NBC5
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Join Striking Teachers at Chicago Event
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senator-elizabeth-warren-to-join-striking-teachers-at-chicago-event-563580541.html
ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis certificate program at Oakton Community College
trains students to work in medical marijuana industry – Zach Ben-Amots
https://abc7chicago.com/education/first-college-cannabis-program-in-illinois-trains-students-for-weed-industry/5635741/
— Chicago Teachers Strike: CPS cancels classes Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren to
rally with Chicago Teachers Union
https://abc7chicago.com/education/elizabeth-warren-to-rally-with-ctu-tuesday-cps-cancels-classes-for-4th-day/5634644/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Should doctors and factory workers be allowed to use weed when it’s legal?
Safety nonprofit urges employers to ban marijuana use for those in sensitive
jobs. – LISA SCHENCKER (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or
supervise anyone who has used pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-marijuana-legal-workplace-safety-illinois-council-20191021-aso4xps5f5fgxhuddyjvyj4ffq-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County poised to vote on recreational pot sales in unincorporated
areas – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191021/dupage-county-poised-to-vote-on-recreational-pot-sales-in-unincorporated-areas
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Larsen said he would be “shocked” if the board rejects the 3% tax on
sales in municipalities. “I would expect everyone to support that,”
he said. “We might as well get the revenue from it if we’re going to be dealing
with the consequences of it.” Larsen said DuPage is expected to have
increased law enforcement costs and other expenses as a result of the state
legalizing recreational marijuana. “This is the only place we can get
revenue to help deal with those costs,” he said. Last month, State’s
Attorney Robert Berlin talked about issues other states faced after legalizing
marijuana. He pointed to statistics showing Colorado experienced increases in
property crime and violent crime. There also was an increase in the number of
traffic fatalities with drivers testing positive for marijuana. County health
department officials, meanwhile, said the availability of recreational
marijuana is expected to increase use among adults and youths and hurt the
health of residents. As a result, they are anticipating increased demand for
public health services in DuPage.)
— Number of overdoses in Illinois drops for first time in five years – Rebecca
Anzel
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191021/number-of-overdoses-in-illinois-drops-for-first-time-in-five-years
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion
to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are
Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.dailyherald.com/article/20191021/news/310219900/
HERALD NEWS
— Foster up, Lipinski behind in quarterly fundraising – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/10/21/foster-up-lipinski-behind-in-quarterly-fundraising/a2hdx5c/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Warrenville businessman Jerry Evans becomes 8th GOP candidate to challenge
Underwood – DREW ZIMMERM
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/10/21/warrenville-businessman-becomes-8th-gop-candidate-to-challenge-underwood/aoky72p/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Romney confirms secret Twitter account ‘Pierre Delecto’ – McKenzie Stauffer
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/romney-confirms-secret-twitter-account-pierre-delecto
ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ
activity.
https://patch.com/illinois/arlingtonheights/building-glbtq-allies-communities-nw-suburbs
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: First Impressions of Newly Minted Republican Candidate Jerry Evans
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/21/il-14-first-impressions-of-newly-minted-republican-candidate-jerry-evans/
— Ugaste Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/21/ugaste-reports-2/
MCHENRY TIMES
— Rep. Skillicorn supports Florida legislation allowing school staff to carry
concealed weapons – Glenn Minnis
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/515105476-rep-skillicorn-supports-florida-legislation-allowing-school-staff-to-carry-concealed-weapons
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant holds property tax seminar for DuPage County residents – Glenn
Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/515105575-rep-grant-holds-property-tax-seminar-for-dupage-county-residents
— Madigan, ComEd and Illinois’ Bi-Partisan Combine Under Fire
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/515112926-madigan-comed-and-illinois-bi-partisan-combine-under-fire
CAPITOL FAX
— Despite narrow win last year, Rodney Davis continues going all-in for the
president (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want Republicans to dump Trump.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/21/despite-narrow-win-last-year-rodney-davis-continues-going-all-in-for-the-president/
— ISRA plans veto session lobby day
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/21/isra-plans-veto-session-lobby-day/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— CAIR, SPLC pressure Mar-a-Lago to drop ‘hate group’ events as conservatives
push back – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/21/cair-splc-pressure-mar-lago-drop-hate-group-event-/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Find me a better analogy’: Beto O’Rourke refuses to back down on
Trump-Hitler comparison – Madison Dibble
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/find-me-a-better-analogy-beto-orourke-refuses-to-back-down-on-trump-hitler-comparison
BREITBART
— Donald Trump: Democrats Do Not Have a Mitt Romney; ‘They Stick Together’ –
CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/21/donald-trump-democrats-do-not-have-mitt-romney-stick-together/
— Elizabeth Warren Education Plan: Protect Illegal Aliens, End Parental Choice
– HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/21/elizabeth-warren-education-plan-protect-illegal-aliens-end-parental-choice/
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Beware Of Democrats ‘Speaking Evangelical’ – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31237
DAILY WIRE
— Trump Unloads On Romney For Basically Being Worse Than A Democrat – Ryan
Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-unloads-on-romney-for-basically-being-worse-than-a-democrat
TOWNHALL
— Police Organizations Torch 2020 Democrat’s Gun Confiscation Plan As
‘Asinine, Ridiculous, and Likely Unconstitutional’ – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/21/police-organizations-torch-2020-democrats-gun-confiscation-plan-as-asinine-rid-n2555097
HOT AIR
— Poll: The American Melting Pot Isn’t Quite So Melty Anymore (DIERSEN:
Ever-increasingly, Democrats discourage assimilation. Ever-increasingly,
Democrats paint themselves as being anti-White.)
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2019/10/21/poll-american-melting-pot-isnt-quite-melty-anymore/
OPEN SECRETS
— Democratic donors, Trump critics fund president’s Republican primary
challengers – Yue Stella Yu (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, which
individuals, organizations, and companies would fund your opponent(s)?
Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and
Green plants, and RINOs would fund my opponents(s).)
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/10/republican-primary-challengers-funding2020/
THE HILL
— Trump urges GOP to defend him more strongly on impeachment – BRETT SAMUELS
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponent stress that 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. They stress those
who could have come to my defense but did not.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466735-trump-urges-gop-to-defend-him-more-strongly-on-impeachment
POLITICO
— House takes up controversial effort to combat online extremism – TIM STARKS
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who call me an
extremist. In my defense, I would stress those who demonize me, denigrate me,
and condemn me for my not doing more to defend/advance a) Trump, b) other
Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors,
political consultants, c) Republican organizations, and d) the traditional
family, right to live, immigration, Second Amendment, and illegal drugs planks
in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms. My
critics/opponents blame me for a) their problems, b) your problems, c) my
problems, d) everyone’s problems, e) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois’ problems,
f) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce’s problems, g) Milton Township Republican
Central Committee’s problems, h) Illinois Center Right Coalition’s problems, i)
American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter’s problems, j) GAO’s
problems, k) etc. They blame me for all the losses the Republicans have
suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2019/10/21/house-takes-up-controversial-effort-to-combat-online-extremism-781047
CBS NEWS
— NEWT GINGRICH: I WOULDN’T ALLOW REPORTERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
https://www.wcbi.com/newt-gingrich-i-wouldnt-allow-reporters-in-the-white-house/
U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Workplace Laws Your Employer May Be Violating Here are some of the employee
rights your boss may be breaking, either intentionally or inadvertently. –
Maryalene LaPonsie
https://money.usnews.com/careers/articles/workplace-laws-your-employer-may-be-violating
NEWSWEEK
— PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS SAYING GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP IS TOP PROBLEM
RISES SHARPLY AMID IMPEACHMENT PROBE – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/percentage-americans-saying-government-leadership-top-problem-rises-sharply-amid-impeachment-1466696
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Reaches Deal With Wall Street Journal Publisher, Others for News
Section News organizations including News Corp will be paid a licensing fee to
supply headlines in news tab – Lukas I. Alpert
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-reaches-deal-with-wall-street-journal-publisher-others-for-news-section-11571431387
— White House Personnel Director Tells Trump Top DHS Secretary Picks
Ineligible for Job Sean Doocey said neither Ken Cuccinelli nor Mark Morgan are
qualified under federal vacancies law – Michelle Hackman and Andrew Restuccia
(DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat,
minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired
me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or
veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it
could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would
take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-personnel-director-told-trump-that-top-candidates-for-acting-dhs-secretary-aren-t-eligible-11571683702
FORBES
— 3 Steps To Prevent Employee Turnover – Falon Fatemi (DIERSEN: Potential
federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be
advised that they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently
$98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently
$136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age
40 and that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion
deadlines.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/falonfatemi/2019/10/21/3-steps-to-prevent-employee-turnover/
BLOOMBERG
— Portrait of an Inessential Government Worker Glory isn’t part of the deal
when you go to work for the federal government. – Michael Lewis (DIERSEN: My
current crop of critics/opponents would never stoop to even try to be a federal
employee. But nevertheless, they hint/imply/argue/shout that if they were a
federal employee, they would be deemed “essential” even though
virtually all of them would be rejected a) because they lack required
education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional
licenses, b) because they cannot pass an employment examination, c) because
they cannot pass a background investigation, and/or d) because they cannot pass
a physical examination.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-15/lifesaving-coast-guard-scientist-reflects-on-government-service?utm_source=pocket-newtab
— Facebook’s Zuckerberg Privately Recommended Potential Campaign Hires to
Buttigieg
https://www.yahoo.com/news/facebooks-zuckerberg-privately-recommended-potential-183803448.html
HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Why Your Company Needs to Implement Pay Equity Audits Now – Robert Sheen
(DIERSEN: If a pay equity audit of the federal government was done, it would
show that it pays its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or
younger more than it pays its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or
older who have comparable work experience, education, and/or professional
certifications and licenses. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, GAO always paid
its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger more than it
paid its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older who had
comparable work experience, education, and/or professional certifications and
licenses. GAO audits IRS. When GAO hired me in 1980, I had almost 9 years
experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5
levels, currently $82,579-$93,592. I had passed the CPA examination on my first
attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost
completed the requirements for a master’s degree from DePaul. Much of what I
did for IRS, including interviewing, data gathering, summary, and analysis,
report writing, and making recommendations was similar to what I would be doing
for GAO. NEVERTHELESS, the Democrats who ran GAO required me to take a $19,568
pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10) to
transfer. They would NOT have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority,
and/or female.)
https://hbr.org/sponsored/2019/10/why-your-company-needs-to-implement-pay-equity-audits-now
FED SMITH
— Presidential Power Versus Employees’ Constitutional Rights: Interpreting the
Executive Orders Affecting Federal Workers – Mathew B. Tully, Esq. (DIERSEN:
Constructively, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or
non-veteran are deemed to be “poor performers” if they do not make
GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30,
GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently
$165,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid
promotion deadlines.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/10/21/presidential-power-versus-employees-constitutional-rights-interpreting-executive-orders-affecting-federal-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Terminating Employees Deemed “Poor Performers” First off,
there is a smaller timeframe in which to improve poor performance. The
executive order to streamline removal procedures for federal employees
decreases the amount of time that employees are subject to Performance
Improvement Plans (PIPs)—that provide employees a chance to improve their job
performance following a poor evaluation or reprimand—to 30 days,
government-wide. That window previously lasted between 60 and 120 days and was
up to agency discretion as to the length of the PIP and/or extensions of the
PIP. Federal employees should be aware of additional provisions in the
executive order, which direct that:)
