October 30 Evening Edition

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cresco Labs, Joliet-Based Marijuana Producer, Is Growing Its Workforce – Vince Gerasole
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/10/30/cresco-labs-joliet-based-marijuana-producer-is-growing-its-workforce/

ABC7
— Twitter bans all political advertisements – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want Facebook, Google, Twitter, television stations, newspapers, radio stations, websites, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. to ban me from promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform. They want to ban me from opposing the promotion of a) dependency on government, b) dependency on charity, c) LGBTQ activity, d) abortion, e) mass/illegal immigration, f) abolition of the First and Second Amendments, g) booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, h) patronage, i) political affiliation discrimination, j) reverse discrimination, k) age discrimination, and l) retaliation.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/business/twitter-bans-all-political-advertisements/5659603/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Robert Crown experts warn parents of teens as marijuana becomes legal – SARA CLARKSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-column-clarkson-tl-1107-20191030-njdwzdxdmfg5rjq6xjovk7isnq-story.html
— Shimkus ‘reconsidering’ retirement after top GOP committee post opens up – MARY ELLEN MCINTIRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-tns-bc-congress-shimkus-20191029-story.html
— Chicago Fire Department officials face calls for greater diversity in ranks – JOHN BYRNE (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-fire-department-budget-hearing-20191030-at3u3sos7neatjp2eci4oaum74-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump makes life miserable for Republicans in Congress, and a second term would be even worse.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-trump-house-republicans-2020-chapman-20191030-yamnjg5zdzaw7g3d6k32yajb2e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/entertainment-and-culture/2019/10/30/20938911/lgbtq-halloween-events-in-chicago
— Chicago Fire Department still dominated by white males, aldermen told Of the city’s 4,767 firefighters and paramedics, 65.2% are white, 16.6% are African-American and 15.9% are Hispanic. The department also is over 90% male. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/10/30/20940544/cfd-racial-white-males-gender-makeup-city-council

DAILY HERALD
— The cost to educate kids in the Northwest suburbs varies greatly by school – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191030/the-cost-to-educate-kids-in-the-northwest-suburbs-varies-greatly-by-school
— Which DuPage County schools spend the most per student – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191030/which-dupage-county-schools-spend-the-most-per-student-
— Republicans say recent scandals show General Assembly can’t police itself – Peter Hancock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191030/republicans-say-recent-scandals-show-general-assembly-cant-police-itself

WGEM
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana cultivation center expanding services to meet recreational needs
https://wgem.com/2019/10/30/marijuana-cultivation-center-expanding-services-to-meet-recreational-needs/

WGLT
— Malott To Run For County Auditor, Setting Up Possible GOP Primary – MARY CULLEN
https://www.wglt.org/post/malott-run-county-auditor-setting-possible-gop-primary#stream/0

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Glen Ellyn Poised To Opt Out Of Recreational Cannabis Sales The village will vote Nov. 12 on an ordinance to prohibit cannabis sales. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/glen-ellyn-poised-opt-out-recreational-cannabis-sales

DUPAGE COUNTY
— PRESS RELEASE: OPIOID EPIDEMIC IN WASHINGTON, DC BY DR. JORGENSEN
https://www.dupageco.org/Coroner/Docs/61580/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06/IL-14: House Democrats Impeachment “Witch Hunt” Resolution
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/30/il-06-il-14-house-democrats-impeachment-witch-hunt-resolution/
— IL-14: NRCC Announces Sue Rezin and Catalina Lauf Added to On the Radar of Young Guns Program
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/30/il-14-nrcc-announces-sue-rezin-and-catalina-lauf-added-to-on-the-radar-of-young-guns-program/
— Sue Rezin’s Press Release on Failure of Veto Override, Roll Call
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/30/sue-rezins-press-release-on-failure-of-veto-override/ 
— Senate Republicans Go on Offensive on Democrat’s Corruption
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/30/senate-republicans-go-on-offensive-on-democrats-corrpution/

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Pritzker’s waning popularity the result of his ‘tax, tax, tax’ methodology, Rep. Batinick suggests – Glenn Minnis 
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/515956376-pritzker-s-waning-popularity-the-result-of-his-tax-tax-tax-methodology-rep-batinick-suggests

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WHY AND HOW THE U.S. SHOULD STOP FINANCING CHINA’S BAD ACTORS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/why-and-how-the-us-should-stop-financing-chinas-bad-actors.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden may have calculated Communion snub, political observer suggests – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/30/joe-biden-communion-snub-may-have-been-calculated-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Traitor’: Stonewall Democrats slam pro-Trump gay congressional candidate – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/traitor-stonewall-democrats-slam-pro-trump-gay-congressional-candidate-mauro-garza

GOPUSA
— Throuple Democrat Katie Hill blames men and Republicans for her resignation
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78624

BREITBART
— AS DEMOCRATS SUCCEED IN DESTROYING TRADITIONAL MARRIAGE AND THE TRADITIONAL FAMILY: 4 million children have no health insurance – UPI
https://www.breitbart.com/news/study-4-million-children-have-no-health-insurance/

NEWSMAX
— Trump’s Values Are Aligned With Police, Not Chicago’s Political Bosses – Bernard Kerik
https://www.newsmax.com/bernardkerik/trump-chicago-police/2019/10/30/id/939434/
— The ‘Demedia’s’ Impeachment Beat Goes On – Conrad Black 
https://www.newsmax.com/conradblack/trump-impeachment-schiff/2019/10/30/id/939464/

TOWNHALL
— Anti-Trump Media Is Waging Psychological Warfare Against the American People – Mike LaChance
https://townhall.com/columnists/mikelachance/2019/10/30/antitrump-media-is-waging-psychological-warfare-against-the-american-people-n2555587
— The American Bar Association Has Just ‘Outdone Itself’ With Anti-Conservative Bias, Says Judicial Group – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/10/30/judicial-crisis-network-rejects-partisan-hacks-review-of-9th-circuit-court-nominee-n2555575

ONE NEWS NOW
— Ed. Secretary: “Country is in a student achievement crisis” – AP
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/united-states/ed-secretary-country-is-in-a-student-achievement-crisis

PJ MEDIA
— Mark Zuckerberg Embraces Free Speech: Will Facebook? – STEPHEN GREEN 
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/mark-zuckerberg-embraces-free-speech-will-facebook/
— Obama Goes MAGA, Slams Wokeness and Call-Out Culture – JIM TREACHER
https://pjmedia.com/trending/obama-goes-maga-slams-wokeness-and-callout-culture/

THE HILL
— Twitter to start refusing all political ads – EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/468198-twitter-announces-it-will-refuse-all-political-advertising?rnd=1572466584

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Cheers On MAGA Teen Nick Sandmann As Libel Suit Against Washington Post Proceeds A federal judge ruled that “justice requires” further review of a portion of the student’s claims. – Hayley Miller (DIERSEN: What if Trump had been President while Diersen v. GAO was pending? What if Trump had appointed the judges in Diersen v. GAO? What if Trump had appointed the attorney who represented GAO in Diersen v. GAO?)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-nick-sandmann-washington-post_n_5db985e1e4b00d83f7204f7a

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democratic Group Targets Local Races in Bid to Beat Trump Democratic super PAC Priorities USA is running $4 million in digital ads encouraging voting in municipal elections this year – Chad Day and Ken Thomas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-group-targets-local-races-in-bid-to-beat-trump-11572433200
— Bipartisan House Deal Opens Path to Citizenship for Illegal Immigrant Farm Workers Proposal eases some restrictions on agriculture industry, while requiring farmers to verify workers’ status – Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bipartisan-house-deal-opens-path-to-citizenship-for-illegal-immigrant-farm-workers-11572473081

FORBES
— What Not To Include In A Résumé – Ashira Prossack (DIERSEN: What negative things would Prossack advise me to NOT include in my resume: the adverse actions that my Democrat federal superiors took against me; my photograph; the universities that I earned degrees from; anything that indicates my race, gender, age, religion, national origin, veteran status, political affiliation, financial condition, how long my ancestors have been in America, etc.?) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ashiraprossack1/2019/10/30/what-not-to-include-on-your-resume/

BLOOMBERG
— Adelson, Thiel Among Givers to GOP Group Forced to Reveal Donors – Kenneth P. Doyle
https://about.bgov.com/news/adelson-thiel-among-givers-to-gop-group-forced-to-reveal-donors/

NEW YORK BOOKS
— Why Gay Reparation’s Time Has Come – Omar G. Encarnación (DIERSEN: Democrats want Republicans to pay reparations to everyone who is 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.)
https://www.nybooks.com/daily/2019/10/30/why-gay-reparations-time-has-come/

TECH CRUNCH
— Work permit delays disrupt foreign workers’ career plans (DIERSEN: What disrupted you career plans? My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. In 1971 when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.) 
https://techcrunch.com/2019/10/30/work-permit-delays-disrupt-foreign-workers-career-plans/

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— American left shows its true colors – SCOTT JENNINGS 
https://www.bgdailynews.com/opinion/commentary/american-left-shows-its-true-colors/article_6b724229-1475-5432-9cb1-23b1631a7f39.html

CHATHAM NEW JERSEY PATCH
— Please don’t vote Democrat just because you hate Trump. Next week’s elections will determine the future of our wonderful home town of Chatham, and the status quo is worth preserving. – Freddie Bicknese
https://patch.com/new-jersey/chatham/please-don-t-vote-democrat-just-because-you-hate-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.