December 11 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Challenger alleges fraud, dirty tricks by alderman connected to Speaker Mike Madigan
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/challenger-alleges-fraud-dirty-tricks-by-alderman-connected-to-speaker-madigan/4874382/

 

NBC5
— Efforts to Boot 19-Year-Old DePaul Freshman From Ballot ‘Overkill,’ Lawyer Says Quinn’s election lawyer declined to comment. – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Efforts-to-Boot-DePaul-Freshman-From-Ballot-Overkill-Lawyer-Says-502412261.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hypocrisy over Heather Nauert appointment – Randy Rossi, Grayslake
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/letters/ct-vp-voice-letters-121118-story.html

 

WGIL
— GOVERNOR-ELECT AND LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR-ELECT VISIT GALESBURG
http://www.wgil.com/2018/12/10/governor-elect-and-lieutenant-governor-elect-visit-galesburg/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz with Glennon on Chicago’s pension explosion in Mayor’s race
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/12/way-better-than-mon-nite-football-watch-berkowitz-w-glennon-on-chicagos-pension-explosion-in-mayors-race-cable-web/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republicans and conservative supporters had the makings of a pity party at a (private) holiday luncheon yesterday. Then Richard Porter took the mic and whipped the crowd into shape. The Chicago attorney and Republican National Committeeman who supported Gov. Bruce Rauner to the bitter end of the midterms, rallied the 200-plus guests at the (Westin) Hotel in Lombard. . .The crowd of notable names erupted in cheers. Among those in the crowd: Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti, House Leader Jim Durkin, former Illinois state Sen. Kirk Dillard, DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin, Petco founder Jay Bergman, Kirkland & Ellis’ Sandy Perl, Bolingbrook Mayor Roger Claar, Superior Air-Ground Ambulance Service President David Hill III, Metropolitan Water Reclamation District Commissioner David Walsh, former state Rep. Skip Saviano, and Kim Godden, who led a discussion with guest speaker Colorado Sen. Cory Gardner. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/11/preckwinkles-tax-tweak-details-on-burke-raids-republicans-look-for-glass-half-full-summers-tirade-361010

 

DAILY WIRE
— THE CHICAGO WAY: Thousands Of Residents Commit Fraud To Keep College Student Off Ballot – ASHE SCHOW
https://www.dailywire.com/news/39218/chicago-way-thousands-residents-commit-fraud-keep-ashe-schow

 

WIREPOINTS
— Beware Revenue Hopes From Expanded Gaming As Industry Cannibalizes Self – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/beware-revenue-hopes-from-expanded-gaming-as-industry-cannibalizes-self/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Cook had highest abortion rate among largest Illinois counties in 2017
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511660565-cook-had-highest-abortion-rate-among-largest-illinois-counties-in-2017

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Pritzker is optimistic about state’s future with Democrats in charge – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Democrats have made it very clear that they want to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies 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.watchdog.org/illinois/pritzker-is-optimistic-about-state-s-future-with-democrats-in/article_63bf872d-df44-5492-85d6-bee78eb24c32.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Raking in Abortion From Other States – Charlie Butts
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-raking-in-abortion-from-other-states/

 

FOX NEWS
— Build the wall — do what we said we’d do – Rep. Jim Jordan, Rep. Mark Meadows
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/reps-jim-jordan-and-mark-meadows-build-the-wall-do-what-we-said-wed-do

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making “faith leaders” 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.foxnews.com/us/dozens-of-faith-leaders-arrested-at-san-diego-love-knows-no-borders-protest

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump foes scrambling to derail ‘cruel’ rule requiring immigrants to show they aren’t public burden – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/10/immigrants-must-prove-they-arent-public-burden-und/
— Rush Limbaugh warns ‘wobbly’ Trump voters: ‘We actually are on the cusp of losing our founding’ ‘There are people starting to weaken’
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/10/rush-limbaugh-warns-wobbly-trump-voters-we-actuall/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republican pushes party to conduct 2018 autopsy after ‘historic losses’ – Naomi Lim (DIERSEN: Those who want Republicans to lose want the Republican Party a) to dump voters, 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 and b) to dump the traditional family, right to live, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/republican-pushes-party-to-conduct-2018-autopsy-after-historic-losses
— Why our border matters – Rep. Tom McClintock
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/rep-tom-mcclintock-why-our-border-matters

 

DAILY CALLER
— GOOGLE EMPLOYEES SOUGHT TO BLOCK BREITBART FROM ADS, EMAILS SHOW – Peter Hasson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/google-ads-bias/


— GENDER WAGE GAP IS DUE TO MEN WORKING LONGER HOURS – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/10/gender-wage-gap-men-working-longer-hours/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Chuck, Nancy Ahead of Trump Meeting: Abandon Border Wall as a Must-Have – BRIDGET JOHNSON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/chuck-nancy-ahead-of-trump-meeting-abandon-border-wall-as-a-must-have/

 

TOWNHALL
— Justice Kavanaugh, Supposed Slayer Of Women’s Abortion Rights Just Sided…With Liberals On Planned Parenthood – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/12/10/justice-kavanaugh-supposed-slayer-of-womens-abortion-rights-just-sided-with-l-n2537260
— US Courts Treat Illegal Immigrants BETTER Than American Citizens – Marina Medvin
https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2018/12/11/us-courts-treat-illegal-immigrants-better-than-american-citizens-n2537212

 

BREITBART
— ICE Shrinks Obama’s “Unaccompanied Alien Children” Delivery Route by Arresting More Illegals – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2018/12/10/ice-shrinks-obamas-uac-delivery-route-by-arresting-more-illegals/
— Freedom Caucus Fights for the Border Wall as Chairman Mark Meadows in Running for White House Chief of Staff – Matthew Boyle
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/freedom-caucus-fights-for-the-border-wall-as-chairman-mark-meadows-in-running-for-white-house-chief-of-staff/
— Pew: No Majority of Citizens in the World Support Increasing Immigration – John Binder (DIERSEN: What if things were turned around? What if many millions of citizens of America illegally invaded Mexico, illegally invaded Canada, illegally invaded etc.?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/10/pew-no-majority-of-citizens-in-the-world-support-increasing-immigration/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Ruling That the Second Amendment Is a Second-class Right Faces Dissent – Bob Adelmann
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/constitution/item/30869-third-circuit-rules-the-second-amendment-is-a-second-class-right

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Show off Sen. Jeff Flake gives bad name to rotten apples everywhere – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29282-outsiders-vs-insiders-show-sen-jeff-flake-gives-bad-name-rotten-apples-everywhere

 

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Emergency Confiscation is Easy Target in New Gun Control Congress Opponents warn that “red flag” orders can be abused and violate due process. So why are they attracting Republican support? – KELLEY BEAUCAR VLAHOS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/emergency-gun-confiscation-may-be-easy-target-in-new-congress/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Are ‘deplorables’ reaching the breaking point…again? – M. Catharine Evans
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/are_deplorables_reaching_the_breaking_pointagain.html
— Employment and the Vote – Rick Hayes
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/employment_and_the_vote.htm

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HOT AIR
— Global Survey: 24 Out Of 27 Countries More Likely To Say They Want Less Immigration Than Americans Are
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/10/global-survey-24-27-countries-likely-say-want-less-immigration-americans/

 

THE HILL
— Trump, Democrats start divisive wall negotiations – ALEXANDER BOLTON AND MELANIE ZANONA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats plaint themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/420690-trump-democrats-start-divisive-wall-negotiations


— Freedom Caucus calls on leadership to include wall funding, end to ‘catch and release’ in funding bill – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/420711-freedom-caucus-calls-on-leadership-to-include-wall-funding-end-to-catch-and
— GAO: President’s ability to nix spending limited – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/420655-presidents-ability-to-nix-spending-limited-gao

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump surrounding himself with yes-men and yes-women.” What do establishment Republicans want you to do? They want me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, they want me to stop including links in the emails to articles that promote 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 platform and in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/opinions/trumps-yes-men-and-yes-women-psaki/index.html

 

NBC NEWS
— Help wanted: Trump needs new chief of staff for ‘the worst of times’ Analysis: If the president doesn’t empower his next top aide, he could encounter serious problems, experts say. – Jonathan Allen
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/wanted-trump-chief-staff-worst-times-n946146
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Experts on White House operations say Trump’s desire to run his own operation has been an impediment to him and could make the job less attractive to potential candidates. Chris Lu, who served as Cabinet secretary under President Barack Obama, told NBC News that part of the problem is that Trump hasn’t shown much willingness to let his chiefs of staff, Reince Priebus and Kelly, do their jobs. That includes managing the policy process, limiting the number decisions the president has to make, controlling access and telling him “no” when he needs to hear it. “It doesn’t seem like Trump really wants a chief of staff, and that’s just not an efficient way to run a White House — to have the president calling all the shots,” Lu said. “You don’t need a yes-man as chief of staff. That’s a recipe for disaster.”)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Supreme Court Won’t Hear Planned Parenthood Cases, and 3 Court Conservatives Aren’t Happy – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/us/politics/planned-parenthood-supreme-court.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in getting citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/us/politics/trump-asylum-border-.html
— A Short History of Political Red Faces Over Workers Without Green Cards – Adeel Hassan
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/us/politicians-undocumented-immigrant-workers.html


— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters focus on a) getting women to hate Trump and b) getting women to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/us/politics/women-candidates-activism.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Russian Accused of Trying to Influence Conservatives Will Plead Guilty – Matthew Rosenberg (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, and Green plants in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), etc. who focus/focused on driving out of the IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, TAPROOT, ICRC, etc. those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/10/us/politics/maria-butina-russia-nra.html
— Victorina Morales Said She Was Undocumented. How Could We Know for Sure? – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: What percent of illegals present employers and everyone else with fake documents – 100%?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/11/reader-center/undocumented-trump-golf-clubs.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Still, I called the immigration lawyer, Anibal Romero. He informed me that one of his clients had been hired by the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J., based on fake documents when she was still undocumented. He said he would soon meet another woman, a current employee, who was undocumented. Both were willing to come forward.)

 

NEW YORK POST
— Why ‘No Hate Here’ signs are actually pretty hateful – F.H. Buckley
https://nypost.com/2018/12/09/why-no-hate-here-signs-are-actually-pretty-hateful/
— Trump needs to cool it on Twitter – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2018/12/10/trump-needs-to-cool-it-on-twitter/

 

SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making more and more and more people 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.sfchronicle.com/opinion/editorials/article/Editorial-Are-Republicans-listening-to-13455817.php

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Best workplaces are energized – Dalvin Brown (DIERSEN: Which employees do/did your superiors focus on energizing where you work/worked? My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on energizing their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger. They focused on de-energizing their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2018/12/10/costco-google-t-mobile-ranked-best-companies-work-2018/2202327002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Company culture can make or break your experience at work. Workplace atmosphere can mean the difference between an energized, productive work day and a stressed out, ineffectual 8-hour shift. So what workplaces have the best overall work environment?)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Three Conservative Justices Chide Supreme Court for Not Taking Case Touching on Abortion Action leaves in place conflicting rulings on whether Medicaid patients can sue for access to their preferred health provider – Jess Bravin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/three-conservative-justices-chide-supreme-court-for-not-taking-case-touching-on-abortion-1544472108
— Calculating the Risk of College  College pays off for most people and costs have even been flattening. There are, however, often-overlooked pitfalls that can leave some people worse off than if they hadn’t gone to college. – Douglas Belkin and Dylan Moriarty (FROM THE ARTICLE: “10 years after graduation, 32% of college grads end up with jobs that don’t require a college degree.”)
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/calculating-risk-of-college/

 

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Americans Want Trump To Compromise On Border Wall Amid Possible Shutdown.”
https://www.npr.org/2018/12/11/675334306/poll-americans-want-trump-to-compromise-on-border-wall-amid-possible-shutdown

 

NATIONAL
— Going up or out – THOMAS HUKAHU (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that if they were me, they would have easily made 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.thenational.com.pg/career-tip-going-up-or-out/

 

PLATINUM PARTNER REALTORS
— FOR SALE: 619 Frazier Court, Wheaton – $950,000 (DIERSEN: This home borders our south lot line. We could afford to buy it if my Democrat superiors had not been so successful in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.pprhomes.com/homes-for-sale-details/619-FRAZIER-COURT-WHEATON-IL-60189/10123861/34/

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 7 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Picks Rockford Native Heather Nauert As U.N. Ambassador – CNN
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/07/heather-nauert-united-nations-ambassador-donald-trump-fox-news-state-department/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Longtime lawmaker Tom Johnson remembered as ‘effective advocate’ in Springfield – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: Those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails knew Thursday morning, December 6, 2018, that Tom Johnson had died (https://www.hultgrenfh.com/obituary/tom-johnson). It was the 12th link in the email that I sent out at 9:00 AM that day. What do you say to those who discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181207/longtime-lawmaker-remembered-as-effective-advocate-in-springfield
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Want a job for summer? Act now – Sue Omanson (DIERSEN: Did you take bad jobs when you were in high school and college? 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; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181205/park-district-kidsmatter-sponsor-job-fair
— Former Lake County Sheriff Curran asking for a discovery recount – Lee Filas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181207/former-lake-county-sheriff-curran-asking-for-a-discovery-recount

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Big money boosted Lauren Underwood, but $7 million was not enough for Peter Roskam in defeat – Patrick M. O’Connell (DIERSEN: Both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are nasty. Since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I caused all of Roskam’s and Hultgren’s problems a) with what I have done as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and b) with what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-underwood-hultgren-casten-roskam-campaign-money-summary-20181207-story.html
— Illinois and 38 other states are fighting back against robocalls – Robert Channick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-robocall-state-coalition-20181206-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump demands border wall money; shutdown showdown nears – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/trump-demands-border-wall-money-shutdown-showdown-nears/
— Pritzker will have his work cut out for him
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-minimum-wage-business/
— Daley nephew lost millions for pension system: MAYOR’S NEPHEW, BACKER GOT $9 MILLION IN FEES, MOST OF THAT FOR MANAGING DEALS THAT TANKED – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/daley-pension-debacle-where-did-54-million-go

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How Pritzker’s lieutenant plans to use her ‘lite guv’ platform While the state’s No. 2 job is long on influence and short on statutory authority, Juliana Stratton plans to hammer home criminal justice and equality, themes that have dominated her life. – LYNNE MAREK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/how-pritzkers-lieutenant-plans-use-her-lite-guv-platform

 

WBBM 780
— Governor-Elect JB Pritzker Vows To Stand Up For Immigrants In Illinois – ROB HART (DIERSEN: “Stand up for immigrants in Illinois” is code for a) promoting illegal immigration, b) promoting mass legal immigration, c) replacing citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, and d) using the aforesaid to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all.)
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/governor-elect-jb-pritzker-vows-stand-immigrants-illinois

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Caterpillar attorney in tax and trade criminal case tapped by Trump for AG – Matt Buedel
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181207/caterpillar-attorney-in-tax-and-trade-criminal-case-tapped-by-trump-for-ag

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner say yes to infrastructure bill, no to new taxes – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-say-yes-to-infrastructure-bill-no-to-new-taxes/article_475a7dc4-fa55-11e8-9961-dfe6fe96823c.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WILL THERE BE AN ILLINOIS GOP?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/will-there-be-an-illinois-gop.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John McGlasson, the 16th CD State Central Committeeman, said that he did not anticipate any party leadership changes in the near future. “I can say that Chairman Schneider has every intention of staying on. He did not offer any apologies. Did not offer anything new. They blamed the usual suspects – but the chairman did look me in the eye several times,” McGlasson said. “In my opinion, they think there should be a unified message and that message should not be pro-President Trump, should not be pro-life, should not be pro-Second Amendment,” McGlasson said. “They want a unified message – a message that is theirs.”)
— GOP SENATOR PAUL SCHIMPF ASKS SATANIC STATUE BE REMOVED FROM CAPITOL CHRISTMAS DISPLAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/gop-senator-asks-satanic-statue-be-removed-from-capitol-christmas-display.html
— THORNER: WITH SOCIALISM GROWING, WHAT ARE OUR CHANCES OF MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/thorner-with-socialism-growing-what-are-our-chances-of-making-america-great-again-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican who knows full-well that those who have dominated the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) since at least the 1970s despise, if not hate, conservatives, that is, despise, if not hate, the base of the IRP, says “Maybe they should read the platform?”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/07/maybe-they-should-read-the-platform/
— 13th Ward files 2,700 revocation affidavits for opponent’s 1,703 petition signatures
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/07/13th-ward-files-2700-revocation-affidavits-for-opponents-1703-petition-signatures/

 

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: Pelosi, Dems Used to be ‘Hawks’ on Immigration – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/adam-kinzinger-nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-border-wall/2018/12/07/id/893660/

 

GOPUSA
— How Trump can beat the deep-state coup (DIERSEN: Do/did your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates view you as being a member of the deep state? Mine did while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 a) because they were Democrats and I was a Republican; b) because I refused to help them get rid of employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made 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; c) because I opposed political affiliation discrimination; d) because I opposed reverse discrimination; and e) because I opposed age discrimination. Because of the aforesaid, 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60605

 

ROLL CALL
— Expect Record Turnout in 2020 No reason to think Trump won’t continue to drive voters to the polls on both sides – Nathan L. Gonzales (DIERSEN: Democrats will ever-increasingly a) promote hatred against Trump and b) get voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats. What should Republicans do about that?)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/gonzales/expect-record-turnout-2020

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Stop Calling John:’ Kelly Is Expected to Leave White House Post Trump moves to replace chief of staff as he shakes up administration; new U.N. ambassador, attorney general also named – Peter Nicholas, Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kelly-is-expected-to-leave-post-as-trump-shakes-up-administration-1544204965

 

FORBES
— Mayor Rahm Emanuel Showers City Employees With $481 Million in Overtime, Extra Pay, Cash Benefits – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/12/07/mayor-rahm-emanuel-showers-city-employees-with-481-million-in-overtime-extra-pay-cash-benefits/#25d03e484b76

 

FED WEEK
— Military Personnel More Expensive than Federal Employees, CBO Says
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/military-personnel-more-expensive-than-federal-employees-cbo-says/

 

COLDWELL Banker
— FOR SALE: 518 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $394,900 (.65 acre vacant lot)
https://www.coldwellhomes.com/Property/Detail/MRED/10150761/518-West-Roosevelt-Road-WHEATON-IL-60187

December 3 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Candidates Busy Preparing for Potential Petition Challenges – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/candidates-preparing-to-challenge-petitions-at-monday-deadline-501746911.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump keeps up pressure on Democrats over border wall – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/border-wall-donald-trump-democrats/
— George H.W. Bush: last in a line of American presidential military heroes – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/george-h-w-bush-last-in-a-line-of-american-presidential-military-heroes/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Fitch Ratings Inc. says Illinois’ out-migration a ‘long-established’ trend that hasn’t hurt state’s economic growth – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-fitch-ratings-illinois-outmigration-20181203-story.html
— New assessor Kaegi cleans house of Berrios workers, says change will take time – Hal Dardick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-fritz-kaegi-cook-county-assessor-20181203-story.html
— Toni Preckwinkle to challenge more than 14K of Susana Mendoza’s petition signatures in Chicago mayoral race – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-preckwinkle-mendoza-challenges-20181130-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— No more GOP majority on Lake County Board: Sandy Hart named its first Democratic leader – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181203/no-more-gop-majority-on-lake-county-board-sandy-hart-named-its-first-democratic-leader
— Civic Betterment slate chosen for spring election in Glen Ellyn – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181203/civic-betterment-slate-chosen-for-spring-election-in-glen-ellyn

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Mendoza, Daley among 12 mayoral hopefuls facing petition battle Lori Lightfoot, Garry McCarthy and Dorothy Brown will also have to fight to get on the ballot after challenges from Toni Preckwinkle, Willie Wilson and Paul Vallas. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/mendoza-daley-among-12-mayoral-hopefuls-facing-petition-battle

 

DAILY LINE
— Republicans vent frustrations after loss, and find no clear path forward – Hannah Meisel (DIERSEN: Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to publish a report on its December 1, 2018 State Central Committee (SCC) meeting in Bolingbrook. The meeting included reports by IRP Chairman Tim Schneider, IRP National Committeeman Richard Porter, and IRP National Committeewoman Demetra Demonte. IRP SCC members are listed at: https://illinois.gop/who-we-are/officials/. Meeting attendees included Carol Davis, Marianne DeMeritt, Jim Dodge, Diane Evertsen, Jason Helland, Babette Holder, Jeanne Ives, James Marter, Jan Shaw, Ken Shepro, and Allen Skillicorn.)
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/12/03/2018/republicans-vent-frustrations-after-loss-and-find-no-clear-path-forward/
(THE FREE PART OF THE ARTICLE: The grounds of the Bolingbrook Golf Club melted from white with five-day-old snow back to its former green as day wore on Saturday during the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committeeman meeting, as those inside the Taylor ballroom pondered what went wrong for their party on Nov. 6. FROM THE ARTICLE PER CAPITOL FAX: The main takeaway from the presentation was that Republicans actually did quite well bringing out their own voters. The problem for the GOP, the presenters said, was that the Democrats did much better. Precisely 912,979 more Illinoisans voted on Nov. 6 than did when Rauner was first elected in 2014, the presenters said. Rauner only lost 61,232 votes compared with his vote total in 2014, but Pritzker gained 794,763 more votes than Gov. Pat Quinn received in 2014. It’s this gap, the presenters said, that the GOP should focus on.)

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— STUDY PROVIDES FURTHER EVIDENCE THAT MARIJUANA IS A GATEWAY DRUG
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/study-provides-further-evidence-that-marijuana-is-a-gateway-drug.html
— HOW TO SOLVE ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: BUILD THE WALL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/how-to-solve-illegal-immigration-build-the-wall.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— As expected, Ives joins call for ILGOP shakeup (DIERSEN: Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to publish a report on its December 1, 2018 State Central Committee (SCC) meeting in Bolingbrook. The meeting included reports by IRP Chairman Tim Schneider, IRP National Committeeman Richard Porter, and IRP National Committeewoman Demetra Demonte. IRP SCC members are listed at: https://illinois.gop/who-we-are/officials/. Meeting attendees included Carol Davis, Marianne DeMeritt, Jim Dodge, Diane Evertsen, Jason Helland, Babette Holder, Jeanne Ives, James Marter, Jan Shaw, Ken Shepro, and Allen Skillicorn.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/03/as-expected-ives-joins-call-for-ilgop-shakeup/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Let’s circle back to Hannah Meisel’s report this morning…“We no longer have a governor to lead us, so it’s up to us and it’s up to me to lead this party forward,” [Illinois Republican Party Chairman Tim Schneider] said. “You’re never going to have to fire me. Because if I can’t do this job, I’m going to quit. But I’m not going to quit because we can win and we can achieve victory and we can do great things as an Illinois Republican Party.” It was about then that outgoing State Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton), who narrowly lost to incumbent Gov. Bruce Rauner in the March primary running far to the right of the governor, picked up her belongings and exited the room. “I’ve got better things to do with my time to listen to that,” Ives told The Daily Line when asked why she was leaving the meeting only an hour in. * From the Illinois Conservative Union…Almost one month has passed since the November 6th midterm elections. Many have analyzed the losses suffered by the Republican Party in Illinois. To the base of the Party – Conservatives who stand firmly on the adopted Republican Party platform – the causes are abundantly clear. Party leadership made no attempt to unify the Party, failed to support good candidates and failed to effectively communicate to voters the principles of the Republican Party. Due to this failure of leadership and lack of accepting any responsibility for the losses, Illinois Conservative Union (ICU) calls for Tim Schneider to step down from his position as Chairman. “It’s obvious that some of those in Party leadership are out-of-touch with mainstream grassroots Republicans. The grassroots want leadership to support the Party platform; support candidates approved by the Party base—not those hand-picked by leadership; support and defend the Constitution of the United States and support the policies of the President”, said Babette Holder-Youngberg, Communications Director for ICU. “They [IL GOP leadership] need to know we will work with them and be a force multiplier or we will work around them, but we are the workers in the Party, from every corner of the state,” said Jeanne Ives, Senior Fellow, ICU. The group was founded by the West Suburban Patriots. It has no active political action committee, but it does have a Facebook page with 420 “likes” and several conspiracy theories.)
— Baise warns Republicans: “Democrats start out with a natural advantage in this state” (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, people are naturally 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://capitolfax.com/2018/12/03/baise-warns-republicans-democrats-start-out-with-a-natural-advantage-in-this-state/

 

FOX NEWS
— Caravan organizer says most migrants not bad people, tells Trump: ‘Let these people in!’ – Griff Jenkins (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more BAD that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.foxnews.com/world/caravan-organizer-says-most-migrants-not-bad-people-tells-trump-let-these-people-in

 

NEWSMAX
— Border Security Is Required by the US Constitution – Steve Gruber
https://www.newsmax.com/stevegruber/caravan-immigration-constitution/2018/12/03/id/892969/

 

BREITBART
— Nancy Pelosi Promises to Pass Illegal Alien Amnesty via Dream Act – Sean Moran
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/03/nancy-pelosi-promises-pass-illegal-alien-amnesty-dream-act/
— DHS Opposes GOP’s Stealth Bill to Outsource College Graduate Jobs – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/03/dhs-opposes-gops-stealth-bill-outsource-college-graduate-jobs/
— Migrant Caravan Organizer to Trump: ‘Let These People In,’ They’re Not Bad – Katherine Rodriguez (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, the more of the following that you are, the more BAD that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/03/migrant-caravan-organizer-to-trump-let-these-people-in-theyre-not-bad/
— Frustrated Caravan Migrants Begin Scaling U.S. Border Fence – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/12/03/photos-frustrated-caravan-migrants-begin-scaling-u-s-border-fence/

 

DAILY CALLER
— MOST MIGRANTS AREN’T TRULY SEEKING ASYLUM AND SHOULD TAKE REFUGE IN PANAMA, SAYS DAN BONGINO – Nick Givas
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/03/bongino-trump-illegal-immigration-panama/

 

DAILY WIRE
— Sixty-Nine-Year-Old Man Loses Lawsuit To Lower His Age By 20 Years “We can make our own decisions if we want to change our name, or if we want to change our gender.” – KASSY DILLON
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38978/sixty-nine-year-old-man-loses-lawsuit-lower-his-kassy-dillon

 

HOT AIR
— Reporters Are Just Watching Illegals Cross The Border – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/03/reporters-just-watching-illegals-across-border/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pelosi, Dems to pass DREAM Act in next congress – Rick Moran
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/pelosi_dems_to_pass_dream_act_in_next_congress.html
— Caravan organizers dump migrants, flee responsibility – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/caravan_organizers_dump_migrants_flee_responsibility.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE CHILDREN, THE CARAVAN AND THE CONTAGIONS Jane M. Orient, M.D., warns of dangerous diseases coming over border
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/the-children-the-caravan-and-the-contagions/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Most Migrants Aren’t Truly Seeking Asylum And Should Take Refuge In Panama – Nick Givas
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/dan-bongino-most-migrants-arent-truly-seeking-asylum-and-should-take-refuge-in-panama/

 

THE HILL
— Trump says country ‘would save billions’ if Democrats agreed to fund border wall – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/419417-trump-says-country-would-save-billions-if-democrats-agreed-to-fund

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— ‘He Did Not Lead on AIDS’: For Bush, (LBGTQ) Activists See a Mixed Legacy – Liam Stack
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/us/george-bush-hiv-aids.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans use citizens of foreign countries against America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/03/opinion/vietnam-refugees-trump-immigration.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Americans overall seem to be getting more positive about immigration and free trade.”
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-the-age-of-trump-where-is-the-populist-surge-1543846344

 

THE WEEK
— Republican lawmakers decry a lack of ‘introspection’ in the party after midterm losses
https://theweek.com/speedreads/810552/republican-lawmakers-decry-lack-introspection-party-after-midterm-losses

 

GOVERNING
— As Abortion Restrictions Spread, 5,500 Women Traveled to Illinois for the Procedure – Angie Leventis Lourgos
http://www.governing.com/topics/health-human-services/tns-abortions-illinois-restrictions-midwest.html

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— Federal employees warned to avoid ‘resistance’ advocacy at work – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/11/30/feds-warned-to-avoid-resistance-advocacy-at-work/

December 2 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Illinois Republicans anxiously await the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) to publish a report on its December 1, 2018 State Central Committee (SCC) meeting in Bolingbrook. The meeting included reports by IRP Chairman Tim Schneider, IRP National Committeeman Richard Porter, and IRP National Committeewoman Demetra Demonte. IRP SCC members are listed at: https://illinois.gop/who-we-are/officials/. Meeting attendees included Carol Davis, Marianne DeMeritt, Jim Dodge, Diane Evertsen, Jason Helland, Babette Holder, Jeanne Ives, James Marter, Jan Shaw, Ken Shepro, and Allen Skillicorn. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

DAILY HERALD
— Misinformation or disinformation? It’s all about intent – Jim Baumann (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is misinformation or disinformation except for the information that they put out or bless.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181202/grammar-moses-misinformation-or-disinformation-its-all-about-intent
— Ballot Access – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on promoting ballot access only to those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181201/editorial-david-orr-and-ballot-access-reform
— Idleburg sworn in as Lake County sheriff, replacing Curran
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181201/idleburg-sworn-in-as-lake-county-sheriff-replacing-curran

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES & DAILY HERALD
— Mexico gets 1st leftist leader (Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador) after 32 years of technocrats – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Americans want Obrador to get Mexico to officially declare war on America. Acts of war include a) illegally sending many millions of your citizens illegally into another country illegally, b) illegally keeping many millions of your citizens illegally in another country illegally, and c) illegally sending many mountains of illegal drugs illegally into another country illegally.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-mexico-gets-1st-leftist-leader-after-32-years-of-technocrats/
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181201/news/312019948/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ex-Harvey schools chief wins $400,000 over ‘ass-kicking’ comment by board member – Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/denean-adams-harvey-school-district-152-former-superintendent-ass-kicking-retaliation-lawsuit-award/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The surprisingly high number of Americans getting absolutely no raises – Evan Horowitz (DIERSEN: Have you gotten pay raises? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want cheap labor. They continue to be furious that because of COLAs, step increases, and/or promotions, my pay increased every year that I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, except for 1980 when I took a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO. IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 and GAO promoted me in 1986. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-little-wage-growth-low-unemployment-20181130-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote gender confusion and promote LGBTQ activity. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional family.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-steph-curry-girls-shoes-1130-story.html
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an anti-Trumper who is surprisingly Trump-like – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: Democrats love Trump-like Democrat activists, Trump-like Democrat candidates (like Casten), Trump-like Democrat elected officials, Trump-like Democrat party leaders, Trump-like Democrat major donors, and Trump-like Democrat political consultants a) who promote 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, and retaliation and b) who want to use government to get rid of the following once and for all: individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-donald-trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi-1128-20181127-story.html

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois gears up for 200th birthday party Monday – AP
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181201/illinois-gears-up-for-200th-birthday-party-monday
— Eliminate liberals? Just banter, aldermanic candidate TOM SHAFER says – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: In Illinois, to vote for Democrats is shout that you want Democrats to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of 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. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to turn Illinois into a bankrupt poverty-stricken and crime-stricken third-world country.)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181201/bernard-schoenburg-eliminate-liberals-just-banter-aldermanic-candidate-says

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— When money should not rule – Dennis Marek (DIERSEN: Democrats a) glorify and praise Democrats who have money and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans who have money.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/dennis-marek-when-money-should-not-rule/article_4e71e0e0-f24c-11e8-ae3e-0fd81611c5d5.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It seems everything is measured in the amount of wealth one has. In the latest gubernatorial race in Illinois, how many times did we hear Bruce Rauner had $500 million at his command, and J.B. Pritzker was worth three times that? (And it would appear Rauner still couldn’t afford a tie at times.) The ads were without end, costing each candidate millions of dollars. An average person seeking such office could not ever compete. So, wealth is the answer. Sad.)

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Nothing like an outgoing governor offering ‘Be afraid’ as parting words – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: In Illinois, to vote for Democrats is shout that you want Democrats to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of 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. Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to turn Illinois into a bankrupt poverty-stricken and crime-stricken third-world country.)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181201/statehouse-insider-nothing-like-outgoing-governor-offering-be-afraid-as-parting-words

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “hold rally for asylum seekers at U.S.-Mexico border.”
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-groups-hold-rally-for-asylum-seekers-at-us-mexico-border/1631227801

 

DEWITT DAILY NEWS
— GOVERNOR RAUNER DISAPPOINTED IN ACTION DURING THE FALL VETO SESSION
http://dewittdailynews.com/local-news/412658

 

WAND
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps “protest against treatment of migrants at U.S.-Mexico border.”
https://wqad.com/2018/11/30/local-groups-protest-against-mistreatment-of-migrant-at-u-s-mexico-border/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— MSNBC: Majority of Caravan Members Are Men, Some Not Talking About Asylum – David Rutz
https://freebeacon.com/issues/msnbc-majority-of-caravan-members-are-men-some-not-talking-about-asylum/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Wheaton College students claim black pro-lifer’s talk made people of color feel ‘unsafe’ – Dorothy Cummings McLean
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/christian-college-students-claim-black-pro-lifers-talk-made-people-of-color
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three student officials at a Christian college have alleged that an African-American speaker made other people of color feel “unheard, underrepresented, and unsafe” with his pro-life talk. Ryan Bomberger of the Radiance Foundation gave a presentation entitled “Black Lives Matter In and Out of the Womb” at the evangelical Wheaton College on November 14. He was the guest of the Wheaton College Republicans. Bomberger’s talk touched on the “hypocrisy” of the BLM leadership in announcing its solidarity with Planned Parenthood, the “leading killer of black lives.” In response to Bomberger’s interactive talk, Lauren Rowley, Wheaton’s student body president, Tyler Waaler, the student body vice-president, and Sammy Shields, the “EVP” of the college’s Community Diversity, signed an email directed to the entire college claiming that Bomberger’s talk distressed “many” people of color. “As many of you know, a special interest club hosted an event on Wednesday night titled, ‘Black Lives Matter: In and Outside the Womb.’ The speaker of this event, Ryan Bomberger, made several comments at the event that deeply troubled members of our community. His comments, surrounding the topic of race, made many students, staff, and faculty of color feel unheard, underrepresented, and unsafe on our campus,” they wrote. Without supplying any examples, Rowley, Waaler, and Shields called Bomberger’s opinions “offensive rhetoric” and suggested that they “compromised” the college’s mission. “As Student Government, we are committed to the College’s mission to promoting student programming that ‘pursues unity, embraces ethnic diversity, and practices racial reconciliation so that it will contribute to the education of whole persons,’ and therefore, felt it necessary to respond to the offensive rhetoric from the speaker at this event that compromised this mission,” they stated. Bomberger, who is a biracial African American conceived in rape and then raised in a mixed-race family, responded indignantly to the allegations, saying that Rowley, Waaler, and Shields had demonized him. He said also that many students had told him that out of the three, only Shields had attended his talk. “I would think it would be against the college’s mission to intentionally mislead students,” Bomberger wrote in response to the student leaders’ backlash against him. He noted that the student leaders had not provided any evidence for what they allege. “As typical with ‘progressivism’ one only needs to make the claim of offense without allowing people to examine the alleged ‘offense.’ The Dean of Student Engagement, Steve Ivester…praised me for the way in which I approached such heavy issues. But it seems that only some people’s opinions matter,” Bomberger wrote.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— NOVEMBER 22, 1991 FLASHBACK: Reaffirming Commitment, Bush Signs Rights Bill – ANDREW ROSENTHAL (DIERSEN: Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors took this as a directive to get rid of once and for all 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.nytimes.com/1991/11/22/us/reaffirming-commitment-bush-signs-rights-bill.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Bush today signed the 1991 Civil Rights Act, hoping to end a bruising two-year fight over job discrimination, but instead found himself embroiled in a political furor over an effort within the Administration to put a conservative interpretation on the new law. Facing protests from civil rights leaders, lawmakers from both parties and members of his Cabinet, Mr. Bush this morning moved to end the uproar caused when the White House Counsel, C. Boyden Gray, circulated a draft of a directive Wednesday night that would have ended the use of racial preferences and quotas in Federal Government hiring. That draft gave rise to reports that the President would order all Federal agencies today to phase out the use of racial preferences and quotas in hiring to underscore his opposition to affirmative action. Some political opponents and those who have voiced doubt about his commitment to civil rights suggested that Mr. Bush was trying to undo by executive action what he could not achieve in his fight with Congress over the wording in the Civil Rights Act. Disputes Flare Anew Moving quickly to try to dispel that impression, Mr. Bush this morning had his press secretary, Marlin Fitzwater, say that Mr. Gray had acted without his knowledge, and the White House called civil rights leaders who had been invited to the signing ceremony to assure them that the affirmative action regulations dating from 1965 were not being wiped out. Still, some of his critics raised doubts about whether Mr. Bush really intended to abandon Mr. Gray’s effort. And late in the day, controversy erupted again over another aspect of the formal signing statement that was made public after Mr. Bush signed the bill at a ceremony in the Rose Garden. Republican and Democratic lawmakers alike criticized a passage in the statement in which Mr. Bush endorsed a hotly debated interpretation of certain provisions of the new anti-discrimination law that gives employers the broadest discretion in citing “business necessity” to defend policies that exclude blacks, women and other minority groups from hiring. In his speech, which amounted to a highly unusual repudiation of a close aide and followed a chaotic overnight review of the proposed changes in Federal hiring practices, the President cast aside Mr. Gray’s language on affirmative action.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, an anti-Trump argues that America surrender to Mexico and to surrender the rest of the foreign countries.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/opinion/sunday/border-detention-tear-gas-migrants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to fill America with illegals and use illegals to get rid of Republicans once and for all.

— It’s Now Donald Trump’s America. But George Bush’s Stamp Endures. – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/us/politics/trump-bush-praise-history.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Peter Finch argues that your total expenses in retirement will decline as you get older because you will spend less on immediate pleasures and other discretionary items. That will not be true for me. Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” I have spent far less on immediate pleasures and on other discretional items. My retirement income is only 43% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars. While you can cut/eliminate spending on immediate pleasures and on other discretionary items like I have done big time, you will still face ever-increasing non-discretionary expenses including taxes, medical, food, and housing.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/29/business/retirement/retirement-spending-calculators.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Protests in Heart of Paris Over ‘Two Frances’ Descends Into Violence – Alissa J. Rubin (DIERSEN: France today, America tomorrow. Paris today, Chicago tomorrow.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/01/world/europe/france-yellow-vests-protests-macron.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: ‘The List’ Controls Migrants’ Fates in Tijuana – Kirk Semple (DIERSEN: What lists were you on? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years (Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997), I was always on my Democrat superiors’ and my Democrat supervisors’ lists of employees to get rid of. While I served as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee(MTRCC) webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, I was always on the lists of the following to get rid of me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. Since my becoming a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000, I have always been on the lists of the aforesaid to get rid of me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/30/world/americas/caravan-migrants-tijuana-mexico.html

 

USA TODAY
— Paris protesters damage Arc de Triomphe monument in worst riot in a decade; Macron vows action
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/12/01/french-police-struggle-quell-riot-paris-yellow-jacket-taxes-cost-living/2174493002/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Beware the Bush Family Image-Rehab Machine – Sam Tanenhaus
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/12/george-h-w-bush-and-george-w-bushs-liberal-image-rehab.html

November 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Norridge to hike property tax by 35 percent to cover police pension costs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/norridge/news/ct-nhh-norridge-pension-tax-increase-tl-1129-story.html

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-climate-change-report-midwest-20181123-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— What people were shopping for in the suburbs this Black Friday (DIERSEN: How much money did you spend on Black Friday? I spent nothing. I spent the day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and raking leaves. I have far less to spend on Black Fridays because of the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181123/what-people-were-shopping-for-in-the-suburbs-this-black-friday

 

ABC7
— President Trump says he is thankful for himself this Thanksgiving (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents say that you should be thankful for? My critics/opponents would say that I should be thankful for their letting me serve a) as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, b) as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, d) as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, e) as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, f) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, g) as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, h) as a GAO employee 1980-1997, i) as an IRS employee 1971-1980, j) as a Post Office employee 1966-1969, k) etc. My critics/opponents want only their operatives and their dupes to do things and to not do things. What do you say to my critics/opponents and to those who proudly serve as their operatives and as their dupes?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-thankful-for-himself-this-thanksgiving/4747330/

 

WAND
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/39530324/cassidy-recreational-marijuana-bill-coming-in-2019

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— 2019: Local elections throughout Illinois could change political landscape – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: From what I see, to elect Democrats on April 2, 2019, Democrats will do even more a) to promote hatred of Trump and b) to get voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrat candidates on April 2, 2019. How will Republican candidates on April 2, 2019 ballots in your precinct deal with that?)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511636823-2019-local-elections-throughout-illinois-could-change-political-landscape
— Legal medical marijuana complicates employers’ policymaking – Danielle Pacey (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, pot pushers will succeed in removing all restrictions on what you can do when you are stoned.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511638161-legal-medical-marijuana-complicates-employers-policymaking

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Election Post-Mortem (Part 2) – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/11/spotlight-post-election-mortem-part-2/

 

FOX NEWS
— Liberal media tell us the left is right – And the right is wrong – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liberal-media-tell-us-the-left-is-right-and-the-right-is-wrong

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CANADA’S TRUDEAU ACCUSED OF BRIBING MEDIA AHEAD OF ELECTION Fight erupts over plan for more than half billion dollars in subsidies (DIERSEN: What do you say to candidates in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but a) who bribe certain members of the Democrat news media in Illinois by giving them “scoops” and/or b) who curry favor with the Democrat news media in Illinois by not notifying me of their press conferences, by stopping me from attending their press conferences, by warning me to not ask any questions or speak with anyone at their press conferences, and/or by demanding that I not report anything about their press conferences?)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/canadas-trudeau-accused-of-bribing-media-ahead-of-election/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at women, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/417926-what-it-will-take-to-turn-the-womens-wave-into-an-ocean


— GOP makes inroads with Hispanics in Florida – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/417943-gop-makes-inroads-with-hispanics-in-florida

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White House deputy chief Bill Shine receiving millions from Fox News Channel – JILL COLVIN
https://myfox28columbus.com/news/nation-world/white-house-deputy-chief-receiving-millions-from-fox

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html


— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why Big Law Is Taking On Trump Over Immigration – Annie Correal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, big law, big business, big education, big entertainment, big sports, big religion, big etc. paint themselves as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-union, anti-government employees, anti-government retirees, anti-American nameplate car owners, anti-married people, anti-childless people, anti-pet-less people, anti-etc.).
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/nyregion/president-trump-immigration-law-firms.html
— How Loneliness Is Tearing America Apart When people have a hole in their life, they often fill it with angry politics. – Arthur C. Brooks (DIERSEN: Which anti-conservatives in your neighborhood, in your municipality, and in the organizations that you are a member of take the lead in isolating, ostracizing, blacklisting, marginalizing, demonizing, denigrating, condemning, punishing, and threatening those like me who support 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 the Republican Party platform? I should write a book about the aforesaid anti-conservatives in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in the IRP.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/opinion/loneliness-political-polarization.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— What Democrats should have learned from their excellent Election Day – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: Democrats learned that promoting hate works. To elect Democrats on November 6, 2018, Democrats successfully a) promoted hatred against Trump and b) got voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://nypost.com/2018/11/23/what-democrats-should-have-learned-from-their-excellent-election-day/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Black Friday shoppers hit the stores to do their economic heavy lifting – SAMANTHA MASUNAGA (DIERSEN: How much money did you spend on Black Friday? I spent nothing. I spent the day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and raking leaves. I have far less to spend on Black Fridays because of the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-black-friday-retail-economy-20181123-story.html

 

BOSTON HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats call White Republican candidates racists who run against Democrat candidates who are minorities, b) Democrats call male Republican candidates sexists who run against Democrat candidates who are female, c) Democrats call older Republican candidates old who run against Democrat candidates who are younger, and d) Democrats call all Republican candidates extremists, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/11/sexist_attacks_undermine_every_woman

 

WBHM
— Democrats Won The Suburbs. Now They Have To Hold Them – Danielle Kurtzleben (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats will demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://wbhm.org/npr_story_post/2018/democrats-won-the-suburbs-now-they-have-to-hold-them/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Conservatives and the Politics of Work Oren Cass, Mitt Romney’s former domestic-policy director, says wage subsidies are an alternative to the current welfare state and the left’s universal basic income. – Jason Willick (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/conservatives-and-the-politics-of-work-1543014553
— A management lesson from 400 years ago on how to build a happy team – Sam Walker (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran had told them that they would be much happier if the federal government got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-plymouth-colony-and-the-business-case-for-gratitude-1543035610
— Lavish Expense Accounts Can Make or Break a CEO – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government interpret and apply expense account, sick leave, and other employment rules and regulations a) to favor those who are Democrat, and especially those who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to disfavor those who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lavish-expense-accounts-can-make-or-break-a-ceo-1542969001
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you are a member of any of the following groups, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that anti-Trumps want to get rid of you once and for all: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or draft avoider.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-property-in-man-and-the-war-before-the-war-review-the-fuse-the-founders-lit-1542937974
— Monopoly for Millennials The new board game for hipster socialists living off capitalist parents. – Editorial (DIERSEN: How open are you to charges from your critics/opponents that you are living off your parents or that you did live off your parents? My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My outstanding mother never attended high school and did not work outside the home until after my father died. I got a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 to help support her and my brother.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/monopoly-for-millennials-1543017641

 

FORBES
— How Small Businesses Can Create A Culture Of Inclusion – Janice Gassam (DIERSEN: Democrat employers use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2018/11/23/how-small-businesses-can-create-a-culture-of-inclusion/#84361ba7325f

 

JAPAN TODAY
— Gov’t plans to raise working age limit to 70 (DIERSEN: It is called “up-or-out.” The federal government wastes the careers of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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 make the aforesaid deadlines. What if the federal government raised the aforesaid deadlines by 5 years or 10 years?)
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-pave-way-for-raising-working-age-limit-to-70
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Japanese government wants to raise the working age limit to 70 from the current 65 as part of efforts to promote economic growth in the fast-graying country, according to a draft plan compiled by a government panel. The draft midterm report by the committee responsible for coming up with the government’s growth strategy also calls for making big firms disclose the ratio of different age groups among employees, a move aimed at promoting mid-career employment among companies, which tend to heavily recruit people freshly out of school.)

 

GLOBE AND MAIL
— Wrongfully fired employees can work together to help end age discrimination – DANIEL LUBLIN (DIERSEN: During the 1980s and 1990s, GAO discriminated against all its employees in its Chicago office a) who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who had not made 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. None of the aforesaid employees joined the agency-wide class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation like I did. Instead, they “cut deals” with GAO to keep their jobs. Those deals included a) forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) not promoting me beyond GS-13, e) getting rid of my mentor in 1987, f) keeping me off audits of IRS, and g) forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-wrongfully-fired-employees-can-work-together-to-help-end-age/

 

INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, citizens of foreign counties make it clear that they 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.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-approval-ratings-poll-race-relations-white-men-republicans-nationalist-a8649091.html

November 21 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF HEBREARD: Hebreard edges Cantore in tight race for forest preserve president – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181120/hebreard-edges-cantore-in-tight-race-for-forest-preserve-president
— Democrats gain control of Lake County Board; Curran ousted as sheriff – Russell Lissau and Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181120/democrats-gain-control-of-lake-county-board-curran-ousted-as-sheriff
— Ellman unseats Connelly in state Senate District 21 – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181120/ellman-unseats-connelly-in-state-senate-district-21
— FRONT PAGE: Will Illinois start charging electric car owners a road fee? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181121/will-illinois-start-charging-electric-car-owners-a-road-fee

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Walmart wants campaign donation back from Senator Hyde-Smith after her support of public hangings – Rachel Siegel
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-walmart-donation-hyde-smith-hangings-20181120-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hyde-Smith’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment. On Tuesday night, the Associated Press reported that Hyde-Smith had apologized for her “public hanging” comment, saying there was “no ill will.” “I’ve never been hurtful to anyone,” Hyde-Smith said in a debate against Espy, according to the AP. “This comment was twisted. It was turned into a weapon to be used against me.” . . . At the White House on Tuesday, before leaving for Florida, President Donald Trump said that Hyde-Smith’s comment about attending a public hanging was made “in jest” and she “feels bad” about it. He went on to predict that she will still win the Mississippi runoff against Espy.)
— Volatile stock market spooking some older workers, retirees – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-stock-market-retirees-20181119-story.html

 

WLS AM
— Obama Takes Veiled Jab At Trump’s ‘Mommy Issues’
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/11/20/obama-takes-veiled-jab-at-trumps-mommy-issues/

 

WGIL
— JIL TRACY APPOINTED MINORITY WHIP OF ILLINOIS SENATE
http://www.wgil.com/2018/11/20/jil-tracy-appointed-minority-whip-of-illinois-senate/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Call it a second blue wave. With mail-in ballots finally counted in Lake County, Democrat Mary Edly-Allen defeated Republican state Rep. Helene Miller Walsh. It was one of four races to swing from red to blue Monday, two weeks after the general election. In the Lake County Sheriff’s race, Democrat John Idleburg defeated incumbent Republican Mark Curran. Because just 137 votes separate the candidates, Curran is expected to ask for a recount. . .Lake County is considered a battleground area. So everyone has a view on why it’s swinging more left in this election cycle. Were voters pushed there by President Donald Trump’s rhetoric? One Democratic campaign strategist credits J.B. Pritzker’s investment of millions of dollars in mail ballots for giving Edly-Allen and other Lake County races a boost. “Those down-ballot races are won on the margins and being able to have that program and money taken care of from the top of the ticket is huge,” he said. A GOP lawmaker grumbles that it was Gov. Bruce Rauner’s negatives that pulled Republican candidates down in Lake County. And a Democratic observer says those anti-Mike Madigan ads back-fired. – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/11/21/a-blue-wave-in-lake-county-serafin-bash-bezos-gives-25m-to-chicago-nonprofit-350418

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: DOES A TOXIC MIDTERM ELECTION JUSTIFY REPUBLICAN CONCERNS ABOUT 2020?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/thorner-does-a-toxic-midterm-election-justify-republican-concerns-about-2020.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— FRUITS OF COLLEGE INDOCTRINATION – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/fruits-of-college-indoctrination/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump vows asylum ruling will be overturned; Saudi decision outrage; Avenatti allegations detailed
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fox-news-first-trump-vows-asylum-ruling-will-be-overturned-saudi-decision-outrage-avenatti-allegations-detailed

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘It’s a disgrace’: Obama-appointed judges undercut Trump on immigration – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/20/obama-appointed-judges-undercut-trump-immigration/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Acosta deal may make it easier to boot reporters – Byron York (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians, their operatives, and their dupes a) who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who have done everything that could to boot me. By their word and/or by their actions, they have made it very clear that they really are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/opinion/columns/acosta-deal-may-make-it-easier-to-boot-reporters/article_5c5b95e4-8e12-55f7-8683-795bd5615a6c.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ORANGE COUNTY VOTE COUNT SUGGESTS FRAUD GOP guv candidate wins area, but Dems take all 6 House seats
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/orange-county-vote-count-suggests-fraud/
— MAKE TIJUANA GREAT AGAIN Andy Schlafly points out Mexicans are demanding caravan migrants be sent home
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/make-tijuana-great-again/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— White House Restore’s Acosta’s Press Pass, Issues Rules Of Decorum For Reporters – Jim Clayton (DIERSEN: Politicians who blame me for their problems have four basic press conference rules for me: 1) do not attend their press conferences, 2) do not speak with anyone at their press conferences, 3) do not ask any questions at their press conferences, and 4) do not report anything about their press conferences.)
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/11/white-house-restores-acostas-press-pass-issues-rules-of-decorum-for-reporters/
— White House: Judge’s order will “open floodgates” for illegal aliens; promises to fight back – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/11/white-house-judges-order-will-open-floodgates-for-illegal-aliens-promises-to-fight-back/

 

DAILY CALLER
— FORMER ACTING ICE DIRECTOR TOM HOMAN: ‘SEEKING A BETTER LIFE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/20/homan-ice-asylum-border-mexico/


— LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES HAVE RADICALLY DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/20/podcast-liberals-conservatives-radically-different-views-country/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— MEXICANS DON’T WANT ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THEIR COUNTRY, NO ONE DOES – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272008/mexicans-dont-want-illegal-aliens-their-country-no-daniel-greenfield

 

FEDERALIST
— Americans Disagree About What Racism Is, And It’s A Big Problem Until Americans agree what actions or words are and are not racist, there is little hope of mending wounds that are getting much worse. – David Marcus
https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/20/americans-disagree-racism-big-problem/

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— FACEBOOK UNPLUGS ‘TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY’ PAGE ‘They have been relentless in attacking for years now’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/facebook-unplugs-truth-about-homosexuality-page/

 

TOWNHALL
— A Lesson in Racial Politics from Florida – Star Parker
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2018/11/21/a-lesson-in-racial-politics-from-florida-n2536285

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Mayor: Make Tijuana Great Again, Migrant “Horde” Has to Go – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30697-mayor-make-tijuana-great-again-migrant-horde-has-to-go

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Doesn’t Need Congress to Achieve His Immigration Goals – Christopher J. Hajec
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/trump_doesnt_need_congress_to_achieve_his_immigration_goals.html
— Two Americas: De Blasio’s Amazon vs. Trump’s Walmart – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/two_americas_de_blasios_amazon_vs_trumps_walmart.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Hysteria Over Nationalism is Democrat Revisionist History – Rich Logis
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/20/media-hysteria-over-nationalism-is-democrat-revisionist-history/

 

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Midterm Election Results: Losing White Votes, Gaining ‘Victim’ Votes (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, members of Group A are victims of members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://americanfreepress.net/midterm-election-results-losing-white-votes-gaining-victim-votes/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Denounces Obama-Appointed Judge Blocking Denial of Asylum to Caravan Migrants – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/20/trump-judge-blocking-asylum-caravan-migrants/
— Gallup Poll: Illegal Immigration ‘Top Problem’ Facing U.S. – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/20/gallup-poll-illegal-immigration-top-problem-facing-u-s/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Congress Must ‘Seize’ Lame-Duck Session, Pass DACA Amnesty.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/20/koch-brothers-congress-must-seize-lame-duck-session-pass-daca-amnesty/

 

BLAZE
— Muslim congresswoman seeks to lift ban on hats so she can wear headscarf on US House floor – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/20/muslim-congresswoman-seeks-to-lift-ban-on-hats-so-she-can-wear-headscarf-on-us-house-floor

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Thanksgiving in the DC swamp means asking ‘What have I got to lose?’ – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29180-outsiders-vs-insiders-thanksgiving-dc-swamp-means-asking-%E2%80%98what-have-i-got-lose%E2%80%99

 

LIFEZETTE
— CNN and Acosta Must ‘Be Very Careful’ What ‘They Wish for,’ Says Jeffrey Lord On ‘The Ingraham Angle,’ the conservative commentator plus Sean Spicer reacted to White House’s new rules for media behavior – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/cnn-and-acosta-must-be-very-careful-what-they-wish-for-jeffrey-lord/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— ‘Pro-life’ John Kasich threatens to veto new bill banning abortions on babies with heartbeats – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-john-kasich-threatens-to-veto-newly-passed-ohio-heartbeat-bill
— Top US court asked to rule if male students claiming to be ‘girls’ can use girls’ shower room – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/top-us-court-asked-to-rule-if-male-students-claiming-to-be-girls-can-use-gi

 

LEGAL READER
— Eight men are suing retailer Saks Fifth Avenue, alleging that its New York City outlets discriminated against them on grounds of race and age – Ryan J. Farrick (DIERSEN: During the 1980s, and 1990s, GAO discriminated against all its employees in its Chicago office a) who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who had not made 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. None of the aforesaid employees joined the agency-wide class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation like I did. Instead, they “cut deals” with GAO to keep their jobs. Those deals included a) forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) not promoting me beyond GS-13, e) getting rid of my mentor in 1987, f) keeping me off audits of IRS, and g) forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.legalreader.com/saks-fifth-avenue-sued-discrimination/

 

THE HILL
— Poll: Trump easily defeats potential GOP rivals (Kasich and Flake) in hypothetical primary matchups (DIERSEN: I have always supported all the candidates who win Republican primaries on ballots in my precinct. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who claim to be Republican, but who do not. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Needless-to-say, those who do not support Republican primary winners should not be allowed to be Republican precinct committeeman/captains or hold or seek any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/417683-poll-trump-would-easily-defeat-potential-gop-rivals-in
— Caravan spotlights immigration tensions in Mexico – RAFAEL BERNAL –
https://thehill.com/latino/417658-caravan-spotlights-immigration-tensions-in-mexico

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Cigarette for a Fake Signature? Election Fraud Charged on Los Angeles’ Skid Row – Adam Nagourney
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/election-fraud-los-angeles-skid-row.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump “Big Law Is Taking on Trump Over Immigration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/nyregion/president-trump-immigration-law-firms.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s defense of Khashoggi’s Saudi murderers will stain him (and America) forever.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/11/20/khashoggis-murder-will-stain-trump-and-america-forever/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred Trump and hatred of Trump’s supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/20/racist-incidents-flare-federal-facilities-hate-crimes-rise-trump-blamed-divisiveness/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Scapegoating of Facebook Liberals at Harvard show, with data, why liberals elsewhere are wrong about 2016. – Holman W. Jenkins Jr. (DIERSEN: One could argue that Facebook does everything that it can to elect Democrats, but that it does not always succeed.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-scapegoating-of-facebook-1542757846
— Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says He Has No Plans to Step Down as Chairman CEO calls Sheryl Sandberg an ‘important partner’ overseeing Facebook’s efforts to tackle big problems – Deepa Seetharaman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-zuckerberg-says-he-has-no-plans-to-step-down-as-chairman-1542772751
— A Short History of American Immigration Coming to the U.S. always took courage and tolerance for risk, traits that are still part of the country’s DNA. – John Steele Gordon (DIERSEN: Today’s Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. Today’s RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. To vote for Democrats is to shout that you want all the governments in America to give massive public assistance and massive preference to immigrants, and especially to immigrants who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor. What percent of today’s immigrants are minority, female, younger, and/or poor – 97%, 98%, 99%?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-short-history-of-american-immigration-1542758403
— How a Blue Wave Wiped Out Republicans in the Largest County in Texas A 27-year-old political novice will take over Harris County; GOP blames losses on straight-ticket voting by Beto O’Rourke supporters – Dan Frosch
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-blue-wave-wiped-out-republicans-in-the-largest-county-in-texas-1542709801

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmaker Proposes Parity for Federal Pension COLAs – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/11/lawmaker-proposes-parity-federal-pension-colas/152961/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM needs to better communicate employee performance practices – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Required “employee performance practices” for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to 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 is helping your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/11/20/opm-needs-to-better-communicate-employee-performance-practices/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters promote hatred of Republicans.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Does-the-GOP-have-a-racist-cutoff-point/64789.html

November 19 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Contested mayoral races expected in Naperville, Wheaton, Downers Grove (DIERSEN: Ronald Almiron has also filed for an at-large seat on the Wheaton City Council.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181119/contested-mayoral-races-expected-in-naperville-wheaton-downers-grove–
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Wheaton, Councilman John Prendiville officially launched his campaign as the first mayoral candidate to submit nominating petitions to appear on the April ballot. Prendiville turned in his paperwork at the city clerk’s office when the filing period opened at 8 a.m. in order to claim the first spot on the ballot in the April 2 election. Another longtime council member, Phil Suess, also has announced his bid to succeed Mayor Michael Gresk, who is stepping down after three terms. Prendiville served on the council from 2007 to 2011 and again since 2013 after an unsuccessful run to unseat Gresk as mayor. He is the managing director and senior managing counsel for The Bank of New York Mellon Corporation, a firm that acts as a trustee for municipal bond issues. Prendiville already is touting endorsements from two former mayors, Jim Carr and Gwen Henry. Gresk has said he will not make an endorsement in the race. “I really enjoyed my time on the city council I’d like to keep the city on the track that we’ve been on,” Prendiville said. “We’ve been very fiscally responsible and I think that is the basis for everything we do as a city in terms of providing services and maintaining our infrastructure and I enjoy working with everybody and I think that my ability to work with others is one of the reasons why I’ve gotten the support so far.” Incumbent Suzanne Fitch filed Monday to run for re-election for her at-large council seat. The other at-large seat — held by Prendiville — also is up for grabs. The Wheaton City Council is composed of six representatives and the mayor. Four council members represent the city’s four voting districts, while two members and the mayor are elected at-large. Five residents — Paula Mesch, Bruce Fogerty, Reda Karaliukas, David Diersen (DIERSEN: I pulled a nominating packet for someone else, not for myself.) and Jeremy Parker — have pulled nominating packets from the city clerk’s office but have not yet filed. It’s not yet clear which offices they would seek. The filing period runs until 5 p.m. Nov. 26. If more than four mayoral candidates or if more than eight at-large city council member candidates emerge, a primary will be held Feb. 26 to narrow the field.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Will voters stay energized for local elections? – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: Because Democrats were so successful a) in promoting hatred of Trump and b) in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats in the November 6, 2018 election, Democrats will do the same thing for the April 2, 2019 election. Democrats will demonize, denigrate and condemn Republican candidates in the April 2, 2019 election as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of. Democrats will demand that Republican candidates demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181119/will-voters-stay-energized-for-local-elections-
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political organizers say they are trying to seize the momentum from the recent election to attract more people to run for local offices. “We hope the enthusiasm continues and we’ll see how many we can get out to get interested in these posts,” said Bob Peickert, chairman of the DuPage Democratic Party. “This is an opportunity to have some experience in local government, and they can get a better understanding of how government works. It is a form of minor leagues.” Schraufnagel said it’s “conceivable” the so-called blue wave that helped Democrats seize a number of seats at all levels of the government would continue for the local election of 2019. But it’s even more likely Republicans will use this opportunity to reinvigorate their ranks, he said. Both Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, a Democrat, and departing Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner have shared some of their war chests with township and county parties, which could help bolster future local government campaigns. “Using local elections as a farm system dates back to the late 1970s for Republicans,” Schraufnagel said. “This is a strategy that has been around for 30 or 40 years to groom them and train them.”)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— When 40 years at the same job is not enough – Jonathan Haskell (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. To make room for its young Democrat minority employees and for its young Democrat female employees, the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. The federal government wastes the careers of and gets rid of its employee who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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 make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-job-retirement-forced-europe-law-hobbies-symphonies-operas-1119-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I’m taking my forced retirement in seven months. Forced, because it’s the law in the European country where I work. On the first day of the month following your 65th birthday, you’re no longer an employee. Most people must look forward to that day when they can sleep in, wear cargo pants, plan vacations off-season — not taking orders from feckless bosses, dealing with problematic colleagues or fighting traffic home from work. . .Since President Ronald Reagan, there is no age discrimination at the workplace in the U.S., but that’s not the case here. So I’ll be out on June 1 to make room for one of the many deserving young persons.)
— Rody Biggert, husband of former U.S. Rep. Judy Biggert, dies at 82 – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-rody-biggert-obit-20181118-story.html

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Downtown jobs keep soaring as mayoral race closes in Downtown Chicago has added the jobs equivalent of almost three Amazon HQ2s in just eight years, even as growth in other neighborhoods and some suburbs turns negative. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: This should increase home values in my precinct because it is in walking distance of the Wheaton train station.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/downtown-jobs-keep-soaring-mayoral-race-closes
— The Arizona solution to state pensions If the Illinois Constitution has to be changed to address an otherwise insurmountable pension crisis, then change it, as Arizona voters just did on Election Day. – Mark Glennon
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/arizona-solution-state-pensions

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Tijuana protesters chant ‘Out!’ at migrants – AP
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/11/18/tijuana-protesters-chant-out-at-migrants/anuexvd/

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— TURBULENT STOCK MARKET SPOOKS SOME OLDER WORKERS, RETIREES – ANDREW SOERGEL
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20181119/AP/311199993

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— The Blue Wave That Inundated Illinois: What’s Next? – BOB EVANS (DIERSEN: The Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) will meet on Saturday, December 1, 2018. What will “Republican leaders” in Illinois who are really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs demand? If they were open and honest about what they want, they would demand that the IRP and all its county, ward, and township organizations immediately condemn Trump and condemn Pence. They would demand that the IRP immediately strike the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks from its platform. They would demand that the IRP and all its county, ward, and township organizations immediately banish from the IRP a) those who support the aforesaid planks and b) those who 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. What do the following have to say about the aforesaid: IRP Chairman (Tim Schneider), IRP National Committeeman (Richard Porter), IRP National Committeewoman (Demetra DeMonte), your representative on the IRP SCC (mine is Bob Grogan), the officers of your Republican county party organization (mine are Brian Krajewski, Marty Keller, Paul Hinds, Barbara Murphy, and Gwen Henry), and the officers of your Republican township/ward party organization (mine are Chris LeVan, John Monino, and Yadav Nathwani)?)
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/blue-wave-inundated-illinois-whats-next
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The midterms generated a blue wave that inundated Illinois. Pritzker romped. Democrats won every state-wide office and defended their extraordinary legislative majorities. Illinois is now one of the bluest of blue states. What happened, and what’s next? It happened for several reasons. First, Illinois is, and has been, trending Democratic. Demographic changes are profound and persistent. ‎In addition, there was a down ballot anti-Trump and anti-Rauner effect. Trump’s biting social and cultural message that perhaps saved Senate seats cost Republicans House seats such as Illinois 6 and 14. Moderate suburban voters abandoned Republicans. The anti-Rauner effect was cumulative but fatal down ballot. His obstreperous budget stance, combined with yielding to Democrats on abortion and sanctuary status, alienated Independents and Republicans, who never returned to the fold. He cooked his own goose. Now that Democrats virtually control Illinois there are no bucks to be passed.‎ Two choices loom. They can claim a mandate for bold new programs, but at great cost. Illinois does not have two nickels to rub together. Or they could proceed modestly, conserving scarce resources for the looming budgetary tidal wave. Democrats will signal modesty and prudence if they consider early on a bill to place Republicans on the Endangered Species List. I am Bob Evans, and that is my perspective.)

 

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Constitutional Pension Amendment Is Long Overdue – Mark Glennon
http://www.wirepoints.com/illinois-constitutional-amendment-for-pension-reform-is-long-overdue-our-monthly-crains-article/
— Is Illinois ‘Worth Fighting For’? – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Is your county worth fighting for? Is your township/ward worth fighting for? Is your municipality worth fighting for? Is your precinct worth fighting for? Is your neighborhood worth fighting for? Is your home worth fighting for?)
http://www.wirepoints.com/is-illinois-worth-fighting-for-quicktake/

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Sen. Haine hopes to skip off to Europe funded by two pensions – Kyla Asbury
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511633197-sen-haine-hopes-to-skip-off-to-europe-funded-by-two-pensions

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Lawmakers’ public pension claims are a “fiction,” fiscal watchdog Mark Glennon says – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511633188-lawmakers-public-pension-claims-are-a-fiction-fiscal-watchdog-says

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
— IDOT named employer of the year for advancement of women in transportation (DIERSEN: Every year that I worked for the federal government, the federal government should have named the employer of the year a) for advancing Democrats, and especially for advancing Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) for getting rid of Republicans, and especially for getting rid of Republicans who were White, male, and/or older.)
https://www2.illinois.gov/IISNews/19409-IDOT_named_employer_of_the_year_for_advancement_of_women_in_transportation.pdf

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Lisle Library Trustee Flint thinks he is special, District violating state law re: compensation – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/11/lisle-library-trustee-flint-thinks-he-is-special-district-violating-state-law-re-compensation/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— RHOADS: THE RACE CARD INSULT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/the-race-card-insult.html
— MULTICULTURALISM IS DESTROYING EUROPE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/multiculturalism-is-destroying-europe.html
— THORNER: NEW DOCUMENTARY SHOWS GOOGLE, FACEBOOK POSE REAL THREAT TO DEMOCRACY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/thorner-new-documentary-shows-google-facebook-pose-real-threat-to-democracy.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker lawyers file biting legal response to lawsuit
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/19/pritzker-lawyers-file-biting-legal-response-to-lawsuit/

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, blast the California Republican Party.
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/17/rip-california-gop-republicans-lash-out-after-midterm-election-debacle-1000481

 

BREITBART
— California Democrats, Never Trump Republicans Trash GOP After Election Losses – Joel B. Pollak (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about major donors who since 2000 have had great success in driving conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the Illinois Republican Party, out of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and out of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee.)
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/18/california-democrats-never-trump-republicans-trash-gop-after-election-losses/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It also ignores the long-term effort of moderate donors such as Dr. Charles Munger, Jr., to drive conservatives out of the California Republican Party.)
— Midterm Exit Poll: Majority of Swing Voters, Republicans Support Border Wall – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/18/midterm-exit-poll-majority-of-swing-voters-republicans-support-border-wall/
— Gorka: ‘John F. Kennedy Would Not Be Allowed in’ Today’s Dem Party – Trent Baker
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/11/18/gorka-john-f-kennedy-would-not-be-allowed-in-todays-dem-party/

 

HOT AIR
— Acosta Abused His Privileges As A Member Of The Press – MICHAEL GOODWIN
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/11/acosta-abused-privileges-member-press/

 

TOWNHALL
— Mexican Journalist Reveals the Truth About the Caravan – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/11/19/mexican-journalist-reveals-the-truth-about-the-caravan-n2536154

 

FOX NEWS
— Karl Rove on challenges facing both parties in new Congress
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/karl-rove-on-challenges-facing-both-parties-in-new-congress

 

PJ MEDIA
— ‘It’s a Tsunami’: Angry Tijuana Residents Protest Caravan – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/its-a-tsunami-angry-tijuana-residents-protest-caravan/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— There Is No ‘Surge’ in White Supremacy – Julie Kelly (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who hate Whites promote more hatred of Whites. Ever-increasingly, Whites pander to those who hate Whites.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/19/there-is-no-surge-in-white-supremacy/
— Restoring America’s Assimilation Apparatus – Edward Ring
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/19/restoring-americas-assimilation-apparatus/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Videos of the Day: Mexicans Gather in Mass Protest in Border Town Overrun by Caravan Migrants
https://www.theepochtimes.com/videos-of-the-day-hundreds-protest-mass-arrival-of-central-american-migrants-to-us-mexico-border_2718912.html
— Tijuana Mayor: Caravan Influx to Last at Least 6 Months – AP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/tijuana-mayor-caravan-influx-to-last-at-least-6-months_2718954.html

 

THE HILL
— The Memo: Trump seethes, two weeks after midterms – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/417342-the-memo-trump-seethes-two-weeks-after-midterms

 

CNN
— A new threat to Jim Acosta’s press pass
https://mailchi.mp/cnn/rs-nov-18-2018
— Sanders: If press can’t be adults, send others
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/18/sarah-sanders-fox-news-jim-acosta-sot-stelter-vpx.cnn

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Migrant Caravan Is Just Yards From U.S. Border, but Long Wait Lies Ahead – Elisabeth Malkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/world/americas/mexico-tijuana-migrants-caravan.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in painting Republicans as being a) Racist/Bigoted/Sexist, b) Ignorant, and c) Spiteful.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/18/opinion/trump-2020-election.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in destroying Evangelicals.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/politics/evangelicals-election-2020.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— White House tells Acosta his press pass will be suspended again when order expires, CNN says – Meagan Flynn (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being far worse than Acosta. They have gotten many activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican to treat me like Trump treats Acosta. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/19/white-house-tells-acosta-his-press-pass-will-be-suspended-again-when-order-expires-cnn-says/
— From dire warnings to happy talk: Trump changes his tune after the midterms – Philip Rucker and Josh Dawsey
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/from-dire-warnings-to-silence-trump-changes-his-tune-after-the-midterms/2018/11/18/098bdd9e-e91b-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Protests in Tijuana as Caravan Migrants Arrive to Seek Asylum in U.S. ‘Our poor come first!’ demonstrators chant as new arrivals fill shelters and beaches – Alicia A. Caldwell and Santiago Pérez
https://www.wsj.com/articles/caravan-migrants-arrive-in-tijuana-prepare-for-long-wait-to-seek-asylum-in-u-s-1542546001

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Trump explains how he’ll handle Jim Acosta now that his press pass is back – Alex Lockie
https://www.businessinsider.com/trump-explains-how-to-handle-jim-acosta-after-press-pass-returned-2018-11

 

INC.
— Workers Are More Motivated When They Feel Like They Belong – Peter Cohan (DIERSEN: To demotivate me and to get rid of me, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government did everything that they could to make me feel like I “did not belong.” To demotivate me and to get rid of me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants have done everything that they could to make me feel like I “did not belong.”)
https://www.inc.com/peter-cohan/harvard-research-reveals-an-easy-way-to-make-workers-more-productive.html

 

USA TODAY
— Your dream retirement age may not be realistic. What you need to consider. – Maurie Backman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/11/17/retirement-age-early-may-not-realistic/38533019/
— Fox News host Chris Wallace tells Trump world sees him as ‘beacon for repression’ – William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/18/trump-fox-news-interview/2047428002/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Trump to migrants: ‘Go home’ Mayor says Tijuana is maxed out as influx arrives – Mary Markos
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/2018/11/trump_to_migrants_go_home

 

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— Migrant caravan heckled, attacked by Tijuana locals – AP
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/nation-and-world/migrant-caravan-heckled-attacked-by-tijuana-locals-1530764/

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— CNN Seeks Emergency Court Hearing After White House Promises Revocation of Acosta’s Credentials Again – Meagan Flynn
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/cnn-seeks-emergency-court-hearing-after-white-house-promises-revocation-of-acostas-credentials-again/

 

FED SMITH
— Can You Work Longer in a Position with Mandatory Retirement? – John Grobe (DIERSEN: Constructively, it is mandatory for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to retire as soon as they are eligible, unless they have made into the Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200/year). I became eligible for early retirement in 1993 when I was 45 years old.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/11/18/can-work-longer-position-mandatory-retirement/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Certain federal positions have mandatory retirement ages associated with them. Those that most of us are aware of are Law Enforcement Officers, Firefighters and Air Traffic Controllers, though there are a few other “special category” employees. Law Enforcement Officers and Firefighters are expected to be “young and vigorous” (yes, that’s what the law says), and Congress has determined that youth and vigor depart at the age of 57. Air Traffic Controllers have a mandatory retirement age of 56. So, unless there is an exception granted by the agency head, individuals in these positions must be off the rolls at the end of the month in which they reach their mandatory age. Exceptions are limited to just a few years.)

 

GUARDIAN
— ‘We don’t want you here’: Mexicans protest against migrant caravan – Reuters
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2018/nov/19/we-dont-want-you-here-mexicans-protest-against-migrant-caravan-video

November 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that hate Trump promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/hate-crimes-are-on-the-rise-but-law-enforcement-is-watching/4704176/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use minorities and women to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-thank-a-black-journalist-1116-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF SALMAN AND KHASHOGGI: CIA concludes Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination – Shane Harris, Greg Miller, Josh Dawsey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-jamal-khashoggi-assassination-cia-saudi-crown-prince-20181116-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use French anti-Trumps to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20181117/281711205685196
— New report says America’s public universities are separate and unequal – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, a) UIC should have admitted a minority in 1966, b) NIU should have admitted a minority in 1969, c) Loyola should have admitted a minority in 1972, d) DePaul should have admitted a minority in 1976, e) Roosevelt should have admitted a minority in 1980, and f) IIT should have admitted a minority in 1992.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/college-university-higher-education-separate-unequal-blacks-whites-latinos/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF INVADERS AND THEIR CHILDREN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use invaders and their children to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn members of the following groups as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181115/news/311159994/

 

SOUTHERN
— Trump: Freedom of the press is important to me – AP
https://thesouthern.com/business/investment/personal-finance/trump-freedom-of-the-press-is-important-to-me/video_7e61a2ce-dbce-5779-8ed3-3e5975c4b74c.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Two closing South Side Target stores’ combined property tax bill: $750K per year
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511630585-two-closing-south-side-target-stores-combined-property-tax-bill-750k-per-year

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Madigan and Pritzker: Who’s the boss? – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511631719-madigan-and-pritzker-who-s-the-boss

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— How will DuPage GOP regroup after midterm losses? – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Democrats plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the DuPage GOP will use the losses to ramp up their efforts to drive conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the DuPage GOP. They will focus on driving out of the DuPage GOP those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platforms. They will focus on driving out of the DuPage GOP those like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 70), non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511631636-how-will-dupage-gop-regroup-after-midterm-losses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the Chicago Tribune, Democrats also won at least 80 percent of all the precincts in Naperville, a city where just-ousted Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren lost only two precincts combined in 2016. “It signals that it’s a time for purging and rebuilding,” Ruhl added. “The focus needs to be on identifying our voter base and growing that base in an upright manner where we’re working with a more diverse group of people and educating them on all the things we know need to happen for this state.”)

 

GOPUSA
— John Kerry trashes Trump to British media: ‘We cannot have a truculent child president’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59281

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Acosta victorious – Elad Hakim
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/acosta_victorious.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Thanksgiving time: Anti-Trump media stuffing plates with overdone hate – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/thanksgiving-time-anti-trump-media-stuffing-plates-with-overdone-hate

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 5,800 troops in 3 states preparing for migrant caravan – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/5-800-troops-in-3-states-preparing-for-migrant-caravan

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Shame on Fox News for Joining the CNN-Acosta Farce – Nicholas L. Waddy
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/17/shame-on-fox-news-for-joining-the-cnn-acosta-farce/

 

TOWNHALL
— UN Furious That President Trump Protects the American Taxpayer from Communist Thieves – Humberto Fontova
https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2018/11/17/un-furious-that-president-trump-protects-the-american-taxpayer-from-communist-thieves-n2536076
— Critics Say Bring Border Troops Home for Thanksgiving. This Navy SEAL Veteran Says It’s Part of the Job -Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2018/11/17/critics-say-bring-border-troops-home-for-thanksgiving-this-navy-seal-veteran-say-n2536122

 

BREITBART
— Globalists’ Latest Push: Mass Deportation ‘Morally Unacceptable,’ Amnesty is Necessary – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/16/globalists-latest-push-mass-deportation-morally-unacceptable-amnesty-is-necessary/

 

THE HILL
— Pence: US will hold those responsible for Khashoggi’s murder accountable – MORGAN GSTALTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417243-pence-us-will-hold-those-responsible-for-khashoggi-murder-accountable

 

POLITICO
— ‘A sword hanging over our heads’: Trump discovers new weapon against media The administration is drawing up rules for White House reporters’ behavior, and the president said if journalists don’t follow them, ‘we’ll end up back in court, and we’ll win.’ – JASON SCHWARTZ (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who let me attend their press conferences only if I agree to a) not ask any questions, b) not speak with any of the other reporters, and c) not report on anything that was said? What do you say to those who let me attend their fundraisers only if I agree to a) pay the admission price, b) not speak with any of the attendees, and c) not report on who spoke, how many attended, who the attendees included, or anything else?)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/16/trump-jim-acosta-cnn-999675
— RIP, California GOP: Republicans lash out after midterm election debacle ‘There is no message. There is no messenger. There is no money. And there is no infrastructure,’ says one top Republican. – CARLA MARINUCCI (DIERSEN: What is the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) doing? Has your representative on the IRP State Central Committee (SCC) sought your input? What is on the agenda for the December 1, 2018 IRP SCC meeting? Where, and at what time, will the meeting be held? Will public comments be allowed? What will be discussed in the open part of the meeting and what will be discussed in executive session part of the meeting?)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/17/rip-california-gop-republicans-lash-out-after-midterm-election-debacle-1000481

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Returns To Bashing The Migrant Caravan, Calling It A ‘Big Con’ The president said asylum seekers can’t be serious if they’re waving flags from their home countries. – Mary Papenfuss
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-migrant-caravan-big-con_us_5bef79bfe4b0f32bd589b6da

 

YAHOO NEWS
— First They Came For Acosta. Why We (PEN America) Sued Trump Before He Acts Again – Jeff Berman and Jennifer Boylan (DIERSEN: What is PEN America’s position on those politicians, their operatives, and their dupes who since 2000 have treated me like Trump treats Acosta? Will PEN America sue them?)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/first-came-acosta-why-sued-214850036.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This President has done far more than retaliate against one White House reporter. Rather, he has mounted a sustained campaign of retaliation and threats against an array of journalists and media companies he perceives as critics, ranging from interfering with a merger to threats to revoke media broadcast licenses. This President has demonstrated time and again that, no matter the damage to our democracy, he will make outrageous, chilling, and dangerous remarks to and about journalists. He has that right and nothing in sight will stop him. But when he and his administration take action to curtail the exercise of First Amendment rights, it has not only gone too far morally, it has gone too far legally. That’s why PEN America, an organization of writers and literary professionals whose mission is celebrating and defending free expression, sued President Trump in federal court to stop him. And it’s why Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit with a mission to prevent our democracy from sliding into autocracy, is representing PEN America along with the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, going after President Trump in federal court to stop him. We are suing President Trump for using the levers of government power he oversees to punish the media for coverage he dislikes, not for his verbal attacks on the press. The President’s retaliatory actions toward news entities harken not just back to the McCarthy era, when the creative community was directly targeted by the government, they are straight out of the modern authoritarian’s playbook. Where Trump has his “enemy of the people,” Stalin had his “vrag naroda” (enemy of the nation). Where Trump has his “lying media,” Hitler had his “lugenpresse” (lying press).)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF SALMAN: C.I.A. Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Ordered Khashoggi Killed – Julian E. Barnes (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are under orders to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and to get me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they talked and acted like they were under orders to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc. What if these operatives and dupes turned on my critics/opponents? My critics/opponent would get rid of them once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/us/politics/cia-saudi-crown-prince-khashoggi.html
— U.S. Official: US Intel Says Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killing – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/11/17/us/politics/ap-saudi-arabia-writer-killed.html
— CIA Believes Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Journalist’s Killing-Sources – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/11/17/world/europe/17reuters-saudi-khashoggi-cia-prince.html
— ‘Facebook Cannot Be Trusted to Regulate Itself’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Facebook is Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO website. Therefore, by definition, Facebook is 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Beyond tragically, ever-increasingly, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) do not have websites or let their websites die, b) send fewer emails or stop sending them completely, and c) put themselves under the total domination and total control of Facebook.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/opinion/facebook-data-congress-russia-election.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/16/orange-county-isnt-only-mark-gops-bad-it-may-be-warning-about-future/
— The Nancy Pelosi speaker debate is a proxy for the war over the future of the Democratic Party – Eugene Scott
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/16/debates-about-next-house-speaker-are-mirror-debate-about-future-democratic-party/
— The CIA’s big finding on Jamal Khashoggi’s death pits a disbelieving Trump against his intelligence community — again – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/15/trump-administration-is-trying-hard-not-blame-saudi-crown-prince-khashoggis-death/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, invaders use children to help them invade America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrants-adopt-strategy-for-u-s-entry-come-as-a-family-1542376796
— Art of the Deal: 2020 No matter who becomes Speaker of the House next year, the President enjoys a remarkable political opportunity. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/art-of-the-deal-2020-1542407790
— ‘I Was Hoping to Be Retired’: The Cost of Supporting Parents and Adult Children More Americans are being squeezed by the burden of caring for two generations—just when they thought they could kick back – Michael M. Phillips and Heather Gillers (DIERSEN: Are your parents and children a financial burden on you or will they be? To justify their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors factored in a) that my wife and I were childless, b) that my father and my wife’s parents had died, c) that my mother and brother did not need financial assistance, and d) that my wife’s sister and brother and her brother’s wife and children did not need financial assistance.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-was-hoping-to-be-retired-the-cost-of-supporting-parents-and-adult-children-1542381023

 

FORTUNE
— Senators Threaten to Regulate Facebook Unless It Makes Fixes – Bloomberg
http://fortune.com/2018/11/17/facebook-regulation-privacy/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg isn’t accountable to anyone, so it’s time Congress took away the source of his power – Troy Wolverton (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. You are accountable to those who give you money.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-should-ban-facebooks-dual-class-stock-structure-2018-11

 

USA TODAY
— Migrants’ makeshift shelter in Tijuana short on bathrooms, food – Rebecca Plevin
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/16/migrant-caravan-few-bathrooms-little-food-no-humanitarian-crisis/2034094002/

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP DEMANDS ‘DECORUM’ FROM REPORTERS AFTER ACOSTA WHITE HOUSE PRESS PASS REINSTATED – TOM PORTER AND REUTERS
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-demands-decorum-reporters-after-acosta-white-house-press-pass-1220527

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/16/fbi-hate-crime-numbers-soar-7106-2017-third-worst-year-start-data-collection
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/16/hatewatch-headlines-11162018
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/11/16/splc-wins-temporary-stay-journalist-whose-work-challenged-ice-0

 

DAILY MAIL
— Delete, ignore, delete: What YOU see on Facebook and other social media is determined by split-second decisions made by secret workers in the developing world who plow through 25,000 images a day – SHEILA FLYNN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6398981/The-cleaners-deciding-secret-social-media-users-world-price.html

November 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Judge rules White House must immediately return press credentials to CNN’s Jim Acosta – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-rules-white-house-must-return-press-credentials-to-cnns-jim-acosta/4700615/

 

NBC5
— Ousted Madigan Chief of Staff Finds New Job in Springfield Mapes was let go in June after allegations of harassment and bullying – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Have you have been “ousted?” If so, have you found a “new job?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me in 1997 when I was 49 years old and that I have yet to find a PAID job that is appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Ahern says that “political observers note Mapes will now be allowed to use those same connections and resources that he acquired after years of experience to help get things done in Springfield for his clients.” Every day, to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out, I use what I learned working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,323.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ousted-madigan-chief-of-staff-lands-new-job-in-springfield-500705381.html

 

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A vicious anti-Trump says “Trump Has ‘Failed Miserably’ In Supporting U.S. Troops.” This vicious anti-Trump calls Trump a “draft dodger” and “Cadet Bone Spurs” because he sought and obtained five draft deferments like I did. In 2006, this vicious anti-Trump had me thrown out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/16/tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-troops/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— MISSING: One super-scary migrant caravan. Last seen Nov. 6. – Rex Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-migrant-carvan-trump-fox-news-huppke-20181115-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How old are you? I am 70 years old. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. How soon, if not already, will they succeed in prohibiting those over age 40?, those over age 35?, those over age 30?, from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office unless they are a minority, female, and/or veteran?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-age-discrimination-unspoken-prejudice-st-1118-story.html
— Will Facebook face up to its failings? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website. Facebook is an anti-Republican website.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-facebook-zuckerberg-sandberg-privacy-20181116-story.html
— Lawsuit accusing Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker of racial discrimination includes ‘outright falsehoods,’ attorneys say – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-race-lawsuit-20181116-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker lawyers: Discrimination suit full of ‘falsehoods,’ ‘rhetoric’—not facts – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-lawyers-racial-discrimination-suit-dismiss-motion-falsehoods-rhetoric/
— Federal judge keeps alive lawsuit alleging Water Management racism – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Federal judges kept my lawsuit against GAO alive for almost 7 years 1998-2005. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/federal-judge-keeps-alive-lawsuit-alleging-water-management-racism/
— Federal gun prosecutions up in Chicago, fewer illegal immigration, fraud cases – Frank Main and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/john-lausch-federal-gun-crimes-prosecutions-chicago-rises/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats won in Illinois because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred of Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rich-miller-women-candidtes-legislature-springfield-election/

 

DAILY HERALD
— California GOP ponders way forward after stunning losses – AP (DIERSEN: What is the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) pondering? Has your representative on the IRP State Central Committee sought your input? What is on the agenda for the December 1, 2018 IRP SCC meeting? Where, and at what time, will the meeting be held? Will public comments be allowed? What will be discussed in the open part of the meeting and what will be discussed in executive session part of the meeting?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181116/news/311169983/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time,” concluded Kristin Olsen, a former Republican leader in the state Assembly. “The Grand Old Party is dead – partly because it has failed to separate itself from today’s toxic, national brand of Republican politics,” she wrote in a column on the website CALmatters. Shawn Steel, one of the state’s two Republican National Committee members, said her party has “reached the point of desperation.” “The party’s problems have been around longer and run much deeper than any one person. From money to grassroots organization, California Republicans are completely outmatched,” Steel wrote on the Washington Examiner website. A generation ago, the state was once a reliable win for the GOP in presidential elections. And in Orange County, largely white, conservative homeowners delivered winning margins for Republicans year after year. But a surge in immigrants transformed the state and its voting patterns. The number of Hispanics, blacks and Asians has outnumbered whites since 1998. And many of those new voters lean Democratic. The number of registered Republicans has been in a freefall for years – even independents outnumber them. In a sign of what was to come, Hillary Clinton carried Orange County in the 2016 presidential election, the first Democrat to do so since the Depression era. A stronger tack leftward has now dramatically arrived. . .Clearly, President Donald Trump was a factor. He lost California by over 4 million votes in 2016 and has remained unpopular, and many voters saw an opportunity to send a message to Washington. Walters and Rohrabacher, for example, were closely tied to the president, while Democratic candidates campaigned openly against Trump’s agenda. But demographic changes have also helped Democrats, and in key congressional races they fielded a group of fresh faces, not career politicians. Steel, the GOP committeeman, noted that Democrats raised more money and did a better job registering voters and using social media. The state GOP has debated for years whether the party needs to turn to the political center, or right. As far back as 2007, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned the party was “dying at the box office” and needed to claim issues usually associated with the Democratic agenda, including climate change and health care reform. The latest setbacks have set off a fresh round of Republican soul-searching. Travis Allen, a former GOP candidate for governor and ardent Trump supporter, said Thursday he was entering the race to be the state party leader. The party, he said, is at the “lowest point it’s been since the 1880s.”)
— Nick Ayers, political ‘veteran’ at age 36 eyed for Trump chief of staff – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181116/news/311169866/
— Wheaton College summit addresses sexual violence – LaTonya Taylor
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181116/wheaton-college-summit-addresses-sexual-violence
— Caputo appointed to become COD’s interim president – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181116/caputo-appointed-to-become-cods-interim-president

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Number of ‘gun sanctuary’ counties has increased though new gun laws haven’t advanced – KELSEY LANDIS AND KAVAHN MANSOURI
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article221411790.html
— How many gun sanctuaries are there in Illinois? – MONTY DAVIS and KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article221770830.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Rolled In Veto Session – SEAN CRAWFORD, BRIAN MACKEY, DAISY CONTRERAS & CHARLES N. WHEELER III
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/state-week-rauner-rolled-veto-session#stream/0

 

WHBL
— Grim fiscal forecast awaits Illinois’ new governor
https://whbl.com/news/articles/2018/nov/16/grim-fiscal-forecast-awaits-illinois-new-governor/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ISRA worried about potential gun laws – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511631637-isra-worried-about-potential-gun-laws

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Senate votes to expand legal protections for people in Illinois illegally – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-senate-votes-to-expand-legal-protections-for-people-in/article_a190f37c-e8d5-11e8-be43-43343260c04e.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO PASTOR RESPONDS TO CRITICISM FOR ASKING DRAG QUEEN TO DRESS AS MAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/chicago-pastor-responds-to-criticism-for-asking-drag-queen-to-come-back-dressed-as-man.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker’s campaign asks for discrimination suit’s dismissal – AP (DIERSEN: Federal judges kept my lawsuit against GAO alive for almost 7 years 1998-2005. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/16/pritzkers-campaign-asks-for-discrimination-suits-d/
— Trump says White House will ‘throw out’ Acosta if he misbehaves again – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who let me attend their press conferences only if I agree to a) not ask any questions, b) not speak with any of the other reporters, and c) not report on anything that was said? What do you say to those who let me attend their fundraisers only if I agree to a) pay the admission price, b) not speak with any of the attendees, and c) not report on who spoke, how many attended, who the attendees included, or anything else?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/16/donald-trump-says-white-house-will-throw-out-jim-a/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump on CNN’s Jim Acosta: ‘If he misbehaves, we’ll throw him out’ – Brian Flood (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who let me attend their press conferences only if I agree to a) not ask any questions, b) not speak with any of the other reporters, and c) not report on anything that was said? What do you say to those who let me attend their fundraisers only if I agree to a) pay the admission price, b) not speak with any of the attendees, and c) not report on who spoke, how many attended, who the attendees included, or anything else?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-on-cnns-jim-acosta-if-he-misbehaves-well-throw-him-out

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP WARNS MEDIA HE AND STAFF WILL LEAVE IF DISRESPECTED AT PRESS CONFERENCES – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/16/trump-warns-media-leave-disrespected-press-conferences/
— MORE CITIES SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY ON LEGAL AID FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/16/cities-taxpayer-money-legal-aid-illegals/

 

GOPUSA
— Detroit wants to remove Ben Carson’s name from high school
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59131

 

LIFEZETTE
— Caravan Crush: Buses Filled with Migrants Arrive at U.S. Border in Tijuana Thousands face an extended stay on the Mexican side – Michele Blood
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/caravan-crush-buses-filled-with-migrants-arrive-at-u-s-border-in-tijuana/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The ‘Wall’ Continues to Be Built . . . Slowly – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/trump-border-wall-construction-continues-slowly/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Turns out the caravan is reportedly a bad place for gay and trans people – Nate Madden
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/turns-out-the-caravan-is-reportedly-a-bad-place-for-gay-and-trans-people/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Justice Department: Half of young illegal immigrants skip deportation hearings, up 1,500 percent – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/justice-half-of-young-illegal-immigrants-skip-deportation-hearings-up-1-500
— Conservative campus leaders increasingly threatened with impeachment – Lauren Cooley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/conservative-campus-leaders-increasingly-threatened-with-impeachment

 

THE HILL
— Violence breaks out as first group from migrant caravan arrives in Tijuana – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/latino/417091-violence-breaks-out-as-first-group-from-migrant-caravan-arrives-in-tijuana
— Media should have taken more ‘critical approach’ to covering caravan, says pollster
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/417162-media-could-have-taken-more-critical-approach-to-covering

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Chat With J.B. Pritzker, Illinois’s Next Governor – Lisa Lerer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/politics/on-politics-jb-pritzker-illinois.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— CIA Concludes Saudi Journalist Was Killed on Crown Prince’s Order U.S. assessment contradicts Saudi version of Khashoggi killing – Warren P. Strobel (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are under orders to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and to get me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they talked and acted like they were under orders to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cia-concludes-saudi-journalist-was-killed-on-the-crown-princes-order-1542412388
— Inflated Home Appraisals Drain Billions From Government Insurance Fund Federal Housing Administration says it expects to lose $14.4 billion in coming years, potentially raising premiums on mortgages insured by the FHA – Cezary Podkul (DIERSEN: High real estate taxes drive home values down.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflated-home-appraisals-drain-billions-from-government-insurance-fund-1542395411

 

BLOOMBERG
— Facebook comes under renewed fire for how it handled misinformation – Ben Brody and Zoltan Simon
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/nation-and-world/facebook-comes-under-renewed-fire-for-how-it-handled-misinformation-20181115

 

WRAL
— Gun Control Groups Eclipse NRA in Election Spending – Danny Hakim and Rachel Shorey
https://www.wral.com/gun-control-groups-eclipse-nra-in-election-spending/17999902/

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— The Republicans Broke Congress. Democrats Can Fix It. A roadmap for House Democrats between now and the 2020 election – NORMAN J. ORNSTEIN (DIERSEN: If Gingrich had not gutted GAO in 1990s, I might still be a GAO employee. Gingrich had to know that the Democrats who ran GAO in the 1990s would use his tremendous budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s employees like me who were Republican, and especially those like me who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Gingrich knew full-well that because of his tremendous budget cuts, GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) that Gingrich had no problem with that. They stress that Gingrich, Hastert, Republican U.S. Senators from Illinois, and Republican U.S. Representatives from Illinois have not come to my defense.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/152127/republicans-broke-congress-democrats-can-fix-it

(FROM THE ARTICLE: For many decades, Congress has provided orientations for its new members. These used to be bipartisan, including a wide range of experts who taught newcomers the rules of how Congress works. After Newt Gingrich’s speakership in the 1990s, they became more partisan and generally less effective. The Democrats will need a much more robust orientation for members, new and otherwise, who have never served in the majority—and the same for staff. There should also be training about how to conduct investigations—there’s going to be a lot to investigate—how to do oversight, how to ask questions of witnesses, and how to use the alphabet soup of resources available to Congress, from CBO to GAO to CRS.)