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December 22 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Shutdown Expected to Drag Into Christmas as Talks Continue Even a temporary measure to keep the government running for a few days while negotiations continued seemed out of reach – Lisa Mascaro, Darlene Superville and Kevin Freking
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Federal-Government-Shutdown-Begins-Trump-Lawmakers-Fail-Deal-Wall-503378981.html

 

ABC7
— A look back at recent federal government shutdowns (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/a-look-back-at-recent-government-shutdowns/2971149/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Democrat operatives tied to McHenry County chairman behind ‘Crooked Joe’ flyers, printer says under threat of jail – Amanda Marrazzo
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-mchenry-county-campaign-flyer-jail-contempt-20181221-story.html
— Here’s what a partial government shutdown means for Chicago – Mike Riopell, Morgan Greene
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-federal-government-shutdown-chicago-20181217-story.html
— Chicago Heights mayor unopposed after 3 challengers tossed from ballot – Ted Slowik
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-slowik-chicago-heights-election-ct-1223-story.html
— Facebook has 5 ‘core values.’ Guess where ‘protect users’ ranks – Joseph Holt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-facebook-privacy-zuckerberg-microsoft-amazon-1221-20181220-story.html
— Shutdown to stretch until at least Thursday as Senate adjourns with no budget deal – Paul Kane, David Weigel and Philip Rucker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-government-shutdown-20181222-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— New asylum policy comes with few details, many questions – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/new-asylum-policy-comes-with-few-details-many-questions/
— Trump staying in D.C. for Christmas – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-staying-in-d-c-for-christmas/
— Open and closed: shutdown’s varied impact on parks, tourists – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/open-and-closed-shutdowns-varied-impact-on-parks-tourists/

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Breaker Press president names Jack Franks’ former campaign manager in court Political printing company outs County Board chairman’s ex-campaign staffers – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/12/21/breaker-press-president-names-jack-franks-former-campaign-manager-in-court/apkgyas/

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Taxes upset you? Look at pensions – David Giuliani
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/david-giuliani-taxes-upset-you-look-at-pensions/article_d282fc0e-0488-11e9-a229-e3b49a1b6c59.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Let’s do a comparison: An active worker making $50,000 in 2008 would see his income rise to $58,400 by 2018 if increases only kept up with the rate of inflation. With a public pension, a person’s income would rise to $67,200 during the same time, nearly double the increase of the active worker’s pay. Under the Illinois Constitution, the state cannot diminish employees’ pensions. The state Supreme Court interprets this to mean that the terms of an employee’s public pension benefits must stay exactly the same from the very first day of employment. In 2011, the state made changes to the pension systems for employees who started in 2011 or later — known as Tier 2. When they retire, they’ll get noncompounded, annual increases of 3 percent or half the consumer price index, whichever is less. When Tier 2 folks start retiring, our state likely will see its pension costs grow less rapidly — or perhaps start to fall. But we’re decades away from that rosy scenario. In the meantime, more and more people are leaving the state. That means fewer taxpayers are staying around to pay the growing pension bills.)

 

WREG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Barrington promotes LGBTQ activity big time.
https://wreg.com/2018/12/21/neighbors-cover-street-with-rainbow-flags-after-couples-flag-stolen-replaced-with-american-flag/

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Activist and Parkland survivor David Hogg to attend Harvard University – AP (DIERSEN: Having survived a mass shooting at a Florida high school gives Hogg standing to fight against gun violence. Having been forced to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old by my Democrat GAO superiors gives me standing to fight against political affiliation discrimination, against reverse discrimination, against age discrimination, and against retaliation. Previously, they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/activist-and-parkland-survivor-david-hogg-to-attend-harvard-university

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Fate of Illinois Farmland, An Intergenerational Effort – KRISTIN WALTERS (DIERSEN: On my mother’s side, my grandfather, my great grandfather, and my great great grandfather operated a farm in Grant Park. On my father’s side, my great grandfather and my great great grandfather operated a farm in Crete.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/fate-illinois-farmland-intergenerational-effort#stream/0

 

WINNETKA PATCH
— Winnetka Attorney, GOP Committeeman Considered To Replace Rauner   A Republican national committeeman confirmed he was the fourth person approached by Gov. Bruce Rauner about taking his place on the ballot. – Jonah Meadows (DIERSEN: What if any of the four had gone public when they were approached? Would the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee have a) forced Rauner to withdraw and b) replaced him with Ives?)
https://patch.com/illinois/winnetka/winnetka-attorney-gop-committeeman-considered-replace-rauner

 

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Detail of What Happened in Court Featuring Revelation of Jack Franks’ Allies Who Sent Mail Smearing Joe Tirio’s Name
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2018/12/22/detail-of-what-happened-in-court-featuring-revelation-of-jack-franks-allies-who-sent-mail-smearing-joe-tirios-name/

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Good Morning America Celebrates ‘Drag Kid’ – ‘Desmond Is Amazing’ – Media Child Abuse? – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/12/21/good-morning-america-celebrates-drag-kid-desmond-is-amazing-media-child-abuse/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Supreme Court: Borders Open; Trump Can’t Stop Illegal-Alien Invasion – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/31003-supreme-court-borders-open-trump-can-t-stop-illegal-alien-invasion

 

GOPUSA
— Government shutdown 2018: What will close and who still needs to work
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61503

 

PJ MEDIA
— 4 Reasons Why Big Tech is Hazardous to Our Lives – JEFF SANDERS (DIERSEN: Instead of reading articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and instead of reading my comments on those emails, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want you to spend 24 hours a day on a Democrat website called Facebook.)
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/4-reasons-why-big-tech-is-hazardous-to-our-lives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. They are spying on us. . .2. They are censoring us. . .3. They are selling us. . .4. They are time-wasters.)

 

BREITBART
— Gun Control Activist David Hogg Accepted to Harvard – Awr Hawkins (DIERSEN: Having survived a mass shooting at a Florida high school gives Hogg standing to fight against gun violence. Having been forced to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old by my Democrat GAO superiors gives me standing to fight against political affiliation discrimination, against reverse discrimination, against age discrimination, and against retaliation. Previously, they gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/22/gun-control-activist-david-hogg-accepted-harvard/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hogg emerged as a gun control activist following the February 14, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas attack and continues to seek restrictions on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans. On December 9, 2018, Breitbart News reported that Hogg mocked Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for sharing Bible verses on Twitter, pushing Rubio to pass gun laws instead. On December 8, Breitbart News reported that Hogg was pushing a federal sales tax on all firearms, despite the fact that such a tax would run the risk of making firearms cost prohibitive for poorer Americans who may need them most. On October 29, 2018–two days after the attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue–Hogg mocked President Trump’s suggestion that places of worship acquire armed protection. No security was in the synagogue when the attacker struck.)

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— LaBarbera: Catholic Church ignoring source of scourge Another state (Illinois) has discovered the Catholic Church hasn’t been honest about priest abuse in its ranks. – Steve Jordahl
https://www.onenewsnow.com/church/2018/12/21/labarbera-catholic-church-ignoring-source-of-scourge

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-lifers save two babies by singing Christmas carols outside abortion centers – Lisa Bourne
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-lifers-save-two-babies-by-singing-christmas-carols-outside-abortion-cen

 

THE HILL
— Shutdown to drag on for days after Senate adjourns without deal – JORDAIN CARNEY AND JESSE BYRNES
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/422610-senate-adjourns-until-monday-without-taking-action-to-end-shutdown

 

POLITICO
— Senate adjourns with no sign of shutdown in sight The Senate move, no plans to reconvene until Dec. 27, suggest Washington is settling into a lengthy government shutdown. – HEATHER CAYGLE, BURGESS EVERETT and RACHAEL BADE
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/22/government-shutdown-2018-deal-1074299

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Russians Tried, but Were Unable to Compromise Midterm Elections, U.S. Says – Julian E. Barnes
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/21/us/politics/russia-midterm-election-influence-coates.html
— Government Shutdown to Continue for Days as Senate Adjourns Until Thursday – Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/us/politics/shutdown-trump-senate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “For Trump, ‘a War Every Day,’ Waged Increasingly Alone. At the midpoint of his term, the president has grown more sure of his own judgment and more isolated from anyone else’s than at any point since he took office.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/22/us/politics/trump-two-years.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Saving the Dreamers” would result in millions more children being brought into America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/newt-gingrich-and-donald-graham-fund-the-wall-and-save-the-dreamers/2018/12/22/eb89b756-05f0-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Government Shutdown Continues as Senate Adjourns Until Thursday Negotiations over a spending deal are expected to continue – Kristina Peterson and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/on-day-one-of-shutdown-talks-set-to-resume-over-border-wall-funding-11545496150

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “A rogue presidency: The era of containing Trump is over.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/a-rogue-presidency-the-era-of-containing-trump-is-over/2018/12/22/26fc010e-055b-11e9-b5df-5d3874f1ac36_story.html
— Shutdown to stretch on until at least Thursday as Senate adjourns with no deal over budget, Trump’s border wall – Paul Kane and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/shutdown-day-1-trump-warns-it-could-be-a-long-stay-amid-impasse-over-border-wall/2018/12/22/006ff10c-060b-11e9-9122-82e98f91ee6f_story.html

 

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— Russia’s election trolls found it all too easy to manipulate black voters – Solomon Jones
http://www.philly.com/columnists/russia-election-interference-black-voters-20181219.html

 

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— When was the last government shutdown? A timeline of US shutdowns – Fiza Pirani (DIERSEN: How have federal government shutdowns impacted you? I was a federal retiree during shutdowns in 2013 and this year. I was an IRS employee during shutdowns in 1976, 1977, 1978, and 1979. I was a GAO employee during shutdowns in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1987, 1990, 1995, and 1996.)
https://www.ajc.com/news/national/when-was-the-last-government-shutdown-timeline-shutdowns/KlN1FLdhfBz9FznrrIBpTI/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— White House Digs In on Wall Demand, Aims for ‘Painless’ Shutdown – Erich Wagner 3:1
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/12/white-house-digs-wall-demand-aims-painless-shutdown/153781/

 

MOTOR ILLUSTRATED
— 2019 Jeep Cherokee vs 2019 Ford Escape Quick Comparison – Matt St-Pierre (DIERSEN: I am considering buying a 2019 Jeep Cherokee Limited or a 2019 Ford Escape Titanium. Which would you recommend and why?)
https://motorillustrated.com/2019-jeep-cherokee-vs-2019-ford-escape-quick-comparison/14968/

December 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— State Rep. Ives throws support behind aldermanic candidate David Krupa
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/state-rep-ives-throws-support-behind-aldermanic-candidate-david-krupa-/4924256/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: During an election board hearing last Monday, Krupa and his attorney said only 187 of the people who signed a revocation affidavit actually signed his nominating petitions, meaning 2,600 were fraudulent. “I think they’re intimidated by someone who hasn’t backed down to them. Their whole game is do anything possible to make the person intimidated enough to back away either by their support or bully them out,” Krupa said Saturday. He also addressed an old order of protection against him from a previous relationship. Krupa said allegations made in the order were false and filed by the girl’s family and the order has been vacated. Krupa believes the order resurfacing was an attempt to mislead voters away from his campaign efforts.)

 

NBC5
— The $100,000 Question – How One Check Can Produce Millions for Politicians While it is all legal, critics argue the $100,000 rule is just another example of how the campaign finance law in Illinois can benefit the politically powerful and wealthy. – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/how-one-check-can-produce-millions-for-politicians-503070041.html

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Shutdown talk recedes after White House eases border wall threat – AP (DIERSEN: The border wall is a threat to those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/white-house-says-trump-is-willing-to-work-with-congress-to-avert-a-partial-shutdown

 

WLS AM
— Ives unloads on Rauner, Madigan and a possible gas tax hike. – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/12/18/ives-unloads-on-rauner-madigan-and-a-possible-gas-tax-hike/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jeanne Ives trying to raise money for 19-year-old challenging Madigan lieutenant – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/jeanne-ives-marty-kevin-quinn-david-krupa-michael-madigan-13th-ward-ballot-petition-challenges-alaina-hampton-2019-election/
— Watchdog to oversee complaints involving lawmakers –– after four year gap – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/watchdog-to-oversee-complaints-involving-lawmakers-after-four-year-gap/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake County: Aaron Lawlor on addiction, mental health problems: ‘I have found belonging, purpose, inspiration and accountability’ – Frank Abderholden
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/news/ct-lns-lawlor-talks-addiction-st-1218-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I was a gay Republican in the suburbs for heaven’s sake, and if you look up self-loathing in the dictionary it should read ‘gay Republican,’” he said, eliciting laughs from the crowd. “So the story I told was that I was a lonely, alcohol- and drug-addicted, HIV positive, gay, elected official, Republican in the suburbs,” he said. “I was an egomaniac with a raging inferiority complex.”)
— Elk Grove Village says $300K sponsorship of Bahamas Bowl has already paid off, though some residents are skeptical – John Keilman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-bahamas-bowl-college-football-elk-grove-village-makers-wanted-20181213-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers to get new top watchdog with ‘strong background in sexual harassment’ – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-watchdog-sexual-harassment-20181218-story.html
— Trump relents on $5 billion for border wall, but shutdown still possible after Democrats reject new GOP offer – Erica Werner, Damian Paletta and John Wagner
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-border-wall-government-shutdown-20181218-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Opportunity is here to set a new tone for the tollway – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181218/editorial-opportunity-his-here-to-set-a-new-tone-for-the-tollway
(FROM THE EDITORIAL: The tollway, managed by a board of supervisors appointed by the governor, has long been criticized as a body with too much patronage and too little responsiveness to the hundreds of thousands of us who travel its roadways every day. The tollway’s defenders are not helped by the types of activities our transportation expert Marni Pyke has uncovered. These include a $157 million contract that went to a company that has contributed to two board members’ charities and employs the daughter of the tollway board chairman; the hiring of the Republican House minority leader’s sister-in-law for an engineering management position even though she had no engineering experience; hiring three public relations companies for various projects despite having its own in-house PR team; and including among those three deals a $6.6 million subcontract with a communications company whose CEO is married to a GOP Chicago lawmaker. Tollway leaders suggest each of these cases is isolated by specific circumstances, and they repeated them at a state Senate hearing in Chicago last summer. What they don’t seem to understand is that at some point an accumulation of isolated circumstances adds up to a trend. And the trend that appears to be developing here is that Republican political connections helped get jobs and contracts for those doing business with a tollway board put in place by a Republican governor. The absolute worst response that could follow is that a year from now Pyke finds herself reporting on how Democratic political connections are helping get jobs and contracts for those doing business with a tollway board put in place by a Democratic governor.)
— After Senate reports, Facebook and Twitter face wave of criticism – Hamza Shaban and Taylor Telford
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181218/after-senate-reports-facebook-and-twitter-face-wave-of-criticism

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Former judge, Menard Co. state’s attorney named legislative inspector general
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181218/former-judge-menard-co-states-attorney-named-legislative-inspector-general

 

WJBC
— Illinois political pundit Rich Miller says Gov. Rauner will not be missed – Dave Dahl
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/12/17/illinois-political-pundit-says-gov-rauner-will-not-be-missed/

 

JEANNE IVES
— Representatives Allen Skillicorn and Jeanne Ives hold yellow jacket rally to oppose gas increase
http://www.jeanneives.org/2018/12/representatives-allen-skillicorn-and.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Anti-abortion group asks Illinois Supreme Court to nullify abortion law – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/anti-abortion-group-asks-illinois-supreme-court-to-nullify-abortion/article_349d988c-0316-11e9-b8f2-535e02574892.html
— Committee nominates retired judge for legislative watchdog post – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/committee-nominates-retired-judge-for-legislative-watchdog-post/article_cf7fe302-0314-11e9-8542-6bcff78b3342.html
— Illinois law enforcement groups eye teen marijuana use trends – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-law-enforcement-groups-eye-teen-marijuana-use-trends/article_7b6b3e7c-02ee-11e9-afbc-7b610697160c.html

 

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— PRESIDENT URGED TO DECLARE ‘WAR ON WASTE,’ GOVERNMENT SPENDING – Jeff Reynolds (DIERSEN: The federal government wasted me and wasted my federal career. If I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran, the federal government would not have done that. It would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old. The federal government uses Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who it does not promote to GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/president-urged-to-declare-war-on-waste-government-spending
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Andrzejewski says it was difficult to pick just 100 examples of government waste to highlight. “Examples of waste could fill every page of every newspaper in the country,” Andrzejewski said.)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives backs Krupa even after allegations emerge
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/18/ives-backs-krupa-even-after-allegations-emerge/
— Representatives Allen Skillicorn and Jeanne Ives hold yellow jacket rally to oppose gas increase
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/18/live-coverage-133/

 

BREITBART
— Nancy Pelosi: Democrats Will Act ‘Boldly’ to Criminalize Private Gun Sales – AWR Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/18/nancy-pelosi-democrats-will-act-boldly-to-criminalize-private-gun-sales/
— Tucker Carlson Defiant After Losing Three More Advertisers to Left-Wing Blacklisting Campaign (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments blacklist you? I should write a book about those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that blacklist me and why they do that.)
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/12/18/tucker-carlson-defiant-after-losing-three-more-advertisers-to-left-wing-blacklisting-campaign/

 

BLAZE
— More than a dozen advertisers quit Tucker Carlson show over immigration comment — here’s his defiant response – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/more-than-a-dozen-advertisers-quit-tucker-carlson-show-over-immigration-comment-heres-his-defiant-response

 

CNBC
— Democrats are going to attack the GOP tax law from several angles, including SALT caps and breaks for corporations – Ylan Mui
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/18/democrats-are-going-to-attack-trump-gop-tax-law.html

 

CBS NEWS
— How does federal judges’ health insurance stack up? – WALECIA KONRAD
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/how-does-federal-judges-health-insurance-stack-up/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Like the vast majority of federal employees of all ranks, the government’s judges have the option of enrolling in plans offered by the Federal Employee Health Benefits system. It includes hundreds of plan choices throughout the U.S. — far more than even the largest private employers. Many plan options also have broad networks of providers, often nationwide. So finding coverage for specialists and out-of-network services isn’t as tough a problem for judges as it can be in the often narrow networks ACA enrollees rely on. And federal employees have the option of keeping their coverage into retirement, unlike many private employer plans. Still, the insurance isn’t as comprehensive as one might imagine a federal judge or Supreme Court justice would get. Unlike the so-called Cadillac plans that top corporate executives often enjoy that fully cover a host of health care expenses, the federal plans have deductibles, premium costs, co-pays and other out-of-pocket expenses. Like any employer offering health insurance, the federal government pays a good portion of employees’ premiums. Except for some negotiated union contracts with postal workers, the feds generally pay about 72 percent of premium costs. But that’s less than the average 80 percent that private sector employers kick in. Even judges pay premiums That means judges who opt into the system pay premiums, just like the rest of us. They may even pay a bit more than the average private-sector employee. In addition, depending on what type of plan judges pick, like private-sector employees they may have high deductibles or high co-insurance for certain services. As in the marketplaces, it’s all about what plan they choose.)

 

FORBES
— Who Wants To Be A Millionaire On Mayor Bill De Blasio’s New York City Workforce? – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/12/18/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire-on-mayor-bill-de-blasios-new-york-city-workforce/#2cd8e1376a99

 

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Caves on Border Wall Funding – RAMSEY TOUCHBERRY
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-government-shutdown-republicans-confused-1263050


— HOW RICH ARE THE RICH? FAR MORE THAN YOU THINK – GIL B. MANZON JR.
https://www.newsweek.com/how-rich-tax-poverty-inequality-trump-chris-rock-1263157

 

ATLANTIC
— COVER STORY: The Real Roots of American Rage The untold story of how anger became the dominant emotion in our politics and personal lives—and what we can do about it. – CHARLES DUHIGG (DIERSEN: Members of Group A promote anger against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2019/01/charles-duhigg-american-anger/576424/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Is the Federal Workforce Reaching Its Breaking Point? – Howard Risher
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2018/12/federal-workforce-reaching-its-breaking-point/153616/

December 15 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you say anything critical about immigration, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-tucker-carlson-immigrants-20181215-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ald. Marty Quinn withdraws controversial ballot challenge against teen contender – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ald-marty-quinn-withdraws-controversial-ballot-challenge-against-teen-contender/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Residents leaving Illinois will not be charged a fee – Bob Oswald (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time TO LEAVE ILLINOIS.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181215/facts-matter-residents-leaving-illinois-will-not-be-charged-a-fee-
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump floats fictions about the border.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181215/news/312159960/

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Progressive income tax easier said than done – BGA
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20181215/progressive-income-tax-easier-said-than-done

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTSTANDING: Medical officials oppose effort to legalize recreational use of marijuana – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181215/medical-officials-oppose-effort-to-legalize-recreational-use-of-marijuana
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: While he was governor, Rauner took anti-religious, anti-conservative, and anti-Republican actions, but those in Illinois who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican voted for Pritzker anyway.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181215/local-business-notes-imas-baise-offers-views-on-states-business-climate-politics
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The Republican Party needs to reflect the values of center-right voters, who I believe are a majority of voters in this state, utilizing issues of fiscal conservatism, trying to solve our pension problem, working on issues like improving education and our property tax issues,” Baise said. ” … If we’re going to continue to have arguments over whether or not you’re pro-life or pro-choice, whether or not you’re pro-gay marriage or anti-gay marriage, the majority of voters are going to turn their back on you.” Baise characterized his approach as pragmatic, focused on totally on winning. While not getting into specifics, Baise said the party should run candidates who have the ability to win over the majority of voters in the state and allow for differences of opinion on certain issues, like abortion. “Unless you can be elected, you can’t govern,” Baise said. “You can stand up and stay I’m right about this issue, you can scream from your lungs. But if you’re a backbencher, if you’re in the minority, if you’re out of power, you can’t anything done. So it should be in the mold of someone who can get 50.1 percent of the vote.”)

 

PAXTON RECORD
— ‘Mega Town Hall’ event to replace Ford County Republican Lincoln Day Dinner in 2019 – Will Brumleve
http://www.paxtonrecord.net/news/2018-12-15/mega-town-hall-event-replace-ford-county-republican-lincoln-day-dinner-2019.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— 13-year-old brings pot brownies to school
https://foxillinois.com/news/offbeat/13-year-old-brings-pot-brownies-to-school-12-15-2018

 

TOWNHALL
— Hating The President Is Not a Strategy, As Bill Kristol Just Learned – Jeff Ballabon
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffballabon/2018/12/15/hating-the-president-is-not-a-strategy-as-bill-kristol-just-learned-n2537512

 

BREITBART
— Women’s March Leaders Face Anti-Semitic, Corruption Charges Ahead of Second Anti-Trump Event – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/15/womens-march-leaders-face-anti-semitic-corruption-charges-second-anti-trump-event/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Does Freedom of Religion Mean Satanic Displays in State Capitols? – E. Jeffrey Ludwig
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/does_freedom_of_religion_mean_satanic_displays_in_state_capitols.html
— Someone needs to be charged in migrant child’s desert death, and it’s not the lawmen – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/someone_needs_to_be_charged_in_migrant_childs_desert_death_and_its_not_the_lawmen.html

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Democrats Politicize And Criminalize Even Your Very Thoughts – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/democrats-politicize-and-criminalize-even-your-very-thoughts/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Gives Liberal Activist Forum to Bash Trump on Migrant Child Death – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/12/15/cnn-gives-liberal-activist-forum-bash-trump-child-death
— NY Times Blames ‘Hard-Line Immigration Enforcement’ for Migrant Girl’s Death – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/12/15/ny-times-blames-hard-line-immigration-enforcement-migrant-girls

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Paul Ryan Pushing Through Thousands Of Irish Visas Before Leaving Office The House speaker previously blocked efforts to help Dreamers. – Andy McDonald
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/speaker-paul-ryan-pushing-through-thousands-of-irish-visas-before-leaving-office_us_5c154703e4b009b8aea7c0fa

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you say anything critical about immigration, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/15/tucker-carlson-said-immigration-makes-america-dirtier-so-an-advertiser-took-action/

 

MOTLEY FOOL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.fool.com/investing/2018/12/15/the-next-3-states-to-legalize-recreational-pot.aspx

 

DAILY MAIL
— The dawn raiders: Dozens of migrants attempt early-morning clamber over Mexico border fence after Trump stepped up patrols and shut down Tijuana crossing to block ‘very bad thugs’ reaching US soil – MIRANDA ALDERSLEY
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6498919/Migrants-attempt-early-morning-clamber-Mexico-border-Trump-shut-crossing.html

December 8 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

SUBURBAN LIFE

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 26 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois lawmakers could override Gov. Bruce Rauner dozens of times before he leaves office – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-bruce-rauner-veto-20181122-story.html
— Calumet Park outsources fire department in ‘historic’ move that could trigger ‘chain reaction’ of privatizations – Zak Koeske
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-calumet-park-fire-department-privatization-st-1120-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Foster’s hardline against Pelosi becoming speaker: ‘Very little to negotiate” – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/bill-fosters-hardline-against-nancy-pelosi-becoming-house-speaker-very-little-negotiate/
— Papadopoulos, ex-Trump campaign adviser, headed to prison on Monday, judge rules – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/papadopoulos-ex-trump-campaign-adviser-prison/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Tribune Media offers buyouts to WGN staff – Robert Feder (DIERSEN: Have you been offered a buyout? In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO “offered” all its employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, including me, a $25,000 early retirement buyout.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181126/robservations-tribune-media-offers-buyouts-to-wgn-staff

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Investigation finds interim Park Forest District 163 superintendent packing supersized salary
http://amp.fox32chicago.com/news/education/investigation-finds-interim-superintendent-packing-supersized-salary

 

WTTW
— Study: Drivers Traveled 1.9M Extra Miles Due to Closed City Emission Test Sites – Alex Ruppenthal
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/21/study-drivers-traveled-19m-extra-miles-due-closed-city-emission-test-sites

 

SOUTHERN
— Fixing state’s woes far more important than party politics – Editorial (DIERSEN: “Fixing state’s woes” is code for “increasing taxes.”
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/editorial/voice-of-the-southern-fixing-state-s-woes-far-more/article_f984f79c-9c87-5563-a7b1-ae7482d5ce4a.html

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Salary history, teacher wage bills to come back next year – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: If you are a job-hunting government employee, you are at a tremendous disadvantage because your salary history is public record.)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181125/salary-history-teacher-wage-bills-to-come-back-next-year
— No change will happen with Democrats in charge – Rosemarie M. Gardner
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20181123/spotlight-no-change-will-happen-with-democrats-in-charge

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— What’s the time limit on evading financial disaster? – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-11-25/jim-dey-whats-the-time-limit-evading-financial-disaster.html
— Champaign County Republicans working on 2020 vision – Debra Pressey
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-11-25/champaign-county-republicans-working-2020-vision.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Less than three weeks after a brutal election outcome for Champaign County Republicans, they’re looking down the road at the next big challenge. That is: How to avoid another blue sweep of countywide offices in 2020. Six Champaign County-wide offices will be up for election when Americans choose their next president — county coroner, county recorder, circuit clerk, state’s attorney, circuit judge and county auditor. Democrat George Danos won the auditor’s office in the Nov. 6 election for a two-year unexpired term — which places the office back in play in 2020. And Circuit Judge Jason Bohm said he’ll be running as a Republican in his first election after being appointed to the bench earlier this year. Three other countywide offices up for election are currently held by Republicans — Circuit Clerk Katie Blakeman, Coroner Duane Northrup and Recorder Mark Shelden — and all three said they plan to run again in 2020. . .He sees three issues for his party to address. One is acknowledging it wasn’t a single problem — such as voter dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump — but multiple problems in the last election, “and we have to identify what those problems are and mitigate the ones we can’t get rid of,” he said. . .The Trump factor Republican county board member Jon Rector is also in a seat up for election in 2020. In 2016, he won by just 38 votes, “and two years from now, with what’s happening at the top of the ticket with the Republicans, it’ll be a challenge,” he said. . .Given his promise to always vote his conscience first and his party second on the county board, Rector said he found it disappointing that many voters didn’t do their homework. “These students on campus are so bright, and all they went by — they were told that Donald Trump is horrible and don’t vote for any local ‘R,'” he said. “I applaud them for voting, but they need to do their homework.” A particular challenge for Republicans at the local level, Shelden said, is that the average students who live outside the area but vote in Champaign County naturally gravitate toward national politics. “For the Republican Party, we absolutely need to have a better message for younger voters,” he said. Republican John Farney, who will be handing over the county treasurer’s office to Democratic opponent Laurel Prussing next month, said he ran his most grassroots campaign ever in the recent election — but work done by him and fellow GOP candidates couldn’t trump voter dissatisfaction with Washington. Some of the feedback he has gotten post-election is that he didn’t do enough to position himself as anti-Trump, Farney said, though he doesn’t see that making a difference. “A certain segment of the voting population sees Republican and thinks Trump, especially folks who are not tied into local issues,” he said. Despite the outcome, Farney said he still regards the campaign as having been a great experience — though he doubts he’ll ever run for office again. “I have a sense of relief that has come over me,” he said. “There are a lot of issues facing county government, and, quite honestly, the keys to the castle have been handed over to the local Democrats, and they’re going to have a lot of decisions to make over the next few years. And I wish them the best of luck.”)

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Public Universities Cost More, Graduate Fewer – SAM DUNKLAU
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/nationwide-data-illinois-public-universities-cost-more-graduate-fewer#stream/0

 

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Only the Ignorant Blame President Trump for Latest Illinois GOP Disaster – DOUG E. IBENDAHL
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14604

 

DUPAGE WATCHDOG
— Proposal to save taxpayers $6.2M [Open letter to] CUSD 200 Board members – Janet Shaw
http://dupagewatchdog.org/2018/11/proposal-to-save-taxpayers-6-2m/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
– CHICAGO’S DEPAUL UNIV. COURSE EXAMINES SOCIAL MEDIA AND ‘ATTACKS ON WOMEN AND QUEER PEOPLE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/chicagos-depaul-univ-course-examines-social-media-and-attacks-on-women-and-queer-people.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump and the ongoing culture war – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/25/trump-and-the-ongoing-culture-war/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since November 2016, the media and the progressive left have been pounding the same two claims. The first is that Donald Trump was not really elected, since Hillary Clinton got more popular votes. The second is that anyone who voted for Mr. Trump or supports him today is a white male supremacist bigot. And probably homophobic and xenophobic to boot. Regardless of actual race or sex. Regarding the first claim, Hillary’s national margin of 2.8 million votes can be explained entirely by California, which has become a one-party, socialist state with enormous potential for vote fraud. Mrs. Clinton collected 4.3 million more votes in the Golden State than Mr. Trump, and, as Investor’s Business Daily noted after the final count, “If you take California out of the popular vote equation, then Trump wins the rest of the country by 1.4 million votes. And if California voted like every other Democratic state — where Clinton averaged 53.5 percent wins — Clinton and Trump end up in a virtual popular vote tie.” There weren’t even any Republicans on the ballot in the U.S. Senate race, and no Republicans were running for House seats in nine of California’s 53 congressional districts, of which 45 now are represented by Democrats.)

 

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump: ‘All’ Asylum Seekers ‘Will Stay in Mexico’ Until Judge Approves Individual Claims Negotiations ongoing with the Mexican government – Paul Crookston
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/trump-asylum-seekers-will-stay-mexico-judge-approves-individual-claims/
— Divisions in the Country Are Larger Than Trump – Matthew Continetti (DIERSEN: Members of Group A are divided against members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://freebeacon.com/culture/continetti-divisions-country-larger-than-trump/

 

DAILY CALLER
— ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ COMPARES MIGRANT CARAVAN TO JEWS FLEEING HOLOCAUST – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) compare Republicans to Nazis and b) compare everyone else to Jews. Of course, that motivates Republicans a) to buy even more firearms for their self-defense and b) to buy even more ammunition for their self-defense.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/25/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-migrant-holocaust/
— MIGRANT CARAVAN TRIES TO STORM BORDER, US RESPONDS WITH TEAR GAS – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/25/migrant-caravan-storm-border/

 

FOX NEWS
— How the left is profiting from Trump hate – Kyle Smith
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/how-the-left-is-profiting-from-trump-hate

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump holds all the cards in caravan Mexico dealings – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/trump_hold_all_the_cards_in_caravan_mexico_dealings.html

 

BLAZE
— US agents fire tear gas at migrants attempting to breach fence along US-Mexico border – Teri Webster
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/25/us-agents-fire-tear-gas-at-migrant-group-attempting-to-breach-fence-along-us-mexico-border
— Mexico to deport migrants in caravan who tried to cross border illegally – Caleb Howe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/25/breaking-mexico-to-deport-migrants-in-caravan-who-tried-to-cross-border-illegally

 

BREITBART
— D.C. Experts Try to Split Trump Coalition, but Refuse any Immigration Reforms – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2018/11/25/dc-experts-try-to-split-donald-trump-coalition-but-refuse-any-immigration-reforms/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP SEEKS DEAL WITH MEXICO TO AVERT INVASION Agreement is aptly named “Remain in Mexico.” – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272051/trump-seeks-deal-mexico-avert-invasion-michael-cutler
— UN FURY OVER TRUMP PROTECTING AMERICANS FROM THIEVES An assembly of frauds defends Cuban thugs. – Humberto Fontova
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272010/un-fury-over-trump-protecting-americans-thieves-humberto-fontova

 

TOWNHALL
— President Trump vs. Chief Justice Roberts: Trump is in the Right – Arthur Schaper
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2018/11/26/president-trump-vs-chief-justice-roberts-trump-is-in-the-right-n2536459
— We Should Be Grateful We Did As Well As We Did in the Midterm Elections – Rachel Alexander (DIERSEN: 7 of the 19 Republican candidates on the ballot in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton with 512 registered voters won: Amy Grant (176 votes), State Representative, 42nd District; Dan Cronin (192 votes), DuPage County Chairman; James Mendrick (190 votes), DuPage Sheriff; Gwen Henry (259 votes), DuPage County Treasurer; Grant Eckhoff (178 votes), DuPage County Board, District 4; Darlene Ruscitti (248 votes), DuPage County Regional Superintendent of Schools; and Karen Wilson (190 votes), Circuit Court Judge. The aforesaid is in light of the fact that only 137 voted for Trump in the 2016 General Election while 211 voted for Clinton.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/11/26/we-should-be-grateful-we-did-as-well-as-we-did-in-the-midterm-elections-n2536461
(FROM THE ARTICLE: So why should we be glad for this mediocre performance? Because the Democrats dominate education, the media and Hollywood (they also dominate the legal system, but that’s another story for another day). And aging hippy Baby Boomers have raised the latest generation of adults, the Millennials. We should have done worse. The Democrats spent years brainwashing our children in the public schools and universities. K-12 and college youth are now taught that Republican ideals are racist, sexist, homophobic — so wrong that they must be censored out of society. Those who disagree with this groupthink are punished. It takes guts to stand up and be a pariah among your fellow students and risk getting a bad grade from your teachers. Democrats constitute 41 percent of K-12 teachers. Only 27 percent are Republicans. Half voted for Hillary Clinton in the 2016 presidential election, in contrast to 29 percent for Donald Trump. The school administration forces liberal curriculum on the teachers, which counters any conservatism they may have. Democratic professors in college outnumber Republicans even worse, 10 to 1. The Harvard University faculty backs Democrats 96 percent of the time. One of the few faculty members there who is not a Democrat was too afraid to comment about it. “Sorry, but the smart thing for me to do about this kind of issue is not to comment!” he said when asked for a comment by Fox News. The Democrats control most of the media, constantly spinning the news to make Republicans look mean and Democrats look like saints. More than 96 percent of donations from media figures to either of the two major-party presidential candidates went to Hillary Clinton. The three major TV broadcast networks have the most hostile coverage of a president in TV news history — 92 percent. Only eight percent of the coverage of Trump is positive. Hollywood movies do the same thing. I just watched “The First Purge,” which is a classic example of this bias. It features a party in power known as “The New Founding Fathers of America.” This administration starts a “purge,” where for one day a year, crime is legal and people are free to go around murdering other people and committing any crime they want. The NRA supports the purge. The administration justifies it with the need for population control of poor people. It’s the same old tired Hollywood plot to portray Republicans as evil and Democrats as righteous moral crusaders. Beautiful minorities comprise the opposition fighting back against this oppressive regime. Republicans are always portrayed as old white men and Democrats as that attractive person you’d like to be friends with. Teenage minds are more impressionable than adults; what are they going to think of the mostly white (translate: racist) party that wants to murder poor people? None of the stereotypes are accurate, it’s become pretty well-known lately that Democrats were the party of racism, and there are plenty of minorities in the Republican Party who don’t buy into the Democrats’ lies. Millennials reached voting age after the worst of this indoctrination and consequently vote more Democratic than previous generations. This was also due to the influence of their left-leaning Baby Boomer parents. NPR exit polls from the midterm elections reported that two-thirds of people age 18-29 voted Democrat, which is a major bump from previous midterms. They also turned out in bigger numbers than they did in the last midterms. Young-adult turnout surged by 188 percent in early voting compared with 2014. One quarter of all voters now are Millennials. I’ve said for years during Barack Obama’s presidency that Republicans would need a celebrity in order to take back the White House due to the amount of indoctrination — and sure enough, along came Donald Trump. Trump was a Democrat for much of his adult life, and palled around with the top Hollywood elites. He was able to attract a portion of the population that is wowed by celebrities. He may not reflect conservative values perfectly due to his background, but to the left’s dismay, he is getting a lot accomplished for Republicans. And he is making significant inroads against the left’s dominance of the media by tweeting directly to the American people every day. Fortunately, there are signs things may be changing. The #WalkAway and BLEXIT movements are composed of minorities leaving the Democrat Party and exposing its deception. As technology continues to evolve, there are new areas of influence online opening up to influence the younger generations, bypassing education, the media, Hollywood and their parents. And the children of Gen X are now becoming adults, who are more conservative than the Millennials. There is some hope we haven’t lost it all.)

 

WEEKLY STANDARD
— Can the News for Republicans in California Get Any Worse? – MICHAEL WARREN
https://www.weeklystandard.com/michael-warren/midterms-postmortem-the-gop-cant-even-win-in-orange-county-california

 

ONE AMERICA NEW NETWORK
— DHS Responds To Migrant Caravan Border Rush
https://www.oann.com/dhs-responds-to-migrant-caravan-border-rush/

 

THE HILL
— Tensions escalate at US-Mexico border – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/latino/418170-tensions-escalate-at-us-mexico-border
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s last, best chance for wall creates latest shutdown threat.”
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/417929-trumps-last-best-chance-for-wall-creates-latest-shutdown-threat

 

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Warning signs mount for Trump reelection bid.”
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/23/warning-signs-trump-reelection-bid-1012184

 

CBS NEWS
— Caravan confirms what Trump has been saying for weeks – Michael Graham
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/commentary-caravan-confirms-what-trump-has-been-saying-for-weeks/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Sunday, hundreds of would-be illegal immigrants gathered at the U.S. border to make a massive contribution to the Trump 2020 re-election campaign. They chanted that they weren’t bound by the idea of borders and laws (“We are not criminals! We are international workers!”). They hurled rocks at U.S. Border Patrol agents. They rushed the border itself, cutting holes in fencing and climbing walls. They forced authorities to use tear gas to protect themselves and turn back the mob. The San Ysidro Port of Entry was forced to close for more than five hours. In other words, they confirmed what President Trump has been saying for weeks about the caravan and what it represents. And, like clockwork, the president’s progressive opponents have been answering his extreme rhetoric with their own. The video of crowds of caravan participants pushing their way through border fencing or throwing rocks at uniformed Americans is disturbing. Even more disturbing is the fact that the caravan’s participants and organizers (like the subtly-named group “People Without Borders”) have been telegraphing their plans for weeks. Weeks ago, while media outlets criticized President Trump over the caravan issue and insisting that it posed no threat, actual participants were looking into TV cameras and announcing their intention to cross the U.S. border — no matter what. And now they’ve tried to do just that. The situation is so bad that Mexico’s interior department announced Sunday it will deport around 500 migrants because they ignored Mexican authorities and tried to cross the border “violently” and illegally.” Does it now seem so ludicrous to put a few thousand American soldiers at that border? The American Left still thinks so.)

 

NBC NEWS
— San Diego border crossing shut down after migrants try entering U.S. – Annie Rose Ramos and Tim Stelloh
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/san-diego-border-crossing-shut-down-after-migrants-try-entering-n939891

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Migrants in Tijuana Run to U.S. Border, but Fall Back in Face of Tear Gas – Maya Averbuch and Elisabeth Malkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/world/americas/tijuana-mexico-border.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to anti-Republicans who falsely claim to be Republican to give them standing to destroy Republicans? What do you say to anti-conservatives who falsely claim to be conservative to give them standing to destroy conservatives? https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/nyregion/gay-trump-supporters.html
— There’s a Stress Gap Between Men and Women. Here’s Why It’s Important. Between domestic duties and emotional labor, research shows, women are more stressed than men are — but it doesn’t have to be that way. Here’s what the data says, and how to take care of yourself. – Kristin Wong (DIERSEN: Are you a man? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argues/shouted a) that I have always had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because I was born a male and because I got married in 1978 and b) that therefore, because of the aforesaid, and because I am White, healthy, and I avoided the draft, I should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/smarter-living/stress-gap-women-men.html
— The Monopolization of America In one industry after another, big companies have become more dominant over the past 15 years, new data show. – David Leonhardt
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/opinion/monopolies-in-the-us.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who are anti-male and those who are male-haters promote hatred against males.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/25/world/international-day-violence-against-women.html
— G.M. to Stop Production at 5 Plants in U.S. and Canada – Neal E. Boudette (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in demonizing, in denigrating, and in condemning GM and GM vehicle owners in your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/business/general-motors-cutbacks.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-gop-is-now-the-party-of-neo-confederates/2018/11/25/d5d9dd88-f109-11e8-bc79-68604ed88993_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/11/26/is-it-possible-to-combat-appeals-to-prejudice-heres-new-evidence-from-duncan-hunters-anti-muslim-campaign-ad/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-democratic-majoritys-first-order-of-business-restore-democracy/2018/11/25/9aeb3dbe-ece2-11e8-96d4-0d23f2aaad09_story.html
— U.S. closes major crossing as caravan migrants mass at border in Mexico – Sarah Kinosian and Joshua Partlow
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/us-closes-major-crossing-as-caravan-migrants-mass-at-border-in-mexico/2018/11/25/f94aabe0-f0ea-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump and his supporters as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/in-the-united-states-right-wing-violence-is-on-the-rise/2018/11/25/61f7f24a-deb4-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html
— Should Trump Lose His Honorary Degrees? A group of Lehigh professors have been trying for two years to take one away from him. They’ve run into more than a little resistance. – Marilyn W. Thompson (DIERSEN: Do your critics/opponent demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you as being too conservative? Mine do. They would want NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT to take my degrees away because I am too conservative.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/magazine/wp/2018/10/22/feature/should-trump-lose-his-honorary-degrees/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps demonize, denigrate, and condemn “Southern politicians.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/11/26/how-southern-politicians-defended-white-supremacy-and-made-the-south-poorer/
— GM to lay off 15 percent of salaried workers, halt production at five plants in U.S. and Canada – Taylor Telford (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in demonizing, in denigrating, and in condemning GM and GM vehicle owners in your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2018/11/26/gm-lay-off-percent-salaried-workers-halt-production-five-plants-us-canada/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— San Ysidro border crossing closed for hours, U.S. fires tear gas as migrants rush toward border – WENDY FRY and SONALI KOHLI
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-border-crossing-20181125-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-sessions-marijuana-movement-2018-story.html

 

BOSTON GLOBE
— Migrants rush U.S. border in Tijuana, but fall back in face of tear gas – Maya Averbuch
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/nation/2018/11/25/migrants-rush-border-tijuana-but-fall-back-face-tear-gas/kwZZSftkJBsQtP1ZEPlCsI/story.html

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Mexico to deport migrants who rushed US border – AP
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-news-mexico-border-migrant-caravan-deport-20181126-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Incoming Mexican government says there is no ‘Remain in Mexico’ deal on migrants – William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/25/migrant-asylum-seekers-deal/2107726002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Donald Trump’s ‘America First’ nationalism betrays American values.”
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/25/donald-trump-america-first-nationalism-betrays-american-values-editorials-debates/2024321002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Conservatism Isn’t Dead Yet The great contradiction is between what liberals claim to believe and the way they live their own lives. – Bobby Jinda
https://www.wsj.com/articles/conservatism-isnt-dead-yet-1543176293
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Liberals rail against supposedly rampant structural inequalities, and cite disparate impacts as proof of inherent racism and sexism. Women and minorities are broadly disadvantaged, according to this perspective, due to the evils of “white privilege.” Structural bias counts more than individual effort, so that neither success nor failure is truly earned. . .Liberals embrace multiculturalism, claiming all cultures are at least morally and practically equivalent, while they also denigrate Western culture as intrinsically tied to a history of slavery and colonialism. College campuses are filled with students and professors arguing that America is the greatest threat to world peace and development. Yet despite the West’s imperfections, modern liberal democracy still offers the best governing system on earth to promote freedom and human dignity. Few women would willingly trade its equality for the female genital mutilations, child marriage, sex-selective abortions and other gender-based injustices found in other societies. Even a Churchillian acknowledgment from the left that American culture is the least-bad choice would be progress. Liberals have championed the sexual revolution to overturn traditional mores around ethics and marriage, and to promote freedom from restraint as the ultimate sexual—though not economic—good. Pursuing pleasure and abandoning restraint make for popular bumper stickers, song lyrics and movie plots. Yet the benefits of monogamy and fidelity, for both adults and the children they bring into the world, have been demonstrated repeatedly. Marriage and intact families are correlated with higher incomes, stronger economic growth, upward mobility, higher workforce-participation rates, decreased child poverty and lower dropout rates. Indeed, marriage is most common and more enduring among affluent, educated Americans. Liberal elites would rather folks do as they say, rather than as they do.)
— Migrants Rushing U.S. Border Dispersed By Tear Gas U.S. Customs and Border Protection said traffic at the border crossing between San Diego and Tijuana has been suspended – Juan Montes, Santiago Pérez and Robbie Whelan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrants-rushing-u-s-border-dispersed-by-tear-gas-1543184935
— GM Says It Will Cut 15% Of Salaried Workforce In North America GM Says It will Cut Several Car Models In U.S. By End of 2019 – Mike Colias (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in demonizing, in denigrating, and in condemning GM and GM vehicle owners in your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-says-it-will-cut-15-of-salaried-workforce-in-north-america-1543246232

 

THE WEEK
— Tension and tear gas at the border – Joel Mathis
https://theweek.com/articles/809277/tension-tear-gas-border

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans promote anti-Americans.
https://www.newsweek.com/let-them-all-americans-rally-southern-border-solidarity-migrant-caravan-amid-1230569

 

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans shout at White women and at everyone else that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once ad for all.
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/11/white-women-gop/576586/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in dividing families.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/how-politics-in-trumps-america-divides-families/576301/

 

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— How News Organizations Can Confront ‘Information Inequality’ – Matt DeRienzo (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponent, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, their dupes, those who pander to them, and those who give them money.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/industry-insight-how-news-organizations-can-confront-information-inequality/

 

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals and their children to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/26/migrant-caravan-disabled-children
https://www.theguardian.com/global/video/2018/nov/26/us-officers-fire-tear-gas-at-migrant-caravan-video

 

DAILY MAIL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump says “We will close the Border permanently if need be” and “threatens decisive action if Mexico does not deport caravan migrants. Disgusting criminal invaders use “women and children” to storm border.
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6429561/Trump-threatens-decisive-action-Mexico-does-not-deport-caravan-migrants-hundreds-storm-border.html

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illegals are anti-American. Anti-Americans side with the illegals.
https://socialistworker.org/2018/11/26/what-migrants-in-the-caravan-want-the-world-to-hear

November 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kane sheriff-elect has faced difficult transition due to questions over active duty – Megan Jones
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/news/ct-abn-ron-hain-active-duty-denied-st-1120-story.html
— Chicago youth marchers chant for peace, resources and justice – Joe Mahr
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-peace-march-1124-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans want America to dole out far more foreign aid and they want you to pay for it.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-central-america-migrants-caravan-aid-20181105-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote dependency on government and dependency on charity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-food-pantries-snap-food-stamps-public-charge-trump-food-assistance-1125-story.html

 

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazi, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://wgnradio.com/2018/11/24/walter-jacobsons-perspective-11-24-18-migrant-caravan-walking-towards-the-united-states/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Video gambling sees significant growth in Illinois – AP (DIERSEN: What percent of money lost video gambling is lost by people who are wards of the state now or will be wards of the state – 97%, 98%, 99+%? Every dollar that you lose gambling is a dollar that you do not save for your retirement.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181124/report-video-gambling-sees-significant-growth-in-illinois

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— On MSNBC, Michael Moore Rants Millions of ‘Racist’ Trump Fans Must Be ‘Shunned’ – Ryan Foley (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in shunning Republicans in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in the organizations that you are a member of? I should write a book about those who take the lead in shunning Republicans in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party. Of course, because I am a Republican, the aforesaid shun me.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2018/11/24/velshi-and-moore-push-universal-healthcare-argue-racist-trump

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— CARAVAN MIGRANT INVADER THROWS ROCKS AT BORDER PATROL – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272045/caravan-migrant-invader-throws-rocks-border-patrol-daniel-greenfield

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Media’s Credibility Is Dead – R.C. Maxwell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media makes it clear that it exists a) to defend and advance the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms and b) to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/the_medias_credibility_is_dead.html

 

THE HILL
— White House says it’s Dems who must work with Trump – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417950-the-memo-white-house-says-its-dems-who-must-work-with-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote protests of Trump’s Mississippi visit.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/418112-hundreds-planning-to-protest-trumps-mississippi-visit

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Contradicting Trump, Incoming Mexico Gov’t Denies Making Deal To Host Asylum Seekers Mexico’s future Interior Minister said there was “no agreement of any sort” with the U.S. despite an earlier report claiming otherwise. – Dominique Mosbergen
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mexico-asylum-migrant-deal-trump_us_5bfa5d83e4b0eb6d930f3155

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Southern Democrats’ White, Rural Problem – Jonathan Martin (DIERSEN: Who sees those who share your demographics as being a problem? Those who see my demographics as being a problem are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They want drive people like me out of a) my neighborhood, b) my precinct. c) Wheaton, d) Milton Township, e) DuPage County, f) Illinois, g) America, h) Milton Township Republican Central Committee, i) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, j) Illinois Republican Party, k) etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/us/politics/south-race-mississippi-senate.html
— Trying to Fight, Not Spread, Fear and Lies How can the media avoid the misinformation trap? – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: According to critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/opinion/sunday/media-midterms-trump.html
— FRONT PAGE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pusher push pot.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/24/business/marijuana-legalization-police-dogs.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want to destroy the traditional family crow about their successes.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/11/25/the-2018-blue-wave-included-quite-a-few-lgbt-wins-even-though-voters-are-still-wary-of-gay-and-trans-candidates/
— After midterms, Va. Republicans look for way forward, and Democrats try to build on gains – Laura Vozzella and Gregory S. Schneider (DIERSEN: The “way forward” for the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), for the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) that Democrats and Democrat plants want, that Libertarians and Libertarian plants want, that Greens and Green plants want, and that RINOs want a) is to condemn Trump and condemn Trump’s supporters, b) is to strike the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the IRP platform, c) is to dump those party leaders, precinct committeemen/captains, and voters who support the aforesaid planks, and d) is to dissolve the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/after-midterms-va-republicans-look-for-way-forward-and-democrats-try-to-build-on-gains/2018/11/24/cdaadbba-e927-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in getting minorities to hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.hutchnews.com/news/20181125/disapproval-of-trumps-handling-of-race-relations-hits-60-percent
— NOVEMBER 11, 2018 FLASHBACK: It’s not the economy, stupid! – Robert J. Samuelson (DIERSEN: For Democrats, it is promoting hatred against Trump and getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats. For Democrats, it is promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. For Democrats, it getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-not-the-economy-stupid/2018/11/11/e1da4040-e453-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Why Social Security benefits have lost a third of their buying power since 2000 – Christy Bieber (DIERSEN: Therefore, my Civil Service Retirement System pension has lost a third of its buying power since 2000. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are overjoyed about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/11/21/social-security-benefits-have-lost-a-third-of-their-buying-power-since-2000/38562483/
— Try these 4 mental tricks to save more for retirement – Dayana Yochim (DIERSEN: Federal employees under the Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) like I was for almost 30 years, are required to pay 7% of their salary into the CSRS.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/retirement/2018/11/24/retirement-mental-tricks-4-ways-psych-yourself-up-save-money-now/2026826002/

 

BOSTON HERALD
— Asylum caravan’s future Democrats dream of life in Land of the Free (Stuff) – Howie Carr (DIERSEN: How much “free stuff” do anti-Trumps offer illegals in the following: your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America? How much money in the form of increased taxes are anti-Trumps in the aforesaid going to make you pay to give illegals “free stuff?”)
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/columnists/howie_carr/2018/11/howie_carr_asylum_caravans_future_democrats_dream_of_life_in_land
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Thanksgiving’s over, so now it’s back to covering the ongoing invasion — I mean, the asylum caravan — on the southern border of the United States. Invasion — that’s how the lawless mobs seeking the eternal gravy train are described by both the president of the U.S. and the mayor of Tijuana, where the hordes are currently getting drunk and creating their own local crime wave while massing for the upcoming big crossing. It’ll be like the 49ers, or the Sooners, only this mob won’t be looking for gold or land. They’ll be sprinting toward the welfare offices of the gringos. Everything free in America! Proudly waving the flags of the hellhole countries that they claim “persecuted” them, the vast majority of these invaders will end up on the dole, voting Democrat to protect their handouts, just like the tens of millions who preceded them to the Land of the Free (Stuff). We are told the “Dreamers” are the best of the illegal immigrants. Yet according to a Harvard researcher, even 74 percent of them are indigent wards of the state. Where do the working classes of America go to get “asylum” from the millions of foreign criminals swarming across the border? Speaking of asylum, there’s interesting local news this week about some infamous “asylum” seekers, i.e., welfare recipients. Remember the Tsarnaev brothers, Muslim mass murderers from the Third World? These terrorists came here for “asylum,” lived in Section 8 housing, flaunted their EBT cards, gamed college scholarships and MassHealth benefits and finally expressed their gratitude by murdering their American benefactors. Now the lawyers for the younger Tsarnaev fiend have filed briefs reiterating what we already knew — that the older brother, Tamerlan “Speedbump” Tsarnaev, celebrated the 10th anniversary of 9/11 back in 2011 by slitting the throats of three Americans in Waltham — Jewish Americans. “Committing jihad,” as one of the other terrorists is quoted as saying in the court filing. Of course, not all invaders participating in the “fundamental transformation” of America want to commit jihad. Some just want to commit crimes, because they know nothing will happen to them when they do. Consider Luis Rodrigo Perez, a Dreamer, age 23, illegal immigrant from Mexico. His dream was to murder Americans, and this month he has succeeded beyond his wildest dreams, thanks to the fact that New Jersey refused to hold him on an ICE detainer when he was jailed on domestic violence charges. Not only did New Jersey Democrats not honor the feds’ detainer, they didn’t even tell ICE when they cut him loose. Days later, the career criminal was in Springfield, Mo., accused of murdering three Americans. Two were heard begging for their lives. He allegedly wounded two others before finally being collared. Last week a video went viral of a Mexican illegal immigrant in Arkansas shooting at cops. Luis Cabos-Cenabio had two previous arrests during the Obama years, but the Democrats decided he should remain in the country, on welfare. America wasn’t always like this. Once we were a sovereign nation. We had borders, and everyone had to obey the law, not just taxpayers, citizens and legal immigrants. But something happened. Fifty-five years ago today, John F. Kennedy was buried. With JFK’s murder, something happened to the American psyche, at least the Democrats’ psyche. Eighteen months later, at the behest of Ted Kennedy, the Democrats passed the Immigration Reform Act of 1965. The floodgates opened, and the slaughter began. Now the Democrats demand ever more of what’s destroying this country — illegal immigration. Lee Harvey Oswald, or whoever killed JFK, has a lot to answer for.)

 

TIMES NEWS
— Yes, there are Obama judges – Marc A. Thiessen (DIERSEN: The judges who ruled against me in Diersen v. GAO (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) made it very clear that they have no problem with political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.thetimesnews.com/opinion/20181125/column-yes-there-are-obama-judges

 

BALTIMORE SUN
— Japan: ‘We need more workers’ – Simon Denyer
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20181124/281668256026866

 

ATLANTIC
— Don’t Bet on Comprehensive Immigration Reform in the New Congress Even with a Democratic House majority, the most plausible immigration deal might only help the “Dreamers” and those with temporary protected status. – PRISCILLA ALVAREZ
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/11/democrats-are-divided-immigration-reform/576457/

 

NOLA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans shout at everyone who is not an American citizen to become an American citizen by seeking asylum in America.
https://www.nola.com/news/2018/11/immigrants-have-a-right-to-seek-asylum-its-the-law-opinion.html

 

INTERCEPT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote hatred against the U.S. military.
https://theintercept.com/2018/11/24/trump-border-military-deployment/

November 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Jim Acosta, on a peacock’s crusade, wins because of Trump-appointed judge – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-john-kass-jim-acosta-20181116-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-marijuana-prices-problem-20181117-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: LGBTQ promoters promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/holiday/giftguide/sc-cons-lgbtq-gifts-photogallery.html
— TRAGIC: Millennials — especially those earning over $70K — plan to spend big on their pets this holiday season – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Every dollar spent on pets is a dollar not saved for retirement. What percent of those in America a) are wards of the state and/or b) plan on being wards of the state when they get older?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/pets/ct-life-millennials-holiday-spending-pets-20181116-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: We knew sexism would show up, when five women are running for Chicago mayor – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/chicago-mayoral-race-women-candidates-sexism-politics-susana-mendoza/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/cannabis-marijuana-pot-topics-cdb-oil/

 

ABC7
— Joe Biden, former vice president, adopts German shepherd named Major – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/joe-biden-adopts-adorable-shelter-dog/4709759/

 

WGN TV
— School boards vote ‘no’ on proposal to allow armed teachers in Illinois – MIKE LOWE
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/17/school-boards-vote-no-on-proposal-to-arm-illinois-teachers/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois medical marijuana companies work to expand – AP
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181117/illinois-medical-marijuana-companies-work-to-expand

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A closer look at general election – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-11-18/tom-kacich-closer-look-general-election.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Women who are anti-men vote for women who are anti-men.
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/rich-miller-new-female-candidates-make-marks/article_97618960-8193-5917-91cf-665d694faa9d.html
— Activists call for tuition-free SIUC as enrollment, cost of attending continue to diverge – Gabriel Neely-Streit
https://herald-review.com/news/local/education/activists-call-for-tuition-free-siuc-as-enrollment-cost-of/article_b36a1401-a762-5504-9f99-b90bad63da54.html

 

QUINCY HERALD WHIG
— Attorneys argue requiring gun permits is unconstitutional – AP
https://www.whig.com/article/20181117/AP/311179899#

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Discrimination lawsuit expanded vs Pritzker campaign, accuses Lt. Gov-elect Stratton of defamation – Jonathan Bilyk
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511635961-discrimination-lawsuit-expanded-vs-pritzker-campaign-accuses-lt-gov-elect-stratton-of-defamation
— Pending workers comp bill will dramatically spike litigation, lawyer says – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511631494-pending-workers-comp-bill-will-dramatically-spike-litigation-lawyer-says

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— No shame: Bill to loot pensions for pols revived in Illinois legislature – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/no_shame_bill_to_loot_pensions_for_pols_revived_in_illinois_legislature.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Migrant caravan meets hostility in Tijuana: ‘Go back to your country!’ – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/18/migrant-caravan-meets-hostility-tijuana/

 

HOT AIR
— Tijuana Mayor On Arriving Migrant Caravan: ‘It’s A Tsunami’ – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/17/tijuana-mayor-migrant-caravan-tsunami/
— A New Sanctuary City For Second Amendment Rights – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/17/new-sanctuary-city-second-amendment-rights/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP FIRES OFF BLISTERING TWEETS OVER NYT STORY CLAIMING HE’S QUESTIONED PENCE’S LOYALTY – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/17/trump-tweets-nyt-pence-loyalty/

 

BREITBART
— Texas Representative Brian Babin: ‘We Cannot Continue to Have Open Borders’ – Kyle Morris
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/17/texas-representative-brian-babin-we-cannot-continue-to-have-open-borders/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— ‘Indivisible’ Anti-Trump Strategy: Obstruct. Disrupt. Sabotage. Delay. Defame. Accuse. Investigate. Agitate. Impeach – William F. Jasper
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30672-indivisible-anti-trump-strategy-obstruct-disrupt-sabotage-delay-defame-accuse-investigate-agitate-impeach

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN: All Pro-Trump White Women Are ‘Racist,’ Benefit from ‘White Supremacy’ – Brad Wilmou
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2018/11/17/cnn-pro-trump-white-women-are-racist-benefit-white-supremacy
— When Will CNN Stand Up for a Free Press? – Jeffrey Lord
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2018/11/17/when-will-cnn-stand-free-press

 

TOWNHALL
— Should Term Limits Exist for Media Outlets? – Paul Jacob
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauljacob/2018/11/18/should-term-limits-exist-for-media-outlets-n2536139

 

NEWSMAX
— Caravan Contagion: Could Migrant Wave Pose Major Health Risk? – Todd Beamon
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/caravan-border-health-risks/2018/11/18/id/891115/

 

EPOCH NEWS
— President Trump Says Troops to Stay at Border ‘As Long as Necessary’ – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/president-trump-says-troops-to-stay-at-border-as-long-as-necessary_2718100.html

 

CANADA FREE PRESS
— When You Reward Something, the More You Get of it! – Chuck Lehmann
https://canadafreepress.com/article/when-you-reward-something-the-more-you-get-of-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Well, well, how true that statement is especially when it refers to our treatment of illegal aliens. When we give people who have “invaded” our country (even non-militarily) illegally, and we give them food, shelter, clothing, education, health care, sanctuary cities, and a drivers license, you know right away that our benevolence will attract others to do the same, it’s almost like a magnet. In other words, when you reward something the more you get of it. Common sense tells us that if we weren’t so generous to those people we call “illegal aliens” (according to liberals – they’re undocumented workers), the flow of these illegals into our country would drop to a trickle as there would be no incentive for them to not get the “goodies” that we now give them. Why is that so difficult for liberals to understand? Is there a political motive that influences their thought processes? Could it be that they expect these “future citizens” to be reliable Democrat voters? Sounds about right, doesn’t it? But, when you ask a liberal, if someone, he/she doesn’t know, walks through his/her front door uninvited and demands that you take care of them, would you let them stay or would you summon the police to have them removed? The overwhelming answer of these liberals would be “NO” they can’t stay, so why are they against a tightening up the border (with a fence that President Trump wants put in place) in order to prevent letting people into our country that have not been invited? You could deduce that liberals have a “double-standard” and their resistance to tightening up the border is a valid case in point. This column’s headline also applies to other situations affecting our country, like lowering the standards in our schools (the “dumbing” down of the curriculum) and not sufficiently punishing disruptive students, thereby preventing learning from taking place for the students who want to learn. Also, when people in government, in high elective or appointed offices, violate the rules of conduct and they get off with no or little punishment (a slap on the wrist), you’ll get more illegal behavior ( a play on our headline might go like this, “When you reward bad behavior, you get more of it”). The obvious case in point is the rules that Hillary Clinton violated while in office and still no punishment has been meted out because of a two-tier justice system, one for the well connected and one for the rest of us poor slobs. Now, we are faced with another problem that will affect society, and that is the major push by some influential people to legalize drugs. We’ve started with the legalization of marijuana in a few of the states of the union, with more to come on board in the near future. Again, you see that when you reward something, you get more of it. The adverse effects of the legalization of marijuana already has had a negative effect in the State of Colorado where traffic accidents and deaths have spiked up dramatically since legalization. Although marijuana is not a hard drug like cocaine and heroin, it is still a mind altering drug that does affect the person using it, and legalizing it has more people using it, not for medicinal use, but for recreational use. So, in conclusion, when you reward something, you get more of it, can be considered a sane conclusion in those areas mentioned above. It’s just common sense. So, be wary of those who want to do away with our tried and true rules of conduct that have been handed down through the ages, it might just be a change for the worst, not the better.)

 

THE HILL
— Clashes reported at conservative rally in Philadelphia – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/news/417273-clashes-reported-at-conservative-rally-in-philadelphia
— Rise of big cities push Texas to swing-state territory — maybe by 2020 – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/417140-rise-of-big-cities-push-texas-to-swing-state-territory-maybe-by-2020

 

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about a) their success in promoting hatred against Trump and b) their success in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republican-bastions-democrats-gains-traditionally-conservative-districts/story?id=59217697

 

CBS NEWS
— Counter-protesters, protesters spar at conservative rally in Philadelphia – GRACE SEGERS
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/conservative-rally-in-philadelphia-counter-protesters-gather-2018-11-17/

 

CBS PHILADELPHIA
— ‘We’re Not Letting People Into Our Country Illegally’: Trump Speaks About Migrant Caravan Heading For United States
https://philadelphia.cbslocal.com/video/3979968-were-not-letting-people-into-our-country-illegally-trump-speaks-about-migrant-caravan-heading-for-united-states/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: America’s Election Grid Remains a Patchwork of Vulnerabilities – Mike McIntire, Michael Wines and Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/usa-voting-system-elections.html
— A Gay Councilman in Texas, Ousted From Office, Says He Was Blackmailed With Naked Photos – Mihir Zaveri
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/gay-councilman-election-recall-texas.html
— Zuckerberg Defends Company in Friday Meeting With Employees – Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/technology/facebook-mark-zuckerberg.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump Is Beginning to Lose His Grip. It isn’t just white suburban women who switched to Democrats. Parts of rural and white working class America peeled off too.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/opinion/sunday/trump-is-beginning-to-lose-his-grip.html
— Midterms Aside, Big Donors See a Leftward Path to Beating Trump – Kenneth P. Vogel
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/politics/democratic-donors-2020.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-males use bad prisoners and bad male prison guards to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn males.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/us/prison-sexual-harassment-women.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The White House reporters who made presidents fume long before Jim Acosta Before the CNN correspondent, there was Gannett’s May Craig, ABC’s Sam Donaldson and UPI’s Helen Thomas – Ronald G. Shafer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2018/11/18/white-house-reporters-who-made-presidents-fume-long-before-jim-acosta/

 

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— 4 arrested, but calm mostly prevails at ‘We the People’ rally on Independence Mall – Chris Palmer, Bethany Ao and Stephan Salisbury
http://www2.philly.com/philly/news/proud-boys-rally-trump-philadelphia-nationalist-nazis-20181117.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— Jim Acosta abused his privileges as a member of the press – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2018/11/17/jim-acosta-abused-his-privileges-as-a-member-of-the-press/

 

NBC SAN DIEGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans help anti-Americans.
https://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/San-Diego-Group-Collecting-Items-to-Help-Migrant-Caravan-500772651.html

 

HERALD DISPATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting women a) to hate Trump and b) to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
http://www.herald-dispatch.com/opinion/the-gop-s-woman-problem-grows-worse/article_fac79955-2f1c-51c6-b187-3a0551d25678.html

 

GLOBE POST
— Is Judge’s Ruling in CNN Case a Victory for Free Speech? CNN’s White House reporter Jim Acosta got his press credentials back, but if a reporter’s aggressive questioning could get him thrown out, other journalists may self-censor. This could compromise the watchdog function that the White House press corps is supposed to provide. – Steven Mulroy
https://theglobepost.com/2018/11/18/cnn-acosta-free-speech/

 

WORKERS WORLD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites rally in Philadelphia. Ever-increasingly, anti-Whites call you a racist if you are not anti-White.
https://www.workers.org/2018/11/17/thousands-in-philly-say-no-to-white-supremacy/

November 16 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

NEW REPUBLIC
— The Republicans Broke Congress. Democrats Can Fix It. A roadmap for House Democrats between now and the 2020 election – NORMAN J. ORNSTEIN (DIERSEN: If Gingrich had not gutted GAO in 1990s, I might still be a GAO employee. Gingrich had to know that the Democrats who ran GAO in the 1990s would use his tremendous budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s employees like me who were Republican, and especially those like me who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Gingrich knew full-well that because of his tremendous budget cuts, GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) that Gingrich had no problem with that. They stress that Gingrich, Hastert, Republican U.S. Senators from Illinois, and Republican U.S. Representatives from Illinois have not come to my defense.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/152127/republicans-broke-congress-democrats-can-fix-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For many decades, Congress has provided orientations for its new members. These used to be bipartisan, including a wide range of experts who taught newcomers the rules of how Congress works. After Newt Gingrich’s speakership in the 1990s, they became more partisan and generally less effective. The Democrats will need a much more robust orientation for members, new and otherwise, who have never served in the majority—and the same for staff. There should also be training about how to conduct investigations—there’s going to be a lot to investigate—how to do oversight, how to ask questions of witnesses, and how to use the alphabet soup of resources available to Congress, from CBO to GAO to CRS.)

November 13 Morning Edition

ROLL CALL
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger ‘Disgusted’ By Trump Mocking Unseated Republicans ‘Some of them lost because people, frankly, were voting against the president,’ GOP congressman says – Emily Kopp (DIERSEN: Democrats won on November 6, 2018 because of  Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/rep-adam-kinzinger-disgusted-by-trump-mocking-unseated-republicans
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As President Donald Trump the day after Election Day read off a list of defeated Republicans whose losses he attributed to not embracing his endorsement on the campaign trail, Illinois Republican Rep. Adam Kinzinger watched in disgust. “I wish the president had shown some more grace in that and said ‘Thank you for your service,’ instead of ‘It’s because you didn’t back me,’” the 16th District congressman said in an interview with CNN Tuesday. “I was very disgusted when I heard that.” Last week Trump identified Carlos Curbelo, Mike Coffman, Peter Roskam, Erik Paulsen, Bob Hugin, John Faso and Mia Love as candidates who “didn’t want the embrace.” Kinzinger made a different case: That some of those candidates suffered losses in a wave of backlash to the White House. “Some of them lost because people, frankly, were voting against the president,” he said. Kinzinger’s critique follows similar comments by retiring Republican Rep. Ryan Costello of Pennsylvania, who likened the president’s chiding words to “dancing on somebody’s grave.” Costello declined to run for reelection this cycle, facing tough political realities in his district. Costello also placed the blame for the party’s losses squarely on the president’s shoulders. He said even candidates who eschewed Trump on the campaign trail should be credited with advancing the White House’s policy agenda. “The president should be thanking them for putting up the tough votes,” he said last week.)

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Michelle Obama’s book.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/books/ct-books-becoming-michelle-obama-1113-story.html
(FROM THE PROMOTION: Michelle Obama manages to be inspirational, direct and naive about race and gender politics. She wonders after the 2016 election “about what led so many women, in particular, to reject an exceptionally qualified female candidate and instead choose a misogynist as their president.” The misclassification is glaring: More than 90 percent of black women voted for Hillary Clinton, but more than half of white women voted for Trump. But now, her life in politics is over. No, Michelle Obama will not run for office. The attendant “nastiness” and “tribal segregation” of the political climate soured her to the prospect. Obama names her husband’s successor fewer than a dozen times over 426 pages, but her loathing is clear. His lies about President Obama’s birthplace were “deliberately meant to stir up the wingnuts and kooks,” she writes. “What if someone with an unstable mind loaded a gun and drove to Washington? … Donald Trump, with his loud and reckless innuendos, was putting my family’s safety at risk. And for this, I’d never forgive him.” Again, she saw what was coming. In November 2011, a man who had said Obama “needed to be shot” fired a semi-automatic rifle at the White House. Bullets hit a window, a window frame and the roof. “Becoming” was finished before a white nationalist killed 11 people in a Pittsburgh synagogue in October — and before a registered Republican and fan of Hitler allegedly sent pipe bombs to CNN, 12 high-profile Democrats and Trump critics this fall. Yet one can sense Obama’s disappointment, as the pendulum of progressiveness and inclusivity swung to a nation pocked with white nationalists, neo-Nazis, alt-righters who welcomed a bullier-in-chief into the White House.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Michelle Obama’s book.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-michelle-obama-visit-20181112-story.html
(FROM THE PROMOTION: As she often does, Obama leaned on her personal narrative to encourage the teenagers to find their voices and use them. Rather than condemn systemic inequality, structural racism and gender bias, Obama told the students they could win allies by first acknowledging to themselves that their unique experiences are their strengths. “It’s important for you guys, that when you are at the table, you bring your full voice,” she told them. Obama subtly commented on issues she’s rarely talked about publicly before. “You think there are certain voices that are more important than others,” she said. “And they look a certain way, they have a certain title. That gets us into a lot of trouble, when we measure people just by what I call people’s stats, and not their story,” she said.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An NRA-hater promotes hatred of NRA.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-nra-tweet-stay-in-your-lane-1112-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Republicans promote voter fraud.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-republicans-voter-fraud-laughable-20181112-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Divestment will burn firefighters’ pensions – Jay Fisher
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181113/divestment-will-burn-firefighters-pensions
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Criminals vote for Democrats. Democrats want criminals to vote.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181113/are-we-sincere-about-second-chances
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Michelle Obama’s book.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181113/editorial-lessons-worth-reflection-from-a-former-first-lady

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago loses Amazon HQ2 The city’s bid comes to an end, the Wall Street Journal reports, and the city misses what might be the biggest economic-development prize ever. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/john-pletz-technology/chicago-loses-amazon-hq2
— It’s time for Pritzker to level with us about taxes and spending During his successful campaign for governor, J.B. Pritzker revealed little about his tax and spending plans. Now that he’s won, slogans parading as a campaign platform won’t do anymore. – DAVID GREISING
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/its-time-pritzker-level-us-about-taxes-and-spending

 

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— The war for the soul of America – Pat Buchanan
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/buchanan-the-war-for-the-soul-of-america/article_c1468f83-a429-5e64-aec0-95c9d808154a.html

 

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— OUTSTANDING: Macon County board OKs resolution supporting 2nd Amendment – RYAN VOYLES
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/macon-county-board-oks-resolution-supporting-nd-amendment/article_a29568bc-45b3-5f67-a955-2ad34d9f423b.html

 

WJBC
— Rep. Brady seeks to make lemonade from lemons as Democratic governor takes control
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/11/12/rep-brady-seeks-to-make-lemonade-from-lemons-as-democratic-governor-takes-control/

 

DEPAULIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Casten and Underwood won because of a) Democrat success in promoting hatred against Trump and b) Democrat success in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://depauliaonline.com/37754/news/roskam-and-underwood-defeat-republican-incumbents/
— Rauner loses gubernatorial race after a single rocky term – Carina Smith
https://depauliaonline.com/37749/news/rauner-loses-gubernatorial-race-after-a-single-rocky-term/

 

WIREPOINTS
— Gov. Jim Edgar’s starring role in Illinois’ pension crisis: It’s bigger than just the “Edgar Ramp” – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/gov-jim-edgars-starring-role-in-illinois-pension-crisis-its-bigger-than-just-the-edgar-ramp/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner, Pritzker to make “unity” appearance at scaled-down bicentennial event
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/13/rauner-pritzker-to-make-unity-appearance-at-scaled-down-bicentennial-event/

 

FOX NEWS
— Chicago’s Emanuel gives advice to Dems in House: divide and conquer – Andrew O’Reilly (DIERSEN: I should write a book about anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) who focus on dividing and conquering the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP, that is, who focus on destroying the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP. The aforesaid focus on destroying those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms. The aforesaid focus on destroying those like me who oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/chicagos-emanuel-gives-advice-to-dems-in-house-divide-and-conquer

 

GOPUSA
— Tijuana braces for arrival of thousands as Central American caravan moves north
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58972

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— PRESIDENTIAL PROCLAMATION ADDRESSES MASSIVE ILLEGAL ‘MIGRANT’ CARAVAN A dire national security threat. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271910/presidential-proclamation-addresses-massive-michael-cutler

 

DAILY CALLER
— EVERY WEEK, ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS DWARF CARAVAN THAT’S ‘HUNDREDS OF MILES AWAY’ – Will Racke
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/12/illegal-border-crossings-week-caravan/

 

CNS NEWS
— Graham: ‘I Support’ Trump Policy That Illegals Cannot Apply for Asylum – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/graham-i-support-trump-policy-illegals-cannot-apply-asylum

 

HOT AIR
— WSJ: Did Facebook Fire An Executive For Supporting Trump? – ED MORRISSEY
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/12/wsj-facebook-fire-executive-supporting-trump/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— One Week Later: The Midterms Don’t Look So Good For the GOP – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/one-week-later-the-midterms-dont-look-so-good-for-the-gop/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Is Right: Honest Vote Count No Longer Possible
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29121

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— When Obama ejected reporters, the media yawned – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/when_obama_ejected_reporters_the_media_yawned.html
— Dealing with Gun Violence and Mental Illness – Peter Olsson, MD
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/dealing_with_gun_violence_and_mental_illness.html
— Ending Election Fraud – Daniel John Sobieski (DIERSEN: There are two large cemeteries in my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/ending_election_fraud.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: That second batch of 4,000 was enough to flip the election to the Democrat. As Mayor Daley might say, his voice rising from a cemetery precinct, just tell me how many votes do you need? Or as Soviet dictator Joseph Stalin once reportedly observed, “The people who cast the votes decide nothing. The people who count the votes decide everything.”)

 

POLITICAL INSIDER
— Here’s All the Times Obama Ejected the Media (DIERSEN: I should write a book about adverse actions taken against me by activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/times-obama-ejected-media-reporters/

 

POLITICO
— Flake floats GOP primary run against Trump: ‘Somebody needs to run’ The retiring Arizona senator isn’t ruling out a 2020 bid. John Kasich or Ben Sasse would be good, too, he said. – BURGESS EVERETT (DIERSEN: One could argue that Rauner wanted a primary challenge from the right. One could argue that he saw his defeating a primary challenger from the right would get him many votes from the left.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/09/flake-2020-trump-980914
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats won because of a) Democrat success in promoting hatred against Trump and b) Democrat success in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/11/13/2018-election-analysis-democrats-republicans-politics-222412

 

THE HILL
— Trump’s hostile takeover of the GOP – JUAN WILLIAMS
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/416088-juan-williams-trumps-hostile-takeover-of-the-gop
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Promoting “inclusion” is code for getting rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/416259-voters-chose-the-politics-of-inclusion
— CNN sues Trump administration over pulling Acosta press pass – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have constructively pulled my GOPUSA Illinois press pass since 2000. I would focus on those who are/were activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/416383-cnn-sues-trump-admin-over-pulling-acostas-press-pass

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their a) success in promoting LGBTQ activity and b) success in getting rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/opinion-gop-antigay-candidates-midterms_us_5be8566ee4b0e8438899137c

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters call you a White supremacist if you do not hate Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/13/hate-groups-cheer-midterms-president-trump-nationalist-sara-sidner-pkg-ac-vpx.cnn
— CNN sues President Trump and top White House aides for barring Jim Acosta – Brian Stelter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have constructively pulled my GOPUSA Illinois press pass since 2000. I would focus on those who are/were activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/13/media/cnn-sues-trump/index.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— America-haters say “Trump Dreams Up Another Immigrant Crisis The president turns to an old ploy to justify a new ban on people seeking refuge.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/opinion/trump-caravan-asylum-immigration-border.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Meet the New House Democrats: They May Not Toe the Party Line The freshman House Democrats are the most diverse, most female class in history — and span the ideological spectrum. They arrive in Washington for orientation this week. – Sheryl Gay Stolberg (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party will insist that they will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/house-democrats-new.html
— Trump’s Tax Cut Was Supposed to Change Corporate Behavior. Here’s What Happened. Nearly a year after the tax cut, economic growth has accelerated. Wage growth has not. Companies are buying back stock and business investment is a mixed bag. – Jim Tankersley and Matt Phillips
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/business/economy/trumps-tax-cut-was-supposed-to-change-corporate-behavior-heres-what-happened.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— It’s not the economy, stupid! – Robert J. Samuelson (DIERSEN: For Democrats, it is promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. For Democrats, it getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/its-not-the-economy-stupid/2018/11/11/e1da4040-e453-11e8-ab2c-b31dcd53ca6b_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says that Sessions is a “doughty bigot.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/12/jeff-sessions-the-doughty-bigot/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say that Black women journalists are taking the lead in bringing Trump down.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/11/12/when-black-women-journalists-fight-back/
— CNN sues Trump administration, asking court to restore Jim Acosta’s White House press pass after testy exchange with the president (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have constructively pulled my GOPUSA Illinois press pass since 2000. I would focus on those who are/were activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/national/wp/2018/11/13/cnn-sues-trump-administration-asking-court-to-restore-jim-acostas-white-house-press-pass-after-testy-exchange-with-the-president/

 

USA TODAY
— Black, Hispanic homeownership rates remain stuck below whites – Janna Herron (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had been a minority, I would NOT have gotten mortgages a) to buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, b) to buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, and c) to buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had been a minority, my wife and I would NOT have gotten mortgages a) to buy 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and b) to have 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/11/13/housing-market-black-hispanic-homeownership-rates-below-whites/1917973002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Built a Big Tent; Can They Keep It? Party broadened its appeal in midterms, but it must watch for split between progressives and moderates – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party is a coalition of those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-built-a-big-tent-can-they-keep-it-1542037487
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chinese-students-help-america-innovate-1542066465
— CNN Sues Trump Administration Over Jim Acosta Press Credentials The network says revocation of reporter’s credentials violates CNN and Acosta’s First Amendment rights – Joe Flint (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who make it clear that they want end my First Amendment rights. They focus on stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. They focus on stopping everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cnn-sues-trump-administration-over-jim-acosta-presscredentials-1542119994

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters love women journalists who try to bring Trump down.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/averyblank/2018/11/12/women-journalists-are-rising-to-the-occasion-in-the-trump-era/

 

INC.
— A Former Facebook Exec May Have Been Dismissed for Supporting Trump Before cutting Oculus co-founder Palmer Luckey, Facebook reportedly urged him to support Libertarian presidential candidate Gary Johnson. – Guadalupe Gonzalez (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were furious that I supported a) Bob Dole for President in 1996, b) Bush for President in 1992 and 1988, c) Reagan for President in 1984 and 1980, d) Ford for President in 1976, e) Nixon for President in 1972 and 1968, f) Goldwater for President in 1964, and g) Nixon for President in 1960.)
https://www.inc.com/guadalupe-gonzalez/palmer-luckey-facebook-oculus-co-founder.html

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you support Trump, the more that Trump-haters call you a racist.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/republican-denial-trumps-racism-absurd.html

 

NEW YORK BOOKS
— ‘I’m not the Resistance, I’m a reporter’: An Interview with April Ryan – Claudia Dreifus (DIERSEN: Diersen says “I am not an operative or a dupe for anyone, I am a reporter.” While Ryan promotes the Democrat Party platform, I promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2018/11/12/im-not-the-resistance-im-a-reporter-an-interview-with-april-ryan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the top of Donald Trump’s journalistic enemies list is April Ryan, the fifty-one-year-old American Urban Radio Networks correspondent. Ryan—who has covered the presidency for more than two decades—is also an on-air political analyst for CNN and the author of three books, including the recently released Under Fire: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Trump White House. Around Washington, D.C., Ryan holds the title “Dean of the White House Press Corps.” “I watched her get up,” the president fumed last week before departing for Paris. “I mean, you talk about somebody that’s a loser. She doesn’t know what the hell she’s doing… She’s very nasty, and she shouldn’t be… You’ve got to treat the White House and the Office of the Presidency with respect.” What Trump may find disrespectful is that Ryan has a penchant for asking tough questions on topics he’d doesn’t want to hear about: voter suppression, civil rights, Russia. Ryan is also black, female, middle-aged, and resolute. In January 2018, she asked, “Mr. President, are youa racist?” This boldness has made Ryan the target of Trump’s more ardent followers. She receives frequent death threats. On a reporter’s salary, she’s had to hire a full-time bodyguard. There are reports that Cesar Sayoc Jr., who is accused of sending pipe bombs to Hillary Clinton, George Soros, Barack Obama, and others, also had Ryan on his mailing list. We spoke for two hours in New York City in the early fall, and then again, twice after the November 6 election, by telephone. An edited and condensed version of the conversations follows.)

 

REASON
— Are Democrats Now the Party of the Rich? The Trump rebranding of the GOP as a working class party coincides with a number of super-rich Democrats winning high-profile elections. – Ira Stoll
https://reason.com/archives/2018/11/12/are-democrats-now-the-party-of-the-rich

 

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity despise if not hate Trump, but then again, those who promote LGBTQ activity despise if not hate all heterosexuals who do not serve their operatives or dupes.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2018/11/trumps-support-nationalism-code-fascism-actions-prove/

 

HR NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Employers often get advice on how to discriminate without getting caught.
http://hrnews.co.uk/age-discrimination-interviewee-denied-job-because-of-his-age/

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Suggestion for Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains: Take a copy of the sample ballot for the November 6, 2018 election for your precinct to the residences in your precinct that have at least one Republican or one Independent registered voter that shows how many votes each candidate got in your precinct and the percentage turnout in your precinct. A copy of what I am distributing in my precinct is at https://gopillinois.com/documents/. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

November 12 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Bill Foster leading the charge against Nancy Pelosi becoming House Speaker – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rep-bill-foster-illinois-democrat-leading-charge-against-nancy-pelosi-becoming-house-speaker/
— Oak Park H.S. marches ‘against hate’ after racist, anti-Semitic incidents – Adam Thorp
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/oak-park-h-s-marches-against-hate-after-racist-anti-semitic-incidents/
— In her book, Michelle Obama recalls her Chicago upbringing: ‘Am I good enough?’ – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Where were you brought up? I was brought up in Crete. I should write a book about those in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn Crete and my upbringing there. They paint Crete back then as being full of very bad people a) who were German-American, Lutheran, conservative, Republican, and draft avoiders and b) who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/michelle-obama-chicago-upbringing-becoming-book/
— Holocaust-denier gets nearly 40 percent of vote in 2 Mount Greenwood precincts – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/nazi-art-jones-votes-19th-ward-southwest-side-mount-greenwood/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lewis Morgan, former state representative, DuPage County judge and longtime public servant, dies at 88 – Bob Goldsborough (DIERSEN: After my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 was Gerrymandered in 2015, Judge Morgan became one of my voters.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/obituaries/ct-met-lewis-morgan-obit-20181111-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Casten won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181112/what-the-6th-district-race-can-teach-vulnerable-republicans-on-climate-change

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— You got your chance, J.B. Don’t blow it. No state lawmakers—Democrat or Republican—should get behind a progressive income tax without providing significant relief to property tax payers, who currently carry the heaviest such burden in the nation. – Editorial (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats believe that if you own real estate, a) you are rich and b) you can and you should pay more taxes. To hint/imply/argue/shout that I can and should pay more taxes, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have stressed that I have owned real estate since 1972 when I was 24 years old.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/you-got-your-chance-jb-dont-blow-it
— This investor is betting you’ll want to work in the burbs someday Even as corporations decamp for downtown, GlenStar’s Michael Klein is refurbishing suburban office complexes to feel more like Wicker Park than Woodfield Mall. Will his contrarian instinct pay off? – DANNY ECKER (DIERSEN: One of the many advantages of homes in my precinct is that they are in walking distance of the Wheaton train station.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/investor-betting-youll-want-work-burbs-someday
— Note to Illinois Democrats: Don’t get full of yourselves Hubris definitely was front and center in the general election. Now it’s the real risk facing Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker and other Democrats as they prepare to take all the reins of power in Springfield. – Greg Hinz (DIERSEN: With the November 6, 2018 election in Illinois, it will be much more difficult for Democrats to blame Republicans for Illinois’ problems.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/note-illinois-democrats-dont-get-full-yourselves

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker win alters focus of veto session – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181111/pritzker-win-alters-focus-of-veto-session
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Springfield, veterans blast candidates, veterans blast elected officials, veterans blast party leaders, and veterans blast those who do not do more to support veterans. Democrats stress that Trump is not only not a veteran, but that he avoided the draft.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181111/politicians-who-focus-on-attacks-dont-deserve-votes-medal-of-honor-recipient-says
— Lincoln, three other presidents voted top leaders in Illinois history (DIERSEN: Who are the top leaders in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being operatives for leaders in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who viciously demonize me, who viciously denigrate me, and who viciously condemn me.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181111/lincoln-three-other-presidents-voted-top-leaders-in-illinois-history
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What offices will be on April 2, 2019 Consolidated General Election ballot for your precinct? Who are the candidates who are circulating petitions for those offices?
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181110/bernard-schoenburg-sgro-to-seek-8th-four-year-term-as-park-board-president

 

SPRINGFIELD DAILY
— Langfelder remains confident in his Township merger question – Thomas Clatterbuck
https://springfielddaily.com/politics/2018-election/langfelder-remains-confident-in-his-township-merger-question/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP’s UIHLEIN problem – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST (DIERSEN: Those who want to destroy the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) want the IRP a) to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the IRP platform and b) to dump those voters, to dump those organizations, to dump those companies, and to dump those governments that support the aforesaid planks and/or that support Trump. Will the IRP dump Uihlein and his money and seek/take money from those who promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/11/12/quigley-sets-sights-on-sessions-gops-uihlein-problem-emanuels-remedy-for-congress-345324
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois Democrats’ takeover of every level of government has the Illinois Republican Party is taking stock on how to shift gears. The way Pat Brady sees it, the Illinois GOP needs an “autopsy” similar to what the national GOP underwent in 2012 when Mitt Romney lost to President Barack Obama. “We need to get back to the party of Reagan, a party that appeals to a broad spectrum,” he told POLITICO. That would mean having to pull back from the politics of Dick Uihlein, the business magnate who supported conservatives across the country during this past election season, including Alabama Republican U.S. Senate candidate Roy Moore—who was accused of sexually assaulting teens when he was in his 30s. Uihlein lives in Wisconsin but has been an influence on GOP politics in Illinois, funneling $8.5 million to the Liberty Principles PAC and to conservative gubernatorial candidate Jeanne Ives (who lost to Bruce Rauner in the primary). Brady and others say the Illinois GOP would do better to stop focusing on social issues like gay marriage, especially as more young people and women get involved in the voting process. GOP state Rep. Dave McSweeney also points to the missteps of Republican Gov. Bruce Rauner. “ We have a massive tax hike, out of control spending, a big unpaid backlog of bills—and we have fewer Republican General Assembly members,” he told POLITICO. “We’re worse off than when he came in.” McSweeney says Republicans need to follow Democrats’ political tactics: Run a grassroots GOTV campaign. “This wasn’t a policy victory,” he said, referring to J.B. Pritzker’s rout over Rauner. “Pritzker ran on a vague platform. What he and Democrats did was get out the vote.”)

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— School discipline: Which Will County districts reported suspending the most girls?
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511556776-school-discipline-which-will-county-districts-reported-suspending-the-most-girls
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Crete Monee Community Unit School District 201u, Joliet Township High School District 204 and Lockport Township High School District 205 reported the highest rate of girls suspended for any reason during the 2016-17 school year in Will County, according to the latest report from the Illinois State Board of Education. In this analysis, the incident rate is calculated by dividing the number of incidents by district enrollment.)

 

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Discrimination lawsuit expanded vs Pritzker campaign, accuses Lt. Gov-elect Stratton of defamation – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511626707-discrimination-lawsuit-expanded-vs-pritzker-campaign-accuses-lt-gov-elect-stratton-of-defamation

 

BGA
— An American Suburb, 2018 Stories and photos from Dolton, Illinois
https://projects.bettergov.org/2018/dolton/?rf=btn&eType=EmailBlastContent&eId=ee4ee9ce-0fb5-4567-beb5-bf713e90f979

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— 58 FORMER ILLINOIS STATE LAWMAKERS COLLECTING SIX-FIGURE PENSIONS – Joe Barnas
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/58-former-illinois-state-lawmakers-collecting-six-figure-pensions/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Small businesses in Illinois can’t find enough workers to fill open positions – Scot Bertram (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, larger employers, like the federal government, offer more stability and better benefits.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/small-businesses-in-illinois-can-t-find-enough-workers-to/article_c99d6b6c-e474-11e8-9e74-9fb0e9effa72.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Corruption of the GOP – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/11/the-corruption-of-the-gop/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A New Push For Legal Weed – David E. Smith (DIERSEN: If Illinois Democrats legalize pot, but allow municipalities to ban the sale of pot in their jurisdiction, I will lead the effort to get Wheaton to be the first city in Illinois to ban the sale of pot. I look forward to your support in that effort.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/a-renewed-push-for-legal-weed/
— Resources on the Truth and Consequences of Marijuana
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/resources-on-the-truth-and-consequences-of-marijuana/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS-BASED HEARTLAND INSTITUTE REACTS TO THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/illinois-based-heartland-institute-reacts-to-the-midterm-elections.html

— GUN RIGHTS GROUP SOUNDS ALARM ON DEMS’ PROPOSAL TO TAX AMMO
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/gun-rights-group-sounds-alarm-on-dems-proposal-to-tax-ammo.html
— THORNER: MID-TERM ELECTION TURMOIL FERMENTS ANGER NATIONWIDE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/thorner-mid-term-election-turmoil-ferments-anger-nationwide.html

 

NO WEED ILLINOIS
— Resources on the Truth and Consequences of Marijuana
https://noweedillinois.com/

 

GOPUSA
— The War for the Soul of America – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58863

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— More border jumpers nabbed in 2 days than in entire month of November 2017 – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/11/illegal-immigrants-break-november-2017-number-2-da/

 

NEWSMAX
— Record Number of Immigrant Families Caught Illegally Crossing Border Last Month – Brian Freeman
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/immigrants-families-illegal-border/2018/11/11/id/890254/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— MASS MIGRATION AND THE FAILURE OF CIVILIZATIONAL NERVE The fatal incoherence of globalism. – Bruce Thornton
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271881/mass-migration-and-failure-civilizational-nerve-bruce-thornton

 

DAILY CALLER
— DIGGING AT TRUMP? MACRON SAYS ‘PATRIOTISM IS THE EXACT OPPOSITE OF NATIONALISM’ – Grace Carr
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/11/emmanuel-macron-donald-trump-patriotism-nationalism/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— All of a sudden, Mexico is warmly welcoming the migrant caravan – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/all_of_a_sudden_mexico_is_warmly_welcoming_the_migrant_caravan.html
— Arab-Americans and Muslims in U.S. politics – Michael Curtis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/arab_americans_and_muslims_in_us_politics.html
— Will Trump be the Last Republican President? – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/will_trump_be_the_last_republican_president.html

 

BREITBART
— Democrats: ‘Cruel and Unscientific’ to Define Legal Sex by Biology – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/11/democrats-cruel-and-unscientific-to-define-legal-sex-by-biology/
— Maryland Law Enforcement Goes to Confiscate Guns, Kills Gun Owner – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/11/maryland-law-enforcement-goes-to-confiscate-guns-kills-gun-owner/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Trump Honors Fallen Soldiers as Macron and Merkel Take Shots at His ‘Nationalism’ On Armistice Day, president praises ‘American and French patriots’ – Gregg Re (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans are anti-nationalism.)
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/trump-honors-fallen-soldiers-as-macron-and-merkel-take-shots-at-his-nationalism/

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Rubio on FL Recount: “Elections Should Not Be Decided By Who Hires The Best Lawyers” – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/11/11/rubio_on_fl_recount_elections_should_not_be_decided_by_who_hires_the_best_lawyers.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Did Big Tech Steal the Election — for Dems and Itself? – Selwyn Duke (DIERSEN: In Illinois, those who are members of the following groups either a) do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails or b) read them only for “opposition research:” anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/politics/item/30608-did-big-tech-steal-the-election-for-dems-and-itself

 

POLITICO
— Democrats lay out investigation priorities – JAKE SHERMAN, ANNA PALMER and DANIEL LIPPMAN (DIERSEN: Have the Democrats investigated you? In 1978, while I was an IRS employee, the Democrats who ran IRS investigated my federal income tax returns. In 1974, while I was an IRS employee, the Democrats who ran IRS investigated my partial day per diem claims. In 1968 and 1969, while I was a Post Office employee, the Democrats who ran the Post Office investigated my sick leave claims. The aforesaid investigations were adverse actions taken to end my federal career and to get rid of me. None of the aforesaid investigations would have been launched if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/11/11/dems-lay-out-investigation-priorities-344934

 

AOL NEWS
— How Trump’s tax cuts hurt the GOP in America’s wealthy suburbs – BRIAN CHEUNG
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2018/11/12/how-trumps-tax-cuts-hurt-the-gop-in-americas-wealthy-suburbs/23587443/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Proponents of the tax bill say the SALT cap, which tends to benefit the wealthier, will still be offset by a now-doubled standard deduction. Republican Peter Roskam, one of the key members of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee, heavily advertised how a larger standard deduction would simplify the tax filing to the size of a postcard. Roskam ended up losing his seat in Illinois’s 6th congressional district, where Democratic challenger Sean Casten took to Medium.com to attack Roskam and the Trump tax cuts. “Peter Roskam likes to hype his position on the Ways and Means committee to convince you he knows more about tax policy and you do,” Casten wrote. “It’s all a lie.” With Roskam gone, the Republican side of the tax-writing House Ways and Means Committee looks thin on members who helped drive the tax reform bill. Three of the six subcommittee members did not run for reelection.)

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NBC NEWS
— What the midterms taught Democrats — and how those lessons can help beat Trump in 2020 Republicans are bleeding suburban voters who used to vote reliably Republican. This was key to the Democratic takeover of the House. – Bill Schneider (DIERSEN: To defeat all Republican candidates in 2020, Democrats will ever-increasingly a) promote hatred of Trump and b) get voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrat candidates. As of right now, it looks like Democrat candidates will defeat all Republican candidates in 2020.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/what-midterms-taught-democrats-how-those-lessons-can-help-beat-ncna934691
— Democrats’ investigative dreams to meet cold, hard congressional reality – Rebecca Shabad (DIERSEN: Have the Democrats investigated you? In 1978, while I was an IRS employee, the Democrats who ran IRS investigated my federal income tax returns. In 1974, while I was an IRS employee, the Democrats who ran IRS investigated my partial day per diem claims. In 1968 and 1969, while I was a Post Office employee, the Democrats who ran the Post Office investigated my sick leave claims. The aforesaid investigations were adverse actions taken to end my federal career and to get rid of me. None of the aforesaid investigations would have been launched if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/dem-investigative-dreams-meet-cold-hard-congressional-reality-n934136

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater a) promotes hatred of Trump and b) promotes hatred of anyone who does not share his hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/opinion/midterms-mueller-resistance.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: In Paris, anti-Americans rebuke America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/11/us/politics/macron-trump-paris-wwi.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Being silenced is not acceptable’: Doctors express outrage after NRA tells them ‘to stay in their lane’ – Frances Stead Sellers
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/being-silenced-is-not-acceptable-doctors-express-outrage-after-nra-tells-them-to-stay-in-their-lane/2018/11/11/5a8beca0-e5d5-11e8-b8dc-66cca409c180_story.html
— ‘We are armed now’: In Kentucky, shootings leave a black church and the white community around it shaken – DeNeen L. Brown
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/we-are-armed-now-in-kentucky-an-alleged-hate-crime-shakes-a-black-church-and-a-white-community/2018/11/11/baef5126-e239-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To come into a country illegally, to stay in a country illegally, and/or to bring others into a country illegally is to show gross disrespect for that country, if not to show gross hatred of that country. Those who do the aforesaid show that they want citizens of their motherland to take over and conquer that country. It is “invasion.” It is “an act of war.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/12/can-dictators-enemy-generals-get-birthright-citizenship-their-kids/

 

ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans paint America under Trump as being Nazi Germany.
https://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/ct-wwi-armistice-paris-commemorations-20181111-story.html

 

DALLAS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want Texas to leave the United States and to join up with Mexico are hopeful.
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/2018-elections/2018/11/11/latinos-could-turn-texas-blue-2020-enthusiasm-holds-say

 

HARTSBURG NEWS
— Facebook Employees Start Movement to Combat Company‘s ‘Intolerant‘ Liberal Culture
https://hartsburgnews.com/facebook-employees-start-movement-to-combat-companys-intolerant-liberal-culture/126637/

 

FORTUNE
— Why McDonald’s Might Be Training Your Next Great Hire – ANNE FISHER
http://fortune.com/2018/11/08/mcdonalds-job-skills-hard-soft/

 

NEWSWEEK
— LGBT MIGRANTS LEAVE CARAVAN OVER ‘DISCRIMINATION,’ REACH CALIFORNIA BORDER – CHANTAL DA SILVA
https://www.newsweek.com/lgbt-migrants-leave-caravan-over-discrimination-reach-california-border-1211251

 

REPUBLICAN AMERICAN
— Legal Business: Parameters of age discrimination – Eric Brown (DIERSEN: Do you oppose age discrimination? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. They applaud the federal government’s “out-or-out” policy for its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran. They vicious demonize, vicious denigrate, and viciously condemn as being lazy, stupid, and even worse things federal employees like me who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
http://www.rep-am.com/news/news-business/2018/11/11/legal-business-parameters-of-age-discrimination/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: My friends and I turned 50 this year. There is a group of about 11 of us from college who get together once a year to relive our glory days and catch up on each other’s lives. Over the last couple of years, five out of the 11 have lost jobs. Losing a job when you’re in your late 40s to early 50s can be financially devastating. Those are the prime earning years and the time when a person can really start putting away for retirement and catch up if the nest egg wasn’t built large enough in their 20s and 30s. A layoff or termination after 25 years of building a career can really set a person back. The likelihood that such a person will find work at the same pay level becomes more remote. At the same time, greater financial obligations like educating kids, preparing for retirement, or caring for parents come to the forefront.)

 

SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in defeating Republican candidates who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.salon.com/2018/11/11/reflections-on-a-blue-wave-how-progressive-activists-drove-a-historic-victory/

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote caravans.
https://socialistworker.org/2018/11/12/solidarity-rises-up-to-greet-the-caravan-in-mexico

 

INDEPENDENT
— Spike Lee calls Donald Trump’s response to migrant caravan ‘inhumane’ – Jack Shepherd (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans use citizens of foreign countries to destroy America.)
https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/spike-lee-donald-trump-migrant-caravan-inhumane-blackkklansman-a8629481.html
— Trump baby balloon flies in Paris for US president’s Remembrance Day visit British campaigners loan blimp to French activists – Adam Forrest
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/trump-baby-balloon-paris-protest-remembrance-day-protesters-a8629016.html