Month: January 2020

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/12/31/with-legal-marijuana-in-2020-some-count-down-to-hempy-new-year/

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/business/legal-recreational-marijuana-sales-begin-in-illinois/5804233/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/1/21043086/legal-weed-marijuana-live-updates-recreational-sales

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-legal-weed-first-day-recreational-sales-20200101-fhtdvp4j6naphff6jmnnh6fkqy-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-adult-use-park-forest-st-0101-20191231-serpmwwls5d6njsj6uenolucjq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191231/editorial-board-we-all-have-a-stake-in-how-new-marijuana-law-plays-out

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Drug recognition experts to play a big role in detecting Illinois drivers who are high – Megan Jones
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20191231/drug-recognition-experts-to-play-big-role-in-detecting-illinois-drivers-who-are-high
— Despite late primary, Illinois could influence 2020 race
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200101/despite-late-primary-illinois-could-influence-2020-race

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois party leaders, political observers assess past year, look ahead to 2020
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-party-leaders-political-observers-assess-past-year-look-ahead/article_17be6e1c-911f-51cd-b936-83e4f7adfc60.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pritzker-ready-to-grant-11-017-pot-pardons-14941710.php

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/12/31/legalization-day-dawns-in-chicago-as-dispensaries-and-politicians-prepare-for-day-1/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Could 2020 be the year of the Republican woman? And three women happen to be running in the 6th and 14th districts
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/01/il-06-il-14-elise-stefanik-talks-republican-women-running-for-congress-in-2020/
— As the calendar turned, here’s a snapshot of the 14th district candidates social media followers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/01/il-14-latest-social-media-metrics/
— Message of the Day – A New Sign for Entering Illinois
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/01/message-of-the-day-a-sign-52/
— KICKOFF 2020 Support President Trump Rally in Algonquin Hosted by Joe Ptak
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/01/kickoff-2020-support-president-trump-rally-in-algonquin-copy/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— AG: DuPage County violated FOIA (and so did the College of DuPage) – JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/12/ag-dupage-county-violated-foia-and-so-did-the-college-of-dupage/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— How Democrats stir bigotry and division They blame Trump for attacks on Jews and never admit their own culpability – Tammy Bruce 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/1/how-democrats-stir-bigotry-and-division/
— Losing our Religion: Conservative churches grapple with gender issues in time of growth – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/31/church-growth-tied-sexual-conservatism/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— New census numbers undercut ‘ascendant America’ theory – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: I should write a book about anti-conservative individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that ever-increasingly dump 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. I would focus on anti-conservatives in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that a) falsely state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican and b) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/new-census-numbers-undercut-ascendant-america-theory

AMERICAN THINKER
— Who is more like Hitler: Trump or those who maintain he is like Hitler? – David Byrne
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/who_is_more_like_hitler_trump_or_those_who_maintain_he_is_like_hitler.html
— Can the Union Endure? – Christopher Skeet
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/can_the_union_endure.html
— Progressive Disorder and Injustice – Anthony J. DeBlasi
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/progressive_disorder_and_injustice.html

BLAZE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago police will be ringing in the new year by protecting marijuana dispensary customers – Leon Wolf
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-police-marijuana-customers

DAILY CALLER
— NYT Claims ‘2019 The Darkest Yet For Journalists’ Under The Trump Administration – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/31/new-york-times-darkest-year-journalists-trump-administration/
— Homeland Security Chief Orders Review Of State Laws Allowing Driver’s Licenses For Illegal Aliens – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/01/dhs-review-drivers-license-illegal-migrants/

TOWNHALL
— Nothing Says ‘Happy New Year’ Quite Like Giving Taxpayer-Funded Health Care to Illegal Aliens – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/01/01/nothing-says-happy-new-year-quite-like-giving-taxpayer-funded-health-care-to-il-n2558798
— Here’s How One School District Is Encouraging Students to Participate in ‘Civic Engagement’ – Beth Baumann (DIERSEN: Democrat teachers want their students to promote the Democrat Party platform, that is, to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.) 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/12/31/heres-how-one-school-district-is-encouraging-students-to-participate-in-civic-engagement-n2558792

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden touts plan to issue driver’s licenses, grant citizenship to all, reverse Trump’s border progress in first few weeks – Tom Tillison 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/01/biden-touts-plan-to-issue-drivers-licenses-grant-citizenship-to-all-reverse-trumps-border-progress-in-first-few-weeks-870690

NATIONAL REVIEW
— If This Has Been Super-Decade, Why Are We Still so Angry? – JONAH GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: For you, what has changed from 10 year ago, since 2010? 10 years ago, I was the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, and the Milton Township Republicans Central Committee webmaster, but my critic/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have ended that. My wife worked for Central DuPage Hospital, but she is retired now. My mother, her sister, and one of her brothers were alive, but they have died. My aunt was living on her own, but she has been in assisted living the last 10 years. My hometown Crete was doing better than it is now. I was not on Social Security and Medicare, but I am now. I did not have type 2 diabetes, but I do now. I put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning, but by the end of 2015, I started putting one together and sending it out each and every evening too.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/12/if-this-has-been-super-decade-why-are-we-still-so-angry/

NEW YORK TIMES
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Poisoned places to work – Amanda Hess (DIERSEN: I should write a book about working for GAO in its Chicago office during the 1980s and 1990s. The more of the following that you were, the more poisoned that the workplace was: Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, non-poor, conservative, former union member, if your ancestors had been in America for a long time, if you did not have a degree in public administration from an Ivy League university, and/or if you had not started your career with GAO.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/23/arts/television/the-sexual-predators-tv-wife.html
— No More Excuses Not to Exercise Many people say they don’t have the time to work out. But most of us spend hours each day viewing screens. – Gretchen Reynolds
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/01/well/move/exercise-physical-aciivity-workout-time.html

NEW YORK POST
— Rudy Giuliani criticizes Bill de Blasio over anti-Semitic attacks: ‘You’re responsible’ – Bob Fredericks
https://nypost.com/2019/12/31/rudy-giuliani-criticizes-bill-de-blasio-over-anti-semitic-attacks-youre-responsible/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Will the ’20s Roar Again? We are overdue today for another wave of creative thinking about everything—politics, the culture, education and morality. But this time, hold the roaring. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-the-20s-roar-again-11577836404
— Get Ready for a Contested Convention – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/get-ready-for-a-contested-convention-11577836484
— Democrats End 2019 Showing Fissures Over Fighting vs. Compromise Joe Biden tells primary voters he can appeal to Republicans, while Elizabeth Warren emphasizes picking a fighter – Joshua Jamerson in Boston and Ken Thomas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-end-2019-showing-fissures-over-fighting-vs-compromise-11577823966

USA TODAY
— Texas church had fed gunman who opened fire during service, was watching him before rampage – John Bacon
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/12/31/texas-church-shooting-church-gave-killer-food-watching-him/2782276001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at women that Republicans cause all the problems that women have.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/12/30/american-women-share-common-ground-health-care-gun-violence-column/2750561001/

FINANCIAL TIMES
— Have we reached ‘peak influencer’? – Hannah Murphy (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want you to rely on them, and not on me, for identifying articles that are of interest to Illinois Republicans. Because my critics/opponents cannot manipulate/dominate me, they focus on destroying me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.ft.com/content/9e8d8da6-0c2f-11ea-bb52-34c8d9dc6d84