December 7 Evening Edition

CBS2
— Trump Picks Rockford Native Heather Nauert As U.N. Ambassador – CNN
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/12/07/heather-nauert-united-nations-ambassador-donald-trump-fox-news-state-department/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Longtime lawmaker Tom Johnson remembered as ‘effective advocate’ in Springfield – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: Those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails knew Thursday morning, December 6, 2018, that Tom Johnson had died (https://www.hultgrenfh.com/obituary/tom-johnson). It was the 12th link in the email that I sent out at 9:00 AM that day. What do you say to those who discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181207/longtime-lawmaker-remembered-as-effective-advocate-in-springfield
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Want a job for summer? Act now – Sue Omanson (DIERSEN: Did you take bad jobs when you were in high school and college? I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181205/park-district-kidsmatter-sponsor-job-fair
— Former Lake County Sheriff Curran asking for a discovery recount – Lee Filas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181207/former-lake-county-sheriff-curran-asking-for-a-discovery-recount

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Big money boosted Lauren Underwood, but $7 million was not enough for Peter Roskam in defeat – Patrick M. O’Connell (DIERSEN: Both Roskam and Hultgren endorsed me when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are nasty. Since 2000 have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I caused all of Roskam’s and Hultgren’s problems a) with what I have done as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000 and b) with what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-underwood-hultgren-casten-roskam-campaign-money-summary-20181207-story.html
— Illinois and 38 other states are fighting back against robocalls – Robert Channick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-robocall-state-coalition-20181206-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump demands border wall money; shutdown showdown nears – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/trump-demands-border-wall-money-shutdown-showdown-nears/
— Pritzker will have his work cut out for him
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/pritzker-minimum-wage-business/
— Daley nephew lost millions for pension system: MAYOR’S NEPHEW, BACKER GOT $9 MILLION IN FEES, MOST OF THAT FOR MANAGING DEALS THAT TANKED – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/feature/daley-pension-debacle-where-did-54-million-go

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— How Pritzker’s lieutenant plans to use her ‘lite guv’ platform While the state’s No. 2 job is long on influence and short on statutory authority, Juliana Stratton plans to hammer home criminal justice and equality, themes that have dominated her life. – LYNNE MAREK
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/how-pritzkers-lieutenant-plans-use-her-lite-guv-platform

 

WBBM 780
— Governor-Elect JB Pritzker Vows To Stand Up For Immigrants In Illinois – ROB HART (DIERSEN: “Stand up for immigrants in Illinois” is code for a) promoting illegal immigration, b) promoting mass legal immigration, c) replacing citizens of America with citizens of foreign countries, and d) using the aforesaid to get rid of Trump supporters once and for all.)
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/governor-elect-jb-pritzker-vows-stand-immigrants-illinois

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Caterpillar attorney in tax and trade criminal case tapped by Trump for AG – Matt Buedel
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181207/caterpillar-attorney-in-tax-and-trade-criminal-case-tapped-by-trump-for-ag

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner say yes to infrastructure bill, no to new taxes – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-say-yes-to-infrastructure-bill-no-to-new-taxes/article_475a7dc4-fa55-11e8-9961-dfe6fe96823c.html

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WILL THERE BE AN ILLINOIS GOP?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/will-there-be-an-illinois-gop.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: John McGlasson, the 16th CD State Central Committeeman, said that he did not anticipate any party leadership changes in the near future. “I can say that Chairman Schneider has every intention of staying on. He did not offer any apologies. Did not offer anything new. They blamed the usual suspects – but the chairman did look me in the eye several times,” McGlasson said. “In my opinion, they think there should be a unified message and that message should not be pro-President Trump, should not be pro-life, should not be pro-Second Amendment,” McGlasson said. “They want a unified message – a message that is theirs.”)
— GOP SENATOR PAUL SCHIMPF ASKS SATANIC STATUE BE REMOVED FROM CAPITOL CHRISTMAS DISPLAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/gop-senator-asks-satanic-statue-be-removed-from-capitol-christmas-display.html
— THORNER: WITH SOCIALISM GROWING, WHAT ARE OUR CHANCES OF MAKING AMERICA GREAT AGAIN?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/thorner-with-socialism-growing-what-are-our-chances-of-making-america-great-again-.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Republican who knows full-well that those who have dominated the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) since at least the 1970s despise, if not hate, conservatives, that is, despise, if not hate, the base of the IRP, says “Maybe they should read the platform?”
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/07/maybe-they-should-read-the-platform/
— 13th Ward files 2,700 revocation affidavits for opponent’s 1,703 petition signatures
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/07/13th-ward-files-2700-revocation-affidavits-for-opponents-1703-petition-signatures/

 

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger: Pelosi, Dems Used to be ‘Hawks’ on Immigration – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/adam-kinzinger-nancy-pelosi-chuck-schumer-border-wall/2018/12/07/id/893660/

 

GOPUSA
— How Trump can beat the deep-state coup (DIERSEN: Do/did your superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates view you as being a member of the deep state? Mine did while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 a) because they were Democrats and I was a Republican; b) because I refused to help them get rid of employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40; c) because I opposed political affiliation discrimination; d) because I opposed reverse discrimination; and e) because I opposed age discrimination. Because of the aforesaid, a) my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60605

 

ROLL CALL
— Expect Record Turnout in 2020 No reason to think Trump won’t continue to drive voters to the polls on both sides – Nathan L. Gonzales (DIERSEN: Democrats will ever-increasingly a) promote hatred against Trump and b) get voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats. What should Republicans do about that?)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/gonzales/expect-record-turnout-2020

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Stop Calling John:’ Kelly Is Expected to Leave White House Post Trump moves to replace chief of staff as he shakes up administration; new U.N. ambassador, attorney general also named – Peter Nicholas, Michael C. Bender and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kelly-is-expected-to-leave-post-as-trump-shakes-up-administration-1544204965

 

FORBES
— Mayor Rahm Emanuel Showers City Employees With $481 Million in Overtime, Extra Pay, Cash Benefits – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2018/12/07/mayor-rahm-emanuel-showers-city-employees-with-481-million-in-overtime-extra-pay-cash-benefits/#25d03e484b76

 

FED WEEK
— Military Personnel More Expensive than Federal Employees, CBO Says
https://www.fedweek.com/federal-managers-daily-report/military-personnel-more-expensive-than-federal-employees-cbo-says/

 

COLDWELL Banker
— FOR SALE: 518 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton – $394,900 (.65 acre vacant lot)
https://www.coldwellhomes.com/Property/Detail/MRED/10150761/518-West-Roosevelt-Road-WHEATON-IL-60187

December 5 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to anti-Trumps, Obama, Bush, Clinton, and Carter paint themselves as being anti-Trumps.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/as-presidents-assemble-for-bush-funeral-trump-odd-man-out/

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Joe Biden’s boasting means little when it comes to beating Trump.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/joe-biden-2020-presidential-election-donald-trump-s-e-cupp/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Crowds honor Bush for long service, from war to White House – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/sns-bc-us–george-hw-bush-20181204-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump’s relationship with the Bush family has been tense. The current president has mocked the elder Bush for his “thousand points of light” call to volunteerism, challenged his son’s legacy as president and trounced “low-energy” Jeb Bush in the Republican presidential primaries en route to office. The late President Bush called Trump a “blowhard.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump’s arrival to Bush funeral quiets conversation among ex-presidents and their wives.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-george-hw-bush-20181205-story.html
— Documents show Facebook used user data as competitive weapon – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-eu–britain-facebook-privacy-20181205-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— Cantore seeks partial recount in forest preserve race – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181205/cantore-seeks-partial-recount-in-forest-preserve-race
— Facebook allegedly offered advertisers special access to users data, activities – Craig Timberg, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Tony Romm
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181205/facebook-allegedly-offered-advertisers-special-access-to-users-data-activities

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Staff feud at tax appeals board turns nasty Members of the Board of Review accuse each other of lying, incompetence, political favoritism and more in a dispute over who gets how many staff aides. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/staff-feud-tax-appeals-board-turns-nasty
— Broker tries another Trump Tower twist The famous name, conspicuously absent from a broker’s earlier brochure for the property, is back in a new brochure for the building’s mostly empty riverfront commercial space. – ALBY GALLUN (DIERSEN: What if the Illinois Republican Party moved into the Trump Tower?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/commercial-real-estate/broker-tries-another-trump-tower-twist

 

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Gov. Elect J.B. Pritzker: What to Expect When He Takes Office – Mary Chappell (DIERSEN: Who voted for Pritzker? ANSWER: Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2018/12/gov-elect-j-b-pritzker-what-to-expect-when-he-takes-office/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Only someone with Ald. Ed Burke’s stature would throw a holiday party just five days after being raided by the feds. More than a thousand supporters paid $150 each to attend the annual fundraiser for Burke, who’s already stockpiled $12 million in campaign funds. . .Other notables spotted at the event: . . .former state GOP House Leader Tom Cross, former state GOP Chairman Pat Brady.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/12/05/mccarthys-name-recognition-burke-draws-a-crowd-ramirez-rosas-legal-issue-357938

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— State Senate race: Republican Connelly wins voter tally in Milton Township
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511633437-state-senate-race-republican-connelly-wins-voter-tally-in-milton-township

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVES DEMAND NEW IL GOP LEADERSHIP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/illinois-conservatives-call-for-new-il-gop-leadership.html

(FROM THE ARTICLE: CAROL STREAM – Despite the Illinois Republican Party meeting for the first time since a “blue tsunami” hit Illinois in the mid-term elections, no dramatic changes in leadership or strategy for 2020 emerged last Saturday – stripping all the state’s non-Democrats of any hope for substantial political recovery in the near future. The Illinois Conservative Union (ICU) (http://www.ilpac.org/) isn’t giving up on the IL GOP without a fight, however. This week, the ICU’s leadership called for the IL GOP state chairman Tim Schneider to step down. To the base of the Party – Conservatives who stand firmly on the adopted Republican Party platform – the causes of the November 6th election losses are abundantly clear, the group said in a statement.)
— RACIAL DISCRIMINATION IN COLLEGE ADMISSIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/12/racial-discrimination-in-college-admissions.html

 

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Outline begins to emerge of marijuana legalization
https://capitolfax.com/2018/12/05/outline-begins-to-emerge-of-marijuana-legalization/

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New welfare numbers show sickness of America’s spirit – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: What percent of households are “on the taxpayer dole” in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/dec/5/welfare-immigrant-households-drain-economy-and-spi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The latest Census Bureau numbers find that more than seven of 10 households headed by immigrants in California, and nearly the same amount in Texas, are on the taxpayer dole. So much for the Democrat sheep who bleat that concerns of immigrant-tied drains on welfare are simply rooted in racism and hate. Government facts and figures only show these concerns to be true. According to the latest numbers from 2014, fully 63 percent of non-citizens are living off at least one welfare program. That translates into 4.68 million households.)

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Border police, troops brace for caravan surge in Arizona – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/border-police-troops-brace-for-caravan-surge-in-arizona

 

NEW AMERICAN
— That Strengthening Diversity: 63 Percent of “Non-citizens” on Welfare – Selwyn Duke
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30820-that-strengthening-diversity-63-percent-of-non-citizens-on-welfare
— Migrants Breach Border, This Time In the Dark – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30821-migrants-breach-border-this-time-in-the-dark

 

HOT AIR
— Ninth Circuit Fully Beclowns Itself On Illegal Immigration – JAZZ SHAW
https://hotair.com/archives/2018/12/05/ninth-circuit-fully-beclowns-illegal-immigration/

 

DAILY CALLER
— WHILE AMERICANS WATCH MIGRANT CARAVAN, ILLEGAL BORDER CROSSINGS SPIKE IN TEXAS – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/05/focus-tijuana-mexico-illegal-immigrants-texas-border-patrol/

 

EPOCH TIMES
— Caravan Members Make New Plans After Being Sold Empty Promises – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/caravan-members-make-new-plans-after-being-sold-empty-promises_2731337.html

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— Illegal Border Crossings On The Rise Following Influx Of Migrant Caravan
https://www.oann.com/illegal-border-crossings-on-the-rise-following-influx-of-migrant-caravan/

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Border Crisis Continues To Burn While GOP Fiddles
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29247-border-crisis-continues-burn-while-gop-fiddles

 

CONSERVATIVE NEWS DAILY
— Democrat Plans For America – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/12/democrat-plans-for-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Mexican government is closing down the Tijuana immigrant encampment because of the serious and dangerous illnesses the caravan carried there, and Democrats want these people to enter the United States and spread their diseases across our nation. Venezuela’s Socialism is causing poverty and hunger to be the new norm in that formerly prosperous nation with the population experiencing a shortage of food and a deterioration of their healthcare delivery, and Democrats want to introduce Socialism to America. Democrats and the various Chambers of Commerce in America want poor people to immigrate to America and settle here to do the work they say our lower-paid citizens will no longer do, when there are many Americans, including teenagers looking for their first jobs, who can find no work for themselves because immigrants have taken all of the jobs. Democrats want to give welfare to immigrants settling here with no jobs, no skills, and no ability to speak English, while at the same time the government is unable to sufficiently help many American citizens at the bottom of the economic ladder lead comfortable lives. Despite the lying press’s assurance to Americans that the caravan contained only peaceful families, the mayor of Tijuana contradicted that assurance and told us that the caravan contained mostly young men and about ten-percent criminals. But Democrats insist that we are obligated to allow an infinite number of these people into America and settle here. America’s Democrat party has taken Barack Obama’s promise to Fundamentally Transform America to heart and is moving with all possible speed to destroy this great nation.)

 

BREITBART
— Rush Limbaugh: Media Respect For George H.W. Bush Is ‘Phony’ — Never Treated Him Like This When He Was Alive – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/video/2018/12/05/rush-limbaugh-media-respect-for-george-h-w-bush-is-phony-never-treated-him-like-this-when-he-was-alive/
— Understanding the Caravan — the Map Says It All – Kris Kobach
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/kris-kobach-understanding-the-caravan-the-map-says-it-all/
— House Democrats Plan Push to Criminalize Private Gun Sales – Awr Hawkins
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/house-democrats-plan-push-criminalize-private-gun-sales/
— Ann Coulter–Bush’s Finest 30 Seconds: The Willie Horton Ad
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/12/05/ann-coulter-bushs-finest-30-seconds-the-willie-horton-ad/
— Internal Emails Reveal Facebook’s Cutthroat, Anti-Competitive Business Practices – Lucas Nolan
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/12/05/internal-emails-reveal-facebooks-cutthroat-anti-competitive-business-practices/
— Caravan Migrant Delivers Baby Day in USA Who Will Be Eligible for Citizenship – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/12/05/caravan-migrant-delivers-baby-in-california/

 

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Federal Court Uses First Amendment to Strike Down Law Blocking Encouragement of Illegal Immigration – Sam Dorman
https://ijr.com/federal-court-uses-first-amendment-to-strike-down-law-blocking-encouragement-of-illegal-immigration/

 

FOX NEWS
— Limbaugh on Media’s ‘Phony’ Praise of Bush 41: They Were ‘Vicious and Partisan’ When He Was in Office
http://insider.foxnews.com/2018/12/05/rush-limbaugh-calls-out-media-phony-praise-george-hw-bush-attacks-trump

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CHURCH BECOMES SANCTUARY FOR ‘CAREFULLY CHOSEN’ ILLEGALS Sheriff: ‘Sympathy does not make it legal’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/church-becomes-sanctuary-for-carefully-chosen-illegals/

 

GOPUSA
— University of Southern California students asked if they love U.S., say ‘America is trash’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps promote hatred of America.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60555

— Wall Street execs afraid to hire women in wake of #MeToo
http://www.gopusa.com/wall-street-execs-afraid-to-hire-women-in-wake-of-metoo/

 

CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE
— Fast-food chain excluded from US campus for biblical ethos Rider University, New Jersey, has removed the option to allow a branch of fast-food chain, Chick-fil-A, to open on its campus.
https://www.christian.org.uk/news/fast-food-chain-excluded-from-us-campus-for-biblical-ethos/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-trumps use Bush memorial service to blast Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/419961-grief-tension-mark-bush-memorial-service

 

CBS NEWS
— The Department of Justice just took a step to make asylum even more difficult for Central Americans – KATE SMITH (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage future Democrats, that is, citizens of foreign countries that have severe financial, health, and other problems, to seek asylum in America.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/asylum-seekers-department-of-justice-acting-attorney-general-matthew-whitaker-to-make-asylum-more-difficult-for-central-american-2018-12-5-live-updates/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Nation’s First Teachers’ Strike at Charter Network Begins in Chicago – Dana Goldstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/us/chicago-charter-strike.html
— Lawmakers Clash and Protesters Chant Amid Fight Over Wisconsin Governor’s Power – Mitch Smith and Monica Davey
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/04/us/wisconsin-republicans-power.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-trumps use Bush funeral to blast Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-george-hw-bushs-funeral-a-magisterial-presidency-meets-one-diminished-by-division/2018/12/05/9595a982-f8ac-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html
— How George H.W. Bush enabled the rise of the religious right Religious conservatives used the Bush presidency to launch their takeover of the GOP – Neil J. Young (DIERSEN: Obviously, the “religious right” never came close to taking over the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2018/12/05/how-george-hw-bush-enabled-rise-religious-right/

 

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-trumps use Bush funeral to blast Trump.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-pol-trump-odd-man-out-presidents-bush-funeral-20181205-story.html

 

BBC
— Festive Satanic statue added to Illinois statehouse
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-46453544

 

 

December 4 Evening Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 30 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: With legal marijuana possibly on horizon, Oak Park prepares to reap tax benefits – Steve Schering
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/news/ct-oak-marijuana-tax-tl-1206-story.html
— $14 million settlement for family of NIU student David Bogenberger, who died in fraternity hazing incident – Matthew Walberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-niu-hazing-lawsuit-settlement-bogenberger-20181130-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump and the for-profit presidency.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/chapman/ct-perspec-chapman-trump-cohen-mueller-russia-1202-20181130-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps use citizens of foreign countries who have health problems to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-immigration-proposal-scaring-people-from-medicaid-1202-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Will J.B. Pritzker spark a new fire at conservative Illinois Policy Institute? – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/j-b-pritzker-illinois-policy-institute-graduated-income-tax/
— White House staffers admonished for posting political tweets – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/hatch-act-white-house-staff-political-tweets/

 

DAILY HERALD
— Kifowit’s nasty rhetoric was both offensive and counterproductive – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181130/editorial-kifowits-nasty-rhetoric-was-both-offensive-and-counterproductive

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— The NRA lost $55M in income in 2017
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/the-nra-lost-55m-in-income-in-2017

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Rauner blasts Rauner.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/rich-miller-springfield/more-proof-if-we-needed-it-rauner-wasnt-cut-out-job

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— More than 5,000 women came to Illinois for abortions last year – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181130/more-than-5000-women-came-to-illinois-for-abortions-last-year

 

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democratic legislators from St. Clair, Madison counties will be mostly women by January – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article221957540.html

 

HERALD & REVIEW
— More women are crossing state lines to have abortions in Illinois – ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/more-women-are-crossing-state-lines-to-have-abortions-in/article_e43e4bc2-6ecd-5c5c-a08b-1bd5d4b4ee86.html

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois legislators occupy a make-believe world, one where money grows on trees and chickens never come home to roost. – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-11-30/editorial-now-you-see-it-now-you-dont.html

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Build a border wall – it’s the law – Byron York
https://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20181130/byron-york-build-border-wall—its-law

 

SAUK VALLEY
— The house always wins, but do we? Expanding gambling in Illinois might not pay off as much as some think – Editorial
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/11/28/editorial-the-house-always-wins-but-do-we/abkx2bt/

 

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— OUTSTANDING: Video gambling machines shut down in town – Nona Tepper
http://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/11-30-2018/Video-gambling-machines-shut-down-in-town-/

 

OAK PARK
— Oak Park bans sweepstakes gambling machines Ordinance prevents video gambling loophole seen in other municipalities – Timothy Inklebarger
http://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/11-26-2018/Oak-Park-bans-sweepstakes-gambling-machines/

 

MDJ ONLINE
— Rauner says lawmakers who voted to override his vetoes will cost taxpayers – Greg Bishop
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/rauner-says-lawmakers-who-voted-to-override-his-vetoes-will/article_b4a9928f-4389-5977-8866-eebe8dd08466.html

 

TRI STATES PUBLIC RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting pot pushers push pot.
http://www.tspr.org/post/new-report-says-legal-pot-will-earn-illinois-millions-new-taxes

 

WTAX
— Rauner suggests voters chose poorly
https://wtax.com/news/101101-rauner-suggests-voters-chose-poorly/

 

WAND
— Discovery recount begins in sheriff’s race
http://www.wandtv.com/story/39567377/discovery-recount-begins-in-sheriffs-race

 

CHANNEL 20
— Springfield gamblers lost millions of dollars to video gambling – Ana Espinosa
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/springfield-gamblers-lost-millions-of-dollars-to-video-gambling

 

MEDILL REPORTS
— GARCIA’S FOURTH DISTRICT WIN SERVES AS MILESTONE FOR ILLINOIS IMMIGRANTS – Hannah Magnuson
http://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/garcias-fourth-district-win-serves-as-milestone-for-illinois-immigrants/

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Ives critical of bill to extend TIFs – Kyla Asbury
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511641928-ives-critical-of-bill-to-extend-tifs

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Nearly 5,000 bills die in Madigan’s Rules Committee Outgoing state lawmaker says measures that did pass didn’t address pension debt, high property taxes – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/nearly-bills-die-in-madigan-s-rules-committee/article_a803d066-f4ac-11e8-9001-c706812601b8.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— MARIJUANA CONVICTIONS SOON MIGHT COME OFF ILLINOIS CRIMINAL RECORDS – Vincent Caruso (DIERSEN: Concerning your respect for the rule of law, your past predicts your future.)
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/marijuana-convictions-soon-might-come-off-illinois-criminal-records/

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— BRINKMAN: THE RISE AND DECLINE OF ILLINOIS’ ONCE-DEPENDABLE DUPAGE REPUBLICAN PARTY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/the-rise-and-decline-of-the-dupage-republican-party.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When James “Pate” Philip left as DuPage party chair in 2003 he left it with half a million dollars. Without their long time leader the DuPage GOP quickly fragmented into the nine individual township organizations who learned to fend for themselves. The money quickly dwindled and was never replenished. Neither were these organizations created equal in their ability or resources to fend for themselves. The lasting coup of the 2010 redistricting map is that it took those districts that followed GOP organizational lines and smashed them up. Local Republican organizations long used to having one representative and one senator now suddenly had five or six in some cases. To be required to focus on too much is to focus on nothing at all. This has undone local efforts to bolster candidates. Tea Parties admirably tried to pick up some of this slack as have larger more well-heeled groups like that of Dan Proft. Tactical victories partially explain the decline, but not the broader trends. While the township organizations helped slow the decline they were not the essential force in DuPage’s rise to preeminence. How then was the county so effective at its peak? Was it all just demographics as some would argue, or purely leadership? Surely both played a role, however one feature absent over the decline of the DuPage party was its massive and systematic outreach during its peak. The county GOP sent a quarterly newsletter to each and every voter. A substantial portion of what was raised every year and at massive events (like the one where Nancy Louise met Pate) went to their distribution. These efforts helped to educate all voters and especially newer ones to see why conservative governance was essential first at the local level, then at the state level. Before they knew it, they had become reliable Republican voters!)

 

CAPITOL FAX
— The governor talks about the election and the future of the ILGOP
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/30/the-governor-talks-about-the-election-and-the-future-of-the-ilgop/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Though he criticized Democrats, Rauner also said his own party needs to take a look at itself post-election. When asked who should lead the Illinois Republican Party, Rauner did not give a direct answer. “Well, we have a chairman, Tim Schneider and a co-chairman,” Rauner said, referring to the newly ousted Cook County Commissioner, whom he handpicked to lead the party, and conservative Lake County GOP Chairman Mark Shaw, who led a quasi-coup of the party leadership in May. “We have some wonderful elected officials who are Republicans,” the governor continued. “We have major donors and funders who are proud Republicans and I think it’s going to be an appropriate process for the Republican party to do some reflection and some discussion about where we go as a party and where we go as a state and lay out a vision for the future. Clearly, changes are needed. Clearly, improvements are needed.”)
— So far, the transition is going smoothly
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/30/so-far-the-transition-is-going-smoothly/

 

BREITBART
— Caravan Organizers Promised Easy U.S. Asylum, Say Departing Migrants – Penny Starr
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/11/30/caravan-organizers-promised-easy-u-s-asylum-say-departing-migrants/
— Harvard Student Faces Eviction After Roommates Saw MAGA Hat, Ransacked Her Room for (Legal) Guns – Tom Ciccotta (DIERSEN: Who has the courage to wear a MAGA hat in a) your neighborhood, b) in your precinct, c) in your municipality, d) in your township/ward, e) in your county, and f) in Illinois?)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2018/11/30/harvard-student-told-to-move-out-over-her-legally-owned-guns/

 

PJ MEDIA
— Top Five Media Lies on the Migrant Caravan – PATRICK POOLE
https://pjmedia.com/trending/top-five-media-lies-on-the-migrant-caravan/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Federal workers warned: Advocating Trump impeachment not allowed until second term – Steven Nelson (DIERSEN: Of course, because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I was a member of the Republican “deep state.” They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I frustrated their efforts a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/federal-workers-warned-advocating-trump-impeachment-not-allowed-until-second-term

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The memo was highlighted by the group American Oversight, which is calling on the OSC to rescind the guidance. “With the Trump administration already corruptly trying to root out the ‘deep state,’ the OSC should not empower Trump appointees to target people who ‘resist’ administration policies like family separation,” the advocacy group said in a statement.)

 

TOWNHALL
— Liberals Want America To Go Borderless – Ilana Mercer
https://townhall.com/columnists/ilanamercer/2018/11/30/liberals-want-america-to-go-borderless-n2536777
— The Religion of Leftism – Allie Stuckey
https://townhall.com/columnists/alliestuckey/2018/11/30/the-religion-of-leftism-n2536798
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the last decade, America has moved drastically to the left. Not only are more people on the left than ever before, the left is further left than it’s ever been. This radical brand of progressivism has come to be known as “leftism”—an extreme yet increasingly dominant segment of the political spectrum. At the same time, America has grown more secular. According to Pew, “religious nones” are rapidly growing in number. These “nones” are most concentrated among millennials: 36% of millennials are religiously unaffiliated. Millennials happen to also be America’s most politically progressive generation. This probably isn’t a coincidence, especially since the same trends have occurred in a similar way in other parts of the world, such as Europe. While correlation doesn’t prove causation, politics and religion are so closely related that it’s hard to believe the simultaneous popularization of extreme leftism and secularism is insignificant.)

 

NUMBERS USA
— Republicans in Congress Cut a Deal to Double H-2B Guest Workers
https://www.numbersusa.com/news/republicans-congress-cut-deal-double-h-2b-guest-workers

(FROM THE ARTICLE: NumbersUSA Director of Government Relations told Breitbart: I don’t ever recall seeing a formal agreement between Congressional staff and employers to draft legislation to increase employers’ access to cheap, foreign labor….Donald Trump won the White House by running on a pro-American-worker immigration message, but his party lost control of the House during the midterms by abandoning that message. This agreement is evidence that Republicans haven’t learned from their recent election losses.)

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Migrant caravan not about escaping ‘violence’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/another_blown_narrative_usc_study_shows_migrant_caravan_not_about_escaping_violence.html

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Migrants Migrate for Money, Not Safety – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/item/30790-new-report-migrants-migrate-for-money-not-safety

 

CNS NEWS
— Let’s Shrink Illegal Alien Population, Save Billions at Same Time – David North
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/david-north/lets-shrink-illegal-alien-population-save-billions-same-time

 

DAILY WIRE
— Democrat Rep Stephanie Kifowit Calls For Death Of GOP Rep Peter Breen’s Family, Gets Destroyed – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38872/watch-democrat-rep-calls-death-gop-reps-family-ryan-saavedra

 

CAMPUS REFORM
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: UC-Berkeley student gov unanimously approves resolution to fund migrant caravan – Celine Ryan
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=11579

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred not only against of Trump, but hatred against 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://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/30/how-online-hate-speech-is-fueling-real-life-violence/

 

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— These men want to lead California’s Republican Party – what’s left of it A midterm shellacking complicates an already tough job for Chairman Jim Brulte’s successor – JEFF HORSEMAN
https://www.ocregister.com/2018/11/30/these-men-want-to-lead-californias-republican-party-whats-left-of-it/

 

DES MOINES REGISTER
— Mexicans’ protests of illegal immigration expose false racism narrative – Todd Blodgett
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/opinion/columnists/2018/11/30/mexican-protests-illegal-immigration-exposes-false-racism-claims-caravan-tijuana-asylum-racism/2161442002/

 

CARLISLE SENTINEL
— Bad news from California – Michael Reagan
https://cumberlink.com/opinion/columnists/reagan-bad-news-from-california/article_caebd20e-23df-5b55-bed1-5e25a68ad317.html

 

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— Democrats hypocritical on Trump’s use of tear gas – Editorial
https://www.bgdailynews.com/opinion/our_opinion/democrats-hypocritical-on-trump-s-use-of-tear-gas/article_d74e1013-756c-50a5-9c40-8143e2c4d95c.html

 

FORTUNE
— Trump’s Visits to Mar-a-Lago, the ‘Winter White House,’ Under GAO Scrutiny for Costs and Security – Bloomberg
http://fortune.com/2018/11/30/trumps-visits-to-mar-a-lago-the-winter-white-house-under-gao-scrutiny-for-costs-and-security/

 

FORBES
— Free Trade, Yes — Open Borders, No – Steve Hanke
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevehanke/2018/11/30/free-trade-yes-open-borders-no/#6d805e483d3c

 

NEWSWEEK
— DO NOT RESIST: MEMO BANS FEDERAL EMPLOYEES FROM DISCUSSING DONALD TRUMP IMPEACHMENT – JASON MURDOCK
https://www.newsweek.com/do-not-resist-memo-bans-federal-employees-discussing-donald-trump-impeachment-1238028

 

FED SMITH
— Federal Employees Warned Not to ‘#Resist’ Trump Administration While on Duty – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Of course, because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat superiors, Democrat supervisors, Democrat coworkers, and Democrat subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I was a member of the Republican “deep state.” They always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I frustrated their efforts a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2018/11/30/federal-employees-warned-not-resist-trump-administration-duty/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: One agency that gained particular attention was the Environmental Protection Agency since it was the target of numerous budget cuts by the Trump administration. FOIA lawsuits were filed seeking evidence of the existence of a “deep state” within the EPA, and the agency even was conducting its own investigation into whether employees were sending encrypted text messages after news reports surfaced saying it was taking place within the agency.)

November 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Alderman Ed Burke’s Chicago offices raided by FBI agents executing search warrants – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ald-ed-burkes-chicago-offices-raided-by-fbi/4789692/

 

NBC5
— Federal Agents Search Ald. Ed Burke’s Offices, Paper Over Doors Burke is the longest-serving alderman in Chicago history, elected in 1969, and chairs the powerful Finance Committee – Carol Marin, Don Moseley and Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ed-burke-chicago-501553981.html

 

CBS2
— Fall Session Wraps Up, Democrats Anticipate Capitol Control
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/29/general-assembly-fall-session-ends/
— Feds Raid Ald. Edward Burke’s City Hall Office, Ward Office; Doors And Windows Covered In Brown Paper – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/29/alderman-ed-burke-edward-m-burke-city-hall-office-donald-trump-fbi-raid/
— Illinois House Expunges Lawmaker’s Tainted Water Threat
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/29/illinois-house-expunges-lawmakers-tainted-water-threat/

 

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Federal agents raid offices of Ald. Ed Burke – Dane Placko and Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/report-fbi-agents-raid-office-of-ald-ed-burke

 

WGN TV
— Federal agents raid office of powerful Chicago Ald. Ed Burke – TAHMAN BRADLEY AND BEN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2018/11/29/federal-agents-raid-office-of-powerful-chicago-ald-ed-burke/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. Bruce Rauner: ‘I am very scared for the people of Illinois’ as J.B. Pritzker takes over in a month – Mike Riopell, Rick Pearson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-bruce-rauner-illinois-future-20181129-story.html
— Illinois’ U.S. Rep. Cheri Bustos will lead House Democrats in 2020 campaign – Rick Pearson (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who are those leading efforts to elect Republicans on April 2, 2019 and November 3, 2020 in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? ANSWER: They should include the officers of your Republican township/ward and county party organizations, your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and the IRP officers. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-illinois-democrat-cheri-bustos-dccc-chair-20181129-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Sen.-elect Romney, America should have listened to you.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-romney-mitt-warning-speech-trump-con-man-fake-temperament-1130-story.html
— Who is Ed Burke? Alderman. Former cop. Ex-Trump attorney. – Tony Briscoe
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-who-is-ed-burke-20181129-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “There are ways Trump can win over Hispanics and blacks.” To get reelected in 2020, anti-Trumps want Trump to dump voters, dump organizations, dump companies, dump governments, and dump countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-hanson-trump-winning-voters-african-americans-hispanics-supporters-1130-story.html
— It’s personal for Oswego legislators on different ends of Legionella dust-up – Denise Crosby
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-kifowit-apology-st-1130-story.html
— Coalition kicks cronies in Springfield showdown – Austin Berg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/news/ct-sta-berg-column-st-1202-story.html
— Election filing for candidates for Naperville school, park boards starts Dec. 10 – Suzanne Baker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/news/ct-nvs-other-races-st-1130-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Feds raid Ald. Burke’s City Hall, ward offices – Fran Spielman, Jon Seidel and Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ed-burke-fbi-federal-agents-city-hall-council/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Warnings grow over unsanitary conditions in Tijuana shelter.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/warnings-grow-over-unsanitary-conditions-tijuana-shelter-migrant-caravan/

 

DAILY HERALD
— House approves plan aimed at consolidation in McHenry, Lake counties – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181129/house-approves-plan-aimed-at-consolidation-in-mchenry-lake-counties

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Big financial names put financial muscle behind paid internships for low-income students – LISA BERTAGNOLI (DIERSEN: While you were earning your undergraduate degree, were you a low income student? I was not. I delivered mail part-time 1966-1969 and worked part-time on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970. That, along with my parents providing me room and board 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester in 1969, and the summer of 1969, enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/nonprofits-philanthropy/big-financial-names-put-financial-muscle-behind-paid-internships-low-income

 

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Jeanne Ives: A legal answer to state pension crisis? – SCOTT REEDER
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/a-legal-answer-to-state-pension-crisis/article_de3b3d6d-24ce-5481-8c8d-76be32bc204b.html

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump Plan Could Leave Asylum-Seekers At Risk In Mexico.”
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-administration-asylum-seekers-stay-put-mexico-while-claims-are-processed#stream/0

 

WSPY
— State Rep. Welter Pursuing New House Rule In Wake Of State Rep. Kifowit’s Comments
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/state-rep-welter-pursuing-new-house-rule-in-wake-of/article_609b5542-f3fc-11e8-b7b5-779821ed2eb4.html

 

WQAD
— Gov. Rauner speaks publicly for the first time since conceding defeat – BRODY WOODDELL
https://wqad.com/2018/11/29/gov-rauner-speaks-publicly-for-the-first-time-since-conceding-defeat/

 

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— Sen. Ed Markey Attacks The Heartland Institute on the Senate Floor
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zdHoBYEwsu0&feature=youtu.be

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rauner says lawmakers who voted to override his vetoes will cost taxpayers – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rauner-says-lawmakers-who-voted-to-override-his-vetoes-will/article_06ced956-f421-11e8-b5ec-ef3565c5a31f.html

 

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FBI RAIDS OFFICE OF POWERFUL CHICAGO ALD. ED BURKE – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/fbi-raids-office-of-powerful-chicago-ald-ed-burke/

 

NEWSMAX
— Rahm Emanuel: Dems’ Job to Divide Trump’s Base – Theodore Bunker
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rahm-emanuel-dems-2020/2018/11/29/id/892530/

 

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Illinois House erases Democrat Stephanie Kifowit’s ‘Broth of Legionella’ remark; GOP colleague Peter Breen warns of ‘mob rule’ – Lukas Mikelionis
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/illinois-house-erases-democrats-broth-of-legionella-remark-gop-colleague-warns-of-mob-rule

 

GOPUSA
— Trump ‘totally willing’ to shut down government over $5B target for border wall funding
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60109
— Barbra Streisand accuses Donald Trump of misogyny as she attacks female GOP voters
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=60121

 

BREITBART
— Some Caravan Migrants Have HIV/AIDS and TB, Say Mexican Authorities – Bob Price
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/11/29/some-caravan-migrants-have-aids-and-tb-say-mexican-authorities/

 

THE HILL
— Federal agents raid office of lawyer Ed Burke who previously did tax work for Trump – OWEN DAUGHERTY
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/418928-federal-agents-raid-office-of-tax-firm-that-previously-worked-for

 

WRAL
— GOP governors minimize Trump impact on midterm losses – AP (DIERSEN: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Glen Ellyn, and in Wheaton, Republican candidates lost on November 6, 2018 because of Democrat success a) in promoting hatred of Trump and b) in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats. In my precinct, Trump got only 21 votes in the 2016 Republican primary and he got only 137 votes in the 2016 General Election.)
https://www.wral.com/gop-governors-minimize-trump-impact-on-midterm-losses/18028894/

 

THINK PROGRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters call all Republicans racists.
https://thinkprogress.org/republican-party-leaders-ignore-racism-but-act-very-offended-at-being-called-racists-0163396a8f50/

November 28 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— House Dems to probe whether Trump ‘nationalist’ claims fueling hate crimes – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: What percent of anti-Americans in the world, in America, in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood are also, anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? Birds of a feather flock together.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/27/jerry-nadler-demands-trump-administration-answers-/

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 27 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

OUR QUAD CITIES
— Iowa & Illinois able to pursue partisan agendas   Illinois has bigger challenges of deficit, pensions and taxes – Jim Niedelman (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Democrats will promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. They will do everything that they can to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/4-the-record/iowa-illinois-able-to-pursue-partisan-agendas/1619491937

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 26 Morning Edition

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

 

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

November 23 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Trump administration asks Supreme Court to take up military transgender ban – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-administration-asks-scotus-to-take-up-military-transgender-ban/4748417/

 

CBS2
— Black Friday Protest At Chatham Target Store – Mike Puccinelli
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/23/black-friday-protest-chatham-target/

 

WLS AM
— Mexico To Deport Arrested Caravan Migrants
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/11/23/mexico-to-deport-arrested-caravan-migrants/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-American make it clear that they are anti-American.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/daca-immigration-reform-trump-thanksgiving/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and promote hatred against Trump’s supporters.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/donald-trump-base-civil-war-2-0/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Anti-Trump protests gave way to local fervor that helped turn Wisconsin back to blue – Peter Slevin (DIERSEN: In your precinct, how successful were Trump haters in a) promoting hatred against Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-trump-wisconsin-democrats-20181123-story.html

 

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Lauzen creates PAC to run for state comptroller If Mendoza wins mayoral race, state post will be vacant – BRENDA SCHORY
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2018/11/23/lauzen-creates-pac-to-run-for-state-comptroller/ae8ewb5/

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A job worth having? The fight to be governor was brutal — but to what end for the winner? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2018-11-23/editorial-job-worth-having.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois’ bond status already is barely above junk status. State officials report that meeting those obligations will consume 26 percent of revenues. Posen reports that J.P. Morgan Asset Management employed “a more realistic measure of their obligations” and bumped the state’s 26 percent number to 51 percent. Needless to say, devoting that huge percentage of revenues to state debt and retirement percentages will make it impossible to properly fund core state services. None of this is, of course, set in stone. But the public officials who’ve charted this current course of fiscal disaster are living in a world with make-believe budget numbers. Illinois must change. Will it? Can it? To this point, the answer is an emphatic no.)

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump demands bipartisan border deal: ‘Fix the Border, for once and for all, NOW!’ – S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/23/trump-demands-bipartisan-border-deal/

 

GOPUSA
— Mexico could have closed their southern border and avoided this problem
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59789

 

BREITBART
— Rob Reiner Thanks Founding Fathers for System That Will Punish Trump’s ‘Lifetime of Crime’ – Ben Kew
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2018/11/23/rob-reiner-thanks-founding-fathers-for-system-punish-trump-lifetime-of-crime/

 

TOWNHALL
— Is John Roberts’ Clash With Trump An Ominous Warning Of Things To Come? – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2018/11/23/is-john-roberts-clash-with-trump-an-ominous-warning-of-things-to-come-n2536395

 

NEWSMAX
— NY Bill Would Require Social Media Checks for Gun Purchases 0 Theodore Bunker
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/new-york-gun-bill-social-media-gun-purchases-social-media-background-check/2018/11/23/id/891738/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— History Doesn’t Favor Republicans Recovering the House under Trump – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/republican-control-house-of-representatives-unlikely-under-trump/

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— THERE IS NO REASON FOR MIGRANTS APPLYING FOR ASYLUM TO WAIT IN AMERICA – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272036/there-no-reason-migrants-applying-asylum-wait-daniel-greenfield

 

HOT AIR
— Small Group Breaks From Caravan To Press Within 500 Feet Of U.S. Border In Tijuana
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/11/small-group-breaks-caravan-press-within-500-feet-u-s-border-tijuana/

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Acosta Wrong, Trump Right: It’s an Invasion – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30716-migrants-plan-stampede-trump-says-he-ll-close-the-border

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Caravan migrants turn up their noses at all those unfilled jobs Tijuana has for them – Monica Showalter (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would “turn up their noses” at all the jobs that I had. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/so_will_caravan_migrants_turn_up_their_noses_at_all_those_unfilled_jobs_tijuana_has_for_them.html
— Caravan migrants play the PR game, shifting tactics – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/caravan_migrants_play_the_pr_game_shifting_tactics.html
— A migration pact to disaster – Alex Alexiev
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/a_migration_pact_to_disaster.htm

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LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trudeau govt. orders Canada post to cease delivering publication lacking ‘diversity’ – James Risdon
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trudeau-govt.-orders-canada-post-to-cease-delivering-publication-lacking-di

 

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Tijuana Mayor Declares Humanitarian Crisis As Small Group Breaks Away From Caravan
https://www.oann.com/tijuana-mayor-declares-humanitarian-crisis-as-small-group-breaks-away-from-caravan/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Are Corrupt Politicians Thankful for? Partisan Warfare For voters, bribery, fraud and embezzlement are still bad, but increasingly tolerable — as long as their candidate can either stick it to Trump or “own the libs.” – Justin Glawe
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/22/opinion/politics/collins-indict-duncan-corruption-trump-thanksgiving.html
— Did a Tax Increase Tucked Into Trump’s Tax Cut Come Back to Bite Republicans? Republicans capped a popular deduction for state and local taxes to pay for the tax bill. That may have hurt some House Republicans in the midterms. – Jim Tankersley and Ben Casselman
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/19/us/politics/trump-tax-cut-republican.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— What’s up with all those black men who voted for the Republican in the Georgia governor’s race? – Vanessa Williams
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/23/whats-up-with-all-those-black-men-who-voted-republican-georgia-governors-race/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get votes from minorities, Democrat candidates hint/imply/argue/shout that if elected, they will use government to give even more preference to minorities. To get votes from those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, Democrat candidates hint/imply/argue/shout that if elected, they will use government to give even more preference to the aforesaid.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/23/disapproval-trumps-handling-race-relations-hits-percent/

 

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— For Central Americans, children open a path to the U.S. – Joshua Partlow and Nick Miroff
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/For-Central-Americans-children-open-a-path-to-13416363.php

 

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Uninformed and Unengaged States are turning to civics education in an effort to produce informed and active students. – Lauren Camera
https://www.usnews.com/news/the-report/articles/2018-11-23/in-increasingly-partisan-times-states-turn-to-civics-education

 

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— As Migrants Arrive En Masse, Tijuana Mayor Declares ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ – Adam K. Raymond
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2018/11/as-migrants-arrive-tijuana-mayor-declares-crisis.html

November 21 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF HEBREARD: Hebreard edges Cantore in tight race for forest preserve president – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181120/hebreard-edges-cantore-in-tight-race-for-forest-preserve-president
— Democrats gain control of Lake County Board; Curran ousted as sheriff – Russell Lissau and Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181120/democrats-gain-control-of-lake-county-board-curran-ousted-as-sheriff
— Ellman unseats Connelly in state Senate District 21 – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181120/ellman-unseats-connelly-in-state-senate-district-21
— FRONT PAGE: Will Illinois start charging electric car owners a road fee? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181121/will-illinois-start-charging-electric-car-owners-a-road-fee

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Walmart wants campaign donation back from Senator Hyde-Smith after her support of public hangings – Rachel Siegel
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-walmart-donation-hyde-smith-hangings-20181120-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hyde-Smith’s campaign did not respond to a request for comment. On Tuesday night, the Associated Press reported that Hyde-Smith had apologized for her “public hanging” comment, saying there was “no ill will.” “I’ve never been hurtful to anyone,” Hyde-Smith said in a debate against Espy, according to the AP. “This comment was twisted. It was turned into a weapon to be used against me.” . . . At the White House on Tuesday, before leaving for Florida, President Donald Trump said that Hyde-Smith’s comment about attending a public hanging was made “in jest” and she “feels bad” about it. He went on to predict that she will still win the Mississippi runoff against Espy.)
— Volatile stock market spooking some older workers, retirees – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-stock-market-retirees-20181119-story.html

 

WLS AM
— Obama Takes Veiled Jab At Trump’s ‘Mommy Issues’
http://www.wlsam.com/2018/11/20/obama-takes-veiled-jab-at-trumps-mommy-issues/

 

WGIL
— JIL TRACY APPOINTED MINORITY WHIP OF ILLINOIS SENATE
http://www.wgil.com/2018/11/20/jil-tracy-appointed-minority-whip-of-illinois-senate/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Call it a second blue wave. With mail-in ballots finally counted in Lake County, Democrat Mary Edly-Allen defeated Republican state Rep. Helene Miller Walsh. It was one of four races to swing from red to blue Monday, two weeks after the general election. In the Lake County Sheriff’s race, Democrat John Idleburg defeated incumbent Republican Mark Curran. Because just 137 votes separate the candidates, Curran is expected to ask for a recount. . .Lake County is considered a battleground area. So everyone has a view on why it’s swinging more left in this election cycle. Were voters pushed there by President Donald Trump’s rhetoric? One Democratic campaign strategist credits J.B. Pritzker’s investment of millions of dollars in mail ballots for giving Edly-Allen and other Lake County races a boost. “Those down-ballot races are won on the margins and being able to have that program and money taken care of from the top of the ticket is huge,” he said. A GOP lawmaker grumbles that it was Gov. Bruce Rauner’s negatives that pulled Republican candidates down in Lake County. And a Democratic observer says those anti-Mike Madigan ads back-fired. – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/11/21/a-blue-wave-in-lake-county-serafin-bash-bezos-gives-25m-to-chicago-nonprofit-350418

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: DOES A TOXIC MIDTERM ELECTION JUSTIFY REPUBLICAN CONCERNS ABOUT 2020?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/thorner-does-a-toxic-midterm-election-justify-republican-concerns-about-2020.html

 

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— FRUITS OF COLLEGE INDOCTRINATION – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/fruits-of-college-indoctrination/

 

FOX NEWS
— Trump vows asylum ruling will be overturned; Saudi decision outrage; Avenatti allegations detailed
https://www.foxnews.com/us/fox-news-first-trump-vows-asylum-ruling-will-be-overturned-saudi-decision-outrage-avenatti-allegations-detailed

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘It’s a disgrace’: Obama-appointed judges undercut Trump on immigration – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/20/obama-appointed-judges-undercut-trump-immigration/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Acosta deal may make it easier to boot reporters – Byron York (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians, their operatives, and their dupes a) who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who have done everything that could to boot me. By their word and/or by their actions, they have made it very clear that they really are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, or RINOs.)
https://www.tahlequahdailypress.com/opinion/columns/acosta-deal-may-make-it-easier-to-boot-reporters/article_5c5b95e4-8e12-55f7-8683-795bd5615a6c.html

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— ORANGE COUNTY VOTE COUNT SUGGESTS FRAUD GOP guv candidate wins area, but Dems take all 6 House seats
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/orange-county-vote-count-suggests-fraud/
— MAKE TIJUANA GREAT AGAIN Andy Schlafly points out Mexicans are demanding caravan migrants be sent home
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/make-tijuana-great-again/

 

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— White House Restore’s Acosta’s Press Pass, Issues Rules Of Decorum For Reporters – Jim Clayton (DIERSEN: Politicians who blame me for their problems have four basic press conference rules for me: 1) do not attend their press conferences, 2) do not speak with anyone at their press conferences, 3) do not ask any questions at their press conferences, and 4) do not report anything about their press conferences.)
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/11/white-house-restores-acostas-press-pass-issues-rules-of-decorum-for-reporters/
— White House: Judge’s order will “open floodgates” for illegal aliens; promises to fight back – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/11/white-house-judges-order-will-open-floodgates-for-illegal-aliens-promises-to-fight-back/

 

DAILY CALLER
— FORMER ACTING ICE DIRECTOR TOM HOMAN: ‘SEEKING A BETTER LIFE DOES NOT QUALIFY FOR ASYLUM’ – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/20/homan-ice-asylum-border-mexico/


— LIBERALS AND CONSERVATIVES HAVE RADICALLY DIFFERENT VIEWS OF THE COUNTRY – Derek Hunter
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/20/podcast-liberals-conservatives-radically-different-views-country/

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— MEXICANS DON’T WANT ILLEGAL ALIENS IN THEIR COUNTRY, NO ONE DOES – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/272008/mexicans-dont-want-illegal-aliens-their-country-no-daniel-greenfield

 

FEDERALIST
— Americans Disagree About What Racism Is, And It’s A Big Problem Until Americans agree what actions or words are and are not racist, there is little hope of mending wounds that are getting much worse. – David Marcus
https://thefederalist.com/2018/11/20/americans-disagree-racism-big-problem/

 

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— FACEBOOK UNPLUGS ‘TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY’ PAGE ‘They have been relentless in attacking for years now’
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/facebook-unplugs-truth-about-homosexuality-page/

 

TOWNHALL
— A Lesson in Racial Politics from Florida – Star Parker
https://townhall.com/columnists/starparker/2018/11/21/a-lesson-in-racial-politics-from-florida-n2536285

 

NEW AMERICAN
— Mayor: Make Tijuana Great Again, Migrant “Horde” Has to Go – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://www.thenewamerican.com/usnews/immigration/item/30697-mayor-make-tijuana-great-again-migrant-horde-has-to-go

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Doesn’t Need Congress to Achieve His Immigration Goals – Christopher J. Hajec
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/trump_doesnt_need_congress_to_achieve_his_immigration_goals.html
— Two Americas: De Blasio’s Amazon vs. Trump’s Walmart – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/11/two_americas_de_blasios_amazon_vs_trumps_walmart.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Media Hysteria Over Nationalism is Democrat Revisionist History – Rich Logis
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/20/media-hysteria-over-nationalism-is-democrat-revisionist-history/

 

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Midterm Election Results: Losing White Votes, Gaining ‘Victim’ Votes (DIERSEN: According to the Democrats, members of Group A are victims 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.)
http://americanfreepress.net/midterm-election-results-losing-white-votes-gaining-victim-votes/

 

BREITBART
— Trump Denounces Obama-Appointed Judge Blocking Denial of Asylum to Caravan Migrants – Charlie Spiering
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/20/trump-judge-blocking-asylum-caravan-migrants/
— Gallup Poll: Illegal Immigration ‘Top Problem’ Facing U.S. – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/20/gallup-poll-illegal-immigration-top-problem-facing-u-s/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans say “Congress Must ‘Seize’ Lame-Duck Session, Pass DACA Amnesty.”
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/20/koch-brothers-congress-must-seize-lame-duck-session-pass-daca-amnesty/

 

BLAZE
— Muslim congresswoman seeks to lift ban on hats so she can wear headscarf on US House floor – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/20/muslim-congresswoman-seeks-to-lift-ban-on-hats-so-she-can-wear-headscarf-on-us-house-floor

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: Thanksgiving in the DC swamp means asking ‘What have I got to lose?’ – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29180-outsiders-vs-insiders-thanksgiving-dc-swamp-means-asking-%E2%80%98what-have-i-got-lose%E2%80%99

 

LIFEZETTE
— CNN and Acosta Must ‘Be Very Careful’ What ‘They Wish for,’ Says Jeffrey Lord On ‘The Ingraham Angle,’ the conservative commentator plus Sean Spicer reacted to White House’s new rules for media behavior – Kathryn Blackhurst
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/cnn-and-acosta-must-be-very-careful-what-they-wish-for-jeffrey-lord/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— ‘Pro-life’ John Kasich threatens to veto new bill banning abortions on babies with heartbeats – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/pro-life-john-kasich-threatens-to-veto-newly-passed-ohio-heartbeat-bill
— Top US court asked to rule if male students claiming to be ‘girls’ can use girls’ shower room – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/top-us-court-asked-to-rule-if-male-students-claiming-to-be-girls-can-use-gi

 

LEGAL READER
— Eight men are suing retailer Saks Fifth Avenue, alleging that its New York City outlets discriminated against them on grounds of race and age – Ryan J. Farrick (DIERSEN: During the 1980s, and 1990s, GAO discriminated against all its employees in its Chicago office a) who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who had not made GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40. None of the aforesaid employees joined the agency-wide class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation like I did. Instead, they “cut deals” with GAO to keep their jobs. Those deals included a) forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) not promoting me beyond GS-13, e) getting rid of my mentor in 1987, f) keeping me off audits of IRS, and g) forcing me to take a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.legalreader.com/saks-fifth-avenue-sued-discrimination/

 

THE HILL
— Poll: Trump easily defeats potential GOP rivals (Kasich and Flake) in hypothetical primary matchups (DIERSEN: I have always supported all the candidates who win Republican primaries on ballots in my precinct. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who claim to be Republican, but who do not. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. Needless-to-say, those who do not support Republican primary winners should not be allowed to be Republican precinct committeeman/captains or hold or seek any kind of government or political office as a Republican.)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/417683-poll-trump-would-easily-defeat-potential-gop-rivals-in
— Caravan spotlights immigration tensions in Mexico – RAFAEL BERNAL –
https://thehill.com/latino/417658-caravan-spotlights-immigration-tensions-in-mexico

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— A Cigarette for a Fake Signature? Election Fraud Charged on Los Angeles’ Skid Row – Adam Nagourney
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/election-fraud-los-angeles-skid-row.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The anti-Trump “Big Law Is Taking on Trump Over Immigration.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/nyregion/president-trump-immigration-law-firms.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump’s defense of Khashoggi’s Saudi murderers will stain him (and America) forever.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/global-opinions/wp/2018/11/20/khashoggis-murder-will-stain-trump-and-america-forever/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote hatred Trump and hatred of Trump’s supporters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/20/racist-incidents-flare-federal-facilities-hate-crimes-rise-trump-blamed-divisiveness/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Scapegoating of Facebook Liberals at Harvard show, with data, why liberals elsewhere are wrong about 2016. – Holman W. Jenkins Jr. (DIERSEN: One could argue that Facebook does everything that it can to elect Democrats, but that it does not always succeed.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-scapegoating-of-facebook-1542757846
— Facebook’s Zuckerberg Says He Has No Plans to Step Down as Chairman CEO calls Sheryl Sandberg an ‘important partner’ overseeing Facebook’s efforts to tackle big problems – Deepa Seetharaman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-zuckerberg-says-he-has-no-plans-to-step-down-as-chairman-1542772751
— A Short History of American Immigration Coming to the U.S. always took courage and tolerance for risk, traits that are still part of the country’s DNA. – John Steele Gordon (DIERSEN: Today’s Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. Today’s RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. To vote for Democrats is to shout that you want all the governments in America to give massive public assistance and massive preference to immigrants, and especially to immigrants who are minority, female, younger, and/or poor. What percent of today’s immigrants are minority, female, younger, and/or poor – 97%, 98%, 99%?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-short-history-of-american-immigration-1542758403
— How a Blue Wave Wiped Out Republicans in the Largest County in Texas A 27-year-old political novice will take over Harris County; GOP blames losses on straight-ticket voting by Beto O’Rourke supporters – Dan Frosch
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-blue-wave-wiped-out-republicans-in-the-largest-county-in-texas-1542709801

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Lawmaker Proposes Parity for Federal Pension COLAs – Erich Wagner
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2018/11/lawmaker-proposes-parity-federal-pension-colas/152961/

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM needs to better communicate employee performance practices – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Required “employee performance practices” for federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran to make GS-13 (currently $96,403) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $113,920) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $134,000) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $164,200) by age 40 is helping your superiors get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make the aforesaid promotions.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2018/11/20/opm-needs-to-better-communicate-employee-performance-practices/

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters promote hatred of Republicans.
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Does-the-GOP-have-a-racist-cutoff-point/64789.html