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December 15 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Mendoza Calls Preckwinkle a ‘Bully’ Over Petition Challenges – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/susana-mendoza-toni-preckwinkle-spar-over-petition-challenges-502822572.html

 

CBS2
— GOP Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker Signs Legislation Limiting Powers Of Incoming Democrats – AP
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/14/gop-wisconsin-gov-scott-walker-signs-legislation-limiting-powers-of-incoming-democrats/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Papadopoulos, fresh out of prison, announces run for Congress – Mitchell Armentrout (DIERSEN: Where is the nearest “little Republican enclave” to where you live?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/george-papadopoulos-congress-california-russia/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He told the British newspaper that since he and wife Simona Mangiante have moved to Los Angeles, “I just have to find a little Republican enclave somewhere in this part of the country and run there.” He also claimed political donors have already been in touch with him about his Orange County bid. Under the law, Papdopoulos’ felony conviction doesn’t preclude him from running for federal office.)
— Put the health of kids before revenues when it comes to legalizing pot – Jerald McNair, Homewood
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/marijuana-legalization-schools-taxes-mexico-wall/
— Latinos gain clout in new Congress – AP (DIERSEN: How much clout do those who share your demographics have in a) the world, b) America, c) Illinois, d) your county, e) your township/ward, and f) your municipality?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/their-numbers-growing-latinos-gain-clout-new-congress/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/pot-topics-rahm-emanuel-pensions-congress-marijuana-cannabis-legalize-hemp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wisconsin Gov. Walker signs bill reducing office’s power, slashing early voting ahead of Dems taking over – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/midwest/ct-wisconsin-republican-governor-powers-20181214-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting religious people to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-immigration-posada-chicago-20181214-story.html
— City’s restaurant boom, tough immigration policies create kitchen labor crunch: ‘There’s just not enough people’ – Alexia Elejalde-Ruiz (DIERSEN: I washed dishes part-time for the minimum wage 1964-1966 while was in high school. If there had been as many illegals back then as there are now, an illegal would have had that job. With money that I earned/saved from that job, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-restaurant-hiring-challenges-20181213-story.html
— Planning to give 23andMe or AncestryDNA kits this Christmas? Read this first. – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry? What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-genetic-tests-for-christmas-1216-story.html

 

HERALD REVIEW
— Hybrid-electric car fee an idea worth considering – Editorial
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-hybrid-electric-car-fee-an-idea-worth-considering/article_d845a4d7-3b8d-5c4e-8206-f36e253d3d66.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois does it our way – Rich Miller
https://www.pantagraph.com/opinion/editorial/miller-illinois-does-it-our-way/article_5860f889-af19-5025-8fe0-7152664c0db3.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— If court won’t change, change the court – Jim Nowlan
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/jim-nowlan-if-court-won-t-change-change-the-court/article_c0072e20-fe3d-11e8-9c63-17b2294065fa.html

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Elmhurst moves toward increase in tax levy Possible 1.3 percent hike based on library board decision – MARY STROKA
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/12/06/elmhurst-moves-toward-increase-in-tax-levy/ahayqit/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— In Trying To Replace Himself On Ballot, Critics (Ives and Barickman) Say Rauner ‘Cheated Republicans’ – BRIAN MACKEY
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/trying-replace-himself-ballot-critics-say-rauner-cheated-republicans#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— 10 people could have records expunged thanks to Gov. Rauner (DIERSEN: What do you want expunged from your record? I want the following to be expunged from my employment record: My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 a $19,203 (26%) 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, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/10-people-could-have-records-expunged-thanks-to-gov-rauner

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Jan Shaw urges taxpayers to voice opinions on new Wheaton-Warrenville District 200 school – Kyla Asbury
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511646183-constituent-urges-taxpayers-to-voice-opinions-on-new-school

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Left-Wing Mayor Wants to Trade Addictions for Revenue – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/12/left-wing-mayor-wants-to-trade-addictions-for-revenue/
— New School Resource Officer Data Shows Increase in Teen Marijuana Use in Illinois – Illinois Association of Chiefs of Police
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/new-school-resource-officer-data-shows-increase-in-teen-marijuana-use-in-illinois/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— For the Love of Marriage – Jonathan Lewis
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/for-the-love-of-marriage/
— GOP Fails Pro-Life Voters by Refusing to Defund Planned Parenthood – Carly Hoilman
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/12/gop-fails-pro-life-voters-by-refusing-to-defund-planned-parenthood/

 

GOPUSA
— Women’s March leaders blame bigotry for group’s issues
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60982

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— Kinzinger, Yoder, Cubelo, Stefanik want ‘autopsy’ to determine reasons for heavy Republican losses in House – LINDSAY WISE (DIERSEN: Who wants an autopsy to determine reasons why Republican candidates lost in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct? From what I see, the main reason was Democrat success in a) promoting hatred of Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats. But did Democrats have those successes?)
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/latest-news/article223126270.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The letter asks the next NRCC chairman, Minnesota Rep. Tom Emmer, to undertake “a thorough, transparent autopsy of NRCC operations to formally analyze what went wrong, what lessons were learned — including those learned from the successful efforts of our Democratic counterparts — and what will be done to better support the next generation of Republican congressional candidates.” The autopsy should include everything from decision making to data, fundraising and polling to messaging and voter targeting, the letter says.)

 

CNN
— Mattis writes letter of recommendation for Reince Priebus to join the Navy – Sophie Tatum (DIERSEN: What is your “field of experience?” Mine is auditing federal agencies. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21 years old, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. I became a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and a Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/14/politics/mattis-priebus-navy/index.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The process allows for career professionals to contribute their field’s experience, but in the capacity of serving in the US military, and those accepted will generally go to Newport, Rhode Island, for two weeks of training.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— After Parkland, a New Surge in State Gun Control Laws – MAGGIE ASTOR and KARL RUSSELL
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/12/14/us/politics/gun-control-laws.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Former Trump chief of staff Reince Priebus selected to join Navy with backing from Mattis – Dan Lamothe (DIERSEN: What human resources training do you have? Human resources was my area of concentration for my bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970 and for my MBA from Loyola in 1976.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/former-trump-chief-of-staff-reince-priebus-selected-to-join-navy-with-backing-from-mattis/2018/12/14/b12c269e-ffb4-11e8-83c0-b06139e540e5_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Navy review board reviewed 42 candidates this month and “professionally recommended” Priebus and four others to join the service through a competitive direct-commission program for human resources officers, the memo said. Cmdr. Jereal Dorsey, a Navy spokesman, confirmed in a statement Friday evening that Priebus was recently selected and said that Priebus is “currently moving towards earning a commission as an ensign,” an entry-level officer. Anyone over the age of 42 needs a waiver to join as an officer and has to sign an agreement in which they acknowledge potential limitations on their career. . .Priebus was spotted at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland in July while considering joining the Navy Reserve and was open to doing legal work, human resources or intelligence, Politico reported at the time.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GM Says 2,700 Workers Slated for Layoffs Can Transfer – Mike Colias (DIERSEN: Federal employees can apply to transfer between federal agencies. If their application is approved, they transfer with them their federal seniority, unused vacation days, and unused sick days. But those who transfer should expect to be despised if not hated by those who work for the agency that they transfer to. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were furious that I transferred with me almost 12 years (almost 3 years with the Post Office and almost 9 years with IRS) of federal seniority, 30 unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days. They were beyond furious that I started earning 26 vacation days a year in 1984 and that I got full-time federal service credit while I worked for the Post Office even though I worked only part-time. They were overjoyed that my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer. GAO audits IRS. They viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned what I had learned a) by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880, b) by passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) by earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and d) by earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980. They would not have done the aforesaid if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-says-2-700-workers-slated-for-layoffs-can-transfer-11544802691

 

NEWSWEEK
— Working-Class Hero: Does Sherrod Brown Have the Recipe to Beat Donald Trump in 2020? – NINA BURLEIGH
https://www.newsweek.com/2018/12/21/2020-elections-sherrod-brown-democrats-trump-1255743.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A lifelong champion of the pro-labor left who started out in Ohio’s legislature in the 1970s, Brown is a champion of workers and a proponent of stricter regulations on Wall Street. But, like Trump, he is critical of trade deals like NAFTA and supports some tariffs. He campaigned in Ohio on what he terms the “dignity of work,” a political philosophy and a wide-ranging set of pro-labor policies. He advertises that he wears suits made within 10 miles of his house in Cleveland and drives an American-made Jeep Cherokee.)

December 13 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Bruce Rauner considered not running for reelection, tried to recruit other candidates – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rauner-considered-not-running-for-reelection-tried-to-recruit-other-candidates/4893696/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This election cycle, I knew it was gonna be very difficult, I knew that early in 2017. Very, very difficult to win, this election cycle and over the course of the election I actually went to two women and two men who I knew well, two who were successful in elected office two who were very successful in business and in law, and asked them to run for governor,” he said. Rauner said all four, whose names he would not reveal, turned him down.)

 

WLS AM
— A diplomatic JB Pritzker meets President Trump – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/12/13/a-diplomatic-jb-pritzker-meets-president-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Financial secrecy: 10 of 16 top Chicago mayoral candidates refuse to release full tax returns – Bill Ruthhart
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayor-candidates-tax-returns-20181207-story.html
— Teen quits Walmart job over the store’s intercom: ‘Attention all shoppers … nobody should work here — ever’- Michael Brice-Saddler (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors took adverse actions against me like they wanted me to sue them. They wanted current and potential GAO employees to see how they waste the careers of and get rid of their employees who complain about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination. They forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-walmart-video-teen-quitting-intercom-20181213-story.html
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker meets with President Trump, other new governors in Washington – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-pritzker-trump-governors-meeting-20181213-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New Dem lawmaker: I’m being ‘threatened’ not to vote against Madigan – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mike-madigan-anne-stava-murray-democrat-speaker-legislature-springfield

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/steinberg-adlai-stevenson-trump-president-twitter/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County panel to examine adult businesses – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181213/dupage-county-panel-to-examine-adult-businesses
— Trump claims ‘money we save’ from trade deal means ‘Mexico is paying’ for border wall – John Wagner and Damian Paletta
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181213/trump-claims-money-we-save-from-trade-deal-means-mexico-is-paying-for-border-wall

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Gov.-elect JB Pritzker meets president at White House – Mike Riopell
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181213/gov-elect-jb-pritzker-meets-president-at-white-house

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State’s huge public-pension problem growing larger – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-12-12/jim-dey-states-huge-public-pension-problem-growing-larger.html

 

CHANGE
— Keep Prayer of all faiths at our DuPage County Board Meetings – Janice Anderson
https://www.change.org/p/dan-cronin-keep-prayer-of-all-faiths-at-our-dupage-county-board-meetings

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— House honors Breen for four years of service – Kyla Asbury
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511668776-house-honors-breen-for-four-years-of-service
— Ives: ‘We need to tamp things down’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511668805-ives-we-need-to-tamp-things-down

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/cannabis-industry-expert-big-could-bigger-for-marijuana/article_5087bcda-fe48-11e8-ba79-dfcd2997f4c6.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Marijuana: What Will You Do About It? – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/what-will-you-do-about-it/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Absolute hypocrites’: Trump uses Democrats’ own words in border security pitch – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/13/trump-uses-obama-hillary-clinton-chuck-schumer-quo/

 

GOPUSA
— State panel on Parkland shooting concludes teachers need guns; schools need security
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61018

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ

— Conservatives Launch All Out Battle For Trump Border Wall
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29303

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Why Democrats Will Never Fund the Wall
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/12/13/why-democrats-will-never-fund-the-wall/
— Will Trump’s Base Get Tired of Defending Him?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/12/13/will-trumps-base-get-tired-of-defending-him/
— Did You Hear What the Pope Said About Migrants?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/12/13/did-you-hear-what-the-pope-said-about-migrants/

 

SEAN HANNITY
— PARTY’S OVER: President Trump Cancels Media’s White House Christmas Party
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/partys-over-president-trump-cancels-medias-white-house-christmas-party/

 

BREITBART
— RNC Chair McDaniel Calls on Democrats to Work with GOP on ‘Border Crisis’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/12/13/rnc-chair-mcdaniel-calls-on-democrats-to-work-with-gop-on-border-crisis/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WALL ‘SINGLE GREATEST OBSTRUCTION TO THE FUTURE OF THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’ Limbaugh: ‘They do not want a wall. They will not support a wall’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/wall-single-greatest-obstruction-to-the-future-of-the-democrat-party/
— ISRAEL’S SOUTHERN WALL CUT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION TO ZERO Former mayor in Jewish state concludes ‘it works’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/israels-southern-wall-cut-illegal-immigration-to-zero/

 

TOWNHALL
— The DOJ Inspector General Found 19,000 ‘Lost’ Strzok and Page Texts – Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government knew that they should not put in writing things that would get them in trouble.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/12/13/breaking-doj-ig-report-strzok-and-page-n2537436

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— The Fury of the Establishment – Cal Thomas (DIERSEN: Who is the establishment in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What do they think of you? How do they treat you?)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/cal-thomas/2018/12/13/fury-establishment
— April Ryan: ‘This Border Wall Thing Is About Controlling the Browning of America’ – Ryan Foley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2018/12/13/april-ryan-border-wall-thing-about-controlling-browning-america

 

CNS NEWS
— Poll: Majority of Democrats Want Their Party to Become Less Liberal – Emily Ward
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/emily-ward/poll-majority-democrats-want-their-party-become-less-liberal

 

NEWSMAX
— Top Dems Voted for Border Barrier Before They Were Against It – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/pelosi-schumer-saudi-arabia-sfa/2018/12/13/id/894302/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— MEXICO TO FIGHT ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION BY CLOSING GUATEMALA BORDER – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272232/mexico-fight-illegal-immigration-closing-guatemala-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Our Country Needs the Wall, and Now – Ted Budd
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/13/why-our-country-needs-the-wall-and-now/

 

DAILY WIRE
— BORDER CONTROL: Mexico Cracks Down On Illegal Immigration By Shutting Border With Guatemala – EMILY ZANOTTI
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39333/border-control-mexico-cracks-down-illegal-emily-zanotti
— Columbia Student ‘Under Investigation’ For Praising White People Responds To Backlash “I was theatrically and sarcastically demonstrating that whites are not allowed to embrace their cultural achievements.” – AMANDA PRESTIGIACOMO
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39324/watch-columbia-student-under-investigation-amanda-prestigiacomo

 

DAILY CALLER
— WHITE HOUSE CANCELS CHRISTMAS PARTY FOR PRESS – Benny Johnson (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, anti-conservative governments, political organizations, and politicians have never invited me to parties that they have thrown for the press. They pander to and curry favor with the anti-conservative new media by a) failing/refusing to keep diersen@aol.com on their press advisory lists, b) barring me from their press conferences, c) telling me to not speak with anyone at their press conferences, d) telling me to not ask any questions at their press conferences, e) telling me to not report anything about their press conferences, f) throwing me out of their press conferences, and g) having their operatives and their dupes leave threatening messages on my phone answering machine.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/13/white-house-cancels-party-for-press/

 

COMMUNITY DIGITAL NEWS
— Trump cancels the underserved White House Press Corps Christmas Party – Jacquie Kubin
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/trump-cancels-undeserved-white-house-press-corps-christmas-party-110307/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Migrants Attempt Extortion: Give Us $50K, and We’ll Leave – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30910-migrants-attempt-extortion-give-us-50k-and-we-ll-leave

 

THE HILL
— Alleged Russian agent Butina pleads guilty to engaging in conspiracy against U.S. – LYDIA WHEELER AND JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: Far too many in America talk and/or act like they are agents for Mexico and/or for other foreign countries who work against the U.S.)
https://thehill.com/policy/national-security/421216-butina-pleads-guilty-to-acting-as-unregistered-russian-agent


— Trump’s own undocumented help highlights plight of many immigrants – RAUL REYES (DIERSEN: All illegals use false identifications.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/421012-trumps-own-undocumented-help-highlights-plight-of-many-immigrants

 

ROLL CALL
— With Minority Looming, Could More Republicans Be Headed for the Exits? After the 2006 Democratic wave, 23 Republicans retired – Bridget Bowman (DIERSEN: Demographically (political affiliation, liberal/conservative, race, gender, age, religion, national origin, veteran status, sexual orientation, income, net worth, etc.), in what ways are/were you a minority a) in the organizations that you are/were a member of, b) where you live/lived, and c) where you work/worked? Everyone wants to be in the majority.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/minority-looming-republicans-head-exits

 

REUTERS
— U.S. weekly jobless claims drop to near 49-year low
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-economy/us-weekly-jobless-claims-near-49-year-low-import-prices-fall-idUSKBN1OC1UV

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers crow about their success in making seniors stoners.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/health/seniors-marijuana-cannabis-pain.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How tech workers are fueling a new employee activism movement – Jena McGregor (DIERSEN: What percent of tech workers 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://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/12/13/how-tech-workers-are-fueling-new-employee-activism-movement/
— Russian Maria Butina pleads guilty in case to forge Kremlin bond with U.S. conservatives – Spencer S. Hsu and Tom Jackman (DIERSEN: Far too many in America talk and/or act like they are agents for Mexico and/or for other foreign countries who work against the U.S.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/russian-maria-butina-pleads-guilty-in-effort-to-forge-kremlin-bond-with-us-conservatives/2018/12/13/c27f2d26-fe4f-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump’s most disparaging nicknames of 2018 – Eliza Relman
https://www.businessinsider.com/trumps-most-disparaging-nicknames-of-2018-2018-12

December 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chuck, Nancy, Donald and ‘The Wall’ – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-trump-pelosi-schumer-kass-20181212-story.html
— Emanuel’s pension prescription: Amend the Illinois Constitution – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-emanuel-pension-constitution-amend-unions-illinois-chicago-20181212-story.html
— Who paid for ‘Crooked Joe’ election flyers? Judge orders release of names behind McHenry candidate smear campaign – Amanda Marrazzo
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-election-mudslinging-lawsuit-mchenry-clerk-20181211-story.html
— Calling all mayors: Join Emanuel’s pension push – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-rahm-pension-chicago-constitution-20181212-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s what he proposes: Amend the Illinois Constitution’s pension clause that in effect says the retirement benefits in force on an employee’s first day of work can’t be changed for the rest of his or her life. Scale back the too-generous 3 percent compounded cost-of-living adjustments that most retirees receive. “The fact is, a 3 percent annual compounded COLA in an era of very low nonexistent inflation is not progressive and not sustainable,” Emanuel said. He also lobbied for a constitutional amendment switching the state from a flat income tax to a graduated one that would hit wealthier taxpayers. “Coming at this challenge from both sides, revenue and reform, is the clearest path out of this challenge and the fairest,” he said. Emanuel also suggested borrowing in the short term to shore up the funds, reintroducing what’s known as a “consideration” model to give public employees more retirement savings choices, and bringing a casino to Chicago.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— After years of penny-pinching, let’s fully refuel our transit system – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/illinois-gas-tax-rta-cta-metra-roads-bridges-transportation-funding/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for everything that is bad, including bad water.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/clean-water-act-epa-protections-pesticides-algae-blooms-pollution-trump-illinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan’s office says Wheeling improperly restricted comments but didn’t violate law – Chacour Koop
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181212/madigans-office-says-wheeling-improperly-restricted-comments-but-didnt-violate-law
— Why do we still have pension double dipping? – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181212/editorial-why-do-we-still-have-pension-double-dipping

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Central Illinois congressmen don’t want shutdown – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181212/bernard-schoenburg-central-illinois-congressmen-dont-want-shutdown

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— More promises than cash for pensions – Scott Reeder
https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20181212/my-view-more-promises-than-cash-for-pensions

 

DECATUR DAILY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-Second Amendment hint/imply/argue/shout that those who are pro-Second Amendment are racists.
https://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/editorials/not-everyone-equal-under-nd-amendment/article_1f54e2ad-030c-579e-82e1-fbf9764f6fda.html

 

WQAD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://wqad.com/2018/12/13/cannabis-industry-expert-2018-big-2019-could-bigger-for-marijuana/

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Pension liabilities causing state fiscal crisis – SCOTT REEDER
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/pension-liabilities-causing-state-fiscal-crisis/article_9bab7064-19b4-50cc-bd51-275f8a7623e4.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Why Illinois Won’t ‘Ban The Box’ On College Applications – LEE V. GAINES (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. All my critics/opponents a) promote political affiliation discrimination, promote reverse discrimination, promote age discrimination, and promote retaliation and they all are fully aware that I have complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation big time.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/why-illinois-won-t-ban-box-college-applications#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Note to employers: You do not embrace “diversity” if you don’t have age diversity (DIERSEN: Prospective federal employees should be advised that if you are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, the federal government will waste your career and get rid of you if you do not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotions.)
http://www.chicagonow.com/windy-city-legal-geek/2018/12/note-to-employers-you-do-not-embrace-diversity-if-you-dont-have-age-diversity/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want minorities and women to push pot.
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/January-2019/Will-Illinois-Help-Fix-the-Weed-Industrys-Diversity-Problem/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois has $73 billion in retiree health insurance debts, nobody talks about it, but it’s there, and it’s scary.
https://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-has-73-billion-in-retiree-health-insurance-debts-nobody-talks-about-it-but-its-there-and-its-scary-ted-on-illinois-rising/

 

GOPUSA
— CNN claims climate change motivated Central American caravan
http://www.gopusa.com/cnn-claims-climate-change-motivated-central-american-caravan/

 

FOX NEWS
— Immigration truths the Democrats deny – Laura Ingraham
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/laura-ingraham-immigration-truths-the-democrats-deny
— ‘It Works’: Israeli Mayor Says Border Wall With Egypt Eliminated Illegal Immigration in 2 Years
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/12/12/former-israeli-mayor-david-rubin-says-border-wall-egypt-eliminated-illegal-immigration-2
— Democrats say border walls are immoral, don’t work. What about Israel? – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-democrats-say-border-walls-are-immoral-dont-work-what-about-israel

 

BREITBART
— Abortion ‘Haven’ Illinois Attracting Thousands of Women from Other States – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/12/abortion-haven-illinois-attracting-thousands-of-women-from-other-states/
— Over 95% DACA Applications, Renewals for Illegal Aliens Approved Under Trump – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/12/over-95-daca-applications-renewals-for-illegal-aliens-approved-under-trump/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Breakdown of Family and Religion Explains France’s Social Unrest – Star Parker
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/12/the-breakdown-of-family-and-religion-explains-frances-social-unrest/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Pelosi, Schumer ‘Used to’ Care About ‘Poorest Citizens’ Before Prioritizing Illegal Immigrants As ‘The Ingraham Angle’ explains, Dem leaders ‘seem more like the Grinch making promises to’ the undocumented – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/12/pelosi-and-schumer-used-to-care-about-our-poorest-citizens-before-prioritizing-illegal-immigrants/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hate-Soaked Liberals Go Hunting for Rudolph the Reindeer – Doris O’Brien
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/hatesoaked_liberals_go_hunting_for_rudolph_the_reindeer.html
— The Women’s March’s poisonous mix of anti-Jewish toxic femininity – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/the_womens_marchs_poisonous_mix_of_antijewish_toxic_femininity.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Bill O’Reilly to Newsmax TV: Asylum Situation Is a ‘Scam’ – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/asylum-migrant-caravan-illegal-immigration-immigration-law/2018/12/12/id/894247/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Don’t Let Them Succeed in Their Pursuit to Destroy Donald Trump
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/12/12/dont-let-them-succeed-in-their-pursuit-to-destroy-donald-trump/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— President Trump Treats Foreign Governments Like Obama Used To Treat US Citizens – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/president-trump-treats-foreign-governments-like-obama-used-to-treat-us-citizens/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— US Border Crisis: 100,000 Illegal Immigrants in 60 Days Smuggling groups exploit loopholes in US immigration laws amid congressional inaction – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/us-border-crisis-100000-illegal-immigrants-in-60-days_2737307.html

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump shock leaves Republicans anxious over 2019.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/421133-gop-anxiety-grows-after-seeing-negotiating-tactics-from-trump

 

REUTERS
— Number of journalists jailed for doing job near record high
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-global-rights-journalists/number-of-journalists-jailed-for-doing-job-near-record-high-report-idUKKBN1OC0CY

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Congress May Have Fallen for Facebook’s Data Trap, but You Don’t Have To It always has, and it probably always will. – Michal Kosinski (DIERSEN: What data does Facebook have about you that it can sell to your critics/opponents to use against you? Facebook knows that I am Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 21 years, married, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, Crete is my hometown, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, I have filed lawsuits, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/opinion/facebook-data-privacy-advertising.html


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/opinion/gop-women-republican-stefanik.html
— State Courts Become Battleground Over Trump’s Sanctuary Cities Policy – Christina Goldbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/nyregion/sanctuary-cities-state-courts.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump made competence a dirty word. Now he has to settle for second-rate talent. Actively bad-mouthing expertise is how you get the current White House quagmire. – Tom Nichols (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. Needless-to-say, seeing how GAO wasted my knowledge of IRS, IRS employees are discouraged from transferring from IRS to GAO.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/12/trump-made-competence-dirty-word-now-he-has-settle-second-rate-talent/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are demonized, denigrated, condemned, and gotten rid of.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/13/farewell-hatch-calls-religious-conservatives-find-common-ground-with-lgbt-community/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Six steps to surviving a job in the Trump administration.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/six-steps-to-surviving-a-job-in-the-trump-administration/2018/12/12/a29d20ac-fe50-11e8-ad40-cdfd0e0dd65a_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Democrats, California voters want massive welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-ppic-immigration-republicans-20181213-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— MARCH 3, 2017 FLASHBACK: Drilling for More Revenue, States Hit Gasoline  Gasoline taxes should be used exclusively for roads, bridges and mass transit. – Kirk Dillard, Chair, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago
https://www.wsj.com/articles/drilling-for-more-revenue-states-hit-gasoline-1488576509
— Many States See Strong Revenue Economic growth, tax-law changes help brighten short-term fiscal outlook, report finds – Jon Kamp (DIERSEN: What about Illinois?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/many-states-see-strong-revenue-11544697001
— Boy Scouts of America Considers Bankruptcy Filing Amid Sex-Abuse Lawsuits Nonprofit has hired law firm Sidley Austin for assistance in a possible chapter 11 bankruptcy filing – Katy Stech Ferek
https://www.wsj.com/articles/boy-scouts-of-america-considers-bankruptcy-filing-amid-sex-abuse-lawsuits-11544649657
— Banks Get Kinder, Gentler Treatment Under Trump Regulators are asking examiners to adopt less aggressive tone when flagging risky practices – Lalita Clozel (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years, the last 8 years of which at the GS-13 Step 3-10 levels, currently $106,044-$125,325/year.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/banks-get-kinder-gentler-treatment-under-trump-11544638267
— After #MeToo, Those Who Report Harassment Still Risk Retaliation More employees are coming forward with sexual harassment complaints, but new data show negative consequences persist – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee, I complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I suffered the following retaliation: a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. All my superiors in the federal government who took the aforesaid adverse actions against me disapproved of, if not despised, if not hated one or more of my demographics: draft avoider, Republican, conservative, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), White, male, old (born in 1948), gun owner, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, new car owner since 1966, bachelor degree holder since 1970, Corvette owner since 1971, real estate owner since 1972, MBA since 1976, married since 1978, CPA since 1979, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-metoo-those-who-report-harassment-still-risk-retaliation-11544643939
— The Secret Way Seniors Can Keep Deducting Gifts to Charity   Americans age 70½ or older can donate IRA assets, lowering their taxable income – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: I will be 70 1/2 at the end of March 2019. I will not be donating any of my IRA assets next year because my wife and my wife’s expenses are exceeding our income. We will use my Required Minimum Distribution to help balance our budget.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-secret-way-seniors-can-keep-deducting-gifts-to-charity-1544178618
— Check Your Progressive Privilege Conservative women have been left out and stigmatized too long. – Carrie Lukas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/check-your-progressive-privilege-11544656791
— Nauert Gives Hope to Journalists They insist she’s not qualified because she’s worked in their profession. That’s far too modest. – Dovid Efune
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nauert-gives-hope-to-journalists-11544656742

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Saline County Clerk Dies Just Days After Taking Office – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-12-12/saline-county-clerk-dies-just-days-after-taking-office

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn Evangelicals.
https://www.newsweek.com/2018/12/21/evangelicals-republicans-trump-millenials-1255745.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES & FED SMITH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 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. They used Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German-American.
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/12/12/federal-bosses-are-you-listening/
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/12/12/agency-one-best-places-work/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— 152 LGBTQ Elected Officials Call on 116th Congress to Act on Four Key Initiatives (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are demonized, denigrated, condemned, and gotten rid of.)
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/152-LGBTQ-Elected-Officials-Call-on-116th-Congress-to-Act-on-Four-Key-Initiatives-/64979.html

December 12 Morning Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Border security is national security
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/


CBS2
— Mayor Emanuel Proposes Raising Gas Tax by 20 To 30 Cents – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/11/mayor-emanuel-proposes-raising-gas-tax-by-20-to-30-cents/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Conviction upheld for man who left threatening messages for Jeanne Ives – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/conviction-upheld-for-man-who-left-threatening-messages-for-jeanne-ives/

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board Democrats: Committee assignments skewed against them – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: While I worked for almost 30 years for the Democrats who ran the federal government, they always gave preferred assignments to their employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181212/dupage-county-board-democrats-committee-assignments-skewed-against-them
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: How suburban fire chiefs collect both pensions and paychecks – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181212/how-suburban-fire-chiefs-collect-both-pensions-and-paychecks
— Lawmakers too slow to act on road funding – Rep. Tom Morrison, Palatine
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181210/lawmakers-too-slow-to-act-on-road-funding

 

TIMES
— Find way to operate state government within its means – Scott Reeder
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/12/10/statehouse-reeder-find-way-to-operate-state-government-within-its-means/afsy4wl/

 

DAILY LINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you donate to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles? I donate GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free because I can a) afford to donate 10+ hours each and every day to put them together and send them out and b) afford to donate thousands of dollars every year for newspaper subscription and internet costs. GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year.)
https://thedailyline.net/store/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— What’s the Dress Code?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/illinois-family-spotlight-124/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— ACCEPTABLE RACISM – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/uncategorized/acceptable-racism/

 

FOX NEWS
— Migrant group demand Trump either let them in or pay them each $50,000 to turn around – Louis Casiano
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/caravan-migrants-in-mexico-demand-trump-either-let-them-in-u-s-or-pay-them-50000-each-to-go-back-home
— Sacramento paid $300,000 to aid illegal immigrants last year, report says – Stephen Sorace
https://www.foxnews.com/us/sacramento-paid-300g-to-aid-illegal-immigrants-last-year-report-says

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Get Ready: 2019 Will Be the Year of Gun Confiscation with Democrats in Power – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2018/12/11/get-ready-2019-will-be-the-year-of-gun-confiscation-with-democrats-in-power/

 

PROPUBLICA
— How the IRS Was Gutted An eight-year campaign to slash the agency’s budget has left it understaffed, hamstrung and operating with archaic equipment. The result: billions less to fund the government. That’s good news for corporations and the wealthy. – Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger
https://www.propublica.org/article/how-the-irs-was-gutted
— Who’s More Likely to Be Audited: A Person Making $20,000 — or $400,000? If you claim the earned income tax credit, whose average recipient makes less than $20,000 a year, you’re more likely to face IRS scrutiny than someone making twenty times as much. How a benefit for the working poor was turned against them. – Paul Kiel and Jesse Eisinger
https://www.propublica.org/article/earned-income-tax-credit-irs-audit-working-poor

 

GOPUSA
— Trump ‘not concerned’ about impeachment: ‘The people would revolt’ (DIERSEN: If the Democrats asked the voters in your precinct to display “Impeach Trump” signs, how many would?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60907
— Shakedown: Central Americans demand reparations to go home
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60904
— Stormy Daniels ordered to pay Trump’s attorney fees in the amount of $293,000
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60918

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE PHOBIAS THAT TORMENT THE LEFT Linda Harvey notes anxiety over candy canes, Christmas songs, ‘wrong’ pronouns
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/the-phobias-that-torment-the-left/

 

DAILY CALLER
— SOME DEMOCRATS UNCOMFORTABLE WITH TRUMP IMPEACHMENT TALK – Kerry Picket (DIERSEN: If the Democrats asked the voters in your precinct to display “Impeach Trump” signs, how many would?)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/11/democrats-not-ready-impeach-trump-reelection-cleaver-schiff/
— SUNDAR PICHAI DENIES POLITICAL BIAS AT GOOGLE TO CONGRESS AFTER LEAKED COMMUNICATIONS – Evie Fordham

https://www.dailycaller.com/2018/12/11/matt-gaetz-twitter-google/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— What Conservatives Think of Top Contenders and Wild Cards for Trump’s Next Chief of Staff – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/11/what-conservatives-think-of-top-contenders-and-wild-cards-for-trumps-next-chief-of-staff/

 

TOWNHALL
— New Jersey Assaults the First and Second Amendments – Bob Barr
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2018/12/12/new-jersey-assaults-the-first-and-second-amendments-n2537331

 

NEWSMAX
— Asylum Claims at Southwest Border Soar 67 Percent – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/asylum-border-wall-migrant-caravan-dhs/2018/12/11/id/893993/

 

BREITBART
— Google CEO Sundar Pichai Claims Employees Can’t Manipulate Algorithms and Aren’t Biased – Charlie Nash
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/12/11/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-claims-employees-cant-manipulate-algorithms-and-arent-biased/
— DACA Amnesty Would Render Border Wall Useless, Cost Americans $26B – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/11/daca-amnesty-would-render-border-wall-useless-cost-americans-26b/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Trump Says Wall Improvements Stopping Illegals, Threatens Gov Shutdown if Dems Deny Funding – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30892-trump-says-wall-improvements-stopping-illegals-threatens-gov-shutdown-if-dems-deny-funding

 

LIFEZETTE
— Four Outlandish Things Dems Said at the Google Hearing – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/12/four-outlandish-things-dems-said-at-the-google-hearing/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Huffington Post Enraged: UN Pick Heather Nauert Has ‘Relationship’ With Me? – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/huffington-post-enraged-un-pick-heather-nauert-has-relationship-with-me/

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— City Gives AR-15 Owners December Deadline To Submit to Rifle Count – JARED HARRIS
https://www.westernjournal.com/ct/city-gives-ar-15-deadline/

 

TPM
— Why Democrats Aren’t Rushing To Impeach Trump – MARY CLARE JALONICK (DIERSEN: If the Democrats asked the voters in your precinct to display “Impeach Trump” signs, how many would?)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/why-democrats-wont-impeach-trump-yet

 

THE HILL
— House Democrats talking more about impeaching Trump – MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: If the Democrats asked the voters in your precinct to display “Impeach Trump” signs, how many would?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/420913-house-dems-talking-more-about-impeaching-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting cities to hate Trump, Republicans, America, etc.
https://thehill.com/latino/420909-over-30-cities-oppose-trump-proposal-on-immigration-benefits
— Oval Office clash ups chances of shutdown – NIV ELIS AND ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/420924-oval-office-clash-ups-chances-of-shutdown

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Google Gets Hearing It Wants As Lawmakers Focus On Fake Anti-Conservative Bias.”
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/google-bias-congress-privacy_us_5c1024cee4b0ac537179a571
— Most Americans Don’t Feel Well-Represented By Congress – Ariel Edwards-Levy (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Do those who share your demographics feel well-represented in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, in the courts, in the U.S. House, in the U.S. Senate, and in the White House? Far too few of those elected/appointed to represent me defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/congress-americans-representation_us_5c10244fe4b00e17a533c813

 

POLITICO
— Kasich’s camp slams GOP effort to head off primary vs. Trump New Hampshire’s Republican Party is weighing measures to make it harder for a Republican to challenge the president in 2020. – CHRISTOPHER CADELAGO
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/11/kasichs-camp-slams-gop-effort-to-head-off-primary-vs-trump-1054858

 

REUTERS
— Trump says he is looking at 10 or 12 candidates for chief of staff job – Steve Holland and Roberta Rampton
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-staff-exclusive/exclusive-trump-says-he-is-looking-at-10-or-12-candidates-for-chief-of-staff-job-idUSKBN1OB08G

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Most Powerful Reject in the World” and asks “Is there anyone who wants to hang with Donald Trump?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/opinion/trump-ayers-chief-of-staff-reject.html
— The Misguided Priorities of Our Educational System We spend too much money on college students and not enough on everyone else. – Oren Cass
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/opinion/college-vocational-education-students.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: House Sees Trust Gap As It Grills Google Chief – Daisuke Wakabayashi and Cecilia Kang
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/technology/google-pichai-house-committee-hearing.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/12/business/cannabis-business-altria-canopy-constellation-cronos.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican says “Why Republicans pretend that Google searches are biased against them.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/11/why-republicans-pretend-that-google-searches-are-biased-against-them/

 

NEW YORK POST
— What’s ‘immoral’ about caring for America’s poor first? – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2018/12/11/whats-immoral-about-caring-for-americas-poor-first/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Not building the wall is what’s truly immoral. Allowing poor migrants to flood across the southern border forces taxpayers to toil longer and pay more taxes to feed and house them, accommodate their children in public schools and pay for their medical care. Americans are already maxed out caring for our own needy, including the homeless sprawled on city streets. This nation has some 40 million people in poverty, one out of every eight people and one of every six children. That’s far higher than the share of people living in poverty in Canada or the UK. Our country doesn’t need to import more poverty. For the same reason, Trump is proposing that only legal immigrants who can support themselves without government handouts be granted green cards. Mayor Bill de Blasio blasted Trump’s proposal as “un-American.” Gov. Andrew Cuomo said “the plan is ugly, it is cruel.” Really? Why should Americans be compelled to provide a safety net for throngs pressing to get into the country? Milton Friedman warned two decades ago that America can have open borders or a generous welfare system but not both. Open borders boost a growing economy by providing a source of labor. But that works only so long as immigrants are barred from government benefits. Trump is tightening regulations under a longstanding law, on the books since 1882, that bars immigrants likely to need government benefits from obtaining permanent status. Starting with President Bill Clinton, the law has been applied so laxly that almost no one is denied a green card for that reason. A staggering 63 percent of households headed by a noncitizen depend on Medicaid, food stamps, housing assistance or in some cases all of these taxpayer-funded programs, according to a December 2018 analysis of census data by the restrictionist Center for Immigration Studies. That figure is almost double what it is for households headed by American-born citizens. Right now, newly arrived legal immigrants who earn little or nothing are eligible for fully subsidized ObamaCare plans, with taxpayers footing the entire bill, even for copays and deductibles. And 6.8 million children of immigrants are enrolled in Medicaid, according to the Urban Institute. Meanwhile, millions of American-born taxpayers who fund this giveaway to newcomers are going without insurance themselves, because they can’t afford it. That doesn’t jibe with the ideal that a democracy’s first duty is to protect its own citizens. Don’t expect the American public to buy into open borders and handouts for all comers. All Americans have to do is look across the Atlantic to see the disastrous results of that policy.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google CEO Sundar Pichai Faces Lawmakers Skeptical Over Privacy, Alleged Anti-Conservative Bias House Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy made it clear Republicans see a ‘widening gap of distrust’ between tech giants and the American people – John D. McKinnon and Douglas MacMillan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-ceo-sundar-pichai-faces-lawmakers-skeptical-over-privacy-alleged-anti-conservative-bias-11544544684
— FRONT PAGE: The Loneliest Generation: Americans, More Than Ever, Are Aging Alone Loneliness undermines health and is linked to early mortality—and baby boomers are especially feeling the effects – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: How big is your family? My father died in 1969 and my mother died in 2016. My brother continues to live in Crete. My father’s sister continues to live in Flossmoor. My mother’s sister continues to live in Beecher. Her two brothers have died. During the 1950s, my father’s relatives held big family reunions in Crete and my mother’s relatives held big family reunions in Grant Park.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-loneliest-generation-americans-more-than-ever-are-aging-alone-11544541134
— Survive College-Application Season With the Family in One Piece Tension between parents and high school seniors can run high this time of year—here’s how to keep everyone calm as deadlines and decisions loom – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: While I was a senior in high school, I applied to and was accepted by UIC. With my parents providing me with room and board, I could “afford” UIC.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/survive-college-application-season-with-the-family-in-one-piece-11544538805
— Racial Preferences Aren’t Only an American Problem Discriminatory programs tend to benefit the well-off instead of the poor. And they never seem to end. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote race and gender based preference giving a) because they and/or their children/grandchildren benefit from it and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote race and gender based preference giving. To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/racial-preferences-arent-only-an-american-problem-11544573122

 

BLOOMBERG
— Here’s What Would Happen If There’s a Government Shutdown in December – Erik Wasson, Laura Litvan, and Christopher Flavelle (DIERSEN: Are/were you an essential employee? Of course, since 1971 when I was 22 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned me as having been a nonessential federal employee while I worked for IRS 1971-1980 and for GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-11/shutdown-impact-would-be-limited-as-only-some-agencies-unfunded
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An estimated 400,000 federal employees would work without pay and 350,000 would be furloughed, according to a congressional Democratic aide. The essential employees who work during a shutdown are paid retroactively when the government reopens and payroll operations resume. After previous shutdowns, Congress also has passed legislation to retroactively pay furloughed workers.)

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— A Secure America Requires A Secure Border Wall: So Build It – Editorial
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/border-wall-secure-america-trump/

 

COMMERCIAL APPEAL
— When newspaper columnists set the national agenda – Philip Glende
https://www.commercialappeal.com/story/opinion/contributors/2018/12/06/when-newspaper-columnists-set-national-agenda-opinion/2160737002/

 

NEW JERSEY HERALD
— Family breakdown explains social unrest – Star Parker
https://www.njherald.com/20181212/family-breakdown-explains-social-unrest#

 

SPECTATOR
— Is cultural conservatism doomed by demographics? Liberals dominate education, entertainment, tech and the media – Daniel McCarthy (DIERSEN: Tragically, hypocritically, ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives move into my precinct, into Wheaton, into Milton Township, and into DuPage County to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that conservatives built here. Tragically, ever-increasingly, to be accepted by these invaders, to be popular with these invaders, and/or to make money off these invaders, those who live in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County dump conservatives like me.)
https://spectator.us/cultural-conservatism-demographics/

 

NEWSWEEK
— MIGRANT CARAVAN: LET US IN OR GIVE EACH OF US $50,000 TO TURN AROUND AND GO HOME – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-caravan-let-us-or-give-each-us-50000-turn-around-and-go-home-1255043

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting Blacks to hate Trump.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/surprise-black-voters-still-dont-like-donald-trump.html

December 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Top House Democrats raise prospect of impeachment, jail for President Trump – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/top-house-dems-raise-prospect-of-impeachment-jail-for-president-trump/4872097/

 

NBC5
— Former Pritzker Staffer Shot While Campaigning For Aldermanic Candidate on Facebook Live Little was hit once in the leg, and was treated and released at Little Company of Mary Hospital. And it was not his first brush with campaign fame in 2018. – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Former-Pritzker-Staffer-Shot-While-Campaigning-For-Aldermanic-Candidate-on-Facebook-Live-502392421.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Goodbye to Illinois’ $130 billion pension hole. Now it’s $133 billion. And getting deeper. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pension-illinois-pritzker-budget-20181210-story.html
— Canvasser for 15th Ward alderman candidate shot on Facebook Live while handing out pamphlets – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-alderman-campaign-volunteer-shot-20181210-story.html
— The impeachment rabbit hole – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-impeach-trump-cohen-mueller-20181210-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rahm: ‘To survive, Trump will need a true wartime consigliere’ as chief of staff – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rahm-emanuel-to-survive-trump-will-need-a-true-wartime-consigliere/
— Furious over petition challenge, Ja’Mal Green slams Willie Wilson’s Rauner ties – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/petition-challenge-jamal-green-willie-wilson-bruce-rauner/
— U.S. starts to withdraw troops from Trump border mission – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/us-starts-to-withdraw-troops-from-trump-border-mission/
— By retiring, fire commissioner Jose Santiago avoided discipline over his driver’s racial slur – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-fire-commissioner-jose-santiago-racial-slur-n-word-investigation-rahm-emanuel-richard-rosado/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/white-churches-have-a-moral-responsibility-to-stand-up/
— Dinner at the top: Pritzker invites state’s 4 top lawmakers to dine at his home – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/governor-j-b-pritzker-michael-madigan-jim-durkin-bill-brady-democrats-republicans-lllinois/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Lisle candidate says incumbent cut in line on filing day – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181210/lisle-candidate-says-incumbent-cut-in-line-on-filing-day
— Why Democrats aren’t ready to impeach Trump just yet – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181210/news/312109884/

 

WTTW
— Madigan-Connected Alderman Responds to Election Fraud Allegations – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2018/12/10/madigan-connected-alderman-responds-election-fraud-allegations

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Detaining undocumented immigrants pays for McHenry County – AP
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/2018-12-10/detaining-undocumented-immigrants-pays-mchenry-county.html

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Pritzker ‘proud’ of Democratic showing in Knox Co. – Tom Loewy (DIERSEN: Of course, Pritzker takes his victory as a mandate to get rid of once and for all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Of course, Pritzker takes his victory as a mandate to promote welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20181210/pritzker-proud-of-democratic-showing-in-knox-co

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Nearly 85 percent of UN nations back migration deal; not US – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/nearly-85-percent-of-un-nations-back-migration-deal-not-us

 

ILLINOIS DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN RIGHTS
— Illinois Department of Human Rights honors “Fairness and Equality” across the State (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www2.illinois.gov/IISNews/19511-IDHR_Human_Rights_Day_Press_Release.pdf

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— OUTSTANDING: McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Opposes Legalization of Recreational Pot – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/12/06/pot/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Bill to clear some past marijuana convictions gets new support – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: If you were asked what shows that you have respect for the rule of law, what would you say? I would say that I have never have used an illegal drug and that I never will.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/bill-to-clear-some-past-marijuana-convictions-gets-new-support/article_8a5ea6b6-fa5c-11e8-8a9b-ef95ffdf87b2.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: A RESPONSE TO JOE WALSH’S PLAN FOR IL GOP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/rossi-a-response-to-joe-walshs-plan-for-il-gop-.html
— WALSH: WHAT SHOULD REPUBLICANS IN ILLINOIS DO NOW?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/walsh-what-should-republicans-in-illinois-do-now-.html
— THORNER: FOX NEWS’ TUCKER CARLSON TRASHES TRUMP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/thorner-fox-news-tucker-carlson-trashes-trump-.html

— PLANNED PARENTHOOD’S FOOTPRINT GROWING IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/planned-parenthoods-footprint-growing-in-illinois.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. Pot pushers especially want poor minorities, poor women, and poor veterans to push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/10/more-details-emerge-about-cannabis-legalization/


— Did Pritzker defeat an incumbent Illinois governor by the biggest margin ever? (DIERSEN: What percent voted for Pritzker a) to punish Trump, b) to get more pot, gambling, booze, and other vices, c) to get more welfare, d) to get more LGBTQ activity, e) to get more abortion, f) to get more mass/illegal immigration, g) to get the First and Second Amendments abolished, and/or h) to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/10/did-pritzker-defeat-an-incumbent-illinois-governor-by-the-biggest-margin-ever/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Asylum claims soar 67 percent at U.S. border – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/10/asylum-claims-soar-67-percent-us-border/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Praises HBO Anti-ICE Propaganda Film as ‘Public Service’ – Gabriel Hays
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/gabriel-hays/2018/12/10/cnn-praises-hbo-anti-ice-propaganda-film-public-service

 

DAILY CALLER
— KAVANAUGH JOINS LIBERALS TO PROTECT PRO-PLANNED PARENTHOOD RULING – Kevin Daley
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/planned-parenthood-kavanaugh/
— DEMOCRATIC REP. KRISHNAMOORTHI: WORKING TO RESTORE THE DIGNITY OF BLUE-COLLAR WORK – Rudy Takala (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their stoops who have made it the most clear that they never would have stooped to take the jobs that I did? 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://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/krishnamoorthi-blue-collar/
— ICE GIVING MCHENRY COUNTY COLD CASH FOR HOUSING ILLEGALS – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/ice-gives-cash-detain-illegal-immigrants-mchenry-county/
— MEDIA DOUBLE STANDARDS SHINE IN IMMIGRATION DEBATE – Derryck Green
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/media-double-standards-immigration/

 

BREITBART
— Gallup: More Than 750 Million People Globally Now Wanting to Migrate – Virginia Hale
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2018/12/10/gallup-750-million-wanting-migrate/

 

NEWSMAX
— GOP Must Step Up Game for 2020 Win – James Hirsen
https://www.newsmax.com/jameshirsen/caputo-data-maga-ocasio-cortez/2018/12/10/id/893831/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Migrants Continue Sneaking Into United States – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30868-migrants-continue-sneaking-into-united-states

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Caravan migrants break up to take work in Tijuana – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/caravan_migrants_break_up_to_take_work_in_tijuana.html

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— He’s Saving America, But You Can’t Take the Tweets?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/12/10/hes-saving-america-but-you-cant-take-the-tweets/

 

HOT AIR
— Why The Migrant Caravan Took The Longest Route To The US Border – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/10/migrant-caravan-took-longest-route-us-border/

 

GOPUSA
— Bush: Rewriting history may obscure facts but it doesn’t change them
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60800
— Ocasio-Cortez claims Jewish ancestry (DIERSEN: What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry? What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had claimed Swedish ancestry?)
http://www.gopusa.com/ocasio-cortez-claims-jewish-ancestry/

 

CBS NEWS
— One way to help struggling workers: A guaranteed job – RACHEL LAYNE (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are/were not federal employees have always viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned the federal government as being the “employer of last resort,” that is, that the federal government employs those who cannot get a real job in the private sector because they are lazy, stupid, bad, and even worse things. However, many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/one-way-to-help-u-s-workers-guarantee-them-a-job/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in getting citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/at-the-us-mexico-border-us-sees-big-increase-in-migrants-claiming-fear-of-deportation/2018/12/10/37d7eb70-fca8-11e8-862a-b6a6f3ce8199_story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Immigration — the problem Congress doesn’t want to solve – DIANE HESSAN (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2018/12/10/immigration-problem-congress-doesn-want-solve/aR2QxaPxgxSH7xQfX8GKyL/story.html

 

NEWSWEEK
— MIGRANTS ARE CLIMBING OVER AND DIGGING UNDER THE BORDER WALL DESPITE TRUMP’S TOUGH WORDS – ROBERT VALENCIA
https://www.newsweek.com/migrant-caravan-climb-over-dig-under-border-wall-despite-trump-stance-1252264

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— A Chicago Neighborhood Battles Endless Flow of Illegal Guns Police recover more than 1,000 guns this year in one Chicago community, but few think it will stop the flow of illegal weapons. President Donald Trump has called the city’s violence problems “very easily fixable.” Not so, say those who live with them.
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2018-12-10/a-chicago-neighborhood-battles-endless-flow-of-illegal-guns

 

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Reject Gender As Major Voting Factor (DIERSEN: Democrats viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn a) women who do not vote for Democrats, b) minorities who do not vote for Democrats, c) younger people who do not vote for Democrats, d) poor people who do not vote for Democrats, e) recent immigrants who do not vote for Democrats, and f) everyone else who does not vote for Democrats.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/december_2018/voters_reject_gender_as_major_voting_factor

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Social Media Outpaces Print Newspapers in the U.S. as a News Source – Elisa Shearer
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/social-media-outpaces-print-newspapers-in-the-u-s-as-a-news-source/

December 10 Morning Edition

NORTHWEST HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: McHenry County state’s attorney asks local lawmakers to vote against marijuana legalization (DIERSEN: Who is taking the lead against marijuana legalization in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct? I am with them. Please ask them to contact me at diersen@aol.com or 630-653-0462.)
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/12/05/mchenry-county-states-attorney-asks-local-lawmakers-to-vote-against-marijuana-legalization/axcnmfo/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Companies navigate new employee activism – Michelle Cheng (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.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-companies-navigate-employee-activism-20181204-story.html


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Are you a precinct committeeman/captain? Have you been charged with voter suppression? What powers to precinct committeemen/captains have to suppress voters? What about Republican committeemen/captains who fail/refuse to encourage voters in their precinct who are Republican and Independent to vote?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-north-carolina-voter-fraud-20181207-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Swift-selling models a buffer for local automaking As several factors threaten to upend the industry, the popularity of the Illinois-made Ford Explorer and Jeep Cherokee bodes well for jobs in the state. – CLAIRE BUSHEY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/swift-selling-models-buffer-local-automaking

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Kinzinger on Trump allegations: ‘we’re worried’
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/gop-rep-on-trump-allegations-we-re-worried/video_748aefd6-011a-5ec9-81fe-2a16b3a072e4.html
— Mendoza’s decision to run for mayor puts state in bad spot – Editorial
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-mendoza-s-decision-to-run-for-mayor-puts-state/article_da5cfadc-d232-5c82-9cfe-f71b94af7f6d.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.news-gazette.com/living/2018-12-09/the-law-qa-laws-evolving-cannabis-possession.html

 

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ official pension shortfall worsens to $134 billion despite strong markets, increased contributions – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-official-pension-shortfall-worsens-to-134-billion-despite-strong-markets-increased-contributions/

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Illinois counties with lowest home affordability indexes
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/by-the-numbers-illinois-counties-with-lowest-home-affordability-indexes/article_18bdc2fa-f96f-11e8-ab23-cfe23352aa1e.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE BAILOUTS AT TEN: I TOLD YOU SO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, GM, Ford, and Chrysler, and those who own GM, Ford, and Chrysler vehicles, are demonized, denigrated, and condemned.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/the-bailouts-at-ten-i-told-you-so.html
— SHOULD WE MOVE AWAY FROM EMPLOYER-SPONSORED HEALTH INSURANCE? (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not have employer-sponsored health insurance. They are beyond furious that because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/should-we-move-away-from-employer-sponsored-insurance.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Republicans load up spending bill before Democrats take House control – David Sherfinski
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/9/republicans-load-spending-bill-democrats-take-hous/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Illinois raking in abortion from other states While the United States saw a drop in the abortion rate in the last reporting period, Illinois registered an increase — and one pro-life leader in Chicago believes it could go even higher. – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/pro-life/2018/12/10/illinois-raking-in-abortion-from-other-states

 

CNS NEWS
— U.S. Opposes U.N. Effort to Advance a Global Framework on Migration – Including Illegal Immigration – Patrick Goodenough
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/patrick-goodenough/us-opposes-un-effort-advance-global-framework-migration-including

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— White Privilege and Illegal Immigration – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/white_privilege_and_illegal_immigration.html

 

NEWSMAX
— Unfettered Immigration Will Have ‘Drastic Implications’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/johnnegroponte-illegalimmigration-borderwall/2018/12/09/id/893731/

 

TOWNHALL
— Americans, Learn From The Yellow Jackets: Stop Running And Start Fighting Back – Arthur Schaper (DIERSEN: Under Pritzker, the Democrats who run Illinois will dramatically increase their efforts to dive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2018/12/10/americans-learn-from-the-yellow-jackets-stop-running-and-start-fighting-back-n2537215
— America’s Trojan Horses Are Sacking Us From Within – Will Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/willalexander/2018/12/10/americas-trojan-horses-sacking-us-from-within-n2537206
— Piling on Racism Accusations to Take Down a Conservative State Legislator – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/12/10/piling-on-racism-accusations-to-take-down-a-conservative-state-legislator-n2537207

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— SILICON VALLEY MORPHING INTO THE MORALITY POLICE Adriana Cohen warns about Trojan horse deciding our next presidential election
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/silicon-valley-morphing-into-the-morality-police/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s the goliath problem: Who gets to define what words and phrases protected under the First Amendment constitute hate – a catchall word that is often ascribed to any offensive speech someone simply doesn’t like? Will Christians who don’t support abortion rights or having their tax dollars go toward Planned Parenthood be considered purveyors of hate for denying women the right to choose? Will millions of Americans who support legal immigration, as opposed to illegal immigration, be labeled xenophobes or racists and be banned from the digital world? Yes and yes. How do we know? It’s already happening, as scores of conservatives nationwide are being shadow banned and/or censored on social media, YouTube, Google and beyond. Their crime? Running afoul of leftist Silicon Valley executives who demand conformity of thought and simply won’t tolerate any viewpoint that strays from their rigid political orthodoxy.)
— WOULD DEMOCRATS WRECK AMERICA TO WIN IN 2020? Lowell Ponte slams revolting leftist tactics to prevail at any cost
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/would-democrats-wreck-america-to-win-in-2020/

 

BREITBART
— Poll: 6-in-7 GOP Voters Say Minorities Favored over White Americans – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/09/poll-6-7-gop-voters-minorities-favored/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the opposite end of the political spectrum, 87 percent of Democrat voters in the midterm elections say white Americans are favored in the U.S. over minorities. Only 12 percent of Democrat voters say minorities are favored over white Americans today. The poll is an indication, again, of a Republican Party that is increasingly made up of a white working- and middle-class majority that feel disenfranchised due to country’s mass immigration policy of importing more than a million legal immigrants a year, while at the same time, having their jobs outsourced to foreign countries through the globalization of the country’s economy. Polling and the recent midterm elections show, yet again, little-to-no support for economic libertarianism with GOP voters overwhelmingly in support of President Donald Trump’s economic nationalism. For example, while the New York Times has complained that states with a white American majority pose “an array of problems,” the process known as “chain migration” — whereby newly naturalized citizens can bring an unlimited number of foreign relatives to the U.S. with them — has imported more than nine million foreign nationals since 2005. As Breitbart News reported, if chain migration is not ended — as President Trump has demanded — the U.S. electorate will forever be changed, with between seven to eight million new foreign-born individuals being eligible to vote because of chain migration, and overall, an additional 15 million new foreign-born voters. Simultaneously, illegal immigration next year is on track to soar to the highest level in a decade, with a potential 600,000 border crossers expected. Meanwhile, free trade with China has eliminated or outsourced about 3.5 million American jobs since 2001. Polling this year found that a majority of GOP voters say free trade has hurt the U.S. and cost Americans their jobs.)
— Global Governance Advances: Divided UN to Adopt Migration Pact – Simon Kent
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/divided-un-to-adopt-global-migration-pact/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters focus on destroying Black Republicans.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/420498-juan-williams-nowhere-to-go-for-black-republicans

 

NBC NEWS & CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-caravan-problem-isn-t-which-people-are-coming-ncna945816
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-administration-migrant-family-apprehensions-rise-november-customs-border-protection-report-today-2018-12-09/

 

CBS NEWS
— The longest hatred: Anti-Semitism on the rise (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, if not most, and at times, virtually all of my supervisors and superiors were Jewish. To turn them against me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates stressed to them a) that I was 100% German-American and b) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. In my defense, I stressed a) that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, c) that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, d) that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F, e) that I no longer attended church services, and f) that I no longer gave money to a church.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/anti-semitism-on-the-rise/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Google Hearing to Preview Democrats’ Strategy on Big Tech – Cecilia Kang and Daisuke Wakabayashi (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats want Google to do even more 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 those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/technology/google-hearing-to-preview-democrats-strategy-on-big-tech.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Censors at Random The social network’s rules on political advertising burden nonprofits and are impossible to understand. – Daniel Gallant
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-censors-at-random-1544395970
— Democratic Attorneys General to Bolster Fight Against Trump’s Agenda Election gains embolden state officials on suits over health care, environment, president’s business – Ken Thomas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-attorneys-general-to-bolster-fight-against-trumps-agenda-1544437800

— States Boost Access to Retirement Plans, Seeking to Close Savings Gap – Anne Tergesen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-boost-access-to-retirement-plans-seeking-to-close-savings-gap-1544284801
— For the Best Financial Advice, Ask Somebody as Uninformed as You – Matthew Kassel (DIERSEN: How informed are you about financial matters? I have been an arbitrator for the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority since 1998. I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I worked for GAO on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-the-best-financial-advice-as-somebody-as-uninformed-as-you-1544195745

 

USA TODAY
— China’s deadliest export to America: fentanyl – Editorial (DIERSEN: If you want to destroy a country, you send deadly drugs into that county. China, Mexico, etc. send deadly drugs into America.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/09/china-deadliest-export-fentanyl-editorials-debates/2229428002/

 

FED SMITH
— Presidents and the Federal Workforce – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents stress the many adverse actions that the federal government took against me while Republicans were President and/or Speaker of the House. Johnson was President while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969. Nixon was President while I worked for IRS 1971-1974, then Ford 1974-1977, and then Carter 1977-1980. Carter was President 1980-1981 while I worked for GAO, then Reagan 1981-1989, then Bush 1989-1993, and then Clinton 1993-1997. GAO works for Congress. Thomas P. O’Neill, Jr. was Speaker of the House 1980-1987 while I worked for GAO, then James C. Wright, Jr. 1987-1989, then Thomas S. Foley 1989-1995, and then Newt Gingrich 1995-1997. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, 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 a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. While my lawsuit against GAO was in federal courts, a) Clinton was President 1998-2001 and then Bush 2001-2005 and b) Gingrich was Speaker of the House 1998-1999 and then Hastert 2001-2005.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/12/09/presidents-federal-workforce/

 

NEWSWEEK
— RICK SANTORUM SAYS IF DEMOCRATS PICK SOMEONE ‘OLD’ LIKE BERNIE SANDERS OR JOE BIDEN, REPUBLICANS WILL WIN 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION – DONICA PHIFER (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 b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.newsweek.com/rick-santorum-says-if-democrats-pick-someone-old-bernie-sanders-or-elizabeth-1251394

December 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/cannabis-top-ten-illinois-medical-marijuana-pot-donte-townsend-jb-pritzker-mike-madigan-ben-kovler-heather-steans-kelly-cassidy/
— Across the city, Chicagoans are becoming more educated, Census Bureau estimates – Tanveer Ali
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-more-educated-census-bureau-estimates/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Nearly 1 in 3 US physicians were born abroad – Marie McCullough
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-tns-bc-med-foreignborn-doctors-20181205-story.html
— Here’s a challenge: Can you take a holiday from Trump-related news? – Jerry Davich (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to always take a holiday from Trump-related news and from news related to the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party IRP platform and in the Republican National Committee (RNC) platform. According to them, Republicans would win in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton if the IRP and RNC would dump Trump, dump the aforesaid platform planks, and dump those like me who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-one-week-without-president-trump-st-1205-story.html
— Facing a long wait at the border, many members of the migrant caravan look for work – AP (DIERSEN: According to anti-Trumps, citizens of foreign countries take only the BAD jobs that citizens of America refuse to take. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were BAD. 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have made it very clear that they would never have stooped to take the BAD jobs that I took.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-migrant-caravan-20181208-story.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Gov.-elect Pritzker visits Taylorville, lauds ‘neighbor helping neighbor’ week after tornado – VALERIE WELLS (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps are filled with hatred against Trump supporters. Are you a Trump supporter? If tragedy struck you, would your anti-Trump neighbors help you?)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/gov–elect-pritzker-visits-taylorville-lauds-neighbor-helping-neighbor/article_d8b4bab4-bbef-510b-ba0d-af09935a133b.html

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Illinois 200: Rich history feeds hope for even better future – Editorial (DIERSEN: From what I see, because of the Democrats, the future in Illinois a) is bright for 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) is bleak for those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-rich-history-feeds-hope-for-even-better-future/article_2354e6f5-4228-54f3-8b46-959dfc782411.html

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Governor race: Republican Rauner wins voter tally in Milton Township Precinct 85 (DIERSEN: About 100 residences and about 200 voters in this precinct used to be in my precinct before it was gerrymandered in 2015.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511638369-governor-race-republican-rauner-wins-voter-tally-in-milton-township-precinct-85

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/bill-to-clear-some-past-marijuana-convictions-gets-new-support/article_8a5ea6b6-fa5c-11e8-8a9b-ef95ffdf87b2.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Virginia Teacher Fired for Upholding Pronoun Truth – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/virginia-teacher-fired-for-upholding-pronoun-truth/

 

BREITBART
— David Hogg Pushes Federal Tax on Firearm Sales – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/08/david-hogg-pushes-federal-tax-on-firearm-sales/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Perez blaming the messenger rather than the message? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/perez_blaming_the_messenger_rather_than_the_message.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What do the people at the DNC think of voters? I guess that they think that voters are too influenced by the messages from the pulpit or something like that. In other words, those priests and pastors are talking too much about protecting life or defending traditional marriage.)

 

HOT AIR
— Wild Theories And Empty Seats At CPAC-Style Conference For The MAGA Set
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/12/wild-theories-empty-seats-cpac-style-conference-maga-set/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rather than organize around belief in the tenets of conservatism — like free markets and traditional family values — American Priority seeks to united anyone who supports American nationalism and opposes establishment elites. In practice, this means supporters of President Donald Trump.)

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Michael Beckerman argues that the anti-conservatives who control the internet a) do not discriminate against conservatives and b) want conservatives to succeed. Beckerman should look into how the anti-conservatives who run the internet treat www.gopillinois.com, Dave Diersen, and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee want the anti-conservatives who run the internet to shut me down completely.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/12/08/conservatives_dont_fret_internet_firms_help_you_succeed.html

 

THE HILL
— John Kelly was always doomed to fail as chief of staff – DAVID B. COHEN (DIERSEN: Are/were you doomed to fail? Needless-to-say, because I have always been a Republican, I was always doomed to fail as federal employee. Nevertheless, a) I survived for almost 3 years at the Post Office 1966-1969, b) I survived for almost 9 years at IRS 1971-1980, c) I survived for almost 18 years at GAO 1980-1997, d) IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, and e) GAO promoted me in 1986.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/420416-john-kelly-was-always-doomed-to-fail-as-chief-of-staff

— Heather Nauert is the wrong choice for UN ambassador – HARRY J. KAZIANIS (DIERSEN: What do/did you have the right experience to do? For me, in 1980, when I was 31 years old, when I transferred from IRS to GAO, it was auditing IRS. GAO audits IRS. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. But my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in stopping me from being assigned to audits of IRS until 1986. They treated assignments to audits of IRS to be “preferred assignments” that should only be given to GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/420282-heather-nauert-is-the-wrong-choice-for-un-ambassador

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in destroying women who support Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/420338-gop-women-face-steeper-climb-in-trump-era

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Paul Ryan Was Always More Political Hack Than Policy Genius – Neil J. Young
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-paul-ryan-speaker-of-the-house-retirement_us_5c0ac1afe4b0a606a9a87bc1

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries want open borders? ANSWER: Those that 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/09/world/americas/tijuana-mexico-border-wall-migrant-caravan.html

— What Straight-A Students Get Wrong If you always succeed in school, you’re not setting yourself up for success in life. – Adam Grant (DIERSEN: For you, what harmed your efforts to get better grades? For me, a) while I attended Crete-Monee High School, UIC, and NIU, it was working part-time jobs and b) while I attended Loyola, Roosevelt, and IIT, it was working full-time jobs.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/opinion/college-gpa-career-success.html
— The Housing Boom Is Already Gigantic. How Long Can It Last? – Robert J. Shiller (DIERSEN: What encourages and discourages people from buying homes in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/business/housing-boom-how-long-can-it-last.html
— Taking College One Meal at a Time Facing mounting costs at Cornell, Samuel Issiah Williams decided to skip a meal plan his senior year and think creatively to get by. – Andrew R. Chow (DIERSEN: Concerning my earning college degrees during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that tuition and books were far less expensive back then.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/neediest-cases/taking-college-one-meal-at-a-time.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Who wants to be a police officer? Job applications plummet at most U.S. departments. Perceptions of policing, healthy economy contribute to decreased applications at 66 percent of departments. – Tom Jackman (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.washingtonpost.com/crime-law/2018/12/04/who-wants-be-police-officer-job-applications-plummet-most-us-departments/
— He’s a U.S. soldier deployed on the southern border — and an unlawful immigrant – Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2018/12/05/hes-us-soldier-deployed-southern-border-an-unlawful-immigrant/

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— November border arrests leap to highest in Trump era – AP
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/november-border-arrests-leap-to-highest-in-trump-era-1546176/

 

DAILY PROGRESS
— Some fear holidays will exacerbate postal problems – BRYAN MCKENZIE (DIERSEN: The Post Office hired me in 1966 when I was 18 years old to help it deal with the Christmas rush that year.)
https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/some-fear-holidays-will-exacerbate-postal-problems/article_d98493f6-fb3b-11e8-8e44-3b5bb0308d85.html

 

BEND BULLETIN
— Oregon Republicans debate their future – Gary A. Warner (DIERSEN: To win, the Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) a) want the IRP to strike the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks from the IRP platform, b) want the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC to condemn Trump and banish Trump’s supporters from the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC, c) want the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC to banish from Illinois, from DuPage County, and from Milton Township individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, and d) want the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC to promote massive welfare, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.bendbulletin.com/home/6742601-151/oregon-republicans-debate-their-future

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump 2020 Shaping Up to Be a Campaign to Stay Out of Prison.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/mueller-sentencing-memos-michael-cohen-trump-2020-prison.html

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What encourages and discourages Republicans from buying homes in your precinct? Of course, the number of votes that Republican candidates get in general elections in the precinct encourages Republicans and the number votes that Democrat candidates get in general elections in the precinct discourages Republicans. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: In my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton, in the November 6, 2018 general election, the following candidates got the following number of votes:

 

REPUBLICAN

 

UNITED STATES
164 – Peter Roskam, U.S. Congressman, 6th Congressional District

STATE OF ILLINOIS
177 – Bruce Rauner & Evelyn Sanguinetti, Governor & Lieutenant Governor
177 – Erika Harold, Attorney General
118 – Jason Helland, Secretary of State
160 – Darlene Senger, Comptroller
176 – Jim Dodge, Treasurer
182 – Mike Connelly, Senator, 21th District
176 – Amy Grant, Representative, 42nd District

DUPAGE COUNTY
192 – Dan Cronin, Chairman
190 – James Mendrick, Sheriff
172 – Paul Hinds, Clerk
259 – Gwen Henry, Treasurer
178 – Grant Eckhoff, County Board, District 4
138 – Chris Zaruba, County Board, District 4
248 – Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools

DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE
187 – Joseph Cantore, President

CIRCUIT COURT
190 – Karen Wilson, Judge
163 – Jeff MacKay, Judge

 

DEMOCRAT

 

UNITED STATES
196 – Sean Casten, U.S. Congressman, 6th Congressional District

STATE OF ILLINOIS
154 – JB Pritzker and Juliana Stratton, Governor & Lieutenant Governor
171 – Kwame Raoul, Attorney General
229 – Jesse White, Secretary of State
182 – Susana Mendoza, Comptroller
162 – Michael Frerichs, Treasurer
166 – Laura Ellman, Senator, 21th District
170 – Kathleen Carrier, Representative, 42nd District

DUPAGE COUNTY
154 – Lynn LaPlante, Chairman
153 – Gregory Whalen, Sheriff
169 – Jean Kaczmarek, Clerk
161 – Mary Ozog, County Board, District 4
118 – Hadiya Afzal, County Board, District 4

DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE
152 – Daniel Hebread, President

CIRCUIT COURT
146 – Jeffrey Jacobson, Judge
175 – Linda Davenport, Judge

 

In the 2016 general election, Trump got only 137 votes while Clinton got 211. In the 2016 Republican primary, Trump got only 21 votes while Kasich got 93.)

December 8 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/marlboro-cannabis-michigan-legalizes-pot-wiz-khalifa-marlboro-cannabis-marijuana/
— No regrets speaking out about abuse: Trump resort worker – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/no-regrets-speaking-out-about-abuse-trump-resort-worker/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The path to legal immigration — and the risk of being a ‘public charge’ – Jasmine Saavedra
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-immigration-public-charge-medicaid-chip-trump-1210-20181205-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Democrat letter writer ignores the fact that Paul Hind’s “biggest responsibility will be to oversee the treasurer office’s transition next year to a new property tax administration system. Henry said she was planning to hire a consultant to help with the implementation of the new system. Now that’s no longer necessary.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181207/how-to-really-save-money
— A pension system that needs fixing – Jack Guttentag
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20181208/a-pension-system-that-needs-fixing

 

SUBURBAN LIFE

— OCTOBER 2, 2014 FLASHBACK: DuPage County clerk candidate Jean Kaczmarek says opponent used government resources for campaign – NATHAN LURZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2014/09/30/dupage-county-clerk-candidate-says-opponent-used-government-resources-for-campaign/aq59scb/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During her remarks, she also said the clerk’s office gave employee Adam Johnson paid leave to try to unseat State Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, in this spring’s Republican primary election, for which she said the county’s personal leave policy had no provision. Kaczmarek compared the allegations against Hinds to recent lawsuits against DuPage County Sheriff John Zaruba. Several veteran deputies have claimed they were punished by Zaruba for unionizing and refusing to support the sheriff politically. One suit has been settled, but more are pending. “Prohibited political activity is a big problem in DuPage County. It impacts all of us,” she said. “Yet, this problem is so easy to fix with tougher policies, better training and a willingness to enforce laws which already exist. Our county officials have chosen to do nothing and here we are today.” Hinds did not respond to requests for comment and Paul Darrah, spokesman for the state’s attorney’s office, confirmed receipt of the complaint but said he could not speak further on the matter.)

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— A decade later, shock of Blagojevich arrest not all gone – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181208/bernard-schoenburg-decade-later-shock-of-blagojevich-arrest-not-all-gone

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— For first time, prosecutors connect Trump to a federal crime – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/for-first-time-prosecutors-connect-trump-to-a-federal-crime

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Golf Club Allegedly Employed Undocumented Immigrants – IAN STEWART
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-golf-club-allegedly-employed-undocumented-immigrants#stream/0

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Governor race: Republican Rauner wins voter tally in Milton Township Precinct 79
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511638365-governor-race-republican-rauner-wins-voter-tally-in-milton-township-precinct-79
— Sanguinetti committee reports nearly $2K in contributions during third quarter
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511657825-sanguinetti-committee-reports-nearly-2k-in-contributions-during-third-quarter

 

GOPUSA
— Et tu Tucker?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60742

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Media use coverage of Bush funeral to criticize Trump – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/media-use-coverage-of-bush-funeral-to-criticize-trump

 

BREITBART
— Retiring Paul Ryan Pushes Stealth Outsourcing, Amnesty for Irish Lobbies – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/08/paul-ryan-pushes-stealth-outsourcing-amnesty-irish/
— Migrant Family Border Apprehensions Skyrocket 270 Percent in Nov. over Prior Year – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/12/08/migrant-family-border-apprehensions-skyrocket-270-percent-in-nov-over-prior-year/

 

NBC NEWS
— Nick Ayers, Mike Pence’s right hand, likely to be Trump’s next chief of staff The 36 year-old has a reputation as a polarizing and hard-charging fixture in Republican politics. – Vaughn Hillyard, Hallie Jackson, Kristen Welker, Geoff Bennett and Carol E. Lee
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/nick-ayers-mike-pence-s-right-hand-likely-be-trump-n945656

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Case Against Meritocracy An aristocracy that can’t admit it. – Ross Douthat (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed and what do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute that to? I passed all the tests that were necessary to get hired by the Post Office in 1966 when I was 18 years old, to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, to get hired by IRS in 1971, to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, to pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, and to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attribute the aforesaid to my being born a healthy White male, my avoiding the draft, my getting married, my wife and I giving up trying to have children, our not adopting, and our not becoming foster parents.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/08/opinion/sunday/wasps-meritocracy-ross-douthat.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— How a chilling Saudi cyberwar ensnared Jamal Khashoggi – David Ignatius
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/how-a-chilling-saudi-cyberwar-ensnared-jamal-khashoggi/2018/12/07/f5f048fe-f975-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “When Jamal Khashoggi entered the Saudi Consulate in Istanbul on Oct. 2, he didn’t know he was walking into a killing zone,” Ignatius writes. “He had become the prime target in a 21st-century information war — one that involved hacking, kidnapping and ultimately murder — waged by Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman and his courtiers against dissenters. “How did a battle of ideas, triggered by Khashoggi’s outspoken journalism for The Post, become so deadly? That’s the riddle at the center of the columnist’s death.”)

 

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/06/recreational-marijuana-legal-michigan-what-does-say-talker/2225426002/

 

NEW JERSEY
— Trump says he doesn’t hire undocumented immigrants. Here’s how it happened at his N.J. golf club – Kelly Heyboer
https://www.nj.com/expo/news/erry-2018/12/9a8eb82994256/trump-says-he-doesnt-hire-undo.html

 

ECONOMIST
— Donald Trump is kryptonite for centre-right media The Weekly Standard, a bastion of conservative criticism of the president, appears to be closing
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/12/08/donald-trump-is-kryptonite-for-centre-right-media

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— Americans’ 5 Biggest Budget-Busters, and What to Do About Them Are these items zapping your money as well? – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: Because my retirement income is only 43% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars, I spend far less on meals out, clothing, entertainment, etc.)
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2018/12/08/americans-5-biggest-budget-busters-and-what-to-do.aspx

 

LGBTQ NATION
— The new head of the Log Cabin Republicans calls Trump’s anti-LGBTQ policies ‘hiccups’ – Daniel Villarreal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, sooner or later, politicians get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/12/new-head-log-cabin-republicans-calls-trumps-anti-lgbtq-policies-hiccups/

 

ON TOP MAGAZINE
— Leader Of Gay GOP Group Describes Trump’s Attacks On LGBT Community As ‘Hiccups’ – CARLOS SANTOSCOY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, sooner or later, politicians get rid of you if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
http://www.ontopmag.com/article/46484/Leader_Of_Gay_GOP_Group_Describes_Trumps_Attacks_On_LGBT_Community_As_Hiccups

 

COLDWELL BANKER
— Community Stats for 518 West Roosevelt Road, WHEATON, IL 60187
https://www.coldwellhomes.com/Property/Community/MRED/10150761/518-West-Roosevelt-Road-WHEATON-IL-60187

December 5 Morning Edition

ABC7
— World bids farewell to President George HW Bush in state funeral today
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/world-bids-farewell-to-president-george-hw-bush-today/4836322/

 

NBC5
— Former President George H.W. Bush’s National Funeral to Begin As at notable moments in his life, Bush brought together Republicans and Democrats in his death, and not only the VIPs – Calvin Woodward, Laurie Kellman and Ashraf Khalil
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/George-HW-Bush-State-Funeral-Washington-DC-501957001.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Alderman says Chicago Cubs ownership looking to take him out of the (political) ballgame – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ricketts-family-44th-ward-20181108-story.html
— Orland Park approves new budget, tax levy – Mike Nolan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-orland-park-budget-st-1205-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker won more votes than any gov candidate since ‘Big Jim’ Thompson in 1976
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-rauner-final-vote-tally-jim-edgar-thompson-1976-1994/
— Judges, pols and pals pony up for ‘stand-up guy’ Ed Burke—despite federal probe – Mitchell Armentrout and Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/judges-pols-ed-burke-fundraiser-friends-holiday-federal-probe/
— How detaining undocumented immigrants became a $10M cash cow for McHenry County – Rachel Frazin and Alexandra Arriaga
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/ice-immigration-customs-enforcement-mchenry-county-undocumented-detainees/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— George H.W. Bush made two 1988 campaign stops in McHenry County – Former president visited MCC in 1988 – HANNAH PROKOP
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/12/04/george-h-w-bush-made-two-1988-campaign-stops-in-mchenry-county/as5j5d8/

 

TIMES
— Kinzinger: GOP should look ahead to 2020 Congressman disgusted by president’s reaction to election results – Derek Barichello
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/12/03/kinzinger-gop-should-look-ahead-to-2020/asyck0m/

 

WGLT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Republican state Sen. Jason Barickman said he will co-sponsor a 2019 measure to legalize cannabis. – MARY CULLEN
http://www.wglt.org/post/how-legalizing-marijuana-would-impact-mclean-county-businesses#stream/0

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w Glennon on Chicago’s & IL’s pension implosions & how Chicago Mayoral Candidates handle the mess
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/12/watch-berkowitz-w-glennon-on-chicagos-ils-pension-implosions-how-mayoral-candidates-handle-the-mess-cable-web/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Planned Parenthood’s Footprint Growing in Illinois
https://illinoisfamily.org/exclude-from-homepage/planned-parenthoods-footprint-growing-in-illinois/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigration surges in Texas as feds focus on migrant caravan – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/4/illegal-immigration-surges-texas-feds-focus-migran/

 

BREITBART
— Democrats Offer a Mere $1.6B for ‘Border Security,’ Not Wall Funding – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/04/democrats-offer-a-mere-1-6b-for-border-security-not-wall-funding/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TUCKER ASKS FORMER DNC COMMS DIRECTOR DEFENDING THE CARAVAN: ‘DOES ANYBODY CARE’ ABOUT YOUNG AMERICANS ANYMORE? – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/04/tucker-dnc-caravan-americans-migrants/

 

TOWNHALL
— New York’s Anti-Gun Fervor Reaches A New Height – Bob Barr
https://townhall.com/columnists/bobbarr/2018/12/05/new-yorks-antigun-fervor-reaches-a-new-height-n2537006

 

SEAN HANNITY
— Media Using President Bush’s Death to ‘Attack Trump’
https://www.hannity.com/media-room/hannity-media-using-president-bushs-death-to-attack-trump/

 

REBEL
— Apple CEO hates “hate” — so he’s banning “divisive” ideas from his company – EZRA LEVANT
https://www.therebel.media/apple-tim-cook-speech-hate-censorship-news-ezra-levant-show-december-4-2018

 

CNN
— Republicans are totally ignoring the 2018 election – Chris Cillizza
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/03/politics/republican-lessons-2018-election/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Digital Divide Is Wider Than We Think, Study Says – Steve Lohr
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/technology/digital-divide-us-fcc-microsoft.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— George H.W. Bush embodied the Republican Party’s decades-long struggle with race – Sean Sullivan (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors used Bush’s vetoing of the 1990 bill and his signing of the 1991 act to justify their getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/george-hw-bush-embodied-the-republican-partys-decades-long-struggle-with-race/2018/12/04/1268ab08-f73b-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 1990, Bush vetoed a civil rights bill. Advocates of the measure argued it would help combat employment discrimination. The White House contended it would have incentivized “hiring and promotion quotas.” The following year, Bush signed a scaled-back version of the legislation.)

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— EDUCATORS STAND WITH THE CARAVAN
https://socialistworker.org/2018/12/05/educators-stand-with-the-caravan

 

DAILY MAIL
— Dramatic video shows Central American migrants crawl under Mexico border fence into San Diego as CBP reports ‘slight uptick’ in illegal crossings – AP
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6460877/Border-patrol-More-families-cross-illegally-San-Diego.html

November 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— What Emanuel should say: Amend the Illinois Constitution – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-rahm-pension-speech-chicago-20181120-story.html
— More women are crossing state lines to have abortions in Illinois – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-abortion-numbers-illinois-out-of-state-20181129-story.html
— Do the feds want Ald. Ed Burke wrapped up like a roast? – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-alderman-ed-burke-kass-20181129-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps have no problem with illegals illegally using children illegally to illegally get into America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–immigration-imperiled-sponsors-20181128-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Why are we so sad? – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: What discourages you from being happy? For me, it is seeing the success that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are having in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois in getting rid of individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/mona-charen-suicide-loneliness-sadness-life-expectancy-drug-overdose/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Tollway reform rollout takes back seat to political firing brouhaha – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181129/tollway-reform-rollout-takes-back-seat-to-political-firing-brouhaha
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Controversy erupted at the Illinois tollway Thursday as Executive Director Liz Gorman pushed back against allegations of politically motivated “firings” and said one administrator’s exit was a cause of celebration. The blowup coincided with the agency’s rollout of new ethics procedures prepared in response to concerns about potential favoritism regarding contracts and hiring. “The tollway is a well-run, transparent organization, but we can always look for better ways and better practices,” Chairman Robert Schillerstrom said. However, Director Joseph Gomez criticized the ethics report for failing to address “what might be considered political firings.” Gomez said high-ranking managers in communications and human resources were terminated this year and told “the toll road was headed in a different direction.” “I don’t find that a good reason to fire senior members of the toll road staff,” Gomez said. “What was the ‘new direction’ at the tollway?” Gorman told Gomez, “If you’re inferring that I’m a woman and can’t handle it, I don’t appreciate it and that’s not the case.” “I don’t believe in firing people. They fire themselves,” she said. And when one department head left this spring, “I believe the building was in (unison) in singing, ‘Ding, dong, the witch is dead,'” Gorman said. At that point, Senior Assistant Attorney General Robert Lane admonished Gorman and board members that personnel discussions should occur in executive session. “I am so sorry you would think that anybody is disparaging you because of being a female,” Gomez told Gorman. “There are no political firings,” Schillerstrom clarified, adding personnel issues are handled by tollway executives, not board members.)
— Foster: I won’t support Pelosi as speaker without a succession plan – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181129/foster-i-wont-support-pelosi-as-speaker-without-a-succession-plan
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump has an unethical inner circle because he wants unethical jobs done.” While I worked for GAO, to get promoted to GS-14, currently $113,920/year, you had to agree to unethically help get rid of GAO employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13, currently $96,403/year, by age 25.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181130/trump-has-an-unethical-inner-circle-because-he-wants-unethical-jobs-done

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Township consolidation bill headed to governor Senate passes House Bill 4637 33-16 – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/29/township-consolidation-bill-headed-to-governor/azb6on7/
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/29/mcsweeneys-township-consolidation-bill-headed-to-governors-office-for-consideration/azb6on7/

 

WAMU
— ‘Talent Wants Transit’: Companies Near Transportation Gaining The Upper Hand – David Schaper
https://wamu.org/story/18/11/29/talent-wants-transit-companies-near-transportation-gaining-the-upper-hand/

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Why Illinois Is the Mecca of Black Political Power Underwood’s win in an overwhelmingly white district yet again shows Illinois’s openness to electing black politicians. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: Underwood won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/November-2018/Why-Illinois-Is-the-Mecca-of-Black-Political-Power/

 

ONE ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner says “LAME DUCK GUV FRITTERS MILLIONS IN LEGAL FEES.”
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2018/11/29/lame-duck-rauner-squanders-millions-in-legal-fees

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Critics out to destroy the conservative ‘brand’ – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to drive conservatives out of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, GAO, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/29/inside-the-beltway-critics-out-to-destroy-the-cons/
— Treat intruders accordingly – Cmdr. WAYNE L. JOHNSON
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/29/letters-to-the-editor-treat-intruders-accordingly/
— Hysteria spreads in the media like a fog of gas – Ronald Kessler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/29/hysteria-spreads-in-the-media-like-a-fog-of-gas/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Republican Facebook is having great success in destroying the Republican Party. Ever-increasing Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders a) rely on the anti-Republican Facebook to communicate everything, b) let their websites go to waste, and c) stop sending out emails.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/hey-conservatives-social-media-is-no-threat-to-democracy
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, Trump-haters want Trump and his supporters to die younger.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/healthcare/trumps-core-supporters-are-dying-younger

 

DAILY CALLER
— GOOGLE EMPLOYEES DEBATED BURYING CONSERVATIVE MEDIA IN SEARCH – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always done everything that they can a) to bury GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to bury www.gopillinois.com. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy conservatives like me.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/29/google-censorship-conservative-media/
— TRUMP’S GREAT WALL BECOMES TRUMP’S GREAT STALL – ANN COULTER
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/29/trump-great-wall-great-stall/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Incoming Congress May Look Diverse, but Diversity of Thought Is Dwindling – Star Parker
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/29/the-incoming-congress-may-look-diverse-but-diversity-of-thought-is-dwindling/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— LIBERAL PROPAGANDISTS: A GOOD AMERICA IS A BORDERLESS AMERICA Ilana Mercer shoots down leftists’ case ‘for an immigration free-for-all’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/liberal-propagandists-a-good-america-is-a-borderless-america/

 

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— This Invasion Is Erasing the American Culture. Where’s the Wall?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/11/29/this-invasion-is-erasing-the-american-culture-wheres-the-wall/

 

GOPUSA
— California governor-elect wants more money to help illegal caravan (DIERSEN: Will California be the first state to leave the United States and joint up with Mexico?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60231
— Migrant caravan mostly standard illegal aliens, not asylum seekers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60126

 

TOWNHALL
— Tijuana Health Officials: More Than One-Third of Caravan Riders Have Infectious Diseases – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/11/29/tijuana-health-officials-more-than-one-third-of-caravan-riders-have-infectious-d-n2536757
— Racism — It’s Everywhere! It’s Everywhere! – David Limbaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2018/11/30/racism–its-everywhere-its-everywhere-n2536752

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— IS OPEN BORDERS THE BIBLICAL STANCE? Thoughts on appropriate responses to the migrant Caravan. – Danusha V. Goska
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272077/open-borders-biblical-stance-danusha-v-goska

 

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— 60 Minutes Misleads on Border Enforcement – Carrie Sheffield
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/60-minutes-misleads-on-border-enforcement/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Ronna McDaniel ‘honored’ that Trump asked her to stay on as RNC chair – Samuel Chamberlain
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ronna-mcdaniel-honored-that-trump-asked-her-to-stay-on-as-rnc-chair

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Lice, hepatitis, TB, chicken pox, scabies plague a third of the caravan migrants – and now there’s rain – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/lice_hepatitus_tb_chicken_pox_scabies_plague_a_third_of_the_caravan_migrants__with_rains_just_getting_started.html

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Austin city council says ‘values’ require forcing churches to hire LGBT employees – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/austin-city-council-says-values-require-forcing-churches-to-hire-lgbt-emplo

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Anti-Trump Hysterics Roll On – CONRAD BLACK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/the-anti-trump-hysterics-roll-on/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame “climate change” for the invasion.
https://thehill.com/opinion/energy-environment/418976-migrant-caravan-shows-the-destabilizing-effect-of-climate-change

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— How Democrats Can Win In 2020 – Richard North Patterson (DIERSEN: To win in 2020, Democrats will ever-increasingly a) promote hatred against Trump and b) get vote voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-democrats-2020-strategy_us_5bfedefee4b03ce3f6e62088

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Employees Are Warned Not to Discuss Trump ‘Resistance’ at Work – Charlie Savage (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many times that my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government asked me questions to confirm that I oppose promoting a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, g) patronage, h) political affiliation discrimination, i) reverse discrimination, j) age discrimination, k) retaliation, l) etc. They used my opposition to the aforesaid to justify their wasting my career and getting rid of me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/us/politics/federal-employees-hatch-act-trump-impeachment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear a) that they do NOT want jobs and b) that they WANT dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to use government 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 those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/opinion/american-economy-working-class.html
— Border Drug Cases Hit 20-Year Low as Prosecutors Focused on Migrants – Richard A. Oppel Jr.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/us/drugs-border-migrants-zero-tolerance.html

— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: The ‘Green Dimension’: Inside the Lives of California’s Marijuana Trimmers
Each autumn, young people flock to Northern California to find temporary work pruning cannabis bound for the state’s legal dispensaries, or black markets as far away as the East Coast. – Dan Levin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/us/marijuana-trimmers-emerald-triangle.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— It’s the Economies, Stupid The key to understanding the 2018 midterm results — and the future of American politics — isn’t ideology or culture. It’s the different economies of red and blue America. – John B. Judis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2018/11/29/feature/the-key-to-understanding-americas-red-blue-split-isnt-ideology-or-culture-its-economics/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Fearing Espionage, U.S. Weighs Tighter Rules on Chinese Students
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2018-11-29/exclusive-fearing-espionage-us-weighs-tighter-rules-on-chinese-students

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ABA Strikes Back After a demotion from Trump, the lawyers guild smears judicial nominees. – Kimberley A. Strassel (DIERSEN: Who views you as being a Trump supporter? What if Trump demoted the professional association(s) that you are/were a member of, the organizations that you are/were a member of, the school(s) that you graduated from, the employer(s) that you work/worked for, etc.? From what I see, if Trump demoted them, those who dominate the following would smear me to strike back at Trump: Illinois CPA Society, Institute of Internal Auditors, Association of Certified Fraud Examiners, Association of Government Accountants, National Association of Certified Financial Services Auditors, National Association of Forensic Accountants, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants, Crete-Monee High School, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, IIT, Post Office, IRS, GAO, etc. Those who dominate the aforesaid view me as being a Trump supporter.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-aba-strikes-back-1543534905
— FRONT PAGE: OK, Computer: How Much Is My House Worth? Proposed regulations would allow the majority of homes to be bought and sold without being appraised by a human – Ryan Dezember and Cezary Podkul
https://www.wsj.com/articles/ok-computer-how-much-is-my-house-worth-1543492800
— I Learned to Love Standardized Tests They don’t have to be basic, boring or biased. A good question provokes deep engagement. – Mathina Calliope (DIERSEN: What standardized tests have you passed? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I passed standardized tests because those tests favored those who shared my demographics. I passed standardized tests to earn three job-related master’s degrees (1976, 1980, and 1997), two job-related professional certifications (1979 and 1981), a job-related bachelor’s degree (1970), job offers from IRS (1971) and the Post Office (1966), etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-learned-to-love-standardized-tests-1543534599
— The Immigrant-Unicorn Connection Most billion-dollar startups have foreign-born founders. – Stuart Anderson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-immigrant-unicorn-connection-1543534312

 

FORBES
— The Thinking Behind The Tax Cuts And Jobs Act – Assuming There Was Some – Peter J Reilly
https://www.forbes.com/sites/peterjreilly/2018/11/29/the-thinking-behind-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-assuming-there-was-some/#36f84ffc19d9

 

GEEK WIRE
— Washington state affirms rule requiring Facebook and Google to make political ad disclosures – MONICA NICKELSBURG
https://www.geekwire.com/2018/washington-state-affirms-rule-requiring-facebook-google-make-political-ad-disclosures/

 

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Illegal Immigrants Are at a 10-Year Low, So Can We Chill for a Minute?”
https://reason.com/blog/2018/11/29/illegal-immigrants-are-at-a-10-year-low

 

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Islam is more like a country without borders or a political party than a religion.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/do-republicans-believe-in-religious-liberty-for-muslims

 

DRIVE CHICAGO
— 2018 Ford Mustang GT – Mustang’s future never in doubt – Dave Boe
https://www.drivechicago.com/reviews/2018-ford-mustang-gt-mustangs-future-never-in-doubt_3049