Month: June 2019

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Living near marijuana dispensaries makes youth more likely to use it, study finds (DIERSEN: Your mayor and your city council members and your county board chairman and your county board members should ASAP call for a vote on the sale of pot and ASAP announce that they will vote against the sale of pot. I urge Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier, Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart, James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County.) 
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-marijuana-pot-dispensary-young-people-20190617-story.html

CBS2
— Carol Stream Pilot Program Uses Saliva Testing Kit To Determine If Drivers Are High – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/20/carol-stream-pilot-program-uses-saliva-testing-kit-to-determine-if-drivers-are-high/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot pushers.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/medical-marijuana-dispensaries-preparing-for-recreational-pot

DAILY HERALD
— Legalized marijuana and the workplace – Marcy Traxler (DIERSEN: The more pot that you use, the more impaired that you are. The more booze that you drink, the more impaired that you are. Pot impairs you far longer than booze. Employers should not tolerate any kind of impairment.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190620/legalized-marijuana-and-the-workplace
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Used versus impaired So how will this impact a business and how it approaches policy? Illinois statute prohibits discrimination against employees for testing positive for marijuana. The upshot is employers cannot rescind a job offer or terminate an employee for a positive drug test. How will this impact employers that want to hire or fire at will? For employers, a key issue involving marijuana is not legalization, but workplace safety. The takeaway is that it is more important than ever to make the distinction between an employee having used marijuana versus the employee being impaired on the job. Having come from an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) background, I think the most progressive companies have addressed this very issue and developed Drug Free Work Place and Safety Program policies to include training for supervisors to observe and document employees that have unsafe practices or exhibit behaviors and signs of drug use.)
— How government, private partnerships use jobs to fight addiction – Greg Hart and Lanny Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190621/how-government-private-partnerships-use-jobs-to-fight-addiction

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Townships help in many ways – Brian McGuire, Supervisor, Hanover Township
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-062019-20190619-263l7a5rhbeihf4flksj4hjy5y-story.html
— My township serves me well – Susan Canning Ramirez, Aurora
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-062019-20190619-263l7a5rhbeihf4flksj4hjy5y-story.html
— Mayor Chirico, local police and fire department officials, speaking at Pray!Naperville event Saturday – JAMES KRAUSE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what I believe my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for based on their words and on their actions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-local-official-christian-event-st-0620-20190620-ot4ntuhutzchlosfg5sxag7p3e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Casino owner, others with gambling-industry ties helped Lori Lightfoot become mayor But Lightfoot says campaign money and personal relationships will play no role in Chicago casino and other key decisions. – Robert Herguth 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/21/18693585/lori-lightfoot-chicago-casino-campaign-contributions-mayer-brown-neil-bluhm-laura-ricketts
— Hunger or housing problems hit two thirds of students at City Colleges: report The report shines a light on the financial struggles community college students face in Chicago. – Carlos Ballesteros (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always had tremendous unfair advantages in life. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/20/18691804/chicago-city-colleges-food-insecurity-housing-homeless-food-pantry-full-time-students-parents

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The perilous path to pension solvency
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/html-page/847246

WBEZ
— CPS Teacher Develops Toolkit To Fight White Nationalism – Odette Yousef (DIERSEN: Fighting White nationalism is code for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/cps-teacher-develops-toolkit-to-fight-white-nationalism/11ba8fdb-ef4b-4f40-866f-60fc30831b98

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Divorced women could revert to maiden name more easily under proposed law change – Kate Thayer
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190620/divorced-women-could-revert-to-maiden-name-more-easily-under-proposed-law-change

OUR QUAD CITIES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot pushers.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/medical-cannabis-star-flower/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Casten tackles high cost of diabetes medication ‘It is a chronic condition that is devastating in so many ways’ – BRENDA SCHORY (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. Because of the high cost of insulin, he and his father had less money for other things.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/06/14/casten-tackles-high-cost-of-diabetes-medication/aulg54z/

WIBC
— Indiana Is “Pot Locked” With Surrounding States Loosening Restrictions on Marijuana State police and Gov. Holcomb says nothing will change in how they enforce Indiana’s pot laws. – Kurt Darling
https://www.wibc.com/news/local-news/indiana-pot-locked-surrounding-states-loosening-restrictions-marijuana

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POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Sen. Dick Durbin will take the stage before Cook County Democratic committeemen today to explain why he’s seeking re-election. – SHIA KAPOS (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township? When is the last time that a candidate took the stage to win your endorsement?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/06/21/durbin-foxx-in-the-spotlight-why-your-tax-bill-is-up-or-down-rahm-aides-new-gigs-449475

WIRE POINTS
— “Households in Chicago owe $150,000 in retirement debt. That’s an impossible number to pay off”
https://wirepoints.org/households-in-chicago-owe-150000-in-retirement-debt-thats-an-impossible-number-to-pay-off-ted-on-wjpf/

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Legal Gay ‘Marriage’ Was Built on a Lie: Ex-‘Gays,’ Pro-Family Leaders to Rally Against Obergefell and Fake (Same-Sex) ‘Marriage’ June 26 at Supreme Court – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2019/06/13/legal-gay-marriage-was-built-on-a-lie-ex-gays-pro-family-leaders-to-rally-against-fake-same-sex-marriage-and-radical-lgbtq-equality-act-at-supreme-court-on-obergefell-v-hodges-ann/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal Immigration: Left must take responsibility – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/20/letters-to-the-editor-left-must-take-responsibilit/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Celebrities advertise abortion to young girls – Samantha Kamman
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/celebrities-advertise-abortion-to-young-girls
— Feds: 97% of illegal immigrants ordered out in February are in hiding – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/feds-97-of-illegal-immigrants-ordered-out-are-in-hiding

TOWNHALL
— Reparations—Here’s Who Should Pay – Ryan Bomberger (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to make Republicans pay reparations.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2019/06/21/reparationsheres-who-should-pay-n2548724

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Lies They Told Us: A Long History of Being Manipulated Into War Before we retaliate over drone and oil tanker attacks, take a look at all the times we’ve been duped. – ROBERT W. MERRY
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/lies-they-told-us-a-long-history-of-being-manipulated-into-war/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— More Than 100,000 Illegal Migrants Have Escaped Border Patrol Agents in 2019, Provost Says – Jason Hopkins
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/more-than-100000-illegal-migrants-have-escaped-border-patrol-agents-in-2019-provost-says/

BREITBART
— DHS: Caravans to U.S. Included 1.5K Deported Criminals, 30 Sex Offenders – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/20/dhs-caravans-to-u-s-included-1-5k-deported-criminals-30-sex-offendersdhs-recent-caravans-to-u-s-included-1-5k-convicted-criminals/

FOX NEWS
— Keeping America Great is exactly what Trump has done – Newt Gingrich (DIERSEN: Of course, during the 1990s, when Newt Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically, he knew that the employees who GAO would get rid of would be Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/when-congress-wiped-an-agency-off-the-map/2011/11/29/gIQAIt0J9N_blog.html and https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/01/11/feature/why-is-congress-so-dumb/)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newt-gingrich-america-great-trump

FEDERALIST
— African Americans Don’t Need Reparations. We Need To Take Responsibility For Our Lives – Emery McClendon
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/21/african-americans-dont-need-reparations-need-take-responsibility-lives/

PJ MEDIA
— Witness at Reparations Hearing: ‘White People Are Ignorant’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/trending/witness-at-reparations-hearing-white-people-are-ignorant/
— Leftist Rights Groups Press Congress to Decriminalize Illegal Immigration – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/trending/leftist-rights-groups-press-congress-to-decriminalize-illegal-immigration/

DAILY CALLER
— DO YOU SUPPORT REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY? – Alec Schemmel (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/20/support-reparations-for-slavery/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— NY Times Publisher Says Trump’s ‘Treason’ Accusation ‘Crosses a Dangerous Line’ – Lizzie Helmer (DIERSEN: In my opinion, it is treasonous to encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally and b) to stay in America illegally.) 
https://ijr.com/ny-times-publisher-says-trumps-treason-accusation-crosses-a-dangerous-line/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats Unleash the Cancer of Slavery Reparations – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/democrats-slavery-reparations-debate/
— The Media’s Double Standard on Culture-War Controversies – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/media-double-standard-culture-war-controversies/
— Trump’s Deportation Numbers Continue to Lag Behind Obama’s Despite Strong Rhetoric – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trumps-deportation-numbers-continue-to-lag-behind-obamas-despite-strong-rhetoric/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Claims Latino Voters Want Him To Deport Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants The president says his hard-line approach to immigration has improved his standing among Hispanic voters. – Nick Visser
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-telemundo-immigration_n_5d0c749ce4b07ae90d9ad132

POLITICO
— ‘This place has enough creepy old men’: GOP vows to crush Roy Moore Republicans fear the conservative firebrand accused of sexual misconduct will cost them a crucial Senate seat. – BURGESS EVERETT (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs are nasty. Have you been crushed? I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/20/roy-moore-senate-republicans-defeat-1374226

NEW YORK POST
— The media’s cynical milking of the culture wars – Jonah Goldberg
https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/the-medias-cynical-milking-of-the-culture-wars/
— Bernie Sanders, Liz Warren talk decriminalizing prostitution – Nikki Schwab
https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/bernie-sanders-liz-warren-talk-decriminalizing-prostitution/

WASHINGTON POST
— Reparations for slavery aren’t enough. Official racism lasted much longer. Racial inequality flows as much from policies that came after abolition. – Sheryll Cashin (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to make Republicans pay reparations.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/reparations-for-slavery-arent-enough-official-racism-lasted-much-longer/2019/06/21/2c0ecbe8-9397-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, USA Today promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/20/dad-hugs-pride-parade-show-how-hard-family-rejection-hits-lgbt-kids/1497661001/

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— Hollywood’s War on Old Age At a time when sexism and racism are being tackled head on, ageism remains pervasive and unaddressed, writes Hollywood Reporter executive editor Stephen Galloway.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-war-old-age-1219807

FED SMITH
— Bill Resurfaces to Expedite Process of Firing Federal Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Constructively, to force a federal employee to take early retirement or to resign is to fire that employee. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. My Democrat GAO and IRS superiors forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 when I was 20. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that given all the work experience, education, professional certifications, and the professional license that I have, I must have been far worse than an “underperforming federal employee,” I must have been a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, sue their operatives, and sue their dupes.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/06/20/bill-resurfaces-expedite-process-firing-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Government employees should be held to the same standards as private sector employees, yet it is nearly impossible to fire bureaucrats for failing to do their jobs,” said Senator Perdue. “Right now, it can take more than a year to fire or replace a civil service employee, even for poor performance or misconduct. With a $22 trillion debt crisis, we cannot afford to hold onto bureaucrats who aren’t doing their jobs. Since President Trump took office, more than 4,300 bad actors have been fired, demoted, or suspended at the VA. It’s time to expand those efforts and address problems across the entire federal government.” Congressman Loudermilk added, “Working for the United States federal government is an honor and privilege, and most federal employees cherish this opportunity and desire to serve the American people. Unfortunately, many underperforming federal employees feel entitled to their positions and treat them as their right. The solution to this issue is the MERIT Act. I thank my friend and colleague, Senator Perdue, for leading the charge on this important reform.” It was last introduced in 2018 in both the House and Senate but ultimately failed to advance.)

SPUTNIK NEWS
— Trump Pentagon Nominee a Return to Someone With ‘Limited Military Experience’ (DIERSEN: How much military experience do you have? I have none, but by the end of 1988, I had 3 years experience auditing IRS and almost 9 years experience working for IRS. At the start of 1989, a) to retaliate against me for my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) to punish me for my avoiding the draft, and c) to punish my wife and I for giving up trying to have children, not adopting, and not becoming foster parents, my Democrat GAO superiors abruptly and rudely threw me off audits of IRS and assigned me to an audit of the Department of Defense 1990 ammunition budget request in Rock Island. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf Instead of me, my GAO superiors should have assigned one of my many coworkers who had military experience and wanted the assignment. They painted me as having an unfair advantage to work on audits of IRS because I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. Overwhelmingly, my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had very little or no prior work experience when GAO hired them.) 
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201906211075997647-trump-pentagon-nominee-a-return-to-someone-with-limited-military-experience—journo/