November 18 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that hate Trump promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/hate-crimes-are-on-the-rise-but-law-enforcement-is-watching/4704176/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use minorities and women to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-friday-thank-a-black-journalist-1116-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF SALMAN AND KHASHOGGI: CIA concludes Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman ordered journalist Jamal Khashoggi’s assassination – Shane Harris, Greg Miller, Josh Dawsey
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-jamal-khashoggi-assassination-cia-saudi-crown-prince-20181116-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use French anti-Trumps to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times/20181117/281711205685196
— New report says America’s public universities are separate and unequal – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that instead of me, a) UIC should have admitted a minority in 1966, b) NIU should have admitted a minority in 1969, c) Loyola should have admitted a minority in 1972, d) DePaul should have admitted a minority in 1976, e) Roosevelt should have admitted a minority in 1980, and f) IIT should have admitted a minority in 1992.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/college-university-higher-education-separate-unequal-blacks-whites-latinos/

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF INVADERS AND THEIR CHILDREN: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use invaders and their children to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn members of the following groups as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things: 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.dailyherald.com/article/20181115/news/311159994/

 

SOUTHERN
— Trump: Freedom of the press is important to me – AP
https://thesouthern.com/business/investment/personal-finance/trump-freedom-of-the-press-is-important-to-me/video_7e61a2ce-dbce-5779-8ed3-3e5975c4b74c.html

 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Two closing South Side Target stores’ combined property tax bill: $750K per year
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/511630585-two-closing-south-side-target-stores-combined-property-tax-bill-750k-per-year

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Madigan and Pritzker: Who’s the boss? – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511631719-madigan-and-pritzker-who-s-the-boss

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— How will DuPage GOP regroup after midterm losses? – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: Democrats plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the DuPage GOP will use the losses to ramp up their efforts to drive conservatives, that is, Republicans, out of the DuPage GOP. They will focus on driving out of the DuPage GOP those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platforms. They will focus on driving out of the DuPage GOP those like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (I am 70), non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511631636-how-will-dupage-gop-regroup-after-midterm-losses
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the Chicago Tribune, Democrats also won at least 80 percent of all the precincts in Naperville, a city where just-ousted Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren lost only two precincts combined in 2016. “It signals that it’s a time for purging and rebuilding,” Ruhl added. “The focus needs to be on identifying our voter base and growing that base in an upright manner where we’re working with a more diverse group of people and educating them on all the things we know need to happen for this state.”)

 

GOPUSA
— John Kerry trashes Trump to British media: ‘We cannot have a truculent child president’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59281

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Acosta victorious – Elad Hakim
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/acosta_victorious.html

 

FOX NEWS
— Thanksgiving time: Anti-Trump media stuffing plates with overdone hate – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/thanksgiving-time-anti-trump-media-stuffing-plates-with-overdone-hate

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 5,800 troops in 3 states preparing for migrant caravan – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/5-800-troops-in-3-states-preparing-for-migrant-caravan

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Shame on Fox News for Joining the CNN-Acosta Farce – Nicholas L. Waddy
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/17/shame-on-fox-news-for-joining-the-cnn-acosta-farce/

 

TOWNHALL
— UN Furious That President Trump Protects the American Taxpayer from Communist Thieves – Humberto Fontova
https://townhall.com/columnists/humbertofontova/2018/11/17/un-furious-that-president-trump-protects-the-american-taxpayer-from-communist-thieves-n2536076
— Critics Say Bring Border Troops Home for Thanksgiving. This Navy SEAL Veteran Says It’s Part of the Job -Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2018/11/17/critics-say-bring-border-troops-home-for-thanksgiving-this-navy-seal-veteran-say-n2536122

 

BREITBART
— Globalists’ Latest Push: Mass Deportation ‘Morally Unacceptable,’ Amnesty is Necessary – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/16/globalists-latest-push-mass-deportation-morally-unacceptable-amnesty-is-necessary/

 

THE HILL
— Pence: US will hold those responsible for Khashoggi’s murder accountable – MORGAN GSTALTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/417243-pence-us-will-hold-those-responsible-for-khashoggi-murder-accountable

 

POLITICO
— ‘A sword hanging over our heads’: Trump discovers new weapon against media The administration is drawing up rules for White House reporters’ behavior, and the president said if journalists don’t follow them, ‘we’ll end up back in court, and we’ll win.’ – JASON SCHWARTZ (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who let me attend their press conferences only if I agree to a) not ask any questions, b) not speak with any of the other reporters, and c) not report on anything that was said? What do you say to those who let me attend their fundraisers only if I agree to a) pay the admission price, b) not speak with any of the attendees, and c) not report on who spoke, how many attended, who the attendees included, or anything else?)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/16/trump-jim-acosta-cnn-999675
— RIP, California GOP: Republicans lash out after midterm election debacle ‘There is no message. There is no messenger. There is no money. And there is no infrastructure,’ says one top Republican. – CARLA MARINUCCI (DIERSEN: What is the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) doing? Has your representative on the IRP State Central Committee (SCC) sought your input? What is on the agenda for the December 1, 2018 IRP SCC meeting? Where, and at what time, will the meeting be held? Will public comments be allowed? What will be discussed in the open part of the meeting and what will be discussed in executive session part of the meeting?)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/17/rip-california-gop-republicans-lash-out-after-midterm-election-debacle-1000481

 

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Returns To Bashing The Migrant Caravan, Calling It A ‘Big Con’ The president said asylum seekers can’t be serious if they’re waving flags from their home countries. – Mary Papenfuss
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/trump-migrant-caravan-big-con_us_5bef79bfe4b0f32bd589b6da

 

YAHOO NEWS
— First They Came For Acosta. Why We (PEN America) Sued Trump Before He Acts Again – Jeff Berman and Jennifer Boylan (DIERSEN: What is PEN America’s position on those politicians, their operatives, and their dupes who since 2000 have treated me like Trump treats Acosta? Will PEN America sue them?)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/first-came-acosta-why-sued-214850036.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This President has done far more than retaliate against one White House reporter. Rather, he has mounted a sustained campaign of retaliation and threats against an array of journalists and media companies he perceives as critics, ranging from interfering with a merger to threats to revoke media broadcast licenses. This President has demonstrated time and again that, no matter the damage to our democracy, he will make outrageous, chilling, and dangerous remarks to and about journalists. He has that right and nothing in sight will stop him. But when he and his administration take action to curtail the exercise of First Amendment rights, it has not only gone too far morally, it has gone too far legally. That’s why PEN America, an organization of writers and literary professionals whose mission is celebrating and defending free expression, sued President Trump in federal court to stop him. And it’s why Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan nonprofit with a mission to prevent our democracy from sliding into autocracy, is representing PEN America along with the Yale Media Freedom and Information Access Clinic, going after President Trump in federal court to stop him. We are suing President Trump for using the levers of government power he oversees to punish the media for coverage he dislikes, not for his verbal attacks on the press. The President’s retaliatory actions toward news entities harken not just back to the McCarthy era, when the creative community was directly targeted by the government, they are straight out of the modern authoritarian’s playbook. Where Trump has his “enemy of the people,” Stalin had his “vrag naroda” (enemy of the nation). Where Trump has his “lying media,” Hitler had his “lugenpresse” (lying press).)

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF SALMAN: C.I.A. Concludes That Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman Ordered Khashoggi Killed – Julian E. Barnes (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are under orders to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and to get me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they talked and acted like they were under orders to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc. What if these operatives and dupes turned on my critics/opponents? My critics/opponent would get rid of them once and for all.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/16/us/politics/cia-saudi-crown-prince-khashoggi.html
— U.S. Official: US Intel Says Prince Ordered Khashoggi Killing – AP
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2018/11/17/us/politics/ap-saudi-arabia-writer-killed.html
— CIA Believes Saudi Crown Prince Ordered Journalist’s Killing-Sources – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2018/11/17/world/europe/17reuters-saudi-khashoggi-cia-prince.html
— ‘Facebook Cannot Be Trusted to Regulate Itself’ – Editorial (DIERSEN: Facebook is Democrat/Libertarian/Green/RINO website. Therefore, by definition, Facebook 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. Beyond tragically, ever-increasingly, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) do not have websites or let their websites die, b) send fewer emails or stop sending them completely, and c) put themselves under the total domination and total control of Facebook.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/opinion/facebook-data-congress-russia-election.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/16/orange-county-isnt-only-mark-gops-bad-it-may-be-warning-about-future/
— The Nancy Pelosi speaker debate is a proxy for the war over the future of the Democratic Party – Eugene Scott
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/16/debates-about-next-house-speaker-are-mirror-debate-about-future-democratic-party/
— The CIA’s big finding on Jamal Khashoggi’s death pits a disbelieving Trump against his intelligence community — again – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/15/trump-administration-is-trying-hard-not-blame-saudi-crown-prince-khashoggis-death/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, invaders use children to help them invade America.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/migrants-adopt-strategy-for-u-s-entry-come-as-a-family-1542376796
— Art of the Deal: 2020 No matter who becomes Speaker of the House next year, the President enjoys a remarkable political opportunity. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/art-of-the-deal-2020-1542407790
— ‘I Was Hoping to Be Retired’: The Cost of Supporting Parents and Adult Children More Americans are being squeezed by the burden of caring for two generations—just when they thought they could kick back – Michael M. Phillips and Heather Gillers (DIERSEN: Are your parents and children a financial burden on you or will they be? To justify their forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors factored in a) that my wife and I were childless, b) that my father and my wife’s parents had died, c) that my mother and brother did not need financial assistance, and d) that my wife’s sister and brother and her brother’s wife and children did not need financial assistance.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/i-was-hoping-to-be-retired-the-cost-of-supporting-parents-and-adult-children-1542381023

 

FORTUNE
— Senators Threaten to Regulate Facebook Unless It Makes Fixes – Bloomberg
http://fortune.com/2018/11/17/facebook-regulation-privacy/

 

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg isn’t accountable to anyone, so it’s time Congress took away the source of his power – Troy Wolverton (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. You are accountable to those who give you money.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/congress-should-ban-facebooks-dual-class-stock-structure-2018-11

 

USA TODAY
— Migrants’ makeshift shelter in Tijuana short on bathrooms, food – Rebecca Plevin
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/11/16/migrant-caravan-few-bathrooms-little-food-no-humanitarian-crisis/2034094002/

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP DEMANDS ‘DECORUM’ FROM REPORTERS AFTER ACOSTA WHITE HOUSE PRESS PASS REINSTATED – TOM PORTER AND REUTERS
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-demands-decorum-reporters-after-acosta-white-house-press-pass-1220527

 

SOUTHERN POVERTY LAW CENTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/16/fbi-hate-crime-numbers-soar-7106-2017-third-worst-year-start-data-collection
https://www.splcenter.org/hatewatch/2018/11/16/hatewatch-headlines-11162018
https://www.splcenter.org/news/2018/11/16/splc-wins-temporary-stay-journalist-whose-work-challenged-ice-0

 

DAILY MAIL
— Delete, ignore, delete: What YOU see on Facebook and other social media is determined by split-second decisions made by secret workers in the developing world who plow through 25,000 images a day – SHEILA FLYNN
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6398981/The-cleaners-deciding-secret-social-media-users-world-price.html

November 15 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Senate Fails to Override Veto of Bill to Take Illinois Out of Controversial Voter Registration System
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-crosscheck-senate-fails-override-veto-500611041.html
— Illinois Senate Overrides Rauner’s Veto on Raising Smoking Age to 21
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-senate-votes-to-override-rauners-veto-on-raising-smoking-age-to-21-500609231.html
— Senate Overrides Rauner Veto on Immigrant Crime-Victim Visas – John O’Connor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senate-overrides-rauner-veto-on-immigrant-crime-victim-visas-500578281.html

 

CBS2
— U.S. Attorney Says More Staff, Resources On Chicago Violence
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/15/u-s-attorney-says-more-staff-resources-on-chicago-violence/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Revolving door makes legislators rich while voters get dizzy – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/pam-althoff-enterprise-rental-car-companies-state-government-county-board-revolving-door/
— Aldermanic privilege steeped in power, politics — and prejudice, critics contend – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/aldermanic-privilege-prerogative-affordable-housing-power-politics-prejudice-shriver-center-poverty-law/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois’ billionaire Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker won’t take annual state salary – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-governor-elect-jb-pritzker-no-salary-20181115-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Another new form of legal gambling in Illinois — betting on ‘historical’ horse races — moves closer to approval – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-historical-horse-racing-vote-20181115-story.html
— State Comptroller Susana Mendoza’s announcement of Chicago mayoral run leads to barrage of political attacks – Bill Ruthhart, John Byrne and Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-chicago-mayors-race-susana-mendoza-backlash-20181114-story.html
— Trump’s attack on the First Amendment – Editorial (DIERSEN: Will the Chicago Tribune come to my defense the next time that I am barred from a press conference by an activist, candidate, elected official, or party leader who claims to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-trump-press-cnn-constitution-20181115-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Seeking a 2020 comeback, House GOP elects McCarthy as leader – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181115/news/311159990/

 

WLS AM
— Pritzker finds a “new” source of money – Bill Cameron
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/11/15/pritzker-finds-a-new-source-of-money/

 

JOURNAL TOPICS
— Citing the poor success rate of Maine Township Republican candidates for local Illinois General Assembly public offices and a local GOP that’s “definitely fractured,” Maine Township Trustee Kim Jones of Park Ridge this week called for the resignation of Maine Republican Committeeman Char Foss-Eggemann. – Todd Wessell
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/trustee-kim-jones-calls-for-resignation-of-maine-republican-committeeman/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Kent Gray suspended from law practice for one year – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181115/kent-gray-suspended-from-law-practice-for-one-year

 

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Illinois Speaker Mike Madigan is popular — in his own mind – Scott Reeder
https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/Reeder-Illinois-Speaker-Mike-Madigan-is-popular-13394864.php

 

MDJ ONLINE
— Oberweis looking ahead to next General Assembly – Greg Bishop
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/state-lawmakers-looking-ahead-to-next-general-assembly/article_92e3cb62-8bca-5705-b148-e30a028b3c9c.html

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Make A Difference, Run for Office – Leslie Pinney Abbey
https://illinoisfamily.org/politics/making-a-difference-run-for-office/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— Media’s anti-Trump bias obvious to nearly half of voters
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/medias-anti-trump-bias-obvious-to-nearly-half-of-voters/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Reverse caravan for Thanksgiving: More Americans are headed to Mexico than any other country – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/reverse-caravan-for-thanksgiving-more-americans-are-headed-to-mexico-than-any-other-country

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Jim Acosta is ‘left-wing activist’ employed by ‘political hit squad’ says media watcher Brent Bozell White House call to pull press pass was ‘absolutely justified’ – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. I should write a book about those who since 2000 have painted me as being a “right-wing activist” who works for a “political hit squad.” They do NOT want me to know about their political events. They do NOT want me to promote their political events. They do NOT want me to attend their political events. They do NOT want me to report on their political events.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/15/brent-bozell-jim-acosta-is-left-wing-activist-cnn/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Acosta Wrong, Trump Right: It’s an Invasion – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30657-acosta-wrong-trump-right-it-s-an-invasion

 

DAILY CALLER
— JIM ACOSTA CLAIMED MIGRANTS WOULDN’T CLIMB BORDER, BUT THEY’RE DOING EXACTLY THAT – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/15/jim-acosta-border-caravan-climbing/

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— Even Acosta’s Reporter Peers Think He’s Gone Too Far – Geoffrey Dickens
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2018/11/15/even-acostas-reporter-peers-think-hes-gone-too-far%25c2%25a0

 

BREITBART
— Florida Democrats Urged Voters to Submit Absentee Ballots After Election Day Using Altered Form – Joel B. Pollak
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/15/report-florida-democrats-urged-voters-to-submit-absentee-ballots-after-election-day-using-altered-forms/

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal aliens fill Tijuana shelters, more on the way
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59199
— Count till we win: Judge extends recount deadline for Florida provisional, mail-in ballots
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59227
— Six Reasons the CNN-Acosta Lawsuit Is Lame
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59107
— Bob Woodward slams CNN’s Acosta lawsuit, says media ’emotionally unhinged’ over Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59243
— Pelosi taunts unhappy Dems who want to block her bid for speaker (DIERSEN: Who has taunted you and why? I should write a book about those who have taunted me and why.)
http://www.gopusa.com/pelosi-taunts-unhappy-dems-who-want-to-block-her-bid-for-speaker/

 

AMERICAN ENTERPRISE INSTITUTE
— Losing the suburbs The GOP failed to win a crucial category of voters – Jay Cost
https://www.aei.org/publication/losing-the-suburbs/

 

NEW YORK POST
— Judge postpones ruling on fate of Acosta’s White House press pass – Max Jaeger
https://nypost.com/2018/11/15/judge-postpones-ruling-on-fate-of-acostas-white-house-press-pass/

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Florida recount: Hand recount ordered in U.S. Senate race in Florida – Sean Sullivan, Lori Rozsa, Beth Reinhard and Amy Gardner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/florida-recount-signatures-judge-ballot-machine-count-deadline/2018/11/15/21275a22-e87c-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps love anti-Trumps.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/post-partisan/wp/2018/11/13/michael-steele-on-why-he-remains-in-the-republican-party-im-not-leaving-this-is-my-house/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— After a month on the road, hundreds of caravan travelers find they’re unwelcome in Tijuana – PATRICK J. MCDONNELL
http://www.latimes.com/world/la-fg-mexico-caravan-tijuana-20181115-story.html

November 13 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

CBS2
— Kinzinger ‘Disgusted’ By Trump For Mocking Republican Reps Who Distanced Themselves – CNN (DIERSEN: Democrats won on November 6, 2018 because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/13/adam-kinzinger-disgusted-donald-trump-republicans-midterm-elections-house/
— Newly Elected Democrat Calls Tennessee ‘Racist,’ Republican Voters ‘Uneducated’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/13/newly-elected-democrat-calls-tennessee-racist-republican-voters-uneducated/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 12 Evening Edition

ABC7
— JB Pritzker uses Veterans Day to announce advisory committee on veterans – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pritzker-uses-veterans-day-to-announce-advisory-committee-on-veterans/4675939/

 

CBS2
— Activists Arrested At Rally Demanding Obama Center Agree To ‘Community Benefits Agreement’
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/12/obama-presidential-center-protest-rally-community-benefits-agreement-protesters-arrested/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— When lawmakers return to Springfield, will they rebuke Rauner or save some wins for Pritzker? – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-legislature-veto-session-20181112-story.html
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker says he’ll live in Springfield but his children will go to school in Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-spin-pritzker-springfield20181112-story.html
— 5 reasons the Democrats might impeach Trump – Ramesh Ponnuru
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-impeach-trump-five-reasons-democrats-might-1112-20181109-story.html
— VERY SAD: Why Americans, particularly millennials, have fallen out of love with cars – Mary Wisniewski (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-car. I bought my first car in 1964 when I was 16, a 1958 Chevy BelAir. I bought my first new car in 1966, a 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/wisniewski/ct-biz-young-adults-cars-attitudes-20181106-story.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Share your salary – Minda Zetlin (DIERSEN: If you are/were a government employee, sooner or later, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) will know what your salary is/was and b) will use that information against you.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/success/inc/tca-why-you-should-tell-people-you-salary-20181107-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump shows his contempt for the men and women in uniform.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-contempt-trump-veterans-wwi-cemetery-1113-20181112-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Decision expected next week in tight Walsh Miller, Edly-Allen race – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181112/decision-expected-next-week-in-tight-walsh-miller-edly-allen-race
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in using video gambling to take money away from poor people.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181112/video-gambling-equivalent-of-24-new-casinos
— Pritzker names leaders of new veterans council, including Republican Rep. Harris – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181112/pritzker-names-leaders-of-new-veterans-council-including-republican-rep-harris
— Duckworth, Harris among leaders of Pritzker’s new veterans council – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181112/duckworth-harris-among-leaders-of-pritzkers-new-veterans-council

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Bicentennial Birthday Party in Chicago moves to smaller venue (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, and companies that are members of the following groups to leave Illinois: 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. I should write a book about those who lead the effort to drive members of the aforesaid groups out of Wheaton, out of Glen Ellyn, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois.)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181112/bicentennial-birthday-party-in-chicago-moves-to-smaller-venue

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER CAMPAIGN BOASTS NEW VOTER RECORDS SET LAST TUESDAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/pritzker-campaign-boasts-new-voter-records-set-last-tuesday.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Counting all the ballots takes time, and for good reason
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/12/counting-all-the-ballots-takes-time-and-for-good-reason/

 

GOPUSA
— Illegal immigrants break November 2017 number in 2 days
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58940

 

TOWNHALL
— Yes, Florida Elections Have Had Their Moments, Like 200,000 Non-Citizens Possibly Voting In 2012 – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/11/12/fl-sen-oh-so-200000-non-citizens-might-have-voted-n2535750
— Don’t Forget That CNN Suing Trump WH Over Stripping Of Acosta WH Press Pass Shows One Thing: Hatred Of Trump – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2018/11/12/oh-here-we-go-cnn-preparing-to-sue-trump-wh-over-stripping-of-acostas-press-pass-n2535739

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP ADMINISTRATION TO DEPORT JOURNALIST, SPLC SAYS IT COULD HAPPEN WITHIN MONTH – Joe Simonson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/12/trump-administration-deportation-journalist-splc/

 

THE HILL
— Democrat hopes for 2020 grow in midterms afterglow – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: Based on how successful the Republican candidates on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct were, how successful do you see Republican candidates being in future elections? How are the demographics of the voters in your precinct changing?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/416323-the-memo-dem-hopes-for-2020-grow-in-midterms-afterglow

 

POLITICO
— Pelosi warns against ousting a (Democrat) woman She and her allies argue she can’t be denied the speakership after Democrats seized the House on a wave of female support. – RACHAEL BADE (DIERSEN: Using Pelosi’s logic, the Republican Party should oust its female leaders because they failed to deliver the female vote.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/12/nancy-pelosi-speakership-984949

 

CBS NEWS
— Corporations helping reduce veteran unemployment (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always stressed that I avoided the draft and hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.wdtv.com/content/news/Corporations-helping-reduce-veteran-unemployment-500310372.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps want open borders.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/12/us/rape-texas-border-immigrants-esteban-manzanares.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump calls for halting recounts in Florida races for governor and Senate – Sean Sullivan and John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-calls-for-halting-recounts-in-florida-races-for-governor-and-senate/2018/11/12/15a7c98a-e628-11e8-bbdb-72fdbf9d4fed_story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Why Did Facebook Fire a Top Executive? Hint: It Had Something to Do With Trump Palmer Luckey, co-founder of virtual-reality pioneer Oculus, was ousted after his political activity sparked a furor within the social-media giant and Silicon Valley – Kirsten Grind and Keach Hagey
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-did-facebook-fire-a-top-executive-hint-it-had-something-to-do-with-trump-1541965245

 

BLOOMBERG
— Latest on the Migrant Caravan
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2018-11-13/latest-on-the-migrant-caravan-video

 

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Save for retirement, even if friends don’t – Peter Dunn (DIERSEN: Could/did you save a lot for your retirement? According to my critics/opponents, I could and did save a lot for my retirement a) because I avoided the draft, b) because the federal government overpaid me, c) because of my wife’s income, and d) because we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2018/11/09/financially-prepared-retirement-peer-pressure/1766778002/

 

WOSU
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps could/would use Ohio to argue the more anti-Trump that Republican candidates paint themselves to be, the more votes that Democrats will give  them.
http://radio.wosu.org/post/kasich-says-election-shows-residents-are-happy-ohios-direction#stream/0

November 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Radogno to return to Springfield, serve on Pritzker’s budget committee – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/radogno-to-return-to-springfield-serve-on-pritzkers-budget-committee/4657482/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois marijuana legalization push gets huge boost with Pritzker win – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-marijuana-legalization-push-gets-huge-boost-with-pritzker-win/4657191/

 

NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker Says He Wants to Legalize Marijuana in Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/pritzker-legalize-marijuana-illinois_Chicago-500174041.html
— Michelle Obama in New Memoir: I’ll Never Forgive Trump for Endangering My Family – Deb Riechman
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/Michelle-Obama-Rips-Trump-in-New-Book-Memoir-Becoming-500126242.html
— ‘You Ask a Lot of Stupid Questions’: Trump Comments Draw Condemnation From Black Journalists Group After women helped to take the House for Democrats, Trump calls reporters’ questions stupid, racist – Noreen O’Donnell
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-Insults-Black-Women-Journalists-500177612.html

 

CBS2
— Record Number Of Women Elected To The U.S. House (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/09/record-number-of-women-elected-to-the-house/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she can’t afford DC apartment until receiving congressional salary
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-says-she-cant-afford-dc-apartment-until-receiving-congressional-salary

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Underwood got elected because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-lauren-underwood-naperville-20181108-story.html
— Here’s what J.B. Pritzker’s election means for Illinois’ taxes, minimum wage, health care and more
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-jb-pritzker-illinois-business-environment-20181107-story.html
— Speaker Michael Madigan boosts his Democratic majority thanks to victories throughout the suburbs – Mike Riopell (DIERSEN: Democrat candidates and those who vote for them 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. Democrats flee the poverty and crime in Democrat areas to take advantage of the prosperity and safety in Republican areas, but then hypocritically continue to vote for Democrats. With only the rarest of exceptions, when Democrats move in and take over an area, poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-democrats-springfield-20181109-story.html
— What journalists do – Leonard Pitts (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at candidates, at elected officials, at party leaders, and at everyone else that me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails caused all of their problems, all of your problems, all of my problems, and all of everyone’s problems.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-pitts-journalists-trump-lincoln-truman-presidents-acosta-cnn-1112-story.html
— If Boss Madigan and Rahm Emanuel conceived a daughter, she’d be Susana Mendoza – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/columnists/kass/ct-met-susana-mendoza-chicago-mayor-kass-20181109-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Hundreds of migrants leave Mexico City headed for US border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/migrant-caravan-mexico-city-united-nations-buses/
— Trump insults reporters, claims Acosta video wasn’t altered – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/donald-trump-insults-reporters-journalists-cnn-jim-acosta/
— He ran for judge, lost, changed parties, took Irish name, won Cook County race – Abigail Blachman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/he-ran-for-judge-lost-changed-parties-took-irish-name-won-cook-county-race/

 

DAILY HERALD
— How do you feel about legalizing recreational marijuana? (DIERSEN: Marijuana should NOT be legalized for recreational use in Illinois, or anywhere else for that matter. If marijuana is legalized for recreational use in Illinois, but counties and municipalities can prohibit the sale of marijuana in their jurisdictions, I will take the lead in getting DuPage County and Wheaton to be the first county and the first city in Illinois to prohibit the sale of marijuana in their jurisdictions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181109/how-do-you-feel-about-legalizing-recreational-marijuana
(FROM THE ARTICLE: J.B. Pritzker says he wants to make legalization of recreational marijuana in Illinois one of his first orders of business when he becomes governor in January. Should our state rush to join the 10 states — including Colorado, Oregon, Vermont and, just this week, Michigan — that have decided to permit people to possess marijuana for personal use? If so, what should be the rules and limits? We want to know what you think.)
— Conservatives push for change after GOP loses the House – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181109/news/311099988/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Utah latest state to legalize medical marijuana – AP (DIERSEN: Pot pushers use the legalization of pot for medical use to push pot for recreational use.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181109/news/311099840/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers say “Illinois could rake in $500 million a year from legal pot” and “legalization could also create 23,000 jobs in the state.” How many millions if not billions of dollars do prostitution pushers say that Illinois could rake in from legalizing prostitution and how many thousands if not millions of jobs would be created?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-could-rake-500-million-year-legal-pot-report-says
— Why Chicago’s two major dailies are still hungover The search for new direction, new leadership—and new revenue—rolls on. – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who consider “Chicago’s two major dailies” to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti- conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non poor 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.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/why-chicagos-two-major-dailies-are-still-hungover

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— After years of Democratic control, is the 12th District firmly in Republican hands? – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article221312115.html

 

PALOS PATCH
— OUTSTANDING: Palos Heights Residents Say ‘No Dice’ To Video Gaming Referendum Voters shoot down referendum question on video gaming in Palos Heights. – Lorraine Swanson
https://patch.com/illinois/palos/amp/27793410/palos-heights-residents-say-no-dice-to-video-gaming-referendum

 

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— The Election Is Over. And Now the Next Elections Begin. After Tuesday’s bluebath, Democrats dominate. But what comes next? – Mick Dumke (DIERSEN: If Peter Roskam is not going to run in 2020 to defeat Casten, who should the Republicans in the 6th Congressional District get behind to do that? It seems to me that the person most responsible for Republicans picking the best candidate to defeat Casten in 2020 is Bob Grogan. Grogan represents the 6th Congressional District on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee. He is the DuPage County Auditor. And he is the Downers Grove Township Republican Central Committee Chairman. If Roskam is not going to run in 2020, who does Roskam want to run?)
https://www.propublica.org/article/illinois-post-election-2018-jb-pritzker-governor-elect-democrats

 

ROBERT FEDER
— With job cuts looming, Tribune Publishing offers buyouts to staff (DIERSEN: Once you are offered a buyout, your career is over. In 1993, when I was 45 years old, GAO offered me and all its other employees who had 25 or more years of federal service, a $25,000 buyout.)
https://www.robertfeder.com/2018/11/09/job-cuts-looming-tribune-publishing-offers-buyouts-staff/

 

CHICAGO HEADLINE CLUB
— Chicago Headline Club demands White House reinstate Jim Acosta’s credentials (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and fundraisers who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have refused to accept my GOPUSA Illinois press credentials or constructively or literally revoked them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
http://prod.headlineclub.org/2018/11/09/chicago-headline-club-demands-white-house-reinstate-jim-acostas-credentials/
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT: We, the board of the Chicago Headline Club, the largest chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists, demand that the White House immediately reinstate the full credentials of CNN reporter Jim Acosta. A free press is a pillar of our democracy. Without a free press, there are no independent agencies to inform the public, expose injustice and hold the powerful to account. Some of the most important reporting comes from those who cover the White House and our nation’s government each day. The president first insulted Mr. Acosta as he asked a question during a news conference. An intern then tried to remove a microphone from Mr. Acosta’s hand to stop him from asking questions. This is clearly confirmed by video, and accounts of other reporters at the press conference. Hours later, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Mr. Acosta’s credentials were being revoked indefinitely, meaning he would no longer have access to cover the White House on behalf of one of the country’s largest cable networks. To justify this outrageous retaliation, Ms. Sanders falsely accused Mr. Acosta of accosting the intern. Hours later, she followed up by propagating a doctored video, edited to make it appear as though he assaulted the young woman. This is disgraceful. Ms. Sanders, in announcing the revocation of Mr. Acosta’s credentials, said the administration appreciates and welcomes tough questions from journalists. This is comically absurd and there is only evidence to the contrary. This administration has routinely disparaged free press and belittled its value, it has demeaned strong news coverage, and has attacked reporters who dare set the record straight in the face of lies. It was bad enough to accuse Mr. Acosta of doing something he obviously did not do. That the White House would then attempt to support the lie by disseminating an altered video is especially detestable and shows the lengths to which this administration will go to wage war against the truth. Jim Acosta did nothing wrong. He is a devoted journalist who did exactly what his colleagues, bosses and the public expect of a reporter in his position: He questioned the leader of our country and demanded answers. He sought accountability. The banishment of Mr. Acosta from the White House is unprecedented in this country. Sadly, it is not an unfamiliar tactic. Public officials and elected leaders at all levels of government routinely refuse to speak to reporters they deem unfriendly and block access to entire news outlets. We saw this occur on Election Day when Rep. Steve King of Iowa barred the Des Moines Register from covering his election night event, refusing to credential any of their reporters. This treatment of journalists is inexcusable whether they cover the White House or a local school board. More importantly, a public official rebuffing accountability for their actions is a disservice to the people they are supposed to serve. No public official should be above scrutiny. And no journalist in this country should be punished for doing their job. If the White House truly values the work of the press, as Ms. Sanders indicated in her statement, there is an obvious way to demonstrate that: restore Jim Acosta’s credentials and end its vicious attacks on journalists.)

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— OUTRAGEOUS: Governor race: Democrat Pritzker wins voter tally in DuPage County
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511625122-governor-race-democrat-pritzker-wins-voter-tally-in-dupage-county

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HERE’S WHERE THE ILLINOIS DEMOCRATS WILL TAKE US ALL IN THE DAYS AHEAD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/heres-where-the-illinois-democrats-will-take-us-all-in-the-days-ahead.html
— WILL THE HUGE EGOS OF JB PRITZKER AND MIKE MADIGAN BLEND OR BALK AT EACH OTHER? ILLINOIS POLICY CONSIDERS …
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/will-the-huge-egos-of-jb-pritzker-and-mike-madigan-blend-or-balk-at-each-other-illinois-policy-consi.html
— THORNER: BLUE WAVE PREDICTION FOR DEMOCRATS TURNS TO A TRICKLE EXCEPT IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/thorner-blue-wave-prediction-for-democrats-turns-to-a-trickle-except-in-illinois-.html
— TOM MORRISON RACE WITHIN 500 VOTES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/morrison-race-within-500-votes.html
— SKILLICORN CALLS FOR REVIEW OF PENSIONS IN LIGHT OF SUSPENDED ACTUARY SHARPE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/skillicorn-calls-for-review-of-pensions-in-light-of-suspended-actuary-sharpe.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal pot is on the way (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/09/legal-pot-is-on-the-way/

 

GOPUSA
— Jim Acosta: CNN’s Political Activist at the White House (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, and fundraisers who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who have refused to accept my GOPUSA Illinois press credentials or constructively or literally revoked them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58739
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At that point Acosta wasn’t a reporter asking questions. He was an activist debating policy and trying to change the president’s mind. “Most of the people there were serious reporters asking serious questions, but Jim Acosta, I thought, embarrassed himself today,” Fox News Sunday anchorman Chris Wallace said after the briefing. Let’s cast aside the officially stated reason for pulling Acosta’s White House credentials — that he laid his hand on a White House intern trying to pull the microphone away. Video shows physical contact. Viewers still are debating whether the contact actually was combative or just a byproduct of Acosta’s gesturing. Let’s instead talk about Acosta repeatedly interrupting Trump during a January 2017 press conference more than a week before his inauguration. Let’s talk about last June, when Acosta interrupted a historic signing ceremony with North Korea with his questions. Let’s talk about he shouted at those two leaders about nuclear weapons. When he didn’t get an answer, a hot microphone seemed to pick up a flustered Acosta saying, “Hey, if they’re not going to let me in the (expletive) meeting, that’s what happens … That’s the way it goes, baby.”)
— Abuse of women doesn’t count against Democrats
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58701
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana legalization outperforms Senate winners in Michigan, Missouri
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58746
— Feds announce new policy to limit asylum claims
http://www.gopusa.com/feds-announce-new-policy-to-limit-asylum-claims/

 

FOX NEWS
— ‘Ignoring Reality’: Retiring GOP Rep Ryan Costello Rips Trump For Blaming Losses on Lack of ‘Loyalty’
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/11/08/gop-rep-blasts-trump-blaming-republican-losses-2018-election-lack-loyalty

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats: ‘If We Lost, the Voters Must Be Racist’ (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if are a Democrat, the Democrat Party will force you to shout at everyone that all Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all? How soon will the Democrat Party force the 30 or so registered Republican voters in my precinct who are really Democrats to come out of their closets?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/democrats-if-we-lost-the-voters-must-be-racist/

 

NEWT GINGRICH
— The Party of Illegal Immigrants, Fake Votes, and Stolen Elections
http://www.gingrichproductions.com/2018/11/the-party-of-illegal-immigrants-fake-votes-and-stolen-elections/

 

TOWNHALL
— Vogue Article Shames White Women for Voting Republican – Brianna Heldt
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/briannaheldt/2018/11/09/vogue-article-shames-white-women-for-voting-republican-n2535670

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— Leftists Enraged at White Women for Voting for Cruz – Ginny Montalbano
https://www.westernjournal.com/leftists-enraged-white-women-voting-cruz/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— Liberals Angry at White Women for Re-Electing Ted Cruz, a Hispanic – Ginny Montalbano
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/08/liberals-angry-at-white-women-for-re-electing-ted-cruz-a-hispanic/

 

DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP RESPONDS TO MICHELLE OBAMA’S MEMOIR CRITICISM: SHE ‘GOT PAID A LOT OF MONEY TO WRITE A BOOK’ – Saagar Enjeti (DIERSEN: How much money do your critics/opponents pay their operatives and their dupes?)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/09/trump-michelle-obama-memoir-book-money-birther-controversy/
— FEINSTEIN URGED OBAMA TO USE PRESIDENTIAL POWER TO LIMIT IMMIGRATION: ‘NO LEGISLATION NECESSARY’ – Will Racke
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/09/feinstein-obama-limit-immigration/
— TRUMP CALLS CNN’S APRIL RYAN ‘NASTY,’ A ‘LOSER’ – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/09/trump-cnn-april-ryan-loser-nasty/

 

LIFE NEWS
— Michelle Obama Trashes Conservatives Who Support Trump as “Wing Nuts and Kooks” – KRISTINE MARSH
https://www.lifenews.com/2018/11/09/michelle-obama-trashes-conservatives-who-support-trump-as-wing-nuts-and-kooks/

 

THE HILL
— Groups sue Trump over order blocking asylum claims – LYDIA WHEELER
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/415981-groups-sue-trump-over-order-blocking-asylum-claims
— Trump calls April Ryan a ‘loser,’ threatens to revoke more press credentials – JORDAN FABIAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/415900-trump-calls-april-ryan-a-loser-threatens-to-revoke-more-press

 

WASHINGTON POST
— In memoir, Michelle Obama writes of being first black woman to serve as first lady and lays bare her disdain for Trump – Krissah Thompson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/in-revealing-new-memoir-michelle-obama-candidly-shares-her-story/2018/11/08/6bc1d2ca-e20e-11e8-b759-3d88a5ce9e19_story.html
— Border arrests surged to highest levels of Trump presidency in October – Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/border-arrests-surged-to-highest-levels-of-trump-presidency-in-october/2018/11/09/60b76082-e46d-11e8-a1c9-6afe99dddd92_story.html

November 8 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Pritzker, Trump, And Changing Demographics Helped Casten And Underwood Swing Red Suburban Districts Blue – Lauren Victory (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.  What do you say to political consultants who advise candidates to dump voters like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/07/sean-casten-lauren-underwood-congress-upsets-midterm-elections-j-b-pritzker-donald-trump/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker names transition team, including former GOP Gov. Jim Edgar, Michael Sacks – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: The more critical that you are of conservatives, that is, the more critical that you are of Republicans, the more that Democrats love you.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/elections/ct-met-jb-pritzker-transition-team-20181107-story.html
— Democrats’ new era in Illinois sets up power dynamic between Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker, House Speaker Michael Madigan – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-illinois-governor-michael-madigan-20181107-story.html
— Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker says Chicago will have ‘no more special a role’ than Downstate Illinois cities – Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-morning-spin-tuesday-20181107-story.html
— Holocaust-denier Arthur Jones loses in Illinois 3rd District, but still gets more than 25 percent of the vote – Elyssa Cherney (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who cast votes to do damage? There are about 30 of the aforesaid in my precinct a) who vote in Republican primaries to do damage, b) who never vote for candidates in uncontested Republican primary races, c) who have never voted for me to be their Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) who have always voted for Democrats in general elections.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-3rd-district-nazi-arthur-jones-20181106-story.html
— Chicago residents want gun dealers to be certified by the state, a ban on plastic straws, and revenue from legalized marijuana funneled into public schools and mental health services. – Elvia Malagon, Katie Galioto
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/elections/ct-met-chicago-election-referendums-results-20181107-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgustingly, tragically, pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-marijuana-pritzker-michigan-medical-1108-20181107-story.html
— Dems shake up GOP stronghold in DuPage by making history with election of county clerk, county board members – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-dupage-democratic-showing-st-1109-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Hope soars in Illinois, but fear scores nationwide.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/zorn/ct-perspec-zorn-election-retrospective-20181106-story.html
— WWI centenary to be marked in London and Paris, not Berlin – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/sns-bc-eu–germany-ww1-forgotten-war-20181104-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps blame members of the following groups for hate crimes: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-hate-crimes-20181104-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps crow about their success in getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-wednesday-women-make-election-history-1107-story.html
— Conservatives push for amendments – AP
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/baltimore-sun/20181107/281715500630918
— Study: Renters losing ground Andrew Van Dam (DIERSEN: Since 1972, I have owned where I lived.)
http://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20181108/
— 69% are stressed over U.S. future – Isaac Stanley-Becker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they want to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20181108/281775630175549

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Newly-elected officials promise to champion immigration reform – Manny Ramos (DIERSEN: For Democrats, “immigration reform” is code for using immigrants to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/immigration-reform-advocates-meet-newly-elected-officials-pilsen-lower-west-side-trump-toni-preckwinkle-jesus-chuy-garcia/
— Pritzker price tag: Victory in gov race costly, no matter how you slice it
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/illinois-governor-results-j-b-pritzker-price-tag-victory-race-cost-per-vote-bruce-rauner-self-finance
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-rich people say “If you’re selling a mansion, you should be taxed more to pay for affordable housing.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/progressive-real-estate-transfer-tax-homeless-people-affordable-housing/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cunningham voted Kane clerk one last time – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/cunningham-voted-kane-clerk-one-last-time

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Suburban voters issue Springfield a warning about a statewide property tax More than half a million voters in collar counties voted in favor of blocking the General Assembly from creating a statewide property tax, despite there being no such tax proposed. – DENNIS RODKIN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/suburban-voters-issue-springfield-warning-about-statewide-property-tax#new_tab

 

WTTW
— After Midterms, Chicago Mayor’s Race Now Front and Center – Paris Schutz
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/07/after-midterms-chicago-mayor-s-race-now-front-and-center

 

SUBURBAN LIFE
— TRAGIC: Democrats win big in DuPage County Board races – BOB RAKOW
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2018/11/07/democrats-win-big-in-dupage-county-board-races/a82x8ij/

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Edgar says Illinois GOP shouldn’t tilt more to right – Bernard Schoenburg: (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans dominate the Illinois Republican Party.)
http://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20181107/bernard-schoenburg-edgar-says-illinois-gop-shouldnt-tilt-more-to-right
— J.B. Pritzker pledges bipartisan approach as governor – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republican” elected officials who to be “bipartisan,” flush members of the following groups down their toilet: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181107/jb-pritzker-pledges-bipartisan-approach-as-governor
— Madigan calls GOP campaign that focused on him a ‘failure’ – Doug Finke
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181107/madigan-calls-gop-campaign-that-focused-on-him-failure

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Here’s how McHenry County’s biggest cities voted (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/07/heres-how-mchenry-countys-biggest-cities-voted/a4vi9oa/

 

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— Pritzker wins over voters worried about budget – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2018/11/08/pritzker-wins-over-voters-worried-about-budget/a6jxv6g/

 

WJBC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives, that is, anti-Republicans, promote Pat Brady.
http://www.wjbc.com/2018/11/07/former-illinois-gop-chairman-weighs-in-on-election-results/

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— Pritzker Announces Transition Team — Includes Republican Gov. Edgar – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: The more critical that you are of conservatives, that is, the more critical that you are of Republicans, the more that Democrats love you.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/pritzker-announces-transition-team-includes-republican-gov-edgar#stream/0
— Trump Lashes Out During Combative Press Conference – BRIAN NAYLOR
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/she-has-earned-trump-praises-pelosi-warns-democrats#stream/0

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Underwood’s win in an overwhelmingly white district yet again shows Illinois’s openness to electing black politicians. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: Underwood won because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/November-2018/Why-Illinois-Is-the-Mecca-of-Black-Political-Power/

 

CHICAGO NOW
— Why the Illinois GOP got shellacked – Dennis Byrne
http://www.chicagonow.com/dennis-byrnes-barbershop/2018/11/why-the-illinois-gop-go-shellacked/

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Republican Gordon ‘Jay’ Kinzler: ‘Hard to fight the demographics of our district’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511624174-republican-gordon-jay-kinzler-hard-to-fight-the-demographics-of-our-district

 

METRO EAST SUN
— Republican Jason Plummer gets a clear mandate with 70 percent of the vote – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: How clear was the mandate that your Republican Precinct Committeeman got on March 20, 2018? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that only 81 of 112, or only 72%, of those who cast March 20, 2018 Republican primary ballots in my precinct voted for me. However, what do you say to those who cast votes to do damage? There are about 30 of the aforesaid in my precinct a) who vote in Republican primaries to do damage, b) who never vote for candidates in uncontested Republican primary races, c) who have never voted for me to be their Republican Precinct Committeeman, and d) who have always voted for Democrats in general elections.)
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/511624272-republican-jason-plummer-gets-a-clear-mandate-with-70-percent-of-the-vote

 

CAPITOL FAX
— More on the Champaign County blowout
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/08/more-on-the-champaign-county-blowout/
— Under the bus he goes (DIERSEN: Who has thrown you under the bus? I should write a book about those who have thrown me under the bus. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me for all defeats that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and especially the defeats that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered.)
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/07/under-the-bus-he-goes-7/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Republican leader Jim Durkin of Western Springs said Tuesday’s results showed a gain for Democrats. “We got hit pretty hard, and statewide it was really difficult for the Republicans,” he said. “The governor underperformed in areas that were important to us.” Durkin also said antipathy toward Trump in the suburbs hurt his party, as evidenced by losses of Republican U.S. Reps. Peter Roskam and Randy Hultgren, even though the president helped Downstate Republicans.)

 

GOPUSA
— Antifa mob chants threats outside Tucker Carlson’s DC home
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58650
— Farrakhan in Iran: ‘Death to America!’ ‘Death to Israel!’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58432

 

DAILY CALLER
— A MOB SHOWED UP OUTSIDE TUCKER CARLSON’S HOUSE AND ORDERED HIM TO ‘LEAVE TOWN’ – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? If so, have any mobs showed up at your door? In early 2016, a spokesperson for the Democrat voters in my precinct showed up at my door demanding the I resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman if Trump won the primary.)
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/07/protesters-tucker-carlson-house/

 

ROLL CALL
— Democrats Win House Majority; Here’s What They’ll Do With It Government overhaul first legislative item, followed by quick action on Dreamer protections, gun control – Lindsey McPherson
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/democrats-win-house-majority-heres-theyll

— Here’s All the House Republicans That Voters Sent Home – Lindsey McPherson (DIERSEN: Who has sent you home? I should write a book about those who sent me home, that is, those who ended my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service (twice), Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, and GAO employment. Of course, the aforesaid say that I brought the aforesaid on myself.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/politics/heres-all-the-house-republicans-voters-sent-home

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Tragically, pot is embraced in Michigan, Utah, and Missouri, but outstandingly, rejected in North Dakota.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/us/politics/michigan-marijuana-legalization.html

— Facebook Had a Good Election Day. But It Can’t Let Up Now. – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat website.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/07/business/facebook-midterms-misinformation.html

 

WASHINGTON POST

— Has the love affair with driving gotten stuck in traffic? – Ashley Halsey III (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have been the most anti-car.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/trafficandcommuting/has-the-love-affair-with-driving-gotten-stuck-in-traffic/2018/11/07/328505de-e12f-11e8-8f5f-a55347f48762_story.html

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Fox News Washington journalists told their bosses they were unhappy over Hannity stumping for Trump – Stephen Battaglio (DIERSEN: How are GOPUSA Illinois and Fox News different? ANSWER: GOPUSA Illinois states that it exists to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform. Those who reject planks in IRP platform reject GOPUSA Illinois.)
http://www.latimes.com/business/hollywood/la-fi-ct-hannity-trump-20181107-story.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump to Sign Immigration Directive Revamping Asylum System President will order asylum seekers to go to port of entry to make a claim – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-sign-immigration-directive-revamping-asylum-system-1541629100
— GOP Tax Law Authors Take a Beating
https://www.wsj.com/livecoverage/2018-midterms-live-elections-coverage-analysis/card/1541602047
— Trump’s Minority Coalition Unlike Nixon or Reagan, he hasn’t expanded his 2016 support. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps want Trump to pander to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-minority-coalition-1541635108

 

USA TODAY
— Election results: Red states get redder, blue districts bluer, the partisan divide deeper – Susan Page
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/07/election-results-trump-partisanship-republicans-democrats-divide/1918468002/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— OUTRAGEOUS: Veterans fueled edge for Democratic takeover of House – CLAUDIA GRISALES AND NIKKI WENTLING
https://www.stripes.com/news/us/veterans-fueled-edge-for-democratic-takeover-of-house-1.555531

 

FED SMITH
— Mid-Term Elections and Federal Employee Pay and Benefits – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/11/07/mid-term-elections-federal-employee-pay-benefits/

 

FED WEEK
— Change in Control of House Could Have Big Impact for Federal Employees (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/change-in-control-of-house-could-have-big-impact-for-federal-employees/

 

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Expect ‘profound change’ with House oversight’s approach to federal workforce, government reform – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/congress/2018/11/expect-profound-change-with-house-oversights-approach-to-federal-workforce-government-reform/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— What Democrats Winning the House Means for Federal Employees – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are not federal employees or federal retirees wanted Henry Hyde, Peter Roskam, and all the other Republican U.S. Representatives and U.S. Senators to cut federal pay and benefits. They are furious that I have a $51,864/year Civil Service Retirement System pension and a $18,000/year federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy. They are furious that my pay increased from $15.85/hour to $125,325/year in today’s dollars while I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and that I had vacation, sick leave, and other benefits. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/11/what-democrats-winning-house-means-federal-employees/152614/

 

CATO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, CATO acts like it is a paid agent for countries that want to destroy America.
https://www.cato.org/blog/most-pro-immigration-house-representatives-over-century

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What do the Democrats who won on November 6, 2018 on the ballot in your precinct think of those who share your demographics? The following Democrats on the ballot in my precinct won: Sean Casten, JP Pritzker and Juliana Statton, Kwane Raoul, Jesse White, Susan Mendoza, Michael Fierichs, Jean Kaczmarek, Mary Ozog, and Linda Davenport. Because the aforesaid are Democrats, the Democrat Party will require them 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.- Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

November 7 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1031 Warrenville Road, Wheaton – $469,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447913_zpid/

November 4 Evening Edition

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Obama rallies for Democrats in Chicago – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/former-president-obama-to-hold-rally-in-chicago-sunday

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— Rauner campaigns throughout Illinois days before election
https://www.chicagotribune.com/photos/ct-gov-rauner-campaigns-illinois-photos-20181104-photogallery.html
— Former President Barack Obama rallies hometown Chicago crowd to vote for J.B. Pritzker, other Democrats – Rick Pearson, Patrick O’Connell, Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-barack-obama-jb-pritzker-illinois-democrats-20181102-story.html
— America’s gender, racial divides on display in House races – AP (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more that anti-Trumps want to get rid of you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–election-2018-diversity-divide-20181031-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who claim to speak for illegals hint/imply/argue/shout a) that illegals are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) that illegals have, are and will work with Democrats to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time..
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-cepeda-column-st-1104-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama tells rally in Chicago: ‘The character of our nation is on the ballot’ Obama, rapper Common headline rally for Illinois Dems in Chicago – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/barack-obama-common-j-b-pritzker-uic-illinois-democrats-republican-bruce-rauner-midterm-election/
— Fact-check: Pritzker and Rauner both fact-challenged candidates for governor – BGA (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/fact-check-pritzker-rauner-governor-race-politifact/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Trump criticizes countries over caravans – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181104/news/311049922/
— For some, a vibrant US economy complicates voting decision – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181103/business/311039967/
— Illinois 200: 350,000 from here went to fight in Europe during World War I – Tony Reid (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181104/illinois-200-350000-from-here-went-to-fight-in-europe-during-world-war-i

 

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Caravan nears Mexico City
https://qctimes.com/print-specific/records/caravan-nears-mexico-city/article_43e2ef83-08dc-5069-b2b5-376e953c2a71.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Tuesday’s election is historic for multiple reasons – Tom Kacich
http://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/2018-11-04/tom-kacich-tuesdays-election-historic-multiple-reasons.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— Birthright citizenship wrong for U.S. – Michael Reagan
https://herald-review.com/opinion/columnists/michael-reagan-birthright-citizenship-wrong-for-us/article_830045a9-4374-51ac-a81d-906b5f2cf196.html
— Democrat Raoul gets $1M check from Madigan as attorney general race with Harold tightens – RICK PEARSON & BILL RUTHHART
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/democrat-raoul-gets-m-check-from-madigan-as-attorney-general/article_f81f2750-fa48-5034-a28c-cf0ce7061e41.html

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Illinois candidates still campaigning in final days before election. Here’s where. – LEXI CORTES
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/election/article221109290.html

 

INDIANAPOLIS STAR
— Indiana GOP drops NRA president Oliver North as speaker in Noblesville, site of May school shooting – Emily Hopkins and Emma Kate Fittes
https://www.indystar.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/04/nra-speaker-had-been-scheduled-indiana-gop-rally-noblesville/1884087002/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Voters want Democrats to control Congress.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/4/nbcwall-street-journal-poll-finds-voters-want-demo/

 

DAILY SIGNAL
— We Hear You: The Migrant ‘Caravan,’ Racial Preferences, and Other Leftist Passions – Ken McIntyre
https://www.dailysignal.com/2018/11/04/we-hear-you-the-migrant-caravan-racial-preferences-and-other-leftist-passions/

 

HOT AIR
— New York Times Launches Histrionic Alarm Over “White Nationalism” Days Before Election – JAZZ SHAWP (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more that the New York Times wants to get rid of you: Trump supporters, 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://hotair.com/archives/2018/11/04/ny-times-launches-histrionic-alarm-white-nationalism-days-election/

 

BREITBART
— 14th Amendment Now Used to Drive Down Black Americans’ Wages – Ann Coulter
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/04/ann-coulter-14th-amendment-used-drive-down-black-americans-wages/
— Birthright Citizenship Allowing Illegal Aliens to Increase U.S. Population – Pat Buchanan
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/04/watch-pat-buchanan-birthright-citizenship-allowing-illegal-aliens-increase-u-s-population/
— NY Democrats Push Social Media Background Check Before Allowing Gun Purchases – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/04/ny-democrats-push-social-media-background-check-before-allowing-gun-purchases/
— President Trump’s Foreign Policy Triumph Annoys the Media
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/03/virgil-president-trumps-foreign-policy-triumph-annoys-the-media/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The 14th Amendment Does Not Mandate Birthright Citizenship – ANDREW C. MCCARTHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/birthright-citizenship-14th-amendment-does-not-mandate/

 

THE HILL
— The nation cannot afford to go backward — vote Republican – TIM CHAPMAN
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/414736-the-nation-cannot-afford-to-go-backward-under-dem-leadership
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A focus on getting rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/414717-americans-are-more-focused-on-what-we-have-in-common-new-research-finds

 

POLITICO
— New polls show Democrats hold an advantage to win the House – ANNA PALMER, JAKE SHERMAN and DANIEL LIPPMAN
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/playbook/2018/11/04/new-polls-show-democrats-hold-an-advantage-to-win-the-house-339216

 

POLITIFACT
— Fact-checking the fact-challenged candidates for Illinois governor – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller (DIERSEN: What are your fact checking qualifications? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,325, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact-checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $81,071-$91,880. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, a licensed CPA in 1981, a Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and a CPA in 1979.)
https://www.politifact.com/illinois/article/2018/nov/04/fact-checking-fact-challenged-candidates-illinois-/

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/04/opinions/trump-whip-up-browning-of-america-obeidallah/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump haters want everyone to Hate Trump.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2018/11/04/rnc-chairwoman-ronna-mcdaniel-racist-campaign-video-sotu-vpx.cnn
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Germans again paint themselves as being anti-American. I am proud to say that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-F.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/04/media/germany-der-spiegel-trump-midterms-intl/index.html

 

CNBC
— Anxious politicians and volunteers make final election push – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians and their volunteers a) who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but b) who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They a) do NOT want me to know about their events, b) do NOT want me to promote their events, c) do NOT want me to attend their events, and d) do NOT want me to report on their events.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2018/11/04/anxious-politicians-and-volunteers-make-final-election-push.html

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives work very hard to destroy “far right” groups. I should write a book about those who succeeded in destroying TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/04/us/politics/far-right-internet-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. militia groups head to border, stirred by Trump’s call to arms – Mary Lee Grant and Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-militia-groups-head-to-border-stirred-by-trumps-call-to-arms/2018/11/03/ff96826c-decf-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
— Anxiety high in campaign’s final days as voters prepare to render judgment on Trumpism – Matt Viser and Philip Rucker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/anxiety-high-in-campaigns-final-days-as-voters-prepare-to-render-judgment-on-trumpism/2018/11/03/7d7f6f78-ded9-11e8-85df-7a6b4d25cfbb_story.html
— U.S. militia groups head to border, stirred by Trump’s call to arms – Mary Lee Grant and Nick Miroff
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-militia-groups-head-to-border-stirred-by-trumps-call-to-arms/2018/11/03/ff96826c-decf-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
— In SNL’s cold open, Fox News hosts offer some thoughts on the migrant caravan. Spoiler alert: They’re not fans. – Travis M. Andrews
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2018/11/04/snls-cold-open-fox-news-hosts-offer-some-thoughts-migrant-caravan-spoiler-alert-theyre-not-fans/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/04/like-his-lies-trumps-racist-comments-dont-surprise-but-they-should-be-counted/

 

USA TODAY
— President Trump: Democrats will take ‘a wrecking ball’ to American progress if they win control in Congress – David Jackson and John Fritze
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/04/2018-midterm-elections-donald-trump-rallies/1873980002/

 

FORBES
— How To Close The Wage Gap For Latina Employees – Janice Gassam (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2018/11/04/how-to-close-the-wage-gap-for-latina-employees/#59e0e8266a41

 

NEW YORKER

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in promoting extremism.
https://www.newyorker.com/books/double-take/sunday-reading-extremism-in-america

 

WORLD TRIBUNE
— ‘No sane country’ would allow birthright citizenship, Harry Reid said
https://www.worldtribune.com/no-sane-country-would-allow-birthright-citizenship-harry-reid-said/

 

THE GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, The Guardian makes it clear that it is vehemently anti-American.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/04/us-midterms-2018-trump-racist-attack-ads-republicans
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/nov/04/the-american-civil-war-didnt-end-and-trump-is-a-confederate-president

ABC7
— Republicans call for Susana Mendoza to drop out of comptroller race after mayoral ad leaks – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-call-for-mendoza-to-drop-out-of-comptroller-race-after-mayoral-ad-leaks/4605385/
— Democrats focus on health care in run up to Election Day
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/democrats-focus-on-health-care-in-run-up-to-election-day/4605231/

 

NBC5
— Mendoza Mayoral Announcement Video Surfaces Days Before Midterm Election Mendoza’s campaign said the ad was simply made in preparation for a possible run, as she is still considering her options – Mary Ann Ahern and Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mendoza-Mayoral-Announcement-Video-Surfaces-Days-Before-Midterm-Election-499437761.html
— Tell Us About Any Voting Problems During the Midterm Elections
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/tell-nbc5-about-any-voting-problems-during-the-midterm-elections-499429711.html

 

CBS2
— Democrats Attack Republicans On Health Care In Chicago Congressional Races – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/democrats-attack-republicans-on-health-care-in-chicago-congressional-races/
— Candidate Q & A: 14th Congressional District Republican Randy Hultgren – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/02/candidate-q-a-14th-congressional-district-republican-randy-hultgren/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Amid talk of a potential blue wave, Democrats already have begun to turn the tide in GOP suburbs – Rick Pearson and Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-midterm-elections-suburbs-20181101-story.html
— Video clip leaks of state Comptroller Susana Mendoza announcing run for Chicago mayor – Bill Ruthhart and John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-susana-mendoza-chicago-mayor-video-clip-20181102-story.html
— ‘You can’t not talk about it’: Politically divided couples navigate a period when elections are divisive — and inescapable – Heidi Stevens
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/stevens/ct-life-stevens-politically-divided-couples-1102-story.html
— What Roskam’s Tuesday night means for Republicans nationwide – Charles Lane
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-predicament-peter-roskam-6th-district-sean-casten-1102-story.html
— Speaker Paul Ryan in Chicago suburbs touts fellow Republican Randy Hultgren — and Packers – Patrick M. O’Connell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-paul-ryan-randy-hultgren-illinois-20181101-story.html
— Democrats focus on longtime GOP strongholds hoping to increase Cook County Board lead: ‘The suburbs … are not what they once were.’ – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-cook-county-board-elections-20181031-story.html
— This election is a showdown between Rauner and Madigan – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-pritzker-illinois-election-showdown-20181101-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— NRA support for Roskam triggers a battle over yard signs – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/peter-roskham-nra-yard-signs-lawsuit-citizens-ignited/
— Susana Mendoza video leaks out declaring ‘I’m running for mayor of Chicago’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/mendoza-video-leaks-declaring-running-mayor-chicago/
— Judge refuses to stop case over Trump hotel in Washington – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/emoluments-trump-hotel-washington/
— Democrats’ voter hotline heats up with complaints, concerns, questions – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/democrats-voter-hotline-complaints-concerns-questions-christian-mitchell/
— Third migrant caravan enters Mexico, heads for US border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/third-migrant-caravan-enters-mexico-heads-for-us-border/
— Troop deployment creates tense atmosphere on US border – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/troop-deployment-creates-tense-atmosphere-us-border-central-america-migrant-caravan-mexico-texas/
— 1 in 5 Chicago Public Schools students missed 17-plus days of school last year – Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chicago-public-schools-cps-student-chronic-absenteeism-high-isbe-school-report-card/
— Election Day brings pot debate to North Dakota, Utah, Michigan and Missouri voters – USA TODAY Network
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/election-day-brings-pot-debate-to-north-dakota-utah-michigan-and-missouri-voters/
— Far out! Illinois Dems think they’ve dropped in on the big one – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/brown-midterm-election-democrats-blue-wave-predictions-illinois-pritzker-mendoza/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Leaked video shows Mendoza saying she is running for Chicago mayor – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181102/leaked-video-shows-mendoza-saying-she-is-running-for-chicago-mayor
— Ryan helps Hultgren tilt his message toward economy – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181102/ryan-helps-hultgren-tilt-his-message-toward-economy

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Rauner’s fate was likely sealed on Inauguration Day. Here’s why. Governors of two deep-blue states have demonstrated that Republican chief executives can indeed lead and win by working across the aisle. Rauner didn’t try. – RICH MILLER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/rauners-fate-was-likely-sealed-inauguration-day-heres-why

 

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Kinzinger’s potential sky-high; he deserves to be re-elected – Editorial
http://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20181102/our-view-kinzingers-potential-sky-high-he-deserves-to-be-re-elected

 

JEANNE IVES
— Do you know who is on your ballot? You don’t need degrees to be qualified for office, but don’t you think you should at least be living on your own and paying your own way before running for high office? Your parents’ basement as a launching pad. For Congress.
https://mailchi.mp/e287a6487fef/living-in-their-parents-basement-these-folks-are-running-for-office

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE STILL LIVING AT HOME
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/illinois-congressional-candidate-still-living-at-home.html
— ICJL RELEASES RATING OF JUDGES RUNNING FOR RETENTION/ELECTION; FOUR CANDIDATES REJECTED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/icjl-releases-rating-of-judges-running-for-retentionelection-four-candidates-rejected.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— What’s Jeanne Ives’ next step?
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/02/whats-jeanne-ives-next-step/
— Democratic Party of Illinois says its voter protection hotline has received over 700 calls
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/02/dpi-says-its-voter-protection-hotline-has-received-over-700-calls/

 

GOPUSA
— Trump says he’ll militarize border to stop migrant caravans
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58226
— Mitt Romney slams Trump’s attack on Fake News; defends CNN
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58217
— Gun control is not pivotal issue in midterms despite exploitation of kids
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58158

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Democrats Running Because They Hate You – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29057

 

GOPUSA
— Media in Uproar over Trump’s Illegal Immigration Ad
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58275
— Migrants traveling to US sue Trump, government; claim violation of constitutional rights
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58260
— Donald Trump exploits journalists’ ‘own narcissism’: ‘They’re personally wounded’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58145

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— U.S. TROOPS MAY USE FORCE AGAINST CARAVAN MEMBERS WHO INITIATE VIOLENCE Trump gets tough on illegal aliens and would-be invaders. – Matthew Vadum
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271831/us-troops-may-use-force-against-caravan-members-matthew-vadum
— ANTI-SEMITIC LEFTIST HATEFEST GREETS TRUMP IN PITTSBURGH Anti-Israel activists exploit the murder of 11 Jews to attack the president and police officers. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271824/anti-semitic-leftist-hatefest-greets-trump-daniel-greenfield

 

DAILY CALLER
— VIDEO SHOWS MIGRANTS THROWING ROCKS AT MEXICAN HELICOPTER – Benny Johnson
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/02/migrant-caravan-throwing-rocks-mexican-helicopter/

 

EAGLE PAC
— Leftist Race Slander Could Backfire – David Limbaugh
https://eagleactionreport.com/articles/leftist-race-slander-could-backfire

 

THE HILL
— Top 10 GOP House seats most likely to flip in a blue wave – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414525-top-10-republican-house-seats-most-likely-to-flip-in-a-blue-wave
(FROM THE ARTICLE: PETER JAMES ROSKAM (IL-06) Democrats close campaign by hammering GOP on health care WaPo fact-checker accuses Republicans of misleading voters about fact-checks Bloomberg quietly spends millions in TV ads Roskam may have won reelection by a wide 18-point margin in 2016. But Clinton also claimed victory in his district, fueling Democratic optimism in the six-term Republican’s affluent, Chicagoland district. The Cook Political Report puts the race between Roskam and Democrat Sean Casten in the “Lean Democratic” column, and strategists say that Roskam’s prospects are shaky. Democrats are outspending Republicans to boost Casten in the district, and a recent New York Times/Siena College poll put the Democrat ahead by 2 points. Meanwhile, Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner (R) is struggling in his bid for a second term and a poor performance on his part could trickle down the ballot, says one GOP strategist.)

 

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans do not want migrant caravans to be stopped.
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-administration-mattis-migrant-caravan-border-troops-1198043
https://www.newsweek.com/white-christian-nationalism-most-dangerous-weapon-america-opinion-1197073

 

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 619 Frazier Court, Wheaton – $950,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4447884_zpid/