December 12 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The Milton Township Republican Central Committee held an outstanding Christmas Party Wednesday evening, December 12, 2018, at the Wheaton Bowl Banquet Hall. Candidates on November 6, 2018 ballots at the meeting included Eckhoff and Zay. Other attendees included Almiron, Carlson, Caruso, Cherry, Cooper, Crane, Dangelo, Elliott, Falbo, Fawell, Formento, Galvin, Grogan, Heidorn, Holan, Ives, Jorgensen, Keller, Krzyzewski, C. LeVan, Lollino, McGowen, McNeily, Molitor, Monino, Muehlfelt, Nathwani, Rash, Ryan, Shaw, Tatro, and Whelan. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Rahm Emanuel pushes public pension fix to City Council, including legalized marijuana, Chicago casino, constitutional amendment – Bill Ruthhart and John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rahm-emanuel-casino-legal-weed-amendment-pensions-20181212-story.html
— Former West Chicago state legislator Tom Johnson dies at 73 – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-west-chicago-lawmaker-tom-johnson-dies-20181211-story.html
— Hints of Democratic agenda as Google CEO testifies – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–google-ceo-congress-20181211-story.html
— Pelosi secures votes to return as House speaker after pledging to serve four years – Mike DeBonis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-nancy-pelosi-house-speaker-20181212-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel makes strong pitch for $10B in pension bonds – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mayor-rahm-emanuel-strong-pitch-10b-pension-bonds/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Some new Democrats want DuPage County Board to cease prayers at meetings – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181211/some-new-democrats-want-dupage-county-board-to-cease-prayers-at-meetings
— Congresswoman to Google CEO: Why when I search ‘idiot’ do I get pictures of Trump? – Colby Itkowitz
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181212/congresswoman-to-google-ceo-why-when-i-search-idiot-do-i-get-pictures-of-trump

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rauner blasts union representation of agency managers – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181212/rauner-blasts-union-representation-of-agency-managers

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEVINS: THE ILLINOIS GOP LEADERSHIP’S BRIDGE TO NOWHERE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/nevins-the-illinois-gop-leaderships-bridge-to-nowhere.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Not surprisingly, the party leadership believes that Donald Trump’s rhetoric created insurmountable obstacles for their candidates that eclipses any difficulties it has with the party’s largely conservative base.)
— ILLINOIS WOMEN’S STUDIES DEPT: ABOLISH ICE AND POLICE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/illinois-womens-studies-dept-abolish-ice-and-police.html
— TUCKER CARLSON EXPLAINS ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/tucker-carlson-explains-illegal-immigration.html
— UNIONS DEFY SUPREME COURT ON MANDATORY DUES, SUIT SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/unions-defy-supreme-court-on-mandatory-dues-suit-says.html

 

PJ MEDIA
— Google’s Trust in the SPLC Undermines Its Denials of Conservative Censorship – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/googles-trust-in-the-splc-undermines-its-denials-of-conservative-censorship/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Accused ‘terrorist’ behind migrant caravan members demand of $50,000 apiece to go back home – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/12/migrant-caravan-members-demand-50000-apiece-go-bac/
— Migrants’ audacious blackmail of U.S. won’t end well – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/12/caravan-migrants-show-selves-be-bunch-blackmailers/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP LEADS THE WORLD TOWARD STATE SOVEREIGNTY Andy Schlafly cheers president for rejecting ‘Compact on Migration’ OK’d in Morocco
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/trump-leads-the-world-toward-state-sovereignty/
— BOY DUMPS LAST NAME ‘TRUMP’ AFTER FIERCE BULLYING Classmates ‘curse at him, they call him an idiot, they call him stupid’ (DIERSEN: The more demographics that you share with Trump, the more that Trump-haters hate you.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/boy-dumps-last-name-trump-after-fierce-bullying/

 

BLAZE
— Central American migrants submit incredible list of demands to Trump administration before they will go back home – Jana J. Pruet
https://www.theblaze.com/news/central-american-migrants-demand-u-s-entry-or-pay-them-50k-to-turn-around

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Liberal Media Blast Conservatives, Deny Google Bias Exists – Alexander Hall
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/alexander-hall/2018/12/12/liberal-media-blast-conservatives-deny-google-bias-exists
— House GOP Slams Google for Anti-Conservative Bias – Alexander Hall
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/alexander-hall/2018/12/12/highlights-house-gop-slams-google-anti-conservative-bias
— 12 Essential Questions for Google CEO Sundar Pichai
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/nb-staff/2018/12/12/google-questions-ceo-sundar-pichai

 

CHRISTIAN POST
— GOP Congressmen grill Google for making SPLC a ‘trusted flagger’ on YouTube – Michael Grybosk
https://www.christianpost.com/news/gop-congressmen-grill-google-for-making-splc-a-trusted-flagger-on-youtube.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Google is a tricky case but conservatives please stay strong — Reject the temptation to regulate the internet – John Samples
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/google-is-a-tricky-case-but-conservatives-please-stay-strong-reject-the-temptation-to-regulate-the-internet
— Russia threatens to ban Google if it doesn’t ban certain websites – Chris Ciaccia
https://www.foxnews.com/tech/russia-threatens-to-ban-google-if-it-doesnt-ban-certain-websites

 

GOPUSA
— Biden/Romney 2020: RINOs would be all in
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60909
— Gallup says 158 million people now want to migrate to the U.S. (DIERSEN: What percent of these 158 million are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60844
— NPR Shamelessly Exploits Cheap Labor
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60898

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— ‘Can’t anybody here play this game?’: Google skates again. – Colin Flaherty
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/cant_anybody_here_play_this_game_google_skates_again.html

 

TOWNHALL
— America Needs More Immigrants and Less Welfare – Jeff Jacoby
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffjacoby/2018/12/12/america-needs-more-immigrants-and-less-welfare-n2537413

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Global Migration Pact: The U.N.’s Attempt to Erode Sovereignty – JONATHAN S. TOBIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/united-nations-global-migration-pact-erosion-of-sovereignty/
— Trump’s ‘Great Wall’ Isn’t What’s Being Built – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/trumps-great-wall-isnt-whats-being-built/

 

POLITICO
— Trump suggests again the military could build a border wall – GREGORY HELLMAN
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-defense/2018/12/12/trump-suggests-again-the-military-could-build-a-border-wall-453838

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In the Trump era, job satisfaction tumbles in the federal workforce – Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: My superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American wanted the federal government to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German-American.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/job-satisfaction-down-at-60-percent-of-federal-agencies-new-survey-says/2018/12/11/b07ed7d2-fd57-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The suburbs, women, some working-class whites and now even a swamp creature abandon Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/12/suburbs-women-some-working-class-whites-now-even-swamp-creature-abandon-trump/
— Report shows sharp drop in federal employee morale under Trump Employee engagement fell at nearly 60 percent of federal agencies – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: My superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American wanted the federal government to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German-American.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/12/report-shows-sharp-drop-federal-employee-morale-under-trump/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump CFOs Predict 2019 Recession, Majority Expect Pre-2020 Market Crash
https://www.newsweek.com/recession-2020-cfo-economy-market-crash-general-motors-verizon-trump-2019-1255426

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GM CEO, Under Fire, Navigates Fallout Of Planned Job Cuts, Plant Closures A tense exchange with President Trump is just one sign of the disappointment toward GM in Washington – Mike Colias and Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-ceo-is-under-fire-from-trump-lawmakers-over-restructuring-11544641616

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Do Libertarians and the Left Have Such Similar Views on Immigration? – Park MacDougald
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/why-are-libertarians-and-the-left-both-for-open-immigration.html

 

FORBES
— Is Verizon’s Voluntary Separation A Plan To Lay Off An Older Generation For A New 5th Generation? – Jack Kelly (DIERSEN: Do you promote age discrimination? All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2018/12/12/is-verizons-voluntary-separation-a-plan-to-lay-off-an-older-generation-for-a-new-5th-generation/#55373d7a4253
— In Recruiting, Everything Old Is New Again – Jeff Hyman (DIERSEN: Do you promote age discrimination? All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jeffhyman/2018/12/12/older/#240875a155ac

 

DAILY MAIL
— Delaware boy, 11, is forced to drop out of school by bullies and change his name because he’s called Joshua . . . TRUMP – JENNIFER SMITH
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6488363/Delaware-boy-11-called-Joshua-Trump-forced-change-bullied.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.