CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County budget approved in split board vote, with critics saying
review process not transparent – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-county-budget-approved-st-1129-20191127-oboim3eomvbyhazggzsvu6vehu-story.html
— Judges rein in parts of Illinois stalking law as unconstitutional, while
victims’ advocates worry that women are more vulnerable – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-stalking-law-limits-20191127-r52ijstenva4hofykou3hjcoby-story.html
— Trump signs Hong Kong bill that will strain relations with China – MARIO
PARKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-tns-bc-hongkong-bill-trump-20191128-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that
Naperville Republicans are racists and especially Naperville Republicans who
are Protestant, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, those who have
lived in Naperville for a long time, and those whose ancestors have been in
America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-hate-no-home-here-downtown-naperville-st-20191127-p37zhy5on5hqxbplixfk7frtgu-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Chicago, cities grapple with ‘transit-oriented development’ critics – Haisten Willis (DIERSEN: How transit-oriented are you? In 1984, my wife and I paid lots more for a lot because it was in walking distance of the Wheaton train station. In 1978, my wife and I paid lots more for a home because it was in walking distance of the College Avenue train station in Wheaton. In 1976, I paid lots more for a one bedroom condo because it was in walking distance of my IRS job in the Loop. In 1974, I paid lots more for a studio condo because it was in walking distance of my IRS job in the Loop.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20191128/chicago-cities-grapple-with-transit-oriented-development-critics
— Blessed benefits of counting blessings – Editorial (DIERSEN: Are you thankful enough? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am nowhere near thankful enough. They stress that they have let me serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191127/blessed-benefits-of-counting-blessings
— A day to remember life’s consistent joys – Jim Slusher (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to be thankful that they have not harmed me any more than they have already harmed me. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them. They paint themselves as being operatives or as dupes for those who run the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191128/a-day-to-remember-lifes-consistent-joys
CBS2
— City Of Evanston To Use Cannabis Revenue For Reparations Fund For
African-American Residents – Jermont Terry (DIERSEN: Do those who run your
municipality favor or oppose reparations? If they favor reparations, which
residents, organizations, companies, etc. in your municipality do they want a)
to pay reparations and how much and b) to receive reparations and how much?
What criteria do they want to use to determine the aforesaid? My
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always
hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that those who share my demographics should
pay lots of reparations and b) that government jobs and promotions should be
given to minorities and to females as a form of reparations.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11/27/evanston-recreational-cannabis-reparations-african-american-residents/
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/4223860-evanston-to-use-cannabis-revenue-for-reparation-fund/
WBBM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Democrats, Blacks smoked/smoke pot because
Whites forced/force pot on them.
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/evanston-to-pot-sales-tax-to-fund-local-reparations-program
QUAD CITY TIMES
— Complaint against Rock Island State’s Attorney Villarreal alleges
prosecutions may be compromised – Thomas Geyer
https://qctimes.com/news/local/complaint-against-rock-island-state-s-attorney-villarreal-alleges-prosecutions/article_6a437ff6-950f-5cef-a733-be8d3bd305e7.html
RIVER BENDER
— “Demand Justice” targets Federalist Society over Kavanaugh – AP
https://www.riverbender.com/sports-news/details.cfm?id=287069
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Sponsored by Demand Justice, the ads target a half dozen prominent firms that
sponsored the dinner, such as Kirkland & Ellis, where Kavanaugh served as a
partner, as well as Sullivan & Cromwell, WilmerHale and Consovoy McCarthy,
where a senior partner was recently confirmed as a federal appellate judge. The
bare-knuckle ads are a rarity in the city’s genteel legal world and an example
of the increasing toxicity of the political debate over Trump’s judicial
nominees. Demand Justice says the ads are the beginning of a sustained campaign
“to hold accountable” people who help the Federalist Society “rehabilitate a
sexual predator and attack the rule of law.’’ The Federalist Society declined
to comment. Carrie Severino, a longtime Federalist Society member and policy
director of the conservative Judicial Crisis Network, called criticism by
Demand Justice and other liberal groups a badge of honor. The Federalist group
“is a successful network of conservatives and conservative lawyers that are
very effective,’’ Severino said. Liberal critics “don’t like that,” she added.)
HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Democrats, Blacks smoked/smoke pot because
Whites forced/force it on them.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/this-illinois-community-will-use-recreational-marijuana-sales-tax-proceeds/article_41e7fe57-8ced-5cf8-9dad-ccb83d8c4958.html
EVANSTON PATCH
— Future Weed Revenue Will Fund Evanston’s New Reparations Program Aldermen
have not yet decided how the money will be spent or who will be eligible to
receive reparations from the city. – Jonah Meadows (DIERSEN: Do those who run
your municipality favor or oppose reparations? If they favor reparations, which
residents, organizations, companies, etc. in your municipality do they want a)
to pay reparations and how much and b) to receive reparations and how much?
What criteria do they want to use to determine the aforesaid? My
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always
hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that those who share my demographics should
pay lots of reparations and b) that government jobs and promotions should be
given to minorities and to females as a form of reparations.)
https://patch.com/illinois/evanston/evanston-recreational-cannabis-tax-fund-referendum-program
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Race to the top, or the bottom – Hugo Gurdon (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to
get their votes, Democrat candidates promise Blacks that if elected, they will
use government to give Blacks preference. To give one group preference is to
discriminate against another group. To give Blacks preference is to
discriminate against Whites, against Hispanics, against Asians, against
etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/race-to-the-top-or-the-bottom
CNS NEWS
— Chick-Fil-A Donated to SPLC, Which Smeared Pro-Family FRC as ‘Anti-LGBT Hate
Group’ – Michael W. Chapman
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/michael-w-chapman/chick-fil-donated-splc-group-linked-shooter-who-stormed-family
TOWNHALL
— Thanksgiving Has Been Part of America’s Story From Puritan Forefathers
Onward – Richard Land (DIERSEN: Are you thankful enough? According to my
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am nowhere near
thankful enough. They stress that they have let me serve as a Republican
Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.
They stress that they let me serve as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois
chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee
member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster
2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee
member 2003-2007, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter
board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997, IRS employee 1971-1980, etc.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/richardland/2019/11/28/thanksgiving-has-been-part-of-americas-story-from-puritan-forefathers-onward-n2556801
PATRIOT POST
— Mainstream Media Deserves the President’s Ire! – Ken Blackwell (DIERSEN:
Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives,
and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at religious, conservative, and
Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major
donors, political consultants, etc. that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS have caused
all their problems. Previously, they hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my
service as the following caused all their problems: TAPROOT Republicans of
Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee
member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center
Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political
Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee,
etc.)
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/67072-dean-baquet-mainstream-media-deserves-the-presidents-ire-2019-11-28
NBC NEWS
— Civil rights agency slams Trump admin over LGBTQ policies The bipartisan
Commission on Civil Rights claims the Trump administration is “undoing decades
of civil and human rights progress.” – Julie Moreau (DIERSEN: Democrats,
Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will use this to demand that LGBTQ activists,
LGBTQ candidates, LGBTQ elected officials, LGBTQ party leaders, LGBTQ major
donors, LGBTQ political consultants, LGBTQ etc. get rid of Trump supporters
once and for all. How will the LGBTQers in your municipality, in your
township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois react to this demand? How much
clout do LGBTQers have in your municipality?)
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/civil-rights-agency-slams-trump-admin-over-lgbtq-policies-n1092431
CBS BOSTON
— Native Americans To Hold 50th National Day Of Mourning On Thanksgiving In
Plymouth – AP (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly,
according to the Democrats, the more of the following groups that you are a
member of, the more reparations that you owe native Americans: 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://boston.cbslocal.com/2019/11/26/native-americans-national-day-of-mourning-thanksgiving-plymouth-massachusetts/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Broken Promises and Debt Pile Up as Loan Forgiveness Goes Astray – Erica L.
Green and Stacy Cowley (DIERSEN: What percent of students who took out a
college loan did that because they fully expected that the loan would be
forgiven?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/28/us/politics/student-loan-forgiveness.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: As Farmers Grow
Old, Who Will Replace Them? – Corey Kilgannon (DIERSEN: What are your
connections with farming? My ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm
in Crete in 1854. My grandmother was born on a farm in Crete. My ancestors on
my mother’s side were sharecroppers on a farm in Grant Park on the Indiana
border. My mother was born on that farm. I spent many summer days there during
the 1950s and early 1960s.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/nyregion/hull-o-farm-catskills.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New research shows that candidates who come off as too capable are often
assumed to lack loyalty – Heidi Mitchell (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the
federal government wanted employees who were loyal to them and loyal to the
Democrat Party platform. They did not like it at all when I put myself under
more and more and more codes of ethics when I became a CPA in 1979, Certified
Internal Auditor and licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990,
Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services
Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997. My Democrat superiors in the
federal government wanted employees who would serve as their operatives and as
their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/afraid-youre-too-qualified-for-a-job-heres-what-you-can-do-11572228000
— Does America Still Have a Common Creed? The U.S. has an unmatched capacity
for absorbing newcomers. Yet historian David M. Kennedy worries that the
country no longer agrees on a shared identity or purpose. – Jason Willick
(DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, America
exists to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries
that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-america-still-have-a-common-creed-11574902417
— There’s No Safe Space for Ideas on Campus ‘Animal Farms’ Zealous student
activists find ways to punish those who make them think uncomfortable thoughts.
– Daniel Payne
https://www.wsj.com/articles/theres-no-safe-space-for-ideas-on-campus-animal-farms-11574726733
FORBES
— JUNE 30, 2016 FLASHBACK: How Facebook Biases Your News Feed – Nelson
Granados (DIERSEN: Facebook is anti-religious, anti-conservative, and
anti-Republican. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want
everyone to spend all their time on Facebook.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelsongranados/2016/06/30/how-facebook-biases-your-news-feed/#3868a2451d51
YAHOO FINANCE
— Simple Secrets Anyone Can Use to Reach Early Retirement – A. Zacks (DIERSEN:
Those who retire early should be prepared for their critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes to hint/imply/argue/shout that you took early
retirement because you were forced to because you are a White supremacist,
Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. I should
write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in
Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois who
have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the aforesaid about me. Better yet, I should
sue them.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/simple-secrets-anyone-reach-early-142202221.html
SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Cox gubernatorial campaign ordered to pay more than $97,000 in debts – JEFF
MCDONALD
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-11-28/cox-gubernatorial-campaign-ordered-to-pay-more-than-97-000-in-debts
— This Thanksgiving, be more than thankful – Editorial (DIERSEN: Are you
thankful enough? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their
dupes, I am nowhere near thankful enough. They stress that they have let me
serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA
Illinois Editor since 2000. They stress that they let me serve as a TAPROOT
Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce
Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican
Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right
Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, American Association of
Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, GAO employee 1980-1997,
IRS employee 1971-1980, etc.)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/story/2019-11-27/thanksgiving-prosperity-loneliness-epidemic-smartphones-technology
BELTWAY BREAKFAST
— Trump Administration and Its Enablers Attempt to Smear Civil Servants, Not
Political Holdovers – Andrew Feinberg (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the
federal government wanted employees who would work for them as opposed to
employees who would work for the federal government. My Democrat IRS superiors
succeeded in getting rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and
1974. My Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in getting rid of the GAO manager who
hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in
1986.)
https://www.beltwaybreakfast.com/whitehouse/2019/11/25/trump-administration-and-its-enablers-attempt-to-smear-civil-servants-not-political-holdovers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
attempt to smear these nonpartisan civil servants is part of a long-running
attempt by Trump and his allies to delegitimize the entire concept of a
non-partisan civil service. It’s a project that stems both from Trump’s
obsession with loyalty combined with his misguided belief that federal
employees work for him, and from his administration’s goal to “deconstruct the
administrative state.” It began shortly after Trump was sworn in on January 20,
2017, when his allies in conservative media began complaining about “Obama holdovers”
serving on the staff of the National Security Council, and in places like the
Defense Department, State Department, and pretty much every other executive
branch agency. These “holdovers,” Trump allies said, were to blame for many of
the president’s failures, and were part of a Democratic “deep state” working to
frustrate Trump’s goals. The problem with that, of course, is that there is no
such thing as a “holdover” — at least not the way Trump and his allies mean. It
is possible for an agency official to be a holdover from a previous
administration. When President Obama was preparing to take office in January
2009, he asked then-Bush Defense Secretary Robert Gates to remain in his
position. Gates, a political appointee, was literally held over from the
previous administration. But that’s not what the term means to Trump and his
allies. To them, “holdovers” are the career civil servants and subject matter
experts who keep the government running. Such people been a fixture in American
government since 1883, when then-President Chester Arthur signed the Pendleton
Civil Service Reform Act, which created a competitive exam process for
selecting government employees and made it illegal to fire them for political
reasons. Arthur was an unlikely booster for the idea of a professional civil
service. He was a “stalwart,” part of a faction of the Republican Party that
supported the “spoils” system, which gave the president — and the party
controlling the White House — complete control of federal hiring. He was elected
as James Garfield’s running mate to placate those Republicans who were
concerned about Garfield’s potential for turning off the spoils system’s spigot
of graft. But the abundance of patronage jobs — and the president’s control
over them — ended up costing Garfield his life in September 1881, months after
he’d been shot twice by Charles Guiteau, a mentally ill man who’d attacked
Garfield in a Washington, D.C. train station because he’d been denied the job
of consul to Vienna or Paris. The horror of Garfield’s assassination galvanized
public support for a civil service bill, and Arthur — who’d been the subject of
unfounded suspicions after his name was invoked by Garfield’s assassin — signed
it. Since then, nonpartisan civil servants have been a fact of life for
presidents. Most have understood that the career professionals who staff the
executive branch departments have a vital function. But not Trump. For Trump,
having served in government during Barack Obama’s presidency is enough to cast
suspicion on any federal employee, and his suspicion of career professionals
has extended throughout the executive branch. At agencies large and small,
policy planning meetings are routinely restricted to political appointees, and
some policies — like the proposed (and dead-in-the-water) merger between the
Office of Personnel Management and the General Services Administration — have
been designed to give the White House more control over hiring. Many of those
policies have not come to fruition, but the goal of getting rid of “disloyal”
employees has now become an article of faith for Trump defenders. A Senate
trial will give Republicans yet more reasons to attack career professionals as
disloyal. The next election will determine whether punishment for “disloyalty”
will become more than a conservative pipe dream.)
BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on uniting Jews and
Muslims against Christians, and especially against Christians who are Trump
supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/jews-and-muslims-need-to-have-each-others-backs-in-trumps-america-and-beyond
GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, religious leaders paint themselves as
being 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, and/or anti-those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/nov/28/religion-faith-leaders-social-justice-fight-trump-era
RAW STORY
— Ex-GOP lawmaker Joe Walsh drops an expletive on CNN while ripping into
Trump’s fake ‘war on Thanksgiving’ – Tom Boggioni
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/11/ex-gop-lawmaker-drops-an-expletive-on-cnn-while-ripping-into-trumps-fake-war-on-thanksgiving/
