CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Senate overrides Rauner vetoes of smoking age and immigration bills – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/senate-overrides-rauner-vetoes-smoking-tobacco-age-21-immigration-bills-voices/
— Fed gun cases spike to highest number in 10 years, but ‘a lot of work’ remains – Jon Seidel and Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/gun-crimes-federal-trump-justice-department-john-lausch/
— Chicago set to join fight over Whitaker’s appointment as acting attorney general – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/matthew-whitaker-acting-attorney-general-appointment-trump-justice-department-jeff-sessions-lawsuit/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘Little baby casinos’: Huge growth in video gambling boosts Illinois gaming revenue to record levels, but at what cost? – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: Of the money lost by video gamblers, what percent comes from those a) who have severe financial, health, and/or other problems, b) who have little or nothing saved for their retirement, and/or c) who are or will be wards of the state?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-video-gambling-poker-machines-record-revenue-illinois-20181114-story.html
— Trump administration defends its case against CNN’s Jim Acosta – AP (DIERSEN: Should I sue? Should I sue all those activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who have had their operatives bar me from their press conferences, who have had their operatives threaten me at their press conferences, and who have had their operatives throw me out of their press conferences? If I sued them, what would say that I am guilty of? To demonize me, to denigrate me, and to condemn me as being illegitimate, would they stress a) that no one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, b) that I send GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out free of charge and without any advertising, c) that the emails do not have any pictures, d) that I do not have a degree in journalism, e) that I do not pretend to be nonpartisan, f) that I refuse to be one of their operatives or dupes, and/or g) that so few come to my defense? Would they paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon? SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/politics/ct-cnn-jim-acosta-white-house-ban-20181115-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Wednesday, Justice Department lawyer James Burnham argued that Acosta was guilty of “inappropriate grandstanding” and deserved to lose his access over “his refusal to comply with the general standards of a press conference.” Burnham also pointed out that CNN has dozens of other staffers with White House credentials, so excluding Acosta would not harm the network’s coverage. The network’s lawyer, Theodore Boutrous, contended that Acosta was being singled out for his body of work, not his alleged rudeness during a press conference. “The White House has made very clear that they don’t like the content of the reporting by CNN and Jim Acosta,” Boutrous said. “Rudeness really is a code word for ‘I don’t like you being an aggressive reporter.'” Prior to Wednesday’s hearing, the White House had maintained that it has “broad discretion” to regulate press access to the White House. A pre-hearing legal filing argued, “The President and his designees in the White House Press Office have exercised their discretion not to engage with him and, by extension, to no longer grant him on-demand access to the White House complex so that he can attempt to interact with the President or White House officials.” Trump himself, in an interview published Wednesday, was uncertain how the court fight would end, saying: “We’ll see how the court rules. Is it freedom of the press when somebody comes in and starts screaming questions and won’t sit down?” Trump told The Daily Caller that “guys like Acosta” were “bad for the country. … He’s just an average guy who’s a grandstander who’s got the guts to stand up and shout.” The White House’s explanations for why it seized Acosta’s credentials have shifted over the last week. Sanders initially explained the decision by accusing Acosta of making improper physical contact with the intern seeking to grab the microphone. But that rationale disappeared after witnesses backed Acosta’s account that he was just trying to keep the mic, and Sanders distributed a doctored video that made it appear Acosta was more aggressive than he actually was. On Tuesday, Sanders accused Acosta of being unprofessional by trying to dominate the questioning at the news conference. Both Sanders and Trump are named as defendants in the CNN suit, along with Chief of Staff John Kelly and Randolph Alles, director of the Secret Service.)
— Colorado’s governor has some advice for Illinois on legalizing recreational weed – Ally Marotti – (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-recreational-marijuana-hickenlooper-20181114-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— The peril of ‘big money’ in elections – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181114/editorial-the-peril-of-big-money-in-elections
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, everyone glorifies and praises Hispanics. What are your demographics? When, if ever, were those who share demographics glorified and praised?
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181114/reflejos-honors-suburban-latino-students-business-leaders-nonprofits
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are racists and even worse things.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181115/for-more-than-50-years-i-never-spoke-of-emmett-tills-cousin-opens-up-in-pbs-documentary
WTTW
— Where Do Illinois Republicans Go From Here? – Nicole Cardos (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform.)
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/14/where-do-illinois-republicans-go-here
— Lawmakers Vote to Raise Smoking Age, Despite Rauner’s Objections – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/14/lawmakers-vote-raise-smoking-age-despite-rauner-s-objections
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrat promote Democrats.
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181114/bernard-schoenburg-zahorik-seeks-to-continue-building-blue-wave
FOX ST. LOUIS
— Senate overrides Gov. Rauner’s veto on immigrant crime-victim visas – AP
https://fox2now.com/2018/11/14/senate-overrides-gov-rauners-veto-on-immigrant-crime-victim-visas/
WSIL TV
— Illinois General Assembly reconvenes for veto session – Andrew Feather
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39483669/illinois-general-assembly-reconvenes-for-veto-session
— Carterville leaders pass 30 percent property tax increase – Joe Ragusa and Fahima Paghmani
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39467406/carterville-leaders-pass-30-percent-property-tax-increase
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Peoria property owners to see at least $50 parcel fee in 2019, help pay for rising pension costs – Rebecca Brumfield
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-property-owners-to-see-at-least-50-parcel-fee-in-2019-help-pay-for-rising-pension-costs/1597398251
NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Ballot Questions In Illinois Counties Linked Gun Control With Immigration – PETER MEDLIN
http://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/ballot-questions-illinois-counties-linked-gun-control-immigration
NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois state senators approved a measure Wednesday aimed at helping (ILLEGAL) immigrants who are victims of criminal activity. – SAM DUNKLAU
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/voices-act-gets-veto-override-illinois-senate#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites demonize, denigrate, and condemn Deerfield. Where were you brought up? I was brought up in Crete. I should write a book about those in Wheaton and in Glen Ellyn who demonize, who denigrate, and who condemn Crete and my upbringing there. They paint Crete back then as being full of very bad people a) who were German-American, Lutheran, conservative, Republican, and draft avoiders and b) who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/why-deerfied-still-so-white#stream/0
WQAD
— At budget time, Illinois towns consider large tax hikes as pension costs mount
https://wqad.com/2018/11/15/at-budget-time-illinois-towns-consider-large-tax-hikes-as-pension-costs-mount/#new_tab
WEEKLY BLITZ
— Democrats demand removal of Illinois election judge after she reported fraud
https://www.weeklyblitz.net/world/democrats-demand-removal-of-illinois-election-judge-after-she-reported-fraud/
AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Kincaid Interviews LaBarbera on ‘Disastrous’ Midterms – LGBTQ ‘Rainbow Wave’ Ushers in Scores of Homosexual, Transgender Lawmakers Supposedly “moderate” open bisexual Democrat Kyrsten Sinema joins re-elected Wisconsin lesbian Tammy Baldwin in Senate
https://americansfortruth.com/2018/11/14/video-kincaid-interviews-labarbera-on-disastrous-midterms-lgbtq-rainbow-wave-ushers-in-scores-of-homosexual-transgender-lawmakers/
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Target’s decision highlights Chicago’s, state’s poor policy decisions – Dan McCaleb
https://www.ilnews.org/opinion/op-ed-target-s-decision-highlights-chicago-s-state-s/article_55e96e8e-e742-11e8-af21-1fc666e8cd36.html
CAPITOL FAX
— MAIL IN BALLOTS: “On Tuesday night” doesn’t mean anything at all
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/14/on-tuesday-night-doesnt-mean-anything-at-all/
FOX NEWS
— Laura Ingraham: If election chaos isn’t cleaned up, the GOP can kiss 2020 goodbye
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/laura-ingraham-if-election-chaos-isnt-cleaned-up-the-gop-can-kiss-2020-goodbye
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Razor wire now covers border wall where ‘vanguard’ of migrant caravan taunted U.S. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/14/dhs-deploys-razor-wire-kick-illegals-border-fence/
— Managing change, preserving what’s important – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/14/editorial-shifting-demographics-must-not-destroy-t/
BRRITBART
— U.S. Bishops Say Trump Proclamation on Caravan Migrants Is Illegal – Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, “religious leaders” paint themselves as being operatives or dupes for the anti-religious Democrat Party.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/11/14/u-s-bishops-say-trump-proclamation-on-caravan-migrants-is-illegal/
— 22 Buses with 900 Caravan Migrants Nears U.S. Border – Robert Arce
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2018/11/14/22-buses-with-900-caravan-migrants-nears-u-s-border/
DAILY CALLER
— SENATOR JEFF FLAKE CHEERS ON EMBATTLED CNN’S JIM ACOSTA – Mike Brest | Rep
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/14/flake-cnn-acosta-trump/
DAILY WIRE
— Hundreds Of Young Men From Caravan Reach Border, Climb Fence – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38357/watch-hundreds-young-men-caravan-reach-border-ryan-saavedra
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Democrats’ Goal Is Election Chaos
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/29144
CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Arizona Border Patrol Arrests More Than 650 Illegal Aliens Last Two Days – R. Mitchell
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2018/11/arizona-border-patrol-arrests-more-than-650-illegal-aliens-last-two-days/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Immigration Compromises Always Fall Short – ROBERT VERBRUGGEN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/immigration-reform-deal-politics-amnesty-enforcement/
LIFEZETTE
— Disney World Boots Guest for Displaying Trump Banner — Again! Former Marine is banished from ‘happiest place on earth’ for using a flag ‘to incite a crowd’ – Michele Blood (DIERSEN: How successful have Trump-haters been in promoting hatred against Trump in your home, in your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? At the December 1, 2018 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) meeting in Chicagoland, will the Trump-haters try to get the IRP SCC to condemn Trump?)
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/disney-world-boots-guest-for-displaying-trump-banner-again/
NUMBERS USA
— President Trump Continues to Call for an Increase in Foreign Workers – Eric Ruark (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer employees who are citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. It is far easier to exploit citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.)
https://www.numbersusa.com/blog/president-trump-continues-call-increase-foreign-workers
THE HILL
— Bernie Sanders: ‘We have a president who is a racist’ – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to call members of the following groups “racists” is to call for them to be killed: 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://thehill.com/homenews/senate/416743-bernie-sanders-we-have-a-president-who-is-a-racist
— Democratic gains erasing House GOP in California – MELANIE ZANONA
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/416747-blue-wave-crashes-on-california-gop-delegation?userid=3526
UPI
— Judge extends Florida deadline to resolve provisional, mail-in ballots – Nicholas Sakelaris
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2018/11/15/Judge-extends-Florida-deadline-to-resolve-provisional-mail-in-ballots/4581542279842/
POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Trump has little support for reelection bid.” How successful have the anti-Trumps been in promoting hatred against Trump in your home, in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?
https://www.politico.com/story/2018/11/14/poll-trump-2020-reelection-support-990015
NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: In Florida Recount, Sloppy Signatures May Disqualify Thousands of Votes – Glenn Thrush, Audra D. S. Burch and Frances Robles
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/us/voting-signatures-matching-elections.html
— Judge Says Ruling on CNN Lawsuit Will Come on Thursday – Michael M. Grynbaum and Emily Baumgaertner
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/business/media/jim-acosta-lawsuit-cnn.html
— First Wave of Migrants in Caravan Reaches U.S. Border in Tijuana – Kirk Semple and Elisabeth Malkin
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/world/americas/migrants-caravan-tijuana-border.html
— Conservative Lawyers Say Trump Has Undermined the Rule of Law – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/us/politics/conservative-lawyers-trump.html
— What Happens When Politicians Who Oversee Elections Are Also the Candidates? – Patricia Mazzei and Alan Blinder (DIERSEN: It appears that in 4 years, Democrat DuPage County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek will oversee her own election.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/14/us/florida-georgia-scott-kemp.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Mattis, defending troop deployment against caravan, cites Pancho Villa’s raid into U.S. that killed 18 Americans – Timothy Bella
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/15/mattis-defending-troop-deployment-against-caravan-cites-pancho-villas-raid-into-us-that-killed-americans/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/opinions/wp/2018/11/14/trumps-era-of-hate/
NEW YORK POST
— Mail-in voting makes cheating all too easy – Betsy McCaughey
https://nypost.com/2018/11/14/mail-in-voting-makes-cheating-all-too-easy/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Migrant caravan begins arriving in Tijuana – Patrick J. McDonnell
http://www.latimes.com/world/mexico-americas/la-fg-mexico-caravan-advances-20181114-story.html
BOSTON HERALD
— Mail-in ballot abuse disrupts elections – Betsy McCaughey
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/11/mail_in_ballot_abuse_disrupts_elections
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/investigations/2018/10/30/news-21-report-hate-crime-victims/1385139002/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Voter Turnout Hit Records This Year. Where It Surged Matters. – Aaron Zitner and Dante Chinni (DIERSEN: Trump-haters had great success in getting Trump-haters to vote.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/voter-turnout-hit-records-this-year-where-it-surged-matters-1542198298
— Big Cities’ Success Reflects Deepening Urban-Rural Divide Amazon competition shows the pull of the coasts, while rural areas fall behind – Shayndi Raice and Janet Adamy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-cities-success-reflects-deepening-urban-rural-divide-1542239287
— Michael Avenatti, Lawyer for Stormy Daniels, Is Arrested on Charge of Domestic Violence Avenatti strongly denied the allegation: ‘I have never been physically abusive in my life’ and ‘any accusations to the contrary are fabricated and meant to do harm to my reputation’ – Sara Randazzo and Zusha Elinson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/michael-avenatti-lawyer-for-stormy-daniels-is-arrested-1542242506
— New IRS Chief Seeks Respect for the Agency IRS Commissioner Charles Rettig wants to instill pride among employees and aid taxpayers who speak little English – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-irs-chief-seeks-respect-for-the-agency-1542130530
— Facebook Morale Takes a Tumble Along With Stock Price Employee surveys show weaker optimism about future, confidence in platform’s mission – Deepa Seetharaman (DIERSEN: How is/was the morale where you work/worked? My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran had told them that their morale would improve if the federal government got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-morale-takes-a-tumble-along-with-stock-price-1542200400
— The Dangerous Fantasy of a ‘Jobs Guarantee’ The latest progressive brainstorm would upend the labor market and be impossible to administer. – Max Gulker (DIERSEN: Are/were you a government employee? My critics/opponents who are/were NOT government employees viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn federal employees and federal retirees. According to them, the federal government is “the employer of last resort” and that therefore, by definition, all past, present, and future federal employees are disgusting losers who should be gotten rid of.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dangerous-fantasy-of-a-jobs-guarantee-1542239737
— Bezos Invades Trump’s Backyard Amazon is the new king of Queens, where you-know-who got his start in real estate. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bezos-invades-trumps-backyard-1542239634
COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in destroying Republicans.
https://www.cjr.org/first_person/republicans-media.php
GOVERNING
— What J.B. Pritzker’s Election Means for Illinois Of all the new governors, few will change the culture of their states as much as him. – ALAN GREENBLATT (DIERSEN: Democrats promise to use government to take money away from individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and to give that money to those that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.governing.com/topics/politics/gov-illinois-governor-rauner-pritzker.html
DAILY MAIL
— End of the road: Powerful images emerge of brazen migrants from first Honduras caravan reaching border city of Tijuana and attempting to scale huge fence into America only to be stopped by Trump’s patrol guards
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6392041/Powerful-images-emerge-migrants-Honduras-caravan-reaching-border-town-Tijuana.html
