. Most states ban most businesses from discriminating against clients based on the clients’ race, religion, sex or national origin. Federal law does the same, though for a narrower set of businesses (and doesn’t cover sex discrimination); it also adds a ban on disability discrimination. Many states and some cities also ban discrimination based on sexual orientation, marital status and various other attributes. But political affiliation is rarely on the list. A few cities or counties do ban such discrimination. D.C. bans discrimination based on “the state of belonging to or endorsing any political party.” Seattle bans such discrimination based on “any idea or belief, or coordinated body of ideas or beliefs, relating to the purpose, conduct, organization, function or basis of government and related institutions and activities, whether or not characteristic of any political party or group,” “includ[ing] membership in a political party or group and includ[ing] conduct, reasonably related to political ideology, which does not interfere with job performance.” There are a few other places on this list. But New Mexico doesn’t ban such discrimination in public accommodations, and neither do the city of Albuquerque or Bernalillo County. One can debate whether such discrimination should be outlawed, by analogy to various other forms of discrimination. Perhaps if wedding photographers can’t discriminate against same-sex weddings (which New Mexico courts have indeed said), Internet marketing companies shouldn’t be able to discriminate against people who have particular views. Or perhaps such antidiscrimination laws shouldn’t be expanded further, or should even be cut back, to leave people free to choose whether to refuse to do business with others, whether or not we’d approve of that choice. But, as a matter of current law, such discrimination against Trump supporters (or Hillary Clinton supporters or Communists or libertarians or whoever else) is legal. 2. Many states and some cities and counties, however, do ban discrimination against employees — or at least firing of current employees — based on their political activity (with different jurisdictions defining such activity differently). I discuss this in detail in my article “Private Employees’ Speech and Political Activity: Statutory Protection Against Employer Retaliation,” but here’s the New Mexico statute, enacted in 1912, when New Mexico became a state: Coercion of employees [a fourth degree felony] consists of … any person having under his control or in his employment persons entitled to vote at any election, directly or indirectly discharging or threatening to discharge such employee because of the employee’s political opinions or belief or because of such employee’s intention to vote or refrain from voting for any candidate, party, proposition, question or constitutional amendment. Threatening an employee with dismissal because he supports Trump is thus a felony in New Mexico (and also likely a tort, so the dismissed employee can sue even if the prosecutor chooses not to prosecute).)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “What do foreign friends and foes think of Trump’s ‘Disunited States of America’?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/what-do-foreign-friends-and-foes-think-of-trumps-disunited-states-of-america/2016/11/25/7491cc54-b31f-11e6-8616-52b15787add0_story.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “No, Trump, We Can’t Just Get Along.” How much religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do the Trump-haters have in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, the Trump-haters will use their clout to destroy Trump supporters.  One should expect that the more votes that Clinton got than Trump got in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, the faster that Trump-haters will move to destroy you. What actions should Trump supporters take to defend themselves against the Trump-haters?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/opinion/no-trump-we-cant-just-get-along.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Donald Trump’s Caldron of Conflicts.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/opinion/donald-trumps-caldron-of-conflicts.html
— Fidel Castro, Cuban Revolutionary Who Defied U.S., Dies at 90  Mr. Castro brought the Cold War to the Western Hemisphere, bedeviled 11 American presidents and briefly pushed the world to the brink of nuclear war. – ANTHONY DePALMA
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/world/americas/fidel-castro-dies.html
— College Towns Can Be Attractive Later in Life – AMY ZIPKIN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/25/business/college-towns-can-be-attractive-later-in-life.html
— One Money Question to Rule Them All: How Much Is Enough? – RON LIEBER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have too much money.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/your-money/one-money-question-to-rule-them-all-how-much-is-enough.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— New York politicians should stop pandering to anti-Trump hysteria – Editorial
http://nypost.com/2016/11/25/new-york-politicians-should-stop-pandering-to-anti-trump-hysteria/
— Wall Street hopes Obama’s rules disappear under Trump – Kevin Dugan
http://nypost.com/2016/11/25/wall-street-hopes-obamas-rules-disappear-under-trump/

 

PORTLAND NEWS HERALD
— Election analysis reveals enormous economic divide between Clinton and Trump  Hillary Clinton carried counties that generated a combined 64 percent of U.S. economic activity in 2015 – unprecedented in a losing effort. – JIM TANKERSLEY  (DIERSEN: How much “economic activity” does your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county generate?)
http://www.pressherald.com/2016/11/25/election-analysis-reveals-enormous-economic-divide/

 

USA TODAY
— Trump supporters target George Soros over protests – Dawn Chmielewski  (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in promoting Soros in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/11/24/george-soros-blamed-unseen-hand-behind-trump-protests/94334844/
— Milwaukee sheriff to meet with Trump Monday – Bill Glauber
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2016/11/25/reports-milwaukee-sheriff-meet-trump-monday/94452620/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will Lawmakers Who Broke With Trump Face a Day of Reckoning? – KRISTINA PETERSON  (DIERSEN: What power does Trump have to protect his supporters?  How much religious, government, political, and/or financial clout do the Trump-haters have in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Of course, obviously, needless-to-say, and without question, the Trump-haters will use their clout to destroy Trump supporters.  One should expect that the more votes that Clinton got than Trump got in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, the faster that Trump-haters will move to destroy you. What actions should Trump supporters take to defend themselves against the Trump-haters?)
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2016/11/25/will-lawmakers-who-broke-with-trump-face-a-day-of-reckoning/
— Vote Breakdowns Show How Parties Changed With Trump, Clinton at Top of Ticket  Democratic Party relied more on women and Americans with advanced college degrees, while the GOP depended on men and voters with some college experience – AARON ZITNER (DIERSEN: From what you know about the demographics of your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois, why did Trump get more or fewer votes and why did Clinton get more or fewer votes in your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/vote-breakdowns-show-how-parties-changed-with-trump-clinton-at-top-of-ticket-1480093926
— VIDEO: How Election 2016 Changed the Political Parties
http://www.wsj.com/video/how-election-2016-changed-the-political-parties/668E78A5-BDE0-4F6B-B6AE-C2FC96A28C18.html
— Chicago’s Rahm Emanuel Makes Strides After Shooting Protests  A year after release of police-shooting video, mayor’s moves improve approval ratings – SHIBANI MAHTANI
http://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-rahm-emanuel-rebounds-from-shooting-protests-1480089600
— The Need to Read – WILL SCHWALBE  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on?  Mine focus on stopping me from putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/the-need-to-read-1480083086

 

FORBES
— Mapping the $100,000+ California Public Employee Pensions at CalPERS Costing Taxpayers $3.0 Billion – Adam Andrzejewski (DIERSEN: If my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not succeeded in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Civil Service Retirement System Pension would be well over $100,000 instead of the $50,720 that it is now.  In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 33.)
http://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2016/11/26/mapping-the-100000-california-public-employee-pensions-at-calpers-costing-taxpayers-3-0b/#74c983e07153

 

BARRONS
— The Trump Rally Has Legs  Bullishness begets bullishness: Investors bet on lower taxes, economic growth. The end of inversions? And, good news for retailers. – VITO J. RACANELLI  (DIERSEN: One would expect that the Democrats are doing everything that they can to drive the markets down to punish those who voted for Trump.)
http://www.barrons.com/articles/the-trump-rally-has-legs-1480137254

 

TRIBUNE REVIEW
— Trump & college chaos – WALTER WILLIAMS
http://triblive.com/opinion/featuredcommentary/11515870-74/college-students-university

 

STATESMAN
— Trump may break another tradition — No pets in the White House – Bob D’Angelo
http://www.mystatesman.com/news/news/national/trump-may-break-another-tradition-no-pets-white-ho/ntD2t/

 

GUARDIAN
— Mexico reels at nightmare vision of a Trump White House  If Donald Trump were to enact his threats to build a border wall, rip up Nafta and block remittances, the effect on the country’s economy would be devastating – Nina Lakhani in Mexico City and Rory Carroll  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps talk and act like they are not only paid agents of Mexico, but like they hate America.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/nov/26/mexico-trump-white-house-nafta-border-wall-remittances

November 25 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Protesters disrupt Black Friday in Chicago over police conduct
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/219722939-story – AP

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Michigan Avenue protest urges boycott, awareness of police misconduct – Christy Gutowski and Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-black-friday-protest-met-20161125-story.html
— Trump protest sparks group to challenge Claar, allies in Bolingbrook election – Alicia Fabbre
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/will-county/news/ct-bolingbrook-slate-opposing-claar-20161122-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats turn immigrants against Republicans.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-new-citizens-st-1124-20161124-column.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “When will white working-class Trump voters see the scam?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-white-working-class-scam-20161125-story.html
— Election recount will take place in Wisconsin, after Stein files petition – Karoun Demirjian
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-jill-stein-wisconsin-recount-20161125-story.html
— Can the Democratic Party rise again? Yes – and here’s the first big thing to watch. – Greg Sargent
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-can-democratic-party-rise-again-20161125-story.html
— Police: Morale still low, emboldening criminals and contributing to violence – Jeremy Gorner  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who have worked the hardest to drive down the morale of those who share my demographics.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-police-morale-met-20161123-story.html
— U. of I. center provides services, on-site living for student veterans – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-university-of-illinois-wounded-veterans-center-20161124-story.html
— Naperville residents can track police, fire calls via new online map – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-naperville-police-map-launch-st-1117-20161125-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Smaller than last year, Black Friday protest hits Mag Mile – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-friday-boycott-to-kick-off-along-magnificent-mile/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville loosening sign restrictions to ensure free speech – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161125/news/161129363/
— How to detect fake news, from the left and right – Glenn Kessler
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161125/news/161129323/
— Meet the ‘new yellow journalists’  ‘News’ writers say anything to get clicks, more money – Terrence McCoy
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161125/news/161129324/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors blame racist graffiti on those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161125/discuss/161129505/

 

KANE COIUNTY CHRONICLE
— TRAGIC: Batavia lifting ban on video gambling – Mark Foster
http://www.kcchronicle.com/2016/11/18/batavia-lifting-ban-on-video-gambling/ascfsu3/

 

BUREAU COUNTY REPUBLICAN
— Rezin proposes voter registration legislation
http://www.bcrnews.com/2016/11/17/rezin-proposes-voter-registration-legislation/a3080q/

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Protesters disrupt Chicago shopping zone over police conduct – AP
http://qctimes.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/protesters-disrupt-chicago-shopping-zone-over-police-conduct/article_fe375e42-e9f5-5f12-9d39-5c2993e5a6cc.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton facility for new mothers moves forward  Wheaton City Council directs city attorney to prepare ordinances for facility – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/11/22/wheaton-facility-for-new-mothers-moves-forward/a7d6309/

 

NADIG NEWSPAPERS
— Chicago is hopeless for Republicans in future – RUSS STEWART
http://nadignewspapers.com/2016/11/25/chicago-is-hopless-for-republicans-in-future/

 

FOX NEWS INSIDER
— Chicago Protesters Target Black Friday for the 2nd Year in a Row
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/11/25/chicago-protesters-target-black-friday-2nd-year-row
— Krauthammer: Obama Leaves Behind a ‘Decimated’ Democratic Party
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/11/23/krauthammer-obama-leaves-behind-decimated-democratic-party

 

DAILY CALLER
— Consumer Financial Protection Bureau: The Most Partisan Agency In The Entire Federal Government, According To FEC Records – DAVID KRAYDEN
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/25/consumer-financial-protection-bureau-donates-only-to-democrats/
— America’s Students Are Morons Who Can’t Distinguish Real News From ‘Fake News’ – Eric Owens
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/25/americas-students-cant-distinguish-real-news-from-fake-news/
— 195 Per Day — Feds Release 6,051 Illegal Immigrant Kids Into US In Single Month – Caroline May
http://dailycaller.com/2016/11/25/feds-release-6051-illegal-immigrant-kids-into-us-in-single-month/

 

GOPUSA
— Bloomington, Indiana Reames ‘Good Friday’ for the sake of ‘Cultural Sensitivity’
http://www.gopusa.com/town-renames-good-friday-for-the-sake-of-cultural-sensitivity/
— Foolish vows of vengeance  (DIERSEN: What vengeance do the anti-Trumps vow in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
http://www.gopusa.com/foolish-vows-of-vengeance/
— Obama Attempts to Distort His Legacy
http://www.gopusa.com/obama-attempts-to-distort-his-legacy/
— Obama’s gateway to gang life: Alien minors at risk
http://www.gopusa.com/obamas-gateway-to-gang-life-alien-minors-at-risk/

 

TOWNHALL
— Mexicans very negative on Trump, but back talks with him: poll – Reuters  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with Mexico against Trump and against America.)
http://townhall.com/news/politics-elections/2016/11/25/mexicans-very-negative-on-trump-but-back-talks-with-him-poll-n2250721

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Anticipating Trump Crackdown on Illegals, Central Americans Surge to Border – Warren Mass
http://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/24713-anticipating-trump-crackdown-on-illegals-central-americans-surge-to-border

 

THE HILL
— Wisconsin to recount presidential votes – HARPER NEIDIG
http://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/307535-green-partys-jill-stein-files-for-recount-in-wisconsin

 

POLITICO
— Ingraham wants to be more than just Trump’s flack  Fox analyst Monica Crowley is also in the mix for Trump’s press secretary. – ANNIE KARNI
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/laura-ingraham-trump-press-secretary-position-231840

 

CNN
— Green Party files for Wisconsin recount, audit – Tom LoBianco
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/25/politics/green-party-recount-wisconsin/index.html

 

AOL
— Donald Trump’s Thanksgiving dinner featured 24 dishes – JASON CUMMING
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/11/25/donald-trumps-thanksgiving-dinner-featured-24-dishes/21614328/
— Meet the Obama voters who came out for Trump – CAITLIN MOSCATELLO
http://www.aol.com/article/news/2016/11/25/meet-obama-voters-who-came-out-for-trump/21613060/

 

FOX 8
— Secret Service considering renting a floor at Trump Tower to protect future First Family – CNN
http://myfox8.com/2016/11/25/secret-service-considering-renting-a-floor-at-trump-tower-to-protect-future-first-family/

 

FORBES
— Note To Trump: Cut Useless, Unauthorized Spending And Here’s The Place To Start – George Leef
http://www.forbes.com/sites/georgeleef/2016/11/25/note-to-trump-cut-useless-unauthorized-spending-and-heres-the-place-to-start/#62b32325bf95

 

MARKET WATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLEINE: Employers that exploit low-skill workers oppose deportation.
http://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-deporting-millions-of-people-would-be-bad-for-us-workers-2016-11-25