GOPUSA Illinois

January 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: At least 1,000 anti-abortion marchers rally in the Loop – MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-march-for-life-chicago-20200111-5fd3dnswwvdhlntly4cxu3ofjy-story.html
— While Nazi sympathizer Arthur Jones protests, Orland Park residents turn out to talk social justice – JESSE WRIGHT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-newman-jones-events-st-0112-20200111-bo2gi7w5zndq3fg24wisudcpg4-story.html
— Seeking to give residents a break on property tax, legislative task force recommends expanding sales tax. Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who’s pushing a graduated income tax, says there’s got to be another way. – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-property-tax-task-force-20200111-pwbldyzyt5afpjdm3catlklnwu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot ‘has the votes’ to pass marijuana consumption ordinance, puts kibosh on 606 development freeze “We have to have places for people to be able to legally consume marijuana,” Lightfoot says. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/10/21060658/lori-lightfoot-marijuana-consumption-ordinance-606-development-freeze
— Cullerton predicts Lightfoot will get casino gambling fix, graduated real estate transfer tax during spring session Retiring Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says Lori Lightfoot is “on a learning curve” in Springfield, unlike his wily friend Rahm Emanuel, who majored in political arm-twisting – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2020/1/10/21060325/cullerton-lightfoot-casino-gambling-real-estate-transfer-tax-spring-session

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan’s latest scandal, Springfield’s latest outrage – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200111/editorial-madigans-latest-scandal-springfields-latest-outrage
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200111/meet-mark-galli-the-wheaton-evangelical-who-called-out-trump

NBC5
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Suggests She May be Open to Lowering Recreational Cannabis Taxes Of the 11 states where recreational marijuana has been legalized, Illinois’ taxes are second only to Washington state – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-lori-lightfoot-says-she-may-be-open-to-lowering-recreational-cannabis-taxes/2199489/

HERALD & REVIEW
— How will Decatur-area employers handle workers who smoke marijuana? A look at the legal issues surrounding cannabis. – Analisa Trofimuk (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise pot smokers.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/how-will-decatur-area-employers-handle-workers-who-smoke-marijuana/article_eaf7d210-d937-5f26-bb1e-2a2fe4400639.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinois taxing itself into irrelevancy – Editorial
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/illinois-taxing-itself-into-irrelevancy/article_0328b94e-33b2-11ea-b8b5-5ba49a8a96eb.html

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— City’s Reparations Subcommittee Members Give Preliminary Views on Form of Reparations – Larry Gavin (DIERSEN: Do those who represent you on your city council favor or oppose reparations? If they favor reparations, how much reparations do they want you to pay? Overwhelmingly, those who favor reparations want those who have the following demographics to pay the most reparations: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://evanstonroundtable.com/Content/City-News/City-News/Article/City-s-Reparations-Subcommittee-Members-Give-Preliminary-Views-on-Form-of-Reparations/15/26/17406

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: All Candidates Will Participate in MCC Debate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/11/il-14-all-candidates-will-participate-in-mcc-debate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Former press secretaries of both parties urge White House to resume briefings – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/11/white-house-urged-by-former-spokesmen-to-resume-re/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Insanity Of Transgenderism – Rod Dreher
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-insanity-of-transgenderism/

TOWNHALL
— UNACCEPTABLE: NY Law Automatically Registers Illegal Aliens to Vote – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/01/10/ny-law-will-automatically-register-illegal-aliens-to-vote-n2559325

CBN NEWS
— Surge in ER Visits After New Marijuana Laws Take Effect – Lorie Johnson
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/health/2020/january/surge-in-er-visits-after-new-marijuana-laws-take-effect

CNN
— Many millennials are worse off than their parents — a first in American history – Tami Luhby
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/politics/millennials-income-stalled-upward-mobility-us/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says: ‘A national disgrace’: As impeachment hung over a president’s head, he went on a wild rally tour.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/01/11/national-disgrace-impeachment-hung-over-presidents-head-he-went-wild-rally-tour/

24/7 WALL STREET
— Black Unemployment Rates Nearly 70% Higher Than National Average – Douglas A. McIntyre
https://247wallst.com/jobs/2020/01/11/black-unemployment-rates-nearly-70-higher-than-national-average/

January 11 Morning Edition

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://news.wttw.com/2020/01/10/chicago-host-cannabis-resource-fair

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ICE arrests are down in Chicago area and agency blames recent state and local laws aimed at protecting immigrants – ELVIA MALAGÓN and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-ice-chicago-sanctuary-immigration-deport-arrest-20200111-2g4q44nexfhjzkl3bcx6qjzpki-story.html
— ‘Richard Jewell,’ Nicholas Sandmann and the media mob – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-richard-jewell-nicholas-sandmann-kass-20200111-hfqsfkl6zzdapl4usxiuy4ai24-story.html

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://wgnradio.com/2020/01/11/illinois-attorney-ross-morreale-how-you-can-still-get-in-on-the-weed-business-recreational-sales-shortage/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Local demonstrators rally for, against President Trump’s stance with Iran DeKalb rally part of nationwide #NoWarWithIran demonstrations Thursday – KELSEY RETTKE
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/01/10/local-demonstrators-rally-for-against-president-trumps-stance-with-iran/ad2n4d7/

HERALD & REVIEW
— More dogs falling prey to THC poisoning. Vets say legal marijuana is a key factor. – CINDY DAMPIER
https://herald-review.com/lifestyles/pets/more-dogs-falling-prey-to-thc-poisoning-vets-say-legal/article_b7ddbacb-0b21-5744-a3c7-6482d8ea1c3b.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Loss of Downstate Congressman Predicted – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=296955#.XhnqEshKiM8

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— State of the County 2020 (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton have changed since I moved here in 1978. I would focus on those who have moved here since 1978 who are increasingly Democrat, that is, increasingly 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. I would focus on how those Democrats who increasingly promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I would focus on those Republican leaders who have increasingly pandered to the Democrats and/or failed/refused to defend the Republican Party platform and their constituents who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nctv17.com/news/state-of-the-county-2020/

MDJ ONLINE
— Christian County Clerk and Recorder Mike Gianasi testifies on election security before Congress – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/county-clerk-from-illinois-testifies-on-election-security-before-congress/article_8fb98666-914e-5594-a7c8-ae52b92d3683.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-sets-record-in-first-week-of-recreational-cannabis-sales/article_7b425182-5025-5262-9a38-1aad77968113.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry County State’s Attorney Patrick Kenneally Brings in Lake County Assistant State’s Attorney to Represent County Board in Orville Brettman Regional Superintendent of Education Referendum Challenge
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/10/kenneally-brings-in-lake-county-assistant-states-attorney-to-represent-county-board-in-brettman-regional-superintendent-of-education-referendum-challenge/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Tucker Carlson looks at the horrors in Pelosi’s own district of San Francisco – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/tucker_carlson_looks_at_the_horrors_in_pelosis_own_district_of_san_francisco.html

BREITBART
— Hans von Spakovsky: DOJ Should Sue States Registering Non-Citizens to Vote – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/01/10/hans-von-spakovsky-doj-should-sue-states-registering-non-citizens-to-vote/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Donald Trump’s Confidence Overwhelms the Haters
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/01/10/donald-trumps-confidence-overwhelms-the-haters/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Wages Soar Fastest among Those with the Least – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/01/wages-soar-fastest-among-those-with-the-least/

ABC NEWS
— Anti-Trump Republican group targets evangelical voters with new ad The group of Republicans want to tank Trump. – Will Steakin
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/anti-trump-republican-group-targets-evangelical-voters-ad/story?id=68206138

NEW YORK TIMES
— Buckle Up for Another Facebook Election By opting not to change the company’s political advertising rules, Mark Zuckerberg has ensured another election shaped by the social network. – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs succeed in getting Republican organizations like the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization a) to rely on the Democrat/Libertarian/Green Facebook, b) to dump their websites, and c) to stop sending out emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/technology/facebook-election.html
— Why Do People Believe in Hell? – David Bentley Hart (DIERSEN: None of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes believe in Hell.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/sunday/christianity-religion-hell-bible.html
— Stephanie Grisham: Trump’s Press Secretary Who Doesn’t Meet the Press A presidency in crisis, a nation on the brink of war — and a White House press secretary who was largely out of sight. – Michael M. Grynbaum and Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/business/media/stephanie-grisham-trump-press-secretary.html
— Who Signs Up to Fight? Makeup of U.S. Recruits Shows Glaring Disparity More and more, new recruits come from the same small number of counties and are the children of old recruits. – Dave Philipps and Tim Arango
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/us/military-enlistment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Identity politics won’t win this presidential election – Rahm Emanuel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get elected and reelected, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, and RINO party leaders a) hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all; b) promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid; and c) blame Republicans for their problems, your problems, my problems, and everyone’s problems. I should write a book about RINOs in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those RINOs who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who work the hardest a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/identity-politics-wont-win-this-presidential-election/2020/01/10/0195c978-33bc-11ea-a053-dc6d944ba776_story.html

BOSTON HERALD
— Yes, your boss can fire you for a Facebook post (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you seek a government office or a political office as a Republican, Democrats can and will use everything that you ever posted on Facebook against you.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/11/yes-your-boss-can-fire-you-for-a-facebook-post/

UNION JOURNAL
— UNACCEPTABLE: NY Democrats Just Passed a Bill That Would Automatically Register Illegal Immigrants to Vote – Carlos Christian
https://theunionjournal.com/ny-democrats-just-passed-a-bill-that-would-automatically-register-illegal-immigrants-to-vote/

WINCHESTER STAR
— Who gets in? – Michelle Malkin
https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/malkin-who-gets-in/article_70c2b148-7f9e-585f-94b7-432394791e0b.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Allies Explore Buyout of Conservative Channel Seeking to Compete With Fox News Hicks Equity Partners, a firm tied to Republican National Committee co-chair Thomas Hicks Jr., is pitching GOP donors on buyout of One America News Network – Juliet Chung, Corrie Driebusch and Rebecca Ballhaus
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-allies-explore-buyout-of-conservative-news-channel-one-america-news-network-11578696767
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about “team players.” Team players serve as operatives or as dupes for whoever has the most clout. Team players a) glorify and praise those who they told to glorify and praise and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who they are told to demonize, denigrate, and condemn. In my book, I would focus on team players in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on team players who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA Illinois emails and b) stopping everyone from reading those emails.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-business-lesson-from-academia-great-teams-assemble-themselves-11578718805

BARRON’S
— 50+ Reasons Not to Sell Your Stocks – Michael Batnick (DIERSEN: How successful will the Democrats be in driving down the stock market to defeat Trump?)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/50-reasons-not-to-sell-your-stocks-51578747600

FORBES
— Four Qualities You Need To Be An Impactful Leader In The 21st Century (DIERSEN: Are you an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman? If so, a) who has expressed interest in being the next chairman of your Republican township and county party organization and b) who do you want to be the next chairman of your Republican township and county party organizations? Questions to ask them: If elected, how would the following help you carry out your duties: a) your education, b) your political experience and work experience, c) your professional certifications and licenses, and d) length of time that you have lived in your township/county? What have you done and what will you do if elected to: a) discourage the sale and use of pot, b) discourage gambling, c) discourage the sale and drinking of booze, d) promote traditional marriage and the traditional family, e) promote homeownership, f) discourage abortion, g) discourage mass/illegal immigration, h) discourage diminution of Second Amendment rights, i) discourage political affiliation discrimination, j) discourage reverse discrimination, k) discourage age discrimination, l) encourage people to save for their retirement, m) discourage dependency on government, and n) discourage dependency on charity?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hecparis/2020/01/09/four-qualities-you-need-to-be-an-impactful-leader-in-the-21st-century/
— Employee Activism Is The New Normal. So Why Is Amazon Leadership Freaking Out? – Jason Wingard (DIERSEN: My superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who were Democrat and minority, female, and/or younger promoted Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid because they directly benefitted from the aforesaid.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jasonwingard/2020/01/10/employee-activism-is-the-new-normal-so-why-is-amazon-leadership-freaking-out/
— Play To Your Strengths: 13 Even Better Ways To Improve Your Leadership Skills (DIERSEN: Are you an elected Republican Precinct Committeeman? If so, a) who has expressed interest in being the next chairman of your Republican township and county party organization and b) who do you want to be the next chairman of your Republican township and county party organizations? Questions to ask them: If elected, how would the following help you carry out your duties: a) your education, b) your political experience and work experience, c) your professional certifications and licenses, and d) length of time that you have lived in your township/county? What have you done and what will you do if elected to: a) discourage the sale and use of pot, b) discourage gambling, c) discourage the sale and drinking of booze, d) promote traditional marriage and the traditional family, e) promote homeownership, f) discourage abortion, g) discourage mass/illegal immigration, h) discourage diminution of Second Amendment rights, i) discourage political affiliation discrimination, j) discourage reverse discrimination, k) discourage age discrimination, l) encourage people to save for their retirement, m) discourage dependency on government, and n) discourage dependency on charity?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2020/01/10/play-to-your-strengths-13-even-better-ways-to-improve-your-leadership-skills/

DAILY BEAST
— Facebook Helped Decimate the Media Industry but Wants Journalists to Do Its Job DISINGENUOUS DEFENSE “The idea that there are enough journalists out there to fact check all the false claims on Facebook is naive.” – Blake Montgomery (DIERSEN: What qualifications do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have to be fact checkers? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/facebook-helped-decimate-the-media-industry-but-wants-journalists-to-do-its-job

AD WEEK
— Why Grassroots Political Organizations Rely on Facebook The social network is a vital part of their operations – David Cohen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs succeed in getting Republican organizations like the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization a) to rely on the Democrat/Libertarian/Green Facebook, b) to dump their websites, and c) to stop sending out emails.)
https://www.adweek.com/digital/why-grassroots-political-organizations-rely-on-facebooks-ad-targeting/2/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to organizations, companies, and countries that want to be viewed as being anti-American? Democrats and RINOs pander to those organizations, companies, and countries.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jan/11/us-china-trump-agreement-tesla-investment

January 10 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gov. Greg Abbott to reject new refugees coming to Texas – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-greg-abbott-to-reject-new-refugees-coming-to-texas/5835371/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis Resource Fair to be ‘one-stop-shop’ for legal marijuana benefits
https://abc7chicago.com/business/city-to-host-first-of-its-kind-cannabis-resource-fair/5833405/

NBC5
— ISP Director Calls Allegations of Rape Cover-Up ‘Repulsive’ – Mary Ann Ahern
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/isp-director-calls-allegations-of-rape-cover-up-repulsive/2199463/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Cullerton says ‘no reason’ to believe Madigan has committed wrongdoings, supports probe into email Outgoing Illinois Senate President John Cullerton said the email should be investigated by the Champaign County state’s attorney rather than a special House committee. – Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/1/10/21060266/john-cullerton-madigan-probe-email-mike-mcclain
— Pot shop burglars nabbed over $100K in cash in Chicago heist, cops say The suspects, who may have used a keycard to gain access to the shop, left without taking any pot products. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/10/21060443/chicago-dispensaries-burglars-moca-logan-square-cash-robbery-moca-marijuana-weed
— State’s attorney challenger Conway gets another $2.3 million from billionaire dad, fueling spat with incumbent Foxx Challenger Bill Conway’s campaign portrays the candidate as beholden to no one but taxpayers. Incumbent Kim Foxx’s campaign suggests Conway thinks the office is ‘up for sale.’ – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/1/10/21060857/states-attorney-challenger-bill-conway-million-billionaire-dad-kim-foxx-carlyle-group

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Abortion opponents prepare for Saturday’s March for Life Chicago: ‘Pro-life is pro-woman’ – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-march-for-life-chicago-preview-20200110-era6epce5ndw5fsubsyvfd5y2q-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-chicago-legal-weed-stores-planned-20200110-7sb7lz2c75hq7cth2cdes3wjvm-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-down-to-business-st-0112-20200110-xujnjpaeirdenh374iwtkd46fu-story.html
— Using marijuana is legal — but it can still get you fired. ‘Human resource professionals in Illinois will have their hands full.’ -LISA SCHENCKER (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, to work with, or to supervise anyone who has used pot. Far too many of my superiors and supervisors in the federal government were heavy drinkers.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-marijuana-pot-legal-use-workplace-20200110-ynrgpragtfenhilfeg3if2bdta-story.html
— More than $100K stolen during Logan Square cannabis dispensary burglary that cops now say was an inside job – ROSEMARY SOBOL and ELVIA MALAGÓN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-cannabis-burglary-inside-job-20200110-lbg6gtavnzbata2cxoxedsipzm-story.html
— Police: 2 suspects charged in shooting during sale of THC vape cartridges in Zion – FRANK S. ABDERHOLDEN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-zion-shooting-arrest-st-0111-20200110-tygv2mkx7rgsfa2uhzf2mtbqxa-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers want it to be easier to push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-marijuana-dispensary-application-concerns-st-20200110-3f3oppf22jbehgjgkbnufwid4m-story.html
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans line up behind Ives as she looks to unseat Democratic U.S. Rep. Sean Casten: Former U.S. Rep. Peter Roskam, who lost his west suburban 6th District seat to Democrat Sean Casten in the 2018 midterms, already has endorsed Republican challenger Jeanne Ives, a former state representative, in this year’s election. But Ives says she’s racking up more high-profile GOP endorsements including: Republican National Committeewoman Demetra Demonte; the Lake County Republican Party; Cook County Commissioner Sean Morrison; the conservative Club for Growth PAC; FreedomWorks, a group closely tied to the tea party movement; the House Freedom Caucus, a GOP caucus in the U.S. House; and the anti-abortion Susan B. Anthony List. Rich Porter, Illinois Republican National committeeman, also is backing Ives, according to her campaign. And Republicans in Illinois’ congressional delegation along with U.S. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy hosted a fundraiser for Ives in Washington, according to Ives’ political team. Ives, of Wheaton, is facing Jay Kinzler, of Glen Ellyn, in the Republican primary while incumbent Casten, of Downers Grove, is unopposed in the primary. – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-pot-fair-kim-foxx-ad-bloomberg-chicago-office-spin-20200110-icml6t27ubfm3hf4srojxz7ggq-story.html
— Chicago needs to set city’s on-site marijuana smoking rules soon, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-cannabis-consumption-rules-20200110-lg437upqpjanpcmy2gh746j3bu-story.html
— Why Elizabeth Warren is not so electable – Steve Chapman (DIERSEN: According to Republican-haters, the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-elizabeth-warren-electable-chapman-20200110-yyoitollrjf5lhunik3qx425ke-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage referendum questions: From pot to schools – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200110/dupage-referendum-questions-from-pot-to-schools
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville The debate on whether Naperville should allow recreational marijuana sales could be settled by voters. City council members put an advisory question on the ballot even though they moved to prohibit recreational pot stores in town. While the referendum is nonbinding, several council members have said they will trust the will of the voters. If voters don’t want recreational cannabis sales, no action will be needed. But if voters say they want such stores, the council would need to reverse its ban and set zoning regulations.)
— Geneva updates employee manual to reflect cannabis law – Bob Oswald (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, to work with, or to supervise anyone who has used pot. Far too many of my superiors and supervisors in the federal government were heavy drinkers.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200110/geneva-updates-employee-manual-to-reflect-cannabis-law

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— McClain email makes it clear: Mike Madigan’s time is up After two years of revelations, it’s obvious Madigan’s closest associates felt that no one could hold them to account, however foul the deed. It’s time for the Illinois House speaker to go, Greg Hinz writes. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/mcclain-email-makes-it-clear-mike-madigans-time
— Investors give nod to worst-rated Illinois with revenue growing As Pritzker nears his one-year anniversary in office, the state may be making some gains even as it grapples with rising pension debt and the highest borrowing costs among its peers. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/investors-give-nod-worst-rated-illinois-revenue-growing

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Mayor Lightfoot announces Cannabis Resource Fair for employees and entrepreneurs
https://chicagodefender.com/mayor-lightfoot-announces-cannabis-resource-fair-for-employees-and-entrepreneurs/

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Marijuana in our homes – Otto Ives
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/01/10/marijuana-in-our-homes/109565

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Manzullo Endorses Oberweis
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/10/manzullo-endorses-oberweis/
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Releases TV Commercial
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/10/il-14-jim-oberweis-releases-tv-commercial/
— Stoned Illinois Woman Arrested in Kenosha County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/10/stoned-illinois-woman-arrested-in-kenosha-county/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— 2020 GOP 6TH & 14TH CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES BOAST ENDORSEMENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/2020-gop-6th-14th-congressional-candidates-boast-endorsements.html
— Parental Notification of Abortion on the Chopping Block? – Kathy Valente
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/parental-notification-of-abortion-on-the-chopping-block/
— OBERWEIS TO HOST PARDONED PLATOON LEADER CLINT LORANCE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/oberweis-to-host-1st-lt-clint-lorance.html
— MCDERMED: ON MADIGAN, DEMOCRAT WOMEN NEED TO STEP UP OR SHUT UP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/mcdermed-on-madigan-democrat-women-need-to-step-up-or-shut-up.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW YORK CONSIDERS AUTOMATICALLY REGISTERING NON-CITIZENS TO VOTE. COULD ILLINOIS BE NEXT?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/new-york-considers-automatic-registering-non-citizens-to-vote-could-illinois-be-next-.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lawmakers may avoid divisive social issues in election year – BEN NADLER
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/10/lawmakers-may-avoid-divisive-social-issues-in-elec/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Damn right it will have an effect’: GOP fears Bloomberg spending could doom Trump in 2020 – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/damn-right-it-will-have-an-effect-gop-fears-bloomberg-spending-could-doom-trump-in-2020

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Texas Becomes First State to Reject Refugee Resettlement Lone Star state has taken 10 percent of all refugees in last decade – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: How many refugees do the Democrats and RINOs want to settle in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Democrats and RINOs shout at refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://freebeacon.com/issues/texas-first-state-reject-refugee-resettlement/

GOPUSA
— Michigan county executive gets blasted for his call for more refugees (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican county executive who does not call for more refugees, Democrats will a) call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all and b) promise to defeat you in the next election. What do you say to Republican county executives who succumb to the aforesaid and dump the Republicans in their county?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=82587

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— America’s Hamster Wheel Of ‘Career Advancement’ We’re told that getting ahead at work and reorienting our lives around our jobs will make us happy. So why hasn’t it? – CASEY CHALK (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980 and for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, extremely few of my coworkers earned job-related master’s degrees, job-related professional certifications, or a job-related professional license like I did. I earned a) job-related master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications in accounting, internal auditing, fraud examination, government financial management, financial services auditing, and forensic accounting when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license in accounting when I was 32.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/americas-hamster-wheel-of-career-advancement/

BLAZE
— California beach town’s residents say officials moved the homeless into their neighborhoods to make way for Bernie Sanders rally Rep. Alexandria Ocasio Cortez was also at the rally – Carlos Garcia
https://www.theblaze.com/news/venice-residents-say-bernie-rally-pushed-homeless-into-neighborhoods

DAILY CALLER
— House Democrats Vote Against Recognizing Unborn Babies As ‘Vulnerable Populations’ – MARY MARGARET OLOHAN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/10/mccarthy-democrats-vote-unborn-children/
— Texas Won’t Accept Refugees, Greg Abbott Letter Confirms – WILLIAM DAVIS (DIERSEN: How many refugees do the Democrats and RINOs want to settle in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Democrats and RINOs shout at refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/10/texas-refugees-greg-abbott/

FEDERALIST
— LGBT Activists Shouldn’t Encourage Teens To Use Grindr App Complicit In Gruesome Murder While LGBT advocates focus on hate crimes, discrimination, or other outside negative influences on the LGBT community, they fail to see the dangers within it. – Chad Felix Greene
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/10/lgbt-activists-encourage-teens-to-use-grindr-app-complicit-in-gruesome-christmas-murder/

LIFE NEWS
— We Must Hold the Media Accountable for Trashing People Like Pro-Life Teen Nick Sandmann – JARRETT STEPMAN
https://www.lifenews.com/2020/01/10/we-must-hold-the-media-accountable-for-trashing-people-like-pro-life-teen-nick-sandmann/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Battling the LGBTQ+ push within evangelical churches – Michael F. Haverluck (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will your church banish its member who do not promote LGBTQ+ activity?)
https://onenewsnow.com/church/2020/01/10/battling-the-lgbtqplus-push-within-evangelical-churches

THE HILL
— Wake up: Nobody wants migrants or refugees – LEX RIEFFEL (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs shout at migrants and refugees that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/477239-wake-up-nobody-wants-migrants-or-refugees

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— New York Times Editorial Board to Put Pre-Endorsement Candidate Interviews on the Record for First Time Ever – Lindsey Ellefson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, mainstream newspapers only endorse candidates who promise to use government to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/news/new-york-times-editorial-board-to-put-pre-endorsement-candidate-interviews-on-the-record-for-first-time-ever/

January 10 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Waukegan distribution business moves across border to Wisconsin, citing taxes – EMILY K. COLEMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-waukegan-business-wisconsin-st-0109-20200109-spd2n635nreurajtre4imvx7sq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Hey, Illinois, stop smoking all the legal marijuana. I need it for when Trump starts a war.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-illinois-legal-marijuana-trump-iran-smollett-week-in-review-huppke-20200110-o3jguh7zczhlflwq64emf4wp54-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Chicago pastor charged with bilking federal program to feed needy kids, spending $142,000 on a Bentley for himself – JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-chicago-pastor-meals-for-needy-kids-bentley-20200110-gk4rgc4qdbhqhajk57k67i2xli-story.html
— Royal rebels Harry and Meghan can find freedom and independence on Chicago’s Southwest Side – John Kass (DIERSEN: If the Royals moved to Chicago, the Democrats who run Chicago would force them to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-harry-meghan-royal-rebels-kass-20200110-7vtvskt7hfes7kag424xg7mvhy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— House passes resolution to curb Trump power to attack Iran: How Illinois members voted The 18 Illinois House members voted on party lines, as did most of the House. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/9/21059235/house-resolution-iran-donald-trump-illinois-voting

DAILY HERALD
— 8th Congressional District: One Krishnamoorthi challenger withdraws, another overcomes objection – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200109/one-krishnamoorthi-challenger-withdraws-another-overcomes-objection
(FROM THE ARTICLE: No Republicans have filed to run for the 8th District seat, but the Illinois Republican Party has until June 1 to slate a candidate.)
— OUTRAGEOUS: Illinois Medicaid now covering transgender therapy, procedures – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats outrageously promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200109/illinois-medicaid-now-covering-transgender-therapy-procedures
— Thrive D205 to discuss what does legal marijuana for teens
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200109/submitted/200109164
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get the female vote, Democrats shout at females, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200109/join-in-second-annual-march-to-the-polls-jan-18-in-geneva
— Residents file ethics complaints against Elgin council members – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200109/residents-file-ethics-complaints-against-elgin-council-members

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Legislative redistricting is coming in 2021—so 2020 is the time for reform Can a universally accepted “fair map” be drawn for a given legislature? Perhaps not. But there are certainly better and worse maps. Here’s how to get a decent one for Illinois. – CHRISTOPHER Z. MOONEY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/legislative-redistricting-coming-2021-so-2020-time-reform
— Where the (good) jobs are – JUDITH CROWN (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all of the jobs that I had were BAD JOBS that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/employment/where-good-jobs-are

WBEZ
— Cook County President Toni Preckwinkle Again Calls For Hospitals To Treat More Uninsured – Kristen Schorsch (DIERSEN: Those who pay for their health insurance pay for those who do not pay for their health insurance.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/cook-county-president-toni-preckwinkle-again-calls-for-hospitals-to-treat-more-uninsured/b26adbf6-d2e4-4c91-841f-7b557afe492d

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— St. Francis High School junior achieves perfect ACT score John Andrzejewski lives in Campton Hills
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/12/14/st-francis-high-school-junior-achieves-perfect-act-score/axokqyr/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— OUTRAGEOUS: Illinois Medicaid now covers transgender therapy – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats outrageously promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200109/illinois-medicaid-now-covers-transgender-therapy

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— Michigan town ‘stinks;’ Council buys pot odor device – AP
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/michigan-town-stinks-council-buys-pot-odor-device/article_cb59e636-fd58-5728-b643-264cf5d39e9b.html

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2020/01/02/newsletter-sample-is-recreational-marijuana-in-the-works-for-kendall-county/ayi70e5/

BLACK LIVES MATTER WEEK
— Evanston School District 65: National Black Lives Matter week (DIERSEN: This lesson plan 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://blmweekd65.weebly.com/#new_tab
(FROM THE POSTING: The lessons that educators teach during this week of action correspond to the thirteen guiding principles of Black Lives Matter: Monday: Restorative Justice, Empathy and Loving Engagement Tuesday: Diversity and Globalism Wednesday: Trans-Affirming, Queer Affirming and Collective Value Thursday: Intergenerational, Black Families and Black Villages Friday: Black Women and Unapologetically Black)

CENTER SQUARE
— Grant Wehrli bill filed in Illinois to bar private pay for public employees after Gov. J.B. Pritzker shells out $3 million for staffers – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/bill-filed-in-illinois-to-bar-private-pay-for-public/article_e563d918-330f-11ea-beb1-63b278b2e70e.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Rep. Grant Wehrli, R-Naperville, said the move sets a precedent that could make it difficult for future governors of more modest means to attract quality employees. “Governance should be now and going forward based on how we can deliver for the people of Illinois,” Wehrli said. “It should not be based on who can pay their employees the most through private dollars. It is the height of hypocrisy when the Illinois Democratic party decries outside dollars in politics and state and federal government, yet they’re silent here.” Wehrli said there’s no way to see how the private dollars are being used to pay public employees. “Are they doubling the salary? Is this a bonus for getting legislation passed? [That] would be of extreme concern, basically, that’s pay for performance when it comes to governance and that would be highly unethical,” Wehrli said. A better way, Wehrli said, would be for the supplementary pay to come out of a campaign fund, such as Michael Bloomberg did when he served New York’s mayor. That would at least show how the money flows, Wehrli said, but even that raises questions. “Running it through a campaign account would add some clarity, but not enough clarity to where I’d be OK with it,” he said. Wehrli said Pritzker’s wealth would be better spent elsewhere in state government. “We have this thing called a bills backlog, it’s been building for decades,” Wehrli said. “Maybe he just wants to write a check and clear out the bills backlog. That would be a better use of his private dollars.” As of Thursday, the state’s backlog of unpaid bills stood at $6.8 billion. Pritzker is reportedly worth about $3 billion. The governor’s office did not return messages seeking comment. Wehrli said he will file legislation to try and curb the practice, but being in the minority party, he doesn’t expect it to advance. State Sen. Jason Plummer, R-Edwardsville, filed Senate Bill 2320 this week to bar private dollars from being used for public employee salaries. That measure says no state employee “may receive monetary or other compensation from any private party for work performed within the scope of his or her employment by a state agency.” Lawmakers return to Springfield later this month.)

WIREPOINTS
— “People move to states where there is opportunity, jobs, growth potential, affordable housing…people aren’t choosing Illinois, they’re leaving Illinois.” – Ted on WJPF NewsRadio (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the only opportunities left in Illinois are for those who 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wirepoints.org/people-move-to-states-where-there-is-opportunity-jobs-growth-potential-affordable-housing-people-arent-choosing-illinois-theyre-leaving-illinois-ted-on-wjpf-newsradio/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Back to the Future Recommended for Assessment Appeals of Cook County Industrial and Commercial Property
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/10/back-to-the-future-recommended-for-assessment-appeals-of-cook-county-industrial-and-commercial-property/
— IL-14: Catalina Lauf’s Master Stroke
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/10/il-14-catalina-laufs-master-stroke/
— IL-06/IL-14: Sean Casten & Lauren Underwood Support Resolution on Iran
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/10/il-06-il-14-sean-casten-lauren-underwood-support-resolution-on-iran/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Do Illinoisans Know All That Springfield Swampsters Did in 2019?
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/podcast/podcast-do-illinoisans-know-all-that-springfield-swampsters-did-in-2019/

CAPITOL FAX
— Republican congressional delegation wants special prosecutor over McClain email
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/10/republican-congressional-delegation-wants-special-prosecutor-over-mcclain-email/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump wows the crowd at Toledo rally – and takes no prisoners. – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/trump_wows_the_crowd_at_toledo_rally__and_takes_no_prisoners.html

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Holds Packed-Out Rally In Ohio, Taunts Dems Over Iran, Tests Out New Slogan For GOP – James Barrett
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-holds-packed-out-rally-in-ohio-taunts-dems-over-iran-tests-out-new-slogan-for-gop

TOWNHALL
— The Democrats’ 2020 Vision: America Last – Paul Curry
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2020/01/10/the-democrats-2020-vision-america-last-n2559294

REUTERS
— Majority of Americans favor wealth tax on very rich: Reuters/Ipsos poll (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government promoted envy. They stressed the a) new cars that I owned, b) money that I spent on tuition and books, c) real estate that I owned, d) vacations that I took, e) my wife’s savings, f) my wife’s income, g) real estate that my wife and I owned, h) vacations that my wife and I took, i) collector cars that I owned, j) money that my wife and I saved for our retirement, k) etc.)
https://kfgo.com/news/articles/2020/jan/10/majority-of-americans-favor-wealth-tax-on-very-rich-reutersipsos-poll/973213/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Underfunded IRS struggles to send refunds, answer calls 2019 was a tough year for the IRS, a new federal report says. – Sarah Skidmore
https://www.wfmj.com/story/41537924/underfunded-irs-struggles-to-send-refunds-answer-calls

YAHOO NEWS
— ‘I don’t have a family fortune to fall back on’: Ex-Labour MP says she was photographed while at local Jobcentre – James Morris (DIERSEN: What do you have to “fall back on” for income? For me, thankfully, it includes my Civil Service Retirement System pension, Social Security, and retirement savings.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/laura-smith-labour-crewe-nantwich-photographed-jobcentre-123049829.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get the Latino vote, Democrats shout at Latinos, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/10/opinion/latinos-2020.html
— JULY 11, 2019 FLASHBACK: Politicians Don’t Actually Care What Voters Want Does that statement sound too cynical? Unfortunately, the evidence supports it. – Joshua Kalla and Ethan Porter (DIERSEN: Who are the elected officials who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? How often do they take actions against those who share your demographics? I should write a book about elected officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America who have taken the most actions against those who share my demographics. I would focus on their actions which promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I would focus on their actions which 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/opinion/politicians-voters.html
— It’s 1856 All Over Again Immigration. Race. Demographic change. Political demagogy. That year’s presidential race had it all. What can it tell us about 2020? – Steve Inskeep (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1856? My ancestors were operating farms in Crete and Grant Park.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/opinion/1856-election-2020.html

PHILADELPHIA INQUIRER
— Do officials who block people on social media violate the First Amendment? | Pro/Con (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and/or act like they are doing everything that they can to block everyone from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, and/or political clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.inquirer.com/opinion/commentary/trump-aoc-blocking-twitter-court-cases-politicians-social-media-20200109.html

USA TODAY
— Buying a new house may now be easier for millennials as more starter homes get built – Paul Davidson (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious a) when I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old, b) when I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in 1974, c) when I bought a one bedroom in that building in 1976, and d) when my wife and I bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when my wife and I had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/10/buying-home-millennials-may-now-able-afford-new-house/2850016001/

ORLANDO WEEKLY
— Vice President Mike Pence headlining ‘Latinos for Trump’ event in Kissimmee – Solomon Gustavo (DIERSEN: Who would the following ask to lead an “Asians for Trump” event in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois: the leaders of your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, and the Illinois Republican Party?)
https://www.orlandoweekly.com/Blogs/archives/2020/01/07/vice-president-mike-pence-headlining-latinos-for-trump-event-in-kissimmee

WESTWORD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get the Black vote, Democrats shout at Blacks, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.westword.com/news/heres-how-pete-buttigieg-courted-the-black-vote-in-denver-11603761

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To get the youth vote, Democrats shout at young people, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/young-voters-still-love-bernie-sanders.html

ATLANTIC
— How Cities Became Childless
https://www.theatlantic.com/video/index/604684/childless-cities/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook to Keep Targeted Political Ads but Give Users More Control The social-media giant breaks with other tech firms, says regulators—not companies—should rule on political ads – Emily Glazer
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-keep-targeted-political-ads-but-will-give-users-more-control-11578567603
— Democratic Lawmakers Try to Boost Asian-American Vote in Battleground States in 2020 Republicans also are focusing on the group, saying it benefits from the strong economy – Eliza Collins (DIERSEN: What are the following doing to boost the Asian-American vote: the leaders of a) your Republican township/ward party organization, b) your Republican county party organization, and c) the Illinois Republican Party? What have the aforesaid done to encourage Asian-Americans to run for government and political offices?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-lawmakers-try-to-boost-asian-american-vote-in-battleground-states-in-2020-11578657600
— THE END OF RETIREMENT The conventional wisdom—save enough to retire at age 65—won’t work for the generation starting their careers today, writes columnist John D. Stoll. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, because of political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination, everyone who is Republican, White, and/or male should expect to be forced to retire early.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-end-of-retirement-11578632400
— LET’S RETHINK WHAT COUNTS AS PAID WORK – Greg Ip (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout the loudest that because I am not paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are worthless. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, and/or political clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/lets-rethink-what-counts-as-paid-work-11578488558
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It may provide a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rewrite the basic contract of the labor market: Your paycheck reflects your contribution. . .Value and price aren’t the same thing. Some of the most valuable work in society is unpaid.)

FORBES
— Similarities Between the French ‘Institutional Harassment’ Case And IBM Age Discrimination Litigation? – Patricia Barnes (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997 harassed their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2020/01/09/similarities-between-the-french-institutional-harassment-case-and-ibm-age-discrimination-litigation/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A French court recently became the first to recognize the crime of “institutional harassment,” where managers intentionally degrade working conditions and create an anxiety-provoking climate to pressure workers to quit. . .A federal class action lawsuit filed in New York earlier this year alleges that top executives at IBM in 2014 hatched a company-wide plan to eliminate older employees through large-scale discriminatory layoffs—called “Resource Actions.” Among other things, IBM allegedly manipulated the performance review process by directing managers to reduce the annual performance ratings for older workers and then use those sham evaluation scores as a key factor to justify picking older workers to be discharged. So-called “early professional hires” and recent college graduates were exempt from the Resource Actions.)
— OCTOBER 24, 2013 FLASHBACK: 16 Mistakes Employees Make When Trying To Get A Promotion – Jacquelyn Smith (DIERSEN: What “mistakes” did you make? I did a) not become a Democrat, b) not paint myself as being a yes-man, or c) not help my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/10/24/16-mistakes-employees-make-when-trying-to-get-a-promotion/
— How Do You Measure Company Culture? – Greg Kihlstrom (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the cultures of the following: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2020/01/10/how-do-you-measure-company-culture/

PROMARKET
— JUNE 16, 2017 FLASHBACK: Study: Politicians Vote Against the Will of Their Constituents 35 Percent of the Time – Asher Schechter (DIERSEN: Who are the elected officials who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? How often do they take actions against those who share your demographics? I should write a book about elected officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America who have taken the most actions against those who share my demographics. I would focus on their actions which promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I would focus on their actions which 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://promarket.org/study-politicians-vote-will-constituents-35-percent-time/

AOL
— Intuit TurboTax guide to tax benefits for having dependents (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Virtually all my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees like them who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.aol.com/article/finance/2019/12/23/intuit-turbotax-guide-to-tax-benefits-for-having-dependents/23886729/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Tesla Has A Higher Market Value Than Ford And GM Combined – Shane McGlaun
http://fordauthority.com/2020/01/tesla-has-a-higher-market-value-than-ford-and-gm-combined/

January 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Weed-related emergency room visits up after legalization in Illinois, doctors say
https://abc7chicago.com/5831536/

NBC5
— Madigan Rejects Request for House Investigation Into Email Alleging Rape Cover-Up, Pritzker Deflects
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/madigan-rejects-request-for-house-investigation-into-email-alleging-rape-cover-up-pritzker-deflects/2198886/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Federal authorities ask Speaker Michael Madigan confidant to cooperate in probe – RAY LONG and JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-mike-madigan-mclain-federal-investigation-cooperation-20200109-obgyldc7crfxxbviihi7hy3n5a-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-marijuana-pot-economic-impact-greising-20200109-6obux4doyjclxlpdwhx7niupuu-story.html
— Pritzker calls email from lobbyist and Michael Madigan confidant referencing rape cover-up ‘horrific’ but says he’ll await outcome of investigation: ‘Let’s start with getting all of the facts’ – DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-mike-mcclain-emails-20200109-y5nvxkjpbnbrba556lk2dxhiva-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan cites ‘sensitivity’ in refusing call for House probe of confidant’s email about ‘rape’ and ghost payrollers Madigan’s refusal sparked a feisty response. “We did not realize that ghost payrolling was too sensitive of a topic for the committee to investigate on behalf of Illinois taxpayers,” Durkin spokeswoman Eleni Demertzis said. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/9/21058871/madigan-sensitivity-refusing-house-probe-mclain-email-rape-champaign-ghost-payrollers
— Get to the truth about that ‘rape in Champaign’ An investigation is the only way to determine if this is some sort of twisted metaphor or if real crimes occurred — and if a state worker kept his job because he ‘kept his mouth shut.’ – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/9/21056924/michael-mcclain-email-governor-pritzker-investigation-rape-champaign-ghost-workers-editorial
— How to make Chicago’s pot-smoking laws more fair citywide A better ordinance wouldn’t relegate residents of black and Latino neighborhoods to smoking pot in public stairwells and gangways, inviting arrest. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/9/21055647/recreational-marijuana-smoke-shops-lori-lightfoot-chicago-city-council-rossana-rodriguez-sanchez
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/9/21058633/nonbinary-gender-identity-my-pronouns-american-dialect-society-linguistics-they-conversation

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry County Board delays benefit elimination vote until February – Drew Zimmerman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200109/mchenry-county-board-delays-benefit-elimination-vote-until-february

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Goodbye, Illinois. Hello . . . where? The state, along with California and New York, has seen an exodus. But it’s not all to Texas and it’s not all about taxes, writes Justin Fox of Bloomberg Opinion. (DIERSEN: Republicans leave Illinois to escape Democrat laws. But no matter where you move to, Democrats are moving there too. Wherever Democrats move to, a) prosperity and safety decrease and b) poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/goodbye-illinois-hello-where

WGN TV
— Mixed legality of marijuana on state, federal levels leaves gun owners in limbo – MIKE LOWE
https://wgntv.com/2020/01/09/mixed-legality-of-marijuana-on-state-federal-levels-leaves-gun-owners-in-limbo/

WTTW
— 5 Myths About Legal Marijuana – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2020/01/08/5-myths-about-legal-marijuana

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Health advocates, lawmakers want stronger regulations of vaping – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200109/health-advocates-lawmakers-want-stronger-regulations-of-vaping

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20200109/consistently-strong-local-pot-sales-but-at-least-one-dispensary-is-temporarily-out-of-product

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Quad Cities Chamber of Commerce being sued for alleged age and gender discrimination – Anthony Watt
https://qctimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/quad-cities-chamber-being-sued-for-alleged-age-and-gender/article_060d0b81-d7e7-5b94-83b0-0f27aa064ce4.html

KENOSHA NEWS
— Driving stoned: Deputy arrests impaired Illinois driver – Jeffrey Zampanti
https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/local/driving-stoned-deputy-arrests-impaired-illinois-driver/article_df3b9b89-f3dc-5fdb-9948-49ea7240f2bb.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Illinois Official Highlights Election Integrity Problems, Solutions – MIKE SMITH
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/illinois-official-highlights-election-integrity-problems-solutions#stream/0

DAILY ILLINI
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican promote tattoos.
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2020/01/09/opinion-tattoos-should-not-be-taboo-in-the-workplace/

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2020/Chicago-Mag-Buys-Some-Weed/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Get Out of Jail Almost Free Proposed by Pritzker
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/09/get-out-of-jail-almost-free-proposed-by-pritzker/
— IL-14: McHenry County Republicans Lincoln Day Dinner Event
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/09/il-14-mchenry-county-republicans-hosting-candidates-form-copy/
— Brettman v. Franks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/09/brettman-v-franks/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS CANNABIS TAXES AMONG NATION’S HIGHEST, COULD KEEP BLACK MARKET THRIVING – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-cannabis-taxes-among-nations-highest-could-keep-black-market-thriving/

CAPITOL FAX
— Champaign County won’t investigate, Durkin calls for subpoenas and testimony under oath
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/09/champaign-county-wont-investigate-durkin-calls-for-subpoenas-and-testimony-under-oath/
— Brady calls for ISP probe
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/09/brady-calls-for-isp-probe/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— White House blasts Dems’ ‘misguided’ undermine of Trump’s war fighting authority – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/9/hogan-gidley-blasts-democrats-misguided-war-powers/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump: Nancy Pelosi ‘Not Operating with a Full Deck’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/01/09/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-not-operating-with-a-full-deck/
— Ann Coulter: Our Broken Border, Not Iran, Kills 30,000 Americans Every Year – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/01/09/exclusive-ann-coulter-our-broken-border-not-iran-kills-30000-americans-every-year/

TOWNHALL
— The Democrat’s Hatred of President Trump and America Itself Is Appalling – Sheriff David Clarke, Ret.
https://townhall.com/columnists/sheriffdavidclarkeret/2020/01/09/the-democrats-hatred-of-president-trump-and-america-itself-is-appalling-n2559280

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The Postal Service is America’s most popular government agency. Why does Trump hate it? – MICHAEL HILTZIK
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2020-01-09/postal-service-trump

SAN FRANCISCO GATE
— In Silicon Valley, some men say cosmetic procedures are essential to a career – Peter Holley
https://www.sfgate.com/business/article/In-Silicon-Valley-some-men-say-cosmetic-14962007.php

DAILY FREEMAN
— 9 resign from town of New Paltz Democratic Committee, alleging age discrimination – William J. Kemble (DIERSEN: How soon will political organizations officially limit their membership to those who are younger, female, minority, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.dailyfreeman.com/news/local-news/resign-from-town-of-new-paltz-democratic-committee-alleging-age/article_245f9f08-3310-11ea-9123-573ad9be9793.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nine people have resigned from the 21-member town Democratic Committee, angry that no one over age 60 is being added to the body. The nine, including Committee Chairman Josh Honig, announced their departure in a press release early Thursday that, in addition to age discrimination, alleged bullying and threats by some of the other 12 members. “The threats were that when petition time came, which is pretty soon, that the seniors on the committee would be petitioned, and that they could not possibly, because of their age and not having the backing of the … political establishment, be re-elected to the committee,” said Jane Schanberg, spokesperson for the nine. “They would be replaced by people who were put up by people that were put up by the establishment.”)

FORBES
— Trump Blames You For Your Subpar 401(k) – Teresa Ghilarducci
https://www.forbes.com/sites/teresaghilarducci/2020/01/09/trump-blames-you-for-your-subpar-401k/

NEWSWEEK
— ANTI-TRUMP REPUBLICAN GROUP TAKES AIM AT ‘MAGA CHURCH’ IN NEW VIDEO – JAMES CROWLEY
https://www.newsweek.com/republicans-against-trump-maga-church-1481377

PEW RESEARCH
— Most Americans Say There Is Too Much Economic Inequality in the U.S., but Fewer Than Half Call it a Top Priority Democrats and Republicans differ on whether addressing economic inequality requires major changes to the economic system – JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ, RUTH IGIELNIK AND RAKESH KOCHHAR (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.pewsocialtrends.org/2020/01/09/most-americans-say-there-is-too-much-economic-inequality-in-the-u-s-but-fewer-than-half-call-it-a-top-priority/

January 9 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Past and present candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended the outstanding Milton Township Republican Organization monthly meeting Wednesday evening, January 8, 2020, at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream included Anderson, Breen, Carlson, Corrigan, Eckhoff, Elliott, Falbo, Felice, Fitch, Grant, Heidorn, Holan, Holder, Ives, Jensen, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Keller, Kinzler, LeVan, McCluskey, McGowen, Molitor, Monino, Muehlfelt, Murphy, Nathwani, O’Toole, Senka, Tartar, Tatro, Veenstra, Walsh, Whelan, and Zay. Attendees included Baker, Cherry, Dangelo, Fitzpatrick, Grant, Lofgren, McCarthy, McNeily, Menna, Slinger, and Smith. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WGN TV
— TRAGIC: Doctors sees spike in ER visits since legalization of recreational marijuana – DANA REBIK
https://wgntv.com/2020/01/08/doctors-sees-spike-in-er-visits-since-legalization-of-recreational-marijuana/

ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers weigh in on US response after Iran missile strike – Jessica D’Onofrio and Stacey Baca
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-leaders-weigh-in-on-us-response-after-iran-missile-strike/5825486/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://abc7chicago.com/5827924/

NBC5
— What to Know: Legal Marijuana & Firearm Permits Illinois has more than two million FOID card holders – Chris Coffey
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/what-to-know-legal-marijuana-firearm-permits/2198492/
— Bloomberg Blasts Trump Over ‘Broken Promises’ in Chicago Speech The appearance was Bloomberg’s first in the state since joining the race for the Democratic nomination
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/bloomberg-blasts-trump-over-broken-promises-in-chicago-speech/2198529/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— R. Kelly’s girlfriends clash at Trump Tower, sending one to a hospital while other is charged with domestic battery – Rosemary Sobol
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-r-kelly-fight-trump-tower-20200109-ka4rrzewujf4he6rueixwlxyam-story.html
— Our suggestion to Meghan Markle stands: Hey, Duchess, come to Chicago. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Of course, the Democrats who run Illinois would want them to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. Of course, the Democrats who run Illinois would want them to do everything that they could to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-meghan-markle-prince-harry-chicago-monarchy-20200108-2rupnjizkvdyfgggycejhi6qba-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s on-site recreational marijuana smoking rules for businesses stalls – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-marijuana-on-premises-rules-20200108-g7ygazqcynatvjqj5ynd2mysp4-story.html
— Another Illinois scandal: Did a ‘loyal’ Democrat conceal rape to protect his political allies? – Editorial (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents a) demand loyalty to them personally and b) destroy those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-madigan-rape-mcclain-illinois-governor-quinn-scandal-20200109-hromb3a5mjghxcdtiabkrsqnea-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 1 of R. Kelly’s girlfriends charged after fight at Trump Tower In a series of videos posted to Instagram, the 22-year-old woman could be seen angrily confronting Joycelyn Savage, 24, who was charged with misdemeanor domestic battery. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/8/21057478/cpd-called-to-trump-tower-after-fight-between-r-kellys-girlfriends
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/8/21057670/chicago-pot-dispensaries-legal-weed-green-thumb

DAILY HERALD
— Lauzen now says bid for third term is ‘up in the air’ – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200108/lauzen-now-says-bid-for-third-term-is-up-in-the-air

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Weed shops don’t have enough employees, either – JOHN PLETZ (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who has anything to do with pot.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/weed-shops-dont-have-enough-employees-either

WBEZ
— House GOP Leader Calls For Hearings Into Madigan Ally’s ‘Shocking’ Rape Email – Tony Arnold, Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/amid-outrage-madigan-claims-no-knowledge-of-rape-in-confidants-email/ba6e4d0a-b32b-4eb3-b796-5485a43fbb6a
— Five Charts That Show Who’s Leaving Illinois And Why – Alden Loury (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats want you to leave Illinois: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/five-charts-that-show-whos-leaving-illinois-and-why/53ded25c-1800-48c3-8dbb-916d0e0ff13a

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://wgnradio.com/2020/01/08/the-daily-lines-heather-cherone-recaps-the-first-week-of-legal-marijuana-sales-in-illinois-what-do-we-need-to-know/

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/marijuana-dispensary-long-lines/Content?oid=76897067

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200108/first-week-of-legal-recreational-pot-sales-going-smoothly-in-springfield

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Investigation demanded for ‘rape in Champaign’ email – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Investigation-demanded-for-8216-rape-in-14960312.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— The State of the County presented by DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and a and Panel Discussion was hosted by Chamber630 at the DoubleTree Suites by Hilton Hotel and Conference Center in Downers Grove on Jan. 8.
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/lists/2020/01/08/feff6e44a91946eeb2b392ff80ee249b/index.xml

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Northern Illinois University talk involving pros, cons of legal marijuana set for Jan. 14 – KELSEY RETTKE (DIERSEN: There is nothing good about pot.)
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/01/08/northern-illinois-university-talk-involving-pros-cons-of-legal-marijuana-set-for-jan-14/a9ooak8/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Republicans blast property tax task force report: House leader Durkin says Democratic majority ‘refuses to be serious’ – PETER HANCOCK
https://qconline.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/republicans-blast-property-tax-task-force-report-house-leader-durkin/article_02bb416e-783f-553d-9a8e-69a20f153bf3.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/benefits-of-having-a-medical-marijuana-card-after-legalization

MDJ ONLINE
— Republican Congressman Rodney Davis from Illinois urges Pelosi to send the articles of impeachment to Senate – Greg Bishop
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/republican-congressman-from-illinois-urges-pelosi-to-send-the-articles/article_5d3cdc20-9214-5700-89cb-a4374be2a4cb.html

ONE ILLINOIS
— GOP calls property-tax task force ‘woeful failure’ House Minority Leader Durkin admits ‘there’s nothing that they could offer us’ to support Gov. Pritzker’s fair tax – Ted Cox
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2020/1/8/gop-blasts-property-tax-task-force-as-woeful-failure

DAILY LINE
— Republicans blast Democrats for trading progressive tax votes for ‘failed’ task force – Hannah Meisel
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/01/09/2020/republicans-blast-democrats-for-trading-progressive-tax-votes-for-failed-task-force/

WIREPOINTS
— 93 of Illinois’ 102 counties have lost population since 2010 – Wirepoints Original – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that drive individuals, organizations, and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time out of DuPage County, out of Milton Township, out Wheaton, and out of Wheaton’s West District.)
https://wirepoints.org/93-of-illinois-102-counties-have-lost-population-since-2010-wirepoints-original/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Do Illinoisans Know All that Springfield Swampsters Did in 2019? – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/01/wait-till-illinoisans-see-what-springfield-swampsters-have-done-now/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Madigan says he was unaware of rape cited in friend’s email – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/8/madigan-says-he-was-unaware-of-rape-cited-in-frien/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ilhan Omar denounces Trump for treating illegal immigrants like ‘criminals’ – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ilhan-omar-denounces-trump-for-treating-illegal-immigrants-like-criminals
— GOP governors who embrace refugees deserve conservative support – Brad Polumbo (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to turn refugees against Republicans. DuPage County has more residents than five states. If you oppose taking in more refugees, Democrats and RINOs viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. In which DuPage townships, DuPage municipalities, and DuPage precincts will more refugees be sent?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/actually-tucker-carlson-its-a-good-thing-that-17-gop-governors-are-accepting-refugees

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrat party is officially a dysfunctional family – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/the_democrat_party_is_officially_a_dysfunctional_family.html

BREITBART
— GOP Governors Do Damage Control After Approving More Refugees – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to turn refugees against Republicans. DuPage County has more residents than five states. If you oppose taking in more refugees, Democrats and RINOs viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. In which DuPage townships, DuPage municipalities, and DuPage precincts will more refugees be sent?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/08/gop-governors-do-damage-control-after-approving-more-refugees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the memo, Hutchinson admits that refugees resettled in Arkansas will eventually be able to apply for public benefits, welfare, and social services. . .Similarly, Gov. Bill Lee of Tennessee scolded residents and state officials who are opposed to his decision to continue refugee resettlement in the state, claiming that they have conflated refugees with illegal aliens. Activists opposing refugee resettlement who have spoken to Breitbart News have never claimed to date that refugees are illegal aliens. . .Lee also claimed that Tennessee officials will have a say “in the process” of resettling refugees, but no federal statute supports state involvement in such a way. Rather, refugee contractors — funded by the federal government — are allowed to resettle as many refugees in regions that allow for resettlement. . .Refugee resettlement costs American taxpayers nearly $9 billion every five years, according to the latest research. Over the course of five years, an estimated 16 percent of all refugees admitted will need housing assistance paid for by taxpayers.)
— CNN Admits in Sandmann Lawsuit It Can’t Prove Anyone’s a Racist – JOHN NOLTE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to call someone a racist today in America is like calling someone a Jew during the 1930s and 1940s in Germany. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump-supporters are racists. Needless-to-say, Trump-supporters should immediately sue any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any county that hints/implies/argues/shouts that they are a racist. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/01/08/nolte-cnn-admits-in-sandmann-lawsuit-it-cant-prove-anyones-a-racist/
— Gavin Newsom to Offer Free Health Care to Illegal Alien Seniors – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2020/01/09/report-gavin-newsom-to-offer-free-health-care-to-illegal-alien-seniors/
— Facebook Exec Admits He’s Triggered by Trump, Breitbart, But Still Opposes Censorship – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/01/09/facebook-exec-admits-hes-triggered-by-trump-breitbart-but-still-opposes-censorship/

DAILY SIGNAL
— MAGA Hat-Wearing Teen Just Got a Settlement From CNN. Media: Learn Your Lesson. – Jarrett Stepman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to call someone a racist today in America is like calling someone a Jew during the 1930s and 1940s in Germany. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that Trump-supporters are racists. Needless-to-say, Trump-supporters should immediately sue any individual, any organization, any company, any government, and any county that hints/implies/argues/shouts that they are a racist. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a racist if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/08/maga-hat-wearing-teen-just-got-a-settlement-from-cnn-media-learn-your-lesson/

DAILY CALLER
— Maryland Legislator Wants To Steer Low-Income Housing To Affluent Suburban Neighborhoods – LUKE ROSIAK (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which groups do Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want to steer to your neighborhood, to your precinct, to your municipality, to your township/ward, and to your county? ANSWER: Groups that 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, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Groups that promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendment, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that steer the aforesaid to my neighborhood, to my precinct, to Wheaton’s West District, to Wheaton, to Glen Ellyn, to Milton Township, to DuPage County, and to Illinois and the success that they have had.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/08/maryland-legislator-vaughn-stewart-low-income-housing-suburbs/

FEDERALIST
— To The Liberal Media’s Dismay, There Will Be No Disastrous War With Iran Only a mainstream media that’s been blinded by hatred of Trump could be this disappointed their predictions of all-out war with Iran haven’t come true. – John Daniel Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/09/to-the-liberal-medias-dismay-there-will-be-no-disastrous-war-with-iran/

GOPUSA
— Glacier National Park to replace signs saying glaciers would be gone by 2020
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=82512

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Abortion activists storm office of pro-life House Democrat Rep. Daniel Lipinski is under fire in his Illinois district for joining Republicans in supporting a Louisiana pro-life law. – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/abortion-activists-storm-office-of-pro-life-house-democrat

NEWS BUSTERS
— Illegal Immigrant ‘Party of Five’ Reboot: ‘What’s the Matter With This Country?’ – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2020/01/08/illegal-immigrant-party-five-reboot-asks-whats-matter

PJ MEDIA
— Dems Seem Disappointed That Trump Won’t Bomb Tehran – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-morning-briefing-dems-seem-disappointed-that-trump-wont-bomb-tehran/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Defending the Virtues of American Nationalism – MICHAEL DORAN
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2020/01/21/defending-the-virtues-of-american-nationalism/

NOQ REPORT
— Revisiting the link between leftism and Islamism – Ray Fava
https://noqreport.com/2020/01/09/revisiting-link-leftism-islamism/

THE HILL
— George Conway group releases first anti-Trump ad aimed at evangelicals – JUSTINE COLEMAN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/477492-george-conway-group-releases-first-anti-trump-ad-aimed-at-evangelicals

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/michael-steele-gop-donald-trump-iran_n_5e16e00cc5b600960c5ffbc8

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘They are in love with terrorists’: GOP lawmaker says Democrats ‘mourn Soleimani’ more than they grieve for Gold Star families – Timothy Bella
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/01/09/doug-collins-democrats-love-with-terrorists-mourn-soleimani-iran/
— Facebook won’t limit political ad targeting or stop false claims under new ad rules But changes announced Thursday will allow users to exercise control over more of the ads they see. – Tony Romm, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Craig Timberg (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want everyone to block GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. My critics/opponents want you to see ONLY what they put out or bless.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/01/09/facebook-wont-limit-political-ad-targeting-or-stop-pols-lying/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to turn refugees against Republicans. DuPage County has more residents than five states. If you oppose taking in more refugees, Democrats and RINOs viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. In which DuPage townships, DuPage municipalities, and DuPage precincts will more refugees be sent?)
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-09/refugees-bismarck-north-dakota-trump

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters love Obama and hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2020/01/08/pew-research-center-survey-donald-trump-international-attitudes/2832515001/

NAVIGATOR JOURNAL
— Edwards County in need of Precinct Committeemen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about being a Republican Precinct Committeeman. I have been the Republican Precinct Committeeman for DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton since 1999. Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) meetings and fundraisers. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress a) that MTRO has never encouraged its members to read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, b) that MTRO rudely terminated me as its webmaster in 2010 and 2004, c) that MTRO has never asked me to serve as committee chairman or officer, d) that MTRO rudely crushed me when I ran for Treasurer in 2004, e) that MTRO has many past and present members who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems, f) that that MTRO has many past and present members who blame me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, and g) that MTRO has many past and present members who have never encouraged Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Days parades and fireworks.)
http://www.navigatorjournal.com/news/article_ec3a5f9e-3244-11ea-b2c6-476e7a78b14d.html

FORBES
— What The Illinois Supreme Court Said About Pensions – And Why It Matters – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2020/01/08/what-the-illinois-supreme-court-said-about-pensionsand-why-it-matters/#3ed5ed013666

NEWSWEEK
— JUST A WEEK AFTER RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA WAS LEGALIZED IN ILLINOIS, CHICAGO DOCTORS REPORT A SPIKE IN ER VISITS – ROSIE MCCALL
https://www.newsweek.com/recreational-weed-legalized-illinois-chicago-doctors-reporting-spike-er-visits-1481226

LOS ANGELES MAGAZINE
— APRIL 1, 2019 FLASHBACK: You’ve Heard of NIMBYs—but Who Are the PHIMBYs? Meet the latest faction in California’s housing wars – Zoie Matthew (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries want to build public housing in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.lamag.com/citythinkblog/who-are-the-phimbys/

FED SMITH
— Is Paid Parental Leave ‘Another Step Towards Socialism’? – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/01/09/paid-parental-leave-another-step-towards-socialism/

January 8 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot suffers yet another setback on recreational marijuana Mayor’s consumption ordinance stalls in City Council committee after aldermen from across the city complain about rigid state rules that tie the city’s hands. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/8/21057373/chicago-dispensaries-marijuana-setback-consumption-ordinance-lightfoot
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/1/8/21056752/president-donald-trump-iran-cultural-sites-destruction-culture-wars-s-e-cupp
— Bernie Sanders weighs in on latest CPS-CTU tussle: ‘Give veteran teachers the respect they have earned’ The union and Chicago Public Schools officials are arguing over $25 million that was promised for the district’s longest-serving teachers. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/1/8/21057399/cps-strike-bernie-sanders-ctu-veteran-teachers-union-elizabeth-warren
— Co-pay for taxpayers? Ousted Cook County Health CEO in line for ‘rich severance’ of half a million plus On top of that severance payout, the county health system will likely shell out more money to find Shannon’s permanent replacement. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/1/8/21056963/cook-county-health-system-ceo-john-jay-shannon-severance

DAILY HERALD
— Schneider challenger could be knocked off ballot in 10th House District race – Russsell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200108/schneider-challenger-could-be-knocked-off-ballot-in-10th-house-district-race

ABC7
— Army warns of fake military draft texts circulating this week – Alex Meier
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/army-warns-of-fake-military-draft-texts/5825919/

NBC5
— Lawmakers Call for Investigation Into Report of Madigan Associate’s Email Alleging Rape Cover-Up
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/lawmakers-call-for-investigation-into-report-of-madigan-associates-email-alleging-rape-cover-up/2198247/
— Merging Governments Tops Illinois Property Tax-Reduction Plan – John O’Connor
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/merging-governments-tops-illinois-property-tax-reduction-plan/2198115/
— Don’t Give Pot to Pets, Vet Medical Group Warns Instead of experiencing a pleasurable high, pets, particularly dogs, can become scared and sick, and pot-related illnesses could be lethal. – Chris Hush and Marco Stendardo
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/dont-give-pot-to-pets-vet-medical-group-warns/2198251/

CBS2
— Freshman legislator Celina Villanueva named to seat vacated by former Sen Sandoval – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/freshman-legislator-named-to-seat-vacated-by-former-sen-sandoval

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.news-gazette.com/business/entrepreneurs/champaign-dispensary-s-popularity-puts-parking-at-a-premium/article_972d86ac-ffb5-5401-a841-a3df07a0af4d.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Legal weed will create more black market activity – Kathy Valente, Director of Operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/letters_to_the_editor/letter-to-the-editor-legal-weed-will-create-more-black/article_2591b890-3255-11ea-bf56-43d7926f6993.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Danny Malouf Passing Petitions for U.S. Senate on Libertarian Party
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/08/dann-malouf-passing-petitions-for-u-s-senate-on-libertarian-party/
— IL-14: Sue Rezin Gives Campaign Update
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/08/il-14-sue-rezin-gives-campaign-update/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DURKIN SAYS NEWLY-FOUND MADIGAN INSIDER E-MAIL IS “SHOCKING” AND “BEYOND WORDS”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/durkin-says-ex-lobbyist-and-newly-found-madigan-insider-e-mail-is-shocking-and-beyond-words.html
— DEPT OF JUSTICE DECLARES ERA RATIFICATION DEAD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/dept-of-justice-decares-era-ratification-dead.html
— WHERE’S WEYERMULLER? MARCH FOR LIFE CHICAGO, SATURDAY JANUARY 11
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/wheres-weyermuller-march-for-life-chicago-saturday-january-11.html
— MCDERMED: PROPERTY TAX TASK FORCE SEES DISAPPOINTING, BUT NOT UNEXPECTED RESULTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/mcdermed-property-tax-task-force-sees-disappointing-but-not-unexpected-results.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— MAGA hat confrontation triggers active shooter scare – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/8/maga-hat-confrontation-triggers-active-shooter-sca/

TOWNHALL
— CNN and Fox News Report on the Rise of Hitler – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2020/01/08/cnn-and-fox-news-report-on-the-rise-of-hitler-n2559204

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Facebook Exec Warns: Don’t Use ‘Lever’ to ‘Change the Outcome’ of Election – Corinne Weaver
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/corinne-weaver/2020/01/08/facebook-exec-warns-dont-use-lever-change-outcome-election

NEW YORK TIMES
— U.S. Candidate Bloomberg Says Business Experience Is Key to Beating Trump – Reuters (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn the work experience that I have. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/08/us/politics/08reuters-usa-election-bloomberg.html

PBS
— Unemployment pushes more men to take on female-dominated jobs (DIERSEN: Have you held a female-dominated job? I washed dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer of 1965. My understanding is that I was the first and only White male to hold that job and that I held it longer than anyone else.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/economy/making-sense/unemployment-pushes-more-men-to-take-on-female-dominated-jobs

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Amid rising tensions with Iran, Army insists no plans for draft – Eric White
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2020/01/amid-rising-tensions-with-iran-army-insists-no-plans-for-draft/

January 8 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois lawmakers react to Iran missile strike – Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/5825486/
— McConnell says Senate impeachment trial will go forward without decision on witnesses – MARIAM KHAN
https://abc7chicago.com/mcconnell-says-senate-impeachment-trial-will-go-forward-without-decision-on-witnesses/5825831/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/recreational-cannabis-supply-shortage-happened-as-expected-experts-say/2197953/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Come hell or high water, if there’s war with Iran, Trump’s done – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-donald-trump-iran-kass-20200108-fho5rdzrxfbufa5wj7u4lfx6aq-story.html
— ‘Late Show’ mocks popularity of Illinois legal weed with ‘Pottillo’s’ sketch – TRACY SWARTZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-illinois-weed-legal-late-show-stephen-colbert-20200108-qmkj4xztlzb5ngnmzj6w3fnhqy-story.html
— Republicans criticize proposals for property tax relief in task force’s draft report – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-property-tax-task-force-20200108-ra5wolc2dbbqfcze2al65zerfe-story.html
— Coalition of labor, social service and religious leaders named to push Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated-rate income tax plan – RICK PEARSON (DIERSEN: What do the members of this coalition think of those who share your demographics?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-graduated-income-tax-supporters-20200107-thwqottkn5flpctf2unmxzqwhm-story.html
— Democratic leaders tap freshman state Rep. Celina Villanueva to replace ex-Sen. Martin Sandoval, who quit amid corruption probe – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-martin-sandoval-replacement-celina-villanueva-20200108-dksb4nz7x5eqnbsu2acny2lo7a-story.html
— Is the big tent of Democrats too big, as Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says? Only to small minds. – Clarence Page (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs use the Republican Party’s BIG TENT policy a) to drive Republicans out of the Republican Party, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, Republican county party organizations, Republican township party organizations, and Republican ward party organizations.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-ocasio-cortez-democrats-page-20200107-bbvieuuvzfaljnihwpr2weh52a-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/7/21047099/buying-weed-dispensary-illinois-guide-how-to
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/7/21056178/pot-illinois-impacts-outdoor-recreation-recreational-cannabis-program

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://wgnradio.com/2020/01/07/its-only-been-7-days-why-are-some-chicago-weed-dispensaries-closed/

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://news.wttw.com/2020/01/07/how-safe-are-legal-marijuana-vaping-products-illinois

CHICAGO NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
http://www.chicagonow.com/hippy-shakes/2020/01/everybody-must-get-stoned-the-search-for-legal-weed/
— Why Iran Is Our Enemy – Denise Williams
http://www.chicagonow.com/uncommon-sense/2020/01/why-iran-is-our-enemy/
— You Hate Trump – Denise Williams
http://www.chicagonow.com/uncommon-sense/2020/01/you-hate-trump/

CENTER SQUARE
— With 62,000 awaiting applications, Illinois State Police work on FOID automation, but other options remain – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/with-waiting-applications-illinois-state-police-work-on-foid-automation/article_16401024-318a-11ea-a285-bf74e438e901.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Christians, the Church, and the State – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/christians-the-church-and-the-state/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump wins record support from GOP voters – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/7/inside-the-beltway-trump-wins-record-support-from-/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/7/marijuana-sales-in-illinois-surpass-10-million-in-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Trump’s new constituency: Ex-cons – Paul Bedard (DIERSEN: Who would rather not hire you? Of course, my critics/opponents would much rather hire an ex-con than hire me. Of course, further, my critics/opponents would much rather hire someone 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 than hire me.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trumps-new-constituency-ex-cons
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First, President Trump pushed for cutting sentences on nonviolent criminals. Then, the White House put its stamp of approval on letting former jailbirds get a shot at federal jobs through the just-signed Fair Chance Act. As a result, Trump has a new MAGA constituency: ex-cons.)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Minority Leaders Must Speak Out against Jew-Hatred in Their Communities – Rabbi Aryeh Spero
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/minority_leaders_must_speak_out_against_jewhatred_in_their_communities.html

BREITBART
— Tucker Carlson: ‘Even Spies Seeking to Undermine’ U.S. Can Secure Birthright Citizenship for their Children – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/07/tucker-carlson-even-spies-seeking-to-undermine-u-s-can-secure-birthright-citizenship-for-their-children/
— New York May Give Automatic Voter Registration to Illegal Aliens with Driver’s Licenses – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/07/new-york-may-give-automatic-voter-registration-to-illegal-aliens-with-drivers-licenses/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘I Hate This’: Rand Paul Slams Trump’s Iran Escalation – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/07/rand-paul-slams-trump-iran-i-hate-this/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How the Left Manipulates Language to Defeat Conservatives – Rachel del Guidice (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is misinformation except for the information that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/08/how-the-left-manipulates-language-to-defeat-conservatives/

NEWSMAX
— Don’t Look for Trump to Appease Iran – Patrick Murray
https://www.newsmax.com/patrickmurray/soleimani-baghdad-jcpoa-churchill/2020/01/07/id/948654/

PJ MEDIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://pjmedia.com/trending/illinois-legalized-pot-sales-nearly-halted-over-supply-problems/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Michelle Malkin: 18 sellout Republican governors opt for more migrants as sleeper cell fear ramps up – Michelle Malkin (DIERSEN: What do you say to RINO politicians who ever-increasing dump those who 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? What do you say to RINO politicians who ever-increasingly promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/08/michelle-malkin-18-sellout-republican-governors-opt-for-more-migrants-as-sleeper-cell-fear-ramps-up-873368
(FROM THE ARTICLE: My plan to “Keep America Great” is very simple: 1) Stop exporting American soldiers to countries that hate our guts. 2) Stop importing people from countries that hate our guts. When I voted for Donald Trump in 2016, I thought this was the plan. The “America First” champion rightly assailed Barack Obama for recklessly endangering the lives of our soldiers to pursue politically driven endless wars. President Trump promised to build an effective wall on the southern border. He enacted tough travel restrictions, upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court, on visitors from countries whose terror-coddling governments pose national security threats. Yet, here we are at the dawn of 2020 with thousands of U.S. troops headed back to the Stone Age Middle East maw, Mexican drug cartels on the loose while our Border Patrol hands out diapers to illegal immigrants and refugees from around the world — including nearly 1,400 welcomed just last year from the very high-risk countries the Trump travel ban was supposed to block — transforming the nation without the consent of the governed. The leaky block list includes Syria, Iraq and Iran, which launched multiple missiles at U.S. airbases late Tuesday in retaliation for our deadly airstrike last week that killed Quds General Qassem Soleimani. Now, we are on heightened alert here in our homeland with authorities nervous that Hezbollah sleeper cells (which I’ve documented since writing “Invasion” in 2002) might strike from within. Some of you still wonder why I write so frequently and vehemently about our failed immigration and entrance policies. It’s because nothing matters more right now to the survival of our country than the right to determine who gets in and the ability to enforce it. As I reported last year, thanks to an executive order signed by Trump in September, local communities were given the explicit opt-in rights to stem the lucrative tide of refugees coming largely from Third World countries and jihadist breeding grounds. This Wednesday, religious “charities” that profit the most from this multi-billion-dollar racket will be in court to assert blanket, open-borders veto power over the people. The U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland will hear arguments from vested refugee resettlement interests who oppose Trump’s order requiring government contractors to obtain written consent from all localities and states in which they plan to resettle refugees. The Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society, Church World Service and Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service — three of the nine State Department partners who resettle all refugees — argue that the federal government should prioritize family reunification of foreign refugees over local control. Translation: Americans come last. The lawsuit assails the White House executive order for threatening “to systematically dismantle the organizations — including Plaintiffs — that have spent decades developing networks, expertise, and resources to carry out the American ideal of welcoming refugees.” Those “resources” come from you and me: Tax subsidies that constitute the vast majority of these nonprofit activists’ budgets. Over the past decade, according to an analysis by immigration researcher James Simpson, the three plaintiff groups have raked in the following amounts from the federal refugee resettlement program: –Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Services: $471.6 million (94% from of its budget). –Church World Service: $433.3 million (72% of its budget). –Hebrew Immigrant Aid Society: $186.1 million (54% of its budget). The refugee resettlement contractors, in turn, spread their massive wealth — from both public and private sources — to a galaxy of subcontractors looking to register Democratic voters, fill their pews and recruit new clients and constituents. The “Interfaith Immigration Coalition” holding a protest event after the hearing on Wednesday to support the refugee pipeline includes: Columban Center for Advocacy and Outreach; Congregation of Our Lady of Charity of the Good Shepherd; U.S. Provinces; Daughters of Charity; Disciples Refugee & Immigration Ministries; Franciscan Action Network; Interfaith Immigration Coalition; Jewish Council for Public Affairs; Leadership Conference of Women Religious; National Advocacy Center of the Sisters of the Good Shepherd; National Council of Jewish Women; Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism; Rise for Refuge; Sisters of Mercy of the Americas – Institute Leadership Team; T’ruah; The Rabbinic Call for Human Rights; The United Church of Chr! ist; and We Are All America. Thanks to pressure from these groups with bottomless budgets and clout, 18 Republican — yes, Republican — governors are also standing against Trump and self-determination in favor of increased refugee settlement, including: Doug Ducey of Arizona, Asa Hutchinson of Arkansas, Eric Holcomb of Indiana, Kim Reynolds of Iowa, Brad Little of Idaho, Mike Parsons of Missouri, Larry Hogan of Maryland, Charlie Baker of Massachusetts, Mike DeWine of Ohio, Kevin Stitt of Oklahoma, Pete Ricketts of Nebraska, Chris Sununu of New Hampshire, Doug Burgum of North Dakota, Kristi Noem of South Dakota, Bill Lee of Tennessee, Gary Herbert of Utah, Jim Justice of West Virginia and Phil Scott of Vermont. The names must be named and the sellouts must be shamed, especially as war breaks out on all fronts. What’s the point of sending young American troops to fight enemies “over there” if we are welcoming them by the tens and hundreds of thousands over here?)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tucker Carlson Dissents as Right-Wing Media Weighs Trump’s Iran Strike Cracks in the conservative commentariat as the White House struggles to form a clear narrative. – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/business/media/tucker-carlson-iran-trump-media.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Blue State Redistribution High-tax states are losing people, money and seats in Congress. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/blue-state-redistribution-11578443075
— The Christian Case for Trump It’s myopic to focus on his personal behavior when important moral issues like abortion are at stake. – Eric Metaxas
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-christian-case-for-trump-11578441391
— Iran Fires Missiles at U.S. Forces in Iraq More than a dozen missiles target two bases where U.S. troops are stationed, in attack Tehran says is vengeance for killing of top Iranian general – Gordon Lubold, Nancy A. Youssef and Isabel Coles
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stampede-at-funeral-procession-for-iranian-commander-kills-35-11578390888
— Two McDonald’s Executives Allege Racial Discrimination Suit from two black executives comes as new CEO works on company culture – Heather Haddon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-mcdonalds-executives-allege-race-discrimination-11578441939

FORBES
— Deepfakes And Beyond: Who Wins If Social Media Platforms Are Regulated? – Clyde Wayne Crews Jr. (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all information is misinformation except for the information that they put out or bless. My critics/opponents focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/waynecrews/2020/01/07/deepfakes-and-beyond-who-wins-if-social-media-platforms-are-regulated/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Intolerance and the silencing others seems to be the desire of many when it comes to social media and purported harmful speech and misinformation. There are endless eruptions over bias and hate speech online, from alleged slanted search results on Google to Twitter abuse.)
— Five Questions Your Real Estate Agent Legally Cannot Answer – Heather Senison (DIERSEN: How do realtors respond when they are asked these five questions concerning homes for sale on your block, in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/heathersenison/2020/01/07/five-questions-your-real-estate-agent-legally-cannot-answer/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: 1. What kind of people live in the building or neighborhood? . . . 2. Is this a good place to raise a family? . . . 3. Is this a safe neighborhood? . . . 4. How are the schools here? . . . 5) Can you show me a neighborhood with a large “X” population ?)
— Gender Pay Reporting And The Need For Transparency – Frank Mollerop (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its employees who were female and/or minority who had less work experience, less education, and/or fewer professional certifications and licenses higher salaries than its employees who were male and White.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2020/01/07/gender-pay-reporting-and-the-need-for-transparency/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesagencycouncil/2020/01/08/marketing-tips-for-new-cannapreneurs/#33af51782106

MOTLEY FOOL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.fool.com/news/2020/01/07/illinois-reports-nearly-11-million-in-pot-sales-in.aspx

TIMES STANDARD
— This won’t help get you into law school – DENNIS BEAVER (DIERSEN: Back in the 1970s, IRS encouraged its Revenue Officers to take graduate business, accounting, and/or law courses.)
https://www.times-standard.com/2020/01/07/you-and-the-law-this-wont-help-get-you-into-law-school/

NEWSWEEK
— WHAT U.S. STATE POPULATION CHANGES MEAN FOR AMERICAN ELECTIONS – SHANE CROUCHER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to drive conservatives out of my precinct, out of Wheaton’s West District, out of Wheaton, out of Milton Township, out of DuPage County, and out of Illinois. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.newsweek.com/us-state-population-electoral-college-2020-census-elections-1481019

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Nikki Haley Calls Democrats Terrorist-Lovers – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/nikki-haley-calls-democrats-terrorist-lovers.html

MICHIGAN LIVE
— OCTOBER 2018 FLASHBACK: Who uses marijuana? A look at the demographics of pot users – Julie Mack (DIERSEN: What percent of pot smokers, booze drinkers, and gamblers 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? What percent have severe health, financial, and/or other problems? What percent blame their problems on those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? What percent are wards of the state or are on track to becoming wards of the state? I expect that the aforesaid percentages are very high.)
https://www.mlive.com/news/erry-2018/10/8e043e1adb3057/who-uses-marijuana-a-look-at-t.html

January 7 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— U.S. Rep. Dan Lipinski rebuts Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s criticism over abortion, touts endorsements from suburban mayors ahead of tough primary – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dan-lipinski-mayor-endorsements-20200107-3jj7ctxyerd4ngp6denqahkwrq-story.html
— As legal weed flies off the shelves, Lake County pumps the brakes on sales in unincorporated areas – DAN MORAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-moran-lake-county-marijuana-moratorium-st-0108-20200107-pejlyuabebfpfnzewfolx4gtdm-story.html
— Evanston, Skokie police officials detail their approach to legalized recreational marijuana – GENEVIEVE BOOKWALTER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/evanston/ct-evr-marijuana-police-evanston-skokie-tl-0109-20200107-pf6ww66harhlhbgaj5wlarsmzq-story.html
— Justice was served. Qassem Soleimani died as he had killed. – BRET STEPHENS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-qassem-soleimani-justice-20200107-sq5weor4gfhppjxflc7n5iozwm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-recreational-marijuana-illinois-rollout-prohibition–20200108-5hodpawlxfhttlcf74tr76xh64-story.html
— Dan Lipinski bravely, needlessly poked the pro-choice bear. Let’s see how that works out for him. – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee who focused on destroying a) all individuals like me and b) all organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois that supported the right to life plank in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-lipinski-abortion-newman-zorn-20200107-vddkvcponngrzkharl22qmasqi-story.html

NBC5
— Republicans Clear Wisconsin Primary Field for President Trump State Republicans have opted to only put the president’s name on the ballot, leaving former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld and former Illinois Rep. Joe Walsh off the ballot (DIERSEN: One could argue that the more pro-Trump that the Republican Party leaders are in a state, the more likely that they would keep Walsh and Weld off the ballot.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/republicans-clear-wisconsin-primary-field-for-president-trump/2197765/
— As Tensions With Iran Rise, Young Residents Express Concern About Return of Military Draft All American men between the ages of 18 and 25 are required to register with Selective Service, but no active draft has been held since 1973 (DIERSEN: Did you register for the draft? I did in 1966 when I was 18 years old. I was classified 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease ). Because potential employers viewed me as being draft bait, they did not want to hire me. Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/as-tensions-with-iran-rise-young-residents-express-concern-about-return-of-military-draft/2197841/

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage forest preserve board candidate fighting removal from the ballot – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200107/dupage-forest-preserve-board-candidate-fighting-removal-from-the-ballot

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/how-you-can-still-get-weed-business-illinois

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/1-7-2020/Social-equity-built-into-pot-application-of-most-likely-vendor/
https://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/1-7-2020/Pot-and-equity/

OAK PARK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/1-7-2020/It%27s-high-time/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/New-cannabis-applications-accepted-starting-Feb-14956785.php

WCLO
— Town of Beloit police issue first citation involving legal marijuana from Illinois
https://www.wclo.com/2020/01/07/town-of-beloit-police-issue-first-citation-involving-legal-marijuana-from-illinois/

WLDS
— Londrigan Raises Over Half Million in 4th Quarter of 2019 In Election Bid Against Davis – Benjamin Cox
http://wlds.com/news/londrigan-raises-over-half-million-in-4th-quarter-of-2019-in-election-bid/

CHICAGO REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is, Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://www.chicagoreporter.com/beyond-marijuana-legalization-ending-the-war-on-drugs-and-meeting-social-equity-promises/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Bob Miller’s Memories of Local 150 Union Contract He Signed
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/07/bbomillers-memory-vague-on-local-150-union-contract/
— IL-14: Ted Gradel Debuts First Ad in 2020
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/07/il-14-ted-gradel-debuts-first-ad-in-2020/
— Tax Increment Financing District Draft Recommendations of Property Tax Relief Task Force
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/07/tax-increment-financing-district-draft-recommendations-of-property-tax-relief-task-force-2/
— IL-06: Calling for Repeal of Hyde Amendment Sean Casten Voted For It Twice
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/07/il-06-calling-for-repeal-of-hyde-amendment-sean-casten-voted-for-it-twice/
— IL-14: Jerry Evans Meet and Greet and Thoughts on Soleimani Judgement
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/07/il-14-jerry-evans-meet-and-greet-and-thoughts-on-soleimani-judgement/
— Mike Madigan’s Favorite Lobbyist, Mike McClain, Wrote Incriminating 2012 Email
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/07/mike-madigans-favorite-lobbyist-mike-mcclain/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WITH VOTERS SET TO DECIDE ON PROGRESSIVE INCOME TAX, ILLINOIS WEALTH FLIGHT AMONG WORST IN THE NATION – Orphe Divounguy and Bryce Hill
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/with-voters-set-to-decide-on-progressive-income-tax-illinois-wealth-flight-among-worst-in-the-nation/

CAPITOL FAX
— Champaign County Republicans are disappearing (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want Republicans to lose elections and advise Republicans a) to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and b) to dump those who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/07/champaign-county-republicans-are-disappearing/

BREITBART
— Mike Bloomberg: Employers Should Hire ‘the Best’ Foreigners Instead of Americans – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that hate citizens of America, and that they especially citizens of America who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/07/mike-bloomberg-employers-should-hire-the-best-foreigners-instead-of-americans/
— Arson Epidemic, Not Climate Change, Behind Australia’s Bushfires – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/environment/2020/01/07/report-arson-epidemic-not-climate-change-behind-australias-bushfires/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— The Democrats’ Nakedly Craven And Unserious Impeachment
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31698

DAILY CALLER
— Biden Says He Would Require Illegal Aliens Learn English For Citizenship, But That’s Not In His Plan – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/07/biden-illegal-aliens-learn-english/

TOWNHALL
— The New Racism – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: What do you say to Whites, men, older people, non-poor people, citizens of America, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America a long time who paint themselves as being anti-White, anti-men, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been America for a long time to curry favor with those who are anti-White, anti-men, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been America for a long time? What do you say to those who claim to be Protestant, conservative, and/or Republican, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Protestant, conservative, and/or Republican to curry favor with those who are anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/walterewilliams/2020/01/07/the-new-racism-n2559039

NEWSMAX
— Black Caucus Deceives Blacks on Trump – Clarence McKee
https://www.newsmax.com/clarencevmckee/jobs-democrats-gains-economic/2020/01/07/id/948810/

PJ MEDIA
— Plan to Split United Methodist Church ‘Obviously Unfair’ to Conservatives in UMC – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/plan-to-split-united-methodist-church-obviously-unfair-to-conservatives-in-umc/
— Treason? Ilhan Omar Gives Iran Military Advice, Suggests It Could Target Trump Hotels – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/trending/treason-ilhan-omar-gives-iran-military-advice-suggests-it-target-trump-hotels/
— Fact Check: Are Iranians ‘Black and Brown People’?
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/fact-check-are-iranians-black-and-brown-people/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Can the forces of the Sexual Revolution be stopped or will they crush all freedom? Politics is downstream from culture, and nearly every day now there’s another story detailing another victory achieved by trans activists against the biological reality of the ‘binary.’ – Jonathon Van Maren
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/can-the-forces-of-the-sexual-revolution-be-stopped-or-will-they-crush-all-freedom

NEW YORK TIMES
— Don’t Tilt Scales Against Trump, Facebook Executive Warns In an internal memo, Andrew Bosworth said he “desperately” wanted the president to lose. But, he said, the company should avoid hurting Mr. Trump’s campaign. – Kevin Roose, Sheera Frenkel and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/07/technology/facebook-trump-2020.html

WASHINGTON POST
— JANUARY 22, 2018 FLASHBACK: How abortion became the single most important litmus test in American politics – Stacie Taranto (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee who focused on destroying a) all individuals like me and b) all organizations like TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois that supported the right to life plank in the IRP platform and in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/made-by-history/wp/2018/01/22/how-abortion-became-the-single-most-important-litmus-test-in-american-politics/

WASHINGTON SENTINEL
— U-Haul Announce Ban on Hiring People Who Vape, Use Nicotine Products Moving van rental company U-Haul has announced that it will no longer hire people who admit to vaping and using nicotine products. – Warner Todd Huston (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who smoked. Of course, they all vehemently disapproved of me and vehemently disapproved of everyone else who did not smoke.)
https://thewashingtonsentinel.com/uy-haul-announce-ban-on-hiring-people-who-vape-use-nicotine-products/

FOX61
— ‘A good spot to rob’: Chicago cannabis shop targeted by burglars days into Illinois legalization
https://fox61.com/2020/01/07/a-good-spot-to-rob-chicago-cannabis-shop-targeted-by-burglars-days-into-illinois-legalization/

MSN NEWS
— Workers over 40 are half as likely to get hired, and it’s worse for those over 50 – Brett Arends
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/career/workers-over-40-are-half-as-likely-to-get-hired-and-its-worse-for-those-over-50/ar-BBYHAdr

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/joe-walsh-on-his-new-book-and-how-he-plans-to-beat-trump.html

NEW REPUBLIC
— Why Diversity Training Isn’t Enough Addressing inequality requires more than consciousness raising. – J.C. PAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they want to use government to take more and more and more money and opportunities away from those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and to give that money and those opportunities to those who 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.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/156032/diversity-training-isnt-enough-pamela-newkirk-robin-diangelo-books-reviews

FED WEEK
— Whistleblowing, Anti-Bias Protections Falling Short (DIERSEN: Based on Diersen v. GAO, if you are a federal employee a) who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, b) who complains about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination, and c) who does not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40, you should not count on any protections, at least not in Illinois.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/report-whistleblowing-anti-bias-protections-falling-short/

THE STAR
— Teenagers win work experience of a lifetime at Sheffield software firm Teenage students from The Sheffield College have won 45-day industry placements at booming Sheffield software company WANdisco. – David Walsh (DIERSEN: How good was the work experience that you gained while you were young? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; and worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970.)
https://www.thestar.co.uk/business/teenagers-win-work-experience-lifetime-sheffield-software-firm-1356496

GUARDIAN
— ‘Extreme privilege’: Ivanka Trump faces backlash over keynote speech at CES Decision to have president’s daughter deliver keynote invited scathing criticism, especially from women in the tech industry – Reuters (DIERSEN: What are you qualified to do? What do you say to my disgusting/slanderous critics/opponents, their disgusting/slanderous operatives, and their disgusting/slanderous dupes a) who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not qualified to be a journalist because I do not have a degree in journalism, because I am not paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, because I do not claim to be non-partisan, because I do not write that many “articles,” and because many disgusting/slanderous Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a journalist and b) who ignore/dismiss/downplay/belittle/badmouth/demonize/denigrate/condemn/etc. the fact that what I did for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, was very similar to what journalists do?)
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2020/jan/07/ivanka-trump-ces-technology-las-vegas
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ivanka Trump faced a backlash for her lack of tech qualifications from industry figures ahead of her speech at a big annual technology industry show in Las Vegas. . .But the decision to give her the opportunity has invited scathing criticism, especially from women in the tech industry. The Women Who Tech group on Facebook expressed their displeasure at CES’ decision to invite Trump. Investor Elisabeth Fullerton wrote: “This is an insult to women in technology. We did hard times in university, engineering, math, and applied sciences. This is what extreme privilege and entitlement get you. It’s not what you know it’s who you know I guess.“ Tech analyst Carolina Milanesi expressed her displeasure in an op-ed published in Forbes. “The reason for my upset is rooted in the fact that there are many more women who are in tech and are entrepreneurs who could run circles around Trump on how technology will impact the future of work,” Milanesi said.)

January 7 Morning Edition

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois pot pushers, that is Illinois Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make it clear that they want everyone in Illinois to be a big time stoner. To push pot on an individual, on an organization, on a company, on a government, and/or on a country is to destroy that individual, that organization, that company, that government, and/or that country.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/07/pot-dispensary-short-supply/

ABC7
— Hackers-for-hire in Iran have already fired first shots in Illinois, Indiana – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff
https://abc7chicago.com/5820134/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Pro-abortion rights groups rally in Lockport in response to U.S. Rep. Lipinski request of Roe v. Wade review – MEGANN HORSTEAD (DIERSEN: What have the candidates on the March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballot in your precinct done to oppose abortion?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-lipinski-abortion-protest-st-0107-20200107-rg7y4kofavaw7ooidw7cauygci-story.html
— McHenry County prosecutor acts to expunge about 1,900 low-level marijuana convictions – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: If you smoked pot, you demonstrated your disrespect for the rule of law. Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-conviction-expungements-mchenry-20200107-4pqjlqvmovdp3gxyt5wv3c4lue-story.html
— Local residents file as delegates to presidential candidates for March 17 primary election – JENNIFER JOHNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-delegates-tl-0109-20200107-qfy2rbzflvexza7wyndzvw22ni-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republicans, 9th Congressional district Maine Township Republican Committeeman Char Foss-Eggemann and Maine Township Trustee Susan Sweeney, both of Park Ridge, have filed as delegates to President Donald Trump. They are two of three Trump delegates within the 9th Congressional District, with the third slot belonging to Kenneth Jochum, a recently appointed Wheeling Township trustee from Arlington Heights.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-trump-iran-nightmare-20200107-jczwe2umhfhmrcd74nhrx63v6e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALMOST ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: New CPS-CTU fight over veteran teacher pay could hold up entire contract that ended historic teachers strike Schools officials promised to hand out $25 million over five years to the district’s most experienced teachers. But exactly how to dole out that money is now up for debate. – Nader Issa (DIERSEN: What work experience do you have? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn the work experience that I have. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/7/21046979/cps-ctu-teachers-strike-union-schools-veteran-pay

HERALD NEWS
— Abortion rights advocates protest Lipinski at his Lockport office – ALEX ORTIZ (DIERSEN: What have the candidates on the March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballot in your precinct done to oppose abortion?)
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/01/06/abortion-rights-advocates-protest-lipinski-at-his-lockport-office/dn3gslo/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.pantagraph.com/business/illinois-shops-excited-to-sell-bongs-as-pot-law-takes/article_e6cf4d4c-ec81-5f20-9428-649c789e5d40.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Outmigration has cost Illinois $12B – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents focus on driving out of Illinois, out of DuPage County, out of Milton Township, and out of Wheaton those who share my demographics. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Outmigration-has-cost-Illinois-12B-14953831.php

KENOSHA NEWS
— Wisconsin becoming a new relocation target for Illinois residents – James Lawson (DIERSEN: But what if the Democrats succeed in destroying Wisconsin like they have succeeded in destroying Illinois?)
https://www.kenoshanews.com/news/business/wisconsin-becoming-a-new-relocation-target-for-illinois-residents/article_d0ee829b-2416-5887-82e8-0c912deb4d22.html

WZAW
— OUTSTANDING: FROM THE ARTICLE: Thirty-two other states, including neighboring Illinois and Iowa, have declared English as their official language, according to U.S. English, a citizen’s group that works to preserve the language.
https://www.wsaw.com/fox/content/news/GOP-resurrects-bill-to-make-English-official-language-566776401.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— New Law Allows Illinois To Offer MAP Grants To Marginalized Students – SAM DUNKLAU (DIERSEN: Did you register for the draft? I did in 1966 when I was 18 years old. I was classified 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease ). Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my getting student draft deferments 1966-1970 and a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. They have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/new-law-allows-illinois-offer-map-grants-marginalized-students#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: More Illinois students now qualify for college financial aid. State government will now offer money to students who might have been disqualified from getting federal help. Those students largely fall into two categories: those who are undocumented because they immigrated to the U.S. as children, and transgender students who did not register for the draft.)

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston outlines plan for reparations – Emma Edmund (DIERSEN: Do those who represent you on your city council favor or oppose reparations? If they favor reparations, how much reparations do they want you to pay? Overwhelmingly, those who favor reparations want those who have the following demographics to pay the most reparations: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2020/01/06/city/evanston-outlines-plan-for-reparations/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— State Rep. Celina Villanueva is expected to be named a state senator tonight when Cook County Democratic Committee members meet to fill the seat vacated by Martin Sandoval. The committee members will interview candidates that come forward for the 11th legislative Senate district position. Villanueva has already stated her interest, and she separately filed petitions to run for the Senate seat outright in 2020, presuming she’d first be appointed. Assuming Villanueva succeeds, Edgar Gonzalez Jr., a constituency services liaison for Congressman Chuy Garcia, has gathered signatures to run for her state rep seat. Gonzalez also hopes to first be appointed to the position, if Villanueva secures Sandoval’s seat. Both Villanueva and Gonzalez are backed by Garcia and House Speaker Mike Madigan, whose seat overlaps the 11th District. – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST (DIERSEN: Do your Republican county, township, and/or ward party organizations endorse candidates a) when vacancies occur and/or b) in primary elections? If not, why not? Do you want your Republican county, township, and/or ward party organizations to make such endorsements? If so, what input do you want your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain to have?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2020/01/07/28-mayors-endorsing-lipinski-done-deal-to-replace-sandoval-bloomberg-rendezvous-488005

CENTER SQUARE
— Republicans won’t support draft report of Illinois Property Tax Relief Task Force – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/republicans-won-t-support-draft-report-of-illinois-property-tax/article_a0e292d8-30c7-11ea-80ea-330c3ac766c8.html#new_tab

BGA
— Video gaming in Chicago? Here’s what’s at stake More than 32,000 video gaming terminals generated $478 million in revenue for state and local governments in fiscal year 2019. Chicago has resisted allowing the machines — so far. But the pressure is on. – Joann Wong (DIERSEN: Video gambling is a vice. If you promote video gambling, you promote vice.)
https://www.bettergov.org/news/video-gaming-in-chicago-here-s-what-s-at-stake/

WHEATON WARRENVILLE SCHOOL DISTRICT 200
— Legal Marijuana: Now What? Tuesday, January 28, 2020 at 7:00 p.m. Wheaton Warrenville South High School
https://medium.com/district-200-newsroom/parent-workshop-legal-marijuana-now-what-81bd9899e564

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Arrogant and Immature Response from Illinois Progressive Lawmakers – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/01/arrogant-and-immature-response-from-illinois-state-lawmakers/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Low-hanging fruit’: Trump properties add to security woes amid Tehran tensions – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/6/trump-organization-properties-add-security-woes-am/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs viciously demonize you, viciously denigrate you, and viciously condemn you as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who takes the lead in viciously demonizing, viciously denigrating, and viciously condemning those who do not glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who viciously denigrate, viciously denigrate, and viciously condemn those who do not glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/6/governors-buck-trump-denying-refugees/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— If eliminating an enemy is bad, what do Democrats think is good? – Jeffery A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31696-assault-america-day-370-if-eliminating-enemy-bad-what-do-democrats-think-good

PATRIOT POST
— America Kills a Terrorist, Leftists Lament Kaepernick laments Soleimani’s killing as an expression of American racism.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/67723-america-kills-a-terrorist-leftists-lament-2020-01-07

POLITICO
— Trump moves to roll back Obama housing desegregation rule – KATY O’DONNELL (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/06/trump-roll-back-obama-housing-desegregation-094874

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “After killing Iran’s Quassem Soleimani, Trump borrows from ISIS with illegal cultural threats Driven by fear, those who go to war with art always lose in the end.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/after-killing-iran-s-quassem-soleimani-trump-borrows-isis-illegal-ncna1111531

WASHINGTON POST
— The conundrum affordable housing poses for the nation – Jared Bernstein, Jim Parrott and Mark Zandi (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/the-conundrum-affordable-housing-poses-for-the-nation/2020/01/01/a5b360da-1b5f-11ea-8d58-5ac3600967a1_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— California lawmaker again taking aim at single-family zoning – LIAM DILLON (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2020-01-06/sb-50-changes-single-family-zoning-california
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-07/great-race-passing-trump

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Stampede at Funeral Procession for Iranian Commander Leaves 32 Dead Mourners gather days after Maj. Gen. Qassem Soleimani was killed in a U.S. airstrike – Aresu Eqbali in Tehran and Jared Malsin in Cairo
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stampede-at-funeral-procession-for-iranian-commander-kills-35-11578390888
— Facebook Bans Deepfakes but Permits Some Altered Content The social-media giant seeks to combat misleading content altered with artificial intelligence tools – Betsy Morris
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebooks-deepfake-video-ban-permits-some-altered-content-11578384519
— Employers Want to Train Workers but Are Swimming in Options Companies like Home Depot and Lockheed Martin work to discern which credentials are worth the money – Lauren Weber (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that courses I took a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to qualify myself for a new trade or business and get a job in the private sector, and d) were a distraction. They would not have done that if I was a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/employers-want-to-train-workers-but-are-swimming-in-options-11578393001
— Trump Administration Plans Roll Back of Low-Income Housing Rules Change allows cities to address shortages with their own plans; critics say move dismantles desegregation efforts – Laura Kusisto (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-administration-to-roll-back-rules-designed-to-boost-low-income-housing-11578351989
— IRS Personal Income-Tax Audits Drop to Lowest Level in Decades Just 0.45% of individuals were audited in 2019, following years of budget cuts – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/irs-personal-income-tax-audits-drop-to-lowest-level-in-decades-11578352541

FORBES
— How Whole Communities Benefit From Affordable Housing – Richard Burns (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesrealestatecouncil/2020/01/06/how-whole-communities-benefit-from-affordable-housing/

SACRAMENTO BEE
— California housing bill gets major makeover — and it gives local governments more control – HANNAH WILEY (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/politics-government/capitol-alert/article239000628.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— Local government meetings come alive when there’s affordable housing involved – L. Kim Tan (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2020/01/05/local-government-meetings-come-alive-when-there-affordable-housing-involved/gLpDAapJ9DnyAAOdE1BLYM/story.html

SEATTLE TIMES
— The conundrum that affordable housing poses for the nation – Jared Bernstein, Mark Zandi and Jim Parrott (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.seattletimes.com/business/the-conundrum-that-affordable-housing-poses-for-the-nation/

MILWAUKEE INDEPENDENT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred against Whites.
http://www.milwaukeeindependent.com/syndicated/root-violence-white-supremacy-stokes-resentment-minority-communities/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump-supporters.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/what-will-happen-to-trumps-republican-collaborators.html

BOSTON AGENT MAGAZINE
— LGBTQ Realtor association outlines advocacy agenda for 2020 – TIMOTHY INKLEBARGER (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want LGBTQ housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants LGBTQ housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants LGBTQ housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://bostonagentmagazine.com/2020/01/06/lgbtq-realtor-association-outlines-advocacy-agenda-for-2020/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— IRS programming mystery continues – Tom Temin (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/tom-temin-commentary/2020/01/irs-programming-mystery-continues/

REASON
— New Trump Administration Regulations Say That Affordable Housing Is Fair Housing The Trump administration’s proposed rewrite of fair housing regulations would ditch lengthy Obama-era reporting requirements in favor of a laserlike focus on housing affordability. – CHRISTIAN BRITSCHGI (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://reason.com/2020/01/06/new-trump-administration-regulations-say-that-affordable-housing-is-fair-housing/

GUARDIAN
— Britain is one of world’s most age-segregated countries, study finds Calls for urgent action to end age ‘apartheid’ to build trust between generations – Sally Weale (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want low-income housing to be built, but NOT in their municipality, but NOT in their precinct, and but NOT in their neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in your municipality, in your precinct, and in your neighborhood? Who wants low-income housing to be built in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s West District, in my precinct, and in my neighborhood?)
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2020/jan/07/britain-age-segregated-countries-world-age-apartheid