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December 31 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Police Reviewing Surveillance From Saturday Mob Attacks Along Mag Mile – Jeremy Ross
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/30/police-reviewing-surveillance-from-saturday-mob-attacks-along-mag-mile/
— North Riverside Park Mall Closes After Juveniles Cause Disturbance, 2 Arrested
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/30/north-riverside-park-mall-closes-after-juveniles-cause-disturbance-2-arrested/

 

NBC5
— Prices Rise as the Minimum Wage Increases in Several States New minimum wage requirements will take effect in 20 states and nearly two dozen cities around the start of the new year – David A. Lieb
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Minimum-Wage-Increase-Several-States-US-503695231.html

 

ABC7
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren takes step toward 2020 presidential run – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/elizabeth-warren-takes-big-move-toward-2020-presidential-run/4994770/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal government shutdown enters second week with no resolution in sight – Mike DeBonis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-government-shutdown-20181230-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump’s promise of a wall may not be fulfilled as advertised – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181230/news/312309936/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181230/legal-marijuana-industry-toasts-banner-year

 

SOUTHERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://thesouthern.com/news/national/govt-and-politics/mcchrystal-i-think-trump-is-immoral-dishonest/video_cdd4bc30-d493-58c2-9a56-e38deb398232.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Illinois farmers face uncertainty despite record harvests – AP
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/12/30/illinois-farmers-face-uncertainty-despite-record-harvests/acoacic/

 

WPSD
— Illinois Equal Pay Act amendment extends protections to African Americans – Logan Gay (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger higher salaries than it paid its employees who were Republican, White, and/or older who had more work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses.)
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2018/12/28/illinois-equal-pay-act-amendment-extends-protections-to-african-americans/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Rauner developed a reputation in Springfield that his word just wasn’t good – Scott Reeder
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511712140-reeder-rauner-developed-a-reputation-in-springfield-that-his-word-just-wasn-t-good

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State must pay $845 million more to pension systems next year, report finds – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-must-pay-million-more-to-pension-systems-next-year/article_ef7c5b6a-0aba-11e9-8d33-f745b66a248a.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Fake news’ a real problem long before Trump era, media watchdogs say – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/30/donald-trumps-fake-news-call-often-real/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— UNVEILING THE LEFT’S GLOBALIST AGENDA Christine Williams reveals the real culprit behind illegal immigration.
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272391/unveiling-lefts-globalist-agenda-frontpagemagcom
— DEMOCRATS’ SANCTUARY STATE CLAIMS ANOTHER VICTIM Police officer Ronil Singh, legal immigrant, falls to criminal who “doesn’t belong here.” – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272402/democrats-sanctuary-state-claims-another-victim-lloyd-billingsley

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP: AMERICA NEEDS ‘SLIGHTLY LARGER VERSION’ OF WALL PROTECTING OBAMA’S HOUSE – Virginia Kruta
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/30/trump-larger-version-wall-obama-house/

 

TOWNHALL
— A Look Back at the Demise of the Mainstream News Media in 2018 – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2018/12/31/a-look-back-at-the-demise-of-the-mainstream-news-media-in-2018-n2538275

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrat House Poised To Attack Gun Rights – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29394-democrat-house-poised-attack-gun-rights

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— CNN Attacks The Military – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/cnn-attacks-the-military/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Lets Illegal Immigrant ‘Journalist’ Condemn Standard Descriptions as Dangerous – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2018/12/30/ny-times-lets-illegal-immigrant-journalist-condemn-standard

 

PJ MEDIA
— Store Clerk Loses His Mind When Man Wearing Trump Gear Walks In (DIERSEN: What would anti-Trumps and Trump-haters do to you if you wore Trump gear?)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/watch-store-clerk-loses-his-mind-when-man-wearing-trump-gear-walks-into-store/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Democrats Commit Self-Sabotage by Dumping on Whites and Christians – Carol M. Swain (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republicans” who dump on individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Are these “Republican” dumpers really Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrats-commit-self-sabotage-by-dumping-on-whites-and-christians_2750760.html

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— AP Poll: Veterans’ support for Trump strong – EMILY SWANSON and HANNAH FINGERHUT
https://www.apnews.com/8d3610f4fc2f4dafb87ac4479b721de1

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Orange County, a Republican Fortress Turns Democratic – Adam Nagourney and Robert Gebeloff
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/31/us/orange-county-republicans-democrats-demographics.html
— Too Old to Be a Freshman in Congress? Donna Shalala Doesn’t Care – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/30/us/politics/donna-shalala-congress.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Dozens of journalists were murdered in 2018. This is a crisis of press freedom. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents have charged me with disseminating “false” or “fake” news. Should I sue my critics/opponents? According to my critics/opponents, all news and commentary is “false” or “fake,” except for the news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/global-opinions/dozens-of-journalists-were-murdered-in-2018-this-is-a-crisis-of-press-freedom/2018/12/30/eab8ad2e-092d-11e9-88e3-989a3e456820_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Saudi Arabia, the same campaign against dissent that led to Mr. Khashoggi’s murder left 16 journalists imprisoned in December, according to the CPJ account, including four women who reported on women’s rights. Egypt had the dishonorable distinction of imprisoning the most people — 19 — on charges of disseminating “false” or “fake” news. The growing number of journalists jailed or attacked on that pretext is one illustration of the deleterious influence that President Trump has had on press freedom globally. His labeling of the U.S. media as the “enemy of the people” and charges of “fake news” have been imitated by regimes around the world. At the same time, his refusal to hold Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman responsible for Mr. Khashoggi’s murder, despite a CIA finding that he likely ordered it, has, as CPJ put it, “signaled that countries that do enough business with the United States are free to murder journalists without consequence.” It won’t be a surprise if 2019 produces another large body count.)

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Shutdown Enters a New Week as House Democrats Ponder Next Move As talks break down over border wall, Democrats could pass short- or long-term funding bills – Kristina Peterson and Peter Nicholas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/shutdown-enters-a-new-week-as-house-democrats-ponder-next-move-11546198295


— If Democrats Were Shrewd . . . They’d divide and conquer, splitting Trump and his populist base from more conventional Republicans. – Bobby Jindal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/if-democrats-were-shrewd-11546199954
— Retraining Programs Fall Short for Some Workers The goal was to help displaced workers gain skills in new industries. But studies show people are earning less or failing to find work – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Between 1992 and 1997, I paid for my own “retraining.” In 1989, the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators. Between 1992 and 1997, I took graduate finance courses at IIT, and in 1997 earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retraining-programs-fall-short-for-some-workers-11546088401

 

BLOOMBERG
— Washington Parses Trump’s Wall Semantics in Search for Compromise – Anna Edgerton
https://www.yahoo.com/news/washington-parses-trump-wall-semantics-162921177.html

 

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS provides safe harbors related to the SALT deduction – Michael Cohn
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-provides-safe-harbors-for-businesses-related-to-the-salt-deduction

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— One sixth of world’s people want to flee their home countries
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/31/pers-d31.html

December 20 Morning Edition

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Richard Porter was the fourth person Gov. Bruce Rauner approached to run for governor. The Chicago attorney who also serves as an Illinois RNC National Committeeman told POLITICO it wasn’t so gauche as to be an outright ask. “I would have described it as more of an aside in a strategy conversation focused more on how he could win (rather) than an offer,” Porter said of their telephone call. Rauner also approached state Sen. Karen McConnaughay, Cubs owner Todd Ricketts and then-GOP attorney general candidate Erika Harold. Rauner “was in to win,” Porter said. “He was never a quitter. To the contrary. He was always focused on finding the best path to winning. And if that meant he should fall on his sword, then he was willing to do that — and give millions of his money away to boot. I think Rauner’s comments on this have been misunderstood.” Porter’s referring to political watchers who say Rauner’s courting of others was a desperate act by a candidate who thought he’d lose. But Porter says Rauner just wanted to be assured of a win. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/20/rauners-4th-pick-polls-show-its-mendoza-v-preckwinkle-cubs-shout-out-at-44th-ward-forum-367406
— PROGRAMMING NOTE: Illinois Playbook will not publish from Dec. 24 to Jan 1. It will be back in your inbox Jan. 2. (DIERSEN: We are in a 12-hour news cycle. Ever-increasingly, people are busy, and they do not have time to read news and commentary articles that are more than 12 hours old. Overwhelmingly, since 2015, news and commentary articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have been less than 12 hours old. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning and each and every evening since 2015. They went out every morning 2005-2015. Those emails have included links to more than 320,600 news and commentary articles.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/20/rauners-4th-pick-polls-show-its-mendoza-v-preckwinkle-cubs-shout-out-at-44th-ward-forum-367406

 

ABC7
— With Senate passage, bill to prevent shutdown goes to House – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/with-senate-passage-bill-to-prevent-shutdown-goes-to-house/4935197/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: More than 500 priests accused of sexual abuse not yet publicly identified by Catholic church, Illinois attorney general finds – Elvia Malagon
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-illinois-attorney-general-catholic-priest-abuse-20181219-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/news/ct-ptb-ice-protest-portage-st-1220-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: In an editorial unethically made to look like a news article, LGBTQ promoters promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-met-barrington-rainbow-flag-theft-20181219-story.html
— It was always about the wall – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/sns-201812191031–tms–vdhansonctnvh-a20181220-20181220-column.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PHOTOS OF MADIGAN AND CUPICH: State AG: Church underreported number of priests with sex misconduct allegations – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-attorney-general-says-catholic-church-seriously-underreported-number-priests-sexual-misconduct-allegations/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PHOTOS OF MADIGAN AND CUPICH: Lisa Madigan: 500 more sex allegations against Illinois priests ‘have not been adequately investigated’ – Michelle Boorstein
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181219/lisa-madigan-500-more-sex-allegations-against-illinois-priests-have-not-been-adequately-investigated

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AG: Catholic Church withheld names of more than 500 Illinois priests accused of abuse – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181219/ag-catholic-church-withheld-names-of-more-than-500-illinois-priests-accused-of-abuse
— Short-term senator gets committee leadership pay – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181219/bernard-schoenburg-short-term-senator-gets-committee-leadership-pay
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Republican state senator appointed to the legislature to fill a 45-day gap is getting not only his base pay, but $1,270 extra to be minority spokesperson on a committee that hasn’t met since months before he took office and has no meetings planned. Sen. YADAV “NICK” NATHWANI of Glen Ellyn was sworn in Nov. 26 after being appointed to the vacancy left with the resignation of former Sen. CHRIS NYBO, R-Elmhurst, who lost the Nov. 6 election to Democrat SUZY GLOWIAK of Western Springs in the 24th Senate District. In addition to filling out Nybo’s term, Nathwani is listed as minority spokesman of the Senate’s financial institutions committee. That committee hasn’t met since May 23. Nathwani will be out of office when Glowiak is sworn in on Jan. 9. Base pay for legislators is $67,836 annually, and committee chairs and minority spokespeople get an extra $10,327 annually. For his 45 days, Nathwani will thus get about $8,360 in base pay and about $1,270 in pay for his committee position. I asked JASON GERWIG, spokesman for Senate GOP Leader BILL BRADY, R-Bloomington, if it was right for Brady to name Nathwani to the leadership post for such a short stint in the Senate and when the committee is apparently not meeting. “Unfortunately, we don’t control the scheduling process of when committees meet,” Gerwig responded. “Maybe if we get a fair map that’ll change someday.” Gerwig noted that Nathwani served the last three days of the veto session and will be there for session on Jan. 7 and 8, before the swearing in on Jan. 9 of the new General Assembly. A message left for at Nathwani’s Senate office went unanswered. He is chief financial officer of Professional Paving & Concrete Co. in Glen Ellyn, a Milton Township trustee and vice-chair of the Milton Township GOP. Nathwani came on my radar due to a something published on the Chicago Tribune website headlined: “From the community: New Senator seeks input from residents.” The author of the piece, which quotes Nathwani encouraging constituents to “reach out to me during this time to discuss the state and local issues important to them,” was listed only as “Community Contributor tbryers.” That would be TIM BRYERS of Elmhurst, who is on the Senate GOP communications staff. He said he is a community contributor to the Tribune, and said in this case, he posted a news release. He said other communications people, as well as representatives of local community groups, use that and similar sites to get out community information. The Trib website says that community contributors are registered users of TribLocal.com and Chicagotribune.com who have photos, articles, announcements and local events to share. The site is not for advertisers. Bryers also said that with many newspapers having fewer reporters than in the past, such openings for outside digital content allows information to get to the public. The Tribune used to have two reporters based in Springfield and there was one in recent years, but since MONIQUE GARCIA left in August to join a public affairs firm, nobody from the Trib is based in the capital city. MARISA KOLLIAS, spokeswoman for the Tribune, had no comment on the status of the Springfield opening, but did say the Tribune “is committed to state government coverage.” As to having a news release from a state staffer published on the Trib website as community news, Kollias had no comment.)

 

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— How to Properly Use Internships to Find Employees – Daniel B. Kline (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $32,978/year) Intern, that is, to suffer a $58,902/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://jg-tc.com/business/investment/personal-finance/how-to-properly-use-internships-to-find-employees/article_bfd5f85b-d90a-5388-9b5a-59eff7f7c2a1.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/piece-pot-money-and-weed-illinois#stream/0
— Judge Who Invalidated Obamacare Has Been A ‘Go-To Judge’ For Republicans, Critics Say
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/judge-who-invalidated-obamacare-has-been-go-judge-republicans-critics-say#stream/0

 

BOLINGBROOK PATCH
— Bolingbrook Hate Crime Convict Back In Will County’s Jail Rachel Tuszynski of Bolingbrook is back in the Will County Jail again. -John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/bolingbrook/woman-guilty-hate-crime-mayor-claars-house-jail-again

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— The Land of Lincoln is losing 313 residents per day to other states. – Bryce Hill and Robert Teresi
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-population-loss-worsens-for-5th-straight-year/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “Trans” Madness: De-Sexing the World – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-madness-de-sexing-the-world/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The 2018 Golden Horseshoe Award for Best elected statewide official goes to Lt. Governor Evelyn Sanguinetti
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/18/question-of-the-day-golden-horseshoe-awards-78/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Although her office doesn’t have any specific duties outside of being 2nd in line and doing what the governor wants, Sanguinetti and her staff have done a lot on the issue of local government consolidation, reducing LLC fees (she took the lead on that before Rauner), rural education and healthcare, and aggressively working to fight against and recommend the best policies that help those suffering from opioids. She may not get most attention due to the position or administration, but the Lt. Gov has done good work she can be proud of during her 4 years of service. Sanguinetti only received one nomination, but it was so strong that it convinced me.)
— Richard Porter was fourth person Rauner asked to run in his place
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/20/richard-porter-was-fourth-person-rauner-asked-to-run-in-his-place/
— AG Madigan finds 500 additional allegations of child sexual abuse by Catholic priests and clergy
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/20/ag-madigan-finds-500-additional-allegations-of-child-sexual-abuse-by-catholic-priests-and-clergy/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— It was always about the wall – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/19/for-democrats-a-successful-border-wall-means-bad-p/
— Trump’s push on prison reform called ‘goodwill’ to minorities President scores win that eluded Barack Obama in reducing long mandatory minimum sentences – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/19/first-step-act-prison-reform-called-trump-goodwill/

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration Is Making U.S. Poorer and Dirtier – Pedro Gonzalez

Immigration Is Making U.S. Poorer and Dirtier


(FROM THE ARTICLE: As a matter of fact, immigration is making our country poorer—save for those who profit from cheap labor—for one simple reason: we are absorbing masses of poor people who remain concentrated in lower-skilled, low-paying jobs. Many of those poor, whether they arrive illegally or by chain migration, happen to be minorities, and in particular Latinos. Latinos experience the third-highest rate of poverty behind blacks and Native Americans—but as the second-largest ethnic group in the United States, they constitute a greater number of poor than blacks and Native Americans combined (10.8 million, 9 million, 700,000, respectively), according to the Center for American Progress. So, yes, immigration is bringing in disproportionate numbers of poor people and making America poorer.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why We’re Divided – Jeffrey Folks
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/why_were_divided.html

 

NEWSMAX
— White House Rips Asylum Ruling as ‘Judicial Activism’ – Jason Devaney
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/asylum-liberal-activism-immigration-law-open-borders/2018/12/19/id/895209/

 

BREITBART
— Gutless President in Wall-Less Country – Ann Coulter
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/coulter-gutless-president-in-wall-less-country/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Paul Ryan promotes open borders, that is, Paul Ryan promotes the end of America.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/19/paul-ryan-immigration-rules-should-offer-jobs-to-anyone/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Retiring Paul Ryan today lamented his failure to deliver a global supply of migrant labor to businesses and investors — regardless of ordinary Americans’ desire for decent wages. Ryan’s failure was ensured by Donald Trump’s 2016 election — and so Trump’s “Hire American” policy is now allowing Americans’ wages to rise amid a shortage of blue-collar workers and protests by business leaders. Ryan’s lament came as his final efforts to outsource more Americans jobs to foreign workers were discarded in the confused negotiations over Congress’s failure to pass a 2019 budget for the Department of Homeland Security. That defeat for Ryan was missed by media coverage over funding for the border wall.)

 

DAILY CALLER
— LAURA INGRAHAM, JIM JORDAN CRITICIZE TRUMP, REPUBLICANS ON BORDER WALL RETREAT – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/laura-ingraham-jim-jordan-border-wall/
— TUCKER ADDRESSES AND CLARIFIES IMMIGRATION COMMENT BACKLASH – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/tucker-dershowitz-immigration-backlash-tijuana/
— CNN’S 2014 JOURNALIST OF THE YEAR RESIGNS AFTER ADMITTING TO FALSIFYING STORIES – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/19/cnn-journalist-der-spiegel-resigns/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Pro-life law firm asks Illinois Supreme Court to stop taxpayer funding of abortion
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-law-firm-asks-illinois-supreme-court-to-stop-taxpayer-funding-of-a

 

PJ MEDIA
— Merry Christmas, Mexico! Here’s Five Billion Dollars! – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/trending/merry-christmas-mexico-heres-five-billion-dollars/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity crow about their successes.
https://www.thecollegefix.com/christian-college-group-formally-endorses-lgbt-protections-in-federal-law/

 

THE HILL
— White House slams judge’s ruling on Trump asylum policy: ‘The latest example of judicial activism’ – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/422207-white-house-slams-judges-ruling-on-trump-asylum-policy-the-latest

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Paul Ryan Played Dumb On Donald Trump All The Way To The End The departing GOP House speaker leaves a legacy of willful ignorance. – Hayley Miller
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/paul-ryan-donald-trump-legacy_us_5c17d212e4b05d7e5d84cf99

 

POLITICO
— Ryan’s legacy can’t escape Trump The retiring House speaker touted a series of accomplishments in his farewell address, but Trump will loom over his tenure. – RACHAEL BADE and JOHN BRESNAHAN
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/12/19/paul-ryan-legacy-trump-congress-1070782
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Indeed, when Trump won the presidential election, the hard-line Freedom Caucus stood at the ready to push Ryan out of office for jabbing Trump on the campaign trail. The only reason Trump kept him around was because Vice President Mike Pence and other pro-Ryan Republicans argued in favor of having a true legislative tactician and wonk shepherding his priorities through a convoluted Congress. Had Ryan forcefully criticized Trump during his presidency, the leader of the party might have come after him, Ryan’s allies say. “That’s the toughest job in American politics,” said former Rep. Peter Roskam (R-Ill.), an Illinois Republican who lost in the midterm election.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Catholic Church in Illinois Withheld Names of at Least 500 Priests Accused of Abuse, Attorney General Says – Laurie Goodstein and Monica Davey
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/illinois-attorney-general-catholic-church-priest-abuse.html
— Senate Passes Stopgap Spending Bill That Would Avert Shutdown – Emily Cochrane
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/politics/government-shutdown-threat.html
— ‘The Effects Cannot Be Overstated’: When Tech Invaded Media Jim Rutenberg reflects on the convergence of technology with media, and how that has changed his consumption habits and coverage.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/technology/personaltech/media-tech-effects.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration reaches deal that will force asylum seekers to wait in Mexico as cases are processed, DHS’s Nielsen says – Nick Miroff and Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/dhs-secretary-kirstjen-nielsen-to-face-questions-from-lawmakers/2018/12/20/f7d2ffea-0460-11e9-8186-4ec26a485713_story.html

 

THE WIRE
— Caravans – the New Face of Migration to the US, With No End in Sight Thousands of mostly Honduran migrants have become a symbol of US President Donald Trump’s tough policies on immigration. – Reuters
https://thewire.in/world/caravans-the-new-face-of-migration-to-the-us-with-no-end-in-sight

 

FLORIDA WATCHDOG
— Proposed 2019 E-Verify bills likely to revive bitter feud among Republicans – John Haughey (DIERSEN: Obviously, those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that oppose E-Verify illegally benefit from illegally employing illegals.)
https://www.watchdog.org/florida/proposed-e-verify-bills-likely-to-revive-bitter-feud-among/article_a593c45c-03b2-11e9-84b3-f7729c3b20b8.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Women Who Love Trump His approval among female Republicans is 93%—higher than among GOP men. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-who-love-trump-11545264804
— The Lamest Lame Duck Trump’s shutdown folly has cost the GOP any last-ditch victories. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-lamest-lame-duck-11545265379
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In a front page editorial unethically made to look like a news article, anti-Trumps and those who want cheap labor argue for open borders for Hispanic women.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/it-is-better-not-to-have-a-daughter-here-latin-americas-violence-turns-against-women-11545237843

 

BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have in the workplace.
https://www.business.com/articles/workplace-culture-gender-equality/

 

INC.
— The Top 50 Best Places to Live in America Right Now. Quality of life, affordability, and ease of living were all taken into account. – Betsy Mikel (DIERSEN: Wheaton is ranked 27th.)
https://www.inc.com/betsy-mikel/the-top-50-best-places-to-live-in-america-right-now-spoiler-not-a-single-big-city-made-list.html
http://time.com/money/collection/2018-best-places-to-live/5361480/wheaton-illinois/

December 19 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: How Chicago became a key hub in El Chapo’s massive U.S. drug operation: Chicago twin testifies in historic trial – Jeff Coen
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-el-chapo-trial-chicago-drug-dealer-testifies-20181217-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Some who are anti-religious promote devil worship.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-satanic-temple-statue-springfield-dupage-meeting-prayer-1219-20181218-story.html
— Get used to it, America: We’re no longer No. 1 – Noah Smith (DIERSEN: Anti-Americans and America-haters vote for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-china-economy-growing-fast-trade-war-trump-1219-20181218-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Voters to choose in contested races for districts 203 and 204, College of DuPage boards – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-candidate-filing-last-day-st-1219-story.html
— Elon Musk unveils underground tunnel, offers bumpy rides to VIPs – AP (DIERSEN: Have you driven in “soul-destroying traffic?” I did 1966-1968 when I commuted to/from my parents’ home in Crete and classes at UIC, first in a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint and then in a 1968 Oldsmobile 442.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-elon-musk-boring-tunnel-debuts-20181218-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Elon Musk unveiled his underground transportation tunnel on Tuesday, allowing reporters and invited guests to take some of the first rides in the revolutionary albeit bumpy subterranean tube — the tech entrepreneur’s answer to what he calls “soul-destroying traffic.”)

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The political war for your right to health care – Phil Kadner (DIERSEN: If I sought a government or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/affordable-care-act-obamacare-medicare-for-all/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Rules Committee: Where thousands of Illinois bills go to die – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181219/rules-committee-where-thousands-of-illinois-bills-go-to-die
— Lawlor re-emerges after rehab stint and quitting politics – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181218/lawlor-re-emerges-after-rehab-stint-and-quitting-politics
— Hot races taking shape in several DuPage school districts – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181218/hot-races-taking-shape-in-several-dupage-school-districts
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Warrenville 200 Of three board members with expiring terms, only Chris Crabtree, a former District 200 teacher who won her first term in 2015, is vying to keep her seat. Incumbents Jim Vroman and Jim Gambiani did not file to seek re-election. But newcomers Susan Booton of Wheaton, Dave Long of Winfield, Harold Lonks of Winfield and Mary Yeboah of Wheaton all entered the race, setting a field of five candidates for three seats. . .College of DuPage Four candidates are seeking two 6-year terms on the College of DuPage board. Incumbents Alan Bennett and Joe Wozniak are not seeking re-election, leaving newcomers Annette Corrigan of Wheaton, Marc Incrocci of Darien, Dan Bailey of Wheaton and Maureen Dunne of Naperville to compete for the seats.)

 

WBBM 780
— Illinois Opponents Of Gas Tax Hike Invoke ‘Yellow Vest’ Imagery – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/illinois-opponents-gas-tax-hike-invoke-yellow-vest-imagery

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Nearly 187,000 use automatic voter registration – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Did you register for the draft? I did in 1966 when I was 18 years old. I was classified 1-A notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181218/nearly-187000-use-automatic-voter-registration

 

HERALD NEWS
— Townships, what are they good for? Government bodies provide services despite some negative headlines – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2018/12/17/townships-what-are-they-good-for/amykuv2/

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Their numbers growing, Latinos gain clout in new Congress – AP (DIERSEN: How much clout do those who share your demographics have a) in the world, b) in America, c) in Illinois, d) in your county, e) in your township/ward, f) in your municipality, and in your precinct? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in my precinct are overjoyed that those who share my demographics are doomed. I should write a book about those who share my demographics who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who share my demographics to curry favor with individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Their-numbers-growing-Latinos-gain-clout-in-new-13467581.php

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Abortion Foes Take Public Funding Fight Back To Illinois Supreme Court – BRIAN MACKEY
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/abortion-foes-take-public-funding-fight-back-illinois-supreme-court#stream/0

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Republicans raise alarm over apparent attempt to sideline Madigan’s 19-year-old challenger Krupa – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: What had you done by the time you were 19 years old that demonstrated your potential? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, by the time I turned 19 years old in 1967, I had demonstrated nothing. They would stress that I had done yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; and delivered mail since 1966. They would stress that I had requested and obtained draft deferments. They would not stress that UIC had accepted me in 1966, that I had bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in 1966, or that I had bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in 1967.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511684787-republicans-raise-alarm-over-apparent-attempt-to-sideline-madigan-s-19-year-old-challenger-krupa

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Federal government shutdown could affect 6,200 employees in Illinois – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee in Illinois 1966-1969 and 1071-1997.)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/statewide/federal-government-shutdown-could-affect-employees-in-illinois/article_4ea98834-02f9-11e9-8c89-73b300f53810.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Free Exercise of Religion on Display in the Capitol
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/the-free-exercise-of-religion-on-display-in-the-state-capitol-spotlight-125/

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Spiritual Warfare: Standing Strong – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/faith/spiritual-warfare-standing-strong/
— Religious Freedom is on Display in State Government
https://illinoisfamily.org/video/religious-freedom-is-on-display-in-state-government/

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Fight for change, but don’t succumb to cynicism in the meantime (DIERSEN: What change do you fight for? I fight for getting the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) to back candidates who can and will defend and advance a) the IRP platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks, b) the Republican Party platform, including its illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks, and c) the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. Previously, I fought for TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and the Illinois Center Right Coalition to do the aforesaid.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/18/fight-for-change-but-dont-succumb-to-cynicism-in-the-meantime/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— VERY TROUBLING: Trump businesses shun E-Verify system, hire illegal immigrants Only 5 out of 565 companies sign up for service – Stephen Dinan and S.A. Miller
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-times-daily/20181207/281479277493400
— Democrats say wealthier households need tax break Plan to roll back state and local limits – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: According to anti-Republicans, you are wealthy if you itemize your deductions and you pay more than $10,000 a year in SALT taxes.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/the-washington-times-weekly/20181210/281517932200391

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— BOYCOTT-HIT CHICK-FIL-A FLYING HIGH IN FAST-FOOD RANKINGS ‘They are doing in 6 days what other chains can’t do in 7’ (DIERSEN: Should I write a book a) about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) about why they are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/boycott-hit-chick-fil-a-flying-high-in-fast-food-rankings/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hall of shame: Advertisers sign up for boycott of Tucker Carlson for telling the truth on illegal immigration – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: Should I write a book a) about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) about why they are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/hall_of_shame_advertisers_sign_up_for_boycott_of_tucker_carlson_for_telling_the_truth_on_illegal_immigration.html

 

TPM
— Fox News Slams Carlson Boycott: We Won’t Be Silenced By ‘Agenda Driven Intimidation’ – Nicole Lafond (DIERSEN: Should I write a book a) about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) about why they are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/fox-responds-carlson-wont-be-silenced-agenda-intimidation

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— IHOP Boycotts Tucker Carlson But Not Saudi Arabia – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those individuals, those organizations, those companies, and those governments that are boycotting me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/ihop-boycotts-tucker-carlson-but-not-saudi-arabia/

 

BREITBART
— State Department Pledges $10 Billion to Develop Central America, Southern Mexico – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2018/12/18/state-department-pledges-10-billion-to-develop-central-america-southern-mexico/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Many Border Migrants ‘Are Not Legitimate Asylum Seekers’ – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/12/many-border-migrants-are-not-legitimate-asylum-seekers-says-homan/

 

ROLL CALL
— Here Are the House Members Who Have Skipped Votes This Lame-Duck Session Most of the absentees are members who lost re-election, ran for another office or are retiring – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/members-whove-skipping-votes-lame-duck-session
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Peter Roskam, R-Ill., who lost his re-election bid, missed 10.)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: As Facebook Raised a Privacy Wall, It Carved an Opening for Tech Giants Internal documents show that the social network gave Microsoft, Amazon, Spotify and others far greater access to people’s data than it has disclosed. – Gabriel J.X. Dance, Michael LaForgia and Nicholas Confessore
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/technology/facebook-privacy.html
— FRONT PAGE: Addicted to Vaped Nicotine, Teenagers Have No Clear Path to Quitting – Jan Hoffman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/18/health/vaping-nicotine-teenagers.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘A Feudal Regime’: How Gangs Extort Mexico Extortion is becoming more pervasive across Mexico and Central America, where organized crime groups are regulators of a corrupt underground ecosystem – Santiago Pérez (DIERSEN: Of course, anti-Trumps use this to justify granting mass asylum requests.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-feudal-regime-how-gangs-extort-mexico-11545215400
— Teen Vaping Has Created Addicts With Few Treatment Options Concentrated doses of nicotine prompt higher rates of addiction than cigarettes. With few treatment options for teens, the FDA plans public hearings. – Betsy McKay
https://www.wsj.com/articles/surge-in-teen-vaping-gives-rise-to-nicotine-addiction-11545142195

 

BLOOMBERG
— Americans Earning Over $200,000 Are Flocking to These Neighborhoods Everyone knows wealth is concentrating. This is where the rich are going.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2018-12-18/these-are-the-neighborhoods-attracting-america-s-richest

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cook County, Illinois Cook County, which includes the county seat of Chicago, is home to the No. 1 and No. 7 fastest-growing concentrations of $200,000-plus households. No. 1 is, ironically, the area around where the Cabrini-Green public housing projects once stood. Cabrini-Green was notorious for violent crime, poverty and de facto racial segregation until its demolition beginning in the 1990s at the behest of the Chicago Housing Authority. Even back then, authorities fretted that redevelopment plans might displace low-income families. They were right to be worried. Two decades later, the area’s concentration of $200,000-plus households has skyrocketed from zero to 39 percent. For some of the longtime residents who remain, the neighborhood’s transformation has been isolating. . .About 20 miles to the north, Cook County has another top 10 neighborhood: the Glen, in the suburb of Glenview. Converted from what used to be Naval Air Station Glenview, the planned community has hundreds of families living in condos, town houses and single-family homes that go for as much as $2.5 million each, according to realtor Margaret Ludemann.)

 

USA TODAY
— ‘Unscrupulous politicians’ blamed for worst year on record for journalist killings – Kim Hjelmgaard (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians and others who have demonstrated the most hated of me.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/12/18/more-journalists-killed-2018-than-any-other-year-record-driven-unscrupulous-politicians/2346797002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The hatred of journalists that is voiced, and sometimes very openly proclaimed, by unscrupulous politicians, religious leaders and businessmen has tragic consequences on the ground and has been reflected in this disturbing increase in violations against journalists,” said Reporters Without Borders’ Secretary-General Christophe Deloire. “Amplified by social networks, which bear heavy responsibility in this regard, these expressions of hatred legitimize violence, thereby undermining journalism, and democracy itself, a bit more every day,” he said.)
— Retail workers tested positive for drugs at the highest rate last year, Quest study shows – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2018/12/19/drug-testing-workplace-retail-had-highest-rate-positives-tests/2315373002/

 

AUSTIN STATESMAN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Texas marijuana advocates set sights on 2019 legislative session – Bob Sechler (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who does not want Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member Bob Grogan to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, like IRP SCC member Ron Smith appointed me to in 2008? ANSWER: Those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or Second Amendment planks in the 2016 IRP Platform. Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.statesman.com/news/20181213/texas-marijuana-advocates-set-sights-on-2019-legislative-session
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The 2018 platform of the state’s Republican Party is among their evidence. It includes a plank calling for civil, instead of criminal, penalties for possessing small amounts of pot, as well as one calling for expansion of the Compassionate Use Act “to allow doctors to determine the appropriate use of cannabis to certified patients.” In addition, Gov. Greg Abbott for the first time recently voiced support for reducing penalties for some pot possession — albeit not all the way to a mere civil offense. Abbott, a Republican, said during his successful re-election campaign against Democrat Lupe Valdez that he’s open “to talking to the Legislature about … reducing the penalty for possession of 2 ounces or less from a Class B misdemeanor to a Class C misdemeanor” because he doesn’t want to see “jails stockpiled with people who have possession of a small amount of marijuana.”)

 

PACIFIC STANDARD
— A LEGISLATIVE BATTLE LOOMS OVER ARIZONA’S REPRESSIVE LGBT EDUCATION LAWS It is one of seven states with laws that prohibit the promotion of homosexuality and that expressly forbid teachers of health and sexuality education from discussing LGBT issues in a positive light—if at all. – RIKER PASTERKIEWICZ & SABIA PRESCOTT (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who does not want Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) member Bob Grogan to appoint me to the 2020 IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee, like IRP SCC member Ron Smith appointed me to in 2008? ANSWER: Those who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and/or Second Amendment planks in the 2016 IRP Platform. Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://psmag.com/education/the-education-legislation-battle-coming-to-arizona

 

NEW YORKER
— The Search for Anti-Conservative Bias on Google – Sue Halpern
https://www.newyorker.com/tech/annals-of-technology/the-search-for-anti-conservative-bias-on-google

 

CATO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.cato.org/blog/new-cato-report-border-wall-wont-stop-drug-smuggling-marijuana-legalization-has

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Socialist workers say “HEY TRUMP, DON’T HOLD US HOSTAGE FOR THE RACIST WALL.”
https://socialistworker.org/2018/12/19/hey-trump-dont-hold-us-hostage-for-the-racist-wall

December 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tweets support for Patti Blagojevich, doesn’t mention clemency – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-trump-blagojevich-tweet-20181216-story.html
— Wage gap even worse than we had thought – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees more than it paid its male employees who had more job-related work experience, education, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/jillonmoney/tca-wage-gap-even-worse-than-we-had-thought-20181211-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I know you probably want good news for the holiday season, but women workers — and the guys who root for them — it’s high time to argue for an end-of-year bonus or salary increase, because you are coming up short. According to a report from the Institute for Women’s Policy, the gender wage gap is even worse than previously thought. Unlike Census Bureau data that examines the current state of wage disparity in a given year, this report looked at a 15-year time period (from 2001 through 2015) to better gauge the gender wage gap that exists. The extended time period captures something called “work force attachment,” which takes into account when people leave the workforce voluntarily or involuntarily. (The study followed the same people over the time period.) While men were also penalized for time out of the workforce, women’s earnings losses for time out were almost always greater than men’s. With a longer lens, the gender wage gap balloons from the often-cited 20 percent to a jaw-dropping 51 percent. Did you catch that? Women made 49 cents for every dollar a man made.)
— To improve savings plan, imagine your retirement – Eileen Ambrose
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/kiplinger/tca-to-improve-savings-imagine-your-retirement-20181207-story.html
— Blue collar labor shortage means ‘lower income workers are doing better’ – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-too-few-blue-collar-workers-20181217-story.html
— 25 best places to work – Peter Economy (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the federal government would be a better place to work if it got rid of its employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-glassdoor-reveals-25-best-places-to-work-20181206-story.html
— White House closer to partial shutdown with wall demand – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-border-wall-funding-shutdown-20181217-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— If you want to play with the big boys and girls, you’ve got to be one – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/laura-washington-chicago-mayoral-election-petition-challenges/

WGN TV
— President Trump tweets support for Patti Blagojevich as husband seeks clemency
https://wgntv.com/2018/12/16/president-trump-tweets-support-for-patti-blagojevich-as-ex-governor-seeks-clemency/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE OF UNDERWOOD: Suburban congressional newbies adjust to life in Washington – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: Has Hultgren announced if he is going to run against Underwood in 2020? Has Roskam announced if he is going to run against Casten in 2020? In 1974, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I got promoted to a GS-12 (currently, $81,071/year) Revenue Officer position in the Loop and bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building so that I could walk to work and to graduate business classes at Loyola. In 1990, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I got to pick a better office in the new 200 West Adams building that GAO moved into because of the almost 12 years of federal seniority that I gained working for the Post Office 1966-1969 and for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181217/suburban-congressional-newbies-adjust-to-life-in-washington
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sean Casten is finalizing the purchase of a studio condo. . .The two suburbanites also participated in a tradition: entering a lottery for dibs on the best offices on Capitol Hill. Casten drew No. 80, putting him among the last to pick. “If you want to come over in the fall and see the (metal) rebar change colors, there’s a great view,” he said of his utilitarian space in the Cannon House Office Building. Underwood did a little better. She selected 70 and is ensconced in the Longworth House Office Building.)

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County GOP Treasurer Rachael Lawrence resigns – ED KOMENDA
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/12/15/mchenry-county-gop-treasurer-rachael-lawrence-resigns/a6edqg2/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Catholic group prays for removal of Satanic Temple display in Capitol – Crystal Thomas
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181216/catholic-group-prays-for-removal-of-satanic-temple-display-in-capitol

 

JOURNAL COURIER
— Legislation would make road district consolidation easier – Samantha McDaniel-Ogletree
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Legislation-would-make-road-district-13471232.php

 

TIMES
— Illinois will roll out several new laws in 2019
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/12/15/illinois-will-roll-out-several-new-laws-in-2019/aelx6dw/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Now there’s a new chapter in the race as Krupa is having to answer for abusive behavior spelled out in a court filing. In 2017, he was accused of abuse by his former high school girlfriend. An emergency order of protection was granted in June 2017 and extended for nine months after Juliet Schmidt filed her complaint, according to court documents sent to POLITICO. The filing in the Circuit Court of Cook County Domestic Violence division describes Krupa as a “controlling” boyfriend who “isolated” Schmidt from her friends, whom he referred to as “liberal faggots.” The document details incessant text messages and an incident in which he chased Schmidt in his car while she was walking. “It was emotionally abusive,” Schmidt told POLITICO in an interview Sunday. “It wasn’t healthy for me to continue the relationship. He had a lot of issues of control. I could see him taking advantage of that in political office.” In seeking the order of protection, Schmidt wrote, “I am afraid that David Krupa will continue to physically abuse me, harass me, interfere with my personal liberty and stalk me. Therefore, I fear for the safety of myself.” The order of protection ran nine months and ended when neither Schmidt nor Krupa could agree on a hearing date, Schmidt said. The judge didn’t rule on the case and Schmidt left Chicago to attend college out of state. Krupa has denied the allegations. In a TV interview and with POLITICO, he accused Schmidt of being manipulated by Madigan because she had interned for the Madigan-Quinn service offices in 2016. Schmidt says the summer office internship isn’t connected to her court filing. In an interesting twist, POLITICO has learned Krupa also worked for Madigan-Quinn at one point. “I picked up garbage at a public park” in the summer of 2015, he said. “It was for a month. It was a minimum wage job and I don’t care about it.” But he did try to get rehired in 2016. He didn’t get the job, he says, because Madigan took retribution for Krupa’s father saying he wouldn’t vote for the House speaker. Krupa sees it as another effort by Madigan to “strong-arm” voters. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/17/krupas-other-challenge-trump-tweets-about-blago-next-gigs-for-roskam-lisa-madigan-365577
— Attorney Gen. Lisa Madigan, who didn’t seek re-election, and U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, who lost his race, have been named fellows for the University of Chicago Institute of Politics for the upcoming winter quarter. U.S. Sen. Claire McCaskill, accused that chamber of being dysfunctional in her final Senate speech last week, also is part of the fellows group. Institute of Politics founder and director David Axelrod said fellows will interact with students looking to gain insight and experiences “at every level of government.” Two party leaders from other states as well as Chicago journalist Laura Washington also are among the group. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/17/krupas-other-challenge-trump-tweets-about-blago-next-gigs-for-roskam-lisa-madigan-365577

 

JEANNE IVES
— Meet David Krupa and help him take out Mike Madigan’s General!
https://mailchi.mp/b6cf78490c1b/meet-the-college-kid-taking-on-madigan-he-deserves-our-support

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives : Rauner’s lack of interest cheated GOP voters – Hoang Tran
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511677926-ives-rauner-s-lack-of-interest-cheated-gop-voters

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THE TECHNOLOGY OF TOTALITARIANISM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/the-technology-of-totalitarianism.html


— WHY YOU SHOULD BE A NATIONALIST
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/why-you-should-be-a-nationalist.html

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Did Trump Sign An Executive Order To Prevent Illegal Immigrants From Getting Welfare? – Emily Larsen
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/did-trump-sign-an-executive-order-to-prevent-illegal-immigrants-from-getting-welfare/

 

TOWNHALL
— Pat Buchanan: We Are Not a Democracy—And the World Needs to Learn From Us – Arthur Schaper
https://townhall.com/columnists/arthurschaper/2018/12/17/mr-buchanan-we-are-not-a-democracyand-the-world-needs-to-learn-from-us-n2537569

 

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Aide Miller Says They Will Do ‘Whatever Is Necessary’ to Build Wall – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-aide-miller-says-they-will-do-whatever-is-necessary-to-build-wall/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Immigration Ultimatum – John S. Allen
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/the_immigration_ultimatum.html
— Gun Confiscation Begins in New Jersey – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/gun_confiscation_begins_in_new_jersey.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Globalist Mindset: They Hate You – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/12/16/the-globalist-mindset-they-hate-you/

 

DAILY CALLER
— PITTSBURGH MAYOR DECLARES INTENT TO BAN GUNS IN VIOLATION OF STATE LAW
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/16/pittsburgh-mayor-declares-intent-to-ban-guns-in-violation-of-state-law/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE ORWELLIAN LEXICON OF THE LEFT Lowell Ponte challenges Christians not to surrender to forces of darkness
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/the-orwellian-lexicon-of-the-left/

 

NEWSMAX
— WSJ: Blue-Collar Vote Remains Up for Grabs in 2020 – Eric Mack (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on if not despise blue-collar workers.)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/bluecollar-voters-2020-republican/2018/12/16/id/894665/

 

GOPUSA
— Democrats blame Trump for death of child brought 2,000 miles by father
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61158
— The Imbalanced Scales of Justice (DIERSEN: I should write a book about judges who by their rulings make it clear that they reject laws that prohibit political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=61140

 

BREITBART
— Pope Francis Lauds U.N. ‘Global Compact’ for Immigration – Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/12/17/pope-francis-lauds-u-n-global-compact-for-immigration/

 

ABC NEWS
— Black conservatives to GOP: Reach out to black voters – BEATRICE PETERSON (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How strongly does the GOP reach out to those who share your demographics? Democrats want the GOP to dump voters, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
)https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/black-conservatives-gop-reach-black-voters/story?id=59430955

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: A Shutdown Looms. Can the G.O.P. Get Lawmakers to Show Up to Vote? – Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Emily Cochrane (DIERSEN: Has Hultgren announced if he is going to run against Underwood in 2020? Has Roskam announced if he is going to run against Casten in 2020?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/us/politics/congress-trump-shutdown.html
— The Secret to Winning in 2020 – David Leonhardt (DIERSEN: From what I see, to win on April 2, 2019 and November 3, 2020, RINO political consultants in Illinois will advise Republican candidates in Illinois to hint/imply/argue/shout that they are not only anti-Trump, but that they are 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. These RINO political consultants will advise Republican candidates in Illinois a) to not read Diersen’s emails, b) to not return phone calls from Diersen, c) to not seek or take any advice from Diersen, d) to stop Diersen from learning about their press conferences, fundraisers, and other activities, e) to stop Diersen from promoting or attending their press conferences and fundraisers, f) to stop Diersen from asking questions or speaking with anyone at their press conferences and fundraisers, and g) to stop Diersen from reporting on their press conferences, fundraisers, and other activities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/opinion/democrats-2020-election-economic-populism.html
— More Powerful Than a Russian Troll Army: The National Enquirer – Jim Rutenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/business/media/national-enquirer-trump-mistresses.html
— ‘They’re Not Fact-Checking’: How Lies on College Applications Can Slip Through the Net – Anemona Hartocollis (DIERSEN: In 1978, my Democrat IRS superiors charged me with lying on my 1972 Loyola application and on my 1976 DePaul application. IRS encourages its Revenue Officers to take business, accounting, and law courses. But according to my Democrat IRS superiors, the real reason why I wanted to take graduate business courses at Loyola and graduate accounting courses at DePaul was TO GET A JOB IN PRIVATE INDUSTRY.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/us/college-admission-applications.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: In China, ‘Re-education’ Leads to Forced Labor – Chris Buckley and Austin Ramzy (DIERSEN: In America, Democrats want to re-educate you to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/16/world/asia/xinjiang-china-forced-labor-camps-uighurs.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration disputes falling federal employee engagement findings Criticism of leadership criticized – Joe Davidson (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, virtually all my superiors and supervisors were Democrats. They did not want me to be “engaged,” they wanted to get rid of me. They wanted to give my job to a Democrat, to a minority, to a female, to someone younger than me, and/or to a veteran. They were furious when I did things that demonstrated my “engagement” including my earning 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.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/12/17/trump-administration-disputes-falling-federal-employee-engagement-findings/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Don’t trust the government to make Big Tech behave – F.H. Buckley
https://nypost.com/2018/12/17/dont-trust-the-government-to-make-big-tech-behave/

 

USA TODAY
— Obamacare unconstitutional? That’s a cruel mistake, not ‘great news for America’ – Andy Slavitt (DIERSEN: If sought a government or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would demonize, denigrate, and condemn the fact because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/12/16/trump-ensures-2020-another-health-care-debacle-republicans-column/2330158002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— U.S. Homelessness Edges Higher Again After Seven Years of Declines Lack of affordable housing fuels the problem in major cities, though L.A. makes progress – Laura Kusisto and Nour Malas (DIERSEN: Since 1972, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should help the homeless a) because I bought a new town home in 1972 when I was 24 years old, because I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, and because I bought a one bedroom condo in that building in 1976 and b) because my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 and because we had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-homelessness-edges-higher-again-after-seven-years-of-declines-11545022860
— Blue-Collar Voters Are Up for Grabs in 2020 Compounding the problem for Republicans may be a slowing automobile industry – Dante Chinni (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on if not despise blue-collar workers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blue-collar-voters-are-up-for-grabs-in-2020-11544976000
— Tips on Deciding Which Tax-Filing Status Is Best for You Do you file jointly or separately? There may be some powerful reasons to do the latter. – Tom Herman (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married 40 years ago in in 1978.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tips-on-deciding-which-tax-filing-status-is-best-for-you-11545015960
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marriage bonus or penalty: Getting married this month, or postponing the official ceremony until next year, might have a surprising impact on your taxes in certain cases. For example, some two-income couples who get married this year and are in the top brackets may wind up owing more in combined federal income tax than they would if they had each remained single—commonly known as the marriage penalty tax. But in other cases, a married couple winds up paying less total tax than if each spouse had remained single. Lawmakers have taken steps to reduce or eliminate the marriage penalty in certain cases and to increase the amount of the bonus in many others. But these issues haven’t disappeared entirely.)
— Four Simple Changes to Bring Social Security Into the 21st Century The program was devised for a totally different era and now it’s time to update – Alicia H. Munnell (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced a) because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and b) because they succeeded in getting me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/four-simple-changes-to-bring-social-security-into-the-21st-century-11545016080

 

BLOOMBERG
— Nearly 156 People Leave Chicago Daily: Demographic Trends – Alexandre Tanzi and Wei Lu (DIERSEN: How many of these 156 a day a) move to Republican areas to take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans created there and b) bring with them their hatred of Republicans, and especially their hatred of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.bloombergquint.com/business/chicago-exodus-sees-city-shrink-by-156-daily-demographic-trends#gs.AUOw7HU

 

DAILY BEAST
— Log Cabin Republicans Plan to ‘Push’ Trump on LGBT Rights Jerri Ann Henry, the new executive director of the Log Cabin Republicans, ‘would take a meeting’ to work on LGBT-related policy with President Trump, if he would meet with her. – Samantha Allen
https://www.thedailybeast.com/log-cabin-republicans-plan-to-push-trump-on-lgbt-rights

December 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— FULL COVERAGE: George HW Bush funeral plans, legacy and a look back at his life
https://abc7chicago.com/society/watch-george-hw-bush-funeral-plans-life-and-legacy/4808060/
— More than 50,000 hens killed in egg farm fire in Grant Park, Illinois (DIERSEN: I am related to the Mussmans. I visited this farm with my parents and brother many times during the 1950s and 1960s. For many years, the Mussmans and the Diersens got together once a month on a Saturday evening alternating between their homes. In the early 1950s, Ralph Mussman (https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-2008-03-06-0803051510-story.html)  saved me from drowning when I fell off a pier at a lake in Wisconsin.   He  took me on my first plane ride; his daughter Sandy and I sat in the back seat of a rented Piper Cub. During the 1970s, his getting a major contract to supply McDonald’s with eggs for its new Egg McMuffin (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McMuffin) helped him to dramatically expand his egg business. I hunted pheasants on his farm a number of times. During the 1960s, my father worked for him part-time for a while delivering eggs to homes in Park Forest.  During the 1970s, a friend of mine who worked for the Secret Service rented a small plane in northwest Indiana and we landed on the air strip on this farm and visited with Ralph. Ralph owned a 1964 Oldsmobile Starfire that helped spark my interest in cars.)
https://abc7chicago.com/more-than-50000-hens-killed-in-egg-farm-fire/4829385/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The fire broke out at about 2:30 a.m. at Mussman’s Back Acres at 9998 N 16000E Road in Grant Park, Ill. and the fire was raised to a fifth alarm before it was struck out, fire officials said. Chopper 7HD flew overhead as firefighters poured water onto the farm. The Grant Park Fire Department said five buildings at the plant were damaged, with two receiving heavy fire damage and the other three damaged by heavy smoke. The company said two of the two barns are a total loss. A spokesperson for the farm, Brian Birch, said the quick actions of the Grant Park Fire Department help to save at least 250,000 to 300,000 hens. No people were hurt. Michigan-based Konos purchased the farm in 2015. Mussman’s serves several Chicagoland retailers. Despite the fire, Birch says Konos will be able to fulfill all of its contracts. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Firefighters from a number of south suburban departments responded, including from Orland Park, Palos and Frankfort. Mussman’s Back Acres’ website says it is a family-owned farm and they also grow their own feed. The company said there should be no supply interruption.)

 

NBC5
— Which Mayoral Candidates Are Challenging Opponents’ Petitions – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-mayor-petition-challenges-501917571.html
— Illinois Looks To Its Past, Future Amid 200th Birthday Party
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/04/illinois-looks-to-its-past-future-amid-200th-birthday-party/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP campaign committee reports ‘cyber intrusion’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-campaign-committee-reports-cyber-intrusion-
— Joe Biden says he’s the ‘most qualified person in the country to be president’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/joe-biden-says-he-s-the-most-qualified-person-in-the-country-to-be-president-

 

WGN TV
— Thousands of chickens killed in fire at Mussman’s Back Acres egg farm – AP
https://wgntv.com/2018/12/04/large-fire-reported-at-mussmans-back-acres-egg-farm/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Say Cheese: Pritzker and Rauner smile and try to look like they like one another – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-rauner-photograph-bicentennial-illinois-navy-pier-veterans/
— Preckwinkle’s petition pounce: Challenges Mendoza, four other women – Mark Brown and Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/preckwinkle-mayor-race-petition-challenges-mendoza-brown-cook-chico-daley-joyce-wilson-green/
— Here’s how to pay your property taxes now (if you want) — 3 months early – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/county-county-property-tax-treasurer-2019-pay-early/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision to post the bills now is in response to a large number of requests from taxpayers, accountants and tax advisors, the treasurer’s office said in a press release. This is the earliest that first installment payments have been accepted by the county. Treasurer Maria Pappas said making the tax bills available this far in advance makes the process easier and more transparent and gives taxpayers more time to get questions answered — particularly about the federal tax law that went into effect earlier this year. Before that law, all local income and property taxes were deductible from income taxes. Now, there is a $10,000 cap on deductions for state and local taxes. “If they want to pay now, they can, and if they want to go to an accountant to understand the new Trump law, they can,” Pappas said.)
— Biden says he’ll decide on presidential run within 2 months – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/joe-biden-says-hell-decide-on-2020-presidential-run-within-2-months/
— Wisconsin’s Walker defies protesters on lame-duck session – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/wisconsin-legislature-republicans-weaken-democratic-governor/
— Remember this, Mr. Pritzker: We’re your boss, and public records belong to us – Phil Kadner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/illinois-foia-open-meetings-act-jb-pritzker-public-records-access/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wisconsin Republicans plan dramatic lame-duck votes to limit the powers of incoming Democrats – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-wisconsin-governor-power-vote-20181204-story.html
— Berrios sister, friend quickly land jobs with Illinois secretary of state after assessor ouster – Hal Dardick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-berrios-family-new-jobs-20181204-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: t didn’t take long for former Cook County Assessor Joseph Berrios’ sister and one of his close friends to land new government jobs, though they did have to take a major pay cut. Carmen Berrios and Victoria LaCalamita started work Monday with the Illinois secretary of state. That office is led by Jesse White, who cut a campaign radio ad for Berrios, the former chairman of the Cook County Democratic Party and an unabashed defender of old-school patronage politics. The secretary of state’s office, which has around 3,700 jobs, has long been known as a patronage haven under both Democrats and Republicans. The two women will each make $37,992 a year as public service supervisors in the Vehicle Services Department, said Dave Druker, White’s spokesman. Druker said the two were hired to fill open positions after going through an application process and were “graded based on experience and training.” Carmen Berrios and LaCalamita both resigned their executive jobs in the assessor’ office last weekend, before newly elected Assessor Fritz Kaegi took over Monday. Carmen Berrios was being paid $126,000 as deputy assessor in charge of tax services and outreach, and LaCalamita was being paid $139,000 as deputy assessor of financial operations.)
— In 1943, George H.W. Bush trained at Naval Air Station Glenview and was ‘terrified the entire time’ – Alexandra Kukulka
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/glenview/news/ct-gla-george-hw-bush-naval-station-glenview-tl-1206-story.html
— Satanic Temple statue among holiday displays at Illinois Capitol – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-satanic-display-in-state-capitol-20181204-story.html
— Former Cook County commissioner Ed Moody, House Speaker Madigan ally appointed recorder of deeds – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-ed-moody-appointed-recorder-of-deeds-20181204-story.html
— Challenges filed in treasurer’s race against signatures turned in by Ald. Ameya Pawar, Rep. Melissa Conyears-Ervin – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-city-treasurer-challenges-20181204-story.html
— Bush 41 was ‘an American closer,’ says GOP rival Pat Buchanan – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-bush-buchanan-trump-20181204-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Someone who wants to abolish the Second Amendment and the GOP uses Bush to bash the NRA and the GOP.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-rubin-nra-bush-republican-party-20181203-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trevor seeks discovery recount in narrow House race loss to Morrison – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181204/trevor-seeks-discovery-recount-in-narrow-house-race-loss-to-morrison
— St. Michael Church in Wheaton to expand parking – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181204/st-michael-church-in-wheaton-to-expand-parking
— Special prosecutor sought in narrow sheriff’s race dispute – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181204/news/312049889/
— DuPage forest preserve plans to allocate $12 million for clubhouse – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181204/dupage-forest-preserve-plans-to-allocate-12-million-for-clubhouse

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker shows ‘deep gratitude’ for Rauner at Illinois bicentennial – Mike Riopell
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20181204/pritzker-shows-deep-gratitude-for-rauner-at-illinois-bicentennial

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Fire damages egg production facility in rural Grant Park – Jeff Bonty
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/fire-damages-egg-production-facility-in-rural-grant-park/article_f3fe0f80-f7d2-11e8-9c79-bfa11bcd629a.html

 

WREX
— Gov. Bruce Rauner will attend funeral services for former President Bush
https://wrex.com/category/2018/12/04/gov-bruce-rauner-will-attend-funeral-services-for-former-president-bush/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Court cites free speech in striking down part of federal law over statements on illegal immigration – Bill Mears (DIERSEN: What do you say to those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in the world that encourage illegal immigration?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/court-cites-free-speech-in-striking-down-part-of-federal-law-over-statements-on-illegal-immigration
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A federal appeals court has tossed out parts of a law that would punish those who would knowingly encourage immigrants to come to, or remain, in the U.S. illegally. A three-judge panel of the San Francisco-based 9th Circuit concluded the federal law unconstitutionally bans a range of protected speech. The Justice Department prosecuted a San Jose woman who ran an immigration consulting firm, for allegedly helping arrange green cards for those working in the country illegally. The judges concluded the law’s reach was overbroad.)

 

GOPUSA
— A college president turns a chicken sandwich into an intellectual adversary
http://www.gopusa.com/a-college-president-turns-a-chicken-sandwich-into-an-intellectual-adversary/

 

HOT AIR
— Social Media Checks To Get A Gun License? – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/04/social-media-checks-get-gun-license/

 

TOWNHALL
— 90,000 Illegal Aliens Have Come to America Since the Caravan Formed in October – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2018/12/04/illegal-immigrants-literally-drop-children-over-the-border-fence-n2536948
— Rep. Scalise Explains to ‘The View’ Why His Position on Gun Control Hasn’t Changed After Being Shot – Lauretta Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/laurettabrown/2018/12/04/rep-scalise-explains-to-the-view-why-his-position-on-gun-control-hasnt-changed-after-being-shot-n2536978
— Truly Disgusting: ‘Conservative’ WaPo Columnist Uses Bush 41’s Death to Chide Republicans And the NRA – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2018/12/04/truly-disgusting-conservative-wapo-columnist-uses-bush-41s-death-to-chide-rep-n2536917

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— CARTER/CLINTON JUDGES RULE AIDING ILLEGAL ALIENS IS PROTECTED BY 1ST AMENDMENT – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272143/carterclinton-judges-rule-aiding-illegal-aliens-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Money, Support for Migrant ‘Caravans’ Flow Through Chicago – Kevin Mooney
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/12/04/money-support-for-migrant-caravans-flow-through-chicago/

 

DAILY CALLER
— MIGRANTS BREAK THROUGH BORDER, SOME MAY HAVE ESCAPED CAPTURE – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/04/report-caravan-migrants-crash-border-potentially-escape-tijuana/
— NED RYUN PREDICTS ‘VIOLENCE IN THE STREETS’ FROM ILLEGAL IMMIGRATION AND MASS AUTOMATION – Nick Givas
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/04/ned-ryun-immigration-violence-fox-news/

 

CNS NEWS
— Federal Employee Downloaded 9,000 Pages of Porn, Infecting Network with Russian Malware – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/craig-bannister/ig-fed-employee-downloaded-9000-pages-pornography-infecting-network

 

NEWSMAX
— Frustrated Migrants Breach Border at Tijuana – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/migrants-mexico-tijuana-caravan/2018/12/04/id/893044/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegals scarf up welfare, with new Census data confirming 63% of non-citizens helping themselves – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/12/illegals_scarf_up_welfare_with_new_census_confirmation_of_63_helping_themselves.html

 

BREITBART
— Conservative Leaders Demand Congress Fund Border Wall for National Security – Ken Klukowski (DIERSEN: Who are the “conservative leaders” in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What do they do to promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform? Do they have a website? If so, how often do the post things on it? Do they send out emails? If so, how often, how many read them, and who reads them?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/04/conservative-leaders-demand-congress-fund-border-wall-national-security/
— Michelle Malkin: Bush Legacy ‘Impoverishes the American Worker’ and ‘Grows the Deep State’ – Robert Kraychik
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2018/12/04/michelle-malkin-bush-legacy-impoverishes-american-worker-grows-deep-state/

 

FEDERALIST
— New Documentary Reveals How Border Insecurity Exacerbates Opioid Deaths – Ericka Andersen
https://thefederalist.com/2018/12/04/opioid-documentary-reveals-how-border-insecurity-exacerbates-the-drug-crisis/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Wall funding debate shows DC elites fiddle while the nation burns – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29237-outsiders-vs-insiders-wall-funding-debate-shows-dc-elites-fiddle-while-nation-burns

 

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— House GOP runs out the clock on its majority; First Step Act stalls in the Senate – Drew White
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/the-weekly-watchman-house-gop-runs-out-the-clock-on-its-majority-first-step-act-stalls-in-the-senate/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “Can Republicans Acknowledge Their Midterm Defeat?”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/12/can-republicans-acknowledge-their-midterm-defeat/

 

ROLL CALL
— Tornado Strikes Congressman’s Hometown, Grazes McDonald’s His Dad Built Rodney Davis breaks out the chain saw after rare December tornadoes – Michael Teitelbaum
https://www.rollcall.com/news/hoh/rodney-davis-chainsaw-december-tornadoes

 

THE HILL
— Dozens of migrants from caravan breach border – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/419587-dozens-of-migrants-from-caravan-breach-border
— Trump: Border wall ‘pays for itself in two months’ – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/419669-trump-claims-us-loses-250-billion-a-year-to-illegal-border-crossings
— Court rules that encouraging illegal immigration is protected by First Amendment – MEGAN KELLER
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/419656-court-rules-encouraging-undocumented-immigrants-to-enter-us-is
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans promote illegal immigration.
https://thehill.com/policy/international/americas/419585-thousands-of-migrants-traveling-to-us-dead-or-missing-over-last

 

REUTERS
— Pentagon extends Mexico border mission until end of January
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-caravan-military/pentagon-extends-mexico-border-mission-until-end-of-january-idUSKBN1O32QY

 

CBS NEWS
— Asylum denials hit record-high in 2018 as Trump administration tightens immigration policy – KATE SMITH
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asylum-seekers-asylum-denials-hit-record-high-in-2018-as-trump-administration-tightens-immigration-policy-as-the-caravan-arrives/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— The government wants to keep its employees from talking about impeachment. It can’t do that. – Kathleen Clark
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2018/12/04/government-wants-keep-its-employees-talking-about-impeachment-it-cant-do-that/

 

USA TODAY
— Child care costs and strict hours are crippling working parents, especially the single ones – Briana Williams
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/allthemoms/2018/12/04/child-care-costs-crippling-working-parents-especially-single-ones/2116870002/

 

FORTUNE
— Migrants Breach the U.S. Border Fence in a Bid for Asylum
http://fortune.com/2018/12/04/migrants-breach-border-fence-asylum/

 

AMERICA MAGAZINE
— As immigration denial rates increase, asylum seekers face setback at U.S. border – J.D. Long-García
https://www.americamagazine.org/politics-society/2018/12/04/immigration-denial-rates-increase-asylum-seekers-face-setback-us-border

 

MEDIA MATTERS
— Fox guest: Donating to migrants in the caravan is “aiding and abetting criminals on the border” Campus Reform’s Lawrence Jones: UC Berkeley students sending money to migrants “should concern most Americans”
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2018/12/04/fox-guest-donating-migrants-caravan-aiding-and-abetting-criminals-border/222219

 

NIEMAN LAB
— The information demands on the modern digital journalist are overwhelming and leading to burnout – JOHN CROWLEY
http://www.niemanlab.org/2018/12/alert-alert-the-information-demands-on-the-modern-digital-journalist-are-overwhelming-and-leading-to-burnout/

November 28 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois House expunges Democrat’s threatening remark from record – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-house-expunges-democrat-s-threatening-remark-from-record

 

NBC5
— Crowded Mayoral Field Braces for Potential Petition Challenges – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-mayor-candidates-petition-challenges-501488281.html

 

WGN RADIO
— Bill Brady on the state of the Republican Party in Illinois – MARY SANDBERG BOYLE
https://wgnradio.com/2018/11/27/bill-brady-on-the-state-of-the-republican-party-in-illinois/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Democrat Kifowit apologizes for death wish that Republican Breen says deserves ‘handcuffs’ – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrat-kifowit-apology-legionnaires-death-wish-republicans-peter-breen-quincy-veterans-home/
— Ugly attack on legislator diverts attention from worthy goal – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/legionnaires-quincy-veterans-ugly-attack-legislator/
— Aldermen condemn Trump’s ‘blatant discrimination’ against transgender community – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/city-council-transgender-rights-trump-policy/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps blame Trump for “climate change,” that is, for bad weather.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/s-e-cupp-climate-change-trump-conservatives-republicansk-denial/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic lawmaker Stephanie Kifowit apologizes for saying she wanted to pump a bacteria broth into Republican family’s water – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-legionella-broth-apology-20181128-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers don’t raise statewide legal age to buy tobacco to 21, leaving Gov. Bruce Rauner’s veto intact – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-tobacco-veto-20181128-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Departing DuPage clerk Paul Hinds gets new job — working for treasurer Gwen Henry – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181128/departing-dupage-clerk-hinds-gets-new-job-x2014-working-for-treasurer
— Kifowit apologizes to Breen for saying she’d like his loved ones to ‘ultimately die’ – Justin Kmitch
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181128/kifowit-apologizes-to-breen-for-saying-shed-like-his-loved-ones-to-ultimately-die
— ‘Facebook has a black people problem:’ Ex-employee spotlights race issues in public memo – Eli Rosenberg
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181128/facebook-has-a-black-people-problem-ex-employee-spotlights-race-issues-in-public-memo
— Veto override votes on key issues remain for lawmakers
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181128/news/311289962/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— McCann loses bid for more time in limelight – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-11-28/jim-dey-mccann-loses-bid-more-time-limelight.html

 

TIMES
— Courts routinely allow promises to be broken – Scott Reeder
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2018/11/27/statehouse-reeder-courts-routinely-allow-promises-to-be-broken/a9v4qqo/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Yadav Nathwani appointed to state senate – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511646163-yadav-nathwani-appointed-to-state-senate

 

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— IL. State Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D) reads cold apology, filled with excuses – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/11/il-state-rep-stephanie-kifowit-d-reads-cold-apology-filled-with-excuses/
— Rep. Stephanie Kifowit (D) files Motion to expunge death wish comments from record – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/11/rep-stephanie-kifowit-d-files-motion-to-expunge-death-wish-comments-from-record/
— IL State Rep Stephanie Kifowit’s (D) Death Wish on Rep Breen (R) and his family – then she lied about it – JOHN KRAFT
http://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2018/11/il-state-rep-stephanie-kifowits-d-death-wish-on-rep-breen-r-and-his-family-then-she-lied-about-it/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SENATE GOP LEADER BILL BRADY PAINTS BLUE SKIES OVER STATE CAPITOL IN UPCOMING SESSION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/senate-gop-leader-bill-brady-paints-blue-skies-over-state-capitol-in-upcoming-session.html
– STATE REP. BREEN RESPONDS TO DEMOCRAT COLLEAGUE’S “SINCERE APOLOGY” FOR DEATH WISH
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/state-rep-breen-responds-to-democrat-colleagues-sincere-apology-for-death-wish.html
— NATIVITY SCENE RETURNS TO IL STATE CAPITOL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/nativity-scene-returns-to-il-state-capitol-.html
— CHICAGO’S THOMAS MORE SOCIETY APPEALS TO US SUPREME COURT IN DEFENSE OF PROLIFE JOURNALIST’S 1ST AMENDMENT RIGHTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/chicagos-thomas-more-society-appeals-to-us-supreme-court-in-defense-of-prolife-journalists-1st-amend.html
— THORNER: DEEP STATE CANCER THRIVES UNCHECKED AT FEDERAL LEVELS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/thorner-deep-state-cancer-thrives-unchecked-at-federal-levels.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives’ new pension legal theory
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/28/ives-new-pension-legal-theory/

— AFSCME: Rauner has spent $6 million on outside attorneys to fight unions
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/28/afscme-rauner-has-spent-6-million-on-outside-attorneys-to-fight-unions/
— Kifowit apologizes *** Tone it down, please
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/28/tone-it-down-please-9/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Backlash Came Quickly After Illinois Dem’s Remark on Infecting Republican’s ‘Loved One’ with ‘Broth of Legionella’ – Sydney Monduy
https://ijr.com/dem-remark-infecting-republicans-loved-one/

 

GOPUSA
— Money, resources running out for Tijuana migrant shelter
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60048
— Analysis shows that Trump was correct on ideological bent of judges
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59909

 

 

BREITBART
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with those who want to destroy America and turn America into their motherland.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/28/barack-obama-trumps-nationalism-not-pride-country-hatred-somebody-other-side-border/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DHS: 110 percent surge in migrant men using kids to enter US, ‘rampant fraud’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/dhs-110-surge-in-migrant-men-using-kids-to-enter-us-rampant-fraud
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want open borders argue against E-Verify.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/if-you-value-privacy-resist-any-form-of-national-id-cards

 

THE HILL
— Illinois GOP calls for Dem to resign after she wishes ‘broth of legionella’ on Republican colleague’s family – OWEN DAUGHERTY
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/418655-illinois-gop-calls-for-dem-to-resign-after-she-wishes-broth-of
— Trump floats new auto tariffs in response to GM layoffs – JORDAN FABIAN –
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/418645-trump-floats-new-auto-tariffs-in-response-to-gm-layoffs
— Trump threatens government shutdown over border wall funding In an interview with POLITICO, the president drew a red line in his funding fight with Democrats and said he doesn’t ‘do anything … just for political gain.’ – JAKE SHERMAN and ANNA PALMER
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/28/trump-politico-interview-1023306

 

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘I would like to make him a broth of Legionella’: Illinois lawmaker regrets death wish comment – Kristine Phillips
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/28/i-would-like-make-him-broth-legionella-lawmaker-regrets-death-wish-comment/
— Illinois House expunges lawmaker’s tainted water threat – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/illinois-house-expunges-lawmakers-tainted-water-threat/2018/11/28/8c65a848-f36c-11e8-99c2-cfca6fcf610c_story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Illinois Dem says she’d like to infect GOP colleague’s family with ‘broth of legionella’ – William Cummings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/11/28/illinois-democrat-broth-legionella/2137492002/

 

NEWSWEEK
— DEMOCRATIC ILLINOIS LAWMAKER SAYS SHE WANTED TO MAKE ‘BROTH OF LEGIONELLA’ FOR REPUBLICAN’S ‘LOVED ONE’ – MARIA PEREZ
https://www.newsweek.com/broth-legionella-democratic-lawmaker-remark-gop-colleague-family-1234971

November 28 Morning Edition

ABC7
— ‘Real-time’ Election Day fear: Illinois authorities detected suspicious web traffic – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/-illinois-authorities-detected-suspicious-web-traffic-on-election-day/4775525/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Legionnaire’s crisis at heart of damage-award veto override – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/legionnaire-s-crisis-at-heart-of-damage-award-veto-override

 

WGN TV
— Legionnaire’s crisis at heart of damage-award veto override – AP
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/28/legionnaires-crisis-at-heart-of-damage-award-veto-override/

 

BIZPAC REVIEW
— Dem lawmaker Stephanie Kifowit called to resign after saying she’d like to inject poison into GOP rep’s family water so they die – Samantha Chang
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2018/11/28/dem-lawmaker-called-to-resign-after-saying-shed-like-to-inject-poison-into-gop-reps-family-water-so-they-die-697355

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats use tear gas image as sentimental weapon to avoid clearheaded immigration debate – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-immigration-caravan-kass-20181127-story.html
— Veto override votes on key issues remain for lawmakers – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-il-xgr–illinois-legislature-20181128-story.html
— Anderson, Boyd-Obarski not seeking re-election to Naperville council; 2 incumbents, 10 others vying for 4 open seats – Erin Hegarty
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-naperville-city-council-election-st-1128-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage Forest Preserve president Joseph Cantore’s tenure coming to a quiet end – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181127/dupage-forest-preserve-presidents-tenure-coming-to-a-quiet-end
— FRONT PAGE: What you need to know to run for local office in 2019 – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181128/what-you-need-to-know-to-run-for-local-office-in-2019

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w former ABC-7 Newsie Charles Thomas dissect the Chicago Mayor’s race
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/11/watch-berkowitz-w-former-abc-7-newsie-charles-thomas-dissect-the-chicago-mayors-race-cable-web/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— House debate devolves into death wishes – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/house-debate-devolves-into-death-wishes/article_f53c442a-f296-11e8-b05e-db908c3298ea.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— “State of the State” with Jeanne Ives
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/state-of-the-state-illinois-family-spotlight-122/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GENDER PAY GAP AT UBER? NOPE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/gender-pay-gap-at-uber-nope.html
— DECLINES IN ADOLESCENT SMOKING ACCELERATED AS VAPING ROSE, SUGGESTING THE FDA’S CAMPAIGN IS FATALLY MISGUIDED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/declines-in-adolescent-smoking-accelerated-as-vaping-rose-suggesting-the-fdas-campaign-is-fatally-mi.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Dems to probe whether Trump ‘nationalist’ claims fueling hate crimes – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What percent of anti-Americans in the world, in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood are also, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, 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? Birds of a feather flock together.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/27/jerry-nadler-demands-trump-administration-answers-/

 

BREITBART
— GOP Cuts Deal with Business Lobby for 2X Importation of Foreign Workers – John Binder (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, big employers talk and/or act like they are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/27/report-gop-cuts-deal-with-business-lobby-for-2x-importation-of-foreign-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican Senators have reportedly cut a deal with the business lobby to more than double the annual importation of low-skilled foreign workers to the U.S. to take blue-collar American jobs. Every year, the U.S. companies are allowed to import 66,000 low-skilled H-2B foreign workers to take blue-collar, non-agricultural jobs. The H-2B visa program is used by businesses to bring in cheaper, foreign workers and has contributed to blue-collar Americans having their wages undercut.)
— The Real ‘Voter Suppression’ in 2018 Came from Big Tech – Allum Bokhari
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/11/27/bokhari-the-real-voter-suppression-in-2018-came-from-big-tech/
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Compares Central America to Nazi Germany – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-compares-central-america-nazi-germany/
— House Democrats to Investigate ‘White Nationalism’ – Joel Pollak (DIERSEN: What percent of anti-Whites in the world, in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood are also anti-American, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, 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? Birds of a feather flock together.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/27/house-democrats-to-investigate-white-nationalism/
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Doubles Down: ‘On the Right Side of History’ Linking Migrant Caravan to Holocaust – Warner Todd Huston
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/27/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-attacks-sebastian-gorka-twitter/

 

DAILY WIRE
— The Hate For Melania’s Christmas Decor Is Even Worse This Year. Here Are The Many Cruel Things Leftists Are Saying. “It’s well-established that we live in hell” – PAUL BOIS
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38758/hate-melanias-christmas-decor-even-worse-year-here-paul-bois

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Twitter restores conservative commentator banned without explanation – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-twitter-restores-conservative-commentator-banned-without-explanati

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Chick-fil-A Stands Its Ground After University Declined to Bring Company on Campus Due to Christian Values – Sydney Monduy
https://ijr.com/chick-fil-a-university-campus-christian-values/

 

ONE NEWS NOW
— Trump and the ongoing culture war – Robert Knight
https://www.onenewsnow.com/perspectives/robert-knight/2018/11/27/trump-and-the-ongoing-culture-war

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout a) that GOD is 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) that GOD wants Democrats to get rid of once and for all those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/christians-decry-trump-administration-children-tear-gas-border_us_5bfc5156e4b0771fb6bcdec6

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Cindy Hyde-Smith Holds Off Mike Espy to Keep Mississippi Senate Seat – Alan Blinder
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/us/politics/mississippi-senate-espy-hyde-smith.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use Mia Love against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/opinion/republican-black-congress-mia-love.html
— A Journalist Was Killed in Mexico. Then His Colleagues Were Hacked. – Azam Ahmed
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/27/world/americas/mexico-spyware-journalist.html

 

USA TODAY
— Facebook has a problem with black people, former employee charges – Jessica Guynn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/11/27/facebook-has-problem-black-people-former-employee-says/2126056002/

 

FAYETTEVILLE OBSERVER & SALON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters make it clear that they are going to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.fayobserver.com/opinion/20181127/max-boot-gop-now-party-of-neo-confederates
https://www.salon.com/2018/11/27/son-and-daughter-of-the-confederacy-donald-trump-and-cindy-hyde-smith-are-a-love-match/

 

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Insults Will Have Consequences By deliberately offending the people he works with, the president has set himself up for failure. – Jonathan Bernstein
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2018-11-27/trump-s-insults-will-have-consequences

 

FORBES
— Why Republican Women Get No Love – Wendy Sachs
https://www.forbes.com/sites/wendysachs/2018/11/26/why-republican-women-get-no-love/#22916b5c513f

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you disagree with or criticize someone who is a minority and/or a female, anti-Trumps call you a racist, a sexist, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps want political parties to only back candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newsweek.com/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-iq-republicans-opinionated-women-1233647

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM can help agencies with performance evaluation, but agency isn’t the problem – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government used the extreme subjectivity in their performance evaluation systems a) to retain and promote their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2018/11/2150662/

November 27 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, America-haters use children of illegals a) to promote hatred against Trump, b) to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters, and c) to promote hatred against America.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/glanton/ct-met-dahleen-glanton-migrant-caravan-trump-20181126-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-chicago-blizzard-climate-change-report-huppke-20181126-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including gun violence.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181126/editorial-local-schools-get-burden-when-society-wont-deal-with-gun-problem

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Record 21 candidates file for mayor The 21 people running for Emanuel’s job is the highest tally since at least 1901, but downtown aldermen Brian Hopkins and Brendan Reilly are unopposed, and Walter Burnett faces only one challenger. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/record-21-candidates-file-mayor

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Iowa & Illinois able to pursue partisan agendas   Illinois has bigger challenges of deficit, pensions and taxes – Jim Niedelman (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrats will promote 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. They will do everything that they can to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/iowa-illinois-able-to-pursue-partisan-agendas/1619491937

 

MADISON RECORD
— Second Amendment remains a check on government – Philip W. Chapman, Madison County Board member, Highland
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/511637572-second-amendment-remains-a-check-on-government

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— For Doctors Who Want To Provide Abortions, Employment Contracts Often Tie Their Hands
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/doctors-who-want-provide-abortions-employment-contracts-often-tie-their-hands#stream/0

 

DAILY ILLINI
— Pritzker, Rauner overspent for governorship – COLLIN CARMICHAEL
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2018/11/26/candidates-overpaid-for-governorship/

 

CHICAGO BUSINESS
— J.B. Pritzker Defeats Incumbent Bruce Rauner in a Landslide After Spending Almost 3X the Cash – Aanika Patel
http://www.chibus.com/news/2018/11/25/jb-pritzker-defeats-incumbent-bruce-rauner-in-a-landslide-after-spending-almost-3x-the-cash

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— McHenry County residents tired of waiting for government consolidation – Editorial
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/26/our-view-mchenry-county-residents-tired-of-waiting-for-government-consolidation/aoma5u7/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w ABC-7 journalist Charles Thomas- Presumed Innocent, Sex, Race & Perspective
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2018/11/berkowitz-w-abc-7-journalist-charles-thomas-presumed-innocent-sex-race-perspective-cable-web/

 

DUPAGE COUNTY REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Yadav Nathwani appointed to State Senate Milton Township Trustee picked as Nybo replacement
https://mailchi.mp/dupagegop/senate-district-24-appointment

 

ILLINOIS WATCHDOG
— Cities in Illinois eye ‘exit tax’ for pricey homes – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.watchdog.org/illinois/cities-in-illinois-eye-exit-tax-for-pricey-homes/article_5e1f0d15-0e66-5d0d-a40e-5d139a270b75.html

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State may look at spread of video gambling – Benjamin Yount (DIERSEN: What percent of money lost video gambling is lost by people who are wards of the state or will be wards of the state – 97%, 98%, 99%?)
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-may-look-at-spread-of-video-gambling/article_bd41985e-f1a1-11e8-8841-db2b1cbb5e95.html

 

GOPUSA
— Hypocrisy: Obama administration used tear gas at border once a month as Democrats stood by silently
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59933

 

FOX NEWS
— Violent caravan clash after media minimized Trump’s warnings – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/violent-caravan-clash-after-media-minimized-trumps-warnings
— Trump’s ‘Message to Caravan’: ‘Turn Back Now, We Will Not Let You In’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/11/26/donald-trump-rally-mississippi-tells-caravan-turn-back

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Hispanic babies aborted in the U.S. outnumber the caravan population 7 to 1 – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/26/hispanic-babies-aborted-in-the-us-outnumber-the-ca/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Senate GOP scrambling to find $5B for Trump’s border wall – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/senate-gop-scrambling-to-find-5b-for-trumps-border-wall
— DHS chief claims 600 convicted criminals are hiding in migrant caravans – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/dhs-chief-claims-600-convicted-criminals-are-hiding-in-migrant-caravans

 

PATRIOT POST
— Trump Enforces U.S. Border Laws as Dems Cry Foul The president warns of permanent border closing if Mexico doesn’t deal with the migrant caravan. – Thomas Gallatin
https://patriotpost.us/articles/59655-trump-enforces-us-border-laws-as-dems-cry-foul

 

DAILY CALLER
— THE MEDIA IS OMITTING THE REASON WHY BORDER OFFICIALS DECIDED TO USE TEAR GAS AGAINST THE CARAVAN – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/26/media-caravan-tear-gas-border/

— TRUMP CLAIMS ADULTS IN CARAVAN ‘GRAB’ CHILDREN TO AVOID GETTING TEAR GASSED DESPITE NOT BEING THEIR PARENTS – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/26/trump-caravan-grabbers-tear-gas/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— The Hidden Hand Behind the Migrant ‘Caravan’
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/272056/hidden-hand-behind-migrant-caravan-discover-networks

 

NEWSMAX
— Georgia, Michigan Elections Raise Questions About Race and Voting – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/georgia-michigan-stabenow-john-james/2018/11/26/id/891989/

 

BREITBART
— Susan Collins Is Sole New England Republican in Congress After Midterms – Dr. Susan Berry
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/26/susan-collins-sole-new-england-republican-congress-midterms/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Democrat oversteps put Donald Trump in charge of his own 2020 destiny – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29183-outsiders-vs-insiders-democrat-oversteps-put-donald-trump-charge-his-own-2020-destiny

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Migrants Attack U.S. Border Cops; Trump Firm: No Entry – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30736-migrants-attack-u-s-border-cops-trump-firm-no-entry

 

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The Perfidy of Illinois’ Public Payrolls – Steve Cortes (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office 1966-1969.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2018/11/26/the_perfidy_of_illinois_public_payrolls_138742.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: I grew up in Park Forest, Ill., a working-class suburb of Chicago. In my youth, Park Forest was pleasantly middle-class — a solid community of well-kept lawns, strong churches, and active sports. Unfortunately for my hometown, times have been tough over the years, reflected by a jobless rate about twice the national one and a poverty rate 43 percent higher than the state of Illinois average. As a consequence, Park Forest has lost almost a third of its peak population of 30,000 since the 1970s. But like many such struggling communities, one class of people has found a way to prosper: public employees. Recently, Fox affiliate Channel 32 and Open the Books detailed the exorbitant pay package for part-time interim school Superintendent Joyce Carmine. She retired in 2017 making $398,000 annually, the highest-paid superintendent in Illinois, in a community where the median household income is $44,000. She will receive, courtesy of taxpayers, a pension of just under $300,000 for the rest of her life. Adding insult to injury, the school district hired this retiree back as a consultant at the rate of $1,200 per day for a total of 100 days, bringing her pay this year to $419,000 total for part-time work. Given the modest $75,000 median home price in Park Forest, her salary equates to 5.5 home purchases…per year.)

 

POLITICO
— Shutdown fight over border wall nears Sources say the White House’s top priority is securing several years worth of wall construction. – JOHN BRESNAHAN, BURGESS EVERETT and SARAH FERRIS
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/26/congress-government-shutdown-house-republicans-trump-1017136

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump: ‘I don’t believe’ government climate report finding – SETH BORENSTEIN and ZEKE MILLER
https://apnews.com/c1dfca3088b448d398ddc27ffa8dedbf
— Defeated Republican Rep. Mia Love delivers rebuke to Trump – LINDSAY WHITEHURST (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who loves those who rebuke Trump? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, anti-GM, anti-Ford, anti-Chrysler, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.apnews.com/7e8302adeabd46d38bcc10de8a462785

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mexico’s New Leader Faces Clash With Trump Over Migrant Caravan – Azam Ahmed and Elisabeth Malkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/world/americas/mexico-lopez-obrador-migrants.html
— Liberal Parents, Radical Children The generation gap returns. – David Brooks
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/opinion/millennial-activists-generation-gap.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump and hatred of his supporters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/opinion/trump-supporters-bill-white-bryan-eure.html
— The Suburbs Are Changing. But Not in All the Ways Liberals Hope. Though Democrats dominated the suburbs in the midterms, some of those gains may be fragile. – Emily Badger, Quoctrung Bui, Josh Katz
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/26/upshot/suburbs-changing-midterms-democrats-hopes.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Kirstjen Nielsen asserts women and children were ‘human shields’ in tear gas attack at border
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/27/kirstjen-nielsen-claims-women-children-were-human-shields-tear-gas-attack-border/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters use picture “of a migrant mother and her children fleeing tear gas” a) to promote hatred against Trump, b) to promote hatred against Trump’s supporters, and c) to promote hatred against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2018/11/26/how-photographer-captured-image-migrant-mother-her-children-fleeing-tear-gas/
— Border clashes raise stakes for Trump’s strategy ahead of wall funding fight – David Nakamura
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/border-clashes-raise-stakes-for-trumps-hard-line-immigration-approach-ahead-of-wall-funding-fight/2018/11/26/cb58534e-f19f-11e8-aeea-b85fd44449f5_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How to Make a Fortune in Public Education America’s pending pension disasters. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-make-a-fortune-in-public-education-1543267657
— GM’s Plan to Cut Jobs and Plants Draws Fire Trump presses GM CEO to stop producing in China and quickly replace Ohio factory tagged for closure – Mike Colias
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-says-it-will-cut-15-of-salaried-workforce-in-north-america-1543246232
— How Can You Help Someone Who Is Depressed? – Elizabeth Bernstein (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes focus on depressing those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-can-you-help-someone-who-is-depressed-1543242613
— U.S. Manufacturers Push FTC to Crack Down on False ‘Made in America’ Labels – Heidi Vogt (DIERSEN: Of course, those who hate America, that is, Trump-haters, do not want to buy anything a) made by American companies or b) made in America. They glorify and praise foreign countries and their citizens, and especially citizens of foreign countries a) who are in America illegally and b) who want to get into America illegally. They especially a) hate GM, Ford, and Chrysler and b) those who own vehicles made by GM, Ford, or Chrysler.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-manufacturers-push-ftc-to-crack-down-on-false-made-in-america-labels-1542709800

 

EDUCATION WEEK
— Why Are We So Uninformed? We Don’t Read What We Share – Peter DeWitt (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ascribe bad judgment and/or evil motive to everything that I do, and especially to the decisions that I make a) to include or to not include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to comment on articles linked in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all of their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. They blame me for all defeats that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially for defeats suffered by Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct. What arguments will they make to blame me for the defeats suffered by candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in my precinct?)
https://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2018/11/why_are_we_so_uninformed_we_dont_read_what_we_share.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many people share articles that they actually don’t read, which contributes to a great deal of chaos on their social-media pages. In fact, this Forbes Magazine article cites research that shows that 59% of us share articles we never read. . .The reality seems to be that people don’t read the articles they share because they care less about the content of the article and more about what sharing the article does for them.)

 

SOCIALIST WORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate America and who want to destroy America want open borders.
https://socialistworker.org/2018/11/27/the-case-against-the-case-against-open-borders

 

GUARDIAN & DAILY MAIL & ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate America and those who want to destroy America side with the illegals.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/26/trump-cindy-hyde-smith-mississippi-runoff-election-rallies
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6432629/Trump-claims-migrants-fleeing-fumes-border-grabbers-snatch-children.html
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-27/donald-trump-defends-use-of-tear-gas-mexican-border/10559208

 

JERUSALEM POST
— OCASIO-CORTEZ COMPARES MIGRANT CARAVAN TO JEWS FLEEING HOLOCAUST Conservatives seized upon the tweet to suggest that Ocasio-Cortez was likening the migrants that President Donald Trump has labeled as “invaders” to the 6 million Jews who perished in the Holocaust. – RON KAMPEAS
https://www.jpost.com/Diaspora/Ocasio-Cortez-compares-migrant-caravan-to-Jews-fleeing-Holocaust-572904

 

JAPAN TODAY
— Trump urges Mexico to send migrants home after border melee – Susan Heavey and Lizbeth Diaz
https://japantoday.com/category/world/update-3-trump-urges-mexico-to-send-migrants-home-after-border-melee

November 21 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Pols Rally Around Pelosi For Speaker Pelosi has been aggressively campaigning for the speakership – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Illinois-Pols-Rally-Around–501048751.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-medical-marijuana-companies-work-to-expand-501008961.html

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mary Edly-Allen v. Helene Miller Walsh: New vote totals show Democrat pulling ahead in north suburban state rep race previously separated by 1 vote – Rick Kambic
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/mundelein/news/ct-mun-51st-district-state-rep-vote-tl-1129-story.html
— Trump defends his claim of ‘Obama judges’ after Chief Justice John Roberts rebukes president – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-justice-roberts-obama-judge-20181121-story.html
— Amid push to ‘ban the box,’ Illinois universities still asking students about criminal history – Dawn Rhodes (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-college-applications-criminal-history-20181120-story.html
— Making your own good news – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-samaritan-generosity-goodwill-20181121-story.html
— How the U.S. can help caravan migrants stay home – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: What if many thousands of U.S. citizens formed caravans seeking refuge status and attempted to invade Canada, Mexico, and other foreign countries? They would shout that they are poor and that they are poor because they are being oppressed by the United States, and especially oppressed by individuals, organizations, companies, municipalities, townships/wards, counties, and states that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/page/ct-perspec-page-caravan-donald-trump-judge-jon-tigar-1125-20181121-story.html
— Trump gives Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman a pass. Congress shouldn’t. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Congress has not given U.S. citizens who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me a pass. Since the 1960s, Congress has used Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to punish the aforesaid for a) the sins of their parents, b) the sins of their grandparents, c) the sins of their great grandparents, and d) the sins of the rest of their ancestors including slavery, denying women the vote, and other discrimination against minorities and against women.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-khashoggi-assassination-saudis-20181120-story.html
— How aldermanic privilege thwarts affordable housing for Chicagoans – Editorial (DIERSEN: According to Redfin Corporation (https://www.redfin.com/how-much-house-can-i-afford), with my $53,928 annual income, I cannot afford to buy a home in my 60189 zip code that costs more than $239,900.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-aldermanic-privilege-affordable-housing-20181120-story.html
— Killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi tests U.S. defense industry as backlash builds on Capitol Hill – Beth Reinhard, Tom Hamburger and Emma Brown
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-jamal-khashoggi-saudi-defense-industry-20181121-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lauren Underwood throws support to embattled Pelosi for House speaker – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/lauren-underwood-throws-support-embattled-nancy-pelosi-house-speaker/
— Mattis says he has extra authority to use military on border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/jim-mattis-extra-authority-use-military-border-migrant-caravan-immigration/
— As number of GOP women in Congress dips, party seeks answers – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/carol-miller-as-number-of-gop-women-in-congress-dips-party-seeks-answers/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Morrison holds on for 37-vote victory over Trevor in 54th House district – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181121/morrison-holds-on-for-37-vote-victory-over-trevor-in-54th-house-district
— Lake County Sheriff Curran not sure if he’ll seek a recount – Lee Filas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181121/lake-county-sheriff-curran-not-sure-if-hell-seek-a-recount
— Will Sandy Hart be the Lake County Board’s first Democratic chairwoman? – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181121/will-sandy-hart-be-the-lake-county-boards-first-democratic-chairwoman
— Central Illinois sheriff’s winner declared by single vote – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181121/news/311219923/
— The Latest: Trump defends his claim of ‘Obama judges’ – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181121/news/311219861/

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Central Illinois sheriff’s winner declared by single vote – AP
https://www.bnd.com/news/state/illinois/article222017370.html

 

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Facebook Deletes AFTAH’s Facebook Page, Citing ‘Hate Speech’ Violation – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/11/20/facebook-deletes-aftahs-facebook-page-citing-hate-speech-violation/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL REPUBLICANS LOSE THREE MORE IMPORTANT SEATS; ONE CONSERVATIVE SURVIVES WITH 37 VOTES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/il-republicans-lose-three-more-important-seats-one-conservative-survives-with-37-votes.html
— SOCIALISM: THE OPIATE OF THE CORRUPT AND IGNORANT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/socialism-the-opiate-of-the-corrupt-and-ignorant.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— NBC PUMMELED FOR CLAIMING PRESS RULES HURT AMERICANS ‘You spent 8 years fluffing Obama so don’t you DARE say you people represented me’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/nbc-pummeled-for-claiming-press-rules-hurt-americans/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Chief Justice Roberts: No Such Thing as ‘Obama Judges’ – BRIDGET JOHNSON (DIERSEN: I expect that Roberts would say that there are NO SUCH THINGS AS a) DEMOCRAT employees in the federal government, b) political affiliation discrimination in the federal government, c) reverse discrimination in the federal government, d) age discrimination in the federal government, and e) retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid in the federal government.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/chief-justice-roberts-no-such-thing-as-obama-judges/

 

BREITBART
— Fewer than 20 Miles of Border Have Been Reinforced with Razor Wire as Caravan Heads to U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/21/less-20-miles-border-reinforced-razor-wire-caravan-heads-u-s/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— LGBT movement now claims to represent ‘family values’, labeling Christians ‘dangerous’ – JONATHON VAN MAREN
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/lgbt-movement-now-claims-to-represent-family-values-labeling-christians-dan

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Mexico detains 213 Central American migrants in 4th caravan – AP
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/mexico-detains-213-central-american-migrants-in-4th-caravan/2018/11/21/dc1f1966-edf2-11e8-8b47-bd0975fd6199_story.html
— The history of Thanksgiving dinner is proof of American greatness – Megan McArdle (DIERSEN: In 1966, 1967, and 1968, I missed Thanksgiving Dinner because I was working for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/act-four/wp/2018/11/21/the-history-of-thanksgiving-dinner-is-proof-of-american-greatness/
— How has Trump changed Thanksgiving? Ask these families. – Drew Goins (DIERSEN: Will anti-Trumps use Thanksgiving Dinner to promote hated of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/11/21/how-has-trump-changed-thanksgiving-ask-these-families/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s dangerous message to tyrants: Flash money and get away with murder.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-dangerous-message-to-tyrants-flash-money-and-get-away-with-murder/2018/11/21/4202e69e-edc2-11e8-8679-934a2b33be52_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Trick to Keeping Friends as We Get Older It’s hard to maintain friendships and make new ones. But it’s crucial. – Diane Cole
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-trick-to-keeping-friends-as-we-get-older-1542732290
— Why You Shouldn’t Retire When Your Spouse Does Financially, it makes sense to stagger retirements by months, or even years. But there are tricky consequences. – Anne Tergesen
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-you-shouldnt-retire-when-your-spouse-does-1542639479

 

BBC
— Migrant caravan: Troops ‘unarmed’ at US-Mexico border, Mattis says
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46298669

November 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage voters and election judges encountered voting problems – Kimberly Fornek and Chuck Fieldman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dbr-election-problems-tl-1122-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Nearly 130 Chicago Public Schools employees, including 9 teachers, ousted over background check issues – Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-school-background-checks-20181119-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF FOSTER AND PELOSI: Foster among 16 Democrats vowing to oppose Pelosi becoming speaker – Mike DeBonis
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181119/foster-among-16-democrats-vowing-to-oppose-pelosi-becoming-speaker
— BuzzFeed will tell you what Millennials want, for a fee – Gerry Smith (DIERSEN: What did you want when you were young? I wanted a successful career in the automotive industry. EEOC ended all that in 1971 when I was 22 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That made me unemployed because Firestone had fired me for accepting that offer. I had to get a job fast because I had a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. Because of the aforesaid, I accepted a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181118/buzzfeed-will-tell-you-what-millennials-want-for-a-fee
— A lease in name only – Jan Shaw, Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181120/a-lease-in-name-only

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Durbin visits Central Illinois Foodbank to highlight need – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181119/durbin-visits-central-illinois-foodbank-to-highlight-need
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: City fire, police pension costs expected to outpace property taxes again – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181118/city-fire-police-pension-costs-expected-to-outpace-property-taxes-again

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage people to come to America illegally, to illegally stay in America illegally, and to illegally bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/November-2018/No-State-Has-More-to-Lose-From-Trumps-Citizenship-Question-Than-Illinois/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— When former state GOP leader Pat Brady said President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about women and minorities “hurts” Republicans, some guests at Monday’s City Club event booed. “Whether you like it or not,” Brady told the City Club crowd at Maggiano’s Banquets, “We have to come up with an Illinois strategy that bifurcates us away from the president’s message or we won’t be able to recruit people.” Monday’s contentious scene is just another indication of how divided the Republican Party is after that blue-ish wave swept Illinois. The event was titled “Illinois GOP: Now What?” At one point Brady also called out Dan Proft, who runs a right-wing PAC, for funneling $1.2 million to a primary candidate challenging Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin—who ultimately won. That kind of financial support could have benefited Erika Harold, Brady said of the GOP attorney general candidate who fell short. Brady wants financial support to carry candidates through the general election. But Proft, also a panelist, disagreed, saying, “Competition produces better goods and services. Primaries are for improving the quality of the caucus and generals are for growing the caucus.” There was a glimmer of unity. Proft agreed with Brady on the need to do a better job recruiting young people, women and minorities. So now what? . . . A Cook County Circuit Court judge has ruled a Chicago restaurateur can move ahead with his defamation lawsuit against Crain Communications.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/11/20/mourning-in-chicago-preckwinkle-mendoza-come-out-fighting-daley-in-business-349637

 

WIRE POINTS
— Despite $5B tax hike, Illinois forecasts billions in future deficits – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/despite-5b-tax-hike-illinois-forecasts-billions-in-future-deficits/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State negligence could soon cost taxpayers more – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-negligence-could-soon-cost-taxpayers-more/article_9351f8c4-ebfa-11e8-bd3a-b3f10135b361.html
— One-quarter of new jobs in Illinois were in the government – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/one-quarter-of-new-jobs-in-illinois-were-in-the/article_314340c2-ec3e-11e8-b477-5f300e90424a.html

 

GOPUSA
— CNN ‘commentator’ Carl Bernstein wants Trump censored on the air
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59517

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— CARAVAN OF ‘MIGRANTS’ – A CRISIS DECADES IN THE MAKING America is on the edge of forfeiting its sovereignty and security. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271978/caravan-migrants-crisis-decades-making-michael-cutler

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Truth About The Invasion Force Heading Toward Our Southern Border
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29172-truth-about-invasion-force-heading-toward-our-southern-border
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: If Democrats never move to the center, why should Republicans do it? – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29171-outsiders-vs-insiders-if-democrats-never-move-center-why-should-republicans-do-it

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— JOURNALIST REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT CARAVAN Rachel Alexander covers realities of who migrants are, who’s funding them
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/journalist-reveals-the-truth-about-caravan/
— DEMOCRATS ARE ABOUT ENTITLEMENT, NOT EMPOWERMENT – Carl Jackson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at members of the following groups that they are entitled: 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.wnd.com/2018/11/dems-are-about-entitlement-not-empowerment/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Facebook deletes pro-family page for ‘hate speech’ against LGBT – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/facebook-deletes-americans-for-truth-about-homosexuality-page-on-vague-hate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the weekend Facebook unpublished the page of a prominent social-conservative group for allegedly using unspecified “hate speech,” Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) president Peter LaBarbera revealed Monday. AFTAH is dedicated to “apply[ing] the same single-minded determination to opposing the radical homosexual agenda and standing for God-ordained sexuality and the natural family as countless homosexual groups do in promoting their harmful agenda.” LaBarbera frequently debates homosexual issues on mainstream and pro-LGBT media, and has written for LifeSiteNews. On Sunday, Facebook took down AFTAH’s Facebook page entirely, leaving only a “Page Not Found” message in its place as of the time of this writing.)

 

FOX NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that an anti-American federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-bars-us-from-enforcing-trump-administrations-asylum-ban
— Legions of Democrats drawing headlines just by eyeing the White House – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legions-of-democrats-drawing-headlines-just-by-eyeing-the-white-house

 

BREITBART
— Did Fox News Cost the GOP Orange County? – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/19/did-fox-news-cost-gop-orange-county/

 

CNS NEWS
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Limitations on Caravan and Other Asylum-Seekers – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-limitations-caravan-and-other-asylum-seekers

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘They Invaded’: ABC, NBC Ignore Tijuana Locals Protesting Against the Caravan – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2018/11/19/they-invaded-abc-nbc-ignore-tijuana-locals-protesting-against

 

DAILY WIRE
— Mexican Protesters Warn ‘Trump Was Right,’ Caravan ‘Is An Invasion’ – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38523/watch-mexican-protesters-warn-trump-was-right-ryan-saavedra

 

DAILY CALLER
— UNIVISION HOST CLAIMS CARAVAN PROTESTERS ARE RACIST — THEN TUCKER POINTS OUT THEY’RE ALL THE SAME RACE – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/19/univision-caravan-mexico-protesters/

 

TOWNHALL
— Obama Campaigned for Four Democrats in Close 2018 Races. They All Lost – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/11/19/in-2018-obama-campaigned-for-four-democrats-in-close-races–all-four-lost-n2536149

 

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
— Campaign Management School (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs discourage you from seeking a government or a political office if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/training/school.cfm?schoolID=39068

 

THE HILL
— GOP: Retired admiral who Trump attacked is ‘hardly a non-political figure’ – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/417472-official-rnc-twitter-account-retired-admiral-who-trump-attacked-is-hardly-a

 

ABC NEWS
— U.S. military troops to be allowed to defend border patrol agents: Official – ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN and LUIS MARTINEZ
https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-military-troops-allowed-defend-border-patrol-agents/story?id=59305679

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in a) getting women to hate Trump and b) getting those women to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/misogyny-has-become-central-republican-mission-gop-dying-result-ncna937401

 

REUTERS
— Amazon, T-Mobile say age discrimination plaintiffs suing over Facebook job ads have nothing in common – Daniel Wiessner (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that you will be discriminated against because of your age: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, non-veteran, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-facebookads/amazon-t-mobile-say-plaintiffs-suing-over-facebook-job-ads-have-nothing-in-common-idUSL2N1XU1RC

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans, that is, Democrats, illegally encourage foreign countries a) to illegally send their citizens to America illegally and b) to illegally keep their citizens in America illegally. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/judge-denies-trump-asylum-policy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that an anti-American federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/20/blow-trumps-immigration-agenda-federal-judge-blocks-asylum-ban-migrants-who-enter-illegally-mexico/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans, that is, Democrats, illegally encourage foreign countries a) to illegally send their citizens to America illegally and b) to illegally keep their citizens in America illegally. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/most-americans-have-common-ground-on-immigration-congress-should-listen-to-them/2018/11/19/2d51946c-ec1d-11e8-baac-2a674e91502b_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The disconnect between President Trump and his administration on freedom of the press.” I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout BOTH that a) they hate me because I am a member of the press and b) that I am not a member of the press.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/20/disconnect-between-president-trump-his-administration-freedom-press/
— In blow to Trump’s immigration agenda, federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico – Isaac Stanley-Becker and Maria Sacchetti (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans, that is, Democrats, illegally encourage foreign countries a) to illegally send their citizens to America illegally and b) to illegally keep their citizens in America illegally. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/20/blow-trumps-immigration-agenda-federal-judge-blocks-asylum-ban-migrants-who-enter-illegally-mexico/

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: One in five Army generals could not deploy for medical reasons in 2016, data show – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: What has stopped you from doing things? Neither health problems nor any other kind of problems have stopped me from a) putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out since 2000, b) putting those emails together and sending them out each and every morning since 2004, and c) putting those emails together and sending them out each and every evening too since 2015.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/19/one-five-army-generals-were-not-cleared-combat-2016/2029702002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Democrats’ Rust Belt Success Alters 2020 Picture Counties that voted for Trump in 2016 flipped back in midterms, raising questions about power of president’s trade policies – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Counties did not flip because of trade policies, but because of Democrat success in promoting hatred of Trump and in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats. In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, which Republican leaders a) have come to Trump’s defense and b) have dumped Trump?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-democrats-rust-belt-success-alters-2020-picture-1542646086
— The Jim Acosta Hour A CNN suit claiming a constitutional right to a press pass will inevitably backfire. – William McGurn (DIERSEN: Politicians who blame me for their problems want the power a) to stop me from learning about their press conferences, b) to stop me from attending their press conferences, c) to stop me from speaking with anyone at their press conferences, d) to stop me from asking any questions at their press conferences, and e) to stop me from reporting anything about their press conferences. Why do the aforesaid politicians want the aforesaid powers? I should write a book about the aforesaid politicians and why they want the aforesaid powers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-jim-acosta-hour-1542672868
— Alienated, Angry, in Need of a Job Getting a monthly check from Uncle Sam is not likely to renew the family or the civic foundations of working-class America. W. Bradford Wilcox reviews “The Once and Future Worker” by Oren Cass and “The Forgotten Americans” by Isabel Sawhill. (DIERSEN: Because of my Democrat superiors in the federal government, a) I became more and more and more underemployed while I worked for them 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and then b) I became unemployed in 1997 when I was 49 years old. The aforesaid would not have happened if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-once-and-future-worker-and-the-forgotten-americans-review-alienated-angry-in-need-of-a-job-1542672803

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote diversity is to get rid of those 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.forbes.com/sites/caterinabulgarella/2018/11/19/why-the-increased-diversity-of-the-next-congress-is-a-victory-for-ethics/#5b5a9c2b690f

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— New bill would enable a tax-free upskilling fund for workers – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: What have you done to upskill yourself? 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. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/11/19/new-bill-would-enable-a-tax-free-upskilling-fund-for-workers/

 

HR DRIVE
— Employers paid $505M to resolve EEOC charges in FY2018 – Ryan Golden (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, but Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/employers-paid-505m-to-resolve-eeoc-charges-in-fy2018/542585/

 

ATLANTIC
— The Democrats’ White-People Problem Donald Trump likes to pit elite and non-elite white people against each other. Why do white liberals play into his trap? – JOAN C. WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who pit elite White people against non-elite White people like me.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-democrats-white-people-problem/573901/

 

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that Trump is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should Trump sue anti-Trumps?
https://reason.com/archives/2018/11/19/suppressing-trumps-bigotry-on-facebook

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— LGBTQ community organizations plan forum with mayoral candidates Jan. 19
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-community-organizations-plan-forum-with-mayoral-candidates-Jan-19/64770.html

 

LOS ANGELES BLADE
— Hell Freezes Over: Orange County turns blue – Karen Ocamb (DIERSEN: In DuPage County, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are working very hard to turn DuPage County blue. One of the many things that the aforesaid do is endorse Democrats in municipal elections.)
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/11/19/hell-freezes-over-orange-county-turns-blue/

 

DAILY MAIL
— More than FIVE HUNDRED criminals are found traveling in caravan as US closes busiest Mexico border crossing for hours to install security barriers and thousands of migrants pour into Tijuana – AP
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6408385/More-500-criminals-traveling-migrant-caravan.html