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November 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago mayoral election: final field could be halved after petition challenges, expert says – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-mayoral-candidates-could-be-halved-after-challenges-expert-says/4775175/

NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana Will Be Legal in Michigan on Dec. 6
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/marijuana-will-be-legal-in-michigan-on-dec-6-501354521.html
— Focus on House in Illinois Legislative Session’s Final Days
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Focus-on-House-in-Illinois-legislative-sessions-final-days-501325221.html

CBS2
— Record Number Of Latinos In Congress (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Of those who will be representing you in Congress, that is, Durbin, Duckworth, and your newly elected Congressman, too what extend do they share your demographics, most importantly, your political affiliation?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/27/record-number-of-latinos-congress/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic state Rep. Stephanie Kifowit of Oswego says she wanted to pump a ‘broth of Legionella’ bacteria into Republican colleague Peter Breen’s water supply – Mike Riopell and Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-quincy-veterans-home-override-20181127-story.html
— Chris Nybo resigns from state Senate after losing re-election; Glen Ellyn Republican appointed to complete six weeks of term – Chuck Fieldman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dhd-nybo-resigns-tl-1129-story.html
— About 22,000 still without power after record-setting November blizzard – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas and Karen Ann Cullotta
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-blizzard-power-outages-metra-20181127-story.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-midterm-democrats-victory-chicago-mayor-preview-1128-20181127-story.html
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, an anti-Trumper who is surprisingly Trump-like – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: One could say that Casten is an anti-Trumper who is Trump-like.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-donald-trump-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi-1128-20181127-story.html
— Illinois paid $275 million in late interest fees to private lenders during state budget crisis. And it owes them hundreds of millions more. – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-comptroller-susana-mendoza-third-party-financiers-20181127-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State Representative Stephanie A. Kifowit, D-Aurora, tries ‘to clarify’ Legionnaire’s death wish for Republican’s relatives – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrat-kifowit-apologizes-legionnaires-death-republicans-relatives-quincy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After Kifowit’s remarks, state Rep. Jeanne Ives, R-Wheaton, quickly came to Breen’s defense saying the Aurora Democrat “essentially wished a death on a Republican floor speaker.” “How dare you. How dare you concoct up some sort of story about brewing up some batch of Legionella and having him feed it to his family. How dare you take the discussion and the debate about a very serious bill that has a huge cost consequence on both sides, both for the victim and the state taxpayers. How dare you take an honest debate about an issue and then wish death on my colleague Peter Breen, his wife and his two adopted kids,” Ives said.)
— No ‘skullduggery,’ lawyers vow, after judge OKs scrutiny of Madigan’s HQ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/madigan-gonzales-lawsuit-pulaski-headquarters-inspection-skullduggery-lawyers-sham-candidates/

DAILY HERALD
— Milton Township trustee fills state Senate seat in wake of Nybo’s resignation – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181127/milton-twp-trustee-fills-state-senate-seat-in-wake-of-nybos-resignation
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The first Indian-American to serve in the state Senate, Yadav “Nick” Nathwani, was sworn in Tuesday to fill the remaining term of former Republican state Sen. Chris Nybo of Elmhurst, who resigned Nov. 15. Nathwani, a 35-year-old Milton Township trustee, will represent the 24th District until Jan. 9, when Democrat Suzie Glowiak, who defeated Nybo on Nov. 6, will be sworn in. . .Nybo quietly resigned on Nov. 15 in an email to DuPage County Republican Chairman Brian Krajewski and Senate Republican Leader Bill Brady. In his email, Nybo suggested a member of his staff fill the seat. “As we discussed, I am resigning from the Illinois State Senate. I believe that my district director, Laura Fitzpatrick, could more than capably serve the remainder of my term and assist with winding down our office operations,” Nybo wrote. “I appreciate that you also share that belief, and that you have agreed to support her appointment to serve the remainder of my term.” Both Nybo and Fitzpatrick declined to comment Tuesday on Nathwani’s appointment and the apparent change in plans. “Yadav will be a great state Senator for the 24th District during the upcoming veto session,” Krajewski said in a written statement Tuesday. “As a Milton Township trustee, Yadav knows the difficult issues facing West suburban residents.”)
— DuPage County approves $433.8 million budget with some cuts, no tax hike – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181127/dupage-county-approves-4338-million-budget-with-some-cuts-no-tax-hike
— Residents endure power outages with camping gear, generators, help from friends – Marie Wilson and Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181127/residents-endure-power-outages-with-camping-gear-generators-help-from-friends
— Out on a limb with storm-damaged trees? Here are some tips – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181127/out-on-a-limb-with-storm-damaged-trees-here-are-some-tips

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Governor Rauner – Politics over Governance from the start of his term – KIRK ALLEN
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/11/governor-rauner-politics-over-governance-from-the-start-of-his-term/

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— House debate devolves into death wishes – Greg Bishop
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/house-debate-devolves-into-death-wishes/article_5d7f2560-d197-54c6-aab4-3c1c9e8463c6.html

NEWS BUSTERS
— Hypocrisy: Outraged Networks Ignore Obama’s Tear Gas Usage Against Illegals – Scott Whitlock
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/scott-whitlock/2018/11/27/hypocrisy-outraged-nets-ignore-obamas-monthly-use-tear-gas

TOWNHALL
— Dallas Morning News: Illegals Storming The Border Make The Case For Trump’s Wall – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/11/27/dallas-morning-news-illegals-storming-the-border-make-the-case-for-trumps-wall-n2536575
— Overruled: Despite Clear Student Preferences, NJ University Bans Chick-fil-A From Campus Dining Survey – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/11/27/overruling-student-vote-nj-university-excludes-chickfila-from-campus-dining-survey-n2536571
— Laura Ingraham: Will Acosta Apologize To Trump For Being Totally Wrong About The Illegal Alien Horde? – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/11/27/laure-ingraham-will-acosta-apologize-to-trump-for-being-totally-wrong-about-the-illegal-alien-horde-n2536582

HOT AIR
— Yes, The Democrats Are For Open Borders
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/11/yes-democrats-open-borders/

FOX NEWS
— The border struggle is real. And it’s a war – Newt Gingrich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newt-gingrich-the-border-struggle-is-real-and-its-a-war
— The migrant caravan and three simple questions about what you believe – Sean Hannity
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/sean-hannity-the-migrant-caravan-and-three-simple-questions-about-what-you-believe

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— House Democrats Are Going to Push for Amnesty
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/11/27/house-democrats-are-going-to-push-for-amnesty-2-2/
— Obama and Trump Tear Gassed Illegals, Yet They’re Hitting Record Numbers!
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2018/11/27/obama-and-trump-tear-gassed-illegals-yet-theyre-hitting-record-numbers/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Poll: 70% of Mexicans have had it with the migrant caravan – and some are getting out the ‘bats and sticks’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/poll_70_of_mexicans_have_had_it_with_the_migrant_caravan__and_some_are_getting_out_the_bats_and_sticks.html
— The Federal Deficit under ‘Divided Government’ – Jon N. Hall
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/the_federal_deficit_under_divided_government.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Building the Wall and Making the Democrats Pay for It The crisis at the border sets up a pitched battle between President Trump and the new Democratic House. – W. JAMES ANTLE III (DIERSEN: Of course, those who encourage illegal immigration, that is, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, should pay for the Wall.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/building-the-wall-and-making-the-democrats-pay-for-it/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Invaders and Their Allies – Pedro Gonzalez
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/27/the-invaders-and-their-allies/

NEW AMERICAN
— 5,000 Migrants in Tijuana Waiting to Cross U.S. Border, With 20,000 on the Way – Warren Mass
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30758-5-000-migrants-in-tijuana-waiting-to-cross-u-s-border-with-20-000-on-the-way
— British Politician: Elites Want Unlimited Migration to Create Third World West – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/world-news/europe/item/30762-british-politician-elites-want-unlimited-migration-to-create-third-world-west

BREITBART
— Facebook Contradicts Its Senate Testimony in Court: Site IS a Publisher – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/11/27/facebook-contradicts-its-senate-testimony-in-court-site-is-a-publisher/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DHS: Rate of Migrant Men Arriving at Border with Children Increased 110 Percent in Two Years – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/migrant-men-arriving-at-border-with-children-increased-110-percent-in-two-years/

DAILY CALLER
— ASYLUM REQUESTS ARE UP 1,700 PERCENT POST-OBAMA — AND THERE’S NO END IN SIGHT – Jen Kerns
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/27/asylum-obama/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 3 Times Previous Presidents Closed the Southern Border – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/26/3-times-previous-presidents-closed-the-southern-border/

DAILY WIRE
— According To The Left, Only Primitive Tribes Have The Right To Protect Their Sovereignty – MATT WALSH
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38743/walsh-according-left-only-primitive-tribes-have-matt-walsh

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: When the media isn’t the ‘enemy of the people’ it’s boring us to death – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29192-outsiders-vs-insiders-when-media-isn%E2%80%99t-%E2%80%98enemy-people%E2%80%99-it%E2%80%99s-boring-us-death

CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE
— Hong Kong and Taiwan back traditional marriage
https://www.christian.org.uk/news/hong-kong-and-taiwan-back-traditional-marriage/

THE HILL
— Jim Jordan: ‘We’ve got five weeks’ to get border wall funding – MEGAN KELLER
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/418422-jim-jordan-weve-got-five-weeks-to-get-border-wall-funding
— Trump threatens to cut federal incentives for GM’s electric cars – TIMOTHY CAMA
https://thehill.com/policy/energy-environment/418490-trump-threatens-to-cut-gms-electric-car-incentives

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “The Number of Illegal Immigrants in the U.S. Has Dropped.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/illegal-immigrants-population-study.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Promoting hatred of Trump and getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats “led Democrats to victory in once-conservative Orange County.”
https://www.latimes.com/socal/daily-pilot/opinion/tn-dpt-me-commentary-democrats-20181126-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps ask “Which motivates independents to get politically involved: Pocketbook issues or fear that Trump is hurting democracy?”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/11/27/which-motivates-independents-to-get-politically-involved-pocketbook-issues-or-fear-that-trump-is-hurting-u-s-democracy/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The migrant situation near Tijuana undercuts Trump’s proposed solutions.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/27/migrant-situation-near-tijuana-undercuts-trumps-proposed-solutions/?utm_term=.c434d8ead45e

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use citizens of foreign countries, and especially those who are women and children, to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn Trump and his supporters.
https://www.newsweek.com/i-traveled-migrant-caravan-you-have-no-idea-what-theyve-been-through-opinion-1231084

MEDIA MATTERS
— Right-wing sources dominated migrant caravan coverage on Facebook and YouTube – NATALIE MARTINEZ (DIERSEN: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs DO NOT WANT ME TO INCLUDE LINKS IN GOPUSA ILLINOIS EMAILS TO NEWS AND COMMENTARY THAT PROMOTE THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY, RIGHT TO LIFE, IMMIGRATION, SECOND AMENDMENT, ILLEGAL DRUGS, EQUAL OPPORTUNITY (NO RACE OR GENDER BASED PREFERENCE GIVING), AND OTHER PLANKS IN THE ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM AND THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/11/27/study-right-wing-sources-dominated-migrant-caravan-coverage-facebook-and-youtube/222159

November 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ‘MAGA’ building blocks encourage kids to ‘Build the Wall’ – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/maga-building-blocks-encourage-kids-to-build-the-wall/4715051/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Rahm Emanuel cautions Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker about big Democratic majorities in Springfield – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-rahm-emanuel-podcast-20181118-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Migrants get cool reception in Mexican border town – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/migrant-caravan-tijuana-mexico-boarder-wall/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: With Pritzker and Madigan on board, Dems push again for pot legalization – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/mike-madigan-illinois-democrats-marijuana-cannabis-legislation-heather-steans-kelly-cassidy-bruce-rauner-jb-pritzker/

DAILY HERALD
— Buffalo Grove trustees question need for ‘community engagement manager’ – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181118/buffalo-grove-trustees-question-need-for-community-engagement-manager
— Pope: the din of ‘ever more rich’ drown out cries of poor – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181118/news/311189961/

WGN RADIO
— The Chicago Way w/John Kass (11/18/18): Tom Bevan looks at how the growth of partisan media is growing the schism between the left & right – JEFF CARLIN
https://wgnradio.com/2018/11/18/the-chicago-way-w-john-kass-11-18-18-tom-bevan-looks-at-how-the-growth-of-partisan-media-is-growing-the-schism-between-the-left-right/

WBBM 780
— Conservative Republican Lawmaker Jeanne Ives 11-18-18
https://wbbm780.radio.com/media/audio-channel/conservative-republican-lawmaker-jeanne-ives-11-18-18

INDIANA GAZETTE
— GOP to Dems: Here, take our wallet, too – Ann Coulter
https://www.indianagazette.com/opinion/columnists/gop-to-dems-here-take-our-wallet-too/article_14f066a2-f433-5ecc-ac1c-607e863abefe.html

LOUIS TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump haters promote a) hatred of Trump and b) hatred of Trump’s supporters.
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-hate-crimes-are-increasing-alongside-trump-s-rhetoric/article_7f7e8b96-44a8-5de4-81cc-dbc3893e2071.html

SE ILLINOIS NEWS
— White County signals support for Second Amendment, nixes sales tax increase – Danielle Pacey https://seillinoisnews.com/stories/511633186-white-county-signals-support-for-second-amendment-nixes-sales-tax-increase

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Incoming Democrat won’t back Madigan – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/incoming-democrat-won-t-back-madigan/article_387de90e-e9e2-11e8-aeb4-b78ec2d6818b.html

TOWNHALL
— CNN Panel: White Women Trump Voters are Racist and Heavily Invested in White Supremacy – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2018/11/18/cnn-panel-white-women-trump-voters-are-racist-and-heavily-invested-in-white-supr-n2536141

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

DAILY CALLER
— HOUSE CONSERVATIVES WANT TRUDEAU’S LGBT AGENDA OUT OF TRADE AGREEMENT – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/17/house-conservatives-trudeau-lgbt-agenda-usmca/
— HOUSE DEMOCRATS OUTLINE GUN CONTROL AGENDA FOR 116TH CONGRESS
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/18/house-democrats-outline-gun-control-agenda-for-116th-congress/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Says He Wants DHS Chief Nielsen ‘to Be Much Tougher’
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-wants-kirstjen-nielsen-tougher/2018/11/18/id/891137/
— President Trump: ‘I Give Myself an A-Plus,’ ‘Can I Go Higher?’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/presidency-approval-ratings-whitehouse/2018/11/18/id/891136/

THE HILL
— Carl Bernstein: Live White House press briefings are ‘propagandist exercises’ – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/417360-carl-bernstein-the-media-shouldnt-air-full-white-house-press
— GOP lawmakers protest LGBT protections in new NAFTA deal – EMILY BIRNBAUM (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, those who need protection are those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/417354-gop-lawmakers-protest-transgender-protections-in-new-nafta-deal

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is fake, except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/nothing-on-this-page-is-real-how-lies-become-truth-in-online-america/2018/11/17/edd44cc8-e85a-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump’s solution to ‘rude’ journalists: Don’t show them on camera – Nikki Schwab
https://nypost.com/2018/11/18/trumps-solution-to-rude-journalists-dont-show-them-on-camera/

DESERT SUN
— Protesters march against migrant caravan in Tijuana; Police respond with riot gear – Rebecca Plevin
https://www.desertsun.com/story/news/2018/11/18/protests-tijuana-migrant-caravan-sunday/2047087002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— With Facebook at ‘War,’ Zuckerberg Adopts More Aggressive Style New approach causes turmoil, driving several key executives from the company and creating tensions with longtime Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg – Deepa Seetharaman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-facebook-at-war-zuckerberg-adopts-more-aggressive-style-1542577980
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/should-we-regulate-cannabis-like-champagne-1542296700

FORTUNE
— Who Should Sit on Facebook’s Supreme Court? Here Are 5 Top Candidates – JEFF JOHN ROBERTS
http://fortune.com/2018/11/18/facebook-supreme-court-oversight-board-candidates/

LEGAL INTELLIGENCER
— Implementing Diversity & Inclusion Initiatives Is Not as Easy as It Seems – Kimya S.P. Johnson (DIERSEN: To promote Affirmative Acton, Diversity, and Inclusion, employers have to discriminate against those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.law.com/thelegalintelligencer/2018/11/18/implementing-diversity-inclusion-initiatives-is-not-as-easy-as-it-seems/?slreturn=20181018181016

November 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pritzker campaign asks for dismissal of racial discrimination suit – AP (DIERSEN: Federal judges kept my lawsuit against GAO alive for almost 7 years 1998-2005. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-campaign-asks-for-dismissal-of-racial-discrimination-suit/4707070/
— Illinois Legislative Latino Caucus discusses economic issues affecting Latinos (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? What economic issues affect those who share your demographics?)
https://abc7chicago.com/education/illinois-legislative-latino-caucus-discusses-economic-issues-affecting-latinos/4703066/

NBC5
— Mayoral Candidates Can Begin Filing Petitions Monday Mayoral candidates for the upcoming election need 12,500 signatures – from registered voters who have signed only one petition – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: What offices will be on the April 2, 2019 ballot in your precinct? Which candidates are circulating petitions for those offices?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mayoral-Candidates-Can-Begin-Filing-Petitions-Monday-500705521.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump jumps in to offer help to Democrat Pelosi’s speaker bid – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-nanci-pelosi-speaker-bid-us-house-of-representatives/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Correction: Media-CNN vs Trump story In a story Nov. 14 about CNN’s lawsuit against the Trump administration, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the AP and other news organizations had filed an amicus brief in support of CNN on Wednesday. The amicus brief has not been filed yet. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/sns-bc-us–media-cnn-vs-trump-20181114-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— With changing political landscape, outgoing state Sen. Rooney saw defeat coming – Christopher Placek (DIERSEN: How successful were the Democrats in your precinct in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181117/with-changing-political-landscape-outgoing-state-sen-rooney-saw-defeat-coming
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Outgoing Republican state Sen. Tom Rooney of Rolling Meadows is staying out of elected politics for now — if not at least keeping a toe in his local GOP organization in an effort to build it back into a party of ideas, he said. But Rooney, considered a moderate in some Republican circles, said he doesn’t see an immediate path forward for the party in suburban elections. He attributed his recent narrow defeat at the polls to suburban dissatisfaction with President Donald Trump. “Absolutely no doubt people had nationalized this election, and quite frankly I spoke to people at doors who said, ‘Sorry, I’m not doing anything with an R,'” said Rooney, a Marco Rubio presidential delegate who even wrote in the Florida senator on the 2016 general election ballot. “The suburban vote is tough for Republicans at this point.”)
— Election shows how gerrymandering is difficult to overcome – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181117/news/311179914/
— Four DuPage towns (Aurora, Downers Grove, Naperville and Wheaton) begin the 2019 election process on Monday – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181117/why-four-dupage-towns-begin-the-2019-election-process-on-monday
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Wheaton, Mayor Michael Gresk and two at-large council members — Suzanne Fitch and John Prendiville — have terms that expire in May. Gresk, first elected in 2007, is stepping down after three terms. Prendiville and Councilman Phil Suess already have announced that they will run to succeed Gresk. That means no incumbent will be running for Prendiville’s at-large seat on the council. Fitch has said she intends to seek re-election to her at-large seat. The Wheaton City Council is composed of six representatives and the mayor. Four council members represent the city’s four voting districts, while two members and the mayor are elected at-large.)
— Filing period begins Monday for candidates in Schaumburg, Hoffman Estates
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181117/filing-period-begins-monday-for-candidates-in-schaumburg-hoffman-estates
— Local elections need citizen candidates – Editorial (DIERSEN: Based on the tremendous success that Democrats had in promoting hatred against Trump and getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats in November 6, 2018 election, we should expect that Democrats will do that again for the April 2, 2019 election.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181117/editorial-local-elections-need-citizen-candidates

WBBM 780
— Democrats Can’t Dig Illinois Out Of Debt, Ives Says – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/ives-democrats-cant-dig-illinois-out-debt

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL
— Rauner loses first week of veto session – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181117/statehouse-insider-rauner-loses-first-week-of-veto-session

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— NIU-area precincts vote dark blue – Eric Olson
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/11/16/olson-niu-area-precincts-vote-dark-blue/a3uvrls/

HERALD & REVIEW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Another new form of gambling in Illinois — betting on ‘historical’ horse races — moves closer to approval – Robert McCoppin
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/another-new-form-of-gambling-in-illinois-betting-on-historical/article_410f1ee3-aaba-507d-9c29-8914226249a8.html

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— With Pritzker backing idea, prospect of legal marijuana should prompt IL cities, others to prepare: Attorney – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: If recreational pot is legalized in Illinois, but if municipalities can stop its sale in their jurisdictions, I will lead the effort to get Wheaton to be the first city to vote to stop the sale of pot in its jurisdiction.)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/511630007-with-pritzker-backing-idea-prospect-of-legal-marijuana-should-prompt-il-cities-others-to-prepare-attorney

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Just because your foe fails, doesn’t mean you’re a success – Scott Reeder
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511633203-reeder-just-because-your-foe-fails-doesn-t-mean-you-re-a-success

BREITBART
— Another 3,300 Caravan Migrants Arrive in Tijuana, Says Mexico – Robert Arce
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/11/17/another-3300-caravan-migrants-arrive-in-tijuana-says-mexico/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump and the Decline of the Suburban Republican – RAMESH PONNURU
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-and-the-decline-of-the-suburban-republican/

NEW YORK TIMES
— 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

POST BULLETIN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump nearly succeeds in purging women from House GOP.”
https://www.postbulletin.com/opinion/columnists/kathleen-parker-trump-nearly-succeeds-in-purging-women-from-house/article_294dd064-e926-11e8-9d2c-a31fb40ba4ed.html

VALLEY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “GOP’s Woman Problem Just Got Worse.”
https://www.vnews.com/Column-The-GOP-s-woman-problem-21579504

November 13 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Madigan supports Pritzker efforts on marijuana, income tax – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/madigan-supports-pritzker-efforts-marijuana-income-tax
— OUTSTANDING: Chick-Fil-A announces delivery service nationwide
http://www.fox32chicago.com/home/chick-fil-a-announces-delivery-service-nationwide

ABC7
— Madigan on Rauner’s election defeat: ‘I’m just happy that he’s leaving’ – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/madigan-on-rauners-election-defeat-im-just-happy-that-hes-leaving/4682874/
— CNN sues President Donald Trump, top White House aides for barring reporter Jim Acosta – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/cnn-sues-president-trump-top-white-house-aides-for-barring-jim-acosta/4680156/

NBC5
— 17 Other Things Pritzker Could Have Done with $171M in Campaign Cash – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/jb-pritzker-governor-net-worth-campaign-donation-500407731.html

CBS2
— Kinzinger ‘Disgusted’ By Trump For Mocking Republican Reps Who Distanced Themselves – CNN (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://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/13/adam-kinzinger-disgusted-donald-trump-republicans-midterm-elections-house/
— Newly Elected Democrat Calls Tennessee ‘Racist,’ Republican Voters ‘Uneducated’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/13/newly-elected-democrat-calls-tennessee-racist-republican-voters-uneducated/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CNN sues Trump, demanding return of Acosta to White House – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/cnn-sues-trump-acosta-suspension/
— White House should answer questions, not silence voices – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/cnn-jim-acosta-press-pass-white-house-donald-trump-sarah-huckabee-sanders/
— More races go to Democrats, including Senate seat in Arizona – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/election-results-2018-democrats-republicans/
— No time to waste on legalizing pot, sports betting to shore up Illinois finances – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who promotes vices.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/legalized-pot-sports-betting-illinois-finances-kadner/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker funnels $7 million to House Speaker Michael Madigan-backed campaign fund – Lisa Donovan and Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-politics-pritzker-donation-magidan-20181113-story.html
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker writes House Speaker Michael Madigan a postelection check for another $2 million
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-politics-spin-pritzker-amazon-20181113-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters call Trump a racist.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-trump-jim-acosta-cnn-yamiche-alcindor-april-ryan-abby-phillips-1114-20181113-story.html
— We’re going to need a smaller cake: Illinois scales back 200th birthday party – Lisa Donovan and Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: What discourages you from celebrating Illinois’ 200th birthday? For me, it is the tremendous success that Democrats have had in making the future look extremely bleak for individuals, for organizations, for companies, and for governments in Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-bicentennial-pritzker-rauner-20181113-story.html
— Here’s how the Shakman case curbed Cook County patronage – Michael L. Shakman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who promote patronage. Because I have always been a Republican, were it not for federal civil service protections, a) the Post Office would NOT have hired me in 1966 or let me work there for almost 3 years, b) IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971 or let me work there for almost 9 years, c) IRS would NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, d) GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980 or let me work there for almost 18 years, and e) GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-shakman-cook-county-toni-preckwinkle-patronage-federal-government-oversight-1114-story.html
— How many people knew about Arthur Jones when they voted for him? – Ted Slowik
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-arthur-jones-votes-st-1114-htmlstory.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AMA stakes out sensitive territory, challenging the White House The Chicago-based association set its stance on several controversial health care policies including gender definition and the detention of migrant children, while also addressing ER departments’ response to sexual assault victims. – SUSANNAH LUTHI
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/ama-stakes-out-sensitive-territory-challenging-white-house

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pritzker must share his election victory with McCann – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-11-13/jim-dey-pritzker-must-share-his-election-victory-with-mccann.html

WAND
— Lawmakers considering more than 70 vetoed bills
http://www.wandtv.com/story/39473689/lawmakers-considering-more-than-70-vetoed-bills

WQAD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Madigan supports Pritzker efforts on marijuana, income tax – AP
https://wqad.com/2018/11/13/madigan-supports-pritzker-efforts-on-marijuana-income-tax/

WCIA
— Jeanne Ives on future of ILGOP
https://www.wcia.com/video/jeanne-ives-on-future-of-ilgop_20181112044833/1590313921

BEVERLY REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bill Beaulieu uses Art Jones to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Jones knew that his running as a Republican would be used to harm the Republican Party, so Jones must be an anti-Republican, if not a Republican-hater.
http://www.beverlyreview.net/opinion/letters_to_editor/article_4091727e-e76b-11e8-9d41-07ce29febd08.html

RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— Going deep to flip the 6th Riversider led months-long effort to help unseat Congressman Peter Roskam – Bob Skolnik
http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/11-13-2018/Going-deep-to-flip-the-6th-/
— Riverside women aid in far west Congressional upset Local residents canvassed for Democrat Lauren Underwood
http://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/11-13-2018/Riverside-women-aid-in-far-west-Congressional-upset/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAME DUCKS: WHAT ILLINOIS TAXPAYERS SHOULD WATCH FOR IN VETO SESSION – Mindy Ruckman
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lame-ducks-what-illinois-taxpayers-should-watch-for-in-veto-session/

CAPITOL FAX
— Amended complaint filed in Pritzker campaign case and staffer tries to explain “blackface” incident
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/13/amended-complaint-filed-in-pritzker-campaign-case-and-staffer-tries-to-explain-blackface-incident/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you want government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/13/the-way-ahead/
— Incoming House Democrat Anne Stava-Murray calls for “No” votes on Madigan
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/13/incoming-house-democrat-calls-for-no-votes-on-madigan/
— Veto session preview
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/13/veto-session-preview/

DAILY CALLER
— CNN GETS SEVERAL THINGS WRONG IN ITS LAWSUIT AGAINST THE WHITE HOUSE – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/13/cnn-lawsuit-white-house-fake-news/
— WHITE HOUSE: CNN LAWSUIT ‘MORE GRANDSTANDING,’ PROMISES ‘VIGOROUS DEFENSE’ – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/13/white-house-cnn-acosta-lawsuit/?utm_medium=email
— ‘AMERICA’S GOT TALENT’ FINALIST: ‘MY PRO-TRUMP VIEWS GOT ME FIRED FROM BILLY GIBBONS’ TOUR’ – Stephanie Hamill
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/13/americas-got-talent-benton-blount-trump-supporter-chick-fil-a/

BREITBART
— Gallup: Five Million Central Americans Want to Join Caravans to the U.S. – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/11/13/gallup-five-million-central-americans-want-to-follow-the-caravans-to-us/
— Caravan Migrants Arrive at Southern Border, Scale Fence – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/13/watch-caravan-migrants-arrive-at-southern-border-scale-fence/
— Mexican Police Escort 400 from Migrant Caravan to U.S. Border – Robert Arce
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/11/13/watch-mexican-police-escort-400-from-migrant-caravan-to-u-s-border/

GOPUSA
— In a rebuke bordering on national insult Sunday, Emmanuel Macron retorted to Donald Trump’s calling himself a nationalist. “Patriotism is the exact opposite of nationalism; nationalism is a betrayal of patriotism.” – Pat Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59028

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Week After the Election, Democratic Gains Grow Stronger – Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/13/us/politics/midterm-results-democratic-gains.html

WASHINGTON POST
— LGBT asylum seekers are first to reach the U.S. border from the caravan. Now they wait. – Sarah Kinosian and Joshua Partlow
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/the-first-caravan-migrants-arrive-at-the-us-border-and-begin-the-waiting-game/2018/11/13/ceef3844-e6b7-11e8-8449-1ff263609a31_story.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Here’s What Incoming Democratic Leaders Have in Mind for Federal Agencies – Eric Katz Novem
https://www.govexec.com/management/2018/11/heres-what-incoming-democratic-leaders-have-mind-federal-agencies/152766/
— One More Time: Are Federal Employees Underpaid or Overpaid? – Howard Risher (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid by the federal government. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.govexec.com/excellence/management-matters/2018/11/one-more-time-are-federal-employees-underpaid-or-overpaid/152752/

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.)

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

November 7 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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November 7 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

November 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Voters head to the polls across Chicago area – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/election-day-2018-voters-head-to-the-polls-across-chicago-area/4629350/
— Cook County early voting sees record turnout, election officials say – Jessica D’Onofrio and Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-county-early-voting-sees-record-turnout-election-officials-say/4621381/

NBC5
— Voters Report Trouble at Some Polling Locations in Chicago Area
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/vote-in-illinois-election-2018-problems-499801491.html

CBS2
— Dead Voters, Forged Signatures: Fighting Election Fraud – Pam Zekman
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/06/dead-voters-dirty-tricks-fighting-voter-fraud/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Paper ballot problems and felonious selfies at the polls
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/election-day-live-blog-midterms-chicago-illinois/
— Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/midterm-elections-facebook-block-accounts/
— Fox’s Hannity speaks onstage at Trump campaign rally – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sean-hannity-jeanine-pirro-donald-trump-election-rally-missouri/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois voters head to polls to elect governor, key House seats
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-election-day-live-updates-20181106-story.html
— Chicago, Cook officials say voter turnout likely to hit or exceed 50 percent on Election Day – Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-cook-voter-turnout-preview-20181105-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— What Pritzker, Rauner could have bought with campaign booty – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: What have you spent lots of your money on? I have spent lots of my money on real estate, cars, and education.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/constable-what-pritzker-rauner-could-have-bought-with-campaign-money
— Cake walk: Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponent – Austin Berg
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181106/cake-walk-nearly-half-of-illinois-house-candidates-face-no-opponent

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— State Records: Congressional candidate Underwood, living in DC, voted illegally in Illinois’ 2016 primary
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511622427-state-records-congressional-candidate-underwood-living-in-dc-voted-illegally-in-illinois-2016-primary

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— WeatherTech brings its ‘Made in America’ messaging back to the Super Bowl The car mat brand, made by Bolingbrook-based MacNeil Automotive Products, is the first to confirm it will appear in the game at a time when politics have more polarizing than in recent history. – JEANINE POGGI
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/weathertech-brings-its-made-america-messaging-back-super-bowl

WTTW
— Election Day Coverage from WTTW News
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/06/election-day-coverage-wttw-news

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois candidates make final appeals for votes – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181105/illinois-candidates-make-final-appeals-for-votes

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Underwood.
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/05/14th-congressional-district-candidate-underwood-galvanizes-supporters-before-election-day/a6faaw5/

WSIL TV
— Republican candidates rally in support for AG candidate Erika Harold – Roni LeForge
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39421425/republican-candidates-rally-in-support-for-ag-candidate-erika-harold

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— District 14 Election Results: Underwood Challenges Hultgren The race in Illinois’s 14th District promises to be one of the most-watched in the state. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/district-14-election-results-underwood-challenges-hultgren

WHEATON RECORD
— Competition rises in sixth congressional district – CHARLES HERMESMANN
http://www.wheatonrecord.com/news/competition-rises-in-sixth-congressional-district/

CHICAGO MAROON
— UC Dems and College Republicans Campaign Nonstop Ahead of Midterms – Firouz Niazi
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/11/6/uc-dems-college-republicans-campaign-nonstop-ahead/

DARIEN PATCH
— DuPage Attorney’s Office Assists With Election Day Concerns Prosecutors and investigators will be available at the office and at the polls to respond to suspected violations of the election code. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/dupage-attorney-s-office-assists-election-day-concerns

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Tax expert warns Wheaton District 200’s claim that referendum won’t lead to higher taxes is “too good to be true” – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511622499-tax-expert-warns-wheaton-district-200-s-claim-that-referendum-won-t-lead-to-higher-taxes-is-too-good-to-be-true

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Policy Institute demands retraction, attempts to rewrite history
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/illinois-policy-institute-demands-retraction-attempts-to-rewrite-history/
— Today’s Underwood number: 93 percent
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/todays-underwood-number-93-percent/
— Ives makes her case for 2022
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/ives-makes-her-case-for-2022/
— Mid-morning precinct reports
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/mid-morning-precinct-reports-3/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Rage Against the Illinois Political Machine – KATHLEEN MURPHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/illinois-politics-corrupt-democratic-machine/

GOPUSA
— Mass Migration: Mortal Threat to Red State America – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58452
— Illegal aliens work to turn out voters favorable to them
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58470
— Europe Suppresses Speech for Muslim ‘Feelings’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58450

DAILY CALLER
— ‘GO HOME TO MOMMY’ — PRESIDENT TRUMP SENDS PROTESTER PACKING, CROWD GOES WILD – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/05/trump-sends-protester-packing-mommy/

THE HILL
— Republicans fear loss of House majority – MELANIE ZANONA AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/415089-republicans-fear-loss-of-house-majority

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Election Results: Sixth House District We are waiting for the first votes to be counted.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/illinois-house-district-6
— Illinois Election Results
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-illinois-elections.html
— 6 Types of Misinformation to Beware Of on Election Day. (And What to Do if You Spot Them.) Be careful of rumors and hoaxes about the voting and polling places. Here are some tips for spotting and avoiding false information. – Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/politics/misinformation-election-day.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning women against men
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/opinion/midterms-trump-women-liuba-grechen-shirley.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/women-activism-midterms.html
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats unite members of Group A to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/opinion/democrats-midterms-immigration-nation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans want to use artificial intelligence to find “Millions of Unregistered Voters.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/unregistered-voter-rolls.html
— Google Workers Reject Silicon Valley Individualism in Walkout – Noam Scheiber
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/business/google-employee-walkout-labor.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Internet Platforms Censor Campaign Ads Rules on ‘inflammatory’ and ‘shocking’ content give Facebook and Twitter too much political power. – Mark Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/internet-platforms-censor-campaign-ads-1541464909
— Border Troop Deployment Rises Again, to Nearly 8,000 Pentagon raises estimated number of troops sent to border states ahead of expected arrival of migrants – Nancy A. Youssef
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-than-4-800-troops-are-at-the-border-u-s-says-1541432248
— In Tight Races, White Males Are the Swing Voters to Watch White men with college degrees were once avid supporters of GOP candidates. Now, they’re a swing group, available to either party – Aaron Zitner (DIERSEN: White men should be advised that Democrats use government to give preference to memories and to females, that is, to discriminate against Whites and to discriminate against men.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-tight-midterm-races-white-male-voters-are-the-ones-to-watch-1541415600
— Foxconn Considers Bringing Chinese Personnel to Wisconsin as U.S. Labor Market Tightens The Taiwanese supplier to Apple must meet hiring, wage and investment targets by various dates to receive tax and other ‘performance-based’ benefits – Yang Jie, Shayndi Raice and Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-considers-bringing-chinese-personnel-to-wisconsin-as-u-s-labor-market-tightens-1541505600

USA TODAY
— The choice in this election is between results or resistance – Mike Pence
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/06/mike-pence-deliver-even-more-results-vote-republican-editorials-debates/1898178002/

November 5 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

November 4 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

THE HILL
— Trump calls Gillum ‘not equipped’ to be Florida governor – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: What do/did your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that you were “not equipped” to do? For me it has included my working for GAO 1980-1997, my working for IRS 1971-1980, and my working for the Post Office 1966-1969. For me it has included my serving as an Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414740-trump-calls-gillumnot-equipped-to-be-florida-governor

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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