December 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— AARON SCHOCK PLEADS NOT GUILTY TO 24-COUNT INDICTMENT
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/aaron-schock-pleads-not-guilty-to-24-count-indictment/1652693/
— TOP GOP LEADERS BACK CONGRESSIONAL PROBES OF RUSSIA HACKING – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/top-gop-leaders-back-congressional-probes-of-russia-hacking/1652144/

 

NBC5
— Trump, Pence to Headline ‘Thank You’ Rally in Wisconsin Tuesday  Trump won Wisconsin by roughly 22,000 votes in November, becoming the first Republican to win the state since 1984. – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: Who in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois would Trump and Pence thank for his election?  What did they do to help elect Trump and Pence?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Trump-Pence-to-Headline-Thank-You-Rally-in-West-Allis-406076375.html
— Illinois Budget Fight Leaves Universities in Lurch Again
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Budget-Fight-Leaves-Universities-in-Lurch-Again-406053965.html

 

CBS2
— Black Leaders Who Support Gov. Rauner Get Some Pushback In Return  (DIERSEN: What do you get the most pushback for supporting?  For me, it is a) for my supporting 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 and the Illinois Republican Party platform and b) for my supporting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/12/black-leaders-who-support-gov-rauner-get-some-pushback-in-return/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Jesse Jackson Jr. files for divorce from his wife Sandi
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/223260345-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump delays announcement on business empire – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-delays-announcement-on-business-empire/
— Former Rep. Aaron Schock pleads not guilty to corruption charges – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-rep-aaron-schock-in-court-today-for-arraignment/
— Brace for return of culture wars to Illinois – MADELEINE DOUBEK  (DIERSEN: For Democrats, promoting abortion, mass/illegal immigration, and LGBTQ activity are their top priorities.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/doubek-culture-wars-may-return-to-illinois/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political debate in Illinois for the past few years primarily has been about debt, budgets and unions, but we could be returning to a time of culture wars with abortion, immigration and marriage equality back in the spotlight with the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.)
— Jesse Jackson Jr. files for divorce from wife Sandi – Mitchell Armentrout
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jesse-jackson-jr-files-for-divorce-from-wife-sandi/amp/
— Aldermen lift ban on menthol cigarette sales near grade schools – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/black-caucus-chairman-advocates-lower-cigarette-tax/
— Majority Leader Mitch McConnell: Senate to probe reports of Russia hacking – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/top-gop-leader-senate-to-probe-reports-of-russia-hacking/
— Obama’s post-presidential perks – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: What are/will be your post-employment perks?  For my having worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, mine are a Civil Service Retirement System pension (currently $50,720) and subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance (currently $16,854).)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/obamas-post-presidential-office-to-be-in-washington-d-c/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: President Barack Obama will open an office in Washington, D.C., after he leaves the White House on Jan. 20, and the Chicago-based Obama Foundation is considering opening a branch office here, the Chicago Sun-Times has learned. “As a former president, President Obama will have office space in Washington, D.C., when he leaves office,” said Amy Brundage, an Obama spokeswoman, referring to the official office funded by taxpayers for former presidents. The federal government covers the costs of offices and a small staff for former presidents, plus a pension and other compensation for travel, an acknowledgement of the role — albeit not official — former presidents serve after they are no longer in office. For example, according to the General Services Administration, in FY2015, former President George W. Bush received $796,000 to cover health benefits, travel costs, office space, telephone costs, postage, printing costs, other services, supplies and materials, and equipment. “This was the highest amount of any former President for that year,” the Congressional Research Service noted in a March 2016 report covering the federal benefits provided to former presidents and their widows. As a former president, Obama will receive a $205,700 annual pension — and that’s after just eight years on the job. The pension is paid monthly with eligibility beginning at noon on Jan. 20, after President-elect Donald Trump takes the oath of office. Obama will get his pension check monthly. The Obama family is remaining in Washington after they move out of the White House, renting a home in the Kalorama neighborhood here. The family is staying in Washington until Sasha, 15, a sophomore at the private Sidwell Friends school here, graduates from high school. So while Obama and first lady Michelle are locating their Obama Center, a library and museum complex, in Jackson Park on Chicago’s South Side, Obama’s taxpayer funded office, for now at least, will also remain in Washington. The Washington Post reported that Obama is renting space in a building owned by an environmental group, the World Wildlife Fund, at 1250 24th St. NW, not far from the Kalorama residence. Former presidents have no rules binding them when it comes to locating their taxpayer-funded offices. The General Services Administration is authorized to write rent checks for space anywhere in the U.S. The location does not have to be connected to the presidential library or foundation headquarters.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Republicans can’t easily dismantle the welfare state – Julian Zelizer, Eric Patashnik
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-republicans-cut-welfare-social-security-20161212-story.html
— What Trump, Congress can do for Illinois in 2017 – Diana Sroka Rickert
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-illinois-trump-congress-vouchers-pensions-rickert-perspec-1213-jm-20161212-story.html
— State budget woes could hurt Illinois’ chances for Trump capital funds: Quigley – Mary Wisniewski
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-quigley-transportation-state-budget-trump-1213-chicago-inc-20161212-story.html
— Ex-Rep. Aaron Schock pleads not guilty to federal charges – Monique Garcia
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-aaron-schock-arraigned-met-1213-20161212-story.html
— Wall Street’s old, unwanted bond salesmen find a home in Chicago – Bloomberg  (DIERSEN: What is your position on age discrimination? Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination.  Many of them focus on getting rid of older people like me, and especially older people like me who are White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-chicago-bond-salesmen-20161209-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Arthur Main learned the hard way that Wall Street is a young person’s game. After a quarter-century at Morgan Stanley, Main — like countless old-school types who came of age in the ’80s — was kicked to the curb as banks turn to youth and technology in the face of tighter regulation and lower profits. And so, at 54, he’s working at one of the last stops in high finance: a small West Loop firm called TJM Institutional Services. He considers himself lucky. “Being my age is a hindrance for a lot of people,” says Main, keeping his eyes fixed on charts and chat boxes arrayed across his computer screens. “They don’t continue to learn, they don’t embrace technology, they try to fit that square peg in the round hole, and their skill set doesn’t apply anymore.”)
— Stress: The thing that’s killing poor Americans – Peter R. Orszag  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on promoting stress.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-poor-americans-death-stress-20161212-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Stress, I’ve long suspected, may explain why lifespans have been lengthening for high-income Americans but have remained the same or even shortened for low-income and middle-income people. A new analysis from the Hamilton Project released Monday adds important evidence: Biomarkers of stress have risen much more rapidly for low-income people than for high-income ones. The most recent national data show that life expectancy declined in 2015. Although these statistics are not broken down by income, it’s a good bet that the greatest declines were concentrated among lower- and middle-income people, because for decades gaps in life expectancy by income have been widening — as a National Academy of Sciences panel I co-chaired documented. Our panel was unable to explain why this has been happening, however. A sharper decline in smoking among high-income people is one partial explanation, but this and other identifiable factors can’t account for most of the growing longevity gap. And so I’ve come to suspect that the hidden factor is stress: As income inequality has increased, life has become substantially more stressful for low- and moderate-income families than it is for high-income families, and prolonged exposure to such stress is literally killing people.)
— Emanuel backs move to weaken flavored tobacco sale rules – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-city-council-flavored-cigarettes-sales-met-20161212-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Why did Russia want Trump to win?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-russia-hackers-cia-20161212-story.html
— Third candidate joins race for Dundee Township Highway chief – Erin Sauder
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/news/ct-ecn-dundee-township-highway-filing-st-1213-2-20161212-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Dispute over Russia reflects growing Republican resistance to Trump.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-republican-resistance-20161212-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Naperville budget to give $200,000 back to taxpayers – Marie Wilson
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161212/news/161219718/
— Mayoral races shaping up for Northwest suburbs – Chacour Koop
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161212/news/161219747/

 

CHICAGO BUSINESS JOURNAL
— As Trump takes aim at unions, labor’s clout sags in Illinois – I-Chun Chen
http://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2016/12/12/as-trump-takes-aim-at-unions-labors-clout-sags-in.html

 

WTTW
— Illinois Lawmakers Look to Expand, Protect Abortion Rights – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/12/12/illinois-lawmakers-look-expand-protect-abortion-rights

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Optimistic for Budget – TONY ARNOLD
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-optimistic-budget#stream/0

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Schiller Park Mayor Running With New Slate Of Candidates
http://www.journal-topics.com/news/article_78139222-c0d0-11e6-be0c-e3364173ed01.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Now it’s Gov. Rauner who axes meeting – Doug Finke
http://www.saukvalley.com/2016/12/12/statehouse-insider-now-its-gov-rauner-who-axes-meeting/ch91b5j/

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — After Trump’s win, China and Mexico move to deepen ties – Reuters (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans pander to China and to Mexico.)
    http://www.stltoday.com/business/local/after-trump-s-win-china-and-mexico-move-to-deepen/article_84525a1a-2272-578c-a83d-5e2467e49b5d.html

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— Is University of Chicago a ‘Sanctuary Campus’? Spokesperson Steps Around Phrase – Jamie Ehrlich  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.  Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  That is treason.)
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2016/12/12/uchicago-sanctuary-campus-spokesperson-steps-aroun/

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— Citizen Kelly on FM 97.1 Radio: We will Get Stephen Colbert Off the Air
http://www.citizenkelly.com/citizen-kelly-on-fm-97-1-radio-we-will-get-stephen-colbert-off-the-air/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Tribune Reports on Illinois Lottery Corruption – John Biver
https://illinoisfamily.org/gambling/chicago-tribune-illinois-lottery-jackpots-suppressed/

 

FOX NEWS
— Sore loser Obama turns to Russian hacking to delegitimize Trump’s triumph – Liz Peek  (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do to delegitimize you?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.  They also stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, that I am no longer a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, that I am no longer the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, that I am no longer an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, that I am no longer an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest chapter board member, and that I am no longer a GAO employee.)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/12/12/sore-loser-obama-turns-to-russian-hacking-to-delegitimize-trumps-triumph.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ANGRY WOMEN HOLD ANTI-TRUMP STRIKE IN 18 CITIES – BUT NOBODY NOTICES  ‘Is this like the falling tree no one is around to hear in the forest?’ – CHELSEA SCHILLING
http://www.wnd.com/2016/12/angry-women-hold-anti-trump-strike-in-18-cities-but-nobody-notices/

 

GOPUSA
— Confederate flag-themed clothing sparks backlash, student ejections at Pa. high school
http://www.gopusa.com/confederate-flag-themed-clothing-sparks-backlash-student-ejections-at-pa-high-school/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Why I’m Filing An FEC Complaint Against CNN (And So Should Trump) – William J. Kelly
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/why-im-filing-an-fec-complaint-against-cnn-and-so-should-trump/
— Former Illinois Rep. Aaron Schock Pleads Not Guilty – Juliegrace Brufke
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/former-illinois-rep-aaron-schock-pleads-not-guilty/
— Carly Fiorina Was Just Seen Entering Trump Tower With Kellyanne Conway – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/12/carly-fiorina-was-just-seen-entering-trump-tower-with-kellyanne-conway/

 

BREITBART
— Washington State University Demand $2,000 Security Fee, But Won’t Protect MILO – BEN KEW
http://www.breitbart.com/milo/2016/12/12/washington-state-university-slap-2000-security-fees-milo-talk/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Can’t Wait to Sell Out His Base.”
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/12/trump_cant_wait_to_sell_out_his_base_132544.html
— If Nothing Is True, Then Everything Can Be False – Ruth Marcus  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that only what they say is true and that everything that others say is false.)
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2016/12/12/if_nothing_is_true_then_everything_can_be_false_132546.html

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Education Dept’s Overreaching Office of Civil Rights Fears the End Is Near  Federal employees celebrate, mourn OCR’s legacy. – ALICE B. LLOYD
http://www.weeklystandard.com/education-depts-overreaching-office-of-civil-rights-fears-the-end-is-near/article/2005782

 

POLITICO
— Former Rep. Aaron Schock pleads not guilty in corruption case – HEATHER CAYGLE
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/aaron-schock-not-guilty-corruption-232522

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump revels in fake news and phony claims.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/12/12/trump-revels-in-fake-news-and-phony-claims/
— Obama’s 2.1% pay raise for federal employees praised by unions, local Hill members – Joe Davidson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/12/obamas-pay-raise-for-feds-praised-by-unions-local-hill-members/

 

COSMOPOLITAN
— President Obama Could Have Done More to Remind America That Black Lives Matter  As proud as I am of the president, I also believe he should have insisted on more for black citizens of this country. – Brittney Cooper  (DIERSEN: Cooper would say a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8474199/barack-obama-black-lives-matter-racial-justice/

December 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump Says He Doesn’t Need Daily Intelligence Briefings That Say ‘Same Thing’ Every Day – ABC News
https://abc7chicago.com/news/trump-says-he-doesnt-need-daily-intelligence-briefings-that-say-same-thing-every-day/1650794/

 

WGN RADIO
— Illinois politics: Will the House ever come to mutual agreement? – JASMINE COOPER
http://wgnradio.com/2016/12/11/illinois-politics-will-the-house-ever-come-to-mutual-agreement/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FBI told the Illinois Republican Party in June its emails had been hacked – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-illinois-republican-party-email-hack-met-1212-20161211-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The FBI notified the Illinois Republican Party in June that some of its email accounts may have been hacked, but party officials were not told that it was part of a wide-ranging federal investigation of Russian activity in the nation’s political system, the state GOP’s executive director said Sunday. Nick Klitzing said the state GOP on its own found 18 of its emails on the website DCLeaks.com. The New York Times reported the website was an outlet that U.S. intelligence officials and private cybersecurity companies believe was created by a unit controlled by the GRU, Russia’s military intelligence agency. Klitzing said FBI agents raised questions about emails involving the state GOP accounts during their visit. The four email accounts involved were inactive or rarely used, and the hacked emails dated to 2015, long before the 2016 contests for president and Illinois offices, Klitzing said. A review of the emails provided by the state GOP shows the messages were largely rudimentary in nature, ranging from requests for training and local party event invitations to reports and discussion that U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam of Wheaton should be considered a “dark horse” candidate to replace House Speaker John Boehner, a contest ultimately won by U.S. Rep. Paul Ryan of Wisconsin. . .The compromised Illinois GOP emails provided to the Tribune were dated from August to October of 2015 and did not involve Trump, Clinton or the presidential contest. The emails were sent to the state Republican Party. The subjects of the compromised emails included a suburban York Township Republican Women’s event; a request by McLean County GOP Chairman Chuck Erickson to attend a county training event that included Erickson’s phone number; and a notification from Mike Bigger, a member of the Illinois Republican State Central Committee, that he would be attending an event “and bringing a $1,000 check” from the Stark County party organization. Other compromised emails included a half-dozen messages from Chicago businessman Peter Smith, chairman of Corporate Venture Alliances LLC, involving the October 2015 GOP contest to replace Boehner as House speaker. Smith is a longtime Republican conservative and has been a supporter of former House Speaker Newt Gingrich. Smith’s emails were sent to what Klitzing described as an unused email account for Richard Porter, the state’s Republican national committeeman.)
— Pro-Trump, pro-white banner found hanging outside Libertyville building – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who give anti-Trumps ammunition?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-pro-trump-pro-white-banner-found-hanging-outside-libertyville-building-20161211-story.html
— Trump rejects intel, lawmakers vow probe of Russia hacking
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-donald-trump-russia-hacking-20161211-story.html
— Trump faces first significant post-election pushback from Republicans over CIA report on Russia – Sarah D. Wire
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-pol-russia-election-response-20161211-story.html
— Key GOP senators join call for bipartisan Russia election probe – Elise Viebeck, Karoun Demirjian
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-gop-senators-russia-election-probe-20161211-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A plea for transparency from Foxx, Mendoza – Andy Shaw
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/shaw-a-plea-for-transparency-from-foxx-mendoza/

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump on Russian hacking: ‘I don’t believe it’  ‘I think it’s just another excuse’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-on-russian-hacking-i-dont-believe-it/617959796
— Trump says he’s turning away ‘billions’ but has ‘the right’ to do business deals  Trump involved in more than 500 companies – Jill Disis
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-says-hes-turning-away-billions-but-has-the-right-to-do-business-deals/617978996
— Biden keeps door open for 2020 run against Trump  ‘Age could be very much an issue, and it may not be’ – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/biden-keeps-door-open-for-2020-run-against-trump/617957995

 

WJBD
— Reince Priebus: ‘RNC Was Not Hacked’ – ABC News
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/12/11/reince-priebus-rnc-was-not-hacked

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives says U of I ‘segregating’ students by background, ignoring merit – Hoang Tran
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511049268-ives-says-u-of-i-segregating-students-by-background-ignoring-merit
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The University of Illinois has programs aimed at being inclusive for students, staff and people of all races, cultures and backgrounds, but, state Rep. Jeanne Ives (R-Wheaton) said being inclusive does not necessarily mean being productive. “This is the type of thing that you see happening across higher education everywhere,” Ives told the DuPage Policy Journal. “What they are doing is that they are segregating students based on all sorts of (criteria) such as gender, sex, race and religion. (They are saying) ‘everybody should feel good about themselves for who they are and not based on merit.’ That is completely wrong.” The university, in its goals of inclusivity, has enacted several diversity programs, including holding a “Bystander Intervention/De-Escalation Training” session, taught by a self-described “radical queer feminist activist” and creating an Office of Inclusion and Intercultural Relations (OIIR), dedicated to recruiting and retaining underrepresented students while promoting diversify education and civility, and fostering leadership skills for the global world. Ives said the OIIR contradicts itself via segregation of students, i.e. students are not judged on their merits, but on their background. “That is not very American,” Ives said. “That is not how we built this country. We built this country on hard work and people of all political stripes, all colors and all nations doing their best and succeeding and giving everybody equal opportunity and not an unequal outcome. So this is the University of Illinois along with other universities in the state just running amok.” Ives said the office does not encourage hard work, but instead promotes division. “It’s actually shameful to segregate kids this way,” Ives said. “They should be pushed, to an extent. They should be given opportunities based on their merits. This is actually divisive to do something like this. This is not inclusive.”)

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage County Election Commission- Why some public officials need removed from office – Kirk Allen
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/dupage-county-election-commission-why-some-public-officials-need-removed-from-office/

 

NORTH COOK NEWS
— BossMadigan.com takes aim at new batch of Democratic lawmakers – Carol Ostrow
http://northcooknews.com/stories/511053477-bossmadigan-com-takes-aim-at-new-batch-of-democratic-lawmakers

 

EVANSTON NOW
— Biss named in gubernatorial speculation – Bill Smith
http://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2016-12-11/76501/biss-named-in-gubernatorial-speculation

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Newly launched website aims to expose Madigan’s sphere of influence – Ruth de Jauregui
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511050394-newly-launched-website-aims-to-expose-madigan-s-sphere-of-influence

 

NEWSMAX
— Sen. Tim Scott to African-Americans: ‘Let’s Give Mr. Trump a Chance’ – Cathy Burke
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/tim-scott-african-americans-give-trump-chance/2016/12/11/id/763358/

 

BLAZE
— Joe Biden excoriates Donald Trump and his ‘vicious’ presidential campaign – Chris Enloe (DIERSEN: The list of threats of violence and acts of violence by Clinton supporters against Trump supporters is lengthy and growing.)
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/11/joe-biden-excoriates-donald-trump-and-his-vicious-presidential-campaign/
— Ohio State student protesters claim police went ‘too far’ by shooting, killing Islamic terrorist – Chris Enloe
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/10/ohio-state-student-protesters-claim-police-went-too-far-by-shooting-killing-islamic-terrorist/

 

DAILY CALLER
— Sen. Tim Scott Lays Out Plan For Trump To Engage Black Communities – PHILLIP STUCKY
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/11/sen-tim-scott-lays-out-plan-for-trump-to-engage-black-communities/
— Trump: ‘I Don’t Want China Dictating To Me’ – RYAN PICKRELL
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/11/trump-i-dont-want-china-dictating-to-me/
— Democrats Insist EPA Staffers Can Resist Trump’s Agenda – Michael Bastasch  (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government talked and acted like they were required by law to discriminate against their employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, that is, like they were required by law to give preference to their employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.  It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.  To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/09/democrats-insist-epa-staffers-can-resist-trumps-agenda/
— Children Today Will Probably Never Earn More Than Their Parents – Robert Donachie
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/11/children-today-will-probably-never-earn-more-than-their-parents/
— DC’s Transgender Cop Poster Child Turns Out To Be A Pervert – Blake Neff
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/09/dcs-transgender-cop-poster-child-turns-out-to-be-a-pervert/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— Students told: Don’t use term ‘illegal immigrant’ on final exam – JENNIFER KABBANY
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30307/
— University’s ‘Whiteness Forum’ takes ‘critical look at whiteness’ – JENNIFER KABBANY
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30248/
— Professor tells students: Trump’s election an ‘act of terrorism’ – JEREMY BEAMAN
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30300/
— Ohio State stabber’s name added to list of nonwhites wrongly killed by police
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30293/
— Christian university denies conservative students’ request to form campus club – LAUREN FOX
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/30273/

 

THE HILL
— Under Trump, a government for the ‘experts,’ by the ‘experts’ no longer – DAVID DANFORD AND JUAN DÁVALOS
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/309862-a-defense-of-trumps-inexperienced-cabinet

 

ROLL CALL
— Biden: Democrats Must Show More ‘Respect’ to Working-Class Whites  VP rejects notion that racism helped elect Donald Trump – John T. Bennett
http://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-must-show-respect-working-class-whites

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— The New Reality of TV: All Trump, All the Time – JAMES PONIEWOZIK
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/11/arts/television/the-new-reality-of-tv-all-trump-all-the-time.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump denies CIA report that Russia intervened to help him win election – Elise Viebeck
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/11/trump-denies-cia-report-russia-intervened-to-help-him-win-election/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— I’m Staying Faithful to Trump  I’ve been harassed by thousands over my Electoral College vote. – ASHLEY MCMILLAN HUTCHINSON
http://www.wsj.com/articles/im-staying-faithful-to-trump-1481491214

 

OLYMPIAN
— Fearing Trump crackdown, “dreamers” advised to end travel – AP
http://www.theolympian.com/news/politics-government/article120283488.html

 

BUZPAC REVIEW
— ‘He blocked me’: Fmr. GOP Rep Joe Walsh can’t get Trump to see his raging Twitter rant about Russia – Tom Tillison
http://www.bizpacreview.com/2016/12/11/blocked-fmr-gop-rep-joe-walsh-cant-get-trump-see-raging-twitter-rant-russia-422552

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employee Unions and Election Consequences – Ralph R. Smith
http://www.fedsmith.com/2016/12/11/federal-employee-unions-and-election-consequences/

 

LGBT NATION
— Rep. eyeing Iowa governorship thinks multiculturalism is enemy of freedom – Dr. Warren J. Blumenfeld
http://www.lgbtqnation.com/2016/12/rep-eyeing-iowa-governorship-thinks-multiculturalism-enemy-freedom/

December 10 Morning Edition

ABC7
— EX-CONGRESSMAN AARON SCHOCK SAYS GOVERNMENT WANTS TO SILENCE HIM – Chuck Goudie and Ross Weidner, Barb Markoff and Christine Tressel  (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government.  The federal government never sough a gag order against me in Diersen v. GAO (
https://gopillinois.com/documents/). Just the opposite.  The facts in the lawsuit show that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.  The federal government wants potential and current federal employees to know that.  It is called Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. The facts in the lawsuit help the federal government waste the careers of and get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Therefore, the facts in the lawsuit help the federal government hire, retain, and promote those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran. RINO elected officials and RINO party leaders stress that RINOs never came to my defense in Diersen v. GAO.  RINOs promote political affiliation discrimination (SEE: http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html), RINOs promote reverse discrimination, RINOs promote age discrimination, and RINOs promote retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid.)
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/ex-congressman-aaron-schock-says-government-wants-to-silence-him/1648698/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Prosecutors have filed for a gag order against ex-congressman Aaron Schock in Springfield federal court. But as Schock and his lawyers prepare for Monday’s arraignment on corruption charges, they are first firing a free-speech shot charging that the government is illegally attempting to muzzle them from talking in public. Two years ago, from his Capitol Hill office, Congressman Aaron Schock, 35, was celebrating the First Noel. Now, he is fighting for the First Amendment. He was indicted on 24 corruption counts last month after a lengthy investigation. “After the government realized there was no crime, they chose to spend the next 19 months, using two grand juries and millions of taxpayer dollars in an attempt to manufacture a crime,” he said. Now the government has filed a motion for a gag order claiming the judge should “restrict extrajudicial statements that pose a serious and imminent threat to the fairness of a judicial proceeding.” The request for a gag order was aimed not only at Schock, but his attorneys, who said the government made up the case: “Those charges are the culmination of an effort to find something, anything, to pull down Aaron Schock,” George Terwilliger, Schock’s attorney, said. Schock will be arraigned Monday in Springfield on charges he misused government and campaign money, underwriting a lavish lifestyle including the now infamous redecoration of his Washington office to look like the “Downton Abbey” television show. Schock’s argument against the gag order, twice as long as the request itself, observes that “after months of lobbing outrageous accusations…the government comes before this court asking for a gag order to silence Mr. Schock and his attorneys.” They call it an “invasion of core, constitutionally-protected speech.” Targeting a former congressman who once thrived on self-generated publicity, social media depicting his world travels and encounters with the rich, the famous and both. Prosecutors, conceding that Schock is a public figure, said they are not trying to broadly limit his free speech and only want to block statements that might impugn the fairness of the criminal proceedings.)

 

NBC5
— What Happens If a Budget Deal Isn’t Reached By Year’s End?  If a budget deal isn’t reached before the end of the year, the state will lose spending authority for a variety of important services, like public colleges and universities and grants for health and social services. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/What-Happens-If-a-Budget-Deal-isnt-Made-Before-the-End-of-the-Year-405663765.html
— Rauner Supports Trump’s Pick for Education Secretary  “I do know Betsy DeVos, I have great respect for her,” Rauner said Thursday. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Rauner-Supports-Trumps-Pick-for-Education-Secretary-Report-405676995.html
— Sen. Mark Kirk Cheers Illinoisans, Cubs During Final Senate Floor Address  “I would say the United States in now the greatest force for human dignity that we have ever seen, and to make sure that those values are continued has been the heart of my service here in the Senate and the Congress,” Kirk said. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Kirk-Gives-Final-Address-on-Senate-Floor-405673645.html

 

WGN PLUS
— Republican strategist Chris Robling, Democratic strategist Marj Halperin on Trump`s cabinet picks
http://wgntv.com/2016/12/09/republican-strategist-chris-robling-democratic-strategist-marj-halperin-on-trumps-cabinet-picks/
— The Chicago Way w/John Kass (12/09/16): Why voters in Illinois need to look inward, the softer side of Dan Proft, and Kasso’s codpiece
JEFF CARLIN
http://wgnplus.com/2016/12/09/the-chicago-way-wjohn-kass-120916-why-voters-in-illinois-need-to-look-inward-the-softer-side-of-dan-proft-and-kassos-codpiece/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Reality TV presidency full of falsehoods.”
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/gene-lyons-reality-tv-presidency-full-of-falsehoods/
— Economy, change trumped other issues, Rahm tells DC forum – Lynn Sweet  (DIERSEN: Emanuel hypocritically “suggested Friday that Democrats made a big mistake by stressing social inclusion over a robust economic message.”  Ever-increasingly, all Democrats, including Emanuel, stress “social inclusion,” that is, stress getting rid of those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/sweet-economy-change-trumped-other-issues-rahm-tells-dc-forum/
— Former state rep John Anthony no longer at corrections department job – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-state-rep-no-longer-at-corrections-department-job/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Cop shootings could cost city $6.4M – Stacy St. Clair
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-police-shooting-settlement-sanction-20161209-story.html
— Employment network helps convicted felons reconcile the past and move forward – Erin Gallagher  (DIERSEN: From what I see based on my being a federal employee for almost 30 years while I lived in Crete, University Park, Chicago, and Wheaton and my being a retired federal employee for more than 19 years while I have lived in Wheaton, being a federal employee or a retired federal employee is almost as bad as being a convicted felon.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-holiday-giving-north-lawndale-employment-20161210-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Russians meddled to help Trump win.”
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161209/news/161208789/
— Finally, a debate about identity politics – Gene Lyon  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who votes for Democrats?  ANSWER: Those who identify themselves as being anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161209/discuss/161209083/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of Trump and get rid of those who voted for Trump.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161210/discuss/161219941/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise Democrat Jack Franks.
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161210/discuss/161219927/
— No charges in hazing case  Lake Zurich police say no one on football team filed a complaint. – Bob Susnjara  (DIERSEN: Have you ever filed a complaint? I have. If you have never filed a complaint, you should know that the individual, organization, company, government, or country that you filed a complaint against will forever do everything that it can to destroy you.  I have filed complaints against the Post Office, IRS, GAO, those involved in approving the plans for, building, and assessing 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, attorneys, and companies that sold me cars.  The aforesaid have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, and America.  They take great pride in their efforts to destroy me.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161209/news/161208804/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Ben Carson bows out of headlining Judson forum; school might postpone program to fall  With late notice, university might postpone program – Madhu Krishnamurthy
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161209/news/161208856/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Stocks stretch rally to new highs – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs DO NOT WANT STOCKS TO RALLY UNDER TRUMP. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs WANT STOCKS TO CRASH UNDER TRUMP.)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161209/NEWS01/161209828/stocks-stretch-rally-to-new-highs

 

STATELINE
— Comptroller Susana Mendoza Will Also Withhold Lawmaker Pay  Democrat says she will follow lead of Republican predecessor on lawmaker pay – Emilee Fannon
http://www.mystateline.com/news/comptroller-susana-mendoza-will-also-withhold-lawmaker-pay/617480655

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Who will be top federal prosecutor for Southern Illinois? – BRIAN BRUEGGEMANN
http://www.bnd.com/news/local/article119966193.html
— Illinois fast as lightning to exert power over energy markets – Editorial
http://www.bnd.com/opinion/editorials/article119916663.html
— New license plate design yields more Decatur jobs – THERESA CHURCHILL
http://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article119707223.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Radogno Wants Budget for This Fiscal Year and Next – AMANDA VINICKY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/radogno-wants-budget-fiscal-year-and-next#stream/0

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Stopgap Funding Is Running Out. Is Long-Term Plan The Answer? – AMANDA VINICKY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-stopgap-funding-running-out-long-term-plan-answer

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— State Leaders Spar Over How To Continue Negotiations – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/state-leaders-spar-over-how-to-continue-negotiations-12-10-2016
— Cullerton: Rauner’s Union Fight Holding Up Pension Reform – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/cullerton-rauners-union-fight-holding-up-pension-reform-12-10-2016

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Donald Trump’s ‘Celebrity Apprentice’ deal may include money from brands  Trump campaign not commenting – Dylan Byers
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/donald-trumps-celebrity-apprentice-deal-may-include-money-from-brands/617720869

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Durbin is ready to work with Trump. Anti-Trumps like Durbin want Trump to fail.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34019127/illinois-senator-ready-to-work-with-trump
— Representative Brandon Phelps says Rauner is holding up local flooding project
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34020382/phelps-says-rauner-is-holding-up-local-flooding-project

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Illinois loses 10,000 manufacturing jobs in past year
http://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511056117-illinois-loses-10-000-manufacturing-jobs-in-past-year

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Most Americans Want Changes to Affordable Care Act – Riely Brands and Frank Newport
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2016/12/most-americans-want-changes-to-affordable-care-act/

 

PUBLIUS FORUM
— Left-Wing Daily Show Host Jon Stewart Says Obama Bad on Press Freedom and Left’s Racebaiting ‘Has to Stop’ – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2016/12/09/left-wing-daily-show-host-jon-stewart-says-obama-bad-press-freedom-lefts-racebaiting-stop/

 

NEWSMAX
— Yale’s Shiller: Trump’s ‘Magic’ Drives Stocks to Record Highs – F. McGuire
http://www.newsmax.com/Finance/StreetTalk/robert-shiller-donald-trump-stocks-magic/2016/12/09/id/763139/
— Legal Immigration Debate Continues – Linda Chavez  (DIERSEN: Hispanic immigrants vote for Democrats. That is why Democrats promote immigration.  Hispanic immigrants work for less money than citizens do.  That is why RINOs promote immigration.)
http://www.newsmax.com/LindaChavez/immigration-legal-trump-obama/2016/12/09/id/763124/

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— DR. BEN CARSON: ANOTHER CHAPTER IN A REMARKABLE CAREER – Armstrong Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/dr-ben-carson-another-chapter-in-a-remarkable-career/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— It’s Not True Obamacare Insures 20 Million. Here Are the Real Numbers. Jared Hatch and Alyene Senger
http://dailysignal.com/2016/12/09/its-not-true-obamacare-insures-20-million-here-are-the-real-numbers/

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— MARK LEVIN: TRUMP IS DRAINING THE SWAMP … ‘WITH THE SWAMP MONSTERS!’ – Robert Eno
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2016/12/levin-we-are-draining-the-swamp-with-the-swamp-monsters

 

GOPUSA
— It’s Hard to Have a Parade in the Age of Political Correctness  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that have worked against Wheaton’s Independence Day parades. They have worked especially hard against Republican participation in those parades.)
http://www.gopusa.com/its-hard-to-have-a-parade-in-the-age-of-political-correctness/
— Silly Saber-Rattling against Trump by California Colleges Begins  (DIERSEN: Who rattles their sabers against you?  The following rattle their sabers against me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors. Should I write a book about the aforesaid saber rattlers?)
http://www.gopusa.com/silly-saber-rattling-against-trump-by-california-colleges-begins/
— Nation of Islam calls former ally Keith Ellison a ‘hypocrite’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=18148
— Hillary Surfaces to Decry ‘Fake News’ and Laud Harry Reid
http://www.gopusa.com/hillary-surfaces-to-decry-fake-news-and-laud-harry-reid/
NRA
— The Year of the Gun: Carry Permit, Sales Figures Explode in 2016
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20161209/the-year-of-the-gun-carry-permit-sales-figures-explode-in-2016
— New “Watchlist” Sends Outspoken Academics into a Tailspin
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20161209/new-watchlist-sends-outspoken-academics-into-a-tailspin

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Good riddance Harry Reid – Editorial
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/good-riddance-harry-reid/article/2609245

 

POLITICO
— Judge denies gag order in Aaron Schock case – JOSH GERSTEIN
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/aaron-schock-judge-denies-gag-order-232445

 

REUTERS
— Romney niece McDaniel is favorite to head Republican Party
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-idUSKBN13Y1CP?il=0

 

CNN
— Trump’s Labor secretary pick uses bikinis to sell burgers – Julia Horowitz
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/08/news/companies/puzder-hardees-carls-jr-ads/

 

MSNBC
— One federal employee Trump may want to replace, but can’t  Rachel Maddow reveals the Office of Government Ethics’ latest tweet-dig to Trump: how to prevent conflicts of interest in the executive branch. Trump can’t replace the head of the OGE until 2018.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow/watch/one-federal-employee-trump-may-want-to-replace-but-can-t-829651523965

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Honeymoon Begins: Confidence in the Economy Is Booming – PATRICIA COHEN and LANDON THOMAS Jr. (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs DO NOT WANT THE ECONOMY TO BOOM UNDER TRUMP. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs WANT THE ECOMONY TO CRASH UNDER TRUMP.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/business/economy/donald-trump-economy-confidence-booming.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they will DO EVERYTHING THAT THEY CAN to make Trump fail.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/opinion/donald-trumps-inauguration-day-walk.html
— MARCH 13, 1996 FLASHBACK: Seeking Return to Ways Of Patronage in Politics – DIRK JOHNSON
http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So perhaps it is fitting that Republican politicians here are rising to the defense of political patronage. In 1990 the United States Supreme Court, ruling in a case brought by five frustrated job seekers against the Republican Party of Illinois, outlawed political favoritism in all government hiring except for policy-making posts, saying that only merit should count. This was a strange concept in Illinois, where the spoils system had always been rather the point of politics. This spring the issue is heading for the Court again in a different case, and Gov. Jim Edgar, a Republican, filed a brief last month asking the Justices to reverse its ban on government favoritism. He argues that patronage actually helps the democratic system. As another top Republican here, State Representative Lee Daniels, put it, patronage “doesn’t need to be a dirty word.” In response, civil libertarians say it is an embarrassment for the state to have political leaders arguing against meritocracy. “It seems only in Illinois,” said Harvey Grossman, the head of the American Civil Liberties Union office in Chicago, “would state officials be willing to publicly endorse the corrosive practice” of patronage. But Jeffrey Coleman, a lawyer for Governor Edgar, said it was simply logical for a political leader to prefer workers who are friends, rather than foes. “George Washington and Thomas Jefferson and Andrew Jackson and every administration at the Federal and state level for 200 years used political consideration in hiring,” Mr. Coleman said. “And it seems rather ironic that nine men and women who were appointed to the Supreme Court for political reasons would say that politics should play no role in the selection of public employees.”)
— New York Charters Enroll Fewer Homeless Pupils Than City Schools – KATE TAYLOR  (DIERSEN: What do you say to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my parents as being filth rich because they sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod?)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/nyregion/new-york-charters-enroll-fewer-homeless-pupils-than-city-schools.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— This is what happens when Donald Trump attacks a private citizen on Twitter – Jenna Johnson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/this-is-what-happens-when-donald-trump-attacks-a-private-citizen-on-twitter/2016/12/08/a1380ece-bd62-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html
— None of the inauguration protests have their proper permits yet. Here’s why. – Perry Stein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/none-of-the-inauguration-protests-have-their-proper-permits-yet-heres-why/2016/12/08/82ba757e-bbc6-11e6-91ee-1adddfe36cbe_story.html
— Heroin deaths surpass gun homicides for the first time, CDC data shows – Christopher Ingraham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp/2016/12/08/heroin-deaths-surpass-gun-homicides-for-the-first-time-cdc-data-show/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Donald Trump Wants Michigan GOP Chairman to Lead National Party, Source Says  Ronna Romney McDaniel is niece of 2012 Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney – MICHAEL C. BENDER and BETH REINHARD
http://www.wsj.com/articles/donald-trump-wants-michigan-gop-chairwoman-to-lead-national-party-source-says-1481332979
— From Slave to Soldier  The transformation of well over 100,000 human beings from legal property into armed agents of the government remains the single most revolutionary episode in American history. Matthew Karp reviews “Thunder at the Gates” by Douglas R. Egerton. – MATTHEW KARP (DIERSEN: Since the Civil War, Democrats have always blamed Republicans for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/from-slave-to-soldier-1481320832
— What Trump Got That Romney Didn’t  Ideology isn’t enough to provide the unity America needs. – PEGGY NOONAN
http://www.wsj.com/articles/what-trump-got-that-romney-didnt-1481241089

 

BLOOMBERG
— Team Trump’s Wealth Tops $12 Billion as Cohn to Be Tapped – Caleb Melby and Alicia Ritcey  (DIERSEN: What if someone asked what is the wealth of the following teams: the leaders of your township/ward Republican party organization, the leaders of your county Republican party organization, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, the leaders of your municipal government, the leaders of your township/ward government, the leaders of your county government, and the leaders of Illinois?  What assumptions do you make about people based on their wealth, that is, their income and their net worth?  Many, if not most, if not virtually all of the operatives and the dupes for my critics/opponents have less income and/or less net worth than I have.  Nevertheless, they hypocritically paint me as being a financial failure, that is, as being someone who no one should want to be like.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-09/team-trump-s-wealth-soars-past-12-billion-as-cohn-to-be-tapped

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— NOVEMBER 15, 2016 FLASHBACK: I don’t want Trump to succeed. I want him to fail spectacularly. – Michael A. Cohen  (DIERSEN: Who wants you to fail?  I should write a book about those who want me to fail. I could group them as follows: a) my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, b) the Democrats who run Money Magazine, c) past and present Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers, d) past and present Democrat plant, Libertarian plant,  and RINO DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, e) past and present Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee members, f) past and present Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO IRP officers, g) past and present Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois officers and directors, h) past and present Democrat, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO Wheaton Chamber Commerce officers and directors, i) past and present Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee members, j) past and present Democrat, Democrat plant. Libertarian plant, and RINO American Association of Political Consultants members, k) past and present Democrat, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO Wheaton officials and employees, l) past and present Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO Milton Township officials and employees, m) past and present Democrat, Democrat plant, and RINO DuPage County officials and employees, n) past and present Democrat, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, and RINO Illinois officials and employees, o) defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, p) those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, q) etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/opinion/2016/11/15/don-want-trump-succeed-want-him-fail-spectacularly/Xa0rVn5yjwUp1kjjRMqi6L/story.html

 

TRI-CITY HERALD
— Sen. Lindsey Graham wants to protect Obama’s young Dreamers from getting deported – MATTHEW SCHOFIELD  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.  That is treasonous.)
http://www.tri-cityherald.com/news/politics-government/article120045118.html

 

WATERTOWN DAILY TIMES
— Our retirement security is worth preserving – Dan Sullivan-Catlin, Potsdam  (DIERSEN: Do/did you have retirement security?  I started earning a Civil Service Retirement System pension when I started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office in 1966 when I was 18 years old.)
http://www.watertowndailytimes.com/opinion/our-retirement-security-is-worth-preserving-20161210

 

TIME MAGAZINE
— Donald Trump Is the First True Reality TV President – Jeff Nesbit
http://time.com/4596770/donald-trump-reality-tv/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Annual Defense Bill Has Major Implications for Federal Employees’ Leave, Pay – Charles S. Clark
http://www.govexec.com/defense/2016/12/annual-defense-bill-has-major-implications-feds-leave-pay/133786/

December 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Scamming Trump: Expect pressure to influence choices of U.S. attorneys – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-fardon-fitzgerald-attorney-corruption-edit-1209-md-20161208-story.html
— How to make feminism great again – Christina Hoff Sommers
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-feminism-patriarchy-working-class-women-20161208-story.html
— Duckworth votes against budget resolution over waiver for Trump Defense pick – Rick Pearson
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-james-mattis-vote-story.html
— Much of America looking forward to upcoming Trumpian adventures – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-trump-wall-street-nasdaq-boeing-tariffs-china-perspec-1209-md-20161208-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-White, that is, that they are racists.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-kellyanne-conway-trump-white-supremacy-20161208-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Cabinet will serve corporate interests, not the chumps who voted for him.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/la-na-tt-trump-cabinet-20161209-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Foe of EPA is wrong person to lead it – Editorial

http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/editorial-foe-of-epa-is-wrong-person-to-lead-it/
— How prevailing-wage laws help veterans – Mike Pounovich and Marc Poulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-how-prevailing-wage-laws-help-veterans/
— Bill Daley on board with Kennedy if he seeks gov’s office – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-bill-daley-on-board-with-kennedy-if-he-seeks-govs-office/
— In forest preserves, chicken, goat heads could be signs of ritual – Stefano Esposito
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/in-forest-preserves-chicken-goat-heads-could-be-signs-of-ritual/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What’s at stake for Chicago if Trump comes down on sanctuary cities – ALEJANDRA CANCINO
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161209/NEWS02/161209856/chicago-could-lose-billions-in-sanctuary-city-fight-with-trump

 

DAILY HERALD
— Your chance to play a lead role in improving the community – Editorial
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161209/discuss/161208961/

 

WTTW
— Cullerton: Rauner Holding Up Budget, Pension Reform – Paris Schutz
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2016/12/08/cullerton-rauner-holding-budget-pension-reform

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Gov. Rauner Says State Lawmakers Should Pass Balanced Budget Before Getting Paid – AMANDA VINICKY
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/gov-rauner-says-state-lawmakers-should-pass-balanced-budget-getting-paid

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Rauner Criticizes Democrats for Lawsuit Over Pay Delay – AMANDA VINICKY
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/rauner-criticizes-democrats-lawsuit-over-pay-delay#stream/0

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Mark Kirk Says His Goodbyes From The Senate Floor
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/mark-kirk-says-his-goodbyes-from-the-senate-floor

 

WSIL TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Businesses that hire illegals warn Trump against mass deportation.
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34012897/big-business-warns-trump-against-mass-deportation

 

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, schools side with illegals against Americans.
http://www.chicagoreader.com/Bleader/archives/2016/12/09/illinois-universities-protect-undocumented-students-but-decline-sanctuary-campus-label-and-other-chicago-news

 

ILLINOIS TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Making America toxic again.  Some politicians want to bring back coal.”
http://illinoistimes.com/article-18016-making-america-toxic-again.html

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— DuPage County Proposes Merging Election Commission, Clerk’s Office: Everything You Need to Know  The proposal will go public next Tuesday. – Anicka Slachta
http://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/dupage-county-proposes-merging-election-commission-clerks-office-everything

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— WORRISOME COMMENTS FROM ‘MAN OF THE YEAR’  Trump: ‘We’re going to work something out’ on Dreamers – LEO HOHMANN
http://www.wnd.com/2016/12/worrisome-comments-from-man-of-the-year/

 

FEDERALIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Is Ideologically Gutting The Republican Party.”
http://thefederalist.com/2016/12/09/donald-trumps-ideological-gutting-of-the-republican-party/

 

BREITBART
— Missouri Governor-Elect’s Wife Robbed at Gunpoint in St. Louis Parking Lot – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/06/missouri-governor-elects-wife-robbed-gunpoint-st-louis-parking-lot/

 

NEWSMAX
— Looming RNC Choice a Trump Admin. Power Struggle – Eric Mack
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/rnc-chairman-trump-administration/2016/12/08/id/763038/
— Trump: Military Force Only for ‘Vital National Security’ – Todd Beamon
http://www.newsmax.com/Politics/military-force-national-security/2016/12/06/id/762562/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Illinois Democrat Loses Fight to Penalize Businesses That Help Build Trump’s Border Wall – ROD KACKLEY
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/2016/12/08/illinois-democrat-loses-fight-to-penalize-businesses-that-help-build-trumps-border-wall/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Anti-Trumps say “The Folly of Trump’s Command Economy.”
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442866/donald-trump-carrier-boeing-intervention-economic-folly

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The collapse of the political Left – MICHAEL BARONE
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/the-collapse-of-the-political-left/article/2609139

 

THE HILL
— Don’t look now: Trump is uniting the GOP while Democrats remain divided – KRISTIN TATE
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/309590-dont-look-now-trump-is-uniting-the-gop-while-democrats
— Women and children need Congress to protect them in 2017 – THOMAS A. GLESSNER
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/healthcare/309536-women-and-children-need-congress-to-protect-them-in-2017

 

POLITICO
— Trump zeroes in on RNC chair pick  The choices have narrowed as the factions inside Trump Tower jockey for control. – ELIANA JOHNSON, KENNETH P. VOGEL and ALEX ISENSTADT
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-zeroes-in-on-rnc-chair-pick-232397
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The two sides represent the establishment and populist elements of Trump’s political world, and they have been jockeying over who will control the committee for nearly two weeks now. But a transition aide said that’s likely to come to an end soon, with a decision expected either Friday or Saturday. The 168 members of the RNC’s executive committee will officially elect the party’s chair at their meeting in January, but the imprimatur of an incoming president is typically decisive — as a number of committee members acknowledged on Thursday. “I will support whomever the president-elect tells me to support,” said New Jersey committeeman Bill Palatucci, a longtime ally and confidant of Gov. Chris Christie.)

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Which foreign policy sacred cows will Donald Trump slaughter next?”
http://edition.cnn.com/2016/12/09/politics/donald-trump-foreign-policy-sacred-cows/index.html

 

ABC NEWS
— Donald Trump Inaugural Reprises Campaign Slogan in Attempt to Unify Country – ALEXANDER MALLIN and KATHERINE FAULDERS
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/donald-trump-inaugural-reprises-campaign-slogan-attempt-unify/story?id=44071663

 

NBC NEWS
— What Would It Take to Shut Down Trump on Twitter? – ALYSSA NEWCOMB
http://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/what-would-it-take-shut-down-trump-twitter-n693761

 

MCCLATCHY DC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “We need to do more to stop Trump.”
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/opinion/article119808088.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Trump as Cyberbully in Chief? Twitter Attack on Union Boss Draws Fire – MICHAEL D. SHEAR
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/politics/donald-trump-twitter-carrier-chuck-jones.html
— On Campus, Trump Fans Say They Need ‘Safe Spaces’ – ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/us/politics/political-divide-on-campuses-hardens-after-trumps-victory.html
— The American Dream, Quantified at Last  Research shows that only half of Americans in their 30s earn more than their parents did at the same age. A few decades ago, nearly all adults did. – David Leonhardt
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/opinion/the-american-dream-quantified-at-last.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/opinion/the-world-fears-trumps-america-thats-a-good-thing.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/09/opinion/california-looks-to-lead-the-trump-resistance.html
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/08/upshot/why-more-mass-deportations-would-be-bad-news-for-the-housing-market.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Congress curbs paid time off that drags on for federal employees in hot water – Lisa Rein  (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I was always in hot water because I was a Republican, but I was in boiling water because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/09/admin-leave/

 

WBUR BOSTON
— A Likely Trump Message For Colleges: Diversity Is For Losers
http://www.wbur.org/edify/2016/12/09/commentary-trump-higher-ed-diversity

 

FORTUNE
— Donald Trump Defends His Super Rich Cabinet: ‘I Want People That Made a Fortune’ – Tara John
http://fortune.com/2016/12/09/donald-trump-cabinet-choices/

 

FORBES
— All The President’s Billionaires: A Guide To Trump’s Gilded Inner Circle – Chase Peterson-Withorn
http://www.forbes.com/sites/chasewithorn/2016/12/09/all-the-presidents-billionaires-a-guide-to-trumps-gilded-inner-circle/

 

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Low Approval of Trump’s Transition but Outlook for His Presidency Improves  Growing numbers see ‘strong’ partisan and racial conflicts
http://www.people-press.org/2016/12/08/low-approval-of-trumps-transition-but-outlook-for-his-presidency-improves/

December 8 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ‘ROGUE’ GOP ELECTOR SAYS OTHERS WILL JOIN IN OPPOSING TRUMP – ABC News
http://abc7chicago.com/news/rogue-gop-elector-says-others-will-join-in-opposing-trump-/1646717/
— How Donald Trump Might Start Violating the Constitution the Second He’s Sworn In – JORDYN PHELPS
https://abc7chicago.com/news/how-donald-trump-might-start-violating-the-constitution-the-second-hes-sworn-in/1646195/
— INVESTIGATORS TEST GUMMY BEARS THAT SICKENED 14 NAPERVILLE STUDENTS – Jessica D’Onofrio
http://abc7chicago.com/news/investigators-test-gummy-bears-that-sickened-14-naperville-students/1643623/
— JUDGE DENIES AARON SCHOCK’S REQUEST TO MOVE TRIAL TO PEORIA – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-denies-aaron-schocks-request-to-move-trial-to-peoria/1646795/
— TRUMP PICKS FAST FOOD EXECUTIVE ANDREW PUZDER FOR LABOR – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-picks-fast-food-executive-andrew-puzder-for-labor/1646753/
— DONALD TRUMP PICKS SCOTT PRUITT, LONGTIME EPA CRITIC, TO HEAD ENVIRONMENTAL AGENCY – AP
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-picks-oklahoma-ag-scott-pruitt-to-head-epa/1644310/

 

NBC5
— Illinois GOP’s ‘Boss Madigan’ Site Now Targeting Chris Kennedy  “Mike Madigan endorsing a run for governor by Chris Kennedy tells you everything you need to know about Chris Kennedy,” a Republican Party spokesman said. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-GOPs-Boss-Madigan-Site-Now-Targeting-Chris-Kennedy-405477765.html
— Harry Reid Warns of ‘New Gilded Age’ in Senate Farewell Speech  “I love the Senate, I don’t need to dwell on that,” Reid said – Erica Werner
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Harry-Reid-Bids-Farewell-to-Senate-After-30-Years-405491516.html
— Union President Jones Challenges Trump on Carrier  The president-elect tweeted the union boss has done a terrible job
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Trump-Tweets-Attacks-on-Carrier-Union-Boss-405362875.html
— Comptroller Mendoza Puts State Employee Bonuses on Hold  “This is a necessary step to ensure accountability and transparency in government and should’ve been in place before now,” Mendoza said. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mendoza-Prioritizes-Payments-to-Most-Vulnerable-Ahead-of-Employee-Bonuses-405491095.html

 

CBS2
— Rauner Calls Off Leaders’ Meetings Until Democrats Present Budget Plan
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/08/rauner-calls-off-leaders-meetings-until-democrats-present-budget-plan/
— Kirk Tells Illinois “Take Heart” In Last Speech On Senate Floor
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/12/08/kirk-tells-illinois-take-heart-in-last-speech-on-senate-floor/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Rauner praises Trump education secretary pick – Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-bruce-rauner-trump-education-secretary-met-20161208-story.html
— In Rauner vs. Madigan, just cry ‘uncle’ – Kristen McQueary
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-rauner-madigan-fight-budget-perspec-1209-md-20161208-story.html
— In final Senate speech, Mark Kirk praises Cubs, Illinois — and its pumpkins – Katherine Skiba
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-mark-kirk-farewell-speech-1209-20161208-story.html
— Better ways than jawboning for Trump to grow U.S. jobs – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-rexnord-carrier-jobs-taxes-edit-1209-md-20161208-story.html
— Upcoming CPS bond issue gets favorable outlook from Wall Street – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-bonds-met-20161208-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump blessed with incompetent opponents.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-trump-foes-comment-c538a64a-bd61-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9-20161208-story.html
— House passes stopgap measure as senators raise objections over coal miner benefits
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-stopgap-measure-government-shutdown-20161208-story.html
— Trump called ‘risk factor’ in Chicago company’s SEC filing – Becky Yerak
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-trump-methode-electronics-1209-biz-20161208-story.html
— Koch Industries says House GOP’s tax plan ‘could be devastating’ – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-taxes-gop-5e7848c4-bd3f-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9-20161208-story.html
— Why all Illinoisans need action on workers’ comp – Austin Berg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-berg-column-st-1209-20161208-story.html
— Newly relisted mansion is Naperville’s highest-priced residential listing – Bob Goldsborough
http://www.chicagotribune.com/classified/realestate/elitestreet/ct-elite-street-naperville-pricey-listing-1211-biz-20161208-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: American Dream collapsing for young adults, study says, as odds plunge that children will earn more than their parents
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-american-dream-collapsing-20161208-story.html
— As more teens vape, surgeon general sounds alarm on e-cigarettes – Tony Briscoe and John Keilman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-vaping-e-cigarettes-surgeon-general-health-met-20161208-story.html
— I’m the union leader Donald Trump attacked. I’m tired of being lied to about our jobs. – Chuck Jones
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-carrier-union-leader-trump-20161208-story.html
— Obama or Trump: Who’s the real bully? – Steve Chapman
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-business-bully-boeing-carrier-20161208-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ally of Rauner, Trump Aaron Del Mar produces papers showing he’s paid tax debt – Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/ally-of-rauner-trump-produces-papers-showing-hes-paid-tax-debt/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Why four new DuPage County tax increases could be in jeopardy – Robert Sanchez
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161208/news/161208966/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Here’s what Chicago’s learning about the president to come – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161208/BLOGS02/161209858/heres-what-chicagos-learning-about-the-president-to-come
— Chicago’s underwater rate: Third-biggest among top 10 cities – DENNIS RODKIN
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/realestate/20161208/CRED0701/161209863/chicagos-underwater-rate-third-biggest-among-top-10-cities
— What Chicago small-business owners want from a Trump administration – KATIE FITZPATRICK
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161208/OPINION/161209865/what-chicago-small-business-owners-want-from-a-trump-administration

 

WBEZ
— Gov. Rauner Abruptly Cancels Meeting Over State Budget With Dems – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/gov-rauner-abruptly-cancels-meeting-over-state-budget-with-dems/06c87a7d-ac1a-4f30-9419-aca851ae44a8
— Power Play: New Energy Bill Keeps Customers In The Dark – Dan Weissmann
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/power-play-new-energy-bill-keeps-customers-in-the-dark/b05452bd-02c7-4b6a-b608-6c3cd1016808

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Doctor: Candy That Sickened Naperville Students Contained Marijuana – AP
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/doctor-candy-that-sickened-students-contained-marijuana

 

WSIL TV
— Chief of staff Priebus? Some Trump loyalists still dubious – AP
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/34009052/chief-of-staff-priebus-some-trump-loyalists-still-dubious

 

WSIU
— Gov. Rauner and Illinois Businesses Disagree on Energy Bill
http://news.wsiu.org/post/gov-rauner-and-illinois-businesses-disagree-energy-bill#stream/0

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Russians flock to U.S. real estate after Trump victory  2 most popular destinations are New York City, Miami – Ivana Kottasova
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/russians-flock-to-us-real-estate-after-trump-victory/616909263

 

  1. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
    — Illinois government finally gets something done: a utility bailout – Editorial
    http://www.stltoday.com/news/opinion/columns/the-platform/editorial-illinois-government-finally-gets-something-done-a-utility-bailout/article_6630ea71-9d34-588e-844b-e16c37bd43a0.html

 

MEDILL REPORTS
— CHICAGO’S LGBTQ COMMUNITY GEARING UP FOR TRUMP PRESIDENCY – Puja Bhattacharjee
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/chicagos-lgbtq-community-gearing-up-for-trump-presidency/

 

CHICAGO REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Rauners say “Rauner’s war on unions brings Illinois to the brink.”
http://chicagoreporter.com/rauners-war-on-unions-brings-illinois-to-the-brink/

 

CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— Why Kirk Lost and Why Kirk Lost So Big – RUSS STEWART
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/why-kirk-lost-and-why-kirk-lost-so-big/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Reforms on hold as AFSCME issues legal challenge on contract
http://ilnews.org/11267/reforms-hold-afscme-issues-legal-challenge-contract/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Evangelical Covenant Church Pastor Embraces Heresy – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/evangelical-covenant-church-pastor-embraces-heresy/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS NOMINEE SCOTT PRUITT WILL REVERSE EPA’S ANTI-ENERGY AGENDA
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/crowd-cheers-after-navy-admiral-blasts-kaepernicks-national-anthem-protest.html
— RAUNER REPEATS, “NO BUDGET. NO PAY”
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/rauner-repeats-no-budget-no-pay-.html
— TRUMP WILL NOMINATE WORLD WRESTLING ENTERTAINMENT CO-FOUNDER TO “GO TO THE MAT” FOR SMALL BUSINESSES
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/president-elect-donald-j-trump-intends-to-nominate-linda-mcmahon.html

— TRUMP CAMPAIGN SAYS NOMINEE SCOTT PRUITT WILL REVERSE EPA’S ANTI-ENERGY AGENDA

http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/conservatives-should-love-trumps-nominee-to-head-up-epa.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner: Legislative pay lawsuit a “stunning reminder of why we need term limits and real change”
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/08/rauner-legislative-pay-lawsuit-a-stunning-reminder-of-why-we-need-term-limits-and-real-change/
— Could a legendary bipartisan (Roger Claar) pay for his Trump support?
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/08/could-a-legendary-bipartisan-pay-for-his-trump-support/
— ILGOP operative defends tracker involvement
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/08/ilgop-operative-defends-tracker-involvement/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Clarence Thomas snubbed by Smithsonian’s new African American history museum – Bradford Richardson
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/7/clarence-thomas-snubbed-by-smithsonians-museum-of-/

 

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Spends Election Cycle Calling Trump Supporters Racist, Then Gets Hit With Class Action Racism Suit – Amber Randall
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/08/cnn-spends-election-cycle-calling-trump-supporters-racist-then-gets-hit-with-class-action-racism-suit/
— Rep. Gutiérrez: Trump Softening On DREAMers Shows Our Pressure Is Working – Caroline May
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/08/rep-gutierrez-trump-softening-on-dreamers-shows-our-pressure-is-working/

 

GOPUSA
— Leftist Chicago removes remaining Donald Trump street signs
http://www.gopusa.com/leftist-chicago-removes-remaining-donald-trump-street-signs/
— The Progressive-State Depression
http://www.gopusa.com/the-progressive-state-depression/
— Have funds, will travel for those on the dole
http://www.gopusa.com/have-funds-will-travel-for-those-on-the-dole/
— Appeals court rules rapist can pursue visitation with child
http://www.gopusa.com/appeals-court-rules-rapist-can-pursue-visitation-with-child/

 

FOX NEWS
— Admiral Calls Out Kaepernick During Pearl Harbor Speech
http://insider.foxnews.com/2016/12/08/admiral-colin-kaepernick-national-anthem-protest-during-pearl-harbor-speech

 

BREITBART
— Kellogg Foundation Supported Racially Divisive Open Borders Group – LEE STRANAHAN
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/08/kellogg-foundation-supported-racially-divisive-open-borders-group/
— Obama Urges Soldiers to Question Trump’s Authority, ‘Criticize Our President’ – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/07/obama-urges-soldiers-to-question-trumps-authority-criticize-our-president/
— Black Employees Suing CNN for Racial Discrimination – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/07/black-employees-suing-cnn-for-racial-discrimination/
— Blue-Collar Black Americans Sue Job Broker for Green-Lighting Hispanics – WARNER TODD HUSTON
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/07/black-workers-file-lawsuit-alleging-temp-worker-firm-pushed-illegal-hispanics-blacks/
— Duke Approves ‘Safe Space’ For Illegal Immigrants – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/12/08/duke-approves-safe-space-illegal-immigrants/

 

BLAZE
— Former labor secretary rebukes Trump’s Twitter behavior in stunning monologue – Tre Goins-Phillips
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/08/former-labor-secretary-rebukes-trumps-twitter-behavior-in-stunning-monologue/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Obama Political Appointees to Continue as Career Employees Under Trump – Fred Lucas
http://dailysignal.com/2016/12/08/obama-political-employees-to-continue-as-career-employees-under-trump/

 

TOWNHALL
— Republican National Committee In Superb Financial Standing – Jason Hopkins
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/jasonhopkins/2016/12/08/the-republican-national-committee-in-superb-financial-standing-n2257012

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— The ‘fix’ is in at Illinois Human Rights Commission – Charlie Butts
http://www.onenewsnow.com/culture/2016/12/08/the-fix-is-in-at-illinois-human-rights-commission

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Final Tally on Obama’s 2015 Family Vacation to Hawaii Is Out. And the Cost to Taxpayers Is Astronomical – VICTORIA TAFT
http://ijr.com/2016/12/750423-final-tally-on-obamas-2015-family-vacation-to-hawaii-is-out-and-the-cost-to-taxpayers-is-astronomical/

 

POLITICO
— Trump ‘originals’ say they’re getting frozen out  Early Trump campaign operatives angst about their future as the Republican establishment muscles its way in. – ALEX ISENSTADT and KENNETH P. VOGEL
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-original-operatives-frozen-out-232383
— Trump launches war on unions  Labor leaders said after the election they’d give him a chance to deliver on his pro-worker agenda. But the ceasefire appears over. – TED HESSON
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-unions-war-232382

 

REUTERS
— Trump could privatize nation’s air traffic controllers – Ginger Gibson
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-airtraffic-idUSKBN13X19W

 

CBS NEWS
— Trump has declined many intelligence briefings offered to him according to Senate aide – REBECCA SHABAD
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-has-declined-many-intelligence-briefings-offered-to-him/

 

CNBC
— Trump war on ‘job-destroying’ regulations could kill a lot of high-paying jobs – Tom DiChristopher and John W. Schoen
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/08/pruitt-epa-trump-may-kill-jobs-fighting-job-destroying-regulations.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Republicans need to challenge Democrats on sanctuary cities – Ed Rogers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2016/12/08/republicans-need-to-challenge-democrats-on-sanctuary-cities/

 

TUCSON NEWS NOW
— Citizenship applications surge after Trump win
http://www.tucsonnewsnow.com/story/34002558/citizenship-applications-surge-after-trump-win

 

DAILY REPUBLICAN
— U.S. life expectancy falls, as many kinds of death increase – AP
http://www.dailyrepublicannews.com/news/20161208/us-life-expectancy-falls-as-many-kinds-of-death-increase

 

BNA
— Anti-Union Drumbeat of Trump, Congress Spells Trouble for IRS – Colleen Murphy
https://www.bna.com/antiunion-drumbeat-trump-n73014448277/

 

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Teaching journalism after election a tricky endeavor – Jackie Spinner
http://www.cjr.org/analysis/teaching_journalism_trump_election.php
— Attempting to fill a local news void, ProPublica launches Illinois unit – Pete Vernon
http://www.cjr.org/business_of_news/propublica_launches_illinois_unit.php

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Softer Stance on ‘Dreamers’ May Spur a Fix, Senators Say – Laura Litvan
https://www.bloomberg.com/politics/articles/2016-12-08/trump-s-softer-stance-on-dreamers-may-spur-a-fix-senators-say

 

INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY
— The Obama Recovery Is A Myth – TERRY JONES
http://www.investors.com/politics/commentary/study-the-recovery-is-a-myth-theres-been-no-recovery-at-all/

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Washington, D.C.’s Liberal Civil Servants Are Horrified at the Prospect of Life Under Trump – Marin Cogan
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/liberal-civil-servants-horrified-at-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Transition Team Is Like Game of Thrones.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2016/12/trumps-transition-team-is-like-game-of-thrones.html
— Gloria Steinem on Whether It’s Possible to Feel Compassion for Donald Trump – Shira Levine  (DIERSEN: Democrats feel compassion only for those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://nymag.com/thecut/2016/12/gloria-steinem-on-donald-trump.html

 

COSMOPOLITAN
— Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff Said Trump Should Be on the $20 Bill  Reince Priebus was joking, but still, Harriet Tubman, a former slave, is slated to be on the $20. – Michael Sebastian
http://www.cosmopolitan.com/politics/a8478929/donald-trumps-chief-of-staff-said-trump-should-be-on-the-dollar20-bill/

 

PEW RESEARCH
— GOP gained ground in middle-class communities in 2016 – RUTH IGIELNIK AND RAKESH KOCHHAR (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on turning those who have less money against those who have more money.)
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2016/12/08/gop-gained-ground-in-middle-class-communities-in-2016/

 

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— Does Donald Trump own the “white working class”? – ROBERTA WOOD
http://www.peoplesworld.org/article/does-donald-trump-own-the-white-working-class/

December 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— EMANUEL MEETS WITH TRUMP IN NEW YORK CITY – Karen Jordan and Charles Thomas
http://abc7chicago.com/politics/emanuel-meets-with-trump-in-new-york-city/1643756/

 

NBC5
— Rauner Delays Leaders Meeting Until Dems Propose Budget  “Democratic leaders continue to discuss internally whether they are prepared to present a budget proposal, so we will schedule the next Four Leaders meeting when we receive confirmation that they are ready,” Rauner spokesman Lance Trover said. – Tom Schuba
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Rauner-Delays-Leaders-Meeting-Until-Dems-Ready-Budget-Proposal-405314595.html
— Mayor Emanuel Meets With President-Elect Trump at Trump Tower in New York  “Chicago was a sanctuary city for my grandfather. His grandson today is the mayor of this city,” said Mayor Emanuel, who gave Trump a letter signed by 14 mayors urging him to protect immigrants – Tom Schuba  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.  That is the main reason why Clinton lost and Trump won.  Democrats, RINOs, and illegals use children as cannon fodder.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mayor-Emanuel-Meeting–President-elect-Trump-New-York-405229465.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Comptroller: State employee bonuses on hold during impasse – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/222259363-story

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner delays leaders meeting, wants Dem budget proposal – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-delays-leaders-meeting-wants-dem-budget-proposal/amp/
— Inspector general blasts CPS for impeding investigation – Lauren FitzPatrick and Dan Mihalopoulos
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/inspector-general-blasts-cps-for-impeding-investigation/
— Parents say CPS pits special ed students’ needs vs. others – Mark Brown
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/brown-parents-say-cps-pits-special-ed-students-needs-vs-others/
— Trump’s tip of the hat to Emanuel – Michael Sneed
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sneed-trumps-tip-of-the-hat-to-emanuel/
— Aldermen get an earful about sign fight with Trump – Fran Spielman
http://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/aldermen-get-an-earful-about-sign-fight-with-trump/

— Emanuel made plea for Dreamers at meeting with Trump in NY – Lynn Sweet and Fran Spielman  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.  That is the main reason why Clinton lost and Trump won.  Democrats, RINOs, and illegals use children as cannon fodder.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-to-meet-with-trump-in-new-york/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Emanuel has ‘very good’ meeting with Trump in New York
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mayor-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-meeting-20161207-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: U. of I. rejects ‘sanctuary campus’ label; vows other protections for undocumented students – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-sanctuary-campuses-illinois-20161207-story.html
— Trump invites tech leaders to talk after industry opposition – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-wp-blm-trump-tech-94df4c70-bbf3-11e6-ae79-bec72d34f8c9-20161206-story.html
— Doctor says Naperville North gummy bear candy contained marijuana – Bill Bird
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/crime/ct-nvs-candy-laced-with-pot-st-1209-20161207-story.html
— How Emanuel worked to maximize his meeting with Trump – Bill Ruthhart
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-mayor-rahm-emanuel-donald-trump-meeting-20161207-story.html
— 700 are dead and Chicago is out of control – Rex Huppke
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-chicago-violence-homicide-huppke-20161207-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump and the triumph of falsehood.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-trump-lies-fake-news-perspec-1208-jm-20161207-column.html
— Manly men need to take on more girly jobs – Bloomberg
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-masculine-men-feminine-jobs-20161207-story.html
— Racial rancor and ugly tweets: For CPS and Marist students, a teachable moment – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-marist-students-police-mount-greenwood-black-lives-matter-edit-1208-jm-20161207-story.html
— The impetuous president-elect: What will Trump tweet next? – Editorial
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-trump-tweet-boeing-edit-1208-jm-20161207-story.html
— ComEd customers face $2 bump in delivery charge after rate hike OK’d – Robert Channick and Kim Geiger
http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-comed-rate-increase-1208-biz-20161207-story.html
— Second Chicago Public Schools budget OK’d; third may have to be drawn up – Juan Perez Jr.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-chicago-board-of-education-budget-met-20161207-story.html
— Federal judge agrees to end Michigan recount after 3 days
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-judge-ends-michigan-recount-20161207-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kane County chairman accuses state’s attorney of intimidation, buying loyalty – James Fuller
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161207/news/161209065/
— ‘Clean jobs’ group applauds Rauner on Exelon – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161207/news/312079871/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner signs Exelon nuclear bailout – AP
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161207/NEWS02/161209879/rauner-signs-exelon-nuclear-bailout
— Inside Emanuel’s meeting with Trump – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161207/BLOGS02/161209887/inside-emanuels-meeting-with-trump
— The race is on for the most important federal job in Chicago – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161207/BLOGS02/161209895/the-race-is-on-for-the-most-important-federal-job-in-chicago

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Dow zooms over 1,200 points since Trump victory  Burst of buying sent Dow up again on Wednesday – Matt Egan
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/dow-zooms-over-1200-points-since-trump-victory/616637871

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Emanuel gives letter to Trump asking to protect immigrants – AP  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.  That is the main reason why Clinton lost and Trump won. Democrats, RINOs, and illegals use children as cannon fodder.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/emanuel-gives-letter-to-trump-asking-to-protect-immigrants/article_8d8aa7cd-110a-5542-b339-bbbe0fb41108.html

 

TIMES
— Mautino: Keep records confidential – David Giuliani
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/mautino-keep-records-confidential/article_bbfece63-db10-5414-b761-254dd7a92bad.html

 

WQAD
— Rauner rallies for “new day” in Illinois after saving 800 Exelon jobs – JOHN DAVID
http://wqad.com/2016/12/07/rauner-rallies-for-new-day-in-illinois-after-saving-800-exelon-jobs/

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Glen Ellyn voters choose candidates at Civic Betterment Party Town Meeting  Candidates to run in April 2017 election – ERIC SCHELKOPF
http://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2016/12/05/glen-ellyn-voters-choose-candidates-at-civic-betterment-party-town-meeting/adfv6pc/

 

MIDELL REPORTS
— TRUMP’S ELECTION SPARKS RENEWED FERVOR ON ABORTION – Karys Belger
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/trumps-election-sparks-renewed-fervor-on-abortion/
— ILLINOIS REPUBLICANS SPENT BIG LAST ELECTION IN HOPES OF WINNING THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY – David Jordan
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/illinois-republicans-spent-big-last-election-in-hopes-of-winning-the-general-assembly/

 

CITIZEN KELLY
— Citizen Kelly to Media: Leave the Trump family alone!
http://www.citizenkelly.com/citizen-kelly-to-media-leave-the-trump-family-alone/

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bloomington Election Commission Delays Petition Objection Hearing Again – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/bloomington-election-commission-delays-petition-objection-hearing-again/
— Lisle School District 202 Tries Restricting Use Of Meeting Videos – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/lisle-school-district-202-tries-restricting-use-of-meeting-videos/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Make Illinois Great Again? Run for Office – Monte Larrick
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/make-illinois-great-run-office/
— The Turning Point Professor Watchlist and What It Means for the SPLC Hate List – George Yancey
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/turning-point-professor-watchlist-means-splc-hate-list/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL GOP JABS POSSIBLE DEM GUBERNATORIAL NOMINEE, THREE MORE LAWMAKERS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/il-gop-jabs-possible-dem-gubernatorial-nominee-three-more-lawmakers.html
— SKILLICORN REFUSES LEGISLATIVE PENSION, PLANS TO INTRODUCE BAN FOR STATE OFFICE PENSIONS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/skillicorn-refuses-legislative-pension-plans-to-introduce-ban-for-state-office-pensions.html
— NAPERVILLE NORTH STUDENTS HOSPITALIZED AFTER EATING DRUG-LACED GUMMY BEARS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/naperville-north-students-hospitalized-after-eating-drug-laced-gummy-bears.html
— YET ANOTHER HIKE: ICC GRANTS COMED 5 PERCENT RATE INCREASE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/yet-another-hike-icc-grants-comed-5-percent-rate-increase.html
— GOVERNOR, GOP LEADERS AND POWER PLAYERS BOAST JOB-SAVING EXELON BAILOUT
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/governor-gop-leaders-and-power-players-boast-job-saving-exelon-bailout.html
— DEPAUL LINES UP ALONGSIDE MAYOR EMANUEL TO PROVIDE SANCTUARY FOR IMMIGRANT STUDENTS
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/depaul-lines-up-alongside-mayor-emanuel-to-provide-sanctuary-for-immigrant-students.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— IMA says Rauner signature on Exelon bill weakens manufacturing
http://capitolfax.com/2016/12/07/ima-says-rauner-signature-on-exelon-bill-weakens-manufacturing/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEVIOUS PLOT GROWS TO ‘SHUT DOWN’ TRUMP’S INAUGURATION  Plan would force president-elect to take oath of office ‘behind closed doors,’ if ‘at all’ – CHELSEA SCHILLING
http://www.wnd.com/2016/12/devious-plot-grows-to-shut-down-trumps-inauguration/

 

BREITBART
— Speaker Ryan Retreats on H-2B Visa Outsourcing Program – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/12/07/ryan-ends-h2b-expansion/
— OUTSTANDING: University of Illinois Rejects ‘Sanctuary Campus’ Request – JOHN BINDER
http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/12/07/illinois-u-rejects-sanctuary-campus-request/

 

DAILY CALLER
— How The Establishment Will Try To Destroy Trump – Ann Coulter
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/07/coulter-how-the-establishment-will-try-to-destroy-trump/
— Trump Takes Pointers From Obama’s Hatchet Man – Thomas Phippen
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/07/trump-takes-pointers-from-obamas-hatchet-man/
— Megyn Kelly Gets Booed For Saying Something Nice About Donald Trump – Kaitlan Collins
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/07/megyn-kelly-gets-booed-for-saying-something-nice-about-donald-trump/

 

GOPUSA
— Sanctuary cities undermine cause of immigration reform
http://www.gopusa.com/sanctuary-cities-undermine-cause-of-immigration-reform/
— Facebook and the ‘Fake News’ Crackdown
http://www.gopusa.com/facebook-and-the-fake-news-crackdown/
— Megyn Kelly can’t let go, makes new accusations against Trump team
http://www.gopusa.com/megyn-kelly-cant-let-go-makes-new-accusations-against-trump-team/
— Preparing HUD for Surgery
http://www.gopusa.com/preparing-hud-for-surgery/
— Black Lives Matter upset by show of support for police
http://www.gopusa.com/black-lives-matter-upset-by-show-of-support-for-police/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Left Pays No Price When Its Gambles Prove Costly – THOMAS SOWELL
http://www.nationalreview.com/article/442784/left-obamacare-gamble-follows-minimum-wage-gun-control-failures

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump fires back at Carrier union boss: He’s done a ‘terrible’ job – CAITLIN YILEK
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trump-fires-back-at-carrier-union-boss-hes-done-a-terrible-job/article/2609131

 

POLITICO
— How Trump got yanked into GOP’s IRS impeachment fight  John Koskinen’s ouster was voted down after multiple conversations among Reince Priebus, the Freedom Caucus and House leaders. – JOHN BRESNAHAN and RACHAEL BADE
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-irs-koskinen-impeachment-gop-232289
— Emanuel defends ‘Dreamers,’ ‘sanctuary cities’ in Trump meeting – MATTHEW NUSSBAUM  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.  That is the main reason why Clinton lost and Trump won.  Democrats, RINOs, and illegals use children as cannon fodder.)
http://www.politico.com/blogs/donald-trump-administration/2016/12/rahm-emanuel-trump-meeting-232325

 

THE HILL
— Emanuel pressures Trump to keep Obama immigration program – JORDAN FABIAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.  That is the main reason why Clinton lost and Trump won.  Democrats, RINOs, and illegals use children as cannon fodder.)
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/309211-emanuel-pressures-trump-to-keep-obama-immigration-program
— Richard Spencer is a threat Republicans must purge – THOMAS MCARDLE
http://thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/campaign/309227-richard-spencers-white-nationalists-are-a-threat-republicans-must
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But race is not why immigration – both legal and illegal — must be significantly reduced over the long term. A 44-page January 2014 report authored by the late Phyllis Schlafly and Eagle Forum, “How Mass (Legal) Immigration Dooms a Conservative Republican Party,” laid out what’s really at stake. “Immigrants and their children are more supportive of government expansion, Obamacare, affirmative action, gun control, greater environmental regulation, and of other issues championed by the Left,” Schlafly warned, buttressing the case with mounds of polling data. It’s not the color of their skin, but rather the content of their political creed.  Today, even the white Europeans Spencer romanticizes would, as new U.S. citizens, help their Mexican-American fellow immigrants elect liberal Democrats and impose lots more socialism on the Land of the Free. When President Lyndon Johnson signed the 1965 immigration act, a grinning Bobby and Teddy Kennedy at his side in the shadow of the Statue of Liberty, he assured the nation it was “not a revolutionary bill.  It does not affect the lives of millions.”  Yet in the 1940s, ‘50s and ‘60s combined, fewer than 7 million immigrants came to America; after the immigration act, from the ‘70s to today, 35 million arrived here, including nearly 14 million in the single decade from 2001 to 2010. Not only was it a revolution, it’s been the biggest voter recruitment drive for the Democratic Party in history. If Trump is to lead a successful counter-revolution and stop this ongoing disaster, he cannot be tainted by those falsely hailing him as an ethnic cleanser. Decades ago, William F. Buckley purged the Birchers and other genuine “deplorables” within conservatism so the right could rise to power. Trump, or his surrogates, are similarly going to have to purge Spencer and his minions – and do it before the TV cameras – if the new president is to keep his promise to regain control of who comes to and shapes America.)

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump Said He Can Call Every Company Planning To Leave The U.S.  Workers at these companies are waiting. – Arthur Delaney
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-said-he-can-call-every-company-planning-to-leave-the-us_us_584827a5e4b0d0df18373448
— Donald Trump Says, Without Specifics, That He Will ‘Work Something Out’ For Dreamers  But … what? – Elise Foley
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/donald-trump-daca-dreamers_us_58481963e4b0d0df18372021

 

POLITICO
— Trump says he spoke with Boeing CEO: ‘We’re going to work it out’ – LOUIS NELSON
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-boeing-ceo-dennis-muilenburg-232305

 

REUTERS
— Court blocks New York City from discarding illegal immigrants’ data – Joseph Ax
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-new-york-immigration-idUSKBN13W2VL

 

ABC NEWS
— Illinois Gov. Rauner Signs Bill Sparing 2 Nuclear Plants
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/illinois-governor-sign-bill-spare-nuclear-plants-44035510

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Americans should stop using Taiwan to score political points against Trump and China – Lin Fei-fan, Chen Wei-ting and June Lin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2016/12/07/americans-should-stop-using-taiwan-to-score-points-against-china/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— In further softening on once-hardline immigration stance, Trump now says he wants to help the children of illegal immigrants – Adam Edelman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and their citizens against America and against its citizens.  That is the main reason why Clinton lost and Trump won.  Democrats, RINOs, and illegals use children as cannon fodder.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-children-illegal-immigrants-article-1.2902141

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— House GOP Picks Up Part of Trump Tab
http://www.wsj.com/articles/greater-new-york-watch-house-gop-picks-up-part-of-trump-tab-1481160003

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Forever Trump: How the GOP Capitulated to a Monster  Most of Trump’s fiercest foes in the Republican Party have backed down, giving Trump full rein to remake the party in his image.”
https://newrepublic.com/article/139156/forever-trump-gop-capitulated-monster

 

ESQUIRE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs pander to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, to countries, to etc. that are anti-White.
http://www.esquire.com/news-politics/politics/news/a51326/kobach-republicans-white-supremacy/

 

VANITY FAIR
— TRUMP CLAIMS HE ONLY NEEDS “5 MINUTES” TO CONVINCE U.S. COMPANIES TO STAY  After that, he says, “they won’t be leaving.” – BESS LEVIN
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/trump-claims-he-only-needs-5-minutes-to-convince-us-companies-to-stay

 

FED SMITH
— Political Intrigue: Will Congress Derail 2017 Pay Raise? Will Government Shutdown? – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2016/12/07/101091/

 

December 7 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO, ON COOK COUNTY, ON ILLINOIS, AND ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: Asked about Mount Greenwood, Sheriff Dart says ‘there’s racism everywhere’ – Kim Janssen
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-tom-dart-mount-greenwood-1207-chicago-inc-20161206-story.html
— Top cop: ‘Chicago is not out of control’ — just parts of it are violent – William Lee
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-dart-johnson-city-club-crime-met-20161207-story.html
— Coincidence? Former Obama press secretary is now Emanuel’s neighbor – John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-obama-aide-rahm-emanuel-1207-story.html
— Does the First Amendment protect fake news? – Clarence Page  (DIERSEN: Those who hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-pizzagate-fake-news-first-amendment-perspec-1207-20161206-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Emanuel to meet with Trump in New York – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emanuel-to-meet-with-trump-in-new-york/
— As marriage rates decline, reports of STDs rise – Scott Phelps  (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to discourage if not destroy traditional marriage.  Democrats and RINOs shout at women that men, and especially men who are Republican, are racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.  The aforesaid Democrats and RINOs lost this year at the Illinois Republican Party State Convention when the delegates voted overwhelmingly for traditional marriage, that is, one man and one woman.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/opinion-as-marriage-rates-decline-reports-of-stds-rise/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Objection filed to candidate for North Aurora president – Susan Sarkauskas
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161206/news/161209349/
— Panel talks suburban sprawl, planning, with 2050 in mind – Susan Sarkauskas  (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO in Chicago 1980-1997, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were against urban sprawl, that is, they were against Republicans.  But since then, more and more and more Democrats have fled the poverty and the crime in Democrat Chicago for the prosperity and safety in Republican suburbs.  Tragically and hypocritically, those Democrats continue to vote for Democrats, that is, they continue to vote for the poverty and the crime that the Democrat Party platform brings forth.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161207/news/161209172/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Jockeying begins for U.S. attorney here – GREG HINZ
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161207/BLOGS02/161209895/jockeying-begins-for-u-s-attorney-in-chicago

 

DNA INFO
— Who Gets Paid The Most At Chicago Universities? Hint: Not The President – Sam Cholke
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161206/hyde-park/university-chicago-northwestern-who-paid-most-universities
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DNA INFO makes it even more clear that it is an arm of the Democrat Party.
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161206/downtown/trump-sign-removed-trump-tower-chicago-rahm-emanuel

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Judge blocks administration from imposing contract on AFSCME – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161206/judge-blocks-administration-from-imposing-contract-on-afscme

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Chicago launches task force to coordinate immigrant services – AP
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/chicago-launches-task-force-to-coordinate-immigrant-services/article_b6f2ffaa-3998-5af9-9f31-c6e71f6fd9df.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— New comptroller, same problems – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2016-12-07/new-comptroller-same-problems.html

 

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Madigan, Rauner Continue to Play Blame Game – AMANDA VINICKY  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always blamed me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.  Should I write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
http://peoriapublicradio.org/post/madigan-rauner-continue-play-blame-game#stream/0

 

WRAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump and the truth need closer relationship.”
http://www.wral.com/editorial-trump-and-the-truth-need-closer-relationship/16314588/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Leaders Meet In Chicago, Still Disagree Over Path Forward – JORDAN ABUDAYYEH
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/leaders-meet-in-chicago-still-disagree-over-path-forward-12-07-2016
— First Time In 50 Years GOP Controls Christian County Board – BRENDAN CULLERTON
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/first-time-in-50-years-gop-controls-christian-county-board-12-07-2016

 

CHICAGO PATCH
— Features Skyline Views Fit for a President-Elect  The 6,900-square-foot residence also includes a gourmet kitchen with modern appliances and a spa master bathroom with a heated floor. – Joe Vince
http://patch.com/illinois/chicago/wow-house-12-7m-trump-tower-penthouse-features-skyline-views-fit-president-elect

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Bloomington Electoral Board – Not Their First Time Violating Open Meetings – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/bloomington-electoral-board-not-their-first-time-violating-open-meetings/
— Bloomington Election Commission – A Third Open Meetings Violation – John Kraft
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2016/12/bloomington-election-commission-a-third-open-meetings-violation/

 

TOWNHALL
— Gov. Rauner Should Veto Nuclear Power Bailout Plan – David Williams
http://townhall.com/columnists/davidwilliams/2016/12/07/gov-rauner-should-veto-nuclear-power-bailout-plan-n2256155

 

THE BLAZE
— Kasich tells Electoral College members who they should vote for – Kaitlyn Schallhorn
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2016/12/06/kasich-tells-electoral-college-members-who-they-should-vote-for/

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— France Passes Crackdown on Pro-Life Websites  Posters who ‘exert moral pressure’ against abortion face two years jail, $30K fines –  Bill McMorris (DIERSEN: France today, America tomorrow?)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/france-passes-crackdown-pro-life-websites/
— Google’s Eric Schmidt Helps Raise $22 Million for Dem Data Firm  Schmidt also backs data firm that worked with the Clinton campaign –  Joe Schoffstall (DIERSEN: Democrats want Google, Facebook, etc. to be nothing more than arms of the Democrat Party.)
http://freebeacon.com/politics/googles-eric-schmidt-helps-raise-22-million-dem-data-firm/

 

THE HILL
— Trump puts new bull’s-eye on business – PETER SCHROEDER
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/309138-trump-puts-new-bullseye-on-business
— Unlike Romney, Evan McMullin stands tall against Trump – BERNIE QUIGLEY  (DIERSEN: Who stands tall against you?  The following stand tall against me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/blogs/pundits-blog/the-administration/309124-unlike-romney-evan-mcmullin-stands-tall-against-trump

 

CNN
— Trump named Time Person of the Year – Jill Disis  (DIERSEN: How will the 211 in my precinct who voted for Clinton react to this?)
http://money.cnn.com/2016/12/07/media/time-trump-person-of-the-year/index.html

 

ABC NEWS
— Where Are the Loyalists in the Trump Administration? – JONATHAN KARL
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/analysis-loyalists-trump-administration/story?id=44019888

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Donors Rush to Contribute to Trump Inaugural Festivities – NICHOLAS FANDOS and JONATHAN MARTIN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/07/us/politics/donald-trump-transition.html
— Bob Dole Worked Behind the Scene on Trump-Taiwan Call – JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS and ERIC LIPTON
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/us/politics/bob-dole-taiwan-lobby-trump.html
— Huffington Post Hires Senior New York Times Editor – SYDNEY EMBER
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/business/media/huffington-post-hires-senior-new-york-times-editor.html
— A Dilemma for Humanity: Stark Inequality or Total War – Eduardo Porter (DIERSEN: What would your superiors say that they did to fight income inequality?  My Democrat GAO superiors would stress that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, did not promote me beyond GS-13, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take an $18,459 pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.  My Democrat IRS superiors would stress that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, that they disallowed my education deductions, and that they disallowed my partial day per diem claims.  My Democrat Post Office superiors would stress that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests.  My aforesaid Democrat superiors would stress that the aforesaid adverse actions that they took against me directly benefited their employees who were poor, and especially their poor employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/business/economy/a-dilemma-for-humanity-stark-inequality-or-total-war.html
— A Bigger Economic Pie, but a Smaller Slice for Half of the U.S. – PATRICIA COHEN
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/business/economy/a-bigger-economic-pie-but-a-smaller-slice-for-half-of-the-us.html
— FRONT PAGE: In News, What’s Fake and What’s Real Can Depend on What You Want to Believe – SABRINA TAVERNISE (DIERSEN: Those who hint/imply/argue/shout that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, c) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, d) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) are operatives for the aforesaid, and/or g) are dupes for the aforesaid and/or are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/06/us/fake-news-partisan-republican-democrat.html

 

USA TODAY
— Trump: SoftBank to add $50B, 50K jobs in U.S. – Jon Swartz (DIERSEN: How many of these jobs will U.S. citizens get?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2016/12/06/trump-softbank-invest-50b-us-create-50000-jobs/95050926/
— Will Democrats take Trump’s bait on federal workers?  Conservatives often win elections because of the hysterical, overblown reaction their common-sense plans receive from the left. – Christian Schneider  (DIERSEN: Anyone seeking a federal job should be warned that federal employees and federal retirees are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.  I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2016/12/06/democrats-take-trumps-bait-federal-workers-christian-schneider/95016922/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During the campaign, Trump promised a tightening of the federal government workforce; reportedly, his allies are working on plans to freeze hiring, end automatic raises, make it easier to fire incompetent workers, and convert federal retirement benefits to resemble more of a private sector, 401(k)-style plan. According to The Washington Post, Trump will likely seek counsel from Republican Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker, who famously angered public sector unions in 2011 when he ended mandatory union dues, required public employees to begin paying a portion of their health and retirement benefits, and all but eliminated collective bargaining for government employees.)
— OUTSTANDING: Trump’s anti-pot attorney general choice rattles legal marijuana movement – Trevor Hughes
http://www.usatoday.com/story/money/business/2016/12/01/trumps-anti-pot-attorney-general-choice-rattles-legal-marijuana-movement/94679328/
— Jeff Sessions, a deficit hawk, may need to spend big on immigration – Mary Troyan
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/06/jeff-sessions-deficit-hawk-may-need-spend-big-immigration/94756084/

 

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— While people and drugs come north, guns pour south into Mexico  Often overlooked in border security debates is the river of guns and ammunition that flows from the United States — especially Texas — into Mexico, arming cartels and smugglers. – JULIÁN AGUILAR
https://www.texastribune.org/2016/12/07/gun-running-bsp-part-4/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Help Wanted at Google  The tech giant is looking for someone who can speak Republican. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Should I apply for this job?  Who in Illinois would my critics/opponents want to apply for this job?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/help-wanted-at-google-1481070488
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The reality of a Donald Trump Presidency has been hard to process for much of Washington, but one example is especially notable. The good progressives at Google have announced they are looking for someone who can communicate with those strange humanlike life-forms: conservatives. Google recently posted a job opening (https://www.google.com/about/careers/search#!t=jo&jid=227695001&) in Washington for a manager of “Conservative Outreach and Public Policy Partnerships.” The employee “will act as Google’s liaison to conservative, libertarian and free market groups” and will be “part organizer, part advocate and part policy wonk.” Ideal candidates have eight years experience—and have attended at least one but no more than three Tea Party rallies. OK, we made that last one up. The company has been known to hire Republican politicos in the past, but Google will need greater political diversity soon. The company’s lobbyists, executives and other affiliates visited the Obama White House 427 times between 2009 and November 2015. The top lobbyist stopped by more than many of her counterparts in the industry combined. Google no doubt planned to continue wielding influence in a Hillary Clinton Administration. Eric Schmidt, executive chairman of Google’s parent company, advised John Podesta and Mrs. Clinton’s campaign on digital strategy and targeting voters, though perhaps not in the Upper Midwest. A report from the Campaign for Accountability turned up 57 people affiliated with both Mrs. Clinton (whether her campaign, foundation or State Department) and Google entities. Now Google will have to scramble to preserve its enormous influence on everything from copyrights to privacy regulation. Whether Mr. Trump will indulge rent-seeking from Google and friends is anyone’s guess. But maybe Google’s Republican unicorn can host a staff seminar on the free-market philosophy that made the tech giant possible.)
— CEOs’ New Vow: Advancing More Women At Work  Paradigm for Parity aims to bring gender equality to the upper echelons of companies by 2030 – JOANN S. LUBLIN  (DIERSEN: They should hire Charles Bowsher.  During the 1980s and 1990s, Bowsher had great success in getting rid of GAO’s employees who were Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, non-Ivy League, etc.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/ceos-new-vow-advancing-more-women-at-work-1481058002

 

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that they will damage/destroy “Trump Buildings All Over the World.”
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-12-06/trump-buildings-could-draw-terrorists-who-pays-for-protection

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Managing your first grown-up salary – Paul Clitheroe (DIERSEN: What did you do with your “first grown-up salary?”  In 1970, when I was 21 years old, after I graduated from NIU, I started working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.  My father had died suddenly in October of 1969.  My mother had never attended high school and had always been a homemaker in our home in Crete.  My brother attended Crete-Monee High School.  I applied for and got a financial hardship draft deferment.  Much of my “first grown-up salary” when for our living expenses in our home in Crete.)
http://moneymag.com.au/managing-first-grown-salary/

 

TORONTO SUN
— Germany’s ’Mr Flirt’ teaches refugees how to pick up women – AP
http://www.torontosun.com/2016/11/28/germanys-mr-flirt-teaches-refugees-how-to-pick-up-women

 

YAHOO ANSWERS
— Should universities expel conservative, Republican students and faculty from campuses?  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat teachers focus on cranking out “good little Democrats.”)
https://answers.yahoo.com/question/index?qid=20161206145721AAF5OBU

December 5 Morning Edition

WGN TV
— Trump calls Emanuel to discuss past presidential transitions
http://wgntv.com/2016/12/05/trump-calls-emanuel-to-discuss-past-presidential-transitions/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— City Clerk Mendoza to take oath as state comptroller today – Monique Garcia, Hal Dardick, John Byrne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-susana-mendoza-oath-met-1203-story.html
— Northwestern, U. of C. presidents among highest-paid in the country – Dawn Rhodes
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-private-university-presidents-compensation-20161204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “In fact-free America, maybe millions of Trump supporters voted twice.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-trump-illegal-votes-huppke-20161205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Today it’s bigoted rants” and asks “but what about tomorrow?”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-trump-racial-code-glanton-20161204-column.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: In helping kids select college, parents along for more than the ride – Kate Thayer  (DIERSEN: In 1970, I was the first of my ancestors to earn a college degree.  Neither of my outstanding parents attended college.  My father was the first of my ancestors to earn a high school diploma.  My mother never attended high school.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-first-generation-college-students-parents-met-20161205-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: From filling out forms and writing essays to building a resume and gathering letters of recommendation, applying to college is a rigorous part of high school. But for 16-year-old Bryan Dominguez, the stress is magnified. Unlike many of his peers at Buffalo Grove High School, he doesn’t have anyone at home who’s been through the process. The son of Mexican immigrants and the oldest of four children, Dominguez, of Wheeling, will be the first in his family to go to college. “The whole concept of college is very confusing in general to me and my parents,” he said. “All I know is my one goal in life is to go to college. Being the first person in my family … is something I hold very close to my heart.” Recognizing first-generation college students have unique needs, Arlington Heights-based Township High School District 214 developed a field trip for its students to tour two colleges with their parents as part of learning more about the entire process.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
—  Pension pain not limited to Chicago – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: If they have not already done so, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will demand that Trump cut, if not eliminate, a) Civil Service Retirement System pensions and b) health insurance subsidies for federal retirees.)
http://chicageo.suntimes.com/news/kapos-pension-pain-not-limited-to-chicago/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why Rauner should veto Exelon’s bailout – Dave Lundy
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161205/OPINION/161209945/rauner-should-veto-exelons-nuclear-power-bailout-lundy-of-best

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Michigan to move ahead with presidential recount  Stein to sue in Pennsylvania on Monday – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/michigan-to-move-ahead-with-presidential-recount
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps side with China against America and say “Trump tweets take a fresh swipe at China  President-elect under fire after call to Taiwan.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-tweets-take-a-fresh-swipe-at-china
— Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner plan move to DC  Couple plans to relocate family from NYC – David Wright
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/ivanka-trump-and-jared-kushner-plan-move-to-dc

 

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— U of I Projection Says Budget Gap Would Take 10+ Years To Close – JAMEY DUNN
http://northernpublicradio.org/post/u-i-projection-says-budget-gap-would-take-10-years-close

 

WJBD
— Donald Trump Picks Ben Carson for HUD Secretary – ABC News
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/12/05/donald-trump-picks-ben-carson-for-hud-secretary

 

WSIL TV
— Trump’s inauguration set to test nation’s readiness to heal – AP  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps do not want any kind of healing.  Anti-Trumps want to get rid of those who voted for Trump.)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/33862458/inauguration-to-draw-those-ready-to-celebrate-commiserate

 

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Yingling’s loyalty to Madigan, Democratic Party under scrutiny – Ruth de Jauregui (DIERSEN: Who/what are you loyal to?  I am loyal to the Republican Party platform, the Illinois Republican Party platform, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
http://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511049890-yingling-s-loyalty-to-madigan-democratic-party-under-scrutiny

 

SANGAMON SUN
— Rauner outlines details for second stopgap budget – Ruth de Jauregui
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511050374-rauner-outlines-details-for-second-stopgap-budget
— Democrats called on to end Madigan’s reign as House speaker – Carol Ostrow
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511044923-dems-called-on-to-end-madigan-s-reign-as-house-speaker
— Ives bill would give state workers control of their pension nest eggs – Hoang Tran  (DIERSEN: The federal government went through this in the 1980s. SEE: https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v49n11/v49n11p5.pdf)
http://sangamonsun.com/stories/511049149-ives-bill-would-give-state-workers-control-of-their-pension-nest-eggs

 

TERI O’BRIEN
— Time to Defund the “Refugee” Invasion
http://teriobrien.com/time-defund-refugee-invasion-show-notes-teri-obrien-show-12-4-2016/

 

REBOOT ILLINOIS
— Pension pressure doomed state aid for Chicago schools – Rich Miller
http://rebootillinois.com/2016/12/04/miller-rauner-veto-of-chicago-schools-bill-inevitable/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— 13 FACTS THAT SHOULD BE ETCHED ON CASTRO’S TOMBSTONE AND HIGHLIGHTED IN EVERY OBITUARY
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/13-facts-that-should-be-etched-on-castros-tombstone-and-highlighted-in-every-obituary.html
— THORNER: GRASSROOTS PUSHBACK ESSENTIAL FOR TRUMP TO APPOINT PRO-LIFE NOMINEE
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2016/12/thorner-grassroots-pushback-essential-for-trump-to-appoint-pro-choice-nominee.html

 

GOPUSA
— High Noon for Sanctuary Cities
http://www.gopusa.com/high-noon-for-sanctuary-cities/
— Ex-inmate Jesse Jackson Jr. calls on Obama to pardon millions of ex-inmates
http://www.gopusa.com/ex-inmate-jesse-jackson-jr-calls-on-obama-to-pardon-millions-of-ex-inmates/
— Smith & Wesson CEO sees better shot with Donald Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/smith-wesson-ceo-sees-better-shot-with-donald-trump/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Will GOP Congress Stop Obama’s Final Terrorist “Refugee” Deal?
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/24641

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration worries businesses – SEAN HIGGINS (DIERSEN: Businesses that treasonously hire illegals and treasonously encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America, and to bring others to America illegally promote Democrats and RINOs.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/trumps-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-worries-businesses/article/2608428

 

MSNBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump allies defend his election lie as refreshing.”
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-allies-defend-his-election-lie-refreshing

 

THE HILL
— Trump: I would have ‘far less reason to tweet’ if I was covered accurately – REBECCA SAVRANSKY
https://origin-nyi.thehill.com/homenews/campaign/308755-trump-i-would-have-far-less-reason-to-tweet-if-i-was-covered-accurately
— Republicans want to grease tracks for Trump – ALEXANDER BOLTON
http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/308583-republicans-want-to-grease-tracks-for-trump

 

POLITICO
— Trump blames unfair media for driving him to tweet – NOLAN D. MCCASKILL
http://www.politico.com/story/2016/12/trump-media-tweets-232193

 

POLITICO
— Jeff Sessions’ Coming War on Legal Marijuana  There’s little to stop the attorney general nominee from ignoring the will of millions of pro-pot voters. – JAMES HIGDON  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operative, and their dupes talk and/or act like the are “pro-pot.”)
http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2016/12/jeff-sessions-coming-war-on-legal-marijuana-214501

 

CNN
— Sec. Kerry says Trump did not contact State Dept. prior to calls – Greg Clary (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman and they use that to hint/imply/argue/shout that I should be severely punished if I do not get permission from the following before including links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: the Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, the IRP offices, the IRP National Committeeman, and the IRP National Committeewoman.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/04/politics/john-kerry-donald-trump-state-department/

 

CBS NEWS
— Donald Trump tweets about China’s currency, military policies after Taiwan flap
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/donald-trump-tweets-china-currency-military-policies-taiwan-flap/

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps have no evidence that illegals did not vote for Clinton.
http://abcnews.go.com/ThisWeek/video/vp-elect-mike-pence-defends-trumps-unsubstantiated-claim-43964987

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— How to Help Working People – Editorial  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the federal government overpaid me and gave me retirement, health insurance, vacation days, sick days, and other benefits that were too generous.  In my defense, a) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 33. Further, many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/how-to-help-working-people.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: THE GOVERNMENT AS MODEL EMPLOYER Mr. Obama has issued executive orders to raise pay and improve conditions at companies that do business with the government. The orders, which require contractors to pay employees at least $10.10 an hour, provide paid sick days and report wage-and-safety violations to procurement officials, have value beyond helping federal contract employees. They also set an example for the entire private sector to follow. As president, Mr. Trump will be free to ditch these executive orders. As a private employer, his own approach to low-paid labor indicates that model-employer orders would be the first to go. But in his new job, Mr. Trump will be the nation’s chief executive. Does he want to be known for lowering basic standards?)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Threat to the Constitution.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/trumps-threat-to-the-constitution.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Art of the Scam.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/05/opinion/the-art-of-the-scam.html
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Business Since Birth: Trump’s Children and the Tangle That Awaits.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/04/us/politics/trump-family-ivanka-donald-jr.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Republicans are actively helping Trump weaken our democracy with his lies.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/wp/2016/12/05/republicans-are-actively-helping-trump-weaken-our-democracy-with-his-lies/
— In an anti-recount filing, Trump’s lawyers say the election was ‘not tainted by fraud or mistake’ – Philip Bump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2016/12/05/in-an-anti-recount-filing-trumps-lawyers-say-the-election-was-not-tainted-by-fraud-or-mistake/
— Federal employees, retirees get soaked in ‘perfect storm’ of rising insurance costs – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for more than 19 years.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/wp/2016/12/05/feds-retirees-get-soaked-in-perfect-storm-of-rising-insurance-costs/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump brings Koch network’s anti-green-energy stance from the fringe to the center of power.”
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-na-pol-trump-kochs-climate-20161205-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Who cares if students burn flags? and says “We pay too much attention to campus life.”
http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-oppenheimer-flag-burn-students-20161201-story.html

 

PHILLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Cartoon about who the Democrat Party constituency.
http://www.philly.com/philly/opinion/signe/20161204_Daily_Signe_Cartoon_12_04_16.html

 

LINCOLN JOURNAL STAR
— A response to the pleas to shut up Trump – STEPHEN L. CARTER
http://journalstar.com/news/opinion/editorial/columnists/stephen-carter-a-response-to-the-pleas-to-shut-up/article_74413418-15b7-53b4-8ce2-955b35586e43.html

 

WLRN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “How Dreamers Are Gearing Up For A Trump Presidency.” Anti-Trumps side with Dreamers and their parents against Americans.)
http://wlrn.org/post/how-dreamers-are-gearing-trump-presidency

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— America’s Dangerous Drift on Taiwan  Trump seems to understand that U.S. neglect of Taiwan has emboldened China. – RUPERT HAMMOND-CHAMBERS
http://www.wsj.com/articles/americas-dangerous-drift-on-taiwan-1480886653
— Suburbs Outstrip Cities in Population Growth – LAURA KUSISTO  (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrats who flee the poverty and crime in areas controlled by Democrats for prosperity and safety in areas controlled by Republicans, but continue to despise, if not hate Republicans?)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/suburbs-outstrip-cities-in-population-growth-study-finds-1480766402

 

OREGON LIVE
— A government of, by and for corporate America – Eugene Robinson
http://www.oregonlive.com/opinion/index.ssf/2016/12/a_government_of_by_and_for_cor.html

 

FORTUNE
— Why Donald Trump’s Allies Don’t Want Mitt Romney in His Cabinet – AP
http://fortune.com/2016/12/05/donald-trump-cabinet-mitt-romney/

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— Only 3 of the 25 Highest-Paid Private College Presidents Are Women – Kaitlin Mulhere (DIERSEN: Does that mean that those who run colleges are sexists?)
http://time.com/money/4589369/private-college-president-salary-gender-gap/

 

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— The Workers’ Menace Becomes the Commuters’ Threat – Elaine Chao, Bush’s labor secretary, is Trump’s pick for transportation. – LANE WINDHAM
http://prospect.org/article/workers%E2%80%99-menace-becomes-commuters%E2%80%99-threat

 

DAILY BEAST
— Yes, Trump Did Win More Counties Than Any Republican Since Reagan  Pence says Trump claimed more counties than any GOP candidate since 1984. He’s right—but the size of some of those counties explains Hillary Clinton’s 2.6 million popular vote lead. – Allison Graves and Louis Jacobson
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/12/04/yes-trump-did-win-more-counties-than-any-republican-since-reagan.html

December 2 Morning Edition

ROBERT FEDER
— Reboot Illinois moving behind paywall  (DIERSEN: Rest assured that a) GOPUSA ILLINOIS will never move
www.gopillinois.com behind a paywall, b) GOPUSA ILLINOIS will never charge for its emails, c) GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails will never include advertising, d) GOPUSA ILLINOIS will continue sending out an email each and every morning as it has done since 2004, and e) GOPUSA ILLINOIS will continue sending out an email each and every evening as it has done since 2015.  Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have included links to almost 253,500 articles and information on many upcoming events. All the time and money necessary to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails comes from me.  He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
http://www.robertfeder.com/2016/12/01/reboot-illinois-moving-behind-paywall/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you want to read Reboot Illinois, the political journalism website and daily newsletter, now it’s going to cost you. After four years of free access to its readers, the digital source for news, commentary and analysis about state and local government will be shifting next week to a paid subscription model. “We’re moving from a public affairs journalism organization primarily supported by seed investments and advertising to one supported mainly by your subscriptions,” publisher Madeleine Doubek emailed readers Thursday. “We started Reboot Illinois four years ago with the help of some seed funding from prominent Chicagoans who were concerned, like we were, that citizens were not getting reliable and fair reporting, in-depth analysis, or a wide range of commentary and infographics about our local and state governments in Illinois,” she wrote. “Our mission has been and remains to inform, engage and activate Illinoisans about the governments we all own.” Reboot Illinois was bankrolled in 2012 by hedge fund manager Anne Dias, founder of Aragon Global Management (and ex-wife of billionaire Ken Griffin), who hired the editorial and technology teams, and oversaw the platform’s initial digital and marketing efforts. Earlier this year Dias sold her ownership interest to AFK Media Group, a Chicago-based investor group headed by entrepreneur Anthony Knierim. Doubek said Thursday that AFK Media remains “fully behind” the mission. “From the start, Reboot Illinois was always envisioned as a self-supporting, profitable media firm and this is another step to get us closer to that goal,” she told me. (In her email to readers, Doubek noted: “In the past decade, the rates advertisers pay throughout digital media have been dropping fast. Advertising simply isn’t enough to support our work any longer.”) At the outset, subscribers will be charged $12 per month or a discounted rate of $120 a year. Current readers will be offered a 50 percent discount for the first four months, or an annual rate of $100 if they sign up before year end. In July Reboot Illinois partnered with PolitiFact, the Pulitzer Prize-winning fact-checking initiative launched by Poynter Institute’s Tampa Bay Times.)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump, Clinton campaign teams brawl – Lynn Sweet
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lynn-sweet-trump-clinton-campaign-teams-brawl-at-conference-on-2016-race/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 77 murders, 389 people shot in Chicago in November – Jordan Owen
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cpd-77-murders-389-people-shot-in-chicago-in-november/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Dominance of the West washed up after a mere 25 years – Charles Krauthammer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-america-west-superpower-obama-jihadism-perspec-1202-jm-20161201-story.html
— Our brave new feminism: ‘Pay for my birth control’ – Heather Wilhelm
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-feminists-free-birth-control-tom-price-trump-perspec-1202-20161202-story.html
— Naperville Township trustee resigns  Naperville Township Trustee Janice Anderson resigned from her position Nov. 29 after her election to the DuPage County Board. Anderson will be sworn into office as a DuPage County Board Commissioner for District 5 on Dec. 5. “It has been a pleasure to work on the behalf of the taxpayers of Naperville Township since 2013,” Anderson said in a news release, adding that the board should continue its transparency and modernization initiatives to improve local government. The township board will appoint a replacement to finish her term, which ends May 2017. The replacement needs to be a legal voter, a resident of Naperville Township for at least one year and a member of the Republican party. – Michelle Mullins
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-people-news-st-1202-20161201-story.html
— Ten seniors score perfect on ACT  Ten Naperville North High School seniors have scored the highest possible composite score, a 36, on the ACT exam. They are: Jamal Ahmed, Michael Green, Dillon Hammond, Kelvin Li, Frances McCormick, Stacey Ni, Samuel Qunell, Jakob Myers, Lillian Yuan and Vivian Yuan. – Michelle Mullins (DIERSEN: What was your ACT score?  Mine was only 24.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always painted themselves as having perfect ACT scores.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-people-news-st-1202-20161201-story.html
— Ex-inmate Jesse Jackson Jr. calls on Obama to pardon millions of ex-inmates – Kim Janssen  (DIERSEN: What crimes have you committed?  My Democrat and RINO critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout a) that the following are crimes, b) that I committed them, c) that I should convicted of them, and d) that I should serve time for them: a) opposing political affiliation discrimination, b) opposing reverse discrimination, c) opposing age discrimination, d) opposing the promotion of LGBTQ activity, e) opposing the promotion of abortion, f) opposing mass/illegal immigration, g) opposing the promotion of pot, h) opposing video gambling, h) opposing the promotion of booze, i) opposing etc.)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/chicagoinc/ct-jesse-jackson-jr-pardon-request-1202-chicago-inc-20161201-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Jesse Jackson Jr. is calling on President Barack Obama to issue a mass pardon of former prison inmates who have completed their sentences — a group that would include both Jackson and his wife, former Ald. Sandi Jackson. In an emotional and rambling Facebook post he made at 4 a.m. Thursday, Jackson wrote that “the great 2016 pardoning of the masses will create a resounding echo in history and will mark you as the greatest Christian president ever to serve.” He added, “Mr. President, for those Americans who have traipsed through the criminal justice system and transcended transgression by duly serving time, the outcome should be clear. An official declaration of TIME SERVED, for each and every eligible member of the American family, from the highest office of the land is the only response congruent with the redemption story of Christ. “Truly, Mr. President, with a presidential pardon equally monumental to, and greater in scope than, the Emancipation Proclamation the legacy of Barack Hussein Obama II will be one of faith, hope and love.”)

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: West Chicago church housing man facing deportation told it violated city code – Jessica Cilella
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161201/news/161209829/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A celebration of diversity  ‘Gentle walk’ in Naperville to promote unity. – Marie Wison  (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates always celebrated when they succeeded in getting rid of federal employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20161201/news/161209897/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Jobless rate plunges to 4.6 percent, employers add 178K jobs – AP  (DIERSEN: How many in you precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois have given up looking for work and why?)
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161202/EMPLOYMENT/161209967/jobless-rate-plunges-to-4-6-percent-employers-add-178k-jobs

 

DNA INFO
— Hate Crime Hotline Will Help Racism Victims Fight Back, Sheriff Dart Says  (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who give ammunition to anti-Trumps?)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20161201/downtown/hate-crime-hotline-cook-county-tom-dart-hate-speech-trump

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Police seeking info on woman who stole purse from video gambling parlor
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20161201/police-seeking-info-on-woman-who-stole-purse-from-video-gambling-parlor

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans say “Rauner, GOP abandon voters.”
http://qctimes.com/news/opinion/editorial/editorial-rauner-gop-abandon-voters/article_14ad717a-5a31-50e4-8c59-f60f1a0c07a1.html

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Conway: “I think the biggest piece of fake news in the election was that Donald Trump couldn’t win” referencing the widespread predictions that Trump couldn’t win the Electoral College votes he needed. – CNN  (DIERSEN: During the 1970s, my IRS critics/opponents predicted that I would not pass the CPA examination. During the 1980s, my GAO critics/opponents predicted that I would not pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/conway-biggest-piece-of-fake-news-was-idea-trump-cant-win
— Insults fly when Trump, Clinton aides meet  Raw emotions explode on both sides – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/trump-clinton-aides-clash-over-2016-campaign

 

WAND TV
— TREASONOUS: University of Illinois Springfield Aims to Become a Sanctuary Campus – Tamara Damante
http://www.wandtv.com/story/33852396/university-of-illinois-springfield-aims-to-become-a-sanctuary-campus

 

WJBD
— Clinton, Trump Aides Angrily Clash at Election Forum – ABC News
http://www.wjbdradio.com/politics/2016/12/01/clinton-trump-aides-angrily-clash-at-election-forum

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Dick Durbin Says Goodbye To Mark Kirk
http://foxillinois.com/news/local/dick-durbin-says-goodbye-to-mark-kirk

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Palos developer’s heirs accused of ‘judge shopping’ in quest to force ex-lawyer to pay $3M for miscues – Jonathan Bilyk
http://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511050422-palos-developer-s-heirs-accused-of-judge-shopping-in-quest-to-force-ex-lawyer-to-pay-3m-for-miscues

 

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— MEET AND GREET CANDIDATES AND OTHER UPDATES EASING TOWARD 2017 CONSOLIDATED ELECTION
http://www.positivelynaperville.com/2016/12/02/meet-greet-candidates-updates-easing-toward-2017-consolidated-election/67560

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AFSCME SKIRTS LEGAL REQUIREMENTS TO FILE LAWSUIT AGAINST ILLINOIS IN UNION-FRIENDLY COURT – Ted Dabrowski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/afscme-skirts-legal-requirements-to-file-lawsuit-against-illinois-in-union-friendly-court/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrant Dreamers get help from senators for full legal status –  Stephen Dinan  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, treasonously, Democrats and RINOs encourage people to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and to bring others to America illegally.)
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/dec/1/illegal-immigrant-dreamers-get-help-from-senators-/

 

DAILY CALLER
— OSU Terrorist Was Enrolled In Class On Diversity, Microaggressions – Blake Neff  (DIERSEN: What would Abdul Artan think of you?  Based on his demographics, his education, and his actions, Artan would certainly want to kill me.)
http://dailycaller.com/2016/12/01/osu-terrorist-was-enrolled-in-class-on-diversity-microaggressions/
(FROM THE ACTICLE: Ohio State University (OSU) attacker Abdul Artan was enrolled in a class focused on diversity and microaggressions, and was taught that Muslims were an oppressed minority just two weeks before his car-and-knife assault on his fellow students. For the fall term at OSU, Artan was taking a class titled “Crossing Identity Boundaries,” offered by OSU’s Higher Education and Student Affairs program in the education department. The class in question is dedicated to “exploring issues of diversity and inequality as well as their personal and social responsibility for building a more just university and society.” A look at the class’s syllabus reveals that much of it is simply a catalog of alleged oppression in American society. Different class days focused on topics like white privilege and racism, and the syllabus is replete with reading assignments like “Dragon ladies, snow queens, and Asian-American dykes: Reflections on race and sexuality.” In fact, just two weeks before Artan’s rampage, the class focused on the topic of religious oppression, with a particular focus on the alleged oppression of Muslims. Readings for the November 16 class included “Creating identity-safe spaces on college campuses for Muslim students,” while the Nov. 17 discussion on “Unpacking Religious Oppression” included the reading “Christian privilege: Breaking a sacred taboo.”)

 

FOX NEWS OPINION
— Liberals get hysterical over the ‘alt-right’ but we are living in their ‘alt-left’ world – Dan Gainor (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, the “traditional media” acts as an arm of the Democrat Party.”)
http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2016/12/02/liberals-get-hysterical-over-alt-right-but-are-living-in-their-alt-left-world.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The traditional media are obsessed with tying conservatives to the “alt-right.” There have been more than 50 major news network mentions this year alone as journalists try to do what they always do — paint conservatives as racist, sexist, and a few other words that end in ist. All in the name of “tolerance.”  But when it comes to the left, then they abandon that strategy. There is no alt-left. They are not alternative. Their mainstream is radical and out of the American mainstream on almost everything. This was quite obvious as liberals bemoaned the death of Fidel Castro, a man his own daughter called “a tyrant.” The Rev. Jesse Jackson, Sr. summed up years of devotion, recalling how, “the oppressed the world over joined Castro’s cause of fighting for freedom & liberation.” Some liberals distanced themselves from that love affair, though many have embraced left-wing dictators from Stalin to Chavez. But, the left is even worse when it comes to policy, where it shows its true colors (red). On every major issue of the day, the left is unified. Taxes. Climate. So-called “free” college. Citizens United. Transgender bathroom/locker rooms/showers. ObamaCare. In each case and thousands more, the left wants more, bigger, better-funded government. Liberals want higher taxes because they know how to spend your money better than you do — on what they want. They have turned climate science into a religion where disbelief is to be persecuted or even prosecuted.)

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Shouting Match Between Aides Erupts as Clinton Campaign Team Says Trump Gave Platform to White Supremacists, Blames FBI’s Comey and Wikileaks for Her Defeat
http://nation.foxnews.com/2016/12/02/shouting-match-between-aides-erupts-clinton-campaign-team-says-trump-gave-platform-white

 

LIFEZETTE
— Widening Rift Between Union Workers, Bosses  Organized labor chiefs increasingly abandon economic concerns in favor of liberal causes – Fred Lucas  (DIERSEN: Unions stood for me while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.  But unions would not do that today because I do not promote LGBTQ activity, Islam, pot, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, gambling, booze, dependency on government, socialism, communism, totalitarianism, dictatorship, or even worse things.)
http://www.lifezette.com/polizette/widening-rift-between-union-workers-bosses/

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump at Carrier Plant: Companies Will Not Flee US ‘Without Consequences’ – Todd Beamon
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/donald-trump-carrier-plant-mexico/2016/12/01/id/761685/
— Megyn Kelly Fields Early Offers from Rivals: Could She Go to CNN?
http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/megyn-kelly-cnn-offer/2016/12/01/id/761715/

 

TOWNHALL
— Senators Working To Make It Harder For Trump To Deport Illegal Immigrants – Matt Vespa  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs put the interests of foreign countries and their citizens ahead of the interests of America and its citizens.)
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/12/01/senators-are-going-to-try-to-make-it-harder-for-trump-to-deport-illegal-immigrants-n2253478

 

BREITBART
— OUTRAGEOUS: Universities Fast-track Foreign Students into 147,000 White-Collar U.S. Jobs – NEIL MUNRO
http://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2016/11/29/universities-opt-jobs-for-foreign-students/

 

GOPUSA
— Lindsey Graham wants to protect ‘Dreamers’ from deportation (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs put the interests of foreign countries and their citizens ahead of the interests of America and its citizens.)
http://www.gopusa.com/lindsey-graham-wants-to-protect-dreamers-from-deportation/
— Obama’s Failure to Enforce Federal Laws Sets Pot Industry Up for Trouble  (DIERSEN: Many, if not most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they smoke pot or like they want to smoke pot legally.)
http://www.gopusa.com/obamas-failure-to-enforce-federal-laws-sets-pot-industry-up-for-trouble/
— Ford, industry blast Obama on EPA’s greenhouse regs
http://www.gopusa.com/ford-industry-blast-obama-on-epas-greenhouse-regs/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Myth of Racist America – Lloyd Marcus  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Are you White?  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that were it not for my benefiting from White privilege, I never would have been able to get jobs, to buy cars, to earn college degrees, to buy real estate, to get married, to earn professional certifications, to earn a professional license, to retire, to etc.)
http://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2016/12/the_myth_of_racist_america.html
— Mitt Romney should run the VA – J. Marsolo
http://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2016/12/mitt_romney_should_run_the_va.html

 

AMERICAN CLARION
— Enough!: The Queer Assault on Freedom – PAUL E. SCATES
http://www.americanclarion.com/2016/12/01/enough-the-queer-assault-on-freedom-46980/

 

CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICAN NEWS
— IF HILLARY HAD WON
http://conservativerepublicannews.com/2016/12/01/if-hillary-had-won/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Now Trump is singing Romney’s praises – ANNA GIARITELLI  (DIERSEN: Who praises others in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?  Operatives and dupes for my critics/opponents praise my critics/opponents.)
http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/now-trump-is-singing-romneys-praises/article/2608693

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Trump’s Chumps  The Fourth Estate, but last in the hearts of their countrymen. – ANDREW FERGUSON
http://www.weeklystandard.com/trumps-chumps/article/2005648

 

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
— Are you ready to serve? The Trump Administration is looking for you – Morton C. Blackwell  (DIERSEN: Yes, but virtually all federal employees are Democrats, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation are rampant in the federal government, and many millions have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the federal government discriminates against its employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Further, non-veteran White males who are seeking a job with the federal government should be advised that with only rare exceptions, a) the longer that you are a federal employee, the less likely that private sector employers will hire you, b) your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of if you do not make GS-13 ($92,632) by age 25, GS-14 ($109,463) by age 30, GS-15 ($128,759) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service ($160,300) by age 40, c) you will be expected to help your superiors and supervisors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran, and d) virtually everyone despises if not hates federal employees, former federal employees, and federal retirees.)
http://www.leadershipinstitute.org/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Now is the time for patriotic Americans to come to the aid of their country.  Will you be one of them? On November 8th Americans voted and then held their breath.  Nothing less than the continuation of the United States as a constitutional republic hung in the balance.  After the polls closed, there emerged a result that would confound the ideologues and reassure nervous patriotic Americans:  Donald Trump was elected President of the United States. Overcoming the obstacles left by decades of disinformation from the dominant leftist news media, false indoctrination in our schools and colleges, corrosive popular entertainment, and the hidden but almost certainly widespread election fraud perpetrated by the radical left, Americans voted decisively to stop the deconstruction of the Constitution and the rule of law. But this will be a fleeting victory if qualified conservatives fail to step up and seek appointments in the Trump Administration.  Donald Trump now needs the help of conservative Americans like you.  President-elect Trump needs reinforcements from capable, principled, courageous conservatives to help him make America great again. Service in the Executive Branch of the United States Government is an honorable undertaking.  Now it is especially heroic for a principled conservative.  And the salary and benefits are substantial. More than 2 million civilians work for the Executive Branch of the United States (not including employees of the U.S. Postal Service).  This is a permanent workforce, insulated by the civil service law from the ordinary forms of discipline and accountability that promote productive achievements in the private sector. To help him manage this massive Executive Branch workforce (they are supposed to help him “take care that the laws be faithfully executed”) President-elect Trump will appoint about 4,000 civil officers and lower officials who will serve at his pleasure.  You can see that the conservative principles of leadership, competence, courage, and initiative of these 4,000 appointees will be crucial to the rehabilitation of the rule of law in the United States Government. Will you answer the call of duty and apply to serve in the Trump Administration?  Will you encourage other capable, brave, conservative Americans to seek to serve in the Trump Administration? In late 1980 and early 1981, I worked full-time in the Presidential Personnel Office of President-elect Ronald Reagan.  Then I worked for three years on President Reagan’s White House Staff. Those of us in the Reagan White House saw that where the right people are given responsibility, good things tend to happen.  A principled appointee will look for ways to implement his principles.  Those without principles will tend to do nothing unless they are told to do it.  A too centralized organization cannot achieve as much as an intelligently de-centralized one. Personnel is policy. Every Presidential political appointee has some power to make things happen.  Will you be one of them? President-elect Trump will successfully restore constitutional government if conservatives with competence, experience, and courage step up and seek appointments in the Trump Administration.  Do you have what it takes to serve the President-elect and your country well?  Will you seek an appointment? The stakes are high; if we are to keep our republic, now is the time to demonstrate the full power of conservative principles.  Are you ready for the challenge? What should you do now? Review the compilation in the Plum Book of the approximately 4,000 political positions that will be filled in the Trump Administration:  https://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-PLUMBOOK-2012/pdf/GPO-PLUMBOOK-2012.pdf  After you have a good idea of the departments and job positions that fit your experience and qualifications, submit an online application through the official Presidential Transition portal at https://www.greatagain.gov/serve-america.html.  Record any reference number that the system assigns to you. Then fill out the Leadership Institute Presidential Personnel Referral Form – recommend yourself and other good conservatives who should step forward to help the President-elect succeed in restoring America to her founding principles.  This is the starting point for LI to guide you through the appointment process.  Find the form here:  https://www.conservativejobs.com/PresidentialReferral/index.cfm  My staff can provide advice on your resume, cover letter, and the Executive Branch positions that your experience is best suited for.  Email resumes@LeadershipInstitute.org to schedule a resume consultation (these can be by phone). You should also visit the portal set up by our friends at the Heritage Foundation so they can help you too:  https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc52DDZ5hEd7SmQMOInYXAxtqu8NKKbAMye16P6T04I-uDY-w/viewform. Now is the time for all good conservatives to come to the aid of their country.)

 

THE HILL
— FAA should not relax rules for first officers – CAPTAIN DAN CAREY
http://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/labor/308406-faa-should-not-relax-rules-for-first-officers 

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump’s Presidential Texting Powers Terrify Stephen Colbert  “The only person I would trust less with that technology is Anthony Weiner.” – Lee Moran  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest to a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading those emails?)
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-texts_us_58413871e4b017f37fe402f7

 

ABC NEWS
— Illinois Lawmakers Vote to Spare 2 Nuclear Plants – AP
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/illinois-lawmakers-vote-spare-nuclear-plants-43916533

 

REUTERS
— Chicago pension bill passes Illinois House, stalls in Senate
http://www.reuters.com/article/us-chicago-pensions-idUSKBN13R069

 

CNN
— Gutierrez vows to boycott inauguration over Trump’s ‘bigotry’ – Eugene Scott  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors BOYCOTT THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/02/politics/luis-gutierrez-inauguration-boycott/
— Democrats, the party who cried racist – Brett J. Talley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call non-Democrats racists.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/12/01/opinions/democrats-the-party-who-cried-racist-talley/index.html

 

CNBC
— To move into the White House, Trump may have to dump DC hotel – AP
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/12/02/to-move-into-the-white-house-trump-may-have-to-dump-dc-hotel.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Breezy Calls to World Leaders Leave Diplomats Aghast The president-elect’s unfiltered exchanges prompted the White House to urge him to seek the State Department’s expertise in his encounters with foreign leaders. – MARK LANDLER  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are aghast that I put together and send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails without seeking their expertise. My critics/opponents a) have tremendous conflicts of interest, b) have millions if not billions of individuals, organizations, governments, and countries on their blacklists, c) reject most if not all the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, d) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, e) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, f) want to destroy whatever they cannot manipulate/dominate, f) blame me for everyone’s problems, g) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, and/or h) are mean, nasty, rude, and even worse things.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/us/politics/trumps-off-the-cuff-remarks-to-world-leaders-leave-diplomats-aghast.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Cheered for Carrier Deal Even as Other Jobs Are Trimmed.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/business/economy/trump-carrier-pence-jobs.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Seduced and Betrayed by Donald Trump.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/opinion/seduced-and-betrayed-by-donald-trump.html
— Donald Trump’s Cabinet Choices Deepen an Age-Old Republican Rift – JEREMY W. PETERSD
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/01/us/politics/trump-cabinet.html
— Massachusetts College That Took Down American Flag Raises It Again – REUTERS
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/12/02/us/02reuters-massachusetts-education-flag.html
— Egypt Is Giant Prison, Activists Banned From Travel Say – REUTERS  (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to ban me from traveling, however, I hardly travel at all.)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/12/02/world/middleeast/02reuters-egypt-rights.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “What the Alt-Right Really Means.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/opinion/sunday/what-the-alt-right-really-means.html
— Pride but Not Much Profit in Melania Trump’s Hometown – REUTERS  (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown of Crete.)
http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2016/12/02/world/02reuters-usa-trump-melania.html
— Trump Voter Lost Her Home to New Treasury Secretary – AP  (DIERSEN: I could argue that I lost my GAO job to Newt Gingrich.)
http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2016/12/02/us/politics/ap-us-trump-foreclosure.html
— ‘Rigged’ or Not, Election Positions Trump to Shape Rules on How You Vote – MICHAEL WINES
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/02/us/politics/voting-rights-donald-trump.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Donald Trump’s attorney general Jeff Sessions fought to derail gay rights conference – CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/trump-ag-jeff-sessions-fought-derail-gay-rights-conference-article-1.2895887

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Neither Trump nor voters seem serious about anything.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2016/12/01/neither-trump-nor-voters-seem-serious-about-anything/

 

USA TODAY
— White House: Obama supports registering women for military draft – Gregory Korte and Tom Vanden Brook  (DIERSEN: In 1970, when I graduated from NIU, my job search was severely harmed because potential employers considered me to be draft bait.  They did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be approved.)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2016/12/01/obama-supports-registering-women-military-draft/90449708/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Gun-Sale Checks Climb Post-Election  FBI says gun-sale checks rose 14% in November from a year ago – DOUG CAMERON  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of Trump and get rid of his supporters.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/gun-sale-checks-climb-post-election-1480614384
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s Carrier Shakedown  Workers don’t prosper when politicians force companies to make noneconomic decisions.”
http://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-carrier-shakedown-1480639199
— Facebook Looks to Harness Artificial Intelligence to Weed Out Fake News – DEEPA SEETHARAMAN  (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS does not use artificial intelligence to “weed out fake news.”  GOPUSA ILLINOIS uses my experience.  My experience is based on doing many things since 1948.  I base my experience on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years — Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-could-develop-artificial-intelligence-to-weed-out-fake-news-1480608004
— Homeowners Hit the Jackpot  Homeowners who stay put—living in the same home for 15, 20, 30 years—can pocket millions of dollars when they finally make a move. – STEFANOS CHEN (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side had 1286 Wood Street built in Crete in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864. My brother continues to live there. Zillow estimates it to be worth $122,268.)
http://www.wsj.com/articles/homeowners-hit-the-jackpot-1480605189
(FROM THE THE ARTICLE: Wait long enough, though, and the peaks and valleys seem less important. In San Francisco, Ed McGuirk, 65, and his family are selling an eight-bedroom Victorian home for $6.95 million; his grandfather bought it for $30,000 in 1926. “That was a ton of money back then,” said Mr. McGuirk, a retired schoolteacher. “But now it’s skyrocketed in price.” He, along with his siblings and a cousin, are selling the roughly 5,100-square-foot home because they all live elsewhere; his aunt, the last owner, died in 2015. Unlike most homes in the area, the Queen Anne-style home still has most of its original layout, with 12-foot ceilings and grand parlors. In the basement, his grandfather’s Prohibition-era bar is still intact. Behind a mirror is a passageway that led into the front yard—presumably to make a quick escape from police, he said. He used to play in the tunnel as a child. (It has since been sealed to elude more likely raiders—neighborhood raccoons. The home was listed in September for just under $7.5 million and reduced to $6.95 million in October.)

 

FORBES
— Thanks To ‘Fight For $15’ Minimum Wage, McDonald’s Unveils Job-Replacing Self-Service Kiosks Nationwide – Ed Rensi
http://www.forbes.com/sites/realspin/2016/11/29/thanks-to-fight-for-15-minimum-wage-mcdonalds-unveils-job-replacing-self-service-kiosks-nationwide/#64b72b21762e

 

PEW TRUSTS
— Will Small ‘Sanctuary Cities’ Defy a Trump Crackdown?  (DIERSEN: To promote sanctuary cities is to promote treason.)
http://www.pewtrusts.org/en/research-and-analysis/blogs/stateline/2016/12/1/will-small-sanctuary-cities-defy-a-trump-crackdown

 

NPR
— Bitterness Overwhelms As Trump And Clinton Campaign Staffers Face-Off At Harvard- TAMARA KEITH  (DIERSEN: Did you vote for Trump?  I did.  How soon, if not already, will anti-Trumps call you a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and/or even worse things?  Are you prepared to defend yourself against anti-Trumps?)
http://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/12/02/504093288/bitterness-overwhelms-as-trump-and-clinton-campaign-staffers-face-off-at-harvard
— Is Trump’s Deal With Carrier A Form Of Crony Capitalism?
http://www.npr.org/2016/12/02/504042185/is-trumps-deal-with-carrier-a-form-of-crony-capitalism

 

NEWSWEEK
— GLAAD LAUNCHES ‘TRUMP ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT’ – STAV ZIV  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs say that you are a racist, a sexist, a bigot, and even worse things if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Islam, pot, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, age discrimination, political affiliation discrimination, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, gambling, booze, dependency on government, socialism, communism, totalitarianism, dictatorship, and even worse things.)
http://www.newsweek.com/glaad-launches-trump-accountability-project-527340
(FROM THE ARTICLE: GLAAD has launched a new “Trump Accountability Project,” the nonprofit announced on Thursday. An ongoing effort, it will track the discriminatory and hateful statements and stances of President-elect Donald Trump and others selected, or being considered for, roles in his administration. Though GLAAD is an LGBTQ media advocacy organization, it will catalog not only anti-LGBTQ remarks, but also comments targeting women, immigrants, Muslims and other communities and ideas. “I think we’re in a different place. We have an LGBTQ community, among other communities, that feel that we are living in a new America,” Sarah Kate Ellis, the president and CEO of GLAAD, tells Newsweek. “We have had quite a bit of progress over the past years, and there are concerns that some of the progress is going to be rolled back.” The project is “an opportunity to shine a light on what is being said and how it could affect the progress that we’ve made.”)

 

STATESMAN
— Trump’s triumph and White privilege – Abhik Roy  (DIERSEN: Government is nasty.  Politics is nasty.  Are you White?  Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, RINOs, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that were it not for my benefiting from White privilege, I never would have been able to get jobs, to buy cars, to earn college degrees, to buy real estate, to get married, to earn professional certifications, to earn a professional license, to retire, to etc.)
http://www.thestatesman.com/opinion/trump-s-triumph-and-white-privilege-1480637077.html

 

VANITY FAIR
— BREITBART ATTACKS “UN-AMERICAN” CEREAL MAKER AS ADVERTISERS ABANDON THE “ALT-RIGHT”  The pro-Trump media outlet accuses Kellogg of serving “bigotry for breakfast.” – TINA NGUYEN
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/breitbart-news-kelloggs-boycott
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Christies say “CHRIS CHRISTIE’S PLEAS FOR A JOB, ANY JOB, FALL ON DEAF EARS  Passed over for vice president and attorney general, it’s looking like Christie won’t be rewarded with the R.N.C., either.”
http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/12/chris-christie-rnc-chair

 

MONEY MAGAZINE
— The Ages When Most People Retire (Hint: Probably Too Young) Despite a severe retirement income crisis, many Americans still stop work too early. – Dan Kadlec  (DIERSEN: If Money Magazine published an article on my wife and I today, like it did in 1978, what would Money Magazine say the reasons were why I took GAO’s early retirement “offer” when I was 49 years old in 1997?  What would Money Magazine say the reasons were a) why IRS disallowed my education deductions in 1978, b) why I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) why IRS never promoted me beyond GS-12, d) why I took an $18,459 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer to GAO in 1980, e) why I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, f) why I became a licensed CPA in 1981, g) why GAO assigned me to audits of IRS for only 3 years (1986-1988), f) why GAO never promoted me beyond GS-13?, and g) why my Civil Service Retirement System pension is dramatically reduced?)
http://time.com/money/4584900/ages-people-retire-probably-too-young-early-retirement/

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 424 South West Street, Wheaton – $319,900
http://www.zillow.com/homes/for_sale/wheaton-il/1_fs/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4445020_zpid/

November 27 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Much Uncertainty Ahead in US-Cuba Relationship  Obama’s decision to engage Havana in the hopes of forging new bonds could quickly unravel – Bradley Klapper  (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps always put the interests of foreign countries ahead of the interests of America. That is one reason why Trump won and Clinton lost.)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/NATL-Much-Uncertainty-Ahead-in-US-Cuba-Relationship–403197476.html

 

CBS2
— State Budget Deadlock Continues To Harm Social Service Organizations – Craig Dellimore
http://chicago.cbslocal.com/2016/11/25/state-budget-deadlock-continues-to-harm-social-service-organizations/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— New British law allows police and tax inspectors the power to look at everyone’s internet history  (DIERSEN: What is your internet history?  My internet history is beyond massive because I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.  Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and/or their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that the anti-Trumps a) will find out who reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) will viciously destroy those who read those emails?)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/219967167-story

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cuban-Americans in Chicago subdued after Fidel Castro’s death – Michael Hawthorne
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-castro-death-chicago-reax-20161126-story.html
— Trump Tower in Manhattan becomes ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps  (DIERSEN: Do you own real estate?  If so, what does Google let your critics/opponents call it?)
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-donald-trump-dump-tower-google-maps-20161126-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Keep an eye on Trump fanatics.”  Anti-Trumps run Illinois. Anti-Trumps run Cook County.  Anti-Trumps run Chicago.  Anti-Trumps run etc.  Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are going to get rid of all Trump supporters. What will they do first?  Stop hiring Trump supporters? Fire Trump supporters? Refuse to do business with Trump supporters?  Force Trump supporters to wear “Make America Great Again” caps to identify them so that they can be harassed, threatened, beat up, or killed?  Will anti-Trumps get illegals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, RINOs, Muslims, Mexicans, Hispanics, Blacks, Asians, women, young people, LGBTQ people, poor people, recent immigrants, union members, members of the paid news media, stoners, criminals, and members of other oppressed groups to threaten, to beat up, or to kill Trump supporters?)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/kadner-keep-an-eye-on-trump-fanatics/
— California now the capital of liberal America – Robert Reich  (DIERSEN: What are the liberal counties, liberal township/wards, liberal municipalities, and liberal precincts in Illinois?  They would be those counties, township/wards, municipalities, and precincts in which Clinton defeated Trump by the greatest margins.  How nasty/vicious are the Clinton voters in those counties, township/wards, municipalities, and precincts?  What will they do to the Trump voters in those counties, township/wards, municipalities, and precincts?  211 voted for Clinton in my precinct, but only 137 voted for Trump.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/robert-reich-california-now-the-capital-of-liberal-america/
— Former Gov. Ryan shares memories of Cuban leader – Michael Sneed  (DIERSEN: To this day, George Ryan supporters work very hard against me.  They hint/imply/argue/shout that were it not for me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, George Ryan would have been reelected Governor in 2002, 2006, 2010, and 2014.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/former-gov-ryan-shares-memories-of-cuban-leader/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Energy bill improved, but again—why the bailout for money-losing nukes? – Editorial
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20161126/ISSUE07/311269999/exelon-nuclear-bailout-should-not-be-part-of-illinois-energy

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Time for AFSCME to put its cards on the table – Editorial
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161126/our-view-time-for-afscme-to-put-its-cards-on-table
— Workers’ compensation changes must strike compassionate balance – Sen. Don Harmon
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20161126/sen-don-harmon-workers-compensation-changes-must-strike-compassionate-balance

 

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Canadian PM Trudeau’s Castro tribute raises eyebrows  People mock Prime Minister on social media – CNN
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/canadian-pm-trudeaus-castro-tribute-raises-eyebrows

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Trump’s Tweets: Today’s ‘fireside chats’ – Matt Lewis
http://www.qconline.com/opinion/trump-s-tweets-today-s-fireside-chats/article_c6322942-3a6b-5b4f-a9d7-3c88dfd85ed7.html

 

LINCOLN COURIER
— 4 things to watch for during the second half of the veto session – Doug Finke
http://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20161126/4-things-to-watch-for-during-second-half-of-veto-session

 

HERALD NEWS
— Changes in Will County Board District 10 increase Republican majority  Longtime board members did not seek re-election – MIKE MALLORY
http://www.theherald-news.com/2016/11/23/changes-in-will-county-board-district-10-increase-republican-majority/aw655ai/
— Promises, promises – Scott Reeder
http://www.theherald-news.com/2016/11/23/reeder-promises-promises/anozbma/

 

DECATUR DAILY
— Popularity contest with Trump – Milbank (DIERSEN: What would my critics/opponents say to Trump about me and about my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Would they stress that only 137 in my precinct voted for Trump, while 211 voted for Clinton?  Would they provide Trump with a list of those who have worked the hardest to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and to stop everyone from reading those emails?  Would they provide Trump with a list of all those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but who fail/refuse to return my phone calls?  Would they drag out all those who I have sued and/or who I might sue?  Would they provide Trump with a list of all those “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who do not want me to know about their events or other activities, do not want me to promote their events or other activities, do not want me to attend their events, and who do not want me to report on their events?  Would they stress all the links to articles that are critical of Trump that I have included in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?  Would they stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.?)
http://www.decaturdaily.com/opinion/columnists/popularity-contest-with-trump/article_e8fd4557-c5a4-5aa4-a9a0-95edb4d440e5.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Journalists need to recognize we’re not going to win a popularity contest with Trump, and we shouldn’t try. Trump is not going to be appeased by friendlier coverage. He campaigned against the media, and he will continue to use the media as a foil. His party controls Congress, and conservatives will soon control the Supreme Court. If he can discredit the media, he’ll remove another check to his power. Our third president, Thomas Jefferson, famously remarked that “were it left to me to decide whether we should have a government without newspapers, or newspapers without a government, I should not hesitate a moment to prefer the latter.” Our 45th president would clearly prefer the former. He has shut out news organizations, including The Post, whose coverage he dislikes. He has threatened to restrict First Amendment press freedoms. Pursuing public affection is a fool’s errand. The profession was never held in high public esteem. And the recent decline in approval is due entirely to Trump’s bashing.)

 

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— Court gives hope for fair elections  Justices should hear case, put limits on historic practice of partisan cheating. – Editorial
http://www.beloitdailynews.com/opinion/court-gives-hope-for-fair-elections/article_b6e29970-b389-11e6-a047-2b625c2e6b12.html

 

HOLLYWOOD CHICAGO
— Interview: Christine Dudley, Director of The Illinois Film Office
http://www.hollywoodchicago.com/news/27036/interview-christine-dudley-director-of-the-illinois-film-office

 

NEWSMAX
— Rubio Slams Obama’s Conciliatory Statement on Castro’s Death – Reuters
http://www.newsmax.com/Headline/rubio-slams-obama-statement/2016/11/26/id/760740/

 

TOWNHALL
— Fondest Hope for Trump Admin – Watch the Movie “Dave” – Bruce Bialosky
http://townhall.com/columnists/brucebialosky/2016/11/27/fondest-hope-for-trump-admin–watch-the-movie-dave-n2249707

 

NEWSMAX
— Trump May Need Roberts’ Vote When Supreme Court Takes Cases  (DIERSEN: Who “may need” you for something in the future?  My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that no one will ever need me for anything in the future.)
http://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/us-trump-supreme-court/2016/11/26/id/760747/

 

THE HILL
— Jerry Falwell Jr. says he turned down Trump Cabinet position – JESSE BYRNES
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/307586-falwell-says-he-turned-down-trump-cabinet-position

 

CNN
— CNN/ORC poll: A nation divided, and is it ever – Jennifer Agiesta  (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, 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 longer than their ancestors FOCUS ON DIVIDING EVERYONE AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE Protestant, conservative, 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.  I see the aforesaid in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and across the world.)
http://www.cnn.com/2016/11/27/politics/cnn-poll-division-donald-trump/index.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Splurge or save? Holiday spending may hinge on how you voted – ANNE D’INNOCENZIO  (DIERSEN: Trump supporters who live/work in Clinton areas might be buying guns and ammunition for their self defense.)
http://www.bradenton.com/news/business/article117011413.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump’s Next Battle: Keeping These Republican Senators Happy – CARL HULSE  (DIERSEN: Who demands that you keep them happy?  Usually, it is whoever you ask for money from or whoever you take money from.  However, even though I have not asked for money from my critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes, and I would never take any money from them, THEY HAVE ALWAYS DEMANDED THAT I KEEP THEM HAPPY.  Even though I never asked for money from them and I would never take any money from them, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants HAVE ALWAYS DEMANDED THAT I KEEP THEM HAPPY.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/us/politics/donald-trumps-republicans-senate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote abortion.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/24/opinion/chasing-abortion-rights-across-the-state-line.html
— Democracy Could Use a Drink  The Saloon, America’s Forgotten Democratic Institution – JON GRINSPAN  (DIERSEN: How much time and money have you spent in saloons? I have spent extremely little.  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they spend lots of their time and lots of their money in saloons or like they want to.  Some, if not many talk and act like they spend lots of their time and lots of their money smoking pot or like they want to.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/the-saloon-americas-forgotten-democratic-institution.html
— The Privileged Immigrant – SHANTHI SEKARAN  (DIERSEN: Are/were you privileged?  My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always viciously demonized me, viciously denigrated me, and viciously condemned me as being privileged.  They stress that I am White, male, healthy, and non-poor.  They stress that I avoided the draft and that my ancestors have been in America since the 1840s.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/opinion/sunday/the-privileged-immigrant.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Promise of a ‘Think Big and Live Large’ President – ROBERT J. SHILLER  (DIERISEN: Do/did you think big and live large?  Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes never encouraged me to think big.  They never encouraged me to get jobs, to buy cars, to earn college degrees, to seek promotions, to buy real estate, to get married, to earn professional certifications, to earn a professional license, to save for retirement, or to do anything else like the aforesaid.  Actually, they discouraged me from doing the aforesaid.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/26/upshot/trump-and-great-business-ideas-for-america.html
— Should Parents Be Expected to Donate to a Public School? – KWAME ANTHONY APPIAH  (DIERSEN: My parents paid real estate taxes 1953-1962 while I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962.  I have paid real estates taxes since 1972 and my wife and I have paid real estate taxes since 1978, but we have never sent any children to any public school.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/22/magazine/should-parents-be-expected-to-donate-to-a-public-school.html
— Trump’s Election? Some Students Are Too Busy to Worry – GINIA BELLAFANTE  (DIERSEN: How busy were you when you were a college student? I was a full-time undergraduate student at UIC 1966-1968 and at NIU 1969-1970 and a part-time graduate student at UIC in 1971, at Loyola 1972-1976, at DePaul 1976-1980, at Roosevelt in 1981, at UIC 1982-1984, and at IIT 1992-1997.)
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/11/23/nyregion/trumps-election-college-students.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Vandal renames Trump Tower to ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps – Nicole Hensley (DIERSEN: Do you own real estate?  If so, what does Google let your critics/opponents call it?)
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/manhattan/vandal-renames-trump-tower-dump-tower-google-maps-article-1.2888446

 

USA TODAY
— Trump Tower changed to ‘Dump Tower’ on Google Maps – Steph Solis (DIERSEN: Do you own real estate?  If so, what does Google let your critics/opponents call it?)
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2016/11/27/trump-tower-changed-dump-tower-google-maps-reports-say/94506532/

 

DENVER POST
— Trump’s focus on Muslims is troubling for Colorado survivors of Japanese-American internment camps in WWII – MARK K. MATTHEWS  (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who do Democrats and RINOs “focus” on?  ANSWER: Those who are Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.denverpost.com/2016/11/27/trump-muslim-japanese-american-internment-camp/

 

FREDERICK NEWS POST
— If anyone wants to blame women for Trump’s win, they ought to start with Hillary Clinton – Amanda Carpenter
http://www.fredericknewspost.com/opinion/columns/if-anyone-wants-to-blame-women-for-trump-s-win/article_910700ea-7bb8-5084-a690-368498bc514a.html

 

UNION LEADER
— Trump expresses ‘solidarity’ with Cuban-Americans – DOUGLAS HANKS  (DIERSEN: What is your national origin?  Who expresses solidarity with those who share your national origin?)
http://www.unionleader.com/Trump-expresses-solidarity-with-Cuban-Americans

 

CLARION LEDGER
— Progressives spend too much time on past – Thomas Sowell
http://www.clarionledger.com/story/opinion/columnists/2016/11/26/sowell-progressives-spend-much-time-past/94479278/

 

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
— A disturbing sign in voting patterns: A massive economic divide  According to Brookings, the fewer-than-500 counties that Clinton won generated 64 percent of U.S. economic activity in 2015, vs the more-than-2,600 counties that Trump won, which generated 36 percent. – Jim Tankersley  (DIERSEN: How much “economic activity” did your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and Illinois generate in 2015?)
http://www.providencejournal.com/news/20161126/disturbing-sign-in-voting-patterns-massive-economic-divide

 

LUBBOCK ONLINE
— Trump and the lawsuit presidency – New York Times  (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about all the lawsuits that I have filed?)
http://lubbockonline.com/editorials/2016-11-27/other-views-trump-and-lawsuit-presidency#.WDrMzuYrKM8

 

WESTERLY SUN
— Destined for the top, Trump pushed to be first – Steven Slosberg  (DIERSEN: What sports did you play in high school?)
http://www.thewesterlysun.com/opinion/columnguest/9639609-154/destined-for-the-top-trump-pushed-to-be-first.html

 

WCBM
— Texas judge who told new citizens to leave U.S. if they don’t like Donald Trump suspended from overseeing citizenship ceremonies – David Boroff
http://www.wcbm.com/2016/11/27/texas-judge-suspended-for-telling-new-citizens-trump-is-your-president-if-you-dont-like-it-leave/

 

MIAMI HERALD
— A car dealer escaped Cuba. Fidel is dead so there’s a $15,000 discount – DAVID J. NEAL
http://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/fidel-castro-en/article117358878.html