December 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trump “doctors say Trump immigration proposal already scaring away patients.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-immigration-proposal-scaring-people-from-medicaid-1202-story.html
— Fewer Chicago-area residents taking buses, trains – Mary Wisniewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-biz-transit-ridership-decline-20181130-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— A tax on commuters? Here’s what Chicago mayoral candidates say – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/commuter-tax-mayoral-candidates-bill-daley-election/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 1 in 10 Chicago households threatened with gas cutoffs this year While the disconnection notices flew, fewer households than usual actually got cut off. Meanwhile, the utility’s uncollectible costs, potentially recoverable from ratepayers, mount. – STEVE DANIELS
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/utilities/1-10-chicago-households-threatened-gas-cutoffs-year

 

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow over their success in using video gambling a) to take money away from those who can least afford it and b) to create new and future wards of the state. How much money do video gamblers have saved for their retirement?
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2018-12-02/jim-dey-video-gambling-paying-big-way-state.html

 

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Sheriff collects $90K pension – David Giuliani
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/sheriff-collects-k-pension/article_4f2534cc-f352-11e8-87f5-fb5619284ca0.html

 

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Rodney Davis tours hometown after tornado strikes (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. What is your hometown? My hometown is Crete. I lived there 1948-1972. My brother continues to live there in a home that our grandfather, who fought the Germans in WWI, had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864 after he had homesteaded a farm in Crete in 1854. He had immigrated from what is now Germany in 1844 and worked in a brick factory in Chicago. I get defensive when my anti-German American anti-Lutheran critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn Crete as always having been full of German-American Lutherans who are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/rep-rodney-davis-tours-hometown-after-tornado-strikes

 

WCIA
— Baise: Rauner ‘turning his back on organized labor community hurt’ (DIERSEN: What communities are/were you a member of? I was a member of the labor community for almost 12 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. Currently, I am a member of the following communities: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, married people, non-poor people, gun owners, draft avoiders, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, retired federal employees, homeowners, American-nameplate car owners, childless people, pet-less people, etc.)
https://www.wcia.com/video/baise-rauner-turning-his-back-on-organized-labor-community-hurt-_20181203060212/1635512411

 

BGA
— Taxpayer Tab for Chicago-area #MeToo Cases $55 Million and Growing Legal costs mount as hundreds of public bodies in the Chicago region over the last decade have faced allegations of sexual assault, harassment or abuse. – Jared Rutecki
https://www.bettergov.org/news/taxpayer-tab-for-chicago-area-metoo-cases-55-million-and-growing

 

CHICAGO ARGUS
— Illinois gave us a low-key Bicentennial – Gregory Tejeda (DIERSEN: What discourages you from celebrating the Bicentennial? For me, it is seeing the future of Illinois under the Democrats as being extremely bleak for those who share my demographics. Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they will get rid of those 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.)
http://chicagoargus.blogspot.com/2018/12/illinois-gave-us-low-key-bicentennial.html

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— The party of hate – Dr. Jeffrey Leef
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511652975-leef-the-party-of-hate

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Duckworth, Durbin taking advantage of Willowbrook scare – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511651322-duckworth-durbin-taking-advantage-of-willowbrook-scare

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Griffin calls on Kitowit to resign – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511652856-griffin-calls-on-kitowit-to-resign

 

FOX NEWS
— Migrant caravans and the American taxpayer – Ned Ryun
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/ned-ryun-migrant-caravans-and-the-american-taxpayer

 

DAILY CALLER
— PRESIDENT TRUMP NEEDS TO HOLD FIRM AND BUILD THE WALL – Jenny Beth Martin
https://dailycaller.com/2018/12/02/trump-firm-build-wall/

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— GOOGLE, FACEBOOK, AMAZON PUSH CENTRAL CONTROL Governments, courts go along for the authoritarian ride (DIERSEN: Google, Facebook, and Amazon are run by Democrats. Democrats want to get rid of Republicans once and for all, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/google-facebook-amazon-push-central-control/
— FAKE NEWS MEDIA RUN PR CAMPAIGN FOR ILLEGAL ‘MIGRANTS’ Rev. Jesse Lee Peterson stands behind Trump’s ‘America first’ position.
https://www.wnd.com/2018/12/fake-news-media-run-pr-campaign-for-illegal-migrants/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Word ‘Mean’ is Leftists’ Lethal Weapon – Lloyd Marcus (DIERSEN: Democrats say that you are mean if you do not promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/the_word_mean_is_leftists_lethal_weapon.html
— So What if Trump Wanted to Build a Tower in Moscow? – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/12/so_what_if_trump_wanted_to_build_a_tower_in_moscow.html

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Best Argument Yet for Keeping the Caravan Out – Pedro Gonzalez
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/12/02/the-best-argument-yet-for-keeping-the-caravan-out/

 

COLLEGE FIX
— University hosts ‘critical look at whiteness’ forum – DREW VAN VOORHIS (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites who pander to those who hate Whites by demonizing, denigrating, and condemning 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? I should a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who pander to White-haters.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/university-hosts-critical-look-at-whiteness-forum/

 

CBS NEWS
— Pelosi pledges to pass Dream Act with Democratic House majority – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/house-minority-leader-nancy-pelosi-pledges-to-pass-dream-act-with-democratic-house-majority/

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Macron Returns to Turmoil, as France Weighs State of Emergency – Alissa J. Rubin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/world/europe/france-macron-yellow-vest-protests.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Tracking Your Purchases? It’s Time Well Spent. – Kristin Wong
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/28/smarter-living/budget-money-lessons.html
— When a Mentor Might Need to Let Go – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: What happened to your mentors? I should write a book about my mentors and how my critics/opponents got rid of them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/02/business/mentor-when-to-let-go.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Make a wall-for-dreamers deal, Congress. The clock is ticking.” Anti-Trumps shout at Dreamers that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Anti-Trumps are counting on Dreamers to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/make-a-wall-for-dreamers-deal-congress-the-clock-is-ticking/2018/12/02/c6081c08-e9de-11e8-a939-9469f1166f9d_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/a-makeshift-shower-in-a-muddy-courtyard-donated-meals-too-far-apart/2018/12/03/43c6e078-f67f-11e8-863a-8972120646e0_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The world’s tyrants are laughing at Trump — and America.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-may-have-had-his-most-successful-outing-at-g-20-but-he-didnt-accomplish-much/2018/12/02/fd54526c-f66d-11e8-8c9a-860ce2a8148f_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in making millennials anti-American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/monkey-cage/wp/2018/12/03/the-republicans-hard-line-stance-on-immigration-may-alienate-millennials-for-years/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democrats have a mega-majority in the California Legislature. Expect them to swing for the fences – GEORGE SKELTON (DIERSEN: Democrats have a mega-majority in Illinois. Will they use it to drive out of Illinois once and for all those individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-sac-skelton-democrats-legislature-supermajority-20181203-story.html

 

USA TODAY
— Looking for your roots? For Asians, blacks and Latinos, DNA tests don’t tell whole story – Elizabeth Weise (DIERSEN: What is your national origin? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. What if I had pretended to be of Swedish national origin?)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2018/12/02/asians-blacks-latinos-genealogical-tests-dont-tell-full-story/2132681002/

 

ALBUQUERQUE JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps use illegals to demonize, to denigrate, and to condemn America.
https://www.abqjournal.com/1252927/mexico-bearing-the-brunt-of-migrant-crisis.html

 

LAS VEGAS SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Racist sexist anti-Trumps crow about their success in defeating Mia Love.
https://lasvegassun.com/news/2018/dec/03/black-female-republican-and-gone/

 

PRESTON REVIEW
— Harvard Student Faces Eviction After Roommates Saw MAGA Hat, Ransacked Her Room for (Legal) Guns   A local landlord in Massachusetts is trying to boot a female Harvard graduate student from her apartment because of her legally owned guns. (DIERSEN: What would the Trump-haters do to you if you wore a MAGA hat outside of your residence, in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, or in Illinois? In my precinct, only 21 voted for Trump in the 2016 Republican primary and only 137 voted for Trump in the 2016 general election. I should write a book about those in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois a) who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) who are ever-increasingly filled with hatred of Trump. In my precinct, they voted for all the Democrats on the ballot in the November 6, 2016 election. To punish Trump, they voted for Casten, Pritzker/Stratton, Raoul, White, Mendoza, Frerichs, Ellman, Carrier, LaPlante, Whalen, Kaczmarek, Ozog, Afzal, Hebreard, Jacobsen, and Davenport.)
https://prestonbusinessreview.com/harvard-student-faces-eviction-after-roommates-saw-maga-hat-ransacked-her-room-for-legal-guns/35229/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Iowa Democrats Say They Want Generational Change – Reid J. Epstein and Janet Hook (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who dominate America are dumping America’s citizens who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. In 2016, members of the foresaid groups voted for Trump to slow down if not stop their being dumped. I should write a book about those in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who ever-increasingly make clear that they want government to get rid of those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/iowa-democrats-say-they-want-generational-change-1543833001
— Insulin Quest: When Lifesaving Drugs Are Out of Reach Why some diabetics are taking extreme measures to access the insulin they need to survive – Spencer Macnaughton and Conall Jones (DIERSEN: My father had type 1 diabetes from age 14. One reason why he and his father had less money was their having pay the high cost of insulin.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/insulin-quest-when-lifesaving-drugs-are-out-of-reach-1543833037

 

BLOOMBERG
— Why Politicians Want the U.S. to Guarantee You a Job – Katia Dmitrieva (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) the federal government as being the “employer of last resort” and b) past, present, and future federal employees as being bad, lazy, stupid, the dregs of society, and even worse things. I would focus on federal employee-haters who talk and/or act like they are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. They want the federal government to hire and retain minorities and females so that the private sector does not have to.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-21/why-politicians-want-the-u-s-to-guarantee-you-a-job-quicktake

(FROM THE ARTICLE: The vision of President Roosevelt, and of some recent proponents, is for the government to act as the employer of last resort. Teaching, child care, after-school programs, health care, elderly care and construction are among the types of jobs mentioned. More recent versions would have nonprofit groups and state and local governments act as the employers, with the federal government playing a secondary role as a provider of training. The basic idea is that every citizen would have a job at a decent-enough wage to cover housing, transportation and food. Booker’s legislation would create federally funded pilot programs in up to 15 communities. Most proposals would also provide benefits such as health care and sick leave.)

 

DAILY BEAST
— George H.W. Bush Modeled the Kinder, Gentler and More Colorful GOP That Could Have Been The 41st president’s own family gave him reason to work toward a more inclusive and diverse Republican Party. – Keli Goff (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors took Bush’s 1991 Civil Rights Act as being a directive to get rid of once and for all their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to 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.thedailybeast.com/george-hw-bush-modelled-the-kinder-gentler-and-more-colorful-gop-that-could-have-been
(FROM THE ARTICLE: But more than one GOP source has told me over the years that while President Bush wasn’t a cheerleader for liberal affirmative action policies, you could call him a pioneer of what is now called “The Rooney Rule.” Named after Dan Rooney, the late owner of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the rule calls for the NFL to interview qualified minority candidates for coaching openings. Due to its effectiveness, the rule has formally and informally been adopted across other industries. Bush was known to be conscientious of asking for qualified minority candidates to be included for consideration to fill major roles. This was allegedly one of the ways Colin Powell went from unlikely candidate, to the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.)

 

DISSENT MAGAZINE
— The New Demand for an Old Idea: Guaranteed Jobs Now The demand for genuine full employment broadens our imagination of what a federal government committed to caring for its people would look like. – David Stein and Ady Barkan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn a) the federal government as being the “employer of last resort” and b) past, present, and future federal employees as being bad, lazy, stupid, the dregs of society, and even worse things. I would focus on federal employee-haters who talk and/or act like they are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. They want the federal government to hire and retain minorities and females so that the private sector does not have to.)
https://www.dissentmagazine.org/online_articles/job-guarantee-new-demand-old-idea-democratic-party

(FROM THE ARTICLE: There has not been this much attention for a federal job guarantee since 1978, when the Humphrey-Hawkins Full Employment Act limped across the legislative finishing line. Amid tremendous lobbying from business organizations, the bill lost its key proposal to make the federal government the employer of last resort when private employers were not up to the task.)

 

CATALYST NEWSPAPER
— The DNC is Becoming the Party of Wealthy Elites – NATE HOCHMAN (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are wealthy elites. They and their operatives and dupes look down on me, belittle me, and badmouth me a) because I was a lowly wage earner for 33 years 1964-1997, b) because I was a federal employee for almost 30 of those 33 years, and c) because I do not a degree from an Ivy League university.)
http://catalystnewspaper.com/opinion/the-dnc-is-becoming-the-party-of-wealthy-elites/

 

DAILY MAIL
— A group of Hondurans in the migrant caravan scale the Mexican border wall in Tijuana, and are immediately taken into US custody as they set foot in San Diego – CHRIS PLEASANCE
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6454103/Honduran-caravan-migrants-scale-Mexico-border-fence.html

 

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Media, political establishment laud George H. W. Bush – Patrick Martin
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2018/12/03/bush-d03.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.