November 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Buffalo Wild Wings fires employees involved in alleged racist incident at Naperville restaurant – Alexis McAdams (DIERSEN: Of course, Trump-haters want everyone to assume that the “customer who made the complaint” is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/buffalo-wild-wings-fires-naperville-employees-involved-in-alleged-racist-incident/5669017/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-11/4/2019
— 15 shot, 4 fatally, in Chicago weekend gun violence
https://abc7chicago.com/15-shot-4-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-gun-violence/5670469/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-11/4/2019

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Employees at Naperville Buffalo Wild Wings fired after customers described racist incident at the restaurant – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: Of course, Trump-haters want everyone to assume that the “customer who made the complaint” is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-buffalo-wild-wings-employees-terminated-st-1104-20191104-doprfxa5c5bvbnum2a4e74vb5y-story.html
— Party bosses in smoke-filled rooms would be better than the dreamy wish lists of pandering primaries – JONAH GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend/advance their platform. QUESTIONS: Should the Republican Party have the power to stop candidates from running as Republican if they fail/refuse to promise to defend/advance the Republican Party platform if elected? ANSWER: Yes QUESTION: Should the Republican Party stop candidates from running as Republican if they fail/refuse to promise to defend/advance the Republican Party platform if elected? ANSWER: Yes)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-cancel-presidential-primaries-goldberg-20191101-mgfsl47yr5divctxj7rr5wh4xq-story.html
— Low-income Chicagoans may get break on water bills through discounted rate, debt relief – Cecilia Reyes (DIERSEN: Water today, electricity, natural gas, internet, smart phones, transportation, housing, food, clothing, health care, education, etc. tomorrow.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-water-bill-relief-20191102-eu3ube2yknek5pknyznlt5uuqq-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: ‘Every day I go outside, I feel like I’m going to get killed’: How Chicagoans exposed to violence end up isolated, lonely and with chronic health problems – Darcel Rockett
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-loneliness-hypervigilance-linked-to-violence-tt-20191024-20191024-bkk2vcedtraivhjoidekwqlizu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-glanton-michelle-obama-race-summit-20191104-iiydt2e7k5cabkmgecasphd3we-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Been busted for weed? That will actually help you land a job when it’s legalized Having a pot-related arrest or conviction used to be a liability for Illinoisans seeking employment. Now, a criminal record might lead to a job in the cannabis industry. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: If you have used pot, you have shouted your disrespect for the rule of law. Your past predicts your future.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/11/4/20940834/marijuana-cannabis-legalization-jobs-industry-arrest-conviction-criminal-record

DAILY HERALD
— Our views influence what we cover, but not how – John Lampinen, Senior Vice President and Editor (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the main stream news media spins news a) to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms and b) to demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191104/letter-from-editor-our-views-influence-what-we-cover-but-not-how
— POLICY CORNER: When we name and how we describe crime suspects – Jim Baumann (DIERSEN: Of course, Trump-haters want everyone to assume that the Buffalo Wild Wings “customer who made the complaint” is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191104/policy-corner-when-we-name-and-how-we-describe-crime-suspects

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Most credible sources of political news (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS at www.gopillinois.com is the best source of Illinois government and political news and commentary from a conservative/Republican perspective. I take it as a badge of honor that the following do not promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and www.gopillinois.com: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs.)
https://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20191101/roundtable-most-credible-sources-of-political-news

PEKIN TIMES
— Job quantity? Yes. Job quality? Not so much – Jared Bernstein (DIERSEN: What jobs have you had? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I had. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.pekintimes.com/opinion/20191029/jared-bernstein-job-quantity-yes-job-quality-not-so-much

WHEATON RECORD
— OUTSTANDING: College Democrats disband due to lack of student interest – Carolina Lumetta
http://www.wheatonrecord.com/articles/college-dems-disband-due-to-lack-of-student-interest/

RANDY RAMEY
— Randy Ramey Announces Campaign for State Representative in the 45th District
https://www.facebook.com/RandyRameyIL/

WILL COUNTY REPUBLICANS
— Time to Help Trump and his Illinois Delegates to get on the Ballot
https://mailchi.mp/95dc9c265ece/time-to-help-trump-and-his-illinois-delegates-to-get-on-the-ballot

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: New details allow suit to continue vs Recorder’s Office over Yarbrough’s alleged politically motivated hiring decisions – Scott Holland (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.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/517467786-judge-new-details-allow-suit-to-continue-vs-recorder-s-office-over-yarbrough-s-alleged-politically-motivated-hiring-decisions#new_tab

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage County approved $1.35 mil in no-bid contracts with Alliant/Mesirow, where House Speaker’s son is an Executive – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/11/dupage-county-approved-1-35-mil-in-no-bid-contracts-with-alliant-mesirow-where-house-speakers-son-is-an-executive/
— Bloomington-Normal’s Connect Transit loses over $900,000.00 per month – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/11/bloomington-normals-connect-transit-loses-over-900000-00-per-month/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PARENTS SIGNUP TO OPPOSE MANDATED LGBTQ CURRICULUM AGENDA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/11/parents-signup-to-oppose-mandated-lgbtq-curriculum-agenda.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, Trump-haters want everyone to assume that the Buffalo Wild Wings “customer who made the complaint” is a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/04/yes-it-can-happen-here/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Lock him up’ chants erupt at rally after Ilhan Omar claims Trump tries to ‘coddle white supremacists’ – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/lock-him-up-chants-erupt-at-rally-after-ilhan-omar-claims-trump-tries-to-coddle-white-supremacists
— Pete Buttigieg: US owes separated migrant families ‘compensation’ – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/pete-buttigieg-us-owes-separated-migrant-families-compensation

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why are the Maldives building airports next to the ocean when warmists predict that it will be underwater with sea level rise? – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/why_are_the_maldives_building_airports_next_to_the_ocean_when_warmists_predict_that_it_will_be_underwater_with_sea_level_rise.html

BREITBART
— Bernie Sanders: Trump Is Racist, Sexist, Xenophobe, Homophobe, Religious Bigot – KYLE MORRIS (DIERSEN: What do Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your township/ward, and in your county call Trump supporters?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/03/bernie-sanders-trump-is-a-racist-sexist-xenophobe-homophobe-and-religious-bigot/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— For Democrats and the odious media, it’s too late to apologize – Jeffrey Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31326-assault-america-day-306-democrats-and-odious-media-it%E2%80%99s-too-late-apologize

DAILY CALLER
— Fox News Polls Show 49% Of Americans Want Impeachment, Democrats Beating Trump In General Election – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/03/fox-news-poll-49-percent-impeach-democrats-beat-trump/

TOWNHALL
— What Should Trump Supporters Make Of The Latest Impeachment Polling? – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/11/04/what-should-trump-supporters-make-of-the-latest-impeachment-polling-n2555820
— A Federal Fiscal Train Wreck? Who Cares – the Nationals Won the World Series… – David Thomas Roberts
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidthomasroberts/2019/11/04/a-federal-fiscal-train-wreck–who-cares–the-nationals-won-the-world-series-n2555824
— Ilhan Omar Opens for Bernie, Brings Up ‘White Supremacy’ And ‘Western Imperialism’ – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2019/11/03/ilhan-omar-n2555825

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Fmr RNC chair Michael Steele accuses named GOP lawmakers of hateful, violent speech, inciting civil war – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/11/03/fmr-rnc-chair-michael-steele-accuses-named-gop-lawmakers-of-hateful-violent-speech-inciting-civil-war-847781

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Chicago Teachers Strike for $100,000 Salaries – Daniel Greenfield (DIERSEN: When did you first start earning $100,000 in today’s dollars? I did in 1987 when I was 39 years old. By then, I had a) worked for GAO for almost 8 years, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, MBA from Loyola, and bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, and e) became a licensed CPA.)
https://canadafreepress.com/article/chicago-teachers-strike-for-100000-salaries#new_tab

THE HILL
— Juan Williams: Republicans flee Trump – JUAN WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who flees Trump? ANSWER: Those who 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.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/468772-juan-williams-republicans-flee-trump

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— AP-NORC poll: Interest in campaign is growing, as is anxiety – EMILY SWANSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT
https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2019/11/03/ap-norc-poll-interest-in-campaign-is-growing-as-is-anxiety/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/affirmative-action-washington-ballot.html
— Democratic Strategists Set Up $75 Million Digital Campaign to Counter Trump David Plouffe, the former Obama campaign manager, will advise the effort, which aims to compete with the president on his terms. – Shane Goldmacher
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/04/us/politics/democratic-political-campaign-advertising.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: These Machines Can Put You in Jail. Don’t Trust Them. Alcohol breath tests, a linchpin of the criminal justice system, are often unreliable, a Times investigation found. – Stacy Cowley and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
By Stacy Cowley and Jessica Silver-Greenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/03/business/drunk-driving-breathalyzer.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Twitter’s Facebook Trick Is Bittersweet Twitter says it will ban political ads, but Facebook plans to keep profiting off them – Laura Forman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/twitters-facebook-trick-is-bittersweet-11572631688
— The Clinton Impeachment Was Fair We were on the House prosecution team. Unlike Pelosi and Schiff, we safeguarded due process. – Jim Sensenbrenner and Steve Chabot
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-clinton-impeachment-was-fair-11572813633
— FRONT PAGE: People Are Staying in Their Homes Longer—a Big Reason for Slower Sales Homeowners nationwide are staying put an average of five years longer than they did in 2010, a new analysis shows – Laura Kusisto (DIERSEN: My wife and I have lived in our home since 1984 when we had it built.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/people-are-staying-in-their-homes-longera-big-reason-for-slower-sales-11572777001
— What Parents Need to Know Before Borrowing Money to Pay for College A Direct Plus loan? Home equity? Parents should understand the pros and cons of all their loan options. – Cheryl Winokur Munk
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-parents-need-to-know-before-borrowing-money-to-pay-for-college-11572626188
— How to Estimate What You’ll Spend on Long-Term Care – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: My 89-year-old aunt is spending $252-a-day or $7,560-a-month or $91,980-a-year out of her life savings for her assisted living.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-estimate-what-youll-spend-on-long-term-care-11572535052
— The Truth About Income Inequality The census fails to account for taxes and most welfare payments, painting a distorted picture. – Phil Gramm and John F. Early
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-truth-about-income-inequality-11572813786

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Re-Election Likely If Economy Stays on Course – Katia Dmitrieva (DIERSEN: Of course, to defeat Trump, Democrats will do everything that they can to drive the economy down.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-03/trump-on-course-to-win-2020-re-election-if-economic-models-right?srnd=premium

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Cannabis Laws Have Employers Rethinking Drug Testing (DIERSEN: Are you an employee in Illinois? If yes, starting January 1, 2020, how stoned to you anticipate the following will be: your superiors, your supervisor, your coworkers, your subordinates, and you?) 
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/bloomberg-law-analysis/analysis-cannabis-laws-have-employers-rethinking-drug-testing

FORBES
— Six Local SEO Strategies To Help You Show Up In Searches – Alex Membrillo (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google News Alerts are to non-credible articles written my non-credible authors on non-credible websites that a) promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms and/or b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform.)

https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2019/11/04/six-local-seo-strategies-to-help-you-show-up-in-searches/

KIPLINGER
— Retirement: The benefits of being FIRE-ish (Financial Independence, Retire Early) – EILEEN AMBROSE
https://www.courant.com/business/sns-201910171219–tms–kplngmpctnkm-b20191030-20191030-story.html

INC
— Why You Need to Study This Google Formula to Win Customers and Grow Your Business – Thomas Goetz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google News Alerts are to non-credible articles written my non-credible authors on non-credible websites that a) promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms and/or b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.inc.com/magazine/201911/thomas-goetz/eat-expertise-authoritativeness-trustworthiness-google-ranking-seo.html
— 4 Steps to Create a Burning Platform to Motivate Change Motivating people to change requires a burning platform combined with an inspiring future vision – Soren Kaplan
https://www.inc.com/soren-kaplan/4-steps-to-create-a-burning-platform-to-motivate-change.html

USA TODAY
— Young voters helped push Democrats to victory in 2018. Can they swing the 2020 vote? – Joey Garrison and Rebecca Morin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat shout at young people, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Republicans to buy more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2019/11/04/election-2020-young-voters-key-democrats-path-beating-trump/2458445001/
— 11 expert tips to search Google better, faster, more strategically – Edward C. Baig (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google News Alerts are to non-credible articles written my non-credible authors on non-credible websites that a) promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms and/or b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/11/02/expert-tips-for-google-search/4113013002/

WATERGATE
— July 27, 1974 Articles of Impeachment (DIERSEN: In 1974, I was one very a small number of IRS employees in its Chicago office who was not Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran. My Democrat superiors took their anger against Nixon out on me. It is called displaced aggression.) 
https://watergate.info/impeachment/articles-of-impeachment
(FROM THE ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT: (Nixon) has, acting personally and through his subordinates and agents, endeavored to obtain from the Internal Revenue Service, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, confidential information contained in income tax returns for purposed not authorized by law, and to cause, in violation of the constitutional rights of citizens, income tax audits or other income tax investigations to be initiated or conducted in a discriminatory manner.)

QUARTZ
— The fight against financial advertisers using Facebook for digital redlining – John Detrixhe & Jeremy B. Merrill
https://qz.com/1733345/the-fight-against-discriminatory-financial-ads-on-facebook/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Even if there’s no intention to discriminate, financial ads are different from other kinds of advertising because they represent a chance to prosper and participate in society. That’s why an algorithm that systematically excludes protected categories like age and race from seeing credit ads could be unlawful under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). “We know from research that Lookalike Audiences can reproduce those protected characteristics, including gender and age and ethnicity in the new audience they create,” said Aaron Rieke, managing director of Upturn, a nonprofit research group, and a former attorney at the Federal Trade Commission.)

REFLECTOR
— Time to choose in municipal elections – Editorial (DIERSEN: What if Wheaton’s recent West District City Council vacancy had been filled by a special election? What if the Daily Herald had published lots of information on the 10 candidates including their demographics, how long they lived in the West District and in Wheaton, their work experience, their education, their professional certifications and licenses, etc.? What if there had been candidate forums?)
http://www.reflector.com/Editorials/2019/11/03/Time-to-choose-in-municipal-elections.html

AXIOS
— GOP Rep. Dan Crenshaw: Democrats take non-white voters “for granted” – Ursula Perano (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, RINOs take members of the following groups for granted: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.axios.com/crenshaw-dan-racism-white-non-voters-texas-2020-6776b2cd-7748-4fd0-a1a1-fe9a6849a2d9.html
— Texas Republicans sound alarm on party’s future (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, political parties dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.axios.com/will-hurd-dan-crenshaw-gop-republican-party-308770a1-3e09-4a74-b820-ff55e132c277.html

SALON
— Trump’s self-destructive diet: Psychiatrist says unhealthy food choices may affect his mental health Why Trump’s consumption of “some of the worst-quality foods” is worrisome, according to Dr. Bandy Lee – JOSEPH NEESE
https://www.salon.com/2019/11/03/self-destructiveness-paranoia-and-disdain-trumps-unhealthy-food-choices-impact-his-mental-health/

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— Your Interview – Lilah Burke (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.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/11/04/ai-assessed-job-interviewing-grows-colleges-try-prepare-students

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.