November 26 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— The situation at America’s border
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

 

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Chris Nybo has resigned from his 24th District Illinois Senate seat and Yadav “Nick” Nathwani has been selected to fill the remainder of Nybo’s term. Nathwani lives in Glen Ellyn, is a Milton Township Trustee,  and is the newly elected Vice Chairman of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. The 24th District includes some or all of the following communities: Addison, Glen Ellyn, Wheaton, Lombard, Villa Park, Oak Brook, Oak Brook Terrace, Elmhurst, Hinsdale, Westmont, Clarendon Hills, Downers Grove, Western Springs, and Lisle. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

 

NBC5
— Deadline Reached for Mayoral Candidates to File Petitions The crowded field of candidates is expected to shrink by the time names reach the February ballot – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Deadline-Reached-for-Mayoral-Candidates-to-File-Petitions-501280711.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mendoza, Brown make it under the wire for mayor’s race — and just over minimum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/ballot-petitions-filing-candidates-chicago-mayor-election-2019-signatures-dorothy-brown-bill-daley-chico-mccarthy-amara-chance-rapper/
— Chico calls Mendoza ‘unfit’ for mayor’s job – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/chico-mendoza-mayor-race-filing-death-penalty-trust-eddie-johnson/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/senate-race-mississippi-cindy-hyde-smith-mike-espy/
— Mexico to up border security after migrants try to cross – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/immigration/migrant-caravan-mexico-border-asylum-tear-gas/
— Ban the box on criminal background questions in college applications – Editorial (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/ban-box-criminal-past-questions-college-applications-illinois/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans side with the illegals.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-border-tear-gas-mexico-20181126-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans promote foreign university students over American university students.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-international-students-james-kraft-cheez-whiz-foreign-residency-1127-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County will have at least three contested mayoral races – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181126/dupage-county-will-have-at-least-three-contested-mayoral-races
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Wheaton Voters in Wheaton will choose between two contenders vying to succeed Mayor Michael Gresk, who is stepping down after three terms. City Councilman Phil Suess officially entered the mayoral race on the last day of candidate filing, though he confirmed his campaign months ago. His council colleague and opponent in the mayoral race, John Prendiville, turned in his nominating petitions when the filing period opened a week ago. Three candidates — incumbent Suzanne Fitch and newcomers Ron Almiron and Erica Bray-Parker — will square off for two available at-large council seats. Nominating papers were filed last Monday on behalf of Fitch and Almiron, an attorney who finished out of contention in a crowded GOP primary last spring for two District 4 seats on the county board. Erica Bray-Parker also filed last Monday for an at-large council seat. Bray-Parker has been a civics teacher at Glenbard North High School for 25 years and lived in Wheaton for more than two decades. Four council members represent the city’s four voting districts, while two members and the mayor are elected at-large. Suess, a partner in an investment consulting firm, ran unopposed last year to retain his seat representing the North District. His fourth term on the council doesn’t expire until 2021. Prendiville served on the council from 2007 to 2011 and again since 2013 after an unsuccessful run to unseat Gresk as mayor. He is the managing director and senior managing counsel for The Bank of New York Mellon Corp., a firm that acts as a trustee for municipal bond issues.)


— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: What Pritzker’s minimum wage increase plan could mean for the suburbs
Chacour Koop
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181126/what-pritzkers-minimum-wage-increase-plan-could-mean-for-the-suburbs
— Defeated Republican Rep. Mia Love delivers rebuke to Trump – AP (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps glorify and praise those who rebuke Trump.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181126/news/311269877/
— Flood insurance rebuilds homes with public money repeatedly – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20181126/news/311269912/

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s collar counties no longer GOP turf The final election totals underline that Democratic wins weren’t just at the top of the ticket, but for key county-level jobs, too. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/chicagos-collar-counties-no-longer-gop-turf
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Political insiders are divided over how much of this has to do with a drag on the ticket from the locally unpopular President Donald Trump and Gov. Bruce Rauner, with the latter losing to Democrat J.B. Pritzker in all but McHenry County. But when even long-time entrenched GOP incumbents like DuPage County Board President Dan Cronin barely survive, something is different. In DuPage, which for decades was the center of GOP statewide politics, Cronin got just 51.02 percent of the vote against his Democratic foe, according to unofficial but complete totals compiled by the county’s election commission. Democrats took the county clerk’s spot and apparently will have seven seats on the county board, up from just one now. All of that comes on top of Democratic U.S. Reps. Dan Lipinski, Mike Quigley, Raja Krishnamoorthi and Bill Foster, and Reps.-elect Sean Casten and Lauren Underwood, each leading the ballot in that portion of their districts located in DuPage.)

 

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— Casten Slams ‘Shameful’ Use Of Tear Gas At Border Crossing The recently elected representative said, “Seeking asylum is not a crime.” – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans side with foreign countries and with their citizens.)
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/casten-slams-shameful-use-tear-gas-border-crossing

 

WILLIAM J KELLY
— With Rahm gone, William J. Kelly to retire from politics
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/with-rahm-gone-william-j-kelly-to-retire-from-politics

 

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FROM $15 PER HOUR MINIMUM WAGE TO DACA SUPPORT, WOMEN’S GROUP ANNOUNCES LEGISLATIVE PRIORITIES FOR 2019 SESSION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2018/11/from-15-per-hour-minimum-wage-to-daca-support-womens-group-announces-legislative-priorities-for-2019.html

 

DAILY CALLER
— BORDER AGENTS: ROCK-THROWING MIGRANTS PUSHED WOMEN AND CHILDREN TO FRONT OF HORDE – Amber Athey and Saagar Enjeti
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/26/border-agent-cnn-women-children-migrant-caravan/
— FLASHBACK: OBAMA ADMINISTRATION’S BORDER PATROL SHOT PEPPER BALLS AT MIGRANTS IN 2013 – Amber Athey
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/26/flashback-obama-pepper-balls-migrants/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pelosi calls illegal immigrant youths ‘patriotic,’ promises amnesty – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/pelosi-calls-illegal-immigrant-youths-patriotic-promises-amnesty
— Bipartisan senators demand GAO investigation into exclusions for Trump’s tariffs – Sean Higgins
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/economy/bipartisan-senators-demand-watchdog-investigation-into-exclusions-for-trumps-tariffs

 

BREITBART
— Border Patrol Official: Caravan Migrants Pushed Women and Children to Front of Clash While Assaulting Officers – Neil Munro
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2018/11/26/border-patrol-official-caravan-migrants-pushed-women-and-children-to-front-of-clash-while-assaulting-officers/
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Likens Migrant Caravan to Jews Fleeing Holocaust – Katherine Rodriguez
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/26/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-likens-migrant-caravan-jews-fleeing-holocaust/
— Pelosi: Dems Will Prioritize Amnesty for ‘Patriotic’ Dreamers – Tony Lee (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Dreamers, 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://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/26/pelosi-dems-will-prioritize-amnesty-for-patriotic-dreamers/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Social-Media Idealism Collides with Human Nature When you empower people, you find that they have their own will. – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/social-media-idealism-collides-with-human-nature/

 

THE HILL
— Border melee ups ante on shutdown – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/418353-border-melee-ups-ante-on-shutdown
— GAO to investigate whether Mar-a-Lago members had undue influence at VA – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/418316-gao-agrees-to-investigate-whether-mar-a-lago-members-had-undue-influence-at

 

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Invaders use women and children as cannon fodder.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/11/26/these-children-are-barefoot-diapers-choking-tear-gas/

 

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO: OPM Failing to Guide Feds in Performance Management – Darwin McDaniel (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how my Democrat GAO, IRS, and Post Office superiors and supervisors used the subjectivity in their performance management systems a) to retain and promote their Democrat employees, and especially those who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those like me who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.executivegov.com/2018/11/gao-opm-failing-to-guide-feds-in-performance-management/

 

STARS AND STRIPES
— GAO agrees to investigate Mar-a-Lago members’ influence on VA – NIKKI WENTLING
https://www.stripes.com/news/gao-agrees-to-investigate-mar-a-lago-members-influence-on-va-1.558148

 

NEWSWEEK
— TRUMP’S MAR-A-LAGO FRIENDS’ INFLUENCE OVER THE VA WILL BE PROBED BY GAO – RAMSEY TOUCHBERRY
https://www.newsweek.com/government-watchdog-trump-mar-lago-va-1232200

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.