November 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage voters and election judges encountered voting problems – Kimberly Fornek and Chuck Fieldman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/news/ct-dbr-election-problems-tl-1122-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: Nearly 130 Chicago Public Schools employees, including 9 teachers, ousted over background check issues – Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-school-background-checks-20181119-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF FOSTER AND PELOSI: Foster among 16 Democrats vowing to oppose Pelosi becoming speaker – Mike DeBonis
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181119/foster-among-16-democrats-vowing-to-oppose-pelosi-becoming-speaker
— BuzzFeed will tell you what Millennials want, for a fee – Gerry Smith (DIERSEN: What did you want when you were young? I wanted a successful career in the automotive industry. EEOC ended all that in 1971 when I was 22 when Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That made me unemployed because Firestone had fired me for accepting that offer. I had to get a job fast because I had a financial hardship draft deferment to help support my mother and brother. Because of the aforesaid, I accepted a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181118/buzzfeed-will-tell-you-what-millennials-want-for-a-fee
— A lease in name only – Jan Shaw, Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181120/a-lease-in-name-only

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Durbin visits Central Illinois Foodbank to highlight need – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181119/durbin-visits-central-illinois-foodbank-to-highlight-need
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: City fire, police pension costs expected to outpace property taxes again – Crystal Thomas
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181118/city-fire-police-pension-costs-expected-to-outpace-property-taxes-again

 

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage people to come to America illegally, to illegally stay in America illegally, and to illegally bring others to America illegally.
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/November-2018/No-State-Has-More-to-Lose-From-Trumps-Citizenship-Question-Than-Illinois/

 

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— When former state GOP leader Pat Brady said President Donald Trump’s rhetoric about women and minorities “hurts” Republicans, some guests at Monday’s City Club event booed. “Whether you like it or not,” Brady told the City Club crowd at Maggiano’s Banquets, “We have to come up with an Illinois strategy that bifurcates us away from the president’s message or we won’t be able to recruit people.” Monday’s contentious scene is just another indication of how divided the Republican Party is after that blue-ish wave swept Illinois. The event was titled “Illinois GOP: Now What?” At one point Brady also called out Dan Proft, who runs a right-wing PAC, for funneling $1.2 million to a primary candidate challenging Illinois House Republican leader Jim Durkin—who ultimately won. That kind of financial support could have benefited Erika Harold, Brady said of the GOP attorney general candidate who fell short. Brady wants financial support to carry candidates through the general election. But Proft, also a panelist, disagreed, saying, “Competition produces better goods and services. Primaries are for improving the quality of the caucus and generals are for growing the caucus.” There was a glimmer of unity. Proft agreed with Brady on the need to do a better job recruiting young people, women and minorities. So now what? . . . A Cook County Circuit Court judge has ruled a Chicago restaurateur can move ahead with his defamation lawsuit against Crain Communications.
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2018/11/20/mourning-in-chicago-preckwinkle-mendoza-come-out-fighting-daley-in-business-349637

 

WIRE POINTS
— Despite $5B tax hike, Illinois forecasts billions in future deficits – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
http://www.wirepoints.com/despite-5b-tax-hike-illinois-forecasts-billions-in-future-deficits/

 

ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— State negligence could soon cost taxpayers more – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/state-negligence-could-soon-cost-taxpayers-more/article_9351f8c4-ebfa-11e8-bd3a-b3f10135b361.html
— One-quarter of new jobs in Illinois were in the government – Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/economy/one-quarter-of-new-jobs-in-illinois-were-in-the/article_314340c2-ec3e-11e8-b477-5f300e90424a.html

 

GOPUSA
— CNN ‘commentator’ Carl Bernstein wants Trump censored on the air
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=59517

 

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— CARAVAN OF ‘MIGRANTS’ – A CRISIS DECADES IN THE MAKING America is on the edge of forfeiting its sovereignty and security. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/271978/caravan-migrants-crisis-decades-making-michael-cutler

 

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Truth About The Invasion Force Heading Toward Our Southern Border
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29172-truth-about-invasion-force-heading-toward-our-southern-border
— Outsiders vs. Insiders: If Democrats never move to the center, why should Republicans do it? – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/29171-outsiders-vs-insiders-if-democrats-never-move-center-why-should-republicans-do-it

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— JOURNALIST REVEALS THE TRUTH ABOUT CARAVAN Rachel Alexander covers realities of who migrants are, who’s funding them
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/journalist-reveals-the-truth-about-caravan/
— DEMOCRATS ARE ABOUT ENTITLEMENT, NOT EMPOWERMENT – Carl Jackson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at members of the following groups that they are entitled: 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.wnd.com/2018/11/dems-are-about-entitlement-not-empowerment/

 

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Facebook deletes pro-family page for ‘hate speech’ against LGBT – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/facebook-deletes-americans-for-truth-about-homosexuality-page-on-vague-hate
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the weekend Facebook unpublished the page of a prominent social-conservative group for allegedly using unspecified “hate speech,” Americans for Truth About Homosexuality (AFTAH) president Peter LaBarbera revealed Monday. AFTAH is dedicated to “apply[ing] the same single-minded determination to opposing the radical homosexual agenda and standing for God-ordained sexuality and the natural family as countless homosexual groups do in promoting their harmful agenda.” LaBarbera frequently debates homosexual issues on mainstream and pro-LGBT media, and has written for LifeSiteNews. On Sunday, Facebook took down AFTAH’s Facebook page entirely, leaving only a “Page Not Found” message in its place as of the time of this writing.)

 

FOX NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that an anti-American federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-bars-us-from-enforcing-trump-administrations-asylum-ban
— Legions of Democrats drawing headlines just by eyeing the White House – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/legions-of-democrats-drawing-headlines-just-by-eyeing-the-white-house

 

BREITBART
— Did Fox News Cost the GOP Orange County? – John Nolte
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2018/11/19/did-fox-news-cost-gop-orange-county/

 

CNS NEWS
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Limitations on Caravan and Other Asylum-Seekers – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/federal-judge-blocks-trumps-limitations-caravan-and-other-asylum-seekers

 

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘They Invaded’: ABC, NBC Ignore Tijuana Locals Protesting Against the Caravan – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2018/11/19/they-invaded-abc-nbc-ignore-tijuana-locals-protesting-against

 

DAILY WIRE
— Mexican Protesters Warn ‘Trump Was Right,’ Caravan ‘Is An Invasion’ – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/38523/watch-mexican-protesters-warn-trump-was-right-ryan-saavedra

 

DAILY CALLER
— UNIVISION HOST CLAIMS CARAVAN PROTESTERS ARE RACIST — THEN TUCKER POINTS OUT THEY’RE ALL THE SAME RACE – Mike Brest
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/19/univision-caravan-mexico-protesters/

 

TOWNHALL
— Obama Campaigned for Four Democrats in Close 2018 Races. They All Lost – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2018/11/19/in-2018-obama-campaigned-for-four-democrats-in-close-races–all-four-lost-n2536149

 

LEADERSHIP INSTITUTE
— Campaign Management School (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs discourage you from seeking a government or a political office if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.leadershipinstitute.org/training/school.cfm?schoolID=39068

 

THE HILL
— GOP: Retired admiral who Trump attacked is ‘hardly a non-political figure’ – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/417472-official-rnc-twitter-account-retired-admiral-who-trump-attacked-is-hardly-a

 

ABC NEWS
— U.S. military troops to be allowed to defend border patrol agents: Official – ELIZABETH MCLAUGHLIN and LUIS MARTINEZ
https://abcnews.go.com/US/us-military-troops-allowed-defend-border-patrol-agents/story?id=59305679

 

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in a) getting women to hate Trump and b) getting those women to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/misogyny-has-become-central-republican-mission-gop-dying-result-ncna937401

 

REUTERS
— Amazon, T-Mobile say age discrimination plaintiffs suing over Facebook job ads have nothing in common – Daniel Wiessner (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that you will be discriminated against because of your age: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, non-veteran, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-facebookads/amazon-t-mobile-say-plaintiffs-suing-over-facebook-job-ads-have-nothing-in-common-idUSL2N1XU1RC

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Federal Judge Blocks Trump’s Proclamation Targeting Some Asylum Seekers – Miriam Jordan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans, that is, Democrats, illegally encourage foreign countries a) to illegally send their citizens to America illegally and b) to illegally keep their citizens in America illegally. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/20/us/judge-denies-trump-asylum-policy.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans are overjoyed that an anti-American federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/20/blow-trumps-immigration-agenda-federal-judge-blocks-asylum-ban-migrants-who-enter-illegally-mexico/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans, that is, Democrats, illegally encourage foreign countries a) to illegally send their citizens to America illegally and b) to illegally keep their citizens in America illegally. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/most-americans-have-common-ground-on-immigration-congress-should-listen-to-them/2018/11/19/2d51946c-ec1d-11e8-baac-2a674e91502b_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The disconnect between President Trump and his administration on freedom of the press.” I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout BOTH that a) they hate me because I am a member of the press and b) that I am not a member of the press.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2018/11/20/disconnect-between-president-trump-his-administration-freedom-press/
— In blow to Trump’s immigration agenda, federal judge blocks asylum ban for migrants who enter illegally from Mexico – Isaac Stanley-Becker and Maria Sacchetti (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans, that is, Democrats, illegally encourage foreign countries a) to illegally send their citizens to America illegally and b) to illegally keep their citizens in America illegally. Constructively, Democrats have declared war on America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/20/blow-trumps-immigration-agenda-federal-judge-blocks-asylum-ban-migrants-who-enter-illegally-mexico/

 

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: One in five Army generals could not deploy for medical reasons in 2016, data show – Tom Vanden Brook (DIERSEN: What has stopped you from doing things? Neither health problems nor any other kind of problems have stopped me from a) putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out since 2000, b) putting those emails together and sending them out each and every morning since 2004, and c) putting those emails together and sending them out each and every evening too since 2015.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/11/19/one-five-army-generals-were-not-cleared-combat-2016/2029702002/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Democrats’ Rust Belt Success Alters 2020 Picture Counties that voted for Trump in 2016 flipped back in midterms, raising questions about power of president’s trade policies – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: Counties did not flip because of trade policies, but because of Democrat success in promoting hatred of Trump and in getting voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats. In your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, which Republican leaders a) have come to Trump’s defense and b) have dumped Trump?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-democrats-rust-belt-success-alters-2020-picture-1542646086
— The Jim Acosta Hour A CNN suit claiming a constitutional right to a press pass will inevitably backfire. – William McGurn (DIERSEN: Politicians who blame me for their problems want the power a) to stop me from learning about their press conferences, b) to stop me from attending their press conferences, c) to stop me from speaking with anyone at their press conferences, d) to stop me from asking any questions at their press conferences, and e) to stop me from reporting anything about their press conferences. Why do the aforesaid politicians want the aforesaid powers? I should write a book about the aforesaid politicians and why they want the aforesaid powers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-jim-acosta-hour-1542672868
— Alienated, Angry, in Need of a Job Getting a monthly check from Uncle Sam is not likely to renew the family or the civic foundations of working-class America. W. Bradford Wilcox reviews “The Once and Future Worker” by Oren Cass and “The Forgotten Americans” by Isabel Sawhill. (DIERSEN: Because of my Democrat superiors in the federal government, a) I became more and more and more underemployed while I worked for them 1966-1969 and 1971-1997 and then b) I became unemployed in 1997 when I was 49 years old. The aforesaid would not have happened if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-once-and-future-worker-and-the-forgotten-americans-review-alienated-angry-in-need-of-a-job-1542672803

 

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/caterinabulgarella/2018/11/19/why-the-increased-diversity-of-the-next-congress-is-a-victory-for-ethics/#5b5a9c2b690f

 

FEDERAL TIMES
— New bill would enable a tax-free upskilling fund for workers – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: What have you done to upskill yourself? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Notwithstanding the aforesaid, because I have always been a Republican, my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/federal-oversight/congress/2018/11/19/new-bill-would-enable-a-tax-free-upskilling-fund-for-workers/

 

HR DRIVE
— Employers paid $505M to resolve EEOC charges in FY2018 – Ryan Golden (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, I accepted a job offer from Oldsmobile, but Oldsmobile withdrew that job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/employers-paid-505m-to-resolve-eeoc-charges-in-fy2018/542585/

 

ATLANTIC
— The Democrats’ White-People Problem Donald Trump likes to pit elite and non-elite white people against each other. Why do white liberals play into his trap? – JOAN C. WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who pit elite White people against non-elite White people like me.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2018/12/the-democrats-white-people-problem/573901/

 

REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps say that Trump is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Should Trump sue anti-Trumps?
https://reason.com/archives/2018/11/19/suppressing-trumps-bigotry-on-facebook

 

WINDY CITY TIMES
— LGBTQ community organizations plan forum with mayoral candidates Jan. 19
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-community-organizations-plan-forum-with-mayoral-candidates-Jan-19/64770.html

 

LOS ANGELES BLADE
— Hell Freezes Over: Orange County turns blue – Karen Ocamb (DIERSEN: In DuPage County, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are working very hard to turn DuPage County blue. One of the many things that the aforesaid do is endorse Democrats in municipal elections.)
https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/11/19/hell-freezes-over-orange-county-turns-blue/

 

DAILY MAIL
— More than FIVE HUNDRED criminals are found traveling in caravan as US closes busiest Mexico border crossing for hours to install security barriers and thousands of migrants pour into Tijuana – AP
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6408385/More-500-criminals-traveling-migrant-caravan.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.