CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker would consider ban on lawmaker-lobbyists, calling Arroyo’s roles
‘challenging and problematic’ As Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Google to announce a
second Chicago office, Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin held a press
conference to announce an ethics reform package, with one measure outright
banning all lawmakers from lobbying for any city or county. – Tina
Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/11/7/20953668/pritzker-banning-lawmakers-lobbyists-veto-session
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top Workplaces 2019 (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Democrat Chicagoland, the
federal government is a top workplace for Democrats, and especially for
Democrats who are minority, female, veteran, and/or younger. The federal
government gets rid of its employees who are Republican, and especially those
who are White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13 (currently
$98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently
$136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age
40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion
deadlines.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers/top-workplaces/ct-viz-top-workplaces-list-2019-htmlstory.html
ABC7
— Cloud over Chicago Police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s final days – Chuck
Goudie and Ross Weidner (DIERSEN: What did you do that put clouds over your
career? I a) avoided the draft, b) refused to become a Democrat, c) complained
about political affiliation discrimination, d) complained about reverse
discrimination, e) complained about age discrimination, f) became an active
member in a class action lawsuit that charged my superiors with reverse
discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation 1988 when I was 40, and g)
filed a lawsuit that charged my superiors with political affiliation discrimination,
reverse discrimination, age discrimination and retaliation in 1998.)
https://abc7chicago.com/cloud-over-cpd-superintendent-eddie-johnsons-final-days/5679873/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-11/8/2019
CBS2
— Activists Sue Two Illinois Sheriffs (Stephenson and Ogle counties) For
Detaining Immigrants Without Judicial Warrants
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11/07/aclu-lawsuits-ogle-stephenson-county-sheriff-immigrants-detained-without-warrants/
DAILY HERALD
— Republican lawmakers propose more ethics reforms – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191107/republican-lawmakers-propose-more-ethics-reforms
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20191107/entlife/311079916/
— Daily Herald editors discuss balance in political stories – Doug T. Graham
(DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the mainstream media
ever-increasingly a) promotes news and commentary that promote the Democrat,
Libertarian, and Green party platforms and b) downplays/censures news and
commentary that promote the Republican Party platform. To mitigate the
aforesaid, since 2000, I have put together and sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.
Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015,
each and every evening too. Since 2004, those emails have provided links to
more than 349,900 articles and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191107/daily-herald-editors-discuss-balance-in-political-stories
WBEZ
— ComEd ‘Shadow Lobbying’ Portfolio Filled With Clouted Contractors, Hires –
Dave McKinney, Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/comed-shadow-lobbying-portfolio-filled-with-clouted-contractors-hires/8f1b1043-268c-4fe2-857d-7706b2546d34
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— UIS community rallies against racism – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191107/uis-community-rallies-against-racism
— Brady group lauds Davis for bill promoting gun safes – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20191107/bernard-schoenburg-brady-group-lauds-davis-for-bill-promoting-gun-safes
DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Danville.
https://www.commercial-news.com/news/cannabis-dispensary-clears-first-hurdle/article_b1dd249c-01cc-11ea-8f6f-3f4792ad96e5.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Story suggests Macomb racial conflict at root of WIU problems – Nick
Vlahos
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20191107/nick-in-am-story-suggests-macomb-racial-conflict-at-root-of-wiu-problems
— State Sen. Chuck Weaver is seeking Bradley University presidency – Chris
Kaergard
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20191107/state-sen-chuck-weaver-is-seeking-bradley-university-presidency
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
state senator and Bradley alumnus is among the applicants for the top job at
BU, which will be filled when incumbent President Gary Roberts retires at the
end of May 2020. Weaver is also up for reelection in 2020, and said he will
file nominating petitions for another term in office. But because he’s also
seeking the Bradley job, he’s let party leaders within the district know that
he might have to drop off the ballot if he lands on the hilltop.)
SOUTHERN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Harrisburg council votes to allow cannabis sales for
adult recreational use – MARILYN HALSTEAD
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/harrisburg-council-votes-to-allow-cannabis-sales-for-adult-recreational/article_f554669c-cbf5-504f-9da9-c2d0effe01f0.html
QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Lawmakers, get serious about ethics review – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-lawmakers-get-serious-about-ethics-review/article_e83373a6-805b-5bb8-a543-5216ef34aa5a.html
MDJ ONLINE
— Progressive tax opponents say Gov. J.B. Pritzker went too far to push
amendment – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/progressive-tax-opponents-say-gov-j-b-pritzker-went-too/article_1eeb3ad0-dcac-5a43-a474-4df1b7307014.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Sue Rezin the Bull-fighter with the Winning Record, Part 1: Strengths
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/08/il-14-sue-rezin-the-bull-fighter-with-the-winning-record-part-1-strengths/
— Reick Invites People for Coffee Saturday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/08/reick-invites-people-for-coffee-saturday/
— Skillicorn Wants Light in the Afternoon All Year Round
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/08/skillicorn-wants-light-in-the-afternoon-all-year-round/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS STATE SENATOR ON ETHICS COMMITTEE ALLEGEDLY FILED FALSE INCOME TAX
RETURN Sources have identified state Sen. Terry Link as the FBI’s witness in
their investigation into former state Rep. Luis Arroyo. Tax troubles may have
led to Link’s cooperation. – Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-state-senator-on-ethics-committee-allegedly-filed-false-income-tax-return/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NO ROOM FOR DEBATE: ACADEMIA’S ONE-SIDED CONVERSATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/11/no-room-for-debate-academias-one-sided-conversation.html
CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/08/boost-your-cannabis-license-application-by-partnering-with-labor-2/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— No harm? Most illegals in Mississippi ICE raids stole Americans’ identities
– Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/7/mississippi-ice-raids-most-illegal-immigrants-stol/
GOPUSA
— Tucker Carlson rejects concerns about whistleblower’s safety: ‘Live my life
for a week’ (DIERSEN: Like Carlson, I give my “opinions everyday” in
GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Those who reject my opinions do everything that they
can a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them
out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I should write a book
about those who reject my opinions.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=79126
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Tucker Carlson rejected concerns about the wellbeing of the intelligence
community whistleblower that sparked impeachment proceedings, arguing during
his Fox News show Wednesday that his own safety is at greater risk. Mr. Carlson
made the comparison while complaining during his primetime opinion program
about recent efforts to protect the whistleblower by keeping his or her name
under wraps. “The hyenas on television are jumping up and down
hyperventilating, telling people, ‘How dare you want to know the identity, it
could endanger that person.’ Which, frankly, [is] a little insulting to those
of us who give our opinions everyday, kind of out there,” he said on “Tucker
Carlson Tonight.” “His life’s in danger? Oh spare me. Live my life for a week,”
Mr. Carlson said later during the episode.)
— Meet Safiya Khalid, elected to Lewiston Maine city council (DIERSEN: What if
voters in Wheaton’s West District had voted to fill the recent Wheaton West
District City Council vacancy? I would have been one of the ten candidates. The
following voters in Wheaton’s West District would NOT have voted for me: 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-federal retirees, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America
for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=79083
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
During a post-election speech at the Agora Grand Event Center on Tuesday,
Safiya Khalid said she has always been told she holds many “firsts” in her
family — the first to graduate high school, the first to graduate from college.
On Tuesday, she also added a first for the city, becoming Lewiston’s first
Somali-American to serve on the City Council. At 23, she’s also the youngest.
On Wednesday morning, just a few hours after she defeated fellow Democrat
Walter “Ed” Hill with nearly 70% of the vote, news outlets were lining up to
interview her. Khalid said she had been contacted by NPR and CNN, among others.
The Washington Post interviewed her Tuesday night, weighing in on a race marked
by her historic win, the racism she faced and harassment allegations against
members of her campaign. Khalid said early Wednesday that she was still “in
shock” from the victory, as well as the amount of national attention she’s
receiving. “Lewiston is out there,” she said. Khalid, with her mother and two
younger brothers, fled Somalia at the age of 7, arriving first in New Jersey
before relocating to Lewiston. For the Somali community, especially immigrants
who began settling in Lewiston in the early 2000s, Khalid’s election is a
significant step. Fowsia Musse, who works with Healthy Androscoggin and Maine
Community Integration, came to the United States in 1995 and was among the
first Somali refugees to settle in Lewiston. The day after Tuesday’s election,
Musse said “words cannot describe how happy I am for the representation we are
now being given” in city government. “I’m very happy for Safiya’s victory in
this electoral process,” she said in an email. “Safiya has worked relentlessly
hard to earn this. I want to congratulate the other winners, and thank them for
the fair fight. Together we can all move forward as a united Maine. Best wishes
to all the candidates!” Jordy Dushime, founder of the African Youth Alliance
and recent graduate of Lewiston High School said Wednesday that it’s
“revolutionary that a minority and especially an immigrant/refugee is able to
take place in the decision making of Lewiston.” Dushime, 19, came to Lewiston
from Burundi three years ago, and founded the African Youth Alliance as an
after-school resource for teenagers. “As a black refugee woman, she is able to
inspire us, the future generations to strive to participate in our communities
and our beloved state,” he said. Rilwan Osman, executive director of Maine
Immigrant & Refugee Services, said Wednesday that Khalid’s win marked “a huge
change for our community.”)
ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Issues Surround Study that Claims ‘Disinformation Still Running Rampant on
Facebook’ – Spencer Irvine (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all
government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the
government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/issues-surround-study-that-claims-disinformation-still-running-rampant-on-facebook/
BREITBART
— Ted Cruz: Big Tech Is a ‘Growing Threat to Our Democracy’ – SEAN MORAN
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who ban me and who ban my GOPUSA
ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government,
political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township,
DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC),
DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.
They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois
Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those
planks, b) reject the MTRCC resolution against video gambling and work against
those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me
who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have
filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/07/exclusive-ted-cruz-big-tech-is-a-growing-threat-to-our-democracy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
Texas senator said that big tech’s censorship serves as a fundamental threat to
America’s democratic system of government by stifling free speech on the
Internet. “Big tech’s power, bias, and censorship is profoundly dangerous, and
it is a growing threat to our democracy,” Cruz said. “As chairman of the
Constitution subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee, I have chaired multiple
hearings focused on big tech bias and censorship. We’ve heard witness after
witness testify; we’ve seen the evidence pile up of big tech silencing voices
with which it disagrees. Shadow banning conservatives, shadow banning anyone
who does not follow the political orthodoxy of a handful of big tech Silicon
Valley billionaires.” “What is new is the ability of big tech to silently
disappear the voices of those with which they disagree and simultaneously and
equally silently amplify the voices with which they agree, and there’s no
transparency, there’s no accountability,” he added. Cruz also warned that
Google’s biased search algorithm could interfere in the 2020 elections.
Professor Robert Epstein told the senator during a Senate Judiciary Committee
hearing in July that Google could manipulate millions of voters into voting for
Democrats during the 2020 election using their biased search engine.)
DAILY CALLER
— Jeff Sessions Calls Out Senate Republicans For Not ‘Pushing Hard Enough To
Advance The Trump Agenda’ – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/07/jeff-sessions-donald-trump-senate/
— Chaos Behind The Scenes: Trump Jr.’s Visit To ‘The View’ Stirs Everyone Up –
VIRGINIA KRUTA
https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/07/chaos-behind-scenes-trump-jr-the-view/
— ‘The View’ Hosts Blatantly Lie, Falsely Accuse Don Jr. Of Crime In Wild
Segment – VIRGINIA KRUTA
https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/07/the-view-hosts-lie-falsely-accuse-don-jr-crime/
— Trump Has Appointed 25% Of All Circuit Court Judges – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/11/08/donald-trump-circuit-court-judges/
DAILY SIGNAL
— The Decline of America’s Military, and Why It Matters – Katrina Trinko
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/11/08/the-decline-of-americas-military-and-why-it-matters/
TOWNHALL
— Trump Derangement Syndrome on Steroids – David Limbaugh
https://townhall.com/columnists/davidlimbaugh/2019/11/08/trump-derangement-syndrome-on-steroids-n2556139
PJ MEDIA
— Sessions Jumps into Senate Race: No One ‘Will Be More Effective in Advancing
Trump’s Agenda’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/watch-jeff-sessions-jumps-into-2020-senate-race/
FEDERALIST
— Nationalism, Populism, And Saving Ourselves From A Dark Future First Things
editor R.R. Reno’s book, ‘Return of the Strong Gods,’ persuasively argues that
tolerance and liberalism are now at odds with our community bonds and spiritual
convictions. – Nathanael Blake
https://thefederalist.com/2019/11/08/nationalism-populism-and-saving-ourselves-from-a-dark-future/
LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Protesters Greet Melania Trump at Boston Hospital to Promote Program That
Helps Babies Born on Drugs – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2019/11/protesters-greet-melania-trump-at-boston-hospital-to-promote-program-that-helps-babies-born-on-drugs/
THE HILL
— Joy Behar roasted for denying wearing blackface: ‘Enjoy the cancel culture
you created’ – JOE CONCHA
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/469470-joy-behar-roasted-for-denying-wearing-blackface-enjoy-the-cancel-culture-you
NEW YORK TIMES
— How the Insufferably Woke Help Trump Democrats are insulting and
condescending to the swing-state voters they need the most. – Timothy Egan
(DIERSEN: Who are the most insulting and condescending Trump-haters in your
neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, and
Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/08/opinion/warren-biden-trump.html
— Bernie Sanders Says Migrants Who Have Spent 5 Years in U.S. Should Get to
Stay Mr. Sanders released a plan on Thursday that vowed to create a “swift,
fair pathway to citizenship” for undocumented immigrants and “break up”
Immigration and Customs Enforcement. – Reid J. Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/us/politics/bernie-sanders-immigration.html
— We Can Help Men Live Longer We need to pay more attention to the factors
that contribute to earlier deaths for men. – Louise Aronson (DIERSEN: What do
you say to men who curry favor with men-haters by promoting hatred against
men?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/opinion/men-health-crisis-.html
— Nonvoters Are a Source of Hope for Democrats. But Maybe a False Hope.
Demographically, they seem like people who’d want to vote out Trump. Yet at
least in the battleground states, many favor Republicans. – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/07/upshot/nonvoters-2020-presidential-election.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Targeting Mark Zuckerberg The avalanche of attacks against Facebook’s speech
policy continues. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/targeting-mark-zuckerberg-11573171559
— Meritocracy’s Waterloo? The University of California may scrap admissions
testing. – Editorial (DIERSEN: The following would NOT have admitted me if I
had not passed tests: UIC (1966), NIU (1969), Loyola (1972), DePaul (1976), and
IIT (1992.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meritocracys-waterloo-11573171392
USA TODAY
— Here are 3 great reasons to take Social Security benefits at 62 – Maurie
Backman
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/08/social-security-benefits-62-years-old/40556249/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/tv/2019/11/07/glaad-study-tv-sets-record-lgbtq-characters-cable-flat/4169749002/
— Millennials, Gen Xers to baby boomers: Can you retire so I can get a job
promotion? – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors and supervisors in
the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who
were younger, Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid
of their employees who were older, Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/11/07/jobs-baby-boomers-older-workers-may-block-millennials-careers/4170836002/
CITY WATCH
— Supreme Court Justices Being Urged to Recuse Themselves from Upcoming LGBTQ
Rights Cases – ALEX BOLLINGER
https://citywatchla.com/index.php/2016-01-01-13-17-00/intelligence-report/18798-supreme-court-justices-being-urged-to-recuse-themselves-from-upcoming-lgbtq-rights-cases
NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters crow about their success in turning
southwest border residents into America haters.
https://www.newsweek.com/southwest-residents-disapprove-donald-trump-u-s-mexico-border-policies-1470320
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-sexism-warning-washington-post-1470544
ATLANTIC
— Life in One of the Whitest Towns in America Anna, Illinois, has a long
history of excluding black people. Where does that leave it today? – LOGAN
JAFFE (DIERSEN: Where and when did you grow up? I grew up in Crete during the
1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen
Ellyn, Milton Township, and DuPage County who promote hatred of those who grew
up in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. These hate-promoters 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.theatlantic.com/family/archive/2019/11/anna-illinois-sundown-towns/601111/
MEDIATE
— New York Times Is Nearly Halfway to 10 Million Subscriptions. Can the Paper
Reach Its Goal By 2025? – Matthew Kassel (DIERSEN: If you were me, what would
you do to increase GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readership?)
https://www.mediaite.com/print/nyt-is-nearly-halfway-to-10-million-subs-can-the-paper-reach-its-goal-by-2025/
AMERICA HOME SHIELD
— Nine Easy Ways To Increase Social Media Engagement (DIERSEN: If you were me,
what would you do to increase GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readership?)
https://www.ahs.com/home-matters/real-estate/nine-easy-ways-to-increase-social-media-engagement/
WORDPRESS
— 3 Ways to Build Website Credibility with Google – Bev Feldman (DIERSEN: If
you were me, what would you do to increase GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readership?)
https://wordpress.com/go/digital-marketing/3-ways-to-build-website-credibility-with-google/
SEARCH ENGINE JOURNAL
— The Future of SEO: What SEO & Marketing Pros Need to Understand – Kali
Bliss (DIERSEN: If you were me, what would you do to increase GOPUSA ILLINOIS
email readership?)
https://www.searchenginejournal.com/future-of-seo/326529/#close
EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Should Newsrooms Accept Additional Funding From Facebook? – Evelyn Mateos
(DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one has, and no one will,
call my tunes. I have not, and I will not, seek or accept money for what I do
as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-should-newsrooms-accept-additional-funding-from-facebook/
