November 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Norridge to hike property tax by 35 percent to cover police pension costs
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/norridge/news/ct-nhh-norridge-pension-tax-increase-tl-1129-story.html

— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-met-climate-change-report-midwest-20181123-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— What people were shopping for in the suburbs this Black Friday (DIERSEN: How much money did you spend on Black Friday? I spent nothing. I spent the day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and raking leaves. I have far less to spend on Black Fridays because of the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20181123/what-people-were-shopping-for-in-the-suburbs-this-black-friday

 

ABC7
— President Trump says he is thankful for himself this Thanksgiving (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents say that you should be thankful for? My critics/opponents would say that I should be thankful for their letting me serve a) as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, b) as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, c) as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, d) as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, e) as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, f) as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, g) as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004, h) as a GAO employee 1980-1997, i) as an IRS employee 1971-1980, j) as a Post Office employee 1966-1969, k) etc. My critics/opponents want only their operatives and their dupes to do things and to not do things. What do you say to my critics/opponents and to those who proudly serve as their operatives and as their dupes?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-thankful-for-himself-this-thanksgiving/4747330/

 

WAND
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.wandtv.com/story/39530324/cassidy-recreational-marijuana-bill-coming-in-2019

 

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— 2019: Local elections throughout Illinois could change political landscape – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: From what I see, to elect Democrats on April 2, 2019, Democrats will do even more a) to promote hatred of Trump and b) to get voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrat candidates on April 2, 2019. How will Republican candidates on April 2, 2019 ballots in your precinct deal with that?)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511636823-2019-local-elections-throughout-illinois-could-change-political-landscape
— Legal medical marijuana complicates employers’ policymaking – Danielle Pacey (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, pot pushers will succeed in removing all restrictions on what you can do when you are stoned.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/511638161-legal-medical-marijuana-complicates-employers-policymaking

 

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Election Post-Mortem (Part 2) – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2018/11/spotlight-post-election-mortem-part-2/

 

FOX NEWS
— Liberal media tell us the left is right – And the right is wrong – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/liberal-media-tell-us-the-left-is-right-and-the-right-is-wrong

 

WORLD NET DAILY
— CANADA’S TRUDEAU ACCUSED OF BRIBING MEDIA AHEAD OF ELECTION Fight erupts over plan for more than half billion dollars in subsidies (DIERSEN: What do you say to candidates in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but a) who bribe certain members of the Democrat news media in Illinois by giving them “scoops” and/or b) who curry favor with the Democrat news media in Illinois by not notifying me of their press conferences, by stopping me from attending their press conferences, by warning me to not ask any questions or speak with anyone at their press conferences, and/or by demanding that I not report anything about their press conferences?)
https://www.wnd.com/2018/11/canadas-trudeau-accused-of-bribing-media-ahead-of-election/

 

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at 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 and for all.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/417926-what-it-will-take-to-turn-the-womens-wave-into-an-ocean


— GOP makes inroads with Hispanics in Florida – RAFAEL BERNAL
https://thehill.com/latino/417943-gop-makes-inroads-with-hispanics-in-florida

 

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— White House deputy chief Bill Shine receiving millions from Fox News Channel – JILL COLVIN
https://myfox28columbus.com/news/nation-world/white-house-deputy-chief-receiving-millions-from-fox

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad, including bad weather.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/climate/us-climate-report.html


— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why Big Law Is Taking On Trump Over Immigration – Annie Correal (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, big law, big business, big education, big entertainment, big sports, big religion, big etc. paint themselves as being 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-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-union, anti-government employees, anti-government retirees, anti-American nameplate car owners, anti-married people, anti-childless people, anti-pet-less people, anti-etc.).
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/21/nyregion/president-trump-immigration-law-firms.html
— How Loneliness Is Tearing America Apart When people have a hole in their life, they often fill it with angry politics. – Arthur C. Brooks (DIERSEN: Which anti-conservatives in your neighborhood, in your municipality, and in the organizations that you are a member of take the lead in isolating, ostracizing, blacklisting, marginalizing, demonizing, denigrating, condemning, punishing, and threatening those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform? I should write a book about the aforesaid anti-conservatives in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, in the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and in the IRP.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/23/opinion/loneliness-political-polarization.html

 

NEW YORK POST
— What Democrats should have learned from their excellent Election Day – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: Democrats learned that promoting hate works. To elect Democrats on November 6, 2018, Democrats successfully a) promoted hatred against Trump and b) got voters to punish Trump by voting for Democrats.)
https://nypost.com/2018/11/23/what-democrats-should-have-learned-from-their-excellent-election-day/

 

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Black Friday shoppers hit the stores to do their economic heavy lifting – SAMANTHA MASUNAGA (DIERSEN: How much money did you spend on Black Friday? I spent nothing. I spent the day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and raking leaves. I have far less to spend on Black Fridays because of the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-black-friday-retail-economy-20181123-story.html

 

BOSTON HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats call White Republican candidates racists who run against Democrat candidates who are minorities, b) Democrats call male Republican candidates sexists who run against Democrat candidates who are female, c) Democrats call older Republican candidates old who run against Democrat candidates who are younger, and d) Democrats call all Republican candidates extremists, White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, bigots, and even worse things.)
http://www.bostonherald.com/opinion/op_ed/2018/11/sexist_attacks_undermine_every_woman

 

WBHM
— Democrats Won The Suburbs. Now They Have To Hold Them – Danielle Kurtzleben (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrats will demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans 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://wbhm.org/npr_story_post/2018/democrats-won-the-suburbs-now-they-have-to-hold-them/

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Conservatives and the Politics of Work Oren Cass, Mitt Romney’s former domestic-policy director, says wage subsidies are an alternative to the current welfare state and the left’s universal basic income. – Jason Willick (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? 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.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/conservatives-and-the-politics-of-work-1543014553
— A management lesson from 400 years ago on how to build a happy team – Sam Walker (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government hinted/implied/argued/shouted that their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran had told them that they would be much happier if the federal government got rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-plymouth-colony-and-the-business-case-for-gratitude-1543035610
— Lavish Expense Accounts Can Make or Break a CEO – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government interpret and apply expense account, sick leave, and other employment rules and regulations a) to favor those who are Democrat, and especially those who are minority, female, younger, and/or veteran and b) to disfavor those who are Republican, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lavish-expense-accounts-can-make-or-break-a-ceo-1542969001
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you are a member of any of the following groups, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that anti-Trumps want to get rid of you once and for all: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, and/or draft avoider.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-property-in-man-and-the-war-before-the-war-review-the-fuse-the-founders-lit-1542937974
— Monopoly for Millennials The new board game for hipster socialists living off capitalist parents. – Editorial (DIERSEN: How open are you to charges from your critics/opponents that you are living off your parents or that you did live off your parents? My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My outstanding mother never attended high school and did not work outside the home until after my father died. I got a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971 to help support her and my brother.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/monopoly-for-millennials-1543017641

 

FORBES
— How Small Businesses Can Create A Culture Of Inclusion – Janice Gassam (DIERSEN: Democrat employers use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of their employees who are Republican, and especially their Republican employees who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/janicegassam/2018/11/23/how-small-businesses-can-create-a-culture-of-inclusion/#84361ba7325f

 

JAPAN TODAY
— Gov’t plans to raise working age limit to 70 (DIERSEN: It is called “up-or-out.” The federal government wastes the careers of its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not 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. Extremely few make the aforesaid deadlines. What if the federal government raised the aforesaid deadlines by 5 years or 10 years?)
https://japantoday.com/category/politics/japan-to-pave-way-for-raising-working-age-limit-to-70
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Japanese government wants to raise the working age limit to 70 from the current 65 as part of efforts to promote economic growth in the fast-graying country, according to a draft plan compiled by a government panel. The draft midterm report by the committee responsible for coming up with the government’s growth strategy also calls for making big firms disclose the ratio of different age groups among employees, a move aimed at promoting mid-career employment among companies, which tend to heavily recruit people freshly out of school.)

 

GLOBE AND MAIL
— Wrongfully fired employees can work together to help end age discrimination – DANIEL LUBLIN (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.theglobeandmail.com/business/careers/leadership/article-wrongfully-fired-employees-can-work-together-to-help-end-age/

 

INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, citizens of foreign counties make it clear that 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/trump-approval-ratings-poll-race-relations-white-men-republicans-nationalist-a8649091.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.