ABC7
— Judge rules White House must immediately return press credentials to CNN’s Jim Acosta – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-rules-white-house-must-return-press-credentials-to-cnns-jim-acosta/4700615/
NBC5
— Ousted Madigan Chief of Staff Finds New Job in Springfield Mapes was let go in June after allegations of harassment and bullying – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Have you have been “ousted?” If so, have you found a “new job?” My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress that my Democrat GAO superiors ousted me in 1997 when I was 49 years old and that I have yet to find a PAID job that is appropriate for someone with my work experience, education, professional certifications, and professional license. Ahern says that “political observers note Mapes will now be allowed to use those same connections and resources that he acquired after years of experience to help get things done in Springfield for his clients.” Every day, to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out, I use what I learned working for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $96,403-$125,323.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ousted-madigan-chief-of-staff-lands-new-job-in-springfield-500705381.html
CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A vicious anti-Trump says “Trump Has ‘Failed Miserably’ In Supporting U.S. Troops.” This vicious anti-Trump calls Trump a “draft dodger” and “Cadet Bone Spurs” because he sought and obtained five draft deferments like I did. In 2006, this vicious anti-Trump had me thrown out of her press conference with Michael J. Fox in Wheaton.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/16/tammy-duckworth-donald-trump-troops/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— MISSING: One super-scary migrant caravan. Last seen Nov. 6. – Rex Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-migrant-carvan-trump-fox-news-huppke-20181115-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How old are you? I am 70 years old. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. How soon, if not already, will they succeed in prohibiting those over age 40?, those over age 35?, those over age 30?, from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office unless they are a minority, female, and/or veteran?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-age-discrimination-unspoken-prejudice-st-1118-story.html
— Will Facebook face up to its failings? – Editorial (DIERSEN: Facebook is a Democrat/Libertarian/Green website. Facebook is an anti-Republican website.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-facebook-zuckerberg-sandberg-privacy-20181116-story.html
— Lawsuit accusing Gov.-elect J.B. Pritzker of racial discrimination includes ‘outright falsehoods,’ attorneys say – Mike Riopell
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-met-jb-pritzker-race-lawsuit-20181116-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker lawyers: Discrimination suit full of ‘falsehoods,’ ‘rhetoric’—not facts – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/pritzker-lawyers-racial-discrimination-suit-dismiss-motion-falsehoods-rhetoric/
— Federal judge keeps alive lawsuit alleging Water Management racism – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Federal judges kept my lawsuit against GAO alive for almost 7 years 1998-2005. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/federal-judge-keeps-alive-lawsuit-alleging-water-management-racism/
— Federal gun prosecutions up in Chicago, fewer illegal immigration, fraud cases – Frank Main and Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/john-lausch-federal-gun-crimes-prosecutions-chicago-rises/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats won in Illinois because of Democrat success in a) promoting hatred of Trump and b) getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/rich-miller-women-candidtes-legislature-springfield-election/
DAILY HERALD
— California GOP ponders way forward after stunning losses – AP (DIERSEN: What is the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) pondering? Has your representative on the IRP State Central Committee sought your input? What is on the agenda for the December 1, 2018 IRP SCC meeting? Where, and at what time, will the meeting be held? Will public comments be allowed? What will be discussed in the open part of the meeting and what will be discussed in executive session part of the meeting?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181116/news/311169983/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The California Republican Party isn’t salvageable at this time,” concluded Kristin Olsen, a former Republican leader in the state Assembly. “The Grand Old Party is dead – partly because it has failed to separate itself from today’s toxic, national brand of Republican politics,” she wrote in a column on the website CALmatters. Shawn Steel, one of the state’s two Republican National Committee members, said her party has “reached the point of desperation.” “The party’s problems have been around longer and run much deeper than any one person. From money to grassroots organization, California Republicans are completely outmatched,” Steel wrote on the Washington Examiner website. A generation ago, the state was once a reliable win for the GOP in presidential elections. And in Orange County, largely white, conservative homeowners delivered winning margins for Republicans year after year. But a surge in immigrants transformed the state and its voting patterns. The number of Hispanics, blacks and Asians has outnumbered whites since 1998. And many of those new voters lean Democratic. The number of registered Republicans has been in a freefall for years – even independents outnumber them. In a sign of what was to come, Hillary Clinton carried Orange County in the 2016 presidential election, the first Democrat to do so since the Depression era. A stronger tack leftward has now dramatically arrived. . .Clearly, President Donald Trump was a factor. He lost California by over 4 million votes in 2016 and has remained unpopular, and many voters saw an opportunity to send a message to Washington. Walters and Rohrabacher, for example, were closely tied to the president, while Democratic candidates campaigned openly against Trump’s agenda. But demographic changes have also helped Democrats, and in key congressional races they fielded a group of fresh faces, not career politicians. Steel, the GOP committeeman, noted that Democrats raised more money and did a better job registering voters and using social media. The state GOP has debated for years whether the party needs to turn to the political center, or right. As far back as 2007, Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger warned the party was “dying at the box office” and needed to claim issues usually associated with the Democratic agenda, including climate change and health care reform. The latest setbacks have set off a fresh round of Republican soul-searching. Travis Allen, a former GOP candidate for governor and ardent Trump supporter, said Thursday he was entering the race to be the state party leader. The party, he said, is at the “lowest point it’s been since the 1880s.”)
— Nick Ayers, political ‘veteran’ at age 36 eyed for Trump chief of staff – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181116/news/311169866/
— Wheaton College summit addresses sexual violence – LaTonya Taylor
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20181116/wheaton-college-summit-addresses-sexual-violence
— Caputo appointed to become COD’s interim president – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181116/caputo-appointed-to-become-cods-interim-president
BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Number of ‘gun sanctuary’ counties has increased though new gun laws haven’t advanced – KELSEY LANDIS AND KAVAHN MANSOURI
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article221411790.html
— How many gun sanctuaries are there in Illinois? – MONTY DAVIS and KELSEY LANDIS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article221770830.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Rauner Rolled In Veto Session – SEAN CRAWFORD, BRIAN MACKEY, DAISY CONTRERAS & CHARLES N. WHEELER III
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/state-week-rauner-rolled-veto-session#stream/0
WHBL
— Grim fiscal forecast awaits Illinois’ new governor
https://whbl.com/news/articles/2018/nov/16/grim-fiscal-forecast-awaits-illinois-new-governor/
PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ISRA worried about potential gun laws – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511631637-isra-worried-about-potential-gun-laws
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Illinois Senate votes to expand legal protections for people in Illinois illegally – Benjamin Yount
https://www.ilnews.org/news/justice/illinois-senate-votes-to-expand-legal-protections-for-people-in/article_a190f37c-e8d5-11e8-be43-43343260c04e.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CHICAGO PASTOR RESPONDS TO CRITICISM FOR ASKING DRAG QUEEN TO DRESS AS MAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/chicago-pastor-responds-to-criticism-for-asking-drag-queen-to-come-back-dressed-as-man.html
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Pritzker’s campaign asks for discrimination suit’s dismissal – AP (DIERSEN: Federal judges kept my lawsuit against GAO alive for almost 7 years 1998-2005. SEE: https://gopillinois.com/documents/)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/16/pritzkers-campaign-asks-for-discrimination-suits-d/
— Trump says White House will ‘throw out’ Acosta if he misbehaves again – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who let me attend their press conferences only if I agree to a) not ask any questions, b) not speak with any of the other reporters, and c) not report on anything that was said? What do you say to those who let me attend their fundraisers only if I agree to a) pay the admission price, b) not speak with any of the attendees, and c) not report on who spoke, how many attended, who the attendees included, or anything else?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/16/donald-trump-says-white-house-will-throw-out-jim-a/
FOX NEWS
— Trump on CNN’s Jim Acosta: ‘If he misbehaves, we’ll throw him out’ – Brian Flood (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who let me attend their press conferences only if I agree to a) not ask any questions, b) not speak with any of the other reporters, and c) not report on anything that was said? What do you say to those who let me attend their fundraisers only if I agree to a) pay the admission price, b) not speak with any of the attendees, and c) not report on who spoke, how many attended, who the attendees included, or anything else?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-on-cnns-jim-acosta-if-he-misbehaves-well-throw-him-out
DAILY CALLER
— TRUMP WARNS MEDIA HE AND STAFF WILL LEAVE IF DISRESPECTED AT PRESS CONFERENCES – Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/16/trump-warns-media-leave-disrespected-press-conferences/
— MORE CITIES SPENDING TAXPAYER MONEY ON LEGAL AID FOR ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/16/cities-taxpayer-money-legal-aid-illegals/
GOPUSA
— Detroit wants to remove Ben Carson’s name from high school
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59131
LIFEZETTE
— Caravan Crush: Buses Filled with Migrants Arrive at U.S. Border in Tijuana Thousands face an extended stay on the Mexican side – Michele Blood
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/caravan-crush-buses-filled-with-migrants-arrive-at-u-s-border-in-tijuana/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The ‘Wall’ Continues to Be Built . . . Slowly – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/trump-border-wall-construction-continues-slowly/
CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Turns out the caravan is reportedly a bad place for gay and trans people – Nate Madden
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/turns-out-the-caravan-is-reportedly-a-bad-place-for-gay-and-trans-people/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Justice Department: Half of young illegal immigrants skip deportation hearings, up 1,500 percent – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/justice-half-of-young-illegal-immigrants-skip-deportation-hearings-up-1-500
— Conservative campus leaders increasingly threatened with impeachment – Lauren Cooley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/conservative-campus-leaders-increasingly-threatened-with-impeachment
THE HILL
— Violence breaks out as first group from migrant caravan arrives in Tijuana – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/latino/417091-violence-breaks-out-as-first-group-from-migrant-caravan-arrives-in-tijuana
— Media should have taken more ‘critical approach’ to covering caravan, says pollster
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/417162-media-could-have-taken-more-critical-approach-to-covering
NEW YORK TIMES
— A Chat With J.B. Pritzker, Illinois’s Next Governor – Lisa Lerer
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/15/us/politics/on-politics-jb-pritzker-illinois.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— CIA Concludes Saudi Journalist Was Killed on Crown Prince’s Order U.S. assessment contradicts Saudi version of Khashoggi killing – Warren P. Strobel (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and act like they are under orders to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and to get me to resign as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they talked and acted like they were under orders to end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster service, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, GAO employment, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/cia-concludes-saudi-journalist-was-killed-on-the-crown-princes-order-1542412388
— Inflated Home Appraisals Drain Billions From Government Insurance Fund Federal Housing Administration says it expects to lose $14.4 billion in coming years, potentially raising premiums on mortgages insured by the FHA – Cezary Podkul (DIERSEN: High real estate taxes drive home values down.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflated-home-appraisals-drain-billions-from-government-insurance-fund-1542395411
BLOOMBERG
— Facebook comes under renewed fire for how it handled misinformation – Ben Brody and Zoltan Simon
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/nation-and-world/facebook-comes-under-renewed-fire-for-how-it-handled-misinformation-20181115
WRAL
— Gun Control Groups Eclipse NRA in Election Spending – Danny Hakim and Rachel Shorey
https://www.wral.com/gun-control-groups-eclipse-nra-in-election-spending/17999902/
NEW REPUBLIC
— The Republicans Broke Congress. Democrats Can Fix It. A roadmap for House Democrats between now and the 2020 election – NORMAN J. ORNSTEIN (DIERSEN: If Gingrich had not gutted GAO in 1990s, I might still be a GAO employee. Gingrich had to know that the Democrats who ran GAO in the 1990s would use his tremendous budget cuts to get rid of GAO’s employees like me who were Republican, and especially those like me who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Gingrich knew full-well that because of his tremendous budget cuts, GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old and b) that Gingrich had no problem with that. They stress that Gingrich, Hastert, Republican U.S. Senators from Illinois, and Republican U.S. Representatives from Illinois have not come to my defense.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/152127/republicans-broke-congress-democrats-can-fix-it
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For many decades, Congress has provided orientations for its new members. These used to be bipartisan, including a wide range of experts who taught newcomers the rules of how Congress works. After Newt Gingrich’s speakership in the 1990s, they became more partisan and generally less effective. The Democrats will need a much more robust orientation for members, new and otherwise, who have never served in the majority—and the same for staff. There should also be training about how to conduct investigations—there’s going to be a lot to investigate—how to do oversight, how to ask questions of witnesses, and how to use the alphabet soup of resources available to Congress, from CBO to GAO to CRS.)
