November 4 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Suburban 6th, 14th district races have national implications  Hot congressional races here could be key nationally – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: What are your connections with Roskam and Hultgren? Outstandingly, both endorsed me when I first ran for Republican Precinct Committeeman in 2000. I have been one of Roskam’s constituents since 2000 and 1993-1998 before that. I was one of Hultgren’s constituents 1994-2007.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181103/suburban-6th-14th-district-races-have-national-implications
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Democrat or Republican, these election judges work together for voters – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181103/constable-democrat-or-republican-these-election-judges-work-together-for-voters
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181104/republicans-not-the-party-of-trump-but-of-joe-mccarthy
— Grammar Moses: Take these words to the polls – Jim Baumann
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181103/grammar-moses-take-these-words-to-the-polls

— Pointlessness and harm in negative campaigning – Todd Scalzo, Wheaton (DIERSEN: I am a “Hard-R,” but nevertheless, I have received many negative mailers from Carrier and from Casten.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181104/pointlessness-and-harm-in-negative-campaigning-

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to individuals, to organizations, to companies, to governments, and to counties that encourage illegal migration?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-missing-migrants-20181101-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say “Some vets warn of politicizing forces.”
http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-pol-veterans-border-20181102-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps paint all those who oppose illegal immigration as being potential bombers.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-flashback-bombs-mail-packages-1919-scare-1104-20181101-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps paint themselves as being anti-American.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/opinion/huppke/ct-met-migrant-caravan-troops-border-huppke-20181101-story.html

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Tackling ‘Daddy, are you the enemy of the people’ and other tricky kid questions – Stefano Esposito (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, far too many Democrat reporters focus on destroying Republicans, and especially on destroying 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/fatherhood-stefano-esposito-handling-kids-tough-questions-parenting/

 

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Feel-good ads appear. Election Day must be near – Doug Finke
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20181103/statehouse-insider-feel-good-ads-appear-election-day-must-be-near

 

SOUTHERN
— Rauner, Sanguinetti visit Saluki tailgate on Saturday – MARILYN HALSTEAD
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rauner-sanguinetti-visit-saluki-tailgate-on-saturday/article_97a47e34-2a8e-572c-897d-b5685d5b1577.html

 

SAUK VALLEY
— Padilla represents retirees, seniors – Daniel DeShane (DIERSEN: Democrats want you to vote for candidates who “represent” your demographics. How well will those on the November 6, 2018 ballot in your precinct represent those who share your demographics? What are your demographics? I have been an Illinois resident since 1948 and a Wheaton resident since 1978. I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, married (since 1978), homeowner (since 1972), old (70), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, former union member (almost 12 years), former Post Office employee (almost 3 years), former IRS employee (almost 9 years), former GAO employee (almost 18 years), federal retiree (more than 21 years), American nameplate car owner (since 1964), Corvette owner (since 1971), childless, pet-less, NIU graduate (1970), Loyola graduate (1976), DePaul graduate (1980), IIT graduate (1997), CPA (1979), licensed CPA (1981), Certified Internal Auditor (1981), etc.)
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/10/09/padilla-represents-retirees-seniors/ap5lv44/
— Focus on the issues and vote Democrat – Ellen Smith, Dixon (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to vote for dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.saukvalley.com/2018/10/22/focus-on-the-issues-and-vote-democrat/awf4dme/

 

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Democrats will help the poor – John Collopy, Galesburg (DIERSEN: Have you had a job that should have been given to a poor person? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor person in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor person in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted poor people in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor person in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor person in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor person could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
http://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20181103/letter-democrats-will-help-poor

 

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men
http://www.nprillinois.org/post/democratic-women-house-candidates-set-much-easier-election-day-gop-women#stream/0

 

BLAZE
— Trump stuns reporter with reply to her very pointed question – here’s what he said – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/2018/11/02/trump-stuns-reporter-with-reply-to-her-very-pointed-question-heres-what-he-said

 

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Taunts CNN: ‘I’m President and They’re Not’ – Charlie Spiering (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents who say that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican want you to do? Mine want me a) to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, to include links in those emails only to articles that they approve of, b) to say and do only what they tell me to say or tell me do, c) to give them lots of money, d) to stop promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform, e) to stop promoting the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling, and/or f) to drop my opposition to promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2018/11/03/donald-trump-taunts-cnn-im-president-and-theyre-not/

 

TOWNHALL
— Trump Sees the Migrant Caravan as a Winning Election Issue – Debra J. Saunders Debra J. Saunders (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with those who illegally come to America illegally, who illegally stay in America illegally, and who illegally bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that they are anti-American.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/debrajsaunders/2018/11/04/trump-sees-the-migrant-caravan-as-a-winning-election-issue-n2534450

 

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Immigration Is on Tuesday’s Ballot – Rachel Bovard (DIERSEN: Anti-Trumps side with those who illegally come to America illegally, who illegally stay in America illegally, and who illegally bring others to America illegally. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps shout that they are anti-American.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2018/11/04/immigration-is-on-tuesdays-ballot/

 

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats care about illegal aliens, not you – Lloyd Marcus (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates make it clear that if elected, they will use government to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Christian, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2018/11/democrats_care_about_illegal_aliens_not_you.html
— Conservatism and Anti-Semitism – Gary Gindler
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2018/10/conservatism_and_antisemitism.html

 

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Migrant caravan treks ‘route of death’ after Mexico denies transport – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2018/nov/4/migrant-caravan-treks-route-death-veracruz-mexico/

 

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Executive actions on immigration before an election didn’t bother the media when Obama did it – Eddie Scarry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/executive-actions-on-immigration-before-an-election-didnt-bother-the-media-when-obama-did-it
— Republicans fear Trump has conceded the House as he fights to keep GOP hold on Senate – Robert Donachie
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-house/republicans-fear-trump-has-conceded-the-house-as-he-fights-to-keep-gop-hold-on-senate

 

WESTERN JOURNAL
— If We Don’t Enforce the Law, We Get Anarchy – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.westernjournal.com/dont-enforce-law-get-anarchy/

 

HOT AIR
— Democrats Gave Trump An Opening On Immigration
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2018/11/democrats-gave-trump-opening-immigration/

 

LIFEZETTE
— Trump’s Crackdown on Illegal Immigration Protects All Americans Yes, the United States ‘is a nation of immigrants — but the immigrants have to enter legally,’ says the executive director of Turning Point USA in an op-ed – Charlie Kirk
https://www.lifezette.com/2018/11/trumps-crackdown-on-illegal-immigration-protects-all-americans/?utm_source=right-rail-latest

 

THE HILL
— Trump calls Gillum ‘not equipped’ to be Florida governor – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: What do/did your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that you were “not equipped” to do? For me it has included my working for GAO 1980-1997, my working for IRS 1971-1980, and my working for the Post Office 1966-1969. For me it has included my serving as an Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member 1983-1996, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/414740-trump-calls-gillumnot-equipped-to-be-florida-governor

 

POLITICO
— White House braces for midterm House loss – ZACH MONTELLARO (DIERSEN: Tragically, some Republican candidates in Illinois will lose on November 6, 2018. QUESTION: Who will Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs blame those losses on? ANSWER: Those who voted Ives in the primary and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Will the blamers succeed in striking the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and the rest of the planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform? Will the blamers succeed in banishing from the IRP all those who support the aforesaid planks? Will the blamers succeed in dissolving the IRP?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-score/2018/10/29/white-house-braces-for-midterm-house-loss-392798
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “White House political director Bill Stepien wrote a three-page memo this week in which he outlined the political landscape confronting the GOP and bluntly warned that the party’s prospects for the House are ‘challenging.’ … [I]n the memo, Stepien attempted to divert blame from Trump toward several other factors that he said made a ‘traditionally challenging year even more difficult.’)

 

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/11/03/opinions/midterm-elections-year-of-woman-roundup/index.html

 

ABC NEWS
— Trump assails illegal immigration in final Florida midterms appearance – JOHN PARKINSON
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/Elections/trump-assails-illegal-immigration-final-florida-midterms-appearance/story?id=58952728

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn Trump’s “tactics.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/republicans-house-races-caravan-voters.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps viciously demonize, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn women who support Trump big time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/trump-women.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump asks “What Kind of Democrat Can Beat Trump in 2020?”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/opinion/midterms-democrats-trump-2020.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “The Luck of the Democrats Trump could have flattened liberalism. Instead he’s given it an opening.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/opinion/sunday/midterms-democrats-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An anti-Trump says “Trump and the Hart-less Presidency.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/opinion/sunday/trump-hart-presidency.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/women-activism-midterms.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, bad employers want to hire citizens of foreign countries rather than citizens of America. Bad employees know that they can much more easily underpay, abuse, exploit, and get rid of citizens of foreign countries than citizens of America.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/opinion/sunday/immigration-el-salvador-trump-united-states.html
— You’ve Been Offered a Great New Job, but Is It Worth a Pay Cut? – Rob Walker (DIERSEN: I should write a book about taking pay cuts. GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, while I was working for IRS as a GS-12 Step 5 (currently $91,880) Revenue Officer, I applied for a job at GAO. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. The Democrats offered me a transfer, but only if I agreed to suffer a $19,203 (26%) pay cut in today’s dollars, that is, a downgrade to GS-9 Step 10. The Democrats who ran GAO would not have forced me to suffer a pay cut to transfer if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, and/or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/02/business/new-job-pay-cut-worth-it.html

 

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats lead in House preferences, but positive views of the economy and concern about border security may buoy Republicans, poll finds – Dan Balz and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-lead-in-house-preferences-but-positive-views-of-the-economy-and-concern-about-border-security-may-buoy-republicans-poll-finds/2018/11/03/c98f184a-dee4-11e8-b3f0-62607289efee_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps crow about their success in radicalizing anti-Trumps, and especially in radicalizing anti-Trumps who are also 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.washingtonpost.com/science/2018/11/01/psychology-how-someone-becomes-radicalized/

 

USA TODAY
— Donald Trump hammers on immigration, caravan in final rallies before midterm election – John Fritze and David Jackson,
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/elections/2018/11/03/midterm-elections-2018-donald-trump-hammers-immigration-message/1881561002/
— Are you overconfident in your financial future? – Peter Dunn
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/columnist/2018/11/02/overconfident-financial-future-how-know-if-right/1696012002/
— Did a surprise blow your budget? How to move forward and get back on financial track – Kevin Voigt (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, my budget has suffered a $73,461 (59%) setback each year since 1997. In today’s dollars, my salary was $125,325/year, but my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $51,864, or only 41% of that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2018/11/04/financial-setback-how-move-forward-get-back-track/1775180002/

DAILY TELEGRAPH
— The Trump delusion: All the times people thought he was doomed – Sam Clench
https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/world/the-trump-delusion-all-the-times-people-thought-he-was-doomed/news-story/07b5277c2a8434527ec1c67195cd6ab5

 

COLLEGIATE TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps hint/imply/argue/shout that young people are overwhelmingly 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.
http://www.collegiatetimes.com/opinion/opinion-to-win-back-young-voters-republicans-must-let-go/article_789fe9b4-db92-11e8-9e7c-6f56d58c8fce.html

 

ECONOMIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Whites are anti-Trumps. White-haters are Trump-haters.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2018/11/03/the-republican-party-and-white-identity

 

AXIOS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting women to hate men.
https://www.axios.com/the-gender-gap-in-2018-6004e17d-0943-43ae-88b7-e8e3b8793a03.html
— Google’s restlessness for better company culture – Marisa Fernandez (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the “culture” at GAO 1980-1997, at IRS 1971-1980, at the Post Office 1966-1969, at TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012, at Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, at Milton Township Republican Central Committee since 1999, at the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, at the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter 2001-2004, etc.)
https://www.axios.com/google-walkout-sexual-harassment-workplace-e28ba5e6-5d79-48f8-9249-242e8b6f854b.html

 

GUARDIAN
— Illinois Republican Peter Roskam slams opponent as Trumpian in race turned upside down As Tuesday’s midterm elections loom, once-red suburbs swinging sharply blue could hold the keys to the House – Ben Jacobs (DIERSEN: Roskam says “I know what it’s like to be in an environment that’s challenging.” What challenging environments have you been in? I survived for almost 18 years as a GAO employee, for almost 9 years as an IRS employee, and for almost 3 years as a Post Office employee. I survived for 13 years as an Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee member, 7 years as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, 8 years as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, 6 years as the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, 4 years as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and 3 years as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. All of the aforesaid employers and organizations are/were dominated by individuals who focused on destroying those like me who they could not manipulate/dominate.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/nov/04/illinois-republican-peter-roskam-sean-casten-trump

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.