November 6 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Voters head to the polls across Chicago area – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/election-day-2018-voters-head-to-the-polls-across-chicago-area/4629350/
— Cook County early voting sees record turnout, election officials say – Jessica D’Onofrio and Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/cook-county-early-voting-sees-record-turnout-election-officials-say/4621381/

 

NBC5
— Voters Report Trouble at Some Polling Locations in Chicago Area
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/vote-in-illinois-election-2018-problems-499801491.html

 

CBS2
— Dead Voters, Forged Signatures: Fighting Election Fraud – Pam Zekman
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2018/11/06/dead-voters-dirty-tricks-fighting-voter-fraud/

 

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Paper ballot problems and felonious selfies at the polls
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/election-day-live-blog-midterms-chicago-illinois/
— Facebook blocks 115 accounts ahead of US midterm elections – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/midterm-elections-facebook-block-accounts/
— Fox’s Hannity speaks onstage at Trump campaign rally – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/sean-hannity-jeanine-pirro-donald-trump-election-rally-missouri/

 

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois voters head to polls to elect governor, key House seats
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/elections/ct-met-illinois-election-day-live-updates-20181106-story.html
— Chicago, Cook officials say voter turnout likely to hit or exceed 50 percent on Election Day – Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-met-chicago-cook-voter-turnout-preview-20181105-story.html

 

DAILY HERALD
— What Pritzker, Rauner could have bought with campaign booty – Burt Constable (DIERSEN: What have you spent lots of your money on? I have spent lots of my money on real estate, cars, and education.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20181106/constable-what-pritzker-rauner-could-have-bought-with-campaign-money
— Cake walk: Nearly half of Illinois House candidates face no opponent – Austin Berg
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20181106/cake-walk-nearly-half-of-illinois-house-candidates-face-no-opponent

 

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— State Records: Congressional candidate Underwood, living in DC, voted illegally in Illinois’ 2016 primary
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/511622427-state-records-congressional-candidate-underwood-living-in-dc-voted-illegally-in-illinois-2016-primary

 

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— WeatherTech brings its ‘Made in America’ messaging back to the Super Bowl The car mat brand, made by Bolingbrook-based MacNeil Automotive Products, is the first to confirm it will appear in the game at a time when politics have more polarizing than in recent history. – JEANINE POGGI
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marketing-media/weathertech-brings-its-made-america-messaging-back-super-bowl

 

WTTW
— Election Day Coverage from WTTW News
https://news.wttw.com/2018/11/06/election-day-coverage-wttw-news

 

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois candidates make final appeals for votes – Bernard Schoenburg
http://www.sj-r.com/news/20181105/illinois-candidates-make-final-appeals-for-votes

 

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps promote Underwood.
https://www.nwherald.com/2018/11/05/14th-congressional-district-candidate-underwood-galvanizes-supporters-before-election-day/a6faaw5/

 

WSIL TV
— Republican candidates rally in support for AG candidate Erika Harold – Roni LeForge
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/39421425/republican-candidates-rally-in-support-for-ag-candidate-erika-harold

 

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— District 14 Election Results: Underwood Challenges Hultgren The race in Illinois’s 14th District promises to be one of the most-watched in the state. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/district-14-election-results-underwood-challenges-hultgren

 

WHEATON RECORD
— Competition rises in sixth congressional district – CHARLES HERMESMANN
http://www.wheatonrecord.com/news/competition-rises-in-sixth-congressional-district/

 

CHICAGO MAROON
— UC Dems and College Republicans Campaign Nonstop Ahead of Midterms – Firouz Niazi
https://www.chicagomaroon.com/article/2018/11/6/uc-dems-college-republicans-campaign-nonstop-ahead/

 

DARIEN PATCH
— DuPage Attorney’s Office Assists With Election Day Concerns Prosecutors and investigators will be available at the office and at the polls to respond to suspected violations of the election code. – Andrea Earnest
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/dupage-attorney-s-office-assists-election-day-concerns

 

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Tax expert warns Wheaton District 200’s claim that referendum won’t lead to higher taxes is “too good to be true” – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/511622499-tax-expert-warns-wheaton-district-200-s-claim-that-referendum-won-t-lead-to-higher-taxes-is-too-good-to-be-true

 

CAPITOL FAX
— Illinois Policy Institute demands retraction, attempts to rewrite history
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/illinois-policy-institute-demands-retraction-attempts-to-rewrite-history/
— Today’s Underwood number: 93 percent
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/todays-underwood-number-93-percent/
— Ives makes her case for 2022
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/ives-makes-her-case-for-2022/
— Mid-morning precinct reports
https://capitolfax.com/2018/11/06/mid-morning-precinct-reports-3/

 

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Rage Against the Illinois Political Machine – KATHLEEN MURPHY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/11/illinois-politics-corrupt-democratic-machine/

 

GOPUSA
— Mass Migration: Mortal Threat to Red State America – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58452
— Illegal aliens work to turn out voters favorable to them
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58470
— Europe Suppresses Speech for Muslim ‘Feelings’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=58450

 

DAILY CALLER
— ‘GO HOME TO MOMMY’ — PRESIDENT TRUMP SENDS PROTESTER PACKING, CROWD GOES WILD – Scott Morefield
https://dailycaller.com/2018/11/05/trump-sends-protester-packing-mommy/

 

THE HILL
— Republicans fear loss of House majority – MELANIE ZANONA AND JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/415089-republicans-fear-loss-of-house-majority

 

NEW YORK TIMES
— Illinois Election Results: Sixth House District We are waiting for the first votes to be counted.
https://www.nytimes.com/elections/results/illinois-house-district-6
— Illinois Election Results
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2018/11/06/us/elections/results-illinois-elections.html
— 6 Types of Misinformation to Beware Of on Election Day. (And What to Do if You Spot Them.) Be careful of rumors and hoaxes about the voting and polling places. Here are some tips for spotting and avoiding false information. – Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/us/politics/misinformation-election-day.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning women against men
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/opinion/midterms-trump-women-liuba-grechen-shirley.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/us/politics/women-activism-midterms.html
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats unite members of Group A to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/opinion/democrats-midterms-immigration-nation.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Republicans want to use artificial intelligence to find “Millions of Unregistered Voters.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/05/technology/unregistered-voter-rolls.html
— Google Workers Reject Silicon Valley Individualism in Walkout – Noam Scheiber
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/06/business/google-employee-walkout-labor.html

 

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Internet Platforms Censor Campaign Ads Rules on ‘inflammatory’ and ‘shocking’ content give Facebook and Twitter too much political power. – Mark Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/internet-platforms-censor-campaign-ads-1541464909
— Border Troop Deployment Rises Again, to Nearly 8,000 Pentagon raises estimated number of troops sent to border states ahead of expected arrival of migrants – Nancy A. Youssef
https://www.wsj.com/articles/more-than-4-800-troops-are-at-the-border-u-s-says-1541432248
— In Tight Races, White Males Are the Swing Voters to Watch White men with college degrees were once avid supporters of GOP candidates. Now, they’re a swing group, available to either party – Aaron Zitner (DIERSEN: White men should be advised that Democrats use government to give preference to memories and to females, that is, to discriminate against Whites and to discriminate against men.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-tight-midterm-races-white-male-voters-are-the-ones-to-watch-1541415600
— Foxconn Considers Bringing Chinese Personnel to Wisconsin as U.S. Labor Market Tightens The Taiwanese supplier to Apple must meet hiring, wage and investment targets by various dates to receive tax and other ‘performance-based’ benefits – Yang Jie, Shayndi Raice and Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/foxconn-considers-bringing-chinese-personnel-to-wisconsin-as-u-s-labor-market-tightens-1541505600

 

USA TODAY
— The choice in this election is between results or resistance – Mike Pence
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2018/11/06/mike-pence-deliver-even-more-results-vote-republican-editorials-debates/1898178002/

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.