July 28 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Family, friends send off 400 Illinois National Guard members set to deploy to Afghanistan – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/families-send-off-400-illinois-national-guard-members-deploying-to-afghanistan-/5425732/
— Indiana marijuana surge coming from other states, police say – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/-police-indiana-marijuana-surge-coming-from-other-states/5425844/
— Trump assails Elijah Cummings as ‘racist,’ stepping up feud over Maryland’s 7th district – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/stepping-up-feud-trump-assails-cummings-as-racist/5425401/

CBS2
— Amtrak Train Strikes Truck, Derails Near University Park
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/07/28/amtrak-train-strikes-vehicle/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Arizona lawmaker claims immigrants are ‘flooding’ and ‘overwhelming us’
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/arizona-lawmaker-claims-immigrants-are-flooding-and-overwhelming-us-
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A veteran Arizona legislator is apologizing while defending herself from criticism for comments she made on immigration and birth rates. The Phoenix New Times posted audio of a July 15 speech during which state Sen. Sylvia Allen said a flood of immigration and low birth rates among whites amid a lack cultural assimilation mean “we’re going to look like South American countries very quickly.” The Republican from Snowflake, Arizona, who is white, also said the U.S. has to regulate immigration so the country can provide jobs, education, health care and other needs. “We can’t provide that if people are just flooding us and flooding us and flooding us and overwhelming us,” she said.)

WGN RADIO
— Jeanne Ives is ready to ‘restore confidence’ in IL’s 6th – John Kass and Jeff Carlin
https://wgnradio.com/2019/07/28/the-chicago-way-ep-202-its-time-to-step-up-for-chicago-in-the-smollett-foxx-case-jeanne-ives-is-ready-to-restore-confidence-in-ils-6th-and-more/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago sanctuary ordinance wrongly defies federal law – John Moravecek, Naperville
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/28/8931992/immigration-ellis-island-sanctuary-city-michael-madigan-comed-sun-times-letters
— Fact-check: Durbin says Trump has encouraged unprecedented numbers of migrants to seek asylum; that’s not entirely true – BGA (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to illegally come to America illegally, b) to illegally stay in America illegally, and c) to illegally vote for Democrats illegally.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/28/8932409/politifact-bga-better-government-association-durbin-trump-immigration-asylum-migrants
— Will cemetery zoning scare off developers eyeing St. Adalbert’s property? Ald. Byron Sigcho-Lopez proposes to rezone the church land to prevent condo development. – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/24/20707675/pilsen-st-adalbert-church-chicago-byron-sigcho-lopez-gentrification-archdiocese

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Police: Indiana marijuana surge coming from other states – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/sns-indiana-marijuana-surge-20190728-a7hhy6zzjngyxlynjhvi4okp3i-story.html
— After some accused Trump of racist comments about Baltimore, president steps up feud by calling Elijah Cummings a racist – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-elijah-cummings-baltimore-20190728-eihwg4ogqvaeppw52rluazxebe-story.html
— As Democrats descend on Detroit for presidential debate, black voters offer a warning: Don’t take us for granted – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-democratic-presidential-primary-detroit-michigan-20190728-emssjk4marhknhkev7qyfhahfu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Arizona lawmaker blasted for saying US might look like South America – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190727/news/307279898/

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— Local leaders look into a future with legal marijuana – Carole Sharwarko
http://www.hfchronicle.com/article/2019/jul/28/local-leaders-look-future-legal-marijuana

FOX ILLINOIS
— Stepping up feud, Trump assails Cummings as ‘racist’ – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/stepping-up-feud-trump-assails-cummings-as-racist

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— FROM THE REPORT: Zoning Application #19-11. An application requesting a text amendment to Article 15.1 of the Wheaton Zoning Ordinance to allow a “Cat Adoption Agency” as a special use in the O-R Office and Research District. . .The application is further requesting a special use permit to allow a Cat Adoption Agency to occupy the existing building located at 525 W. Roosevelt Road. This property is zoned O-R Office and Research District. The application has been submitted by St. Sophia’s Forgotten Felines, 112 E. Chicago Avenue, Westmont, IL 60559 on behalf of the property owner, Electronic Options Corporation, 525 W. Roosevelt Road, Wheaton, IL 60187. 
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/512776459-city-of-wheaton-planning-and-zoning-board-will-meet-july-23

BREITBART
— Resident of Baltimore Agrees with Trump: Cummings ‘Hasn’t Done Anything for Us’ – HANNAH BLEAU (DIERSEN: What has your Republican Precinct Committeeman done for the Republican voters in your precinct? Since 2000, I have made GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails available to the Republican voters in my precinct. Those emails have gone out each and every morning since 2004, and each and every evening too since 2015. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 341,800 articles and information on many upcoming events. Since 1999, I have kept the Republican voters in my precinct informed of who the Republican candidates were and how many votes they received in the precinct. Since 1999, I have circulated petitions for all the Republican candidates, distributed their literature, and encouraged the voters in the precinct to vote for them. Further, I have the best record by far since 1999 for attending Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meetings and fundraisers. I served as the MTRCC webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I save attended all the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Conventions as a Delegate since 2000 and I served on the 2008 IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee. Further, since 2005, I have raised funds from Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks. In the process of doing the aforesaid, I have come to know all the Republicans at the federal, state, county, township, and city levels who serve my precinct.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/27/trump-doubles-down-cummings-this-is-your-district/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Turns His Sights On Nancy Pelosi In Battle Over Baltimore – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/28/trump-nancy-pelosi-baltimore/
— Trump Says Baltimore Is A Dump, The Media Freaks Out. Then Came Videos Of Garbage Strewn Everywhere
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/28/trump-baltimore-media-garbage/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s ‘hate agenda’ seeping into policymaking.” 
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/455052-tlaib-trumps-hate-agenda-seeping-into-policymaking
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump. 
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/455039-donald-trump-the-great-divider

REUTERS
— Trump rejects racism charge, throws it at black lawmaker – Lesley Wroughton
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-cummings/trump-rejects-racism-charge-throws-it-at-black-lawmaker-idUSKCN1UN0OE?il=0

ABC NEWS
— Democrats call Trump racist as he doubles down on attack on Baltimore, Rep. Cummings – BEN GITTLESON
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/democrats-call-trump-racist-doubles-attack-baltimore-rep/story?id=64616861

NBC NEWS
— Trump calls Cummings a ‘racist’ in second day of attacks on lawmaker, Baltimore Sunday’s outburst came a day after the president tweeted that “no human being would want to live” in Baltimore. – Allan Smith
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/trump-continues-attacks-cummings-baltimore-n1035466

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “In Trump’s America, the ‘basket of deplorables’ is overflowing.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/28/trumps-america-basket-deplorables-is-overflowing/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Don’t get complacent. Things really are that bad under Trump.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/dont-get-complacent-things-really-are-that-bad-under-trump/2019/07/28/a0dabbfa-afdd-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html

SUN SENTINEL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: What to expect from a recreational marijuana store – NAIMA KARP
https://www.sun-sentinel.com/consumer-reviews/sns-bestreviews-cannabis-what-to-expect-from-a-recreational-marijuana-store-20190728-story.html

TRIBUNE STAR
— Rezoning: ‘The community doesn’t want what is proposed’ – Lisa Trigg
https://www.tribstar.com/news/local_news/the-community-doesn-t-want-what-is-proposed/article_4aec0c87-1ddd-59d0-9152-1501d869e969.html

KNIA KRLS
— DEADLINE TO APPLY FOR VACANT CITY COUNCIL POSITION IS THIS WEEK – Nathan Sage (DIERSEN: So far, who has announced their candidacy for the West District Wheaton City Council vacancy? Wheaton City Council members have gone on to be a State Representative, Lieutenant Governor, and Congressional candidate. The voters in Wheaton’s West District should a) know who has filed an application to fill the West District Wheaton City Council vacancy before the filing deadline, b) know when the filing deadline is (5:00 PM Tuesday, August 6, 2019), c) have an opportunity to express support for or opposition to those candidates.)
https://www.kniakrls.com/2019/07/28/deadline-to-apply-for-vacant-city-council-position-is-this-week/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The deadline to be considered by the City of Knoxville to fill the vacant city council position is this week. As of last Friday, only two individuals have indicated their interest in filling the vacant position. Jerrold Jordan and John Gotta have both formally informed the city of their interest. The deadline to apply to be considered is Wednesday, July 31st. Anyone interested in filling the vacant position can submit a letter of interest and resume to City Hall for review by the council. Following the July 31st deadline the remaining Councilmembers will review all submitted material, and may schedule a meeting to interview interested candidates. If needed, interviews would likely take place on either August 5th or August 12th.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Psychology of the Leftward March As with Nixon, Democrats mistake Trump for an extremist. That in turn drives them to extremes. – Barton Swaim
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-psychology-of-the-leftward-march-11564337543
— Nationalism Essential to Preserve Ourselves Aristotle said it is the first duty of a culture to affirm its values if it wishes for that culture to survive. – Jeff Pittman – Roswell, Ga.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nationalism-essential-to-preserve-ourselves-11564336887
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Careers in Marijuana Catch On at Colleges Two universities offer first courses on cannabis as more states legalize its recreational and medical use – Likhitha Butchireddygari
https://www.wsj.com/articles/careers-in-marijuana-catch-on-at-schools-11564306201
— Financial Crisis Yields a Generation of Renters Many young adults are priced out of the housing market. That could reshape their finances—and the economy—for years to come. – Christina Rexrode
https://www.wsj.com/articles/financial-crisis-yields-a-generation-of-renters-11564228800

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasing, Democrats turn minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, poor people, immigrants, etc. against Republicans.
https://www.newsweek.com/bernie-sanders-says-trump-racist-president-who-trying-divide-us-color-our-skin-1451466
— TRUMP CRITICS POST PHOTOS OF POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS IN REPUBLICAN DISTRICTS ACROSS U.S. – BENJAMIN FEARNOW 
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-critics-post-photos-poverty-homelessness-republican-districts-across-us-1451472

July 28 Morning Edition

(DIERSEN: If you have any interest in Wheaton, in Wheaton’s City Council, and/or in Wheaton’s West District, please see the articles at the end of this email.)

WGN TV
— President Trump attacks another Democratic Congressman on Twitter – GAYNOR HALL
https://wgntv.com/2019/07/27/trump-attacks-another-democratic-congressman-on-twitter/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Baltimore leaders defend city after Trump calls it ‘filthy, infested’; some call Trump tweets racist – AP
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/baltimore-leaders-defend-city-after-trump-calls-it-filthy-infested-some-call-trump-tweets-racist

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to pot pushers, “Illinois is making it hard — and expensive — to get a license to sell legal marijuana.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/sns-illinois-expensive-marijuana-license-20190728-tijb5ipoizb2bgz3xvvagcoj5y-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats get Chicago nuns, 86 and 90, to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-catholic-nuns-arrested-ice-protests-20190727-b46byju2pzd4lpw26v5rfbxggm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CHICAGO: A TALE OF 7 CITIES – Ed Zotti
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-sun-times-sunday/…/281663961612255

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Governing Magazine ranks Pritzker best of the new governors – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Pritzker is having great success in driving individuals, organizations, and companies out of Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190727/statehouse-insider-magazine-ranks-pritzker-best-of-new-governors

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joseph Monack of Woodstock demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republicans.
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/07/27/letter-the-will-to-lose/as3gjeq/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Police: Indiana marijuana surge coming from other states – AP
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/police-indiana-marijuana-surge-coming-from-other-states/article_c795b38d-1b8e-5205-957f-a1e7e21f381b.html

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— Massive Political Corruption Across Illinois Has A Namesake Beer Blue Island Beer Company founders didn’t brew Massive Political Corruption Ale For The Chicago City Council, but if the beer fits, drink it. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/gshkt/massive-political-corruption-across-illinois-has-a-namesake-beer

CHICAGO NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Howard Moore demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump and Trump’s supporters.
http://www.chicagonow.com/hippy-shakes/2019/07/its-confusing-to-be-a-deplorable/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Ilhan Omar Marriage Flummoxes Media Fact-Checkers The ‘baseless smear’ that can’t be debunked – Brent Scher
https://freebeacon.com/politics/ilhan-omar-marriage-flummoxes-media-fact-checkers/

FOX NEWS
— Trump throws Squad feud back at Pelosi after ‘racist’ accusation: ‘Democrats always play the race card’ – Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-throws-squad-feud-back-at-pelosi-after-racist-accusation-democrats-always-play-the-race-card

AMERICAN THINKER
— Reparations and Racial Politicking – Thomas R. Ascik
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/reparations_and_racial_politicking.html
— Hypocrisy, thy name is Democrat! – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/hypocrisy_thy_name_is_democrat.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Great Excluded and Our Nationalist Future – Matthew Boose (DIERSEN: Democrats want to exclude those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old people, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/07/27/the-great-excluded-and-our-nationalist-future/

BREITBART
— NAACP: Impeach ‘Occupant’ of WH for ‘Vile Racist Attack’ on Cummings – TONY LEE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/27/naacp-impeach-occupant-of-wh-for-vile-racist-attack-on-cummings/
— Swalwell: Criticizing Baltimore Akin to ‘Trashing America’ – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/27/swalwell-criticizing-baltimore-akin-to-trashing-america/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from minorities, Buttigieg promotes hatred of Whites.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/28/pete-buttigieg-white-supremacy-secreting-this-poison-to-reach-boiling-point-on-race/

LIFEZETTE
— Trump Takes Fresh Aim at Nancy Pelosi for Her ‘Failing’ California District President is working to hold elected Democrats accountable for their own local problems and issues — urgent fixes are long overdue
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/trump-takes-fresh-aim-at-nancy-pelosi-for-her-failing-california-district/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Some Questions for the Democratic Candidates – GEORGE WILL
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/questions-for-the-candidates/

THE HILL
— Trump doubles down on attacks against Cummings and Baltimore district – JUSTIN WISE 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/455034-trump-doubles-down-on-attacks-against-cummings-and-baltimore-area
— Baltimore Sun editorial board lashes out at Trump: ‘Better to have a few rats than to be one’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/455033-baltimore-sun-lashes-out-at-trump-in-fiery-editorial-better-to-have-a-few-rats

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump promised on Friday to retaliate against France for adopting a pioneering tax on internet giants like Google, Amazon and Facebook. (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors retaliated against Republican-led budget cuts by a) forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) not promoting me beyond GS-13, e) getting rid of my mentor in 1987, f) keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and g) forcing me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://abc11.com/politics/president-trump-threatens-france-with-new-tax-on-wine/5423484/

CNBC
— Is cannabis use the same as off-duty drinking by workers? Many companies still say no – Valentina Sanchez (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who uses pot.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/27/will-cannabis-use-soon-be-the-same-as-off-duty-drinking-by-workers.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs target Republicans. Moderates and liberals target conservatives.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/politics/ocasio-cortez-republicans.html
— The Stories That Divide Us How seeing the other side’s narrative can de-polarize your mind. – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/the-stories-that-divide-us.html
— In Politics, Apologies Are for Losers At least that’s what the numbers say. – Cass R. Sunstein (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want me to apologize a) for causing their problems, b) for causing your problems, c) for causing my problems, and d) for causing everyone’s problems.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/opinion/sunday/when-should-a-politician-apologize.html
— Pelosi. Clinton. Obama. Now ‘the Squad’ Is the New Target for the Right. – Jeremy W. Peters (DIERSEN: Who targets you? Those who target me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/politics/ocasio-cortez-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs promote “citizens of the world.” Republicans promote “citizens of America.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/27/what-conservatives-gets-wrong-about-cosmopolitans/
— A CNN anchor’s emotional response to Trump’s Twitter rant about his ‘infested’ hometown – Hannah Knowles (DIERSEN: Those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn my hometown of Crete stress that when I, my parents, my grandparents, my great grandparents, and my great great grand parents lived there, Crete was overwhelmingly German American and Lutheran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/07/27/cnn-anchor-gives-emotional-response-trumps-twitter-rant-about-his-infested-hometown/

NEW YORK POST
— Why the Democratic obsession with racism won’t win them minority votes – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/07/27/why-the-democratic-obsession-with-racism-wont-win-them-minority-votes/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting immigrants to hate not only Trump, but to hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-07-26/naturalized-citizens-vote-against-trump

THE WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote those immigrants who despise if not hate America.
https://theweek.com/articles/854467/dysfunction-love-leave

NEWS HERALD
— Do the Democrats who want open borders leave the doors open to their homes? – Mitch Kehetian
http://www.thenewsherald.com/opinion/do-the-dems-who-want-open-borders-leave-the-doors/article_53c09db2-ae39-11e9-a998-8730a7f269ae.html

STAR TRIBUNE
— Why you need a midyear budget check-in – COURTNEY JESPERSEN (DIERSEN: So far this year, my wife and I have spent lots more than our income. That would not have been the case if my Democrat superiors in the federal government had not succeeded in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.) 
http://www.startribune.com/millennial-money-why-you-need-a-midyear-budget-check-in/513080552/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Pay for Performance is the Only Choice – HOWARD RISHER (DIERSEN: Democrats use pay for performance a) to retain and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to get rid those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/03/pay-performance-only-choice/155351/

CITY OF IRVINE
— Application for Appointment to Irvine City Council & Questionnaire (8 pages) & Statement of Economic Interests & Instructions (23 pages)
https://irvineca.seamlessdocs.com/f/applicationmaterials

ROXBORO COURIER TIMES
— Applicants expressing interest in open city council seat – George Willoughby
http://www.personcountylife.com/stories/applicants-expressing-interest-in-open-seat,23271

HOMETOWN LIFE
— Here’s why every Livonia candidate is running for office – Shelby Tankersley
https://www.hometownlife.com/story/news/local/livonia/2019/07/25/heres-why-every-livonia-candidate-running-office/1672421001/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Questions to ask candidates who want to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against banning the sale of pot in Wheaton, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against requiring employers in Wheaton to use E-Verify, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote dependency on government, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote dependency on charity, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote LGBTQ activity, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote abortion, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote mass/illegal immigration, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote vices including booze, gambling, and pot, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote diminishment of First Amendment rights, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote diminishment of Second Amendment rights, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote patronage, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote political affiliation discrimination, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote reverse discrimination, please elaborate?

If you are appointed to fill the vacancy, would vote for or against measures that promote age discrimination, please elaborate?

What is your position on Wheaton’s East Roosevelt Road Corridor Market Study/Comprehensive Plan Amendment, please elaborate?

How long have you lived in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois?

Since you have lived in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, what you done that demonstrates that you want the aforesaid to be prosperous and safe, please elaborate?

Why do you wish to be considered for an appointment to fill this vacancy, please elaborate?

In your opinion, what are the three most important issues that Wheaton needs to address in the next 2 years and how should those issues be addressed, please elaborate?

What is your work experience and how would it help you serve on the City Council, please elaborate?

What is your education and how would it help you serve on the City Council, please elaborate?

What are your professional certifications and licenses and how would they help you serve on the City Council, please elaborate?

What professional associations are you a member of and how would those memberships help you serve on the City Council, please elaborate?

If asked who would provide you with references, please elaborate?

How would you characterize your relationships with the following: a) Wheaton’s mayor, City Council members, City Attorney, City Manager, Assistant City Manager, City Clerk, Chief of Police, Fire Chief, City Planner, City Engineer, etc.; b) Illinois officials including Amy Grant; c) DuPage County officials including Robert Berlin, Fred Bucholz, Daniel Cronin, Pete DiCaianni, Grant Eckhoff, Timothy Elliott, Robert Grogan, Gwen Henry, Richard Jorgensen, Christopher Kachiroubas, Jean Kaczmarek, Robert Larsen, Paula McGowen, James Mendrick, Al Murphy, Sean Noonan, Jeffrey Redick, Darlene Ruscitti, Timothy Whelan, and Jim Zay; d) Milton Township officials including Sal Falbo, Chris Heidorn, Gail Hinkle, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Gary Muehlfelt, David Molitor, John Monino, and Yada Nathwani; e) Wheaton Park District officials including Michael Benard; f) School District 200 officials; g) College of DuPage officials including Annette Corrigan, Christine Fenne, Heidi Holan, and Frank Napolitano, please elaborate?

How would you characterize your relationships with West District Precinct Committeemen including Joseph Caruso, Dave Diersen, Arthur Grant, Ralph Hinkle, Marty Keller, Robert Krzyzewski, Robert Larsen, Robert McNeily, Ronald Menna, Elizabeth Tatro, Mark Thomas, and Herbert Wehling, please elaborate?

Have you ever been elected to or appointed to a government and political office, and if so, please elaborate?

Have you ever been arrested, and if so, please elaborate?

Have you ever pled guilty to crime or been convicted of a crime, and if so, please elaborate?

Do you have any health problems that might impact your service on the City Council, and if so, please elaborate?

Do you have any financial problems that might impact your service on the City Council, and if so, please elaborate?

Approximately, how much time per week do you have available to devote to City Council duties?

Have you been a plaintiff or defendant in any litigation, and if so, please elaborate?

Have you ever been delinquent with any type of taxes, and if so, please elaborate?

Do you have any financial or other type of conflict of interest if you served on the City Council, and if so, please elaborate?

Have you ever filed bankruptcy, and if so, please elaborate?

Have you ever been fired, forced to resign, or forced to retire from a job, and if so, please elaborate?

Have you ever done anything that submits you to blackmail, and if so, please elaborate?

What demonstrates that if appointed, you will not be manipulated or dominated, for example, that you are financially secure, please elaborate?

The following are typical city council functions (https://www.nlc.org/city-councils). What experience do you have doing each of the following, please elaborate?

Review and approve the annual budget;
Establish long- and short-term objectives and priorities;
Oversee performance of the local public employees;
Oversee effectiveness of programs;
Establish tax rates;
Enter into legal contracts;
Borrow funds;
Pass ordinances and resolutions;
Modify the city’s charter;
Regulate land use through zoning laws;
Regulate business activity through licensing and regulations;
Regulate public health and safety;
Exercise the power of eminent domain;
Communicate policies and programs to residents;
Respond to constituent needs and complaints; and
Represent the community to other levels of government.

July 27 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What void do you fill? With my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, I fill a tremendous Republican communication void in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township. The Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) bring very few articles to the attention of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have brought more than 341,700 articles and information on many upcoming events to the attention of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Illinois, in DuPage County, and in Milton Township. The IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC share extremely few articles that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails help fill the tremendous Republican communication void in Illinois. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Local attorney Christopher Solfa latest to announce candidacy for vacancy on Batavia school board – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: So far, who has announced their candidacy for the West District Wheaton City Council vacancy? Wheaton City Council members have gone on to be a State Representative, Lieutenant Governor, and Congressional candidate. The voters in Wheaton’s West District should a) know who has filed an application to fill the West District Wheaton City Council vacancy before the filing deadline, b) know when the filing deadline is (5:00 PM Tuesday, August 6, 2019), c) have an opportunity to express support for or opposition to those candidates.) 
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/512789426-local-attorney-solfa-latest-to-announce-candidacy-for-vacancy-on-batavia-school-board

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use children to promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-children-held-ohare-border-protection-congress-letter-20190726-uz53qddfm5gl3mw6436esjspxa-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs make it clear that they 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-frat avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-social-security-number-notices-immigrants-20190725-cvtfwosbmnhnfir3twh7ug64cq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jussie Smollett receives ministering from Rev. Jesse Jackson ‘Empire’ actor who claimed a racist assault in January dips into town during Rainbow PUSH forum – Michael Sneed 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/27/8932380/jussie-smollett-push-ministering-jesse-jackson-empire-assault-homophobic-racist-fox-taraji-henson

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, RINOs, and other Trump-haters hate those like me who they call “right-wing influencers and online provocateurs.” 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190727/white-house-summit-on-social-media-gave-a-boost-to-key-trump-supporters-they-used-it-to-attack-mueller
— A duty of freedom: Tolerating ugly speech – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190726/editorial-a-duty-of-freedom-tolerating-ugly-speech

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Ives, Sanguinetti square off in 6th District; Sheila O’Brien – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/flannery-fired-up-ives-sanguinetti-square-off-in-6th-district-sheila-o-brien

ABC7
— 4 workers suspended after high lead levels found in University Park drinking water
https://abc7chicago.com/health/workers-suspended-after-high-lead-levels-found-in-university-park-drinking-water/5422489/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/27/2019

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Towns given a month to respond to plan for Stergenics to re-open Willowbrook facility – CLIFFORD WARD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/burr-ridge/ct-sterigenics-court-ruling-tl-0801-20190726-wvmmhb3oxbddxaoy5vbd3jmbba-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rosemont under scrutiny by the FBI, sources tell the Sun-Times Agents have questioned current and former village employees about a contract given to a politically connected security company and over possible wrongdoing in the suburb’s public safety department. – Robert Herguth 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/26/8930891/rosemont-fbi-scrutiny-monterrey-security-public-safety-department-donald-e-stephens-iii

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— St. Joseph to hold hearing on burning issue: marijuana sales – Deb Pressey (DIERSEN: In your municipality and in your county, what percent of the residents a) have smoked pot, b) are smoking pot, c) want to smoke pot, d) want everyone to smoke pot, e) want to make money selling pot, and/or f) want governments to take in tax revenues from the sale of pot?)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/st-joseph-to-hold-hearing-on-burning-issue-marijuana-sales/article_0e95f287-1e7e-53b8-a447-b50aed6da655.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— State election board likely to hear complaint against McHenry County clerk Aug. 21 Illinois Board of Elections likely to hear Tirio complaint Aug. 21 – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/07/26/state-election-board-likely-to-hear-complaint-against-mchenry-county-clerk-aug-21/a4wxjhc/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Headline not meant as a dig – David Giuliani (DIERSEN: What is your “most distinguishing feature.” For me, it is my having served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/david-giuliani-headline-not-meant-as-a-dig/article_c438e450-ae48-11e9-9d15-aff44456d256.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: We referred to Varela’s high school because that fact was probably her most distinguishing feature. She graduated just two months before her arrest. The headline wasn’t meant as a dig at Kankakee High.)

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Chicago ordinances often become state laws – Cole Lauterbach
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=288144#.XTxdPxh_OM8

WGIL
— SWANSON VIEWS CHICAGO 51 AS SYMBOLIC MOVE
http://www.wgil.com/2019/07/27/swanson-views-chicago-51-as-symbolic-move/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Locals react to two new laws designed to protect undocumented children – Amanda Henderson
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/locals-react-to-two-new-laws-designed-to-protect-undocumented-children
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Governor Pritzker does not speak for me,” said Director of Illinois Minuteman Project Rosanna Pulido. . .”Americans who live in Illinois want our laws to be enforced. They want ICE to do their job and we want that for safe communities,” said Pulido. Under the new laws, two things can now happen. Number one: if the parents of an undocumented child are detained or deported, the child can still live with a legal guardian for up to two years. The second law allows undocumented children to get visas, which is an easier way to get US citizenship. “I have a hard time believing that there are people who would want to leave their children behind,” said Pulido.)

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— East St. Louis ranks the most dangerous of Illinois cities (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs do everything that they can to promote poverty and crime, for example, they promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/512782757-east-st-louis-ranks-the-most-dangerous-of-illinois-cities-study-finds

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Attacks on Conservative Speech Take Many Forms – Ken Blackwell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/07/attacks-on-conservative-speech-take-many-forms/

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Northwest Side GOP Club’s Podgorski not convinced area needs housing department’s help – Glenn Minnis
https://northcooknews.com/stories/512789365-northwest-side-gop-club-s-podgorski-not-convinced-area-needs-housing-department-s-help

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
–Corporate America stays on sidelines as Trump attacks ‘the squad’ – Melissa Quinn (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, corporate America sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/corporate-america-stays-on-sidelines-as-trump-attacks-the-squad

AMERICAN THINKER
— 2020 Census Citizenship Controversy Exposes True Open Borders Agenda – Tom Tancredo
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/2020_census_citizenship_controversy_exposes_true_open_borders_agenda.html
— The False Promise of the Minimum Wage Hike – Dennis L. Weisman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/the_false_promise_of_the_minimum_wage_hike.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Covenants Without the Sword – Pedro Gonzalez
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/26/covenants-without-the-sword/

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Attacked for Criticizing Illegal Immigration
http://americanfreepress.net/attacked-for-criticizing-illegal-immigration/

BREITBART
— NBC News: ‘Growing Number’ of Pregnant Migrants Waiting to Deliver Anchor Babies in U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/26/nbc-news-growing-number-of-pregnant-migrants-waiting-to-deliver-anchor-babies-in-u-s/

GOPUSA
— Dearborn MI: Arab-American community boycott blocks opening of ‘Israeli’ burger restaurant
http://www.gopusa.com/dearborn-mi-arab-american-community-boycott-blocks-opening-of-israeli-burger-restaurant/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— The Makeup of the Two Parties and the Current Game in Washington
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/07/26/the-makeup-of-the-two-parties-and-the-current-game-in-washington/

GOPUSA
— NY Times columnist: Inept Dems have put Trump in ranks of folk heroes
http://www.gopusa.com/ny-times-columnist-inept-dems-have-put-trump-in-ranks-of-folk-heroes/

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Why a Strong Economy Will Actually Help Democrats in 2020.”
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/27/2020-democrats-economy-rust-belt-227484

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote hatred of Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/opinion/trump-wall-immigration.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/opinion/nationalism-trump-conservative.html
— What to Know When Choosing Cremation – Ann Carrns (DIERSEN: Would you want to be buried in the municipality that you live in? Even though I have lived in Wheaton since 1978, and even though there are two large cemeteries in my precinct, I do not want to be buried in Wheaton. There are far too many Wheaton residents who are filled with hatred of those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, ancestors who have been in America for a long time, former union member, former federal employee, federal retiree, childless, pet-less, American nameplate car owner, former Crete resident, etc.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/26/your-money/funeral-cremation-burial.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Here are my questions for candidates before the second Democratic debate – George F. Will (DIERSEN: What questions do you want to ask candidates? I want to ask candidates what they would do if elected a) to promote individual responsibility, that is, to discourage dependency on government and to discourage dependency on charity, b) to promote traditional marriage and traditional family, that is, to discourage LGBTQ activity, c) to promote the right to life, that is, to discourage abortion, d) to promote compliance with America’s immigration laws, that is, to discourage illegal immigration, e) to promote conservative principles, that is, to discourage booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) to promote Second Amendment rights, that is, to discourage erosion of Second Amendment rights, and g) to promote equal opportunity, that is, to discourage patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid? Those who do not want me to ask the aforesaid questions do everything that they can to destroy me.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/here-are-my-questions-for-candidates-before-the-second-democratic-debate/2019/07/26/2412066e-af0b-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump campaign sees political advantage in a divisive appeal to working-class white voters.” Are/were you a “working class white voter?” I was. 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. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes look down on, badmouth, belittle, despise, demonize, denigrate, and condemn white working class voters. They stress that I was a union member 1966-1969 and 1971-1980.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-campaign-sees-political-advantage-in-a-divisive-appeal-to-working-class-white-voters/2019/07/26/39234f00-aef1-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Bill de Blasio says Trump not ‘welcome back in New York ‘ — even if he loses election – DAVE GOLDINER (DIERSEN: In your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who determines who is welcome and who is not welcome? I should write a book about those who since 1978 have determined who is welcome and who is not welcome in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-de-blasio-trump-unwelcome-new-york-20190726-ucoqxhkzazht3nrhxuepty7hwq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they 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.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-how-sunset-park-thwarted-ice-20190727-zcggwhzapjbqjg4iuxq4cwdj7i-story.html

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally.
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Keeping-migrants-alive-shouldn-t-be-a-crime-14188986.php

BOZEMAN DAILY CHRONICLE
— Those here illegally disrespect, disobey our laws – Mary Ellen Pitt
https://www.bozemandailychronicle.com/opinions/letters_to_editor/those-here-illegally-disrespect-disobey-our-laws/article_67742678-a475-562b-95eb-0e9cb0940f46.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Still Paying Coerced Labor Dues, Even After Janus Cara O’Callaghan’s union defies the Supreme Court’s ‘opt-in’ mandate and takes $41 a month from her pay. – Nicole Ault
https://www.wsj.com/articles/still-paying-coerced-labor-dues-even-after-janus-11564181195

INC.
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do everything that they can to make millennials 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.inc.com/peter-economy/a-new-study-of-150000-millennials-revealed-that-they-have-these-10-surprising-things-in-common.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO: Homeland Security Has a Problem Hiring and Keeping Women The department is failing to address known barriers to a number of ethnic and racial groups – Eric Katz (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2019/07/homeland-security-has-problem-hiring-and-keeping-women/158740/

July 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Protesters demand Chicago hotel shut down Border Patrol trade show
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/protesters-demand-hotel-shut-down-cbp-convention/5414394/

NBC5
— Lightfoot Caught on Audio Calling FOP Vice President a ‘Clown’ During City Council Meeting
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Mayor-fop-comment_Chicago-513153072.html

WGN TV
— Kankakee County Democrats apologize after photo posted comparing Trump MAGA hats to KKK hoods – SEAN LEWIS
https://wgntv.com/2019/07/23/kankakee-county-democrats-post-meme-comparing-trump-maga-hats-to-kkk-hoods/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Roskam endorses Ives over Sanguinetti for Congress The former congressman, who once was as inside as it gets in Washington, says populist Jeanne Ives is better than former Lt. Gov. Sanguinetti to try to reclaim his old seat from Democrat Sean Casten. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/roskam-endorses-ives-over-sanguinetti-congress
— Defuse the property tax bomb Politicians can’t afford to ignore growing public resentment of excessive property taxes, a powder keg that needs only a spark to explode into a full-fledged tax revolt with unpredictable consequences. – JOE CAHILL
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/defuse-property-tax-bomb

DAILY HERALD
— Island Lake planning commissioner nominated for open trustee seat – Russell Lissau (DIERSEN: If you were nominated for a position, who would object and why? What would the stated reasons be? What would the real reasons be?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190724/island-lake-planning-commissioner-nominated-for-open-trustee-seat
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A relatively new Island Lake transplant has been nominated to fill a vacancy on the village board. Dan Powell, who moved to Island Lake less than three years ago, could be appointed to the seat during Thursday night’s board meeting. He’s been nominated by Mayor Charles Amrich, but it’s up to the trustees to approve the nomination. If appointed to the board, Powell will replace Jennifer Villarreal, who unexpectedly resigned in June. Amrich initially had suggested appointing former trustees Mark Beeson or John Burke to the post, but board members objected to those nominations last month and delayed votes.)
— There should be consequences for reckless, inappropriate political posts – Editorial (DIERSEN: What about the First Amendment? People can sue for defamation, libel, and slander.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190724/editorial-there-should-be-consequences-for-reckless-inappropriate-political-posts

NORTHWEST HERALD
— County Democratic chairman compared MAGA hats to KKK hoods – AP
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/07/23/county-democratic-chairman-compared-maga-hats-to-kkk-hoods/auaj8h2/

WQAD
— Geneseo City Council explores recreational marijuana, possible options for regulating where it’s sold – KATHERNE BAUER
https://wqad.com/2019/07/23/geneseo-city-council-explores-recreational-marijuana-possible-options-for-regulating-where-its-sold/

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/black-voters-say-they-wont-forget-trumps-racist-tweet

FOX ST. LOUIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis industry takes center stage at Metro East Expo – CHRIS REGNIER
https://fox2now.com/2019/07/23/cannabis-industry-takes-center-stage-at-metro-east-expo/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW POLL SHOWS PRITZKER’S POPULARITY SAGGING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/pritzkers-popularity-sagging.html


— IL GOP SILENT AS TAXPAYERS SUBSIDIZE TRUMP-HATING SNOOP DOGG’S STATE FAIR APPEARANCE (DIERSEN: RINOs are far more likely to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans than demonize, denigrate, or condemn Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/il-gop-silent-as-taxpayers-subsidize-trump-hating-snoop-doggs-state-fair-appearance.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rashida Tlaib, the lunatic fringe of politics – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/24/rashida-tlaib-lunatic-fringe-politics/

PJ MEDIA
— Google Engineer: Google News Search Results Are Intentionally Biased Against Trump – TYLER O’NEIL (DIERSEN: Google repeatedly takes me to far too many non-credible websites that promote hatred against individuals, organization, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/google-engineer-google-news-search-results-are-intentionally-biased-against-trump/

GOPUSA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Getting stoned legally most popular issue for leftists
http://www.gopusa.com/getting-stoned-legally-most-popular-issue-for-leftists/
— LGBTQ: Apparently prostitution and drug sales are now just ‘survival crimes’
http://www.gopusa.com/lgbtq-apparently-prostitution-and-drug-sales-are-now-just-survival-crimes/
— Ann Arbor principal says she was forced out for being white, files $5M lawsuit
http://www.gopusa.com/ann-arbor-principal-says-she-was-forced-out-for-being-white-files-5m-lawsuit/

PARENTS OPPOSED TO POT
— WHO’S REALLY IN PRISON FOR MARIJUANA? – David G. Evans
https://poppot.org/2019/07/23/%ef%bb%bfwhos-really-in-prison-for-marijuana/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Flinging the Nazi talk, Beto O’Rourke makes a fool of himself on The View – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/flinging_the_nazi_talk_beto_orourke_makes_a_fool_of_himself_on_the_view.html
— The Co-Conspirators in the American Left’s Takeover of the Democratic Party – Steve McCann
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/the_coconspirators_in_the_american_lefts_takeover_of_the_democratic_party.html
— Tweets frenzy exposes the Left’s terminal dementia – Loren Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/tweets_frenzy_exposes_the_lefts_terminal_dementia.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Address the Real Cause of Central American Migration – Ned Ryun
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/07/23/address-the-real-cause-of-central-american-migration/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Left Burns a Heretic: Nancy Pelosi Clamoring for her head because she isn’t sufficiently pro-Squad, they seem to hate her more than they do Trump and the GOP. – JAMES P. PINKERTON
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-left-burns-a-heretic-nancy-pelosi/

NEWSMAX
— Sham House Resolution Only Re-Elects Trump – Stephen B. Presser
https://www.newsmax.com/stephenbpresser/pelosi-omar-tlaib-cleaver/2019/07/23/id/925615/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— The Loony Left Continues To TearDown Trump And Destroy The Country!!! – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/the-loony-left-continues-to-teardown-trump-and-destroy-the-country/

FEDERALIST
— 3 Common Arguments For Overlooking Illegal Immigration That Don’t Hold Water – Robert Steinbuch
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/24/3-common-arguments-overlooking-illegal-immigration-dont-hold-water/

FRONT PAGE MAGAZINE
— LESSONS FOR AMERICA FROM INDIA’S WAR AGAINST ILLEGAL MUSLIM MIGRANTS Imagine if we had India’s immigration policy. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274331/lessons-america-indias-war-against-illegal-muslim-daniel-greenfield

ONE NEWS NOW
— Parents warned, again, about far-left teachers – Bob Kellogg 
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/07/24/parents-warned-again-about-far-left-teachers

LIFEZETTE
— Trump on the Tlaib Video: ‘Who Elected Her? … Not a Sane Person’ The president, speaking to young conservatives today in Washington, had some choice words for the Michigan Democratic who wants him impeached
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/trump-on-the-tlaib-video-who-elected-her-not-a-sane-person/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Derides Growing Radical Left at Teen Student Action Summit – BOWEN XIAO
https://m.theepochtimes.com/trump-derides-growing-radical-left-at-teen-student-action-summit_3013131.html

UPI
— NAACP passes resolution calling for Trump impeachment “This president has led one of the most racist and xenophobic administrations since the Jim Crow era,” said NAACP President and CEO Derrick Johnson. – Darryl Coote
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/07/24/NAACP-passes-resolution-calling-for-Trump-impeachment/3851563959369/

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, according to Trump-haters, everything that Trump does or does not do is racist.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/black-voters-forget-trumps-racist-tweets-64526545

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes Ilhan Omar as being quintessentially American.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/ilhan-omar-quintessentially-american/2019/07/23/dc0a701e-ad88-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Diersen seeks input on important issues that Wheaton needs to address and how those issues should be addressed – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
(THE ARTICLE: I will be seeking appointment to fill the Wheaton West District City Council vacancy. The application deadline is 5:00 p.m. on Tuesday, August 6, 2019. Applicants are asked to identify the three most important issues that Wheaton needs to address in the next 2 years and how those issues should be addressed. I would greatly appreciate your input. Please email me at diersen@aol.com or phone me at 630-653-0462. At its two most recent meetings, I urged Wheaton’s City Council to be the first city in Illinois to ban the sale of pot. I served on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011. My wife and I have lived in Wheaton since 1978 and in its West District since 1984. I have served as the Republican Precinct Committeeman for Precinct 9 since 1999. Since 2000, as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I have put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sent them out. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning, since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too, and they have included links to more than 341,500 articles and information on many upcoming events. I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654. I served on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee for 13 years. 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 $82,579-$93,592. I have a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT, a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, an MBA from Loyola, and a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU. I am a Forensic Accountant, Certified Financial Services Auditor, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Fraud Examiner, Licensed CPA, and Certified Internal Auditor (CIA). I passed the CPA and CIA examinations on my first attempt.)

July 23 Morning Edition

WSPY NEWS
— Plano Resident Asks for Ban on Recreational Marijuana Sales – Mark Harrington (DIERSEN: When will the newspapers report that I asked the Wheaton City Council at its two most recent meetings to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton? When will the newspapers report that I asked the DuPage County Board at its most recent meeting to ban the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County?)
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/plano-resident-asks-for-ban-on-recreational-marijuana-sales-state/article_592d952e-ad45-11e9-bd8b-171197124d1a.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sally Dreishmire asked for a ban in the city on the sale and use of recreational marijuana, now approved by Illinois law. She urged aldermen to study what she feels are problems in Colorado and Seattle. Plano Mayor Bob Hausler reassured her about the council’s direction to discuss sales.)

WSIL TV
— Local leaders have the choice to not have dispensaries (pot shops) in their county – Fahima Paghmani
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40821544/local-leaders-have-the-choice-to-not-have-dispensaries-in-their-county

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: First stepping stones laid out for sale of recreational cannabis in Peru – Jordan Havlik
http://www.newstrib.com/news/first-stepping-stones-laid-out-for-sale-of-recreational-cannabis/article_afb8eaa2-ad44-11e9-baa7-7b67a9e16c24.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Republicans and Democrats angry over internet memes posted by parties – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-republicans-and-democrats-angry-over-internet-memes-posted-by-parties
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Internet memes that’ve been posted by both parties on different partisan websites highlight something that I think most people in this state understand. Both political parties are run by a bunch of knuckleheads,” said Dan Proft, talk show host of AM-560 The Answer.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Kankakee County Democrats post meme comparing Republican President Donald Trump’s red #MAGA hats to KKK hoods – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-kankakee-county-democrats-post-meme-comparing-red-maga-hats-kkk-20190723-i4z4rb3uajap7lqyrgzspd7pxa-story.html
— Bannockburn, Riverwoods start to tackle possibility of recreational marijuana – STEVE SADIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/ct-dfr-riverwoods-bannockburn-marijuana-tl-0725-20190722-ajhqe5vmo5h2bbrgcg3p7oygha-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Is $15 an hour adequate to get by? – LOLLY BOWEAN (DIERSEN: If jobs that require little or no education should pay $15 or more an hour, should jobs that require a) a high school diploma pay $20 or more an hour, b) an associate degree pay $25 or more an hour, c) a bachelor’s degree pay $30 or more an hour, d) a master’s degree pay $35 or more an hour, and e) a professional certification or license pay $40 or more an hour? 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.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-minimum-wage-increase-sparks-conversation-20190723-mm6bttc3rngwplbduhvi4rh7km-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Kankakee Democrats compare KKK hoods to ‘MAGA’ hats in Facebook post The post was deleted the same day that a state GOP group shared a bogus movie poster on its Facebook page that depicted four Democratic congresswomen of color as “The Jihad Squad.” – Sam Charles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/7/22/20706502/kankakee-democrats-compare-kkk-hoods-trump-maga-hats-facebook-post
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lightfoot sought to move Customs and Border Protection convention out of Chicago Immigrant rights groups and the mayor have been unsuccessful in getting the conference, which starts Tuesday at the Marriott, canceled or moved out of the city. – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/22/20706083/chicago-immigration-marriott-hotels-border-patrol-convention-ice-lightfoot

NORTHWEST HERALD
— GOP lawmakers representing McHenry County react to “Jihad Squad” post – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/07/22/gop-lawmakers-representing-mchenry-county-react-to-jihad-squad-post/ai3fww4/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gun dealer: New Illinois law will ‘put a hammer’ on us – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190722/gun-dealer-new-illinois-law-will-put-hammer-on-us

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Popular opinion and its perils – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-popular-opinion-and-its-perils/article_d82f91a2-bc5b-56b1-82e1-d925de74e30a.html

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Democrat to challenge Shimkus but admits he doesn’t have ‘a chance in hell of winning’ – JOSEPH BUSTOS (DIERSEN: What are the reasons why you might not have a chance in hell of winning, that is, how bad are your demographics? My demographics are terrible: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, union member for almost 12 years, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal retiree for more than 21 years, childless, pet-less, obese (BMI 31), American-nameplate car owner, and even worse things.) 
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article232976072.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Ives Announces Congressional Bid – Cole Lauterbach
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=287878#.XTcUTehKiM8
— Legislation Going Through Rules Process – Greg Bishop
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=287891#.XTcTDuhKiM8

KMOX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘Missouri’s Largest Cannabis Expo’ is happening this week … in Illinois It’s not for smokers or on-site sellers of marijuana, either. – BRAD CHOAT
https://kmox.radio.com/articles/cannabis-industrial-marketplace-hosts-largest-missouri-weed-expo-illinois

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Calls to leaders of the Illinois Republican County Chairmen’s Association, which posted the racially tinged image, went unanswered. But a source close to the RCCA said the organization’s social media volunteer came across the “Jihad Squad” artwork on a pro-Trump Facebook page, thought it was funny, and posted it without approval. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who do not want me to serve as the webmaster for the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, or the Illinois Republican Party. I should write a book about those who did not want me to serve as the webmaster for the MTRCC, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/07/23/lightfoot-torches-gop-post-as-repugnant-frank-talk-on-franken-a-shimkus-challenge-460708

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives plans events to discuss 6th CD candidacy – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512777139-ives-plans-events-to-discuss-6th-cd-candidacy

CAPITOL FAX
— Republicans step up to denounce racist statement from one of their own (DIERSEN: Are you “one of their own?” One could argue that if you are a Republican Precinct Committeeman, you are NOT “one of their own” if you are NOT a) a township/ward/county party officer after 3 years as a committeeman, b) a township/ward/county party chairman after 6 years, c) an Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee (SCC) Member after 9 years, and d) an IRP SCC officer after 12 years. One could hint/imply/argue/shout that I am NOT “one of their own.” Even though I have been a member of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) since 1999, those who ran/run MTRCC have never asked me to serve as a chairman of a committee or as an officer. MTRCC rudely fired me as its webmaster in 2010 and 2004. When I ran for the open MTRCC Treasurer position in 2004, 69 voted for my opponent who went negative against me and only 13 voted for me. I should write a book about past and present MTRCC leaders, their operatives, and their dupes a) who discourage me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out, b) who discourage MTRCC members and everyone else from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, c) who discourage Republicans from contributing to help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks, d) who blame me for MTRCC’s problems, e) who blame me for their problems, f) who blame me for your problems, g) who blame me for my problems, h) who blame me for everyone’s problems, i) who blame me for all the defeats that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000, j) who reject many if not most of the planks in the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, and/or k) who talk and/or act like they have been promised by those who I have sued and/or by others a new home, a new car, lots of money, a sweetheart contract, a sweetheart job, favorable legislation, and/or lots more if they get rid of me.) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/22/republicans-step-up-to-denounce-racist-statement-from-one-of-their-own/

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Files House Ethics Complaint against Rep. Ilhan Omar Over Potential Immigration, Marriage, Tax, and Student Loan Fraud
https://www.judicialwatch.org/document-archive/omar-ethics-complaint-07-22-19/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Democrats decry ‘poison of racism,’ urge NAACP to marshal black vote against Trump – S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/22/democrats-urge-naacp-convention-marshal-black-vote/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Beto compares ‘send her back’ Trump rally chant to Nazism – Mike Brest 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/beto-likens-send-her-back-trump-rally-chant-to-nazism

BREITBART
— Chuck Schumer Caught Offering ‘Thumbs Up’ Emotional Support to Illegal Migrants – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrats see illegals as being their solders in their war against America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/22/chuck-schumer-caught-offering-thumbs-up-emotional-support-to-illegal-migrants/
— Tucker Carlson: Dems Repeatedly Say ‘No One Is Above the Law,’ Make Exception for Illegals – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/07/22/fncs-tucker-carlson-dems-repeatedly-say-no-one-is-above-the-law-make-exception-for-illegals/
— Barack Obama Wrote the Playbook on Political Division – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/22/pollak-barack-obama-wrote-playbook-on-political-division/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Hotels Caught In Immigration Debate, Must Decide Whether To House Migrants For ICE – Matt M. Miller
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/hotels-caught-in-immigration-debate-must-decide-whether-to-house-migrants-for-ice/
— Crenshaw On Border: Dems ‘Don’t Want Solutions,’ Just To Make Trump Seem ‘Evil’ – Jake Dima
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/crenshaw-on-border-dems-dont-want-solutions-just-to-make-trump-seem-evil/

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— After 23 years, the Trump administration is implementing key immigration law – Daniel Horowitz ·
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/23-years-trump-administration-implementing-key-immigration-law/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats In Panic Mode As Party Reaches The ‘Most Left-Wing Position Possible’ On Immigration – Victor Davis Hanson
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/22/victor-davis-hanson-democrats-left-wing-immigration/

TOWNHALL
— Beto Compares Illegal Aliens In El Paso To Legal Immigrants At Ellis Island – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/07/22/beto-el-paso-could-be-the-ellis-island-of-today-n2550436

HOT AIR
— AOC: “All People Should Be Free” To Enter The US? – ED MORRISSEY (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What do Democrats and RINOs promise citizens of foreign countries to come to America illegally, to stay in America illegally, and/or to seek asylum in America? ANSWER: a) free housing, b) free food, c) free clothing, d) free health care, e) free education, f) free transportation, g) jobs, h) preference for those who minority, i) preference for those who are female, j) preference for those who are younger, k) the right to vote, and l) many more things.)
https://hotair.com/archives/ed-morrissey/2019/07/22/aoc-people-free-enter-us/

THE HILL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Record number of states considered marijuana legalization in 2019 – REID WILSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/454167-record-number-of-states-considered-marijuana-legalization-in-2019

NEWSMAX
— Jews and Blacks for Trump – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.newsmax.com/wayneallynroot/jexit-blexit-jews-blacks/2019/07/22/id/925453/

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: These Michigan Voters Show How Trump’s ‘Go Back’ Attack May Help Him – Stephanie Saul and Jeremy W. Peters

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/us/politics/trump-michigan-racism-2020.html
— Falling Trust in Government Makes It Harder to Solve Problems, Americans Say – Matt Stevens
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/22/us/politics/pew-trust-distrust-survey.html

WGAL
— Ageism is major roadblock for older job seekers People over 55 are largest pool of workers but have hardest time securing full-time jobs, interviews – Corinne Lillis (DIERSEN: I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://www.wgal.com/article/ageism-is-major-roadblock-for-older-job-seekers/28380378

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Job One for Democrats: Winning Back Blue-Collar Votes – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: What percent of blue-collar voters want what the Democrat Party promotes: dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/job-one-for-democrats-winning-back-blue-collar-votes-11563806244

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Google settles a multi-million dollar class action lawsuit accusing the tech giant of age discrimination against potential applicants – Nick Bastone
https://www.businessinsider.com/google-settles-multi-million-dollar-age-discrimination-lawsuit-2019-7

THE WEEK
— Republicans are becoming more like Democrats. So why are Democrats so upset? – Damon Linker (DIERSEN: Beyond disgustingly, beyond tragically, ever-increasingly, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be Republican fail/refuse to defend/promote planks in the Republican Party platform, especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks.) 
https://theweek.com/articles/854135/republicans-are-becoming-more-like-democrats-why-are

July 22 Morning Edition

JEANNE FOR CONGRESS
— Ives Makes It Official: She is Running For Congress In 2020 (DIERSEN: Ives made her outstanding announcement in the Medill Room at Cantigny Park in Wheaton Sunday evening, July 21, 2019. Her announcement included that she has the full support and endorsement of Peter and Elizabeth Roskam. The 80+ attendees included Eaton, Cattoni, Cleveland, Davis, Economos, Falbo, Furstenau, Holder, LaComb, LeVan, McGowen, Patlak, Proft, J. Shaw, Skillicorn, Smith, and Webster.)
https://mailchi.mp/5e4534947758/ives-makes-it-official

AM560
— Jeanne Ives announces her run for congress
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m7GNs31aPwU

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Republicans pull social media aimed at four Democratic congresswomen who were subjects of President Trump’s ‘go back’ tweets, calling them ‘Jihad Squad’ – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-republicans-jihad-squad-post-20190721-ffwvxkiiyzhyxg72mdjjqkcgmu-story.html
— Rep. Omar fails to see America’s greatness – Joseph Thies, Des Plaines
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-072219-20190722-dkqp4gvmk5d4neotgizadzxpoa-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ZIP code breakdown shows where the money is in Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s graduated income tax plan – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: How much money is in your zip code? According to this article, 8% of those in my 60189 zip code have more than $250,000 income. 108 joint filers had more than $1 million income, 223 had $500,001-$1 million, and 803 had $250,001-$500,000.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-graduated-income-tax-who-pays-20190722-u6hulxf2jbg47o7n3i7d3b5bii-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Democratic Gov. J.B. Pritzker has pitched his graduated-rate income tax plan by emphasizing that only a tiny sliver of Illinois residents would pay more if voters approve a change to the state constitution in November 2020. Those residents, as might be expected, are concentrated in a handful of wealthy enclaves in the city and suburbs. In fact, a quarter of all taxpayers statewide who would be hit by the higher rates — those earning more than $250,000 a year — reside in just 15 of the state’s more than 1,500 ZIP codes, covering places like Lincoln Park, Wilmette, Barrington and Elmhurst, according to a Tribune analysis of Illinois Department of Revenue income tax data from 2016, the most recent year available.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/7/22/20701273/legal-weed-cannabis-pot-arcview-mainstream-recreational-steve-deanjelo
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/7/10/20689709/weed-101-community-college-students-major-marijuana-recreational
— Illinois Republican leaders denounce ‘jihad squad’ post on GOP Facebook page The bogus movie poster appeared on the Facebook page of the Republican County Chairmen’s Association of Illinois on Friday and featured the four women of color nicknamed “the squad” — Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York, Rashida Tlaib of Michigan, Ayanna Pressley of Massachusetts and Ilhan Omar of Minnesota. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/21/20703265/post-about-jihad-squad-gop-facebook-page-illinois-republican-leaders-denounce-race-based-appeal

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: ABC7 article headline unethically hints/implies/argues/shouts that the ‘Jihad Squad’ posting was authorized by Illinois Republican Party leaders.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/local-republicans-jihad-squad-facebook-post-draws-condemnation/5409868/
— Tesla driver in San Francisco hits couple in crosswalk, killing husband
https://abc7chicago.com/tesla-driver-in-sf-hits-couple-in-crosswalk-killing-husband/5410846/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/22/2019

NBC5
— Democrats Blast Republican Group’s Facebook Post Targeting Ocasio Cortez, Omar The group targeted four Democratic Congresswomen in a mock movie poster
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/democrats-blast-republican-social-media-post-targeting-ocasio-cortez-omar-513013881.html

WGN TV
— IL GOP group deletes controversial Facebook post – MEGHAN DWYER
https://wgntv.com/2019/07/21/il-gop-group-deletes-controversial-facebook-post/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— ‘Jihad Squad’ post by Illinois GOP group too much for state’s top Republicans Party chiefs for the state and Cook County blast a faux movie poster depicting four Democratic congresswomen as religious terrorists. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/jihad-squad-post-illinois-gop-group-too-much-states-top-republicans

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you criticize a Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, minority, female, younger person, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or someone whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, you are called a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things.
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190721/reeder-wrong-to-question-political-opponents-patriotism

JOURNAL COURIER
— State may be failing, but its legislators flush – Editorial
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Editorial-State-may-be-failing-but-its-14111427.php#new_tab

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois lawmakers backed the Corwin Amendment in 1862. Here’s why a senator wants to rescind the approval. (DIERSEN: What were your ancestors doing in 1862? On my father’s side, they were operating a farm in Crete. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park along the Indiana border.)
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/listen-illinois-lawmakers-backed-the-corwin-amendment-in-here-s/article_3e6c64a5-6cc4-5f18-9690-c36f6fad1837.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Congressional race pits Rauner lieutenant governor against former opponent, Jeanne Ives – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/congressional-race-pits-rauner-lieutenant-governor-against-former-opponent-jeanne/article_ce66017c-ac1a-11e9-99b9-d717af19245a.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker’s Top Priority: Dead Babies – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/illinois-gov-pritzkers-top-priority-dead-babies/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump inflames feud with ‘Squad,’ says congresswomen not ‘capable of loving our Country’ – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote those who hate America.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/21/donald-trump-renews-squad-attacks-says-liberal-con/

BREITBART
— Hispanic Caucus: ‘Trump’s Fear-Mongering’ Causing Illegal Aliens to Cancel Abortions – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/21/hispanic-caucus-trump-illegal-aliens-cancel-abortions/

BLAZE
— Ilhan Omar makes new racially charged allegations about President Trump ‘His immigration policies say this much!’ – Chris Enloe
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ilhan-omar-makes-incredible-new-racially-charged-allegations-about-president-trump

NEWSMAX
— Stephen Miller: ‘Squad’ of Dem Congresswomen ‘Detest America’ – Cathy Burke 
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/stephen-miller-aoc-trump-squad/2019/07/21/id/925335/

TOWNHALL
— Sending Ilhan Omar ‘Back’ Was Never A Question, But The Future Of America Is – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/07/22/sending-ilhan-omar-back-was-never-a-question-but-the-future-of-america-is-n2550378

PJ MEDIA
— Illegals Trying to Storm Border Turned Back by CPB Agents Using Tear Gas – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/illegals-trying-to-storm-border-turned-back-by-cpb-agents-using-teargas/

NEWS BUSTERS
— MSNBC Guests Claim MAGA, Trump Are a ‘Nazi Symbol’- Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2019/07/21/msnbc-guests-claim-maga-trump-are-nazi-symbol

ONE NEWS NOW
— Angel Mom slams Dems protecting illegals, Twitter silences – Michael F. Haverluck 
https://onenewsnow.com/media/2019/07/21/angel-mom-slams-dems-protecting-illegals-twitter-silences

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— CNN asks ‘are you an immigrant’ inconvenienced by our laws? Pro-Trump immigrants flood responses – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/21/cnn-asks-are-you-an-immigrant-inconvenienced-by-our-laws-pro-trump-immigrants-flood-responses-777096

WORLD NET DAILY
— THE LEFT COERCES CEOS TO ADMIT THEY’RE SCUM Bill McCusker urges hundreds who signed pledge to get back to business
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/the-left-coerces-ceos-to-admit-theyre-scum/
— LOVE WHITE PEOPLE OR LEAVE MY COUNTRY! Jesse Lee Peterson challenges the true racists in government
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/love-white-people-or-leave-my-country/

LIFEZETTE
— Patriotic Americans ‘Are Tired’ of Being ‘Talked Down To’ by Leftists in Congress and the Media Trump adviser Stephen Miller said on Sunday morning what many people who love this country have been thinking
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/patriotic-americans-are-tired-of-being-talked-down-to-by-leftists-in-congress-and-the-media/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Vows to Help Angel Mom Banned From Twitter – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://m.theepochtimes.com/trump-vows-to-help-angel-mom-banned-from-twitter_3010797.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/454047-identity-politics-will-trump-race-baiting-in-2020

REUTERS
— ‘Apologize to America,’ Trump tells Democratic congresswomen – Doina Chiacu
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-democrats/apologize-to-america-trump-tells-democratic-congresswomen-idUSKCN1UG0J2

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dont-president-repelijah-cummings/story?id=64460872

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/opinion/trump-racism.html
— FRONT PAGE: Trump-haters call Trump a racist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/21/us/politics/trump-race-democrats.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump crashes MAGA-themed wedding, prompting ‘USA’ chants – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2019/07/21/trump-crashes-maga-themed-wedding-prompting-usa-chants/

WASHINGTON POST
— Ahead of Mueller hearings, top Democrats call Trump ‘unindicted co-conspirator’ and accuse him of ‘high crimes and misdemeanors’ – Felicia Sonmez (DIERSEN: Constructively, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, 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, etc. have charged me “high crimes and misdemeanors,” but they fail/refuse to put their charges in writing. I should sue them for their failure/refusal to put their charges in writing.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/ahead-of-mueller-hearing-nadler-says-there-is-substantial-evidence-trump-committed-high-crimes-and-misdemeanors/2019/07/21/c0e32a90-abc8-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Susan Neiman equates Democrat treatment of slaves with Nazi treatment of Jews. Are you White? What do the Democrats think of, that this, how strongly do Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn you, your parents, your grandparents, you great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should have been gotten rid of long ago?
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-07-19/reparations-germany-hr40-holocaust-slavery

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Civil rights groups promote Sharia law. 
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2019/07/17/islam-sharia-law-how-far-right-group-gets-model-bills-passed/1636199001/
— Do Democrats believe in open borders? By not enforcing immigration law, it looks that way. – Robert Robb
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/20/democrats-believe-open-borders-immigration-column/1755622001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Should Unify Behind AOC, Not Pelosi Voters want impeachment and a progressive policy agenda. House leaders have another idea. – Cenk Uygur
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-should-unify-behind-aoc-not-pelosi-11563738915
— The Guatemalan City Fueling the Migrant Exodus to America Guatemala is now the largest source of illegal immigrants headed to the U.S., with the emigration epicenter in Joyabaj, population 100,000 and falling – José de Córdoba
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-guatemalan-city-fueling-the-migrant-exodus-to-america-11563738141

WALLET HUB
— 2019’s Most & Least Educated Cities in America – Adam McCann (DIERSEN: Chicagoland ranks 31 out of 150.)
https://wallethub.com/edu/most-and-least-educated-cities/6656/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/trump-again-shows-he-cant-even-pretend-to-reject-racism.html

NEW YORKER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/our-columnists/the-weaponization-of-national-belonging-from-nazi-germany-to-trump

NEWSWEEK
— PETE BUTTIGIEG WARNS WHITE SUPREMACY COULD END THE U.S. LIKE IT ALMOST DID IN THE CIVIL WAR – JASON LEMON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage hatred of Whites.) 
https://www.newsweek.com/pete-buttigieg-white-supremacy-could-end-us-like-civil-war-1450377

GOVERNING
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Governing article headline unethically hints/implies/argues/shouts that the ‘Jihad Squad’ posting was authorized by Illinois Republican Party leaders.
https://www.governing.com/topics/politics/tns-jihad-squad-facebook-post.html

July 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use medial pot to push recreational pot at Pitchfork Music Fest
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/festivals/ct-ent-pitchfork-music-fest-2019-best-and-worst-day-2-20190720-wdkzqowmdvdrzhooaq7eufqjba-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Despite the upcoming Illinois marijuana legalization Jan. 1, 2020 it’s business as usual at the Modern Cannabis booth. MOCA, a marijuana dispensary, has been a staple of Pitchfork for at least two years, the dispensary itself open since 2016. A MOCA representative told the Tribune that right now, the booth serves to educate festival attendees on “a safe alternative, safe medicine” and on how an individual might get a cannabis card (you need to be an Illinois resident, for one thing).)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What encourages you to run for office? For me, it is a lack of candidates who have promised to and/or have demonstrated a) that they can/will defend/advance the Republican Party platform and the Illinois Republican Party platform, especially their traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity planks (no race of gender based preference giving) planks and that they can/will oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, diminishment of First and Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-muslims-political-involvement-illinois-20190716-lh6wh7nhmzh6fncluqmnlaly54-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats shout at citizens of foreign countries, 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. Democrats count on immigrants to help them get rid of Republicans once and for all. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-trump-naturalization-citizenship-cuccinelli-chapman-20190719-zrgvdteolrcpzj3ahfaestiwcu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Mentoring can help fight violence – John W. Fountain (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors got rid of my mentor in 1987. He had hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me to GS-13, currently $98,198/year, in 1986. My Democrat IRS superiors got rid of my mentor in 1975. He had promoted me to GS-9, currently $56,945/year, in 1972, to GS-11, currently $68,897/year, in 1973, and to GS-12, currently $82,579/year, in 1974.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/20/20701144/gun-violence-reparations-police-shootings-black-on-black-crime-john-fountain

DAILY HERALD
— Health agencies refusing $8 million in federal money because of new, ‘unethical’ rules – Rebecca Anzel (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190720/health-agencies-refusing-8-million-in-federal-money-because-of-new-unethical-rules
— 50th high school reunion spurs memories of the ‘in’ crowd – Ken Potts (DIERSEN: Crete-Monee High School Class of 1966 held its outstanding 50th reunion in 2016 at the Lincolnshire Country Club in Crete. Of the 200 graduates, 100 responded to the event questionnaire, 67 attended one or more of three weekend events, and 31 spouses/guests attended one or more of the events. Sadly, more than 48 of the 200 have passed away. I was one of the few who had attended all three of the previous reunions – the 25th in Beecher, the 20th in Matteson, and the 10th in Homewood. One of my classmates, Dennis Peters from Morris, ran for state representative in 1998.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190717/50th-reunion-spurs-memories-of-the-in-crowd
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190721/the-contagion-of-rationalization
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: One from Buffalo Grove and one from Barrington use Charlie Kirk to glorify and to praise themselves.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190721/refusing-to-walk-away-from-chance-to-make-illinois-better

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Poll says Pritzker popularity sagging – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: Which voters are Pritzker popular with? ANSWER: 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190720/statehouse-insider-poll-says-pritzker-popularity-sagging
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Local Business Notes: Springfield first in video gaming terminals, second in revenue – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190720/local-business-notes-springfield-first-in-video-gaming-terminals-second-in-revenue

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Betsy Dirksen Londrigan.
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/tom-kacich-londrigan-in-better-shape-this-time-around/article_52e99474-d9cc-5a4b-befb-3de8a143a551.html

ROCK ISLAND TODAY
— Rep. Tony McCombie selected to join Edgar Fellows – Glenn Minnis
https://rockislandtoday.com/stories/512777049-rep-tony-mccombie-selected-to-join-edgar-fellows

CHICAGO AGENT MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use military veterans to push pot.
https://chicagoagentmagazine.com/2019/07/20/veterans-in-the-legal-weed-industry-face-barriers-to-housing-benefits/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS HOME VALUES DOWN 21%, PROPERTY TAXES UP 9% SINCE 2007 – Orphe Divounguy
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-home-values-down-21-property-taxes-up-9-since-2007/

FOX NEWS
— Virginia Democrats vow to boycott legislature’s 400th anniversary celebration if Trump attends – Louis Casiano (DIERSEN: If Trump came to Illinois, to your county, to your township/ward, to your municipality, to your precinct, or to your neighborhood, who would boycott him?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/virginia-democrats-urge-organizers-of-celebration-to-send-him-back-vow-to-boycott-if-trump-attends
— Border agents use tear gas to stop nearly 50 undocumented migrants who stormed Rio Grande bridge – Robert Gearty
https://www.foxnews.com/us/cbp-uses-tear-gas-to-stop-nearly-50-illegal-immigrants-who-stormed-border-crossing-bridge
— Beauty queen, a Trump fan, dethroned after conservative views ruled ‘insensitive,’ she says – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/entertainment/miss-michigan-trump-supporter-de-crowned-insensitive-social-media-posts-miss-world-america-pageant

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump renews ‘Squad’ attacks, says liberal Congresswomen not ‘capable of loving our Country’- Jay LeBlanc 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/21/donald-trump-renews-squad-attacks-says-liberal-con/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Omar Questions the Patriotism of American-Born Citizens
https://freebeacon.com/politics/omar-questions-the-patriotism-of-american-born-citizens/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Coming Socialist-Libertarian Feudalism – Edward Ring
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/20/the-coming-socialist-libertarian-feudalism/

DAILY CALLER
— Ilhan Omar: ‘Racist’ Trump ‘Wants Every Black/Brown Person Deported And Muslims Banned’ – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/20/ilhan-omar-donald-trump-racist/
— Twitter Suspends Angel Mom’s Account For Criticizing Kamala Harris – PHILLIP NIETO
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/20/twitter-suspends-angel-mom-kamala-harris/

TOWNHALL
— The Dangerous Democratic Politics of Distortion – Paul Curry
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2019/07/21/the-dangerous-democratic-politics-of-distortion-n2550361

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Buckets of fake blood dumped at ICE facility in protest – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/20/buckets-of-fake-blood-dumped-at-ice-facility-in-protest-776622

THE HILL
— Trump lashes out at Washington Post over reporting: ‘Presidential Harassment!’ – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454039-trump-lashes-out-at-washington-post-over-reporting-presidential
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/blogs/congress-blog/politics/453508-trumps-racist-abuses-demand-impeachment

POLITICO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: How Legal Marijuana Is Helping the Black Market Expensive regulation and high demand across the country have made the illicit trade more profitable than going legit. – NATALIE FERTIG
https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2019/07/21/legal-marijuana-black-market-227414

MERCURY NEWS
— Trump and Pelosi show us why women of color struggle to succeed Disputes a case study on why women of color struggle to succeed in workplaces dominated by white people – ESTHER J. CEPEDA (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and the Post Office 1966-1969, those workplaces were dominated by Democrat “White people” who focused on a) hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/07/20/cepeda-trump-and-pelosi-show-us-why-women-of-color-struggle-to-succeed/

NEW YORK TIMES
— State and Local Taxes Are Worsening Inequality Most states lean heavily on lower-income families. An Illinois referendum is a step toward correcting the problem. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/opinion/sunday/inequality-taxes.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/us/politics/trump-race-record.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/opinion/sunday/dowd-trump-racism-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Virginia Democrats vow to boycott Trump if he comes to Jamestown, but their own governor sent the invite – Gregory S. Schneider and Hannah Natanson (DIERSEN: Has the Illinois Republican Party invited Trump to come to Illinois? Has your Republican county party organization invited Trump to come to your county?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/virginia-democrats-vow-to-boycott-trump-if-he-comes-to-jamestown-but-their-own-governor-sent-the-invite/2019/07/20/106fc97e-aaf2-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html
— Trump criticized the U.S. for years. Now he wants people who do that to leave. – JM Rieger (DIERSEN: Trump wants those to leave who hate those who are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/20/trump-wants-people-who-criticize-us-leave-he-spent-years-doing-just-that/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— The definition of a racist – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/wayne-allyn-root/wayne-allyn-root-the-definition-of-a-racist-1807698/

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.ajc.com/news/opinion/opinion-shouldn-fall-for-trump-divisive-racial-tactics/CAUGhjHg6Qk9Jgtf8IzYzL/

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Can Facebook predict your future health? Researchers found 21 conditions were predictable from the social media network alone. – Najja Parker
http://www.startribune.com/can-facebook-predict-your-future-health/512600962/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: For instance, those who used “drink” and “bottle” had an increased risk of alcohol abuse. And terms expressing hostility, such as expletives, were more predictive of drug abuse and psychoses. “This work is early, but our hope is that the insights gleaned from these posts could be used to better inform patients and providers about their health,” lead author Raina Merchant said. “As social media posts are often about someone’s lifestyle choices and experiences or how they’re feeling, this information could provide additional information about disease management and exacerbation.”)

GRAND JUNCTION DAILY SENTINEL
— Council’s integrity breaks down due to lack of clear procedure to fill vacancy – ANNA STOUT (DIERSEN: What factors would motivate you to run to fill a vacant city council seat? For me, factors include my not knowing who all the candidates are until after the filing deadline.)
https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/columns/council-s-integrity-breaks-down-due-to-lack-of-clear/article_5369f81e-ab72-11e9-871a-20677ce07cb4.html

SOUTH BEND TRIBUNE
— South Bend City Clerk says her public work overcomes lack of school experience for new job – Jeff Parrott (DIERSEN: What work experience would you stress if you ran for an office? I would stress that I worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654/year. I would stress that 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 $82,579-$93,592/year.)
https://www.southbendtribune.com/news/local/south-bend-city-clerk-says-her-public-work-overcomes-lack/article_639f0ca3-c372-5d99-b6e8-ee65d613f089.html

WSFA
— Montgomery mayoral candidate fails to meet ballot qualification (DIERSEN: What offices are you qualified to run for? I am qualified to run for the following offices: DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 Republican Committeeman; Wheaton City Council West District, At-Large, and Mayor; Wheaton Park District Commissioner; Wheaton School District 200 Board Member, Milton Township Supervisor, Highway Commissioner, Clerk, and Trustee; College of DuPage Trustee; DuPage County Regional School Superintendent and Trustee; DuPage Forest Preserve President and Commissioner District 4; DuPage County Board District 4; DuPage County Board Chairman, Circuit Court Clerk, Auditor, Coroner, Clerk, Recorder, and Treasurer; State Representative District 42; State Senator District 21; Illinois Governor, Secretary of State, Comptroller, and Treasurer; U.S. Congressman District 6; U.S. Senator; and U.S. President.) 
https://www.wsfa.com/2019/07/19/montgomery-mayor-candidate-fails-meet-ballot-qualification/

BLOOMBERG
— ‘LGBT-Free Zone’ Push in Poland Draws Fire From U.S. Ambassador – Marek Strzelecki (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs demand zones that are free of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-19/-lgbt-free-zone-push-in-poland-draws-fire-from-u-s-ambassador

FORBES
— Deja Vu: Google Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit For $11 Million – Patricia Barnes (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70. All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/07/20/deja-vu-google-settles-age-discrimination-lawsuit-for-11-million/#1fcbf35171f1
— Ten Ways Your Summer Internship Or Temp Job Enhances Your Career Even If You Don’t Get Hired Full-Time – Caroline Ceniza-Levine (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinated did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $33,591/year) intern, that is, to suffer a $60,001/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They painted what GAO Analysts do as being a unique “trade or occupation.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/carolinecenizalevine/2019/07/20/ten-ways-your-summer-internship-or-temp-job-enhances-your-career-even-if-you-dont-get-hired-full-time/#3a3da288867c

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/trumps-racism-is-pushing-away-the-voters-he-needs-in-2020.html
— Iowa’s Right-Wing ‘Kingmaker’ Rejects Steve King – Ed Kilgore (DIERSEN: Who are the Republican kingmakers in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I should write a book a) about the Republican kingmakers in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and b) the Republican candidates who they have picked since 2000. The aforesaid kingmakers have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.) 
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/iowas-right-wing-kingmaker-vander-plaats-rejects-king.html

INQUISITR
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blasts Trump, Says His Immigration Policy Is ‘About Ethnicity And Racism’ – Damir Mujezinovic
https://www.inquisitr.com/5540740/ocasiocortez-president-trump-immigration/
— Donald Trump Could ‘Absolutely’ Lose 2020 Election Due To Democratic ‘Anger,’ Says Ted Cruz – Tyler MacDonald (DIERSEN: How angry are the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.inquisitr.com/5540372/donald-trump-ted-cruz-election/

NEWSWEEK
— ‘SEND HIM BACK’: VIRGINIA DEMOCRATIC PARTY LEADERS TO BOYCOTT HISTORIC LEGISLATIVE SESSION IF TRUMP ATTENDS – ASHER STOCKLER
https://www.newsweek.com/virginia-democrats-trump-racism-ilhan-omar-1450337

LADDERS
— 15 top tips to become a better team player at work – KRISTY MCCANN FLYNN VIA GOCOACH (DIERSEN: To be a “team player,” those who work against me want me a) to come under their domination, b) to glorify and praise them, c) to pander to them, d) to give them money, and/or e) to serve as one of their operatives or dupes.) 
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/15-top-tips-to-become-a-better-team-player-at-work

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/21/donald-trump-racist-wall-street-republicans

July 20 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Allen Skillicorn, leaders of Second Amendment rights groups, Alex Heinz, and Ayesha Shafiuddin spoke at an outstanding Second Amendment rally hosted by the student-led nationwide “March For Our Rights” organization in Wheaton’s Memorial Park Saturday morning, July 20, 2019. The 150+ attendees included Holan, Ives, Ladesic, Sanguinetti, Shaw, and Smith. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Former Gov. Bruce Rauner and wife Diana sell Nantucket-style mansion in Winnetka for $2.7 million – BOB GOLDSBOROUGH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-bruce-rauner-winnetka-mansion-sale-20190720-j6eb2kn6dbeqtgngvl7k7q6r24-story.html
–DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-ecn-decent-column-st-0721-20190719-diievbap7ze4pjhgidbhq6wwne-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Running for president while serving in office — who does their jobs? – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190720/editorial-running-for-president-while-serving-in-office—who-does-their-jobs
— $300 million quickly for community colleges from state capital program: Is it for the right projects? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190720/300-million-quickly-for-community-colleges-from-state-capital-program-is-it-for-the-right-projects

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS 
— Ex-Gov. Rauner sells Winnetka home quickly Bruce and Diana Rauner sold the home, which they built in 1996, in 82 days, which is less than half the average market time for Winnetka homes this year. – DENNIS RODKIN 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/ex-gov-rauner-sells-winnetka-home-quickly

ROCHELLE NEWS
— Marijuana talks set – Andrew Heiserman
https://rochellenews-leader.com/article/marijuana-talks-set

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is no Racist – Taylor Lewis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/trump_is_no_racist.html
— Is the Democrats’ wall of unreason on illegals cracking? Kyrsten Sinema breaks ranks – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/is_the_democrats_wall_of_unreason_on_illegals_cracking_kyrsten_sinema_breaks_ranks.html
— CAIR’s Obstruction of Trump’s ICE Raids – Anne-Christine Hoff
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/cairs_obstruction_of_trumps_ice_raids.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Left Goals: Abolishing Citizenship – Matthew Boose
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/19/left-goals-abolishing-citizenship/

BREITBART
— Twitter Suspends Angel Mom for Posting About Illegal Immigration – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/19/twitter-suspends-angel-mom-for-posting-about-illegal-immigration/
— Human Smugglers Breach California Border Barrier with Cutting Tools – ROBERT ARCE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2019/07/19/human-smugglers-breach-california-border-barrier-with-cutting-tools/

WORLD NET DAILY
— A NEW PROPOSAL ON REPARATIONS THE LEFT WON’T LIKE Brent Smith figures those whose ancestors voted Democratic should pay up (DIERSEN: My ancestors voted for Republicans because Republicans oppose slavery.)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/a-new-proposal-on-reparations-the-left-wont-like/
— TRUMP DEMOLISHES THE ‘SQUAD’ Andy Schlafly: ‘It is not racist to try to Make America Great Again’
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/trump-demolishes-the-squad/

LIFEZETTE
— ‘Best Chevrolet Ever’: New Corvette from GM Taps into Booming Trump Economy For the most anticipated automobile launch in history, here are the little-known details and secret strategies driving a big reveal – John Di Lemme
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/best-chevrolet-ever-new-corvette-gm-taps-into-booming-trump-economy/

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-go-back-to-your-country-racist-tweets-chants-americans-weigh-in-2019-07-19/

YAHOO NEWS
— Do Democrats believe in open borders? By not enforcing immigration law, it looks that way. – Robert Robb,
https://news.yahoo.com/democrats-believe-open-borders-not-090004137.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/20/us/politics/trump-race-record.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s ‘go back’ remark: In workplace, it might be illegal – AP (DIERSEN: The squad does not work for Trump. The squad works against Trump. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/trumps-go-back-remark-in-workplace-it-might-be-illegal/2019/07/20/70c5aa34-aaf0-11e9-8733-48c87235f396_story.html

USA TODAY
— Michelle Obama: Diversity ‘truly makes’ America great – Rebecca Morin (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/19/michelle-obama-diversity-truly-makes-america-great/1781335001/

BLOOMBERG
— U.S. Says Crush on Asylum System Justifies New Restriction – Edvard Pettersson
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-20/u-s-says-crush-on-asylum-system-justifies-new-restriction
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-07-20/trump-s-tweets-to-squad-reveal-an-ugly-truth-opinion

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 222 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $400,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/222-W-Elm-St-Wheaton-IL-60189/4448420_zpid/

July 19 Evening Edition

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ISRA seeks court order to prohibit new law from requiring gun dealers to obtain state licenses – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: ISRA Alert: Saturday – July 20, 2019 – March For Our Rights comes to Wheaton! Summary: March For Our Rights, a student-led group, will rally in Wheaton on July 20 at Memorial Park at 10:00 am The student-led, nationwide “March For Our Rights” organization will hold their 2nd annual Chicagoland Rally in Wheaton on July 20, from 10am until noon at Memorial Park, 208 W Union Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187. . .Speakers include: Illinois State Representative Allen Skillicorn (R-66) SEE: http://archive.aweber.com/awlist4894361/E6xJN/h/Reminder_Saturday_March.htm)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512771515-isra-seeks-court-order-to-prohibit-new-law-from-requiring-gun-dealers-to-obtain-state-licenses

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives’ announcement looms: Former Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton will make her formal announcement that she is seeking the 6th Congressional District seat held by first-term Democrat Sean Casten at an event Sunday night. Ives will speak at the Medill Room at Cantigny Park in Wheaton at 8 p.m. – Lisa Donovan 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-friday-spin-20190719-ay4ek2s6orhjxcmkbehpxjisse-story.html
— Trump reverses course on ‘send her back’ chants, says rally crowd full of ‘incredible patriots’ – ALAN FRAM, DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND JONATHAN LEMIRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-go-back-comments-20190719-l5rif6zbyfhzbmel4wntu2rrjq-story.html
— ‘Ready to explode’: How a black boy’s drifting raft triggered a deadly week of riots 100 years ago in Chicago – William Lee
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-1919-chicago-riots-100th-anniversary-20190719-k4dexppvd5c6bkqbfwhgxfiacy-story.html
— Chicago’s race riots of 1919 and the epilogue that resonates today – Editorial (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay. When did your ancestor come to America? Mine came during the 1840s and 1850s. What were they doing in 1919? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park on the Indiana border.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-race-riots-chicago-1919-20190719-mchp4rs7dvbilaf6m27i2kuzxy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-trump-send-her-back-race-2020-page-20190719-b7aeht5k2vafzfbgddjzps7aii-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 3 other states, numerous public pension funds aiming to profit off legal weed in Illinois Tennessee has invested even though Republican Gov. Bill Lee opposed a move in that state to legalize even medical marijuana. The other state governments: Texas and Alaska. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/19/20701384/recreational-marijuana-illinois-investments-state-governments-public-employee-pensions

DAILY HERALD
— Barrington holding panel discussion Tuesday on anti-LGBTQ bullying (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will not be hired and you will be fired.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190718/barrington-holding-panel-discussion-tuesday-on-anti-lgbtq-bullying

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Kinzinger: Pelosi racism resolution was retaliation, broke House rules
http://www.newstrib.com/news/kinzinger-pelosi-racism-resolution-was-retaliation-broke-house-rules/article_e811ae34-aa1f-11e9-9f2b-c7f211e426e5.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Will County members of Congress vote to condemn Trump’s tweets
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/07/17/will-county-members-of-congress-vote-to-condemn-trumps-tweets/a3msobr/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Omar says she won’t stop working to be ‘a nightmare’ for Trump – AP (DIERSEN: Omar has tremendous “protections” because she is NOT a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, German American, and her ancestors have NOT been in America for a long time.) 
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/watch-rep-ilhan-omar-meets-with-supporters-after-controversy-w-president-trumps-tweets

KHQA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Quincy entrepreneurs preparing to offer residents recreational marijuana – Marcus Espinoza
https://khqa.com/news/local/quincy-entrepreneurs-preparing-to-offer-residents-recreational-marijuana

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pro-life Billboard Reaches Chicago and Suburbs! – Chris Iverson 
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/pro-life-billboard-reaches-chicago-and-suburbs/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES ENTERS 6TH CD GOP PRIMARY; CASTEN AND DCCC REACT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/ives-enters-6th-cd-gop-primary-casten-and-dccc-react.html
— TOWNSHIP BOARDS JOIN GROWING MOVEMENT TO PROTECT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/gun-rights-movement-grows.html
— DEMOCRAT DOCTOR SWINGS REPUBLICAN TO CHALLENGE DURBIN IN 2020
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/marshall-.html

FOX NEWS
— Mark Levin: Trump’s comments about the ‘squad’ were addressing ‘content of their character’ not race – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-squad-omar-tlaib-trump-racism

FEDERALIST
— Dissent Can Be Patriotic, But Hating Your Own Country Isn’t The grand question of our time may very well be the simple one of whether the United States deserves not only to be defended but preserved. – Edward Chang
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/19/dissent-can-patriotic-hating-country-isnt/
— When Democrats Threatened To Deport A Top Trump Aide, Media Yawned – Chrissy Clark
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/18/democrats-threatened-deport-top-trump-aide-media-yawned/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Hate America and Americans – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/democrats_hate_america_and_americans.html
— The Squad is laying bare the Democratic Party – J. Marsolo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/the_squad_is_laying_bare_the_democratic_party.html
— Democrats who call Republicans racist need to learn their history – Michael Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/democrats_who_call_republicans_racist_need_to_learn_their_history.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Immeasurable Importance of the Good Neighbor What’s more impactful than a family nearby with whom you can trust your children? – CASEY CHALK
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-immeasurable-importance-of-the-good-neighbor/

BREITBART
— Bernie Sanders Staff Complain of ‘Poverty Wages,’ Demand $15/Hour – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/19/bernie-sanders-staff-complain-of-poverty-wages-demand-15-hour/
— Pete Buttigieg Writes Off Donald Trump Supporters as ‘Committed Racists’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/19/pete-buttigieg-writes-off-donald-trump-supporters-as-committed-racists/

GOPUSA
— Sacramento mayor says state must force cities to provide shelter space for homeless
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72848

DAILY SIGNAL
— Carson Says Trump ‘Not a Racist’ – Joshua Nelson 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/19/carson-says-trump-not-a-racist/

PATRIOT POST
— Ilhan Omar Is Completely Assimilated – Rich Lowry 
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/64347-ilhan-omar-is-completely-assimilated

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois to spend money it doesn’t have pandering to abortion lobby
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/illinois-to-spend-money-it-doesnt-have-pandering-to-abortion-lobby

EPOCH TIMES
— Greed, Fear, and Corporate Progressivism – Paul Adams (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, corporations serve as operatives for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties and promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/greed-fear-and-corporate-progressivism_3001723.html

THE HILL
— Trump campaign, RNC training army of volunteers in key 2020 states – MAX GREENWOOD 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/453911-trump-campaign-rnc-training-army-of-volunteers-in-key-2020-states
— Graham: Every Republican president or nominee ‘will be accused of being a racist’ – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/453817-graham-every-republican-president-or-nominee-will-be-accused-of-being-a
— Trump steps up attacks on four minority congresswomen – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453959-trump-steps-up-attacks-on-minority-congresswomen

HUFFINGTON POST
— About 90% Of Trump Voters Say He Isn’t A Racist A roughly equal share of his opponents disagree. – Ariel Edwards-Levy
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/90-percent-trump-voters-he-isnt-racist_n_5d30f531e4b0419fd32a6805

NEW YORK TIMES
–Trump’s Electoral College Edge Could Grow in 2020, Rewarding Polarizing Campaign Re-election looks plausible even with a bigger loss in the national popular vote. – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/upshot/trump-electoral-college-edge-.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Defenders of a Racist President Use Jews as Human Shields.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/trump-ilhan-omar.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “Trump’s presidency may be making Latinos sick.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trumps-presidency-may-be-making-latinos-sick/2019/07/19/4e89b9f0-a97f-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Democracy depends on kids not imitating” those who hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/19/condemn-trump-racism-but-not-students-who-support-him-column/1745220001/

FORBES
— Should You Lie About Your Age To Get Hired? – Patricia Barnes (DIERSEN: I have always admitted that I was born in 1948.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/07/19/should-you-lie-about-your-age-to-get-hired/#79b2828f3985

BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— Sick, Exhausted Agents Stoke Exodus Fear Amid Migrant Surge – Michaela Ross (DIERSEN: I was a National Treasury Employees Union member during the almost 9 years that I worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://about.bgov.com/news/sick-exhausted-agents-stoke-exodus-fear-amid-migrant-surge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Job risks include exposure to tuberculosis, flu, scabies Employee assistance program seeks to help deal with stress Sergio Tinoco used to wear his Border Patrol uniform home with pride. Now, after a typical 10-hour day in heat that can exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, he says many on his team no longer wear their uniforms to or from the job. Tinoco, an agent of 14 years and U.S. military veteran, said his fellow agents in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley are repeatedly falling ill with flu. They’re also seeing scabies, tuberculosis, chicken pox, and lice from waves of about 1,200 migrants crossing through their facilities daily and are worried their uniforms will carry contagions. And that’s not all, he said: Many agents are being harassed in public. “We’re completely exhausted,” Tinoco said in an interview, not speaking in his official capacity. “It takes a toll on the human spirit.” Long work hours and exposure to diseases are driving agents to retire early and take sick leave, union officials and government watchdogs say. While public outrage has focused on the separation of families and children, overcrowding, and unsanitary conditions, policymakers are increasingly concerned about attrition and suicide among the agents on the front lines of the migrant surge. The border agency for years has struggled with attrition, but this year has been one of the toughest in the 95-year old patrol’s history. Migrant children and families crossed the border in record numbers while agents saw their pay delayed by a 35-day government shutdown. The patrol is approximately 7,000 agents short, the Government Accountability Office reported in March. More than 700 customs officers from around the country were diverted this spring when apprehensions soared to more than 130,000. That division of the border agency now faces a shortage of approximately 3,500 officers, said the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents officers.)

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Census Eclipses 500K Applicants, Still Needs 2.3M More The bureau is working to overcome fears instilled by the Trump administration’s court fight to include a citizenship question, official says.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2019/07/census-eclipses-500k-applicants-still-needs-23m-more/158562/

AUTO WEEK
— 7 WAYS THE 2020 C8 IS UNLIKE ANY CORVETTE IN HISTORY (AND 3 WAYS IT’S THE SAME) Corvette boss Tadge Juechter outlines a drastically different, still familiar American sports car – J.P. VETTRAINO 
https://autoweek.com/article/corvette/7-ways-2020-c8-unlike-any-corvette-history-and-3-ways-its-same

DCCC
— RECRUITMENT FAIL: IL-06 GOP Primary Turns Into Full-Blown Civil War
https://dccc.org/recruitment-fail-il-06-gop-primary-turns-full-blown-civil-war/

(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: Firebrand conservative Jeanne Ives launches campaign for Congress after Evelyn Sanguinetti’s horrible fundraising report, setting up a rematch of the nasty 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary. Remember how we said Evelyn Sanguinetti’s week couldn’t get any worse after she got outraised 7-to-1 by Rep. Casten in her first fundraising quarter? Apparently we were wrong. After weeks of speculation, far-right conservative Jeanne Ives officially filed for Congress today in the 6th District – apparently Sanguinetti’s paltry fundraising haul couldn’t scare her off. After Sanguinetti’s ticket barely survived a brutal challenge by Ives in the 2018 Republican primary, expect another toxic race to the conservative fringes this cycle in a district that President Trump lost by seven points. Sanguinetti has already endorsed President Trump’s re-election, so who knows to what extremes Ives will drag her to over the course of a contentious primary. “Today’s announcement sets the stage for a brutal race to the conservative extreme in the 6th District between a floundering Evelyn Sanguinetti and a far-right wing Jeanne Ives,” said DCCC spokesperson Mike Gwin. “While Ives and Sanguinetti battle it out over who can bear-hug President Trump the hardest, Sean Casten will remain focused on delivering for middle-class Illinois families by working to keep down the cost of health care and lowering taxes for homeowners.”)

July 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Leave the US, Trump tells liberal Democratic congresswomen – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/leave-the-us-trump-tells-liberal-democratic-congresswomen/5394913/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Photos-Protest-Signs-Spotted-at-Chicago-Daley-Plaza-Rally-Against-ICE-512701851.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ICE deportation raids in progress after overnight start in NYC, other areas
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/ice-deportation-raids-in-progress-after-overnight-start-in-nyc-other-areas
— Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps – AP (DIERSEN: To provide sanctuary for illegals is to shout disrespect of: a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.) 
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/churches-jump-into-action-with-threat-of-immigration-sweeps
— Biden refuses to apologize for high deportation numbers during Obama years
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/biden-refuses-to-apologize-for-high-deportation-numbers-during-obama-years

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Volunteers ready to disrupt, document ICE deportation raids once they begin “The main thing we want to achieve is extreme delay,” said Anthony Joel Quezada, who works for Chicago Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th). – Mitch Dudek 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/14/20693814/volunteers-disrupt-document-ice-deportation-raid-immigration
— Fact-check: Pritzker’s claims about Downstate capital spending leave some unanswered questions Pritzker’s specific claim about where the rest of the funding will go under this plan is not yet possible to pin down based on our analysis. – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/14/20692223/fact-check-pritzkers-claims-downstate-capital-spending-politifact

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tells Democratic congresswomen of color to ‘go back’ to countries they came from – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-democratic-congresswomen-20190714-trocrjld2vgo3iwtpd66ftt2ma-story.html
— No sign of raids for those fearing ICE sweeps in Chicago – Jessica Villagomez
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-ice-raids-chicago-20190714-h6txjw3qfndqri3agewbuc4gre-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dick-durbin-immigration-trump-20190714-yp5k36dr4bb5he4jbjtyaaxu5q-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No notable opponent yet for Sen. Durbin – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: On July 5, 2003, a mere 16 years ago, all five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/tom-kacich-no-notable-opponent-yet-for-sen-durbin/article_8fde7efe-c6ea-5b36-ab45-00f74014fb46.html
— Railroad won’t chug to state fair – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-railroad-won-t-chug-to-state-fair/article_f6a39b1a-c617-5218-847a-56c7529f8a15.html

DANVILLE DAILY COMMERCIAL
— Democrats champion illegal migrants over U.S. citizens – Russ Sloan
https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20190714/from-right-democrats-champion-illegal-migrants-over-us-citizens

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— A glimpse at who’s bankrolling Illinois political committees, so far, this year – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/a-glimpse-at-whos-bankrolling-illinois-political-committees-so-far-this-year

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland says opposing immigration enforcement unfair to legal migrants – Greg Bishop 
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/downstate-illinois-legislator-says-opposing-immigration-enforcement-unfair-to-legal/article_50888e64-9b3f-5288-8674-1d642ec9a270.html

DAILY CALLER
— 11 Highlights From Democrats’ Insult Fest Between Team Pelosi And Team Ocasio-Cortez – PETER HASSON
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/13/pelosi-ocasio-cortez-feud/

TOWNHALL
— The Impending ICE Raids: Legal, Necessary, and Bound to Misrepresented by the Left – Paul Curry
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2019/07/14/the-impending-ice-raids-legal-necessary-and-bound-to-misrepresented-by-the-left-n2550018

FOX ILLINOIS
— 2nd Amendment Right’s activists push for gun sanctuaries in Illinois – Katie Bandish
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/2nd-amendment-rights-activists-push-for-gun-sanctuaries-in-illinois

AMERICAN THINKER
— Protestors tear down and defile American flag, raise Mexican flag at Colorado ICE detention facility – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/protestors_tear_down_and_defile_american_flag_raise_mexican_flag_at_colorado_ice_detention_facility.html
— Time Magazine unconsciously contributes to President Trump’s re-election effort – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/time_magazine_unconsciously_contributes_to_president_trumps_reelection_effort.html

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee Keeps Hounding Trump
https://americanfreepress.net/watchdog-keeps-hounding-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s a list of Gheen’s grievances with Trump: Trump promised a wall . . . no wall. Trump promised to end Obama’s DACA Amnesty on his first day, . . . DACA is continued by Trump. Trump promised to end birthright citizenship by executive order. . . . He did not do it. Trump said illegals had to go home. . . . Now he says they can stay and he supports amnesty bills. Trump said he would build a new deportation force to send illegals home. . . . That has not happened. Trump said he would clean up our elections, including illegal alien voters, but folded and shut down the Elections Integrity Commission headed by Kris Kobach at the first sign of resistance. Then Trump said he ordered DHS to clean up our elections’ fraud problems . . . [but it] hasn’t happened. Trump has packed his administration with pro-Amnesty Bush faction operatives while leaving most anti-illegal immigration fighters out of his staff pool. Trump promised to end sanctuary cities for illegal aliens but has not. Trump said he was sending the U.S. military to the border and ordering DHS to repel the illegal alien caravans. He said there would be no more catch and release and that the caravans would not be let in nor would be kept in tent detention facilities near the borders. But instead he is letting the caravan illegals in, and most of them are roaming free here inside the U.S. at this time with government assistance.)

BREITBART
— Why the Democrats Would Rather Fight Each Other Than Trump – JAMES P. PINKERTON
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/14/pinkerton-why-the-democrats-would-rather-fight-each-other-than-fight-trump/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— ICE Acting Director Rips Sanctuary City Mayors For Helping Illegal Aliens Avoid Arrest – Jason Hopkins
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/ice-acting-director-rips-sanctuary-city-mayors-for-helping-illegal-aliens-avoid-arrest/

PJ MEDIA
— Ilhan Omar: Americans Treat Illegal Aliens Worse than Dogs Because They’re Racist – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/ilhan-omar-americans-treat-illegal-aliens-worse-than-dogs-because-theyre-racist/
— Mark Zuckerberg Brags: We Didn’t Allow Pro-Life Groups to Advertise Before Ireland’s Abortion Vote – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/mark-zuckerberg-brags-we-didnt-allow-pro-life-groups-to-advertise-before-irelands-abortion-vote/
— America’s First Black Billionaire Gives Trump an ‘A+,’ Says Dems Are Moving ‘Too Far Left’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/americas-first-black-billionaire-gives-trump-an-a-says-dems-are-moving-too-far-left/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— De Blasio says ICE raids already underway, brags they are failing because of his obstruction – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/14/de-blasio-says-ice-raids-already-underway-brags-they-are-failing-because-of-his-obstruction-774720

BIPARTISAN PRESS
— Border Patrol Condemns Secret Facebook Group, but Reveals Few Specifics (DIERSEN: What private and secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What percent of them promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.thebipartisanpress.com/news/border-patrol-condemns-secret-facebook-group-but-reveals-few-specifics/

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
— Concern rises over pot and psychosis Some experts call for limits on potency of legal marijuana – Robert McCoppin
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/concern-rises-over-pot-and-psychosis-512696552.html

THE HILL
— Trump’s tweets unify a fractured Democratic Party – ZACK BUDRYK 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/452994-trumps-go-back-tweets-draw-swift-rebuke-from-democrats-on-the-left-and-center

POLITICO
— Trump tells Dem congresswomen: Go back where you came from – BIANCA QUILANTAN and DAVID COHEN (DIERSEN: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government did not tell me to go back to Germany, a) my Democrat GAO superiors they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/14/trump-congress-go-back-where-they-came-from-1415692

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Churches promise sanctuary from migrant sweeps (DIERSEN: To provide sanctuary for illegals is to shout disrespect of: a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.) 
https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/the-latest-chicago-aldermen-patrol-on-bikes-for-ice-agents-1.33835630

CBS NEWS
— Durbin rips Trump’s “careless rhetoric” about Democratic congresswomen of color
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dick-durbin-on-face-the-nation-trumps-careless-rhetoric-about-democratic-congresswomen-of-color/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump tells four liberal congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries, prompting Pelosi to defend them – Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put their motherlands ahead of America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-four-liberal-congresswomen-should-go-back-to-the-crime-infested-places-from-which-they-came/2019/07/14/b8bf140e-a638-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats and Republicans agree — Donald Trump will be re-elected – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/democrats-and-republicans-agree-donald-trump-will-be-re-elected/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Dear liberals: Your outrage helps Trump far more than it hurts him – SCOTT JENNINGS
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jennings-trump-haters-20190714-story.html

CBS DETROIT
— Average Vehicle Age Is Almost 12 Years Old, And Rising
https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2019/06/27/average-vehicle-age-is-almost-12-years-old-and-rising/

DENVER POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/14/tim-gill-colorado-lgbtq-rights/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump: Group of Democrats, All Minorities, Should ‘Go Back’ Where They Came From Democrats call Twitter messages racist as the president weighs in on intraparty tensions – Natalie Andrews and Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put their motherlands ahead of America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-group-of-democrats-all-minorities-should-go-back-where-they-came-from-11563124261
— VERY SAD: Schools Relax Dress Codes in Bid to End Body Shaming Districts drop fingertip rule for shorts, allow hoodies and even cleavage – Tawnell D. Hobbs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-relax-dress-codes-in-bid-to-end-body-shaming-11563010202

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
— Facebook says private groups are its future. Some are hubs for misinformation and hate. – Elizabeth Dwoskin (DIERSEN: What private and secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What percent of them promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190714/facebook-says-private-groups-are-its-future-some-are-hubs-for-misinformation-and-hate

LOWELL SUN
— Auditor resumés don’t add up Councilors trying to get more applications (DIERSEN: Should I apply? I worked for GAO for almost 18 years; my ending salary was $127,654 in today’s dollars. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years; my ending salary was $93,592 in today’s dollars. My certifications include CPA, Internal Auditor, Government Financial Manager, and Forensic Accountant.)
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_32728299/column-auditor-resumes-dont-add-up

(FROM THE ARTICLE: NOT MUCH has changed in the nearly four years since the Lowell City Council was last on the hunt for a City Auditor. Councilors asked to pump up the pay and post the job in multiple languages this time around, but, with the three week application period now closed, several councilors were unsatisfied with the resumés that landed in their inbox. “We did raise the salary, but we’re not attracting the candidates,” said City Councilor Rodney Elliott. Is it déjà vu all over again? The council hired Bryan Perry in March 2016, after three rounds of candidates and six months. Perry got the gig with a $101,800 starting salary and $4,500 stipend for serving on the city’s Retirement Board. When he left the city for Wilmington on June 19, he was making $105,918 annually. The most recent posting for the job offers $100,000 to $113,000, plus the stipend. It’s the first posting for the job since Perry announced his departure. Should the city offer even more, some councilors wondered? Human Relations Manager Mary Callery listed the city auditor salaries for several other communities in the state. According to Callery, the auditor in Boston earns $140,000; in Cambridge, $110,000; in New Bedford, $120,000; in Quincy, $119,000; in Springfield, $109,000; in Worcester, $135,000; in Brockton, $114,000; in Arlington, $126,000. In Wilmington, Perry will be making $121,192.)