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November 8 Evening Edition

NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker Says He Wants to Legalize Marijuana in Illinois – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/pritzker-legalize-marijuana-in-illinois-500065181.html
— After Unseating Roskam, Casten Discusses What’s Next Roskam had held the 6th district seat since 2007, but was unseated by Sean Casten Tuesday night – Christian Farr (DIERSEN: Will Roskam run against Casten in 2020? If not, who should Republicans get behind to defeat Casten in 2020?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/sean-casten-evaluates-whats-next-after-big-congressional-win-499980461.html

 

CBS2
— Cook Co. Board Now Has Its Youngest And First Openly Gay Member – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/08/morrison-youngest-openly-gay-cook-county-board/

 

WGN TV
— How much did Rauner and Pritzker spend on each vote in Illinois governors race? – BEN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/07/how-much-did-rauner-and-pritzker-spend-on-each-vote-in-illinois-governors-race/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— McHenry Co. failed to include tens of thousands of votes in Election Day totals; 1 County Board race outcome changed – Matthew Walberg and Katie Galioto
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-mchenry-county-election-undervote-20181108-story.html
— Lake County GOP singing ‘blue on blue, heartache on heartache’ – Charles Selle
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-lake-county-blue-election-st-1108-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana rising: Illinois just elected a weed-friendly governor and Chicago pot companies are on the move – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-marijuana-industry-pritzker-20181108-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives want to use Rauner’s defeat to banish conservatives, that is, to banish Republicans, from the Illinois Republican Party once and for all.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-right-bruce-rauner-election-loss-illinois-republican-party-1109-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Why former Republican Gov. Edgar is on Pritzker’s transition team – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/why-former-republican-governor-jim-edgar-jb-pritzker-transition-team/
— Central American migrants in Mexico want buses to US border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/central-american-migrants-in-mexico-want-buses-to-us-border/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/president-donald-trump-2018-midterms-suburban-moderates/
— Democrats vow action on gun control after Calif. shooting – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nancy-pelosi-democrats-gun-control-california-bar-mass-shooting/

 

DAILY HERALD
— ‘Glitch’ causes McHenry County vote undercount; fix hands board seat to Democrat – Jake Griffin and Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181108/glitch-causes-mchenry-county-vote-undercount-fix-hands-board-seat-to-democrat
— Ballots left out Election Day totals in McHenry County – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181108/news/311089843/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Outcome of District 5 County Board race changes after clerk discovers website didn’t include early voting numbers Democrat Carlos Acosta wins District 5 seat – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/08/outcome-of-district-5-county-board-race-changes-after-clerk-discovers-website-didnt-include-early-voting-numbers/ay94qrl/

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Local Democrats protest new acting Attorney General – Kaitlin Cordes
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/local-democrats-protest-new-acting-attorney-general/article_c52bfc4a-7d57-56c1-8a01-66a6e18f2822.html

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— “Undervote” for Governor Very Small in Boone, DuPage, Kane & Lake Compared to McHenry
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/08/undervote-for-governor-very-small-in-dupage-and-kane-compared-to-mchenry/
— Incompetent McHenry County Clerk Mary McClellan Figures Out She Screwed Up Election Night Ballot Count
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/08/incompetent-mchenry-county-clerk-mary-mcclellan-figures-out-she-screwed-up-election-night-ballot-count/
— Skillicorn Calls for Audit for McHenry County Elections
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/08/skillicorn-calls-for-audit-for-mchenry-county-elections/
— McClellan’s Revised Election Totals Show Underwood Winning McHenry County 50.1% to 49.9%
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/08/mcclellans-revised-election-totals-show-underwood-winning-mchenry-county-50-1-to-49-9/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— As Chicago suburbs go blue, southern Illinois gets redder – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/as-chicago-suburbs-go-blue-southern-illinois-gets-redder/article_4a0da670-e355-11e8-bf75-f3c4b1fbc978.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Nybo denies he conceded *** Nybo, Breen concede
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/nybo-breen-concede/
— Will and Lake County boards flip from “red” to “blue”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/will-and-lake-county-boards-flip-from-red-to-blue/
— Edgar and Pritzker heap praise on each other
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/edgar-and-pritzker-heap-praise-on-each-other/
— Problem found, fixed *** As many as 24,000 votes may be missing in McHenry County
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/as-many-as-24000-votes-may-be-missing-in-mchenry-county/
— Pritzker strives for bipartisanship while doomsayers warn of hopelessness
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/pritzker-strives-for-bipartisanship-while-doomsayers-warn-of-hopelessness/
— Non-college whites, white men, independent women, evangelicals and seniors were Rauner’s constituencies
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/non-college-whites-white-men-independent-women-evangelicals-and-seniors-were-rauners-constituencies/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Feds announce new policy to limit asylum claims ahead of caravan – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/8/feds-announce-new-policy-limit-asylum-claims/

 

GOPUSA
— Central American caravan should be Mexico’s problem, not ours
http://www.gopusa.com/central-american-caravan-should-be-mexicos-problem-not-ours/

 

DAILY CALLER
— DC POLICE INVESTIGATING MOB’S PROTEST AT TUCKER CARLSON’S HOUSE AS ‘SUSPECTED HATE CRIME’ – Andrew Kerr
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/08/tucker-carlson-antifa-hate-crime/

 

CBS NEWS
— Combative Trump brawls with media and slams his own party
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-news-conference-today-post-midterm-election-results-11-07-2018-live-updates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Bars Immigrants Who Cross Border Illegally From Seeking Asylum – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/08/us/politics/trump-asylum-seekers-executive-order.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration tightens immigration asylum rules as caravans continue to push for U.S. border – Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/trump-administration-to-tighten-asylum-rules-as-caravans-approach/2018/11/08/69a06a08-e2a7-11e8-a1c9-6afe99dddd92_story.html
— How poverty and race affect who goes to college — in 5 charts – Valerie Strauss (DIERSEN: Was the high school that you graduated from a “high poverty” or a “low Poverty” high School? During the 1960s, Crete-Monee High School was “low poverty” high school)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2018/11/08/how-poverty-race-affect-who-goes-college-charts/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google to End Forced Arbitration for Sexual-Harassment Claims Chief Executive Sundar Pichai also promises regular reports on sexual harassment claims, more support to those who raise concerns – Douglas MacMillan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-to-end-forced-arbitration-for-sexual-harassment-claims-1541696868

 

USA TODAY
— The suburbs turned on Republicans and Trump. The midterm election results prove it. – Sean Rossman (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/08/midterms-suburbs-republicans-democrats-trump/1921590002/

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Reporters condemn White House decision to bar CNN’s Acosta – Brian Stelter
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/08/media/trump-acosta-press-pass-reaction/index.html

November 8 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Pritzker, Trump, And Changing Demographics Helped Casten And Underwood Swing Red Suburban Districts Blue – Lauren Victory (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.  What do you say to political consultants who advise candidates to dump voters like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/07/sean-casten-lauren-underwood-congress-upsets-midterm-elections-j-b-pritzker-donald-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker names transition team, including former GOP Gov. Jim Edgar, Michael Sacks – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: The more critical that you are of conservatives, that is, the more critical that you are of Republicans, the more that Democrats love you.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/elections/ct-met-jb-pritzker-transition-team-20181107-story.html
— Democrats’ new era in Illinois sets up power dynamic between Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, House Speaker Michael Madigan – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-michael-madigan-20181107-story.html
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker says Chicago will have ‘no more special a role’ than Downstate Illinois cities – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-tuesday-20181107-story.html
— Holocaust-denier Arthur Jones loses in Illinois 3rd District, but still gets more than 25 percent of the vote – Elyssa Cherney (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who cast votes to do damage? There are about 30 of the aforesaid in my precinct a) who vote in Republican primaries to do damage, b) who never vote for candidates in uncontested Republican primary races, c) who have never voted for me to be their Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) who have always voted for Democrats in general elections.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-3rd-district-nazi-arthur-jones-20181106-story.html
— Chicago residents want gun dealers to be certified by the state, a ban on plastic straws, and revenue from legalized marijuana funneled into public schools and mental health services. – Elvia Malagon, Katie Galioto
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/elections/ct-met-chicago-election-referendums-results-20181107-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgustingly, tragically, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-marijuana-pritzker-michigan-medical-1108-20181107-story.html
— Dems shake up GOP stronghold in DuPage by making history with election of county clerk, county board members – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-democratic-showing-st-1109-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Hope soars in Illinois, but fear scores nationwide.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-election-retrospective-20181106-story.html
— WWI centenary to be marked in London and Paris, not Berlin – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-eu–germany-ww1-forgotten-war-20181104-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps blame members of the following groups for hate crimes: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hate-crimes-20181104-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps crow about their success in getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-wednesday-women-make-election-history-1107-story.html
— Conservatives push for amendments – AP
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20181107/281715500630918
— Study: Renters losing ground Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: Since 1972, I have owned where I lived.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20181108/
— 69% are stressed over U.S. future – Isaac Stanley-Becker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20181108/281775630175549

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Newly-elected officials promise to champion immigration reform – Manny Ramos (DIERSEN: For Democrats, “immigration reform” is code for using immigrants 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, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigration-reform-advocates-meet-newly-elected-officials-pilsen-lower-west-side-trump-toni-preckwinkle-jesus-chuy-garcia/
— Pritzker price tag: Victory in gov race costly, no matter how you slice it
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-results-j-b-pritzker-price-tag-victory-race-cost-per-vote-bruce-rauner-self-finance
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-rich people say “If you’re selling a mansion, you should be taxed more to pay for affordable housing.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/progressive-real-estate-transfer-tax-homeless-people-affordable-housing/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cunningham voted Kane clerk one last time – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/cunningham-voted-kane-clerk-one-last-time

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Suburban voters issue Springfield a warning about a statewide property tax More than half a million voters in collar counties voted in favor of blocking the General Assembly from creating a statewide property tax, despite there being no such tax proposed. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/suburban-voters-issue-springfield-warning-about-statewide-property-tax#new_tab

 

WTTW
— After Midterms, Chicago Mayor’s Race Now Front and Center – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/07/after-midterms-chicago-mayor-s-race-now-front-and-center

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— TRAGIC: Democrats win big in DuPage County Board races – BOB RAKOW
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/11/07/democrats-win-big-in-dupage-county-board-races/a82x8ij/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Edgar says Illinois GOP shouldn’t tilt more to right – Bernard Schoenburg: (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans dominate the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181107/bernard-schoenburg-edgar-says-illinois-gop-shouldnt-tilt-more-to-right
— J.B. Pritzker pledges bipartisan approach as governor – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” elected officials who to be “bipartisan,” flush members of the following groups down their toilet: 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://www.sj-r.com/news/20181107/jb-pritzker-pledges-bipartisan-approach-as-governor
— Madigan calls GOP campaign that focused on him a ‘failure’ – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181107/madigan-calls-gop-campaign-that-focused-on-him-failure

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Here’s how McHenry County’s biggest cities voted (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/07/heres-how-mchenry-countys-biggest-cities-voted/a4vi9oa/

 

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— Pritzker wins over voters worried about budget – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/11/08/pritzker-wins-over-voters-worried-about-budget/a6jxv6g/

 

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, promote Pat Brady.
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/11/07/former-illinois-gop-chairman-weighs-in-on-election-results/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Announces Transition Team — Includes Republican Gov. Edgar – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: The more critical that you are of conservatives, that is, the more critical that you are of Republicans, the more that Democrats love you.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/pritzker-announces-transition-team-includes-republican-gov-edgar#stream/0
— Trump Lashes Out During Combative Press Conference – BRIAN NAYLOR
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/she-has-earned-trump-praises-pelosi-warns-democrats#stream/0

 

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

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Why the Illinois GOP got shellacked – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2018/11/why-the-illinois-gop-go-shellacked/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Republican Gordon ‘Jay’ Kinzler: ‘Hard to fight the demographics of our district’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511624174-republican-gordon-jay-kinzler-hard-to-fight-the-demographics-of-our-district

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Republican Jason Plummer gets a clear mandate with 70 percent of the vote – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: How clear was the mandate that your Republican Precinct Committeeman got on March 20, 2018? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that only 81 of 112, or only 72%, of those who cast March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballots in my precinct voted for me. However, what do you say to those who cast votes to do damage? There are about 30 of the aforesaid in my precinct a) who vote in Republican primaries to do damage, b) who never vote for candidates in uncontested Republican primary races, c) who have never voted for me to be their Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) who have always voted for Democrats in general elections.)
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511624272-republican-jason-plummer-gets-a-clear-mandate-with-70-percent-of-the-vote

 

CAPITOL FAX
— More on the Champaign County blowout
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/more-on-the-champaign-county-blowout/
— Under the bus he goes (DIERSEN: Who has thrown you under the bus? I should write a book about those who have thrown me under the bus. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me for all defeats that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/07/under-the-bus-he-goes-7/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs said Tuesday’s results showed a gain for Democrats. “We got hit pretty hard, and statewide it was really difficult for the Republicans,” he said. “The governor underperformed in areas that were important to us.” Durkin also said antipathy toward Trump in the suburbs hurt his party, as evidenced by losses of Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren, even though the president helped Downstate Republicans.)

 

GOPUSA
— Antifa mob chants threats outside Tucker Carlson’s DC home
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58650
— Farrakhan in Iran: ‘Death to America!’ ‘Death to Israel!’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58432

 

DAILY CALLER
— A MOB SHOWED UP OUTSIDE TUCKER CARLSON’S HOUSE AND ORDERED HIM TO ‘LEAVE TOWN’ – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? If so, have any mobs showed up at your door? In early 2016, a spokesperson for the Democrat voters in my precinct showed up at my door demanding the I resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman if Trump won the primary.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/07/protesters-tucker-carlson-house/

 

ROLL CALL
— Democrats Win House Majority; Here’s What They’ll Do With It Government overhaul first legislative item, followed by quick action on Dreamer protections, gun control – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-win-house-majority-heres-theyll

— Here’s All the House Republicans That Voters Sent Home – Lindsey McPherson (DIERSEN: Who has sent you home? I should write a book about those who sent me home, that is, those who ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service (twice), Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, and GAO employment. Of course, the aforesaid say that I brought the aforesaid on myself.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/heres-all-the-house-republicans-voters-sent-home

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tragically, pot is embraced in Michigan, Utah, and Missouri, but outstandingly, rejected in North Dakota.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/politics/michigan-marijuana-legalization.html

— Facebook Had a Good Election Day. But It Can’t Let Up Now. – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/business/facebook-midterms-misinformation.html

 

WASHINGTON POST

— Has the love affair with driving gotten stuck in traffic? – Ashley Halsey III (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have been the most anti-car.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/has-the-love-affair-with-driving-gotten-stuck-in-traffic/2018/11/07/328505de-e12f-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fox News Washington journalists told their bosses they were unhappy over Hannity stumping for Trump – Stephen Battaglio (DIERSEN: How are GOPUSA Illinois and Fox News different? ANSWER: GOPUSA Illinois states that it exists to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. Those who reject planks in IRP platform reject GOPUSA Illinois.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-hannity-trump-20181107-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump to Sign Immigration Directive Revamping Asylum System President will order asylum seekers to go to port of entry to make a claim – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-sign-immigration-directive-revamping-asylum-system-1541629100
— GOP Tax Law Authors Take a Beating
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/2018-midterms-live-elections-coverage-analysis/card/1541602047
— Trump’s Minority Coalition Unlike Nixon or Reagan, he hasn’t expanded his 2016 support. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Trump to pander to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-minority-coalition-1541635108

 

USA TODAY
— Election results: Red states get redder, blue districts bluer, the partisan divide deeper – Susan Page
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/07/election-results-trump-partisanship-republicans-democrats-divide/1918468002/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— OUTRAGEOUS: Veterans fueled edge for Democratic takeover of House – CLAUDIA GRISALES AND NIKKI WENTLING
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/veterans-fueled-edge-for-democratic-takeover-of-house-1.555531

 

FED SMITH
— Mid-Term Elections and Federal Employee Pay and Benefits – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. 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.fedsmith.com/2018/11/07/mid-term-elections-federal-employee-pay-benefits/

 

FED WEEK
— Change in Control of House Could Have Big Impact for Federal Employees (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. 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.fedweek.com/fedweek/change-in-control-of-house-could-have-big-impact-for-federal-employees/

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Expect ‘profound change’ with House oversight’s approach to federal workforce, government reform – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. 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://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2018/11/expect-profound-change-with-house-oversights-approach-to-federal-workforce-government-reform/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— What Democrats Winning the House Means for Federal Employees – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. 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.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/11/what-democrats-winning-house-means-federal-employees/152614/

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CATO acts like it is a paid agent for countries that want to destroy America.
https://www.cato.org/blog/most-pro-immigration-house-representatives-over-century

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do the Democrats who won on November 6, 2018 on the ballot in your precinct think of those who share your demographics? The following Democrats on the ballot in my precinct won: Sean Casten, JP Pritzker and Juliana Statton, Kwane Raoul, Jesse White, Susan Mendoza, Michael Fierichs, Jean Kaczmarek, Mary Ozog, and Linda Davenport. Because the aforesaid are Democrats, the Democrat Party will require them to be 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.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

November 7 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Trump on Roskam: ‘Didn’t Want the Embrace’ President  Donald Trump called out Peter Roskam as he spoke on the midterm election results.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-on-Roskam_Chicago-499955481.html
— Pritzker Tops Trump to Become America’s Richest Politician: Forbes The Hyatt heir and venture capitalist spent more than $171 million of his wealth to become governor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Pritzker-is-Now-Americas-Richest-Politician-499938061.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Michigan Voters Bring Legal Recreational Pot to the Midwest Three other states had marijuana-related measures on their ballots
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Michigan-Voters-Bring-Legal-Recreational-Pot-to-the-Midwest-499927641.html

 

ABC7
— Trump revels in victories, mocks party members who lost, revokes CNN reporter’s press credentials – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-revels-in-victories-revokes-cnn-reporters-press-credentials/4640053/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump sparred with CNN Chief White House Correspondent Jim Acosta, who asked him questions about the migrant caravan headed for the U.S. and the Russia investigation. “That’s enough, put down the mic,” Trump said to Acosta, as he tried to ask more questions. Acosta struggled with a woman in a maroon dress tried to take the microphone from him. She eventually succeeded and handed it to another reporter. “CNN should be ashamed of itself, having you working for them. You are a rude, terrible person. You shouldn’t be working for CNN.” Acosta tweeted just before 8 p.m. Eastern Time that Secret Service denied him entry to the White House grounds for his live shot. Press Secretary Sarah Sanders released a statement accusing Acosta of physically assaulting a White House intern and saying his press credentials had been revoked until further notice. “President Trump believes in a free press and expects and welcomes tough questions of him and his Administration. We will, however, never tolerate a reporter placing his hands on a young woman just trying to do her job as a White House intern. This conduct is absolutely unacceptable,” Sanders wrote in the statement. The statement claimed, without evidence, that Trump has “given the press more access than any President in history,” and concluded, “As a result of today’s incident, the White House is suspending the hard pass of the reporter involved until further notice.”)
— 2018 midterm results highlight counties’, country’s changing demographics – Sarah Schulte and Stacey Baca (DIERSEN: What do you say to political consultants who advise candidates to dump voters who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/2018-midterm-results-highlight-counties-countrys-changing-demographics/4641918/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pritzker wants to legalize recreational marijuana ‘nearly right away’ in Illinois – Nic Flosi
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-legalize-marijuana-illinois

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump on Republican loss in Illinois’ 6th Congressional District: ‘Peter Roskam didn’t want the embrace’ – Patrick M. O’Connell (DIERSEN: Casten won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-congress-trump-peter-roskam-randy-hultgren-20181107-story.html
— Democrats gain seats in DuPage County, area state and federal offices – Kimberly Fornek
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/news/ct-dhd-democrats-in-dupage-tl-1115-story.html
— Ending birthright citizenship – Cal Thomas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201811051431–tms–cthomastq–b-a20181106-20181106-column.html
— Democrats are coming for Trump’s tax returns. They should come for Pritzker’s as well. – Rex Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-house-democrats-trump-tax-returns-pritzker-huppke-20181107-story.html
— Cook County voters oust judge for 1st time in decades, while suspended DuPage County judge wins retention – Megan Crepeau and Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-judge-not-retained-cook-county-20181107-story.html
— Wisconsin Democrats rejoice as Republican Gov. Scott Walker is finally gone – AP (DIERSEN: Walker lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-wisconsin-governor-race-walker-evers-20181106-story.html
— Lauren Underwood, Sean Casten bask in Democrats’ suburban victories – Patrick M. O’Connell (DIERSEN: Underwood and Casten won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-lauren-underwood-sean-casten-illinois-midterm-20181107-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Forest Park votes to ban video gambling in history-making referendum – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-vkdeo-gambling-voted-out-forest-park-election-20181107-story.html
— Mary Edly-Allen v. and Helene Miller Walsh: Single vote separates candidates in north suburban race to replace state representative who resigned amid scandal – Ted Gregory
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-one-vote-difference-illinois-state-rep-20181107-story.html
— In Cook County Board races, Republican strongholds lose grip to blue wave — and a lot of green – Lisa Donovan and Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-board-blue-wave-20181107-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Seeing red over Trump and Rauner, Democrats paint suburbs blue – Mark Brown (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/seeing-red-trump-rauner-democrats-suburbs-blue-chicago-cook-dupage-will-lake-kane/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/cannabis-cultivator-career-working-medical-marijuana/
— ‘Blue wave’ leads to Democratic supermajority on County Board – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democratic-supermajority-cook-county-board-toni-preckwinkle-blue-wave/
— Trump’s media relationship frays more – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/jim-acosta-donald-trump-peter-garrett-media-relationship-frays-april-ryan-yamiche-alcindor-cnn/
— Chicago Millennials outpace Baby Boomers at the ballot box – Stefano Esposito and Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-millennials-voter-turnout-baby-boomer-pritzker-amara-enyia-chance-rapper-kanye-west/
— Kevin Morrison, 1st LGBTQ County Board member, credits his message for win – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/kevin-morrison-lgbtq-cook-county-board-member-credits-message-for-win-election/
— Three lessons sparked by a neo-Nazi pulling a quarter of the vote – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/nazi-art-jones-dan-lipinski-3rd-congressional-district-election/
— Unions won big on Election Day — a victory for working people – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/election-bruce-rauner-scott-walker-organized-labor-unions-illinois-wisconsin/
— Wisconsin’s Scott Walker defeated by Democratic anger – AP (DIERSEN: Walker lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/wisconsins-scott-walker-defeated-tony-evers-donald-trump-democratic-anger/
— Four years as punching bag appears to have made Madigan stronger – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/four-years-as-punching-bag-appears-to-have-made-madigan-stronger/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump effect? Suburbs turn deep blue with Democratic inroads across the board – Jake Griffin and Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181107/trump-effect-suburbs-turn-deep-blue-with-democratic-inroads-across-the-board
— Don’t write Illinois GOP’s eulogy just yet, election expert says – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181107/dont-write-illinois-gops-eulogy-just-yet-election-expert-says
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Conservative Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton, who narrowly lost to Gov. Bruce Rauner in the GOP gubernatorial primary, said state party leadership failed this election cycle. “The Illinois Republican Party needs new leadership at this point,” she said, suggesting Republicans from downstate or central Illinois could be up for the task. With Gov. Bruce Rauner out of the picture, so, too, is the money he sunk into GOP campaigns — and that’ll cause problems for Republican candidates, Redfield said. The GOP also will struggle until it finds its identity, Redfield said. The conservative wing led by Ives and activist Dan Proft has been targeting socially moderate Republicans to the detriment of the party, he said. “I suspect there’s going to be a real battle for control (of the state party),” Redfield said. “If they’re not sure who they are and they don’t replace Rauner’s money, they’re going to be in a world of hurt in two years, especially with (President) Trump at the head of the ticket.” Based on voter demographics, Republican political consultant Brad Goodman said, the party will become less and less relevant unless it can put up candidates young suburban women will support.)
— Suburbs help push Pritzker to victory – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/suburbs-help-push-pritzker-to-victory-
— Democratic women make unprecedented gains in DuPage County – Bob Smith (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181107/democratic-women-make-unprecedented-gains-in-dupage-county
— DIERSEN: Casten won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181107/how-activism-health-care-concerns-pushed-casten-to-congress
— Suburbs’ congressional representatives all Democrats – Jake Griffin and Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181107/suburbs-congressional-representatives-all-democrats
— Underwood pledges a pro-woman agenda and a fight in Congress – James Fuller (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181107/underwood-pledges-a-pro-woman-agenda-and-a-fight-in-congress

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How the SALT tax doomed Peter Roskam Two key authors of the GOP tax overhaul—Illinois’ Peter Roskam and Minnesota’s Erik Paulsen—were among the casualties as voters vented frustration over a new cap on state and local tax deductions. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/how-salt-tax-doomed-peter-roskam
— Evanston passes ‘mansion tax’ The measure would apply to purchases of $1.5 million or more. – BRIANNA KELLY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/evanston-passes-mansion-tax
— Why Pritzker’s graduated income tax now looks a lot more likely Late-breaking returns show Madigan’s Democrats will have a supermajority, allowing them—in theory—to act on a graduated tax without any Republican support. – Greg Hinz
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/why-pritzkers-graduated-income-tax-now-looks-lot-more-likely

 

WTTW
— Blue Wave Sweeps Illinois, But Not the Nation – Paul Caine
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/07/blue-wave-sweeps-illinois-not-nation

 

WGLT
— Pritzker Wins Illinois, But Loses McLean County – RYAN DENHAM
http://www.wglt.org/post/pritzker-wins-illinois-loses-mclean-county#stream/0

 

BUGLE
— Six female Democrats earn seats on DuPage County Board
https://buglenewspapers.com/six-female-democrats-earn-seats-on-dupage-county-board

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Peter Roskam-Sean Casten Election Results in McHenry County’s Algonquin Township – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/07/peter-roskam-sean-casten-election-results-in-mchenry-countys-algonquin-township/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WIREPOINTS’ MARK GLENNON ON TUESDAY’S RESULTS: ILLINOIS ADJUSTS COURSE DIRECTLY INTO THE ABYSS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/wirepoints-mark-glennon-on-tuesdays-results-illinois-adjusts-course-directly-into-the-abyss.html
— ILLINOIS LEFT CELEBRATES IN WAKE OF BLUE TSUNAMI
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/illinois-left-celebrates-blue-tsunami.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives bitterly attacks 54 percent of voters day after election
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/07/ives-bitterly-attacks-54-percent-of-voters-day-after-election/
— Um, this was not why Roskam lost (DIERSEN: Casten won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/07/um-this-was-not-why-roskam-lost/
— Speaker Madigan: “The GOP attacks were a desperate, out of touch attempts to fracture the party and underestimate voters”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/07/speaker-madigan-the-gop-attacks-were-a-desperate-out-of-touch-attempts-to-fracture-the-party-and-underestimate-voters/
— Tribune wants new Republican legislative leaders
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/07/tribune-wants-new-republican-legislative-leaders/
— Madigan regains supermajority
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/07/madigan-regains-supermajority/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump on Strong Legal Ground to Stop Caravan
http://www.gopusa.com/trump-on-strong-legal-ground-to-stop-caravan/

 

BREITBART
— Trump: Candidates That Stayed Away from Me ‘Did Very Poorly’ – NBC News
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/11/07/trump-candidates-that-stayed-away-from-me-did-very-poorly/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Voters Reject Paul Ryan’s Failed House Leadership
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29084-voters-reject-paul-ryan%E2%80%99s-failed-house-leadership–

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Jeff Sessions Resigns as Attorney General at Trump’s Request – JACK CROWE (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors did not “request” that I retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, they threatened me with many adverse employment actions if I did not take they early retirement “offer.”)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jeff-sessions-retires-as-attorney-general-at-trumps-request/

 

THE HILL
— America’s urban-rural divide deepens – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/415441-americas-urban-rural-divide-deepens

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get elected, Trump promised to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/us/politics/republicans-midterms-trump-racial-division.html

 

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/04/legal-marijuana-2018-canada-changing-how-weed-grown-and-cost/1776150002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How We Voted in the 2018 Midterms A pre-election and Election Day survey interviewed about 90,000 people who said they voted in the midterms or intended to. Here are the results:
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/election-2018-votecast-poll/
— Job Openings Outnumbered Unemployed Americans by More Than One Million in September Difficulty filling high-skilled jobs is causing some businesses to adjust their strategies – Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/job-openings-outnumbered-unemployed-americas-by-more-than-one-million-in-september-1541518946
— After the Midterms, Party Strategies Are Set Democrats should now know whether to take a hard line or appeal to the center in 2020. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-the-midterms-party-strategies-are-set-1541548600
— Among Black Voters, Trump’s Popularity Inches Upward The president has a tin ear when it comes to race, but African-Americans are better off than before. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/among-black-voters-trumps-popularity-inches-upward-1541547594
— What the Midterm Election Shows: America’s Two Parties Live In Divergent Worlds Extending a yearslong phenomenon, Republicans are becoming the party of rural, white America, while Democrats find support from cities and suburbs – Reid J. Epstein and Janet Hook
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-the-midterm-election-shows-americas-two-parties-live-in-divergent-worlds-1541634743

 

BLOOMBERG
— SALT Cap Comes Back to Haunt GOP With Key Tax Writers Losing Their Seats – Laura Davison
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-11-07/salt-cap-comes-back-to-haunt-as-key-gop-tax-writers-lose-bids
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Two of the key players behind the tax overhaul — Illinois’ Peter Roskam and Minnesota’s Erik Paulsen — were among the six casualties. They sit on the tax-writing Ways and Means Committee, whose Republican bench has been wiped out by losses, as well as retirements. Ten of the 24 Republicans on the Ways and Means Committee won’t return to Congress next year — in addition to Roskam and Paulsen, two members from low-tax states lost their re-election bids and six more decided to retire or run for other office. The loss of many of the committee’s top lawmakers means the GOP will need to rebuild members’ expertise in tax, trade and health-care issues. . .Roskam and Paulsen helped craft the 2017 bill and continued to support it even after a controversial provision was included to limit deductions to $10,000. Previously, they were unlimited. The lawmakers had hoped campaigning on the tax law’s other benefits, such as lower rates for individuals and more generous child tax credits, could offset voter frustration over the new cap. . .Roskam, who served as the House Ways and Means tax policy subcommittee chairman during the tax overhaul process, hails from a suburban Chicago district where the counties are some of the highest taxed in the state. About 49.3 percent of the tax returns filed in the district prior to the law change claimed the SALT deduction, according to data from the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center. Roskam’s Democratic opponent, Sean Casten repeatedly campaigned on eliminating the SALT cap. “The fact that nearly half of his own constituents claim this deduction didn’t prevent Peter Roskam from making SALT a target,” Casten said in a white paper he published about tax policy. Over the course of the campaign, Roskam softened his support for the SALT cap, saying it should be indexed to inflation.)

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1031 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $469,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447913_zpid/

November 7 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN: 9 of the 19 Republican candidates on the ballot in DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton won:

 

Mike Connelly, Senator, 21th District; Amy Grant, Representative, 42nd District; Dan Cronin, DuPage County Chairman; James Mendrick, DuPage Sheriff; Gwen Henry, DuPage County Treasurer; Grant Eckhoff, DuPage County Board, District 4; Darlene Ruscitti, DuPage County Regional Superintendent of Schools; Joseph Cantore, DuPage County Forest Preserve President; and Karen Wilson, Circuit Court Judge.

 

But 10 lost: Peter Roskam, U.S. Congressman, 6th Congressional District; Bruce Rauner, Governor; Evelyn Sanguinetti, Lieutenant Governor; Erika Harold, Attorney General; Jason Helland, Secretary of State; Darlene Senger, Comptroller; Jim Dodge, Treasurer; Paul Hinds, DuPage County Clerk; Chris Zaruba, DuPage County Board, District 4; and Jeff MacKay, Circuit Court Judge.

 

Overwhelmingly, the 10 lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What was the turnout in your precinct? 337, or 66%, of the 512 registered voters in my precinct voted. How successful were the Democrats in your precinct in a) promoting hatred of Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats? Notwithstanding tremendous efforts by Democrats a) to promote hatred against Trump and b) get voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats:

 

UNITED STATES
158 votes, or 47%: Peter Roskam, U.S. Congressman, 6th Congressional District

 

STATE OF ILLINOIS
169 votes or 51%: Bruce Rauner & Evelyn Sanguinetti, Governor & Lieutenant Governor
169 votes or 51%: Erika Harold, Attorney General
112 votes or 34%: Jason Helland, Secretary of State
132 votes or 46%: Darlene Senger, Comptroller
167 votes or 51%: Jim Dodge, Treasurer
172 votes or 52%: Mike Connelly, Senator, 21th District
167 votes or 51%: Amy Grant, Representative, 42nd District

 

DUPAGE COUNTY
183 votes or 56%: Dan Cronin, Chairman
181 votes or 56%: James Mendrick, Sheriff
163 votes or 51%: Paul Hinds, Clerk
245 votes or 100%: Gwen Henry, Treasurer
234 votes or 100%: Darlene Ruscitti, Regional Superintendent of Schools
171 votes or 31%: Grant Eckhoff, County Board, District 4
131 votes or 23%: Chris Zaruba, County Board, District 4

 

DUPAGE COUNTY FOREST PRESERVE
182 votes or 57%: Joseph Cantore, President

 

CIRCUIT COURT
183 votes or 58%: Karen Wilson, Judge
156 votes or 49%: Jeff MacKay, Judge

 

(SOURCE: DuPage County Election Commission at https://www.dupageresults.com/IL/DuPage/)

 

ABC7
— Election 2018: Results, coverage for Illinois, midterm vote
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/election-2018-results-coverage-for-illinois-midterm-vote/4625774/
— Democrats take control of US House of Representatives – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/democrats-take-control-of-us-house-of-representatives/4637654/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hultgren and Roskam lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-congress-illinois-election-roskam-20181106-story.html
— Rebuilding the shell-shocked Illinois GOP – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-election-illinois-future-republicans-20181107-story.html
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: What’s an Illinois Republican Party to do? Recoil and tremble? Or unite and rebuild? Here’s the first step: Mend the fracture between establishment and conservative Republicans — Rauner supporters and those who backed his primary opponent, Rep. Jeanne Ives — and begin the rebuilding process. Find common ground and bury old grudges. Coalesce around new, fresh leadership in the House and Senate. The talent is there. House and Senate members who managed to fend off challengers — Sens. Neil Anderson of Andalusia and John Curran of Downers Grove, along with Reps. Mark Batinick of Plainfield, Tom Morrison of Palatine, Tom Demmer of Dixon, Grant Wehrli of Naperville, to name a few — will have to retread this party. And they’ll have to do it without worrying about the next election. Don’t go weak. Go big — that is, as big as a minority party can go. Give the people of Illinois fresh ideas for fixing this state’s government and economy. . .The GOP can have its comeback. The process will be a grind. Given the lingering hard feelings between conservatives and the more moderate establishment, even agreeing on leadership post-Rauner will be grueling. But the infighting that has pitted Republicans against one another needs to stop. On Tuesday, that intramural acrimony within the GOP helped the Democrats. But Tuesday is history. Republicans, stop the self-destruction. Unify. Rebuild. Start now.)
— Democrat J.B. Pritzker topples first-term Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner in Illinois governor race – Mike Riopell, Stacy St. Clair and Jeff Coen (DIERSEN: Pritzker won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-governors-race-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-20181106-story.html
— How Illinois Democrats won a statewide sweep and 2 pivotal congressional seats in the midterm elections (DIERSEN: Republicans lost in Illinois because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-election-day-live-updates-20181106-story.html
— Speaker Madigan edges toward supermajority with anti-Trump push in suburbs – Ray Long and Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: Democrats won in Illinois because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-general-assembly-michael-madigan-20181106-story.html
— The race for mayor and the $125,000 question for homeowners – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-chicago-mayor-election-kass-20181106-story.html
— Illinois chooses Pritzker and one-party rule – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-wins-illinois-governor-20181031-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in making young 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-voter-turnout-midterms-20181106-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat challengers Underwood, Casten beat GOP incumbent Reps. Hultgren, Roskam – Lauren FitzPatrick, Matthew Hendrickson, and Jane Recker (DIERSEN: Hultgren and Roskam lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sean-casten-peter-roskam-lauren-underwood-randy-hultgren-congress-illinois-6th-illinois-14th/
— Defeated Rauner wishes Pritzker ‘Godspeed’ — Democrat vows ‘rise we will’ – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Rauner lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-election-results-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker/
— John Shimkus wins 15th District U.S. Congressional seat
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/15th-district-us-congressional-election-results-kevin-gaither-john-shimkus/

 

DAILY HERALD
— How the suburbs went from reliably Republican to Democrat – Jake Griffin (DIERSEN: Republicans lost in the suburbs because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred of Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/how-the-suburbs-went-from-reliably-republican-to-democrat
— 12-vote margin in favor of Connelly over Ellman in state’s 21st Senate District – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/12-vote-margin-in-favor-of-connelly-over-ellman-in-states-21st-senate-district
— Suzanne Glowiak defeats Chris Nybo for state Senate seat – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Nybo lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/suzanne-glowiak-defeats-chris-nybo-for-state-senate-seat
— Terra Costa Howard takes 48th House District from Peter Breen – Justin Kmitch (DIERSEN: Breen lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/terra-costa-howard-takes-48th-house-district-from-peter-breen
— One vote separates Miller Walsh, Edly-Allen in 51st Illinois House – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/one-vote-separates-miller-walsh-edly-allen-in-51st-illinois-house
— Pappas holds narrow lead over incumbent Winger for Illinois House – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/pappas-holds-narrow-lead-over-incumbent-winger-for-illinois-house
— Curran leads by 2,300 votes in 41st Senate race – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/curran-leads-by-2300-votes-in-41st-senate-race
— Grant defeats Carrier in 42nd House District – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/grant-defeats-carrier-in-42nd-house-district-
— Stava-Murray beats Olsen in 81st House race – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: Olsen lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/stava-murray-beats-olsen-in-81st-house-race
— Cronin earns third term as DuPage County chairman – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/cronin-earns-third-term-as-dupage-county-chairman
— Villa wins handily in 49th House race (DIERSEN: Khouri lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/villa-wins-handily-in-49th-house-race
— Mendrick to become DuPage County’s next sheriff – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/mendrick-to-become-dupage-countys-next-sheriff
— Kaczmarek victorious in DuPage County clerk race – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Hinds lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/kaczmarek-victorious-in-dupage-county-clerk-race
— Rutledge, Zay, win seats on DuPage County Board, Dist. 6 (DIERSEN: Wiley lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/rutledge-zay-win-seats-on-dupage-county-board-dist-6
— Democrats Covert, DeSart win seats on DuPage County Board, District 5 (DIERSEN: Democrats won in District 5 because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/democrats-covert-desart-win-seats-on-dupage-county-board-district-5
— Eckhoff, Ozog win seats on DuPage County Board, District 4 (DIERSEN: Zaruba lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/eckhoff-ozog-win-seats-on-dupage-county-board-district-4
— Renehan, Hart win seats on DuPage County Board, District 3
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/renehan-hart-win-seats-on-dupage-county-board-district-3
— Incumbents stay on DuPage County Board, Dist. 2
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/incumbents-stay-on-dupage-county-board-dist-2
— Selmon, Tornatore to take seats on DuPage County Board, District 1
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/selmon-tornatore-to-take-seats-on-dupage-county-board-district-1
— Painter wins third term on DuPage Forest board
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/painter-wins-third-term-on-dupage-forest-board
— Tim Schneider upset by newcomer Morrison in bid for fourth term on Cook County board – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/schneider-upset-by-newcomer-morrison-in-bid-for-fourth-term-on-cook-county-board

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Dems sweep Illinois. Now they have to govern. J.B. Pritzker leads a GOP rout. But the governor-elect faces huge fiscal, economic and maybe political obstacles. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/dems-sweep-illinois-now-they-have-govern
— Biz community’s memo to Gov.-elect Pritzker: Stability, please “The one thing people are tired of: being lied to or not knowing what’s coming at them,” says CME Group CEO Terrence Duffy. “Just tell us what the rules are. Uncertainty kills.” – SEVEN R. STRAHLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/biz-communitys-memo-gov-elect-pritzker-stability-please

 

WTTW
— In 14th District, Political Newcomer Underwood Defeats GOP Rep. Hultgren – Evan Garcia and Alexandra Silets (DIERSEN: Hultgren lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/06/14th-district-political-newcomer-underwood-defeats-gop-rep-hultgren
— In 6th District, Newcomer Casten Defeats GOP Incumbent Roskam – Alexandra Silets (DIERSEN: Roskam lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/06/6th-district-newcomer-casten-defeats-gop-incumbent-roskam

 

WBEZ
— ‘Blue Wave’ Swamps Two Cook County Board Republicans – Kristen Schorsch
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/blue-wave-swamps-two-cook-county-board-republicans/5a87c9a0-c1aa-454c-a7b4-8c31deddec1e#new_tab

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis claims victory in close battle with Londrigan – Brenden Moore and Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181106/davis-claims-victory-in-close-battle-with-londrigan
— LaHood cruises to win in 18th Congressional District
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181106/lahood-cruises-to-win-in-18th-congressional-district

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Kinzinger, Bustos defeat challengers to retain U.S. House seats – Jeff Kolkey
http://www.rrstar.com/news/20181106/kinzinger-bustos-defeat-challengers-to-retain-us-house-seats
— Bost declares victory in 12th District, Davis expected to win in 13th, Shimkus win in 15th – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article221042980.html

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Democrats look to dominate Illinois as Pritzker tops Rauner – AP
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/state_news/democrats-look-to-dominate-illinois-as-pritzker-tops-rauner/article_230549ba-6c0b-5b0f-a6df-bcdae91e10b5.html

 

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— GOP Wins Southern Illinois Races – Mark Ellebracht
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=274400#.W-LhSYwT-M8

 

X RADIO
— Plummer, Wilhour, Bailey All Win Legislative Races Tuesday; Shimkus Re-Elected – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/36382-plummer-wilhour-bailey-all-win-legislative-races-tuesday-shimkus-re-elected

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— JOHN TILLMAN: STATEMENT ON THE FUTURE OF ILLINOIS UNDER J.B. PRITZKER
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/press-releases/john-tillman-statement-on-the-future-of-illinois-under-j-b-pritzker/

 

GOPUSA
— Mass Migration: Mortal Threat to Red State America – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/mass-migration-mortal-threat-to-red-state-america/

 

THE HILL
— The Hill’s Morning Report — Split decision: Dems take House, GOP retains Senate majority – JONATHAN EASLEY AND ALEXIS SIMENDINGER
https://thehill.com/homenews/morning-report/415444-the-hills-morning-report
— Dem defeats Scott Walker in Wisconsin governor’s race – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: Walker lost because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414904-dem-defeats-scott-walker-in-wisconsin-governors-race
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do not call Trump a racist, Trump haters call you a racist.
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/415123-michael-steele-gop-candidates-have-stayed-silent-on-trumps-inherent-racism

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Suburbs defect as Trump’s base holds
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/politics/election-news.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Midterm Elections Produce a Divided Congress Democrats retake the House as GOP strengthens Senate majority; outcome tests the appetite of both sides to work together – Janet Hook and Byron Tau
https://www.wsj.com/articles/health-care-trump-animate-voters-survey-shows-1541548869
— Democrats Win Governor Races in Midwestern States as GOP Takes Florida GOP loses governorships in Wisconsin, Kansas, Illinois, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada and Maine; three states remain undecided – Valerie Bauerlein and Dan Frosch
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hard-fought-governors-races-go-down-to-the-wire-1541560336
— Meet the New Agenda Setters in the House
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meet-the-new-agenda-setters-in-the-house-1541586602
— U.S. Troops’ First Order at the Border: Laying Razor Wire Soldiers fill local hotels, joke about finding ways to keep busy – Alicia A. Caldwell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-troops-first-order-at-the-border-laying-razor-wire-1541509201
— Foxconn Considers Bringing Chinese Workers to Wisconsin as U.S. Labor Market Tightens The Taiwanese supplier to Apple must meet hiring, wage and investment targets by various dates to receive tax and other ‘performance-based’ benefits – Yang Jie, Shayndi Raice and Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-considers-bringing-chinese-personnel-to-wisconsin-as-u-s-labor-market-tightens-1541505600

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/for-some-caravan-migrants-trip-turns-treacherous-as-hundreds-hitch-rides-on-flatbed-trucks/2018/11/06/10bbace6-e14d-11e8-ba30-a7ded04d8fac_story.html

 

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— NewsGuard Creates Ratings System to See if Websites Provide Legitimate News or Misinformation – Rachael Garcia (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is misinformation except for the information that they provide or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/a-section/look-ahead-newsguard-creates-ratings-system-to-see-if-websites-provide-legitimate-news-or-misinformation/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— ‘Fired Up’ Federal Employees Take Leave and Volunteer Nights to Get Out the Vote – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/11/fired-federal-employees-take-leave-and-volunteer-nights-get-out-vote/152595/

November 5 Evening Edition

FOX ST. LOUIS & KPLR
— Rauner wraps up campaigning at Benedictine University – JEFF BERNTHAL (DIERSEN: Krajewski, Hultgren, Roskam, Breen, Grant, Stella, Dodge, Senger, Helland, Harold, Sanguinetti, and Rauner spoke in the aforesaid order at an outstanding get out the vote rally at Benedictine University Monday Evening November 5, 2018. The 200+ attendees included Bellock, Benford, Berlin, Boltz, B. Brady, Carlson, Cherry, Chinchilla, Claar, Colgan, Durkin, Fisher, Fitzpatrick, Gavanes, Henry, Hinds, Hogan, Holder, Keller, Mazzochi, Noonan, Oberweis, Olsen, E. Roskam, Saake, Smith, Wagner, Webster, Wehrli, and Wheeler.)
https://fox2now.com/2018/11/05/rauner-wraps-up-campaigning-at-benedictine-university/
https://kplr11.com/2018/11/05/rauner-wraps-up-campaigning-at-benedictine-university/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Governor Bruce Rauner and other Illinois Republicans rallied at the Benedictine University in Lisle on the eve of Tuesday’s election. Rauner was wrapping up a 9-day bus tour of the state with one last attempt to get his supporters to the polls. If we get the turnout, we’re going to win it,” predicted Rauner. He was joined by other Republicans including Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti. The two reminded voters that if Rauner loses the election Democrats will control the house and the governor’s mansion. “We have a governor that’s always stood up to Mike Madigan, and we have a governor who is going to stand up to the person that Mike Madigan appointed which is J.B. Pritzker,” said Sanguinetti. Rauner asked his supports to remind their neighbors to go the polls on Tuesday. He said voters have been telling him, “Stay strong, don’t back down don’t give in. You’re on the right track. Madigan has got to go.”)

 

ABC7
— Randy Hultgren questions Lauren Underwood’s nursing credentials – Leah Hope
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/hultgren-questions-underwoods-nursing-credentials/4625836/
— President Donald Trump holds campaign rally in Fort Wayne, Indiana – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-holds-campaign-rally-in-fort-wayne/4625266/
— Negative political attack ads continue in final days of campaigns before midterm elections – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/negative-political-attack-ads-continue-in-final-days-of-campaigns/4625532/
— Illinois governor candidates make final push on eve of Election Day – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-governor-candidates-make-final-push-on-eve-of-election-day/4625860/

 

NBC5
— Hultgren Launches 11th Hour Attack on Underwood – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Hultgren-Launches-11th-Hour-Attack-on–499724271.html
— Early Voting Sees Lengthy Lines Ahead of Election Day Election officials expect the lines will be even longer Election Day. – Patrick Fazio
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-voting-lines-499738301.html
— Candidates Give Last Push Before Election Day in Illinois As of early Monday morning, 195,184 ballots had already been cast in the city, according to the Chicago Board of Election Commissioners – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Candidates-Give-Last-Push-Before-Election-Day-in-Illinois-499720271.html
— Dollars and Sense: Here’s How Much Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker Spent on Their Campaigns for Illinois Governor The Illinois governor’s race will be remembered as one of the ugliest ever but also as one in which the two main candidates — one a billionaire and the other a near-billionaire — raised over $255 million. – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker-spending-campaigns-for-illinois-governor-499710141.html
— Rauner, Pritzker Make Final Appearances As Polls Predict Winner Gov. Bruce Rauner and J.B. Pritzker wrapped up their election appeals on Monday, with Rauner holding his final campaign appearance in Lisle and Pritzker in Peoria. – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rauner-pritzker-illinois-governor-election-day-499703631.html

 

CBS2
— Ahead Of Final Midterms Push, Early Voting Setting Records In Cook County – Mike Puccinelli
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/05/campaign-2018-midterm-elections-early-voting-voter-registration/

 

WGN TV
— Rauner hunts for suburban votes on Election Eve – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/05/rauner-hunts-for-suburban-votes-on-election-eve/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Both parties brace for surprises as midterm campaign goes down to the wire – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-midterm-elections-20181105-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago voters flock to polls — a day early – Adam Thorp and Linze Rice
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/early-voting-midterms-election-democrat-republican-registered-loop-super-site-edgewater/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “America, vote against Trump’s hate and return to the moral center.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/trump-midterm-election-republican-party-racism-jesse-jackson/
— Nothing certain on the eve of first Trump-era elections – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/midterm-elections-donald-trump-blue-wave/
— Trump warns of ‘fragile’ victories in final midterm sprint – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2018-midterm-election-donald-trump-republicans/

 

WGN RADIO
— Governor Rauner: “Democracy doesn’t work unless citizens get involved” – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
https://wgnradio.com/2018/11/05/governor-rauner-democracy-doesnt-work-unless-citizen-get-involved/
— The Chicago Way w/John Kass (11/04/18): Dan Proft on the failure of IL Republican “leadership” and what it means for election day –
JEFF CARLIN
https://wgnradio.com/2018/11/04/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-11-04-18-dan-proft-on-the-failure-of-il-republican-leadership-and-what-it-means-for-election-day/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Rauner at Gibson City restaurant: ‘Don’t believe those polls’ – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-11-05/rauner-gibson-city-restaurant-dont-believe-those-polls.html

 

HERALD NEWS
— Senger demands for Mendoza to drop out of comptroller race – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2018/11/05/senger-demands-for-mendoza-to-drop-out-of-comptroller-race/axlg1qb/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Cake walk: Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponent – Austin Berg
https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/Berg-Cake-walk-Nearly-half-of-Illinois-House-13363961.php

 

WJBC
— Illinois Republicans make final push with rally in Bloomington – Neil Doyle
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/11/05/illinois-republicans-make-final-push-with-rally-in-bloomington/

 

WGLT
— Harold Slams $1M Gift to Opponent In Bloomington Visit – ERIC STOCK
http://www.wglt.org/post/harold-slams-1m-gift-opponent-bloomington-visit#stream/0

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHY 2018 MID-TERM FEELS LIKE 2016
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/why-2018-mid-term-feels-like-2016.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AMY GRANT: This election is starting to heat up! But seriously, this is a low point to have the sign in front of my home burnt!
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/05/closing-it-out/
— Todd Ricketts is on Erika Harold’s fly-around?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/05/todd-ricketts-is-on-erika-harolds-fly-around/

 

GOPUSA
— CNN’s Ana Navarro, new host of ABC’s ‘The View,’ calls President Trump a ‘racist pig’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58403
— Incendiary: ‘It’s okay to be white’ posters taken down ‘immediately’ on college campus
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58334

 

BREITBART
— Facebook Caves to Left-Wing Journalists Demanding Removal of Trump Midterm Ad – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/11/05/facebook-caves-to-left-wing-journalists-demanding-removal-of-trump-midterm-ad/
— Louis Farrakhan Chants ‘Death to America’ in Iran – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/11/04/louis-farrakhan-chants-death-to-america-in-iran/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Tomorrow the RINOs Will Take Their Revenge – HENRY OLSEN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/midterm-elections-republicans-tainted-by-rinos/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Democrats hold 6-point generic ballot lead.”
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/414976-democrats-hold-6-point-generic-ballot-lead-in-final-american

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump has hijacked the election” and “House Republicans in panic mode” and “Worries deepen that Trump’s charged immigration rhetoric will cost the GOP more seats.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/04/trump-2018-elections-midterms-republicans-immigration-960748

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Republicans should have stood up to Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/05/republicans-should-have-stood-up-to-trump/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Soaring economy should be celebrated by all – Editorial
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/editorials/2018/11/editorial_soaring_economy_should_be_celebrated_by_all

 

NEW YORK POST
— Millennials take forever to have their ‘financial awakening’ – Tyler Schmall (DIERSEN: I had my “financial awakening” when I was 16 years old in 1964.)
https://nypost.com/2018/11/05/millennials-take-forever-to-have-their-financial-awakening/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: American millennials have their “financial awakening” at the age of 33, according to new research. A new study exploring the financial habits of 2,000 American millennials found the average respondent feels or is aiming to be well-versed and comfortable in all things finance a few years into their thirties. The new survey, conducted by Ally Financial, uncovered how much millennials spend a month, what they spend on, and what role retirement plays in their financial habits to date.)

 

USA TODAY
— Early and absentee voting: Youth vote surges in hotly contested races – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/05/midterm-election-early-voting-absentee-ballot-youth-vote-republican-democrat/1892285002/

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Illinois governor’s race the most expensive in US history – Alexander Fangmann
http://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/11/05/illi-n05.html

 

GUARDIAN
— Facebook, Fox and NBC pull racist Trump election campaign ad
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2018/nov/05/midterm-elections-2018-latest-live-news-updates-trump-obama-democrats-republicans-today

November 5 Morning Edition

BRUCE RAUNER
— GOTV RALLY Our Home, Our Fight, Our Vote Join Governor Bruce Rauner for a get out the vote rally tonight!
https://mailchi.mp/dupagegop/raunerrally-829221

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— How will Illinois’ political journalists vote on Tuesday? We have a guess. – LGIS News Service (DIERSEN: LGIS News Service DOES NOT CONSIDER ME TO BE A POLITICAL JOURNALIST.  My GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails drive lots of traffic to websites owned by LGIS News Service. I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Since 2004, I have sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning. Since 2015, I have also sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every evening. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 317,000 articles and information about many upcoming events. What do you say to my critics/opponents who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who hint/imply/argue/shout that I AM NOT A POLITICAL JOURNALIST? Most commonly, to discredit me and to discredit my emails, they stress that no one pays me for what I do as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are free, that the emails contain no advertising or pictures, that I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and that I do not have a degree in journalism. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee 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.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511621503-how-will-illinois-political-journalists-vote-on-tuesday-we-have-a-guess
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If Illinois’ political journalists were the only ones voting on Tuesday, J.B. Pritzker, Mike Madigan and the rest of the state’s Democrats would win in a landslide. Chicago City Wire analysis of the primary voting records of 100 leading Illinois political journalists found that 93 percent of the primary votes they’ve collectively cast have been for Democrats, versus just seven percent for Republicans. All told, out of 424 total primary votes recorded by the Illinois State Board of Elections (ISBE), 395 of them were for Democrats. In the March 2018 primary, 57 of the 100 journalists reviewed voted in the Democrat primary. One, Fox 32 Political Editor Mike Flannery, voted in the Republican one. Of the 100 journalist voting records analyzed, 79 had cast more Democrat ballots than Republican ones and 18 recorded no primary votes. One journalist cast an equal number of Democrat and Republican ballots, and two cast more ballots for Republicans than Democrats. Those two are Capitol Fax’s Rich Miller (5 GOP / 4 DEM) and Doug Finke, a veteran reporter of the Springfield State Journal-Register (1/0). Miller, who founded the popular Capitol Fax newsletter in 1993, voted in Democrat primaries in 1994, 1996 and 1998, then Republican ones in 2000, 2010, 2012, 2014, and 2016 before pulling a Democrat primary ballot again this past March. Finke has cast one primary ballot since 1992, in a four-way 2006 Republican primary that included State Treasurer Judy Baar Topinka, Jim Oberweis, Bill Brady and Ron Gidwitz. Topinka won 38 percent of the primary vote before falling to incumbent Democrat Rod Blagojevich in the general election. . .How do your favorite Illinois political journalists vote in primary elections? Chicago City Wire analyzed the voting records of 100 of the state’s top politics and government journalists to test the conventional wisdom. Are they really Democrat-leaning?)

 

ABC7
— Former President Barack Obama campaigns in Chicago, Gary; Rauner and GOP rally voters in suburbs – Craig Wall and John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/barack-obama-campaigns-in-chicago-gary;-rauner-and-gop-rally-voters-in-suburbs-/4616861/

 

WGN RADIO
— Governor Rauner: “Democracy doesn’t work unless citizen get involved.” – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
https://wgnradio.com/2018/11/05/governor-rauner-democracy-doesnt-work-unless-citizen-get-involved/
— The Race for Illinois Governor with Chicago Tribune Columnist John Kass: Why a Vote for Pritzker is a Vote for Madigan – CURTIS KOCH
https://wgnradio.com/2018/11/04/the-race-for-illinois-governor-with-chicago-tribune-columnist-john-kass-why-a-vote-for-pritzker-is-a-vote-for-madigan-to-raise-property-taxes-corrupt-the-system-and-bankrupt-illinois-future/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner blasts unfavorable polls as ‘baloney’ on road for GOP candidates – Tina Sfondeles (DIERSEN: Are you a member of the Republican voter base? I have always been a member of the Republican voter base. In the 2016 general election, members of the Republican voter base voted for Trump. How strong is the Republican voter base in your precinct? Tragically, in 2016, in my precinct, only 137 voted for Trump while 211 voted for Clinton.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/bruce-rauner-blasts-unfavorable-polls-baloney-road-gop-candidates-election/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rauner bucked a campaign tradition of visiting churches the Sunday before Election Day, choosing instead to target his voter base elsewhere. . .Combating the Democratic get-out-the-vote rally, Rauner’s campaign on Sunday evening announced the Republican ticket will hold a rally Monday evening at Benedictine University in Lisle.)
— Is Kwame Raoul’s AG bid in trouble? Abortion rights group is worried – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/michael-sneed-kwame-raoul-abortion-rights-personal-pac-erika-harold/
— Hillary Clinton remains the Democrats best chance to defeat Trump in 2020 – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/hillary-clinton-2020-presidential-election-elizabeth-warren-bernie-sanders-democratic-party/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Busy pre-election weekend sees heavy early voting turnout in Chicago, Cook County
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-monday-20181104-story.html
— As more voters trust the Postal Service, here’s how mail ballots get counted — and what keeps people from voting 3 times – Katie Galioto
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-early-voting-counting-20181102-story.html
— Make it to your polling place on Election Day and get told you can’t vote? Here’s what to do – Ese Olumhense
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-know-your-voter-rights-20181104-story.html
— Talking politics at work Sharing opinions can be dicey – Todd Nordstrom (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates often asked me about my political opinions. Of course, their purpose to get information a) to justify their wasting my career, b) to justify their taking adverse actions against me, and c) to justify forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” They most frequently asked me questions to confirm my support for the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20181105/281874414416534

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Really want to help Chicago? Give up on that ‘mansion tax.’ In an era when partisans on the left and the right are embracing populism as a way to win, let’s remember that soak-the-rich policies have a cost—one Chicago can no longer afford to pay. – Editorial
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/really-want-help-chicago-give-mansion-tax

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: DuPage County’s hot races: Sheriff, chairman, clerk, more – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181105/dupage-countys-hot-races-sheriff-chairman-clerk-more
— Kane County’s hot races: Sheriff, home rule, more – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181105/kane-countys-hot-races-sheriff-home-rule-more
— Lake County’s hot races: Lots of mudslinging — and cash – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181105/lake-countys-hot-races-lots-of-mudslinging-x2014-and-cash
— Suburban Cook’s hot races: Heated state seats, school money questions – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181105/suburban-cooks-hot-races-heated-state-seats-school-money-questions

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Madigan doesn’t get mad — he gets even – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-11-04/jim-dey-madigan-doesnt-get-mad-%E2%80%94-he-gets-even.html

 

WTTW
— Obama Stumps for Pritzker, Democrats in Chicago – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/04/obama-stumps-pritzker-democrats-chicago

 

WGN TV
— Conservative Party candidate Sam McCann on why he’s opposing Gov. Rauner (DIERSEN: What if Rauner had set up someone like McCann to siphon off votes from Pritzker?)
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/04/conservative-party-candidate-sam-mccann-on-why-hes-opposing-gov-rauner/

 

HERALD NEWS
— Rauner makes stop in Morris Sunday Polls show governor down, but he’s optimistic 2 days before election – KEVIN SOLARI
https://www.theherald-news.com/2018/11/02/rauner-makes-stop-in-morris-sunday/a4xdgwj/

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Rauner smiles past the poll numbers in Decatur campaign stop 2 days before election – TONY REID
https://herald-review.com/news/local/rauner-smiles-past-the-poll-numbers-in-decatur-campaign-stop/article_abc5d1df-1d28-5d2d-8a00-7fd76d2e6966.html

 

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Second Amendment activists speak at town hall meeting – Charles Mills (DIERSEN: Who promotes Second Amendment rights in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/lifestyles/second-amendment-activists-speak-at-town-hall-meeting/article_0e4dc711-0d4d-5bfd-8655-9665cdba2216.html

 

  1. LOUIS RECORD
    — Judge allows fired junior high teacher’s age discrimination case to proceed – Sam Knef (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that you are/will be a victim of age discrimination: older, Republican, White, male, non-veteran, government employee, and non-poor.)
    https://stlrecord.com/stories/511620773-judge-allows-fired-junior-high-teacher-s-age-discrimination-case-to-proceed

 

WGLT
— Campaigns Ramp Up ‘Get Out The Vote’ Efforts Before Election Day – ERIC STOCK
http://www.wglt.org/post/campaigns-ramp-get-out-vote-efforts-election-day#stream/0

 

VANDALIA RADIO
— Rauner blasts Pritzker as he makes last minute bus tour around southern Illinois – Todd Stapleton
https://www.vandaliaradio.com/2018/11/05/gov-rauner-blasts-pritzker-as-he-makes-last-minute-bus-tour-around-southern-illinois/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Joining The Poll Worker Army On Election Day’s Front Lines – PAM FESSLER
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/joining-poll-worker-army-election-days-front-lines#stream/0

 

SUBURBAN PATCH
— Voting Machine Glitch Switched Votes In DuPage County: Report The election commission reportedly said the faulty machines have been switched out. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/woodridge/voting-machine-glitch-switched-votes-dupage-county-report

 

JEANNE IVES
— Mike Madigan is waging a war on women. So Send a Woman to Springfield who isn’t afraid of him and his cronies
https://mailchi.mp/16a77fb5f315/heres-the-real-war-on-women-from-madigan

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Casten Talking about his Tweets – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/03/casten-talking-about-his-tweets/
— Reapportionment the Best Reason to Re-Elect Bruce Rauner – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/05/the-best-reason-to-re-elect-bruce-rauner-copy/
— Opponents to McHenry Township road District Consolidation Run Half Page Ad in NWH – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/04/opponents-to-mchenry-township-road-district-consolidation-run-half-page-ad-in-nwh/
— McHenry Subdivision Sends Mail Asking for No Votes on McHenry Township Road District Consolidation Referendum – Cal Skinner
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/11/03/mchenry-subdivision-sends-mail-asking-for-no-votes-on-mchenry-township-road-district-consolidation-referendum/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Retiring Calumet City school superintendent Troy Paraday fired for allegedly trying to fraudulently spike pay by $1.7 million – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/schools/retiring-superintendent-fired-for-allegedly-trying-to-fraudulently-spike-pay/article_9b379006-ded2-11e8-ac48-cbb944223aa8.html

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Bye Bye Bruce – DOUG E. IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14594

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PLANNED PARENTHOOD ‘WEAPONIZING’ TAXPAYER DOLLARS FOR PRO-ABORTION CANDIDATES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/planned-parenthood-weaponizing-taxpayer-dollars-for-pro-abortion-candidates.html
— ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION: IT’S ABOUT POWER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/illegal-immigration-its-about-power.html

 

GOPUSA
— Leftist Race Slander Could Backfire – David Limbaugh
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58321

CAPITOL FAX
— Watch the vote by mail numbers
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/05/watch-the-vbm-numbers/
— Poll: Hultgren trailing by 6 into the home stretch
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/05/poll-hultgren-trailing-by-6-into-the-home-stretch/

 

FEDERALIST
— How The Central American Caravan Could Lead To A U.S. Refugee Crisis Like Europe’s While the encroaching caravan south of our border may seem miniscule in comparison, the mass exodus of migrants to Europe did not transpire overnight either. – Edward Cindric (DIERSEN: Democrats have and Democrats will use immigrants to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://thefederalist.com/2018/11/05/central-american-caravan-lead-u-s-refugee-crisis-like-europes/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WHITE HOUSE STATEMENT ADVANCES TRUMP’S PRO-LIFE CAMPAIGN Declares November National Adoption Month (DIERSEN: Those claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who focus on promoting abortion have always worked extremely hard against me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/white-house-statement-advances-trumps-pro-life-campaign/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN’s Cuomo Claims Illegals Commit Less Crime Than Legal Immigrants – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/11/05/cnns-cuomo-claims-illegals-commit-less-crime-illegal-immigrants

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Underwood v. Hultgren: Dem candidate for Congress busted for lies about being a nurse – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/dem_candidate_for_congress_busted_for_lies_about_being_a_nurse.html
— The left doesn’t care – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/the_left_doesnt_care.html

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ellison Questioned Journalist’s Motives – Todd Shepherd (DIERSEN: I have served as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about those who have questioned my motives and my judgment. They blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Of course, they will blame me and my GOPUSA Illinois emails for all the losses that Republican candidates in Illinois will suffer on November 6, 2018. They will specifically blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republican candidates on the ballot in my precinct will suffer.)
https://freebeacon.com/politics/ellison-report-questioned-journalists-motives-reported-jesse-jackson-remark/
— Breadwinners – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: Are/were you a breadwinner? One could argue that once you retire, you are no longer a breadwinner. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.” Of course, ever since then, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have used that against me.)
https://freebeacon.com/culture/review-once-and-future-worker-oren-cass/

 

THE HILL
— Huge turnout raises Dem hopes for a wave – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/414832-huge-turnout-raises-dem-hopes-for-a-wave

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Did You Vote? Now Your Friends May Know (and Nag You) – Natasha Singer (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? What do you say to Republican candidates who do NOT want Republican Precinct Committeemen like me who have “bad demographics” to campaign for them? My demographics are very bad. I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (70), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 21 years, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, etc. The aforesaid Republican candidates want those with the following demographics to campaign for them: anti-Trump, minority, female, attractive, young, and recent immigrant.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/politics/apps-public-voting-record.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/opinion/midterms-election-vote.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/opinion/hungary-orban-republican-party-trump.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/opinion/donald-trump-reagan-nixon-midterms.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Reporter Gets Trump Scoops, and Criticism – Michael Grynbaum (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have made it very clear that they will viciously destroy any activist, any candidate, any elected official, any party leader, any major donor, any political consultant, any etc. who gives me “scoop.” My critics/opponents are extremely vicious and they have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/business/media/jonathan-swan-axios-profile.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to get more of the anti-White vote, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being more anti-White.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/midterms-test-whether-republicans-not-named-trump-can-win-by-stoking-racial-animosity/2018/11/04/bb5f00ac-e059-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/full-trumpism-the-presidents-apocalyptic-attacks-reach-a-new-level-of-falsity/2018/11/04/8e4fb87e-e043-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html
— Democrats will have to contend with immigration eventually – Reihan Salam (DIERSEN: Democrats have and Democrats will use immigrants to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-will-have-to-contend-with-immigration-eventually/2018/11/04/49f89554-de06-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Obama given pass on stirring up bias – Larry Elder
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/11/obama_given_pass_on_stirring_up_bias

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To measure the real base of California’s Republican support, look no further than Trump’s approval numbers – John Myers (DIERSEN: What are Trump’s approval numbers in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What do you say to Republican candidates in districts that have low Trump approval numbers a) who dump Trump to get elected/reelected and b) who dump Trump supporters like me to get elected/reelected?)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-ca-california-republicans-2018-election-analysis-20181105-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To calculate the size of the Republican base, just look at the president’s job-approval number. Find that loyal Trump supporter, goes the logic, and you’re looking at a voter who will stick with Republican candidates through hell or high water. That number, according to a recent poll, is about 39% of statewide likely voters. The nonpartisan Public Policy Institute of California found that this core group of GOP voters is centered among the ranks of white male voters. Many live near San Diego or in the Central Valley. Most are registered Republicans, though some are unaffiliated “independent” voters. Many attended college but didn’t leave with a degree. Given the animus of the state’s elected officials toward Trump’s policies, 39% support for the president among likely California voters is a reasonably strong showing. (And it’s worth noting that the president’s job approval is much lower among all adults — another example of how the electorate doesn’t accurately reflect the state as a whole.) It’s less uplifting, though, for a Republican who’s trying to win statewide office. Trump may have helped reveal the contours of the party’s base, but his reputation could also create a shatterproof ceiling come election day.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot pushing Boehner pushes pot.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/washington-needs-to-legalize-cannabis-1541361855?mod=searchresults&page=1&pos=1
— The Problem of Being Overcommitted in Retirement – Glenn Ruffenach (DIERSEN: If you are retired, what do you spend your time on? I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out. I should write a book about those who viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously condemn me for doing that. They talk and/or act like they have been promised a new home, a new car, lots of money, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation, and/or much more if they succeed in getting to stop putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending them out.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-problem-of-being-overcommitted-in-retirement-1541172905
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/immigrants-are-the-best-tenants-1541361836
— ‘Where Did You Get This Number?’ Review: Counting the Vote Ahead of Time Changing technology has made political polling easier and more accurate, but challenges remain, including, at times, unreliable exit polls. Michael Barone reviews “Where Did You Get This Number?” by Anthony Salvanto.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-did-you-get-this-number-review-counting-the-vote-ahead-of-time-1541361737

 

JACKSON HERALD TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
http://www.jacksonheraldtoday.com/archives/15166-Political-climate-filled-with-hate.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Congress Thinks Voters Are Way More Conservative Than They Actually Are.”
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/study-congress-overestimates-the-publics-conservatism.html

 

ATLANTIC
— Does the U.S. Still Have a ‘Middle Class’? White-collar work today is fundamentally insecure. – Caitlin Zaloom
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/what-does-middle-class-really-mean/574534/

November 4 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Obama rallies for Democrats in Chicago – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/former-president-obama-to-hold-rally-in-chicago-sunday

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Rauner campaigns throughout Illinois days before election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/photos/ct-gov-rauner-campaigns-illinois-photos-20181104-photogallery.html
— Former President Barack Obama rallies hometown Chicago crowd to vote for J.B. Pritzker, other Democrats – Rick Pearson, Patrick O’Connell, Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-barack-obama-jb-pritzker-illinois-democrats-20181102-story.html
— America’s gender, racial divides on display in House races – AP (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more that anti-Trumps want to get rid of you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–election-2018-diversity-divide-20181031-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who claim to speak for illegals hint/imply/argue/shout a) that illegals are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) that illegals have, are and will work with Democrats to get rid of those who 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..
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-cepeda-column-st-1104-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama tells rally in Chicago: ‘The character of our nation is on the ballot’ Obama, rapper Common headline rally for Illinois Dems in Chicago – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/barack-obama-common-j-b-pritzker-uic-illinois-democrats-republican-bruce-rauner-midterm-election/
— Fact-check: Pritzker and Rauner both fact-challenged candidates for governor – BGA (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fact-check-pritzker-rauner-governor-race-politifact/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump criticizes countries over caravans – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181104/news/311049922/
— For some, a vibrant US economy complicates voting decision – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181103/business/311039967/
— Illinois 200: 350,000 from here went to fight in Europe during World War I – Tony Reid (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181104/illinois-200-350000-from-here-went-to-fight-in-europe-during-world-war-i

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Caravan nears Mexico City
https://qctimes.com/print-specific/records/caravan-nears-mexico-city/article_43e2ef83-08dc-5069-b2b5-376e953c2a71.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Tuesday’s election is historic for multiple reasons – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-11-04/tom-kacich-tuesdays-election-historic-multiple-reasons.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Birthright citizenship wrong for U.S. – Michael Reagan
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/michael-reagan-birthright-citizenship-wrong-for-us/article_830045a9-4374-51ac-a81d-906b5f2cf196.html
— Democrat Raoul gets $1M check from Madigan as attorney general race with Harold tightens – RICK PEARSON & BILL RUTHHART
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/democrat-raoul-gets-m-check-from-madigan-as-attorney-general/article_f81f2750-fa48-5034-a28c-cf0ce7061e41.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois candidates still campaigning in final days before election. Here’s where. – LEXI CORTES
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article221109290.html

 

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Indiana GOP drops NRA president Oliver North as speaker in Noblesville, site of May school shooting – Emily Hopkins and Emma Kate Fittes
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/04/nra-speaker-had-been-scheduled-indiana-gop-rally-noblesville/1884087002/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Voters want Democrats to control Congress.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/4/nbcwall-street-journal-poll-finds-voters-want-demo/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Hear You: The Migrant ‘Caravan,’ Racial Preferences, and Other Leftist Passions – Ken McIntyre
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/04/we-hear-you-the-migrant-caravan-racial-preferences-and-other-leftist-passions/

 

HOT AIR
— New York Times Launches Histrionic Alarm Over “White Nationalism” Days Before Election – JAZZ SHAWP (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more that the New York Times wants to get rid of you: Trump supporters, 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.)
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/04/ny-times-launches-histrionic-alarm-white-nationalism-days-election/

 

BREITBART
— 14th Amendment Now Used to Drive Down Black Americans’ Wages – Ann Coulter
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/04/ann-coulter-14th-amendment-used-drive-down-black-americans-wages/
— Birthright Citizenship Allowing Illegal Aliens to Increase U.S. Population – Pat Buchanan
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/04/watch-pat-buchanan-birthright-citizenship-allowing-illegal-aliens-increase-u-s-population/
— NY Democrats Push Social Media Background Check Before Allowing Gun Purchases – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/04/ny-democrats-push-social-media-background-check-before-allowing-gun-purchases/
— President Trump’s Foreign Policy Triumph Annoys the Media
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/03/virgil-president-trumps-foreign-policy-triumph-annoys-the-media/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The 14th Amendment Does Not Mandate Birthright Citizenship – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-does-not-mandate/

 

THE HILL
— The nation cannot afford to go backward — vote Republican – TIM CHAPMAN
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/414736-the-nation-cannot-afford-to-go-backward-under-dem-leadership
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A focus on getting rid 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.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/414717-americans-are-more-focused-on-what-we-have-in-common-new-research-finds

 

POLITICO
— New polls show Democrats hold an advantage to win the House – ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/11/04/new-polls-show-democrats-hold-an-advantage-to-win-the-house-339216

 

POLITIFACT
— Fact-checking the fact-challenged candidates for Illinois governor – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.politifact.com/illinois/article/2018/nov/04/fact-checking-fact-challenged-candidates-illinois-/

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/04/opinions/trump-whip-up-browning-of-america-obeidallah/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters want everyone to Hate Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/04/rnc-chairwoman-ronna-mcdaniel-racist-campaign-video-sotu-vpx.cnn
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Germans again paint themselves as being anti-American. I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/04/media/germany-der-spiegel-trump-midterms-intl/index.html

 

CNBC
— Anxious politicians and volunteers make final election push – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians and their volunteers a) who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but b) who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They a) do NOT want me to know about their events, b) do NOT want me to promote their events, c) do NOT want me to attend their events, and d) do NOT want me to report on their events.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/04/anxious-politicians-and-volunteers-make-final-election-push.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives work very hard to destroy “far right” groups. I should write a book about those who succeeded in destroying TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/politics/far-right-internet-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. militia groups head to border, stirred by Trump’s call to arms – Mary Lee Grant and Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-militia-groups-head-to-border-stirred-by-trumps-call-to-arms/2018/11/03/ff96826c-decf-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
— Anxiety high in campaign’s final days as voters prepare to render judgment on Trumpism – Matt Viser and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anxiety-high-in-campaigns-final-days-as-voters-prepare-to-render-judgment-on-trumpism/2018/11/03/7d7f6f78-ded9-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html
— U.S. militia groups head to border, stirred by Trump’s call to arms – Mary Lee Grant and Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-militia-groups-head-to-border-stirred-by-trumps-call-to-arms/2018/11/03/ff96826c-decf-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
— In SNL’s cold open, Fox News hosts offer some thoughts on the migrant caravan. Spoiler alert: They’re not fans. – Travis M. Andrews
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/11/04/snls-cold-open-fox-news-hosts-offer-some-thoughts-migrant-caravan-spoiler-alert-theyre-not-fans/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/04/like-his-lies-trumps-racist-comments-dont-surprise-but-they-should-be-counted/

 

USA TODAY
— President Trump: Democrats will take ‘a wrecking ball’ to American progress if they win control in Congress – David Jackson and John Fritze
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/04/2018-midterm-elections-donald-trump-rallies/1873980002/

 

FORBES
— How To Close The Wage Gap For Latina Employees – Janice Gassam (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.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2018/11/04/how-to-close-the-wage-gap-for-latina-employees/#59e0e8266a41

 

NEW YORKER

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting extremism.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/sunday-reading-extremism-in-america

 

WORLD TRIBUNE
— ‘No sane country’ would allow birthright citizenship, Harry Reid said
https://www.worldtribune.com/no-sane-country-would-allow-birthright-citizenship-harry-reid-said/

 

THE GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, The Guardian makes it clear that it is vehemently anti-American.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/04/us-midterms-2018-trump-racist-attack-ads-republicans
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/04/the-american-civil-war-didnt-end-and-trump-is-a-confederate-president

November 4 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban 6th, 14th district races have national implications  Hot congressional races here could be key nationally – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: What are your connections with Roskam and Hultgren? Outstandingly, both endorsed me when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. I have been one of Roskam’s constituents since 2000 and 1993-1998 before that. I was one of Hultgren’s constituents 1994-2007.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181103/suburban-6th-14th-district-races-have-national-implications
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Democrat or Republican, these election judges work together for voters – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181103/constable-democrat-or-republican-these-election-judges-work-together-for-voters
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181104/republicans-not-the-party-of-trump-but-of-joe-mccarthy
— Grammar Moses: Take these words to the polls – Jim Baumann
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181103/grammar-moses-take-these-words-to-the-polls

— Pointlessness and harm in negative campaigning – Todd Scalzo, Wheaton (DIERSEN: I am a “Hard-R,” but nevertheless, I have received many negative mailers from Carrier and from Casten.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181104/pointlessness-and-harm-in-negative-campaigning-

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to counties that encourage illegal migration?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-missing-migrants-20181101-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Some vets warn of politicizing forces.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-veterans-border-20181102-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint all those who oppose illegal immigration as being potential bombers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flashback-bombs-mail-packages-1919-scare-1104-20181101-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-American.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-migrant-caravan-troops-border-huppke-20181101-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Tackling ‘Daddy, are you the enemy of the people’ and other tricky kid questions – Stefano Esposito (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, far too many Democrat reporters focus on destroying Republicans, and especially on destroying Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/fatherhood-stefano-esposito-handling-kids-tough-questions-parenting/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Feel-good ads appear. Election Day must be near – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181103/statehouse-insider-feel-good-ads-appear-election-day-must-be-near

 

SOUTHERN
— Rauner, Sanguinetti visit Saluki tailgate on Saturday – MARILYN HALSTEAD
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-sanguinetti-visit-saluki-tailgate-on-saturday/article_97a47e34-2a8e-572c-897d-b5685d5b1577.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Padilla represents retirees, seniors – Daniel DeShane (DIERSEN: Democrats want you to vote for candidates who “represent” your demographics. How well will those on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct represent those who share your demographics? What are your demographics? I have been an Illinois resident since 1948 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, married (since 1978), homeowner (since 1972), old (70), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, former union member (almost 12 years), former Post Office employee (almost 3 years), former IRS employee (almost 9 years), former GAO employee (almost 18 years), federal retiree (more than 21 years), American nameplate car owner (since 1964), Corvette owner (since 1971), childless, pet-less, NIU graduate (1970), Loyola graduate (1976), DePaul graduate (1980), IIT graduate (1997), CPA (1979), licensed CPA (1981), Certified Internal Auditor (1981), etc.)
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/10/09/padilla-represents-retirees-seniors/ap5lv44/
— Focus on the issues and vote Democrat – Ellen Smith, Dixon (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to vote for dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/10/22/focus-on-the-issues-and-vote-democrat/awf4dme/

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Democrats will help the poor – John Collopy, Galesburg (DIERSEN: Have you had a job that should have been given to a poor person? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20181103/letter-democrats-will-help-poor

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/democratic-women-house-candidates-set-much-easier-election-day-gop-women#stream/0

 

BLAZE
— Trump stuns reporter with reply to her very pointed question – here’s what he said – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/02/trump-stuns-reporter-with-reply-to-her-very-pointed-question-heres-what-he-said

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Taunts CNN: ‘I’m President and They’re Not’ – Charlie Spiering (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican want you to do? Mine want me a) to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, to include links in those emails only to articles that they approve of, b) to say and do only what they tell me to say or tell me do, c) to give them lots of money, d) to stop promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, e) to stop promoting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and/or f) to drop my opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/03/donald-trump-taunts-cnn-im-president-and-theyre-not/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Sees the Migrant Caravan as a Winning Election Issue – Debra J. Saunders Debra J. Saunders (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with those who illegally come to America illegally, who illegally stay in America illegally, and who illegally bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that they are anti-American.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2018/11/04/trump-sees-the-migrant-caravan-as-a-winning-election-issue-n2534450

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration Is on Tuesday’s Ballot – Rachel Bovard (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with those who illegally come to America illegally, who illegally stay in America illegally, and who illegally bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that they are anti-American.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/04/immigration-is-on-tuesdays-ballot/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats care about illegal aliens, not you – Lloyd Marcus (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates make it clear that if elected, they will use government to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/democrats_care_about_illegal_aliens_not_you.html
— Conservatism and Anti-Semitism – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/conservatism_and_antisemitism.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Migrant caravan treks ‘route of death’ after Mexico denies transport – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/4/migrant-caravan-treks-route-death-veracruz-mexico/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Executive actions on immigration before an election didn’t bother the media when Obama did it – Eddie Scarry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/executive-actions-on-immigration-before-an-election-didnt-bother-the-media-when-obama-did-it
— Republicans fear Trump has conceded the House as he fights to keep GOP hold on Senate – Robert Donachie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/republicans-fear-trump-has-conceded-the-house-as-he-fights-to-keep-gop-hold-on-senate

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— If We Don’t Enforce the Law, We Get Anarchy – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.westernjournal.com/dont-enforce-law-get-anarchy/

 

HOT AIR
— Democrats Gave Trump An Opening On Immigration
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/11/democrats-gave-trump-opening-immigration/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Trump’s Crackdown on Illegal Immigration Protects All Americans Yes, the United States ‘is a nation of immigrants — but the immigrants have to enter legally,’ says the executive director of Turning Point USA in an op-ed – Charlie Kirk
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/trumps-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-protects-all-americans/?utm_source=right-rail-latest

 

THE HILL
— Trump calls Gillum ‘not equipped’ to be Florida governor – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: What do/did your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that you were “not equipped” to do? For me it has included my working for GAO 1980-1997, my working for IRS 1971-1980, and my working for the Post Office 1966-1969. For me it has included my serving as an Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, 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://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414740-trump-calls-gillumnot-equipped-to-be-florida-governor

 

POLITICO
— White House braces for midterm House loss – ZACH MONTELLARO (DIERSEN: Tragically, some Republican candidates in Illinois will lose on November 6, 2018. QUESTION: Who will Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs blame those losses on? ANSWER: Those who voted Ives in the primary and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Will the blamers succeed in striking the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform? Will the blamers succeed in banishing from the IRP all those who support the aforesaid planks? Will the blamers succeed in dissolving the IRP?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-score/2018/10/29/white-house-braces-for-midterm-house-loss-392798
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “White House political director Bill Stepien wrote a three-page memo this week in which he outlined the political landscape confronting the GOP and bluntly warned that the party’s prospects for the House are ‘challenging.’ … [I]n the memo, Stepien attempted to divert blame from Trump toward several other factors that he said made a ‘traditionally challenging year even more difficult.’)

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/03/opinions/midterm-elections-year-of-woman-roundup/index.html

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump assails illegal immigration in final Florida midterms appearance – JOHN PARKINSON
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Elections/trump-assails-illegal-immigration-final-florida-midterms-appearance/story?id=58952728

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Trump’s “tactics.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/republicans-house-races-caravan-voters.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn women who support Trump big time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/trump-women.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “What Kind of Democrat Can Beat Trump in 2020?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/opinion/midterms-democrats-trump-2020.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Luck of the Democrats Trump could have flattened liberalism. Instead he’s given it an opening.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/opinion/sunday/midterms-democrats-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump and the Hart-less Presidency.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/opinion/sunday/trump-hart-presidency.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/women-activism-midterms.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, bad employers want to hire citizens of foreign countries rather than citizens of America. Bad employees know that they can much more easily underpay, abuse, exploit, and get rid of citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/opinion/sunday/immigration-el-salvador-trump-united-states.html
— You’ve Been Offered a Great New Job, but Is It Worth a Pay Cut? – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about taking pay cuts. GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, while I was working for IRS as a GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) Revenue Officer, I applied for a job at GAO. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. The Democrats offered me a transfer, but only if I agreed to suffer a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade to GS-9 Step 10. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have forced me to suffer a pay cut to transfer if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/business/new-job-pay-cut-worth-it.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats lead in House preferences, but positive views of the economy and concern about border security may buoy Republicans, poll finds – Dan Balz and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-lead-in-house-preferences-but-positive-views-of-the-economy-and-concern-about-border-security-may-buoy-republicans-poll-finds/2018/11/03/c98f184a-dee4-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in radicalizing anti-Trumps, and especially in radicalizing anti-Trumps who are also anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/01/psychology-how-someone-becomes-radicalized/

 

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump hammers on immigration, caravan in final rallies before midterm election – John Fritze and David Jackson,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/03/midterm-elections-2018-donald-trump-hammers-immigration-message/1881561002/
— Are you overconfident in your financial future? – Peter Dunn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2018/11/02/overconfident-financial-future-how-know-if-right/1696012002/
— Did a surprise blow your budget? How to move forward and get back on financial track – Kevin Voigt (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, my budget has suffered a $73,461 (59%) setback each year since 1997. In today’s dollars, my salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864, or only 41% of that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/11/04/financial-setback-how-move-forward-get-back-track/1775180002/

DAILY TELEGRAPH
— The Trump delusion: All the times people thought he was doomed – Sam Clench
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/the-trump-delusion-all-the-times-people-thought-he-was-doomed/news-story/07b5277c2a8434527ec1c67195cd6ab5

 

COLLEGIATE TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that young people are overwhelmingly anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/opinion-to-win-back-young-voters-republicans-must-let-go/article_789fe9b4-db92-11e8-9e7c-6f56d58c8fce.html

 

ECONOMIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites are anti-Trumps. White-haters are Trump-haters.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/11/03/the-republican-party-and-white-identity

 

AXIOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men.
https://www.axios.com/the-gender-gap-in-2018-6004e17d-0943-43ae-88b7-e8e3b8793a03.html
— Google’s restlessness for better company culture – Marisa Fernandez (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the “culture” at GAO 1980-1997, at IRS 1971-1980, at the Post Office 1966-1969, at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, at Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, at Milton Township Republican Central Committee since 1999, at the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, at the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter 2001-2004, etc.)
https://www.axios.com/google-walkout-sexual-harassment-workplace-e28ba5e6-5d79-48f8-9249-242e8b6f854b.html

 

GUARDIAN
— Illinois Republican Peter Roskam slams opponent as Trumpian in race turned upside down As Tuesday’s midterm elections loom, once-red suburbs swinging sharply blue could hold the keys to the House – Ben Jacobs (DIERSEN: Roskam says “I know what it’s like to be in an environment that’s challenging.” What challenging environments have you been in? I survived for almost 18 years as a GAO employee, for almost 9 years as an IRS employee, and for almost 3 years as a Post Office employee. I survived for 13 years as an Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member, 7 years as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, 8 years as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, 6 years as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, 4 years as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and 3 years as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. All of the aforesaid employers and organizations are/were dominated by individuals who focused on destroying those like me who they could not manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/04/illinois-republican-peter-roskam-sean-casten-trump

November 3 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Rauner’s conservative predicament – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/02/illinois-republicans-angry-with-rauner-say-theyll-still-vote-for-him/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To win four years ago, Bruce Rauner campaigned as a fiscal conservative with no social agenda. He offered up a 44-point turnaround plan to shake up Springfield. Conservative and moderate Republicans loved it. But not long after Rauner took office, the right revolted. When it was time to seek reelection, he drew a primary challenge from State Rep. Jeanne Ives. “You know I started to lose hope that he was really going to be on the track fiscally as soon as he entered office,” Ives said. “And it had to do with him expanding massively pre-school in a state where we couldn’t afford it. We were going to try to grab on to $20 million per year on a federal grant. But we were going to have to phony up $400 million just to get that money.” It’s not just finances. Ives’ anger exploded when Rauner approved a law protecting undocumented immigrants and then later signed a measure expanding taxpayer-subsidized abortions. “I’m a social conservative and we’ve taken it on the chin, even under a Republican governor, we’ve not gotten what we wanted. The promises were not kept,” Ives said. Rauner defeated Ives by a razor thin margin, about 20,000 votes. After the primary, party leaders emphasized the need for unity. But Rauner and Ives did not do that. When asked if she did everything she could to help him win, Ives said: “That was never my job. I was very upfront with people.” Ives predicts Rauner will lose, but she says she will vote for him. . .McSweeney has been harsh critic of Governor Rauner, but he’s sticking with him in the race. “Our best hope is to reelect Rauner because he’s not going to opening promote tax increases. But I’d be a hypocrite if I said positive things about the first term. It’s been a fiasco across the board,” McSweeney said. Like Ives, the McSweeney fears Rauner could be doomed. But he sees a chance for the conservative movement to regroup. “If Bruce Rauner ends up losing we need to realize that we need to go back to our grassroots. We need to be inclusive. We need to be a positive party. We’ve got to stop calling people names and focus on an agenda that makes sense,” McSweeney said.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump. Democrats are using that hatred to help elect Casten and Underwood.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/casten-underwood-roskam-hultgren-republicans-democrats-2018-midterm-election-blue-wave-congress/
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20181103/281582356637011
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bob Grogan is the DuPage County Auditor and chairman of the Downers Grove Township Republican Organization. In the 6th, “it seems like it’s fairly even. I like our chances. I think we’re in a good spot,” he said in an interview in organization’s storefront headquarters. As for the Trump factor, Grogan said: “He helped coagulate people who are not on my side of the aisle. He gave them a rallying cry.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/cannabis-shortage-weed-pot-medical-marijuana/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage ready for Election Day, even with expected record voter turnout, official says – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-early-voting-st-1104-story.html
— For your Election Day toolbox – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-nudge-election-tribune-endorsements-20181102-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats downplay and bury Trump’s “humming economy.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-economy-jobs-trump-congress-20181102-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Forest Park may become state’s 1st town with video gambling to ban it – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-video-gambling-referendum-forest-park-election-20181102-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Paul Ryan helps Hultgren tilt his message toward economy House speaker campaigns for Hultgren in 14th – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181102/ryan-helps-hultgren-tilt-his-message-toward-economy
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump vs. Obama in the final weekend of the midterms – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181102/news/311029858/

 

WTTW
— Obama to Rally in Chicago for Democrats – Rauner Campaign Says it Shows Race Tightening – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/02/obama-rally-chicago-democrats-rauner-campaign-says-it-shows-race-tightening

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Rauner will do better in second term – Editorial
https://www.whig.com/20181102/rauner-will-do-better-in-second-term#//
— Rauner fans support with Quincy stop – Doug Finke
https://www.whig.com/20181102/rauner-fans-support-with-quincy-stop#//

 

MCDONOUGH VOICE
— Sanguinetti makes campaign stop in Macomb – Michelle Langhout
http://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20181102/sanguinetti-makes-campaign-stop-in-macomb

 

MACOMB NEWS NOW
— Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti Visits Macomb – Paul Mellema
https://macombnewsnow.com/macomb-news/388478

 

WSIL TV
— Congressman Shimkus touts record ahead of election – Carolyn Cerda
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39404429/congressman-shimkus-touts-record-ahead-of-election
— Rauner visits Harrisburg on campaign tour across Illinois – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39410069/gov-rauner-visits-harrisburg-on-campaign-tour-across-illinois

 

WPSD
— Rauner talks next week’s election with Local 6 – Thomas Capps, Chad Darnall
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2018/11/02/illinois-gov-bruce-rauner-talks-next-weeks-election-with-local-6/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Immigration Experts” demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/immigration-experts-say-some-trumps-statements-are-false-and-misleading#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats downplay and bury Trump’s “humming economy.”
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/economy-has-not-been-top-focus-trump-midterm-campaigns#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites hint/imply/argue/shout that all Whites are racists.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/when-boys-cant-be-boys#stream/0

 

WHEATON RECORD
— Upcoming midterm election sparks conversation on campus – CHARLES HERMESMANN
http://www.wheatonrecord.com/news/upcoming-midterm-election-sparks-conversation-on-campus/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the election approaches, Wheaton political science faculty have taken particular interest in the Roskam vs. Casten race. Dr. Amy Black noted that the race has changed from “too close to call” to “leans Democratic” in recent articles and polls. “The momentum seems to be moving in Casten’s favor,” Black said. She predicts that many late voters will choose to vote against the incumbent. “Since voters typically know the person currently in office, those who are still ambivalent at the end are likely showing a tendency to choose the new alternative.” Dr. Bryan McGraw voiced his view that the midterm election was still too close to call: “I honestly don’t know,” he said. “I suspect it will come down to a relatively small number of votes, maybe less than 500, and it’s impossible to tell at that small of a margin.” While McGraw still sees the race as too close to call, he agrees that this race marks a change in Wheaton’s congressional district. “Regardless of who wins, it’s clear that the district is trending more centrist, which will have a constraining effect on the representative. And which means we will probably see competitive elections here for the foreseeable future.” Some Wheaton students, like senior political science major Emma Wen, will be voting for the first time in this year’s midterm election. “I believe strongly in fulfilling one’s civic duty to vote — it is a privilege and right which should not be taken lightly,” she said. Wen Upcoming midterm election sparks conversation on campus expects this year’s election to have a significant impact on the country as a whole: “I think the ultimate outcome of these midterms will be the decisive approval or disapproval of President Trump and the Republican Party by voters.” No matter the outcome of the 2018 midterm election, politicians and political pundits seem certain that it will have major effects on the country’s policies.)

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judicial board says DuPage judge Patrick J. O’Shea lied to cops about bullet, retaliated vs. women for harassment complaints – Dan Churney
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511617632-judicial-board-says-dupage-judge-lied-to-cops-about-bullet-retaliated-vs-women-for-harassment-complaints
— Judges on ballot this month; some evaluation groups ask voters to steer clear of some in particular – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511619964-judges-on-ballot-this-month-some-evaluation-groups-ask-voters-to-steer-clear-of-some-in-particular

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Pritzker’s proposed spending would cost billions, research group warns – Chandra Lye
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511616874-pritzker-s-proposed-spending-would-cost-billions-research-group-warns
— Federal judge refuses to dismiss sexual harassment case against Democratic Party of Illinois – Claudia Balthazar
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511617567-federal-judge-refuses-to-dismiss-sexual-harassment-case-against-democratic-party-of-illinois

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— New ad highlights Madigan’s alleged pay-to-play scheme with legislators – Robert Hadley
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511614160-new-ad-highlights-madigan-s-alleged-pay-to-play-scheme-with-legislators

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Your parents’ basement as a launching pad. For Congress.
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511617592-your-parents-basement-as-a-launching-pad-for-congress

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Speaker Madigan transfers $1 million to Kwame Raoul from personal campaign fund
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/02/speaker-madigan-transfers-1-million-to-kwame-raoul-from-personal-campaign-fund/

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal invasion includes known criminals
http://www.gopusa.com/illegal-invasion-includes-known-criminals/
— Strong hiring, low employment, healthy job market expected to continue
http://www.gopusa.com/strong-hiring-low-employment-healthy-job-market-expected-to-continue/

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats love RINOs a) who demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and b) who blame Trump for all the problems that the Republican Party has.
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/11/02/michael-steele-trump-engages-in-stupid-at-a-level-that-we-have-never-seen-before/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Trump Economy Continues to Surge – Matthew Continetti
https://freebeacon.com/columns/trump-economy-continues-surge/

THE HILL
— Trump’s immigration push lifts Senate GOP – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/414661-trumps-immigration-push-lifts-senate-gop

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump. Democrats use that hatred to elect Democrats.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/midterms/article220964575.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats downplay and bury Trump’s “humming economy.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/us/politics/immigration-economy-republicans-trump-midterms.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/01/opinion/trump-campaigning-violence.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Wants to Make it Hard to Get Asylum. Other Countries Feel the Same. – Max Fisher and Amanda Taub (DIERSEN: Democrats count on asylum seeker to help Democrats get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/world/europe/trump-asylum.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Jobless rate for Hispanic Americans hits record low – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Hispanics that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/jobless-rate-for-hispanic-americans-hits-record-low/2018/11/02/5ba9692a-deb2-11e8-8bac-bfe01fcdc3a6_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote illegals, Democrats call you a racist.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/01/trumps-racist-ad-shows-how-low-republicans-have-sunk/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Casten Has the Anti-Pedophile Vote Secured In politics, obnoxiousness without charm remains obnoxious. – Ray Parker, Annapolis, Md.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/casten-has-the-anti-pedophile-vote-secured-1541178210
— Early-Voter Turnout Surges as Parties Stage Final Push Republicans try to shore up vulnerable candidates as Democrats see prospects expanding in the House – Kristina Peterson and Reid J. Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parties-make-final-push-ahead-of-midterms-1541186192
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Politicians Can’t Resist the Lure of Facebook – Christopher Mims (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-reality-buy-ads-on-facebook-or-risk-losing-the-election-1541171620
— The New Retirement Plan: Save Almost Everything, Spend Virtually Nothing – Anne Tergesen and Veronica Dagher
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-retirement-plan-save-almost-everything-spend-virtually-nothing-1541217688

 

USA TODAY
— Nasty Illinois governor’s race could be most expensive in U.S. history – Aamer Madhani
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/02/ill-governors-race-nasty-contest-could-costliest-u-s-history/1849262002/
— Midterm election: Donald Trump acknowledges that Democrats could take the House – David Jackson and John Fritze
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/02/donald-trump-acknowledges-democrats-could-take-house-midterm/1861730002/

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Iowa Governor’s Race Turns on Whether Democrat Is Too Rich
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/iowa/articles/2018-11-02/iowa-governors-race-turns-on-whether-democrat-is-too-rich

 

REAL LIVING
— FOR SALE: 515 West Park Avenue, Wheaton – $799,900
https://www.realliving.com/city-residential/homes-for-sale/515-W-Park-Avenue-Wheaton-IL-60189-259298534

ABC7
— Republicans call for Susana Mendoza to drop out of comptroller race after mayoral ad leaks – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-call-for-mendoza-to-drop-out-of-comptroller-race-after-mayoral-ad-leaks/4605385/
— Democrats focus on health care in run up to Election Day
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/democrats-focus-on-health-care-in-run-up-to-election-day/4605231/

 

NBC5
— Mendoza Mayoral Announcement Video Surfaces Days Before Midterm Election Mendoza’s campaign said the ad was simply made in preparation for a possible run, as she is still considering her options – Mary Ann Ahern and Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mendoza-Mayoral-Announcement-Video-Surfaces-Days-Before-Midterm-Election-499437761.html
— Tell Us About Any Voting Problems During the Midterm Elections
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tell-nbc5-about-any-voting-problems-during-the-midterm-elections-499429711.html

 

CBS2
— Democrats Attack Republicans On Health Care In Chicago Congressional Races – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/democrats-attack-republicans-on-health-care-in-chicago-congressional-races/
— Candidate Q & A: 14th Congressional District Republican Randy Hultgren – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/candidate-q-a-14th-congressional-district-republican-randy-hultgren/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Amid talk of a potential blue wave, Democrats already have begun to turn the tide in GOP suburbs – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-midterm-elections-suburbs-20181101-story.html
— Video clip leaks of state Comptroller Susana Mendoza announcing run for Chicago mayor – Bill Ruthhart and John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-chicago-mayor-video-clip-20181102-story.html
— ‘You can’t not talk about it’: Politically divided couples navigate a period when elections are divisive — and inescapable – Heidi Stevens
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-politically-divided-couples-1102-story.html
— What Roskam’s Tuesday night means for Republicans nationwide – Charles Lane
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-predicament-peter-roskam-6th-district-sean-casten-1102-story.html
— Speaker Paul Ryan in Chicago suburbs touts fellow Republican Randy Hultgren — and Packers – Patrick M. O’Connell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-paul-ryan-randy-hultgren-illinois-20181101-story.html
— Democrats focus on longtime GOP strongholds hoping to increase Cook County Board lead: ‘The suburbs … are not what they once were.’ – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-board-elections-20181031-story.html
— This election is a showdown between Rauner and Madigan – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-illinois-election-showdown-20181101-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— NRA support for Roskam triggers a battle over yard signs – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/peter-roskham-nra-yard-signs-lawsuit-citizens-ignited/
— Susana Mendoza video leaks out declaring ‘I’m running for mayor of Chicago’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mendoza-video-leaks-declaring-running-mayor-chicago/
— Judge refuses to stop case over Trump hotel in Washington – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emoluments-trump-hotel-washington/
— Democrats’ voter hotline heats up with complaints, concerns, questions – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrats-voter-hotline-complaints-concerns-questions-christian-mitchell/
— Third migrant caravan enters Mexico, heads for US border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/third-migrant-caravan-enters-mexico-heads-for-us-border/
— Troop deployment creates tense atmosphere on US border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/troop-deployment-creates-tense-atmosphere-us-border-central-america-migrant-caravan-mexico-texas/
— 1 in 5 Chicago Public Schools students missed 17-plus days of school last year – Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-public-schools-cps-student-chronic-absenteeism-high-isbe-school-report-card/
— Election Day brings pot debate to North Dakota, Utah, Michigan and Missouri voters – USA TODAY Network
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/election-day-brings-pot-debate-to-north-dakota-utah-michigan-and-missouri-voters/
— Far out! Illinois Dems think they’ve dropped in on the big one – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-midterm-election-democrats-blue-wave-predictions-illinois-pritzker-mendoza/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Leaked video shows Mendoza saying she is running for Chicago mayor – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181102/leaked-video-shows-mendoza-saying-she-is-running-for-chicago-mayor
— Ryan helps Hultgren tilt his message toward economy – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181102/ryan-helps-hultgren-tilt-his-message-toward-economy

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner’s fate was likely sealed on Inauguration Day. Here’s why. Governors of two deep-blue states have demonstrated that Republican chief executives can indeed lead and win by working across the aisle. Rauner didn’t try. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/rauners-fate-was-likely-sealed-inauguration-day-heres-why

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Kinzinger’s potential sky-high; he deserves to be re-elected – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20181102/our-view-kinzingers-potential-sky-high-he-deserves-to-be-re-elected

 

JEANNE IVES
— Do you know who is on your ballot? You don’t need degrees to be qualified for office, but don’t you think you should at least be living on your own and paying your own way before running for high office? Your parents’ basement as a launching pad. For Congress.
https://mailchi.mp/e287a6487fef/living-in-their-parents-basement-these-folks-are-running-for-office

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE STILL LIVING AT HOME
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/illinois-congressional-candidate-still-living-at-home.html
— ICJL RELEASES RATING OF JUDGES RUNNING FOR RETENTION/ELECTION; FOUR CANDIDATES REJECTED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/icjl-releases-rating-of-judges-running-for-retentionelection-four-candidates-rejected.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— What’s Jeanne Ives’ next step?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/02/whats-jeanne-ives-next-step/
— Democratic Party of Illinois says its voter protection hotline has received over 700 calls
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/02/dpi-says-its-voter-protection-hotline-has-received-over-700-calls/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump says he’ll militarize border to stop migrant caravans
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58226
— Mitt Romney slams Trump’s attack on Fake News; defends CNN
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58217
— Gun control is not pivotal issue in midterms despite exploitation of kids
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58158

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Running Because They Hate You – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29057

 

GOPUSA
— Media in Uproar over Trump’s Illegal Immigration Ad
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58275
— Migrants traveling to US sue Trump, government; claim violation of constitutional rights
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58260
— Donald Trump exploits journalists’ ‘own narcissism’: ‘They’re personally wounded’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58145

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— U.S. TROOPS MAY USE FORCE AGAINST CARAVAN MEMBERS WHO INITIATE VIOLENCE Trump gets tough on illegal aliens and would-be invaders. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271831/us-troops-may-use-force-against-caravan-members-matthew-vadum
— ANTI-SEMITIC LEFTIST HATEFEST GREETS TRUMP IN PITTSBURGH Anti-Israel activists exploit the murder of 11 Jews to attack the president and police officers. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271824/anti-semitic-leftist-hatefest-greets-trump-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY CALLER
— VIDEO SHOWS MIGRANTS THROWING ROCKS AT MEXICAN HELICOPTER – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/02/migrant-caravan-throwing-rocks-mexican-helicopter/

 

EAGLE PAC
— Leftist Race Slander Could Backfire – David Limbaugh
https://eagleactionreport.com/articles/leftist-race-slander-could-backfire

 

THE HILL
— Top 10 GOP House seats most likely to flip in a blue wave – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414525-top-10-republican-house-seats-most-likely-to-flip-in-a-blue-wave
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PETER JAMES ROSKAM (IL-06) Democrats close campaign by hammering GOP on health care WaPo fact-checker accuses Republicans of misleading voters about fact-checks Bloomberg quietly spends millions in TV ads Roskam may have won reelection by a wide 18-point margin in 2016. But Clinton also claimed victory in his district, fueling Democratic optimism in the six-term Republican’s affluent, Chicagoland district. The Cook Political Report puts the race between Roskam and Democrat Sean Casten in the “Lean Democratic” column, and strategists say that Roskam’s prospects are shaky. Democrats are outspending Republicans to boost Casten in the district, and a recent New York Times/Siena College poll put the Democrat ahead by 2 points. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) is struggling in his bid for a second term and a poor performance on his part could trickle down the ballot, says one GOP strategist.)

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans do not want migrant caravans to be stopped.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-mattis-migrant-caravan-border-troops-1198043
https://www.newsweek.com/white-christian-nationalism-most-dangerous-weapon-america-opinion-1197073

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 619 Frazier Court, Wheaton – $950,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447884_zpid/