CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— COVID-19 has killed 12,029 Illinois residents, spread to at least 705,063 people
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/11/27/21722587/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— With election lawsuits, Republicans return to old playbook on disenfranchising Black Americans – JIM RUTENBERG AND NICK CORASANITI (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats see Blacks as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/sns-nyt-republicans-disenfranchise-black-americans-20201127-kjvcuklyyjf6pd22nlgnvctnhi-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Naperville adds police officers, social worker to proposed 2021 budget – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20201127/naperville-adds-police-officers-social-worker-to-proposed-2021-budget
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Northfield GOP Caucus To Slate Township Candidates – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/northfield-gop-caucus-to-slate-township-candidates/
— Northfield Dems To Hold Virtual Caucus For Township Candidates – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/northfield-dems-to-hold-virtual-caucus-for-township-candidates/
— Elk Grove Township Dems, GOP To Set 2021 Election Slates Mortensen To Run For Trustee, Democratic Caucus Set For Dec. 1; Republicans To Announce Slate Without Caucus – Tom Robb |
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/elk-grove-township-dems-gop-to-set-2021-election-slates/
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Is civil war in our future? – Alan Webber
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/alan-webber-is-civil-war-in-our-future/article_08b92772-2e98-11eb-81d4-47b59e9763e6.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— It’s election season — again – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-its-election-season-again/article_39a5f2d9-4a11-5448-a24f-a9f77e01397b.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Republican politicians abandoned President Trump. I will not let them disappoint me again. – Rosemarie M. Gardner, Peoria (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, political consultants, major donors, etc. in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois who have dumped Trump?)
https://www.pjstar.com/story/opinion/2020/11/28/gop-republicans-abandoned-president-trump/6347258002/
— Here are the candidates for Peoria mayor and City Council in 2021 – Chris Kaergard
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2020/11/24/here-candidates-peoria-mayor-and-city-council-2021/6390414002/
WOODSTOCK INDEPENDENT
— CITY ELECTION HAS NO CONTESTS; SCHOOL BOARD, TOWNSHIP FILING PERIOD IN DECEMBER – Larry Lough
https://www.thewoodstockindependent.com/2020/11/city-election-has-no-contests-school-board-township-filing-period-in-december/
WEEK
— Stacked races set the stage for February primary election in Peoria – Kyle Beachy
https://week.com/2020/11/24/stacked-races-set-the-stage-for-february-primary-election-in-peoria/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Grant warns House speaker’s roots run deep: ‘Madigan still controls everything, especially all the money’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/565919721-grant-warns-house-speaker-s-roots-run-deep-madigan-still-controls-everything-especially-all-the-money
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Google, Facebook and Twitter fixed the election for Biden over Trump – Robert Knight (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want everyone a) to spend all their time on Facebook, b) to not visit websites including www.gopillinois.com and c) to not read emails including GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/nov/27/google-facebook-and-twitter-fixed-the-election-for/
FOX NEWS
— Effort to ban Trump officials from Harvard is a dangerous attack on free speech and education. An education underpinned by conditions of censorship is not a real education. – Carter Estes
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/censorship-harvard-trump-carter-estes
AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump gives a lazy, shiftless press what it deserves – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/11/trump_gives_a_lazy_shiftless_press_what_it_deserves.html
— No, I’m not thankful for the rising tyranny – Carol Brown
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/11/no_im_not_thankful_for_the_rising_tyranny.html
— The left has a list … – John Dietrich (DIERSEN: Whose lists are you on? I am on the lists of those who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-homeowners, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-federal employees/retirees, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/11/the_left_has_a_list_.html
— Electric Vehicles Will Drive Us to Serf City – Peter Skurkiss
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/11/electric_vehicles_will_drive_us_to_serf_city.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yes, EVs rely on fossil fuel to generate the electricity used to manufacture them and to charge their batteries. Hence they are not the ‘green’ vehicles that the enviros tout. In fact, EVs are net polluters when you consider the tremendous environmental damage that is done to mine the lithium and rare earth elements needed in their manufacture and transport. And recycling and/or disposal of Li-batteries is another problem waiting a solution. Furthermore a study from the Union of Concerned Scientists found that the assembly of a midsize EV would produce about 15 percent more emissions than the process of building a similar-sized gasoline powered vehicle. None of that matters. The big money, media, and government are solidly behind electric vehicles. As Bob Dylan sang, “You don’t need to be a weatherman to know which way the wind blows.” This is rather amazing considering America didn’t vote for EVs nor did the car market demand them. If the projections persist, EVs will be the norm due to manipulations by global elite and their allies in big business and government. Eric Peters, an automotive expert, has several interesting takes on the EV craze. He never believed EVs were about ‘clean’ transportation. Their goal was always controlled transport. This is why environmental concerns, although used as the pretext for EV mandates, don’t matter.)
ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— Indoctrinating Students to Hate Whiteness: Racial Self-Flagellation on Campus – Richard Cravatts (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Whites are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, to pander to and to curry favor with White-haters, Whites demonize, demonize, and denigrate Whites and especially Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, heterosexual, married, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.academia.org/indoctrinating-students-to-hate-whiteness-racial-self-flagellation-on-campus/
BREITBART
— Tucker Carlson: ‘Our Political Class Has Deliberately Decided to Use This Pandemic as a Way to Gain Political Power’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2020/11/27/fncs-carlson-our-political-class-has-deliberately-decided-to-use-this-pandemic-as-a-way-to-gain-political-power/
EPOCH TIMES
— Pennsylvania Republicans Introduce Resolution Disputing Election Results – IVAN PENTCHOUKOV
https://www.theepochtimes.com/pennsylvania-republicans-to-introduce-resolution-disputing-election-results_3596434.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Illinois agency launches study of gambling addiction (DIERSEN: Government should not promote gambling, booze, pot, or any other type of vice.)
https://www.walls102.com/illinois-agency-launches-study-of-gambling-addiction/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Groups Trying to Open Golf to Young People Are Struggling Themselves Even as more young men and women in need want to play, the pandemic has made it more difficult for nonprofits to raise money. – Paul Sullivan (DIERSEN: To paint my parents and I as being filthy rich, my critics/opponents, and their dupes stress that we played golf during the 1950s and 1960s.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/27/your-money/golf-nonprofits-needy.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republicans lob accusations of elitism at Biden. My critics/opponents in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois paint themselves as being elite. They look down on everyone. They have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-republicans-elitism/2020/11/27/f1df70d2-30e1-11eb-bae0-50bb17126614_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to defeat Republicans, Democrats focus on getting members of the following groups to hate Republicans: minorities, females, younger people, middle-age people, older people, LGBTQers, non-married people, moderates, liberals, those who have less, about the same, or more money than others, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/11/27/southern-strategy-is-dead-heres-americas-future/
— Trump moves to strip job protections from White House budget analysts as he races to transform civil service – Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: One reason why I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old was GAO’s claim that it was “nonpartisan.” I soon learned that claim was false. If I had been a Democrat, my Democrat GAO superiors would not have a) forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer, b) kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, c) gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, d) given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, e) failed/refused to promote me beyond GS-13, f) always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and g) forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-moves-to-strip-job-protections-from-white-house-budget-analysts-as-he-races-to-transform-civil-service/2020/11/27/d04f6eba-2e69-11eb-96c2-aac3f162215d_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The outgoing Trump administration is racing to enact the biggest change to the federal civil service in generations, reclassifying career employees at key agencies to strip their job protections and leave them open to being fired before Joe Biden takes office. The move to pull off an executive order the president issued less than two weeks before Election Day — affecting tens of thousands of people in policy roles — is accelerating at the agency closest to the White House, the Office of Management and Budget. The budget office sent a list this week of roles identified by its politically appointed leaders to the federal personnel agency for final sign-off. The list comprises 88 percent of its workforce — 425 analysts and other experts who would shift into a new job classification called Schedule F.)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Hispanic Trump Voters Annoy Obama The former president is still working on an explanation. – James Freeman (DIERSEN: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see Hispanics as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hispanic-trump-voters-annoy-obama-11606518338
— Biden Aims to Appoint Liberal Judges After Trump’s Conservative Push – Jess Bravin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-aims-to-appoint-liberal-judges-after-trumps-conservative-push-11606559402
— The Census Predicament: Counting Americans by Race. The racial and ethnic categories used by the U.S. Census obscure the changing ways we think about identity and assimilation. – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Whites are demonized, denigrated, and condemned as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Ever-increasingly, to pander to and to curry favor with White-haters, Whites demonize, demonize, and denigrate Whites and especially Whites who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, heterosexual, married, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-predicament-of-counting-americans-by-race-11606492632
— The Class of 2020 Looks for Work Months after graduating into one of the most challenging job markets in generations, many are still searching for that first gig. Few openings emerge in retail or marketing; there are bright spots in tech. – Ellen Byron (DIERSEN: What hindered/hinders your job searches? My being draft bait hindered my job searches during 1970 and early 1971. Firestone Stores hired me in 1970, but the job did not give me an opportunity to use what I had learned earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. My not being a minority, female, or veteran always hindered my job searches with employers that were under pressure to hire minorities, females, and/or veterans. In 1971, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in a) Firestone Stores firing me and b) my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-class-of-2020-looks-for-work-11606473000
— Who Is an American ‘Person’? The Supreme Court considers the Census and undocumented immigrants. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs have declared war on Republicans. Democrats and RINOs see illegals as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/who-is-an-american-person-11606519964
— FRONT PAGE: Xi’s China Ramps Up Drive to Squelch Dissent – Chun Han Wong (DIERSEN: My RINO critics/opponents, their RINO operatives, and their RINO dupes want me to stop using GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/their-goal-is-to-make-you-feel-helpless-in-xis-china-little-room-for-dissent-11606496176
DAILY BEAST
— McConnell’s Newest Judge Is Seriously ‘Not Qualified’—and Dangerous Eight years after graduating law school, she just got approved for a lifetime appointment by a lame-duck Senate. – Eleanor Clift (DIERSEN: How much experience do you have? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn my experience. If you sought a government office or a political office, what experience would you stress? I would stress the experience that I gained a) working for GAO 1980-1997 as an Analyst, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-131,532/year; b) working for IRS 1971-1980 as a Revenue Officer, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year; c) becoming a licensed CPA in 1981; d) passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; e) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; f) becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, and Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990; g) serving on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996; h) earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970; i) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999; j) serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000; and k) serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/mcconnells-newest-judge-is-seriously-not-qualified-and-dangerous
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mizelle is only eight years out of law school (University of Florida), and the ABA’s standard for a lifetime seat is 12 years of legal experience. She has had four distinguished clerkships, including one for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, but her only trial experience is as an intern before she graduated from law school. She will take her seat on the Eleventh Circuit for the Middle District of Florida having never tried a case—civil or criminal—as a lead attorney or co-counsel. “In her own words, her work history is that of a junior lawyer and is decidedly not meaningful preparation for managing a trial courtroom or the awesome power of determining the rights, liberty, or in some cases, life of litigants as a judge,” says Dan Goldberg with Alliance for Justice, a liberal advocacy group. “The people who should be the angriest are the people who will go to her courtroom.” In rating her “not qualified,” the ABA in its letter to the Senate Judiciary committee noted Mizelle’s “very keen intellect, a strong work ethic and an impressive resume. She presents as a delightful person and she has many friends who support her nomination. Her integrity and demeanor are not in question. These attributes however simply do not compensate for the short time she has actually practiced law and her lack of meaningful trial experience.” . . . Mizelle joins that exclusive club because she is a well-connected Washington lawyer with conservative cred who travels in the right circles. At Jones Day, President Trump’s favorite law firm, where she has been an associate since last year, Mizelle’s profile page highlighted her successful representation of the Chamber of Commerce in fending off a demand from the AFL-CIO for greater worker protections during the COVID crisis. She is married to Chad Mizelle, who faced similar questions about his youth and inexperience last year when his friend and ally at the White House, Stephen Miller, smoothed the way for him to become the acting general counsel at the Department of Homeland Security, leading DHS’ legal office of 2,500 attorneys just six years after graduating from law school. Apart from her skimpy experience, concerns about Kathryn Mizelle’s ideology are at the core of Democratic opposition, and they originate with her tenure at the Justice Department in 2017 and 2018 supervising litigation handled by the Civil Rights Division. It was a time when many voting rights and LGBT protections were being rolled back. “This nominee has been put forward not only because she is an ultraconservative ideologue, but also because she is a Trump loyalist, having worked in the Trump Justice Department to dismantle many critical civil rights protections,” the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights wrote to senators in September, urging them to reject her nomination.)
ATLANTIC
— What to Do When the Future Feels Hopeless. Humans like to feel optimistic about and in control of where their life is headed. – ARTHUR C. BROOKS (DIERSEN: What trends frustrate your being optimistic about your future? For me, they include more and more and more Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs moving into my precinct, into Wheaton’s West District, into Wheaton, into Milton Township, into DuPage County’s 4th District, into DuPage County, and into Illinois. More and more and more of the aforesaid are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexuals, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-homeowners, anti-gun owners, anti-Christians, anti-Protestants, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2020/09/what-do-when-future-feels-hopeless/616448/
PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— 4 Unhealthy Coping Mechanisms – Shahram Heshmat Ph.D. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes and their unhealthy coping mechanisms.
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/science-choice/202011/4-unhealthy-coping-mechanisms