August 23 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Wheaton’s City Council has narrowed the field of its 10 applicants for its West District vacancy to 3, and I am not one of them. The Council will interview those 3 finalists in the coming weeks. Critics of the Roosevelt Road corridor study by Camiros, Ltd. and Valerie Kretchmer & Associates (https://www.wheaton.il.us/930/Roosevelt-Road) have called for the Council to halt all action on the study until it fills its West District vacancy. It appears, sadly, like before, when the Council filled its North District vacancy, that it will not disclose who the 3 finalists are. I hope that the 3 finalists will get together, issue a joint press release, and call for a candidate forum to be held. Residents of Wheaton’s West District, including me, should have the opportunity to urge the Council to select one of those 3 finalists. Obviously, one could determine who the 3 finalist are if all 7 of the unsuccessful candidates got together and issued a press release. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, Dave Diersen, calls for DuPage County to ASAP a) draft, b) propose, c) seek input on from journalists like me, d) discuss, and e) vote on official press credentialing policies and procedures. Press credentialing requirements should NOT include a) having a degree in journalism, b) being paid, c) claiming to be just a reporter and not a journalist, d) denying being an activist, e) or claiming to be nonpartisan. I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000. Since 2004, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Those emails have included links to more than 344,100 articles and information on many upcoming events. I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654/year. What GAO Analysts do (https://www.gao.gov/about/careers/career-paths/) is extremely similar to what journalists do. In addition, I became a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Since 2005, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have demonized me, denigrated, me, and condemned be as being like Jeff Gannon. Since 2005, they have viciously used against me what happened with GOPUSA, Talon News, and White House Correspondent Jeff Gannon. SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Talon_News They paint me as being a clone of Jeff Gannon and even worse things. Ever since I became a GOPUSA reporter in 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I ask bad questions at press conferences and share privileged information with reporters that have caused Republican candidates to be defeated and even worse things. Of course, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, and party leaders in Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but a) who do NOT want me to know about their press conferences, b) who do NOT want me to attend their press conferences, c) who do NOT want me to ask questions during their press conferences, d) who do NOT want me to speak with other reporters, e) who have barred me from attending their press conferences, f) who have had me thrown out of their press conferences, and/or g) who do not want me to report on their press conferences. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

AMERICAN PRESS INSTITUTE
— SEPTEMBER 24, 2014 FLASHBACK: Offer disclosures and statements of values – CRAIG SILVERMAN (DIERSEN: Of course, journalists should disclose the sources and amounts of all their income. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $53,316/year. My Social Security is $2,118/year. All the time and money necessary to send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening comes from me. By definition, journalists who are employees of newspapers, television stations, radio stations, websites, or other organizations cannot claim to be independent of their employer. I should sue any individual, any organization, any company, or any government that hints/implies/argues/shouts that I am paid by the Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, or any other organization. If the aforesaid organizations paid me, they would promote my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. In fact, the aforesaid organizations fail/refuse to promote my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Further, journalists should disclose their citizenship status, gender, race, age, religion, national origin, how long their ancestors have been in America, if they are a veteran or not, political affiliation, work experience, education, professional certifications and licenses, etc.) 
https://www.americanpressinstitute.org/publications/reports/strategy-studies/disclosures-values/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Looking across the landscape, we conclude there are typically five situations when a disclosure needs to be added to a piece of content: Personal connections to sources, organizations or events mentioned in reporting. Organizational links to sources, organizations or events mentioned in reporting. Limitations of any data or material used. (Meaning: Here’s what we don’t know, or some mitigating factors.) When unusual methods are used to gather information (such as in the above example). When there is an unusual arrangement with sources (such as enabling them to remain anonymous or use a pseudonym). . .A reporter’s name, email, phone number and even Twitter handle are now common information that accompanies their content. . .Beyond disclosures about specific reporting, more reporters and organizations are offering pages that are updated over time to disclose any personal ties, investments or relationships. . .PunditFact, an offshoot of PolitiFact, offers a paragraph of disclosure about its sources of funding right on its homepage.)

QUORA
— DECEMBER 1, 2012 FLASHBACK: What is the difference between a journalist and a reporter? – Ashutosh Sinha
https://www.quora.com/What-is-the-difference-between-a-journalist-and-a-reporter
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In professional news media, all reporters are journalists but not all journalists are reporters. “Reporter” is a specific role: Someone who gathers facts and information from multiple sources, verifies them and writes a story or relays (reports) those findings in a TV, radio or Internet broadcast. “Journalist” includes anyone who is part of the editorial process of gathering and disseminating news: Reporters, editors, producers, photographers, camera operators, news columnists, etc. In a literal sense, anyone can be a reporter by relaying their direct observations. (e.g. I saw a car crash.) With the advent of social media such as Twitter, amateur reporters are increasingly a breaking news alert network for traditional news organizations. Ordinary people can also commit acts of journalism by following the journalistic process of fact-gathering, multi-source verification and putting those facts in context (e.g. A high-speed police chase after a million dollar bank robbery yesterday ended when the suspect’s car crashed into a lamp post at a busy downtown intersection.) Today, reporters’ roles are being blurred as they are required to take on more tasks that include photography, editing, blogging, shooting and producing video, audio, etc., so “journalist” is increasingly the most appropriate catch-all term.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sean Spicer responds to ‘Dancing with the Stars’ backlash The former Trump aide hopes the show is a “politics-free zone.” – Sara M Moniuszko
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/22/20828612/sean-spicer-responds-dancing-with-the-stars-backlash
— Former high-ranking state Veterans’ Affairs official accused of sexually harassing workers, using racial slurs There were also several witnesses who told investigators that Harry Sawyer used racial slurs or other “inappropriate race-based language when referring to African-American” employees. – Rachel Hinton 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/22/20828760/illinois-veterans-affairs-official-harry-sawyer-sexual-harassment-allegations-racial-slurs
— Workers, community members demand higher minimum wage sooner Workers, labor groups and community advocates held a rally for Black Women’s Equal Pay Day, calling on the Chicago City Council raise the city’s minimum wage to $15 by 2021. – Annie Geng 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/22/20828576/chicago-minimum-wage-black-womens-equal-pay-day-rally-thompson-center-plaza
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters glorify and praise those who come to America illegally and/or stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/21/20812805/immigration-greeks-utah-courage-faith
— Amid scrutiny, some parents back off giving up custody to help their kids get college aid  They say higher ed costs are exorbitant and that what they did is legal. A judge who’d OKed 9 guardianship transfers questions another, saying, ‘It doesn’t sound right to me. It just doesn’t.’ – Melissa Sanchez and Jodi S. Cohen (DIERSEN: When you were in high school and in college, were your parents wealthy? My outstanding parents were not. But nevertheless, to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being privileged, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always falsely hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were wealthy.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/23/20828624/guardianship-college-financial-aid-possible-fraud-lora-georgieva-parents-custody

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s newest polling location? The Cook County Jail Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed a law this week making the Cook County Jail Chicago’s newest polling place, easing ballot access for roughly 6,000 pre-trial detainees locally. – A.D. QUIG 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/chicagos-newest-polling-location-cook-county-jail

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois House of horrors not exactly a surprise – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/courts-police-fire/jim-dey-illinois-house-of-horrors-not-exactly-a-surprise/article_43b99ae1-3121-57c7-b5e2-94ac25726cf0.html

WBEZ
— Former Head of City’s Daley College Cited For Behavior ‘Unbecoming Of A Public Employee’ – Kate McGee
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/former-head-of-citys-daley-college-cited-for-behavior-unbecoming-of-a-public-employee/39316336-2504-45a8-9e27-a96e49224713

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Durbin faces 4 Republican challengers, and they all come out spitting fire – Greg Bishop
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Durbin-faces-4-Republican-challengers-all-come-14372371.php

FOX ILLINOIS
— Making a case to women: Trump female defenders go on offense – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/woman-to-woman-female-trump-backers-try-to-sell-his-message

WMTV
— Beloit police fear more impaired drivers once marijuana legal in Illinois – Morgan Wolfe 
https://www.nbc15.com/content/news/Beloit-police-fear-more-impaired-drivers-once-marijuana-legal-in-Illinois-557941981.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ROSSI: THE BIZARRE DEMOCRAT ACCUSATIONS OF TRUMP/GOP RACISM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/rossi-the-bizarre-democrat-accusations-of-trumpgop-racism-.html
— ROLE REVERSAL: GOVERNMENT SEARCHES GOOGLE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/role-reversal-government-searches-google.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Elections have consequences (DIERSEN: What do you say to Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders who take recent Republican losses as a mandate to get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains like me who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those like me whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/08/22/elections-have-consequences-4/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bill de Blasio’s love for illegals put citizens in danger – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/23/bill-de-blasios-love-illegals-put-citizens-danger/
— The Cultural Marxist attack on Western society It’s at the root of the Democratic Party’s identity politics and political correctness – James Veltmeyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/22/cultural-marxist-attack-western-society/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s ‘public charge’ rule is required to save immigration – Brian Brenberg
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/trumps-public-charge-rule-is-required-to-save-immigration

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Max Boot, Professional Former Republican How an Iraq war courtier left a party no one knew he was really a part of and now spends time taking swipes as former compatriots. – NEAL B. FREEMAN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/max-boot-professional-former-republican/

BREITBART
— Paul Ryan Wanted Illegal Immigration, Ran a ‘Chamber of Commerce Congress’ – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/22/uscis-chief-paul-ryan-wanted-illegal-immigration-ran-a-chamber-of-commerce-congress/
— Illegal Aliens Arrested in ICE Raid Stole Identities of American Citizens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/22/feds-illegal-aliens-arrested-in-ice-raid-stole-identities-of-american-citizens/

GOPUSA
— Ethnic Studies Latest Ploy to Brainwash Kids
http://www.gopusa.com/ethnic-studies-latest-ploy-to-brainwash-kids/
— Recipe for winning an election: Destroy America
http://www.gopusa.com/recipe-for-winning-an-election-destroy-america/

PATRIOT POST
— Democrats Perpetuate Urban Poverty Problems of poverty and homelessness are rising in the nation’s largest cities.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/64974-democrats-perpetuate-urban-poverty

COLLEGE FIX
— Cornell scholar cited in NYT’s ‘1619’ series charged with fabricating quotes, evidence – CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/cornell-scholar-cited-in-nyts-1619-series-charged-with-fabricating-quotes-evidence/

REUTERS
— Scottish university to pay 20 million pounds in slavery reparations (DIERSEN: How many millions, billions, or trillions of dollars in reparations do the Democrats want your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America to pay?)
https://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-britain-slavery/scottish-university-to-pay-20-million-pounds-in-slavery-reparations-idUKKCN1VD12O

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How Wayne LaPierre Survived a Revolt at the N.R.A. – Danny Hakim
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/us/politics/nra-guns-wayne-lapierre.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters are doing everything that can to destroy America’s economy to defeat Trump in 2020.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/business/economy/economics-survey-trump.html?auth=login-email&login=email
— Hiring Is Very Hard for Restaurants These Days. Now They May Have to Fire. Amid a severe labor shortage and a renewed U.S. crackdown on undocumented immigrants, owners are facing a choice: fire workers or risk prosecution. – David Yaffe-Bellany
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/23/business/restaurants-undocumented-immigrants.html
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/business/economy/trump-immigration-employers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s racism is about to get more scrutiny.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/22/trumps-white-nationalism-is-about-get-more-scrutiny/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google Disables YouTube Channels It Linked to Hong Kong Influence Operation Company said move was consistent with actions that Twitter and Facebook took when they cited evidence Beijing was behind efforts to discredit protesters – Robert McMillan (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and government discredit you? I should write a book about those that discredit me, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-disables-youtube-channels-it-linked-to-hong-kong-influence-operation-11566514204
— Is Your Child Emotionally Ready for College? For many students, the transition to adult independence is unexpectedly difficult. Here’s how parents can help. – Anthony Rostain and B. Janet Hibbs (DIERSEN: My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when I was a 21 year old student in my senior year at NIU. After I graduated in 1970, I lived with and helped support my mother and brother in Crete. In 1972, when I was 24 year old, I bought a new town home in University Park.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-your-child-emotionally-ready-for-college-11566490377

FORBES
— Why Workplace Abuse Plagues Undocumented Workers – Tom Spiggle
https://www.forbes.com/sites/tomspiggle/2019/08/22/why-workplace-abuse-plagues-undocumented-workers/#3116bbc49b20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andyjsemotiuk/2019/08/23/immigrants-troubled-by-trumps-new-immigration-policy-restrictions/

NASDAQ
— You Won’t Believe When the Average Millennial Reaches Financial Independence – Lyle Daly (DIERSEN: Thanks to my outstanding parents, I became financially independent when I was 21 years old in 1970 and started working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/you-wont-believe-when-the-average-millennial-reaches-financial-independence-cm1201676
— Here’s Why Relying on Mom and Dad for Too Long Could Cost You When’s the right time to stop accepting financial support from your parents? – Lyle Daly (DIERSEN: My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My outstanding mother never attended high school. I helped support my mother and brother between August of 1970 and September of 1972. I worked full-time for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights 1970-1971, and then part-time 1971-1972. I started working full-time for IRS in 1971. I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972.) 
https://www.nasdaq.com/article/heres-why-relying-on-mom-and-dad-for-too-long-could-cost-you-cm1201487

AUSTIN STATESMAN
— One-third of teens don’t believe they will be financially independent by age 30 – Nicole Villalpando (DIERSEN: Thanks to my outstanding parents, I became financially independent when I was 21 years old in 1970 and started working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.statesman.com/entertainmentlife/20190821/study-one-third-of-teens-dont-believe-they-will-be-financially-independent-by-age-30

SHORE NEWS NETWORK
— Orange County GOP Chairman Goes to War with County Conservative Republicans – Phil Stilton (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee have gone to war against conservative Republicans like me.)
https://shorenewsnetwork.com/2019/08/23/oc-gop-chairman-goes-to-war-with-county-conservative-republicans/

KPRC RADIO
— Democrat Lawmaker: We Need Illegals to Mow “Our Beautiful Lawns” – Ken Webster Jr. (DIERSEN: I mow my lawn, I trim the bushes, I shovel the snow, I mulch/rake the leaves, I clean the gutters, etc.) 
https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/the-pursuit-of-happiness/content/2019-08-23-dem-lawmaker-we-need-illegals-to-mow-our-beautiful-lawns-video/

GAO
— Back to School with GAO What percentage of U.S. public school districts inspected their schools for lead-based paint in 2016-2017?
https://blog.gao.gov/2019/08/22/back-to-school-with-gao-2/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters and America-haters promote Taylor Swift.
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/aug/23/taylor-swift-trump-thinks-his-presidency-autocracy

July 27 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Are suburbs going to allow sale of marijuana? So far more say ‘no’ or leaning no – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, each of Illinois’s 1,298 municipalities and each of its 102 counties should ASAP ban the sale of pot. Further, Wheaton’s Mayor, Wheaton’s 5 City Council members, applicants to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy, DuPage County’s Board Chairman, and DuPage County’s 18 Board members including Eckhoff and Elliot, should ASAP call for banning the sale of pot in all of DuPage County’s 38 municipalities and in its unincorporated areas. Further, a) the Illinois Republican Party should ASAP call for banning the sale of pot in all of Illinois, b) the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and the other 101 Republican county party organizations in Illinois should ASAP call for banning the sale of pot in their counties, c) the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, the 8 other Republican township party organizations in DuPage County, and all the other Republican township and ward party organizations in Illinois should ASAP call banning the sale of pot in their townships and wards, d) each and every elected and appointed government official in Illinois and candidates for those offices including Almiron, Berlin, Bucholz, Curran, Grogan, Grant, Henry, Holder, Ives, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Mazzochi, Mendrick, Oberweis, Ruscitti, Sanguinetti, and Wehrli, should ASAP call for banning the sale of pot in their jurisdictions, and d) each and every law enforcement, medical, religious, education, etc. leader in Illinois should ASAP call for banning the sale of pot in Illinois.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190727/are-suburbs-going-to-allow-sale-of-marijuana-so-far-more-say-no-or-leaning-no
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Naperville Councilman Kevin Coyne, who led the effort to prevent the sale of recreational marijuana in the city, said he believes more municipalities will say “no.” “I do feel this should not belong in the suburbs,” Coyne said. The main concerns are a potential increase in traffic crashes, use among teens and consumption of harder drugs, Coyne said. . .The state will issue up to 75 retail dispensary licenses, including 47 in the Chicago metro area, before May 1. Existing medical cannabis dispensaries can apply for early approval licenses to either sell recreational marijuana on site or at a different location. Up to 110 licenses will be available by December 2021. . .Bloomingdale Village Trustee Frank Bucaro said he’s perfectly OK not getting additional revenues because he believes recreational marijuana will bring about a slew of negative consequences, particularly for youth. “How do you put a dollar amount on that?” Bucaro said.)
— Rosemont denies corruption allegations in response to report of FBI inquiry – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190726/rosemont-denies-corruption-allegations-in-response-to-report-of-fbi-inquiry

ABC7
–President Donald Trump calls Baltimore ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess’ – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-calls-baltimore-disgusting-rat-and-rodent-infested-mess-/5424057/

NBC5
— Trump Attacks Majority-Black District Represented by Critic “Cumming District is a disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess,” Trump tweeted – Zeke Miller
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-Attacks-Majority-Black-District-Represented-by-Critic-Elijah-Cummings-513292071.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump attacks majority-black district of Baltimore represented by Rep. Elijah Cummings Trump’s attacks, made on Twitter, were the latest assault on a prominent lawmaker, and the people he represents, two weeks after he sparked nationwide controversy with racist tweets directed at four congresswomen of color. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/27/8933111/elijah-cummings-trump-baltimore
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you owe.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/27/8933166/chicago-reflects-on-bloody-summer-1919-seeking-direction-from-past

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— In suburbs, spiral of decline becomes homeowners’ burden Homeowners in many Chicago suburbs face collapsing home values and soaring property taxes. The predicament stems from years of business and job losses, globalization and strained municipal finances. – BGA
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-housing/suburbs-spiral-decline-becomes-homeowners-burden

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Pritzker is clear on his progressive views – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: To promote progressive views in Illinois is to drive out of Illinois individuals, organizations, and companies 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.sj-r.com/opinion/20190727/bernard-schoenburg-pritzker-is-clear-on-his-progressive-views

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Nancy Pelosi repudiates Trump’s ‘racist attacks’ against Elijah Cummings – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nancy-pelosi-repudiates-trumps-racist-attacks-against-elijah-cummings
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/david-axelrod-trumps-ugly-divisive-bombast-will-only-get-worse-and-will-be-his-2020-kryptonite

FOX NEWS
— Former Miss Michigan Kathy Zhu joins Trump campaign after ouster over ‘offensive’ social media posts – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kathy-zhu-ex-miss-michigan-trump-campaign

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bloomberg – an integral part of the swamp – James Mullin
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/bloomberg__an_integral_part_of_the_swamp.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Jumps to Defend Elijah Cummings After Trump Criticism – HARIS ALIC
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/27/joe-biden-jumps-defend-elijah-cummings-trump-criticism/
— Hungary: ‘Illegal Migration Is a Threat to European Culture and Civilization’ – JACK MONTGOMERY
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2019/07/27/hungary-illegal-migration-threat-european-culture-civilization/

DAILY CALLER
— Media Plays The Racist Card After Trump’s Tweets On Baltimore, President’s Supporters Push Back – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/27/media-trump-cummings-baltimore-racist/

HOT AIR
— How Democrats Are Shorting White Voters For 2020 – PETER VAN BUREN (DIERSEN: Are you White? Ever-increasingly, to vote for a Democrat is to shout that you believe that Whites are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/07/democrats-shorting-white-voters-2020/

HUMAN EVENTS
— Pro Mass Migration Republicans (RINOs) ‘Equally to Blame’ for Border Crisis, Say Experts  Experts give the facts on political and economic impacts induced by illegal immigration. – Natalie Winters
https://humanevents.com/2019/07/27/pro-mass-migration-republicans-equally-to-blame-for-border-crisis-say-experts/
— Michelle Malkin Blasts Open Borders Catholics Members of the Catholic Church are undermining America’s need for a wall on the southern border. – Natalie Winters
https://humanevents.com/2019/07/27/michelle-malkin-blasts-open-borders-catholics/

CBS NEWS
— Democrats say U.S.-Guatemala asylum deal outsources America’s responsibility to help desperate migrants – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/democrats-say-u-s-guatemala-deal-outsources-americas-responsibility-to-asylum-seekers/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Assails Elijah Cummings, Calling His Congressional District a Rat-Infested ‘Mess’ – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/27/us/politics/trump-elijah-cummings.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump attacks Rep. Cummings’s district, calling it a ‘disgusting, rat and rodent infested mess’ – Colby Itkowitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-attacks-rep-cummingss-district-calling-it-a-disgusting-rat-and-rodent-infested-mess/2019/07/27/b93c89b2-b073-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html
— Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/she-must-choose-stay-with-her-undocumented-family-in-america-or-live-freely-in-canada/2019/07/26/b1938cd2-9ce7-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

BALTIMORE SUN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers want veterans to smoke pot.
https://www.baltimoresun.com/opinion/readers-respond/bs-ed-rr-veterans-cannabis-research-letter-20190727-kkznmvhzqrdudmoijkpskwmqji-story.html

ATLANTA JOURNAL CONSTITUTION
— 7 ways your resume is holding you back – Mary Caldwell (DIERSEN: Applicants to fill the Wheaton West District City Council vacancy are required to submit their resume. The deadline is Tuesday, 5:00 PM, August 6, 2019. I am updating my resume for the first time in almost 22 years. What suggestions do you have for me?) 
https://www.ajc.com/business/employment/ways-your-resume-holding-you-back/nAj4CDe0npKjkNkrD9xhqN/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: You didn’t include dates. In an effort to avoid age discrimination, some job candidates will leave dates off their resume. But this is such an expected part of a resume that leaving it off stands out in a negative way, U.S. News & World Report warns. If you’re worried about revealing your age, include only your last 15 years of experience. This time period is often more relevant to employers, so it gives them the information they need without aging yourself. You have unexplained gaps in your employment. Employers usually understand that life happens and that gaps in work history aren’t uncommon, WiseBread says. What concerns them, however, is large gaps without any explanation. If you have periods of unemployment, include a single line of explanation, such as “Family Care” if you took time off while raising your kids or “Volunteering for XYZ organization.” . . . You list irrelevant work experience Related experience usually matters most to employers, so if you include irrelevant past experience, you’re distracting the recruiter, according to The Muse. Include only those skills that can be transferred to the position you’re applying for instead of every job you’ve ever held. Provide details about any accomplishments or training that could benefit you in the job you’re applying for.)

FIRST COAST NEWS
— Jacksonville City Council member holds first community forum on marijuana – David Jones (DIERSEN: What percent of those in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county want pot to be sold in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, and in your county? I should survey those in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County and ask if they want pot to be sold in their neighborhood, in their Precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.) 
https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/local/jacksonville-city-council-member-holds-first-community-forum-on-marijuana-decriminalization/77-7543ab85-bb60-4522-a403-cd1aef75c152

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/07/trump-racist-tweets-cummings-baltimore.html

June 30 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Your GOPUSA Illinois Editor Dave Diersen will urge the Wheaton City Council at its meeting Monday, July 1, 2019, at 7 P.M. to make Wheaton the first municipality in Illinois to ban the sale of pot. Municipalities and counties that do not ban the sale of pot shout that they are NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY. Your mayor and your city council members and your county board chairman and your county board members should ASAP call for a vote on the sale of pot and ASAP announce that they will vote against the sale of pot. I urge Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier, Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart, James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County. – Dave Diersen
— Please stop by the Republican table at Wheaton’s Graf park before the fireworks start on July 3. So far, Wheaton’s 2019 Independence Day Parade Republican entries are Bob Berlin, Amy Grant, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Chris Kachiroubas, Ann Celine Walsh, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee. All $2,500 has been pledged toward the $2,500 “DuPage County Republicans” sponsorship commitment: $500 from Roger Claar; $250 each from Berlin, Sanguinetti, Phil Suess, and Tim Whelan; and $100 each from Michael Barbier, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Grant, Chris Heidorn, Babette Holder, Jeanne Ives, Marty Keller, Bob Larsen, and Walsh. I am in the process of hand-delivering 500 flyers (printed courtesy of Alpha Graphics) to the residences and businesses on the parade route that include the Republican entries in the parade, the sponsor’s names, and the amounts they contributed. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— Chicago Pride Parade cut short due to severe thunderstorms
https://abc7chicago.com/weather/watch-live-chicago-pride-parade-cut-short-due-to-severe-thunderstorms/5372039/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://abc7chicago.com/society/newsviews-celebrating-pride-month/5371393/
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-pritzker-signs-executive-order-to-protect-transgender-students/5371875/
— Democratic candidates defend Kamala Harris from ‘racist’ attacks by conservatives, Donald Trump Jr.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dem-candidates-defend-kamala-harris-from-racist-attacks/5372004/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-pride-parade-2019-love-inclusion-boystown-weather-512029302.html
— How to Advance Your Career Without Huge College Debt – College of DuPage
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/Get-Ahead-Without-College-Debt-511470821.html

CBS2
— Chicago’s Pride Parade Cancelled Due To Severe Weather
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/30/pride-parade-kicks-off-in-boystown/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Pride Parade canceled as storms roll through – Michele Fiore
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/mayor-lightfoot-marches-in-pride-parade-with-wife
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-signs-order-to-protect-transgender-students

WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://wgntv.com/2019/06/30/pritzker-signs-order-to-protect-transgender-students/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/6/30/20606063/pride-parade-chicago-50th-lgbtq-boystown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/6/30/20531347/transgender-students-task-force-executive-order-pritzker-lightfoot-illinois

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-pride-parade-lightfoot-weather-20190630-7l5e3po5gzeotayetukqvcqepm-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-transgender-students-rights-20190630-jowrq3ppfrdmbapq4wf3kax3dm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Court’s gerrymandering decision lets the people down – Editorial (DIERSEN: Illinois Democrats look forward to continued use of gerrymandering to further harm individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190630/editorial-courts-gerrymandering-decision-lets-the-people-down
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190630/gov-pritzker-signs-order-to-protect-transgender-students

NPR ILLINOIS
— Under Siege And Largely Secret: Businesses That Serve Immigration Detention – YUKI NOGUCHI 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/under-siege-and-largely-secret-businesses-serve-immigration-detention#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/while-worldpride-rolls-2-lgbtq-events-are-canceled-due-safety-concerns#stream/0

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Naperville’s Pulse in Springfield – New taxes in Illinois – Grant Wehrli
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2019/06/30/napervilles-pulse-in-springfield-new-taxes-in-illinois/102378

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Anti-Trump fever takes threatening turn – Byron York
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/byron-york-anti-trump-fever-takes-threatening-turn

AMERICAN THINKER
— How do you know you are no longer a Democrat? – Anna L. Stark
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/how_do_you_know_you_are_no_longer_a_democrat.html
— On the 50th Anniversary of the Stonewall Uprising, free speech in the gay community is hard to find – Peter Barry Chowka
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/on_the_50th_anniversary_of_the_stonewall_uprising_free_speech_in_the_gay_community_is_hard_to_find.html

BREITBART
— DNC Chair Perez Defends Health Care for Illegal Immigrants: ‘This Is Not a Handout’ – Pam Key
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/06/30/dnc-chair-perez-defends-health-care-for-illegal-immigrants-this-is-not-a-handout/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Pence to social conservatives: there’s ‘nothing compassionate about open borders’ Vice president chides Democrat ‘moral concern’ over border crisis – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/pence-to-social-conservatives-theres-nothing-compassionate-about-open-borders.html

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— DEMS DETERMINED TO LEAVE AMERICA BORDERLESS And hence, defenseless. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274150/dems-determined-leave-america-borderless-michael-cutler

TOWNHALL
— Democrats New Strategy: Campaign For Non-America! – Kevin McCullough
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2019/06/30/democrats-new-strategy-campaign-for-nonamerica-n2549230

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Democrats Plan To Take Away Our Insurance And Give It To Illegals – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/democrats-plan-to-take-away-our-insurance-and-give-it-to-illegals/
— Will Republicans Take Advantage of the New Democrat Party? – Amanda Alverez (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party wants to get rid 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 those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/will-republicans-take-advantage-of-the-new-democrat-party/
— Child Death Prods Democrats To Give Border Money That Trump Requested Two Years Ago – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/child-death-prods-democrats-to-give-border-money-that-trump-requested-two-years-ago/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— POLL: Voters Weary Democratic Candidates Too ‘Extreme’ – Monica Sanchez 
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/poll-voters-weary-democratic-candidates-too-extreme
— New York Times Posts Op-Ed In Favor of Doxxing Customs and Border Protection Agents – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2019/06/30/ny-times-op-ed-advocates-doxxing-customs-and-border-protection

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Milkshakes’ thrown by Antifa reportedly made with quick-drying cement, assaulted reporter has ‘brain bleed’ – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/06/30/milkshakes-thrown-by-antifa-made-with-quick-drying-cement-at-scene-of-assaulted-reporter-andy-ngo-770009

THE HILL
— O’Rourke meets turned away US asylum seekers in Mexico – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: When will candidates for federal offices meet with former federal employees who the federal government got rid of because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40, that is, former federal employees who were gotten rid of because of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination?) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/451091-orourke-meets-with-turned-away-us-asylum-seekers-in-mexico

REUTERS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gay-pride/millions-celebrate-lgbtq-pride-in-new-york-amid-global-fight-for-equality-idUSKCN1TV0T2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use bodies of Salvadoran migrants to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-immigration-elsalvador/bodies-of-salvadoran-migrants-return-home-after-harrowing-border-deaths-idUSKCN1TV0W0

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Free College Really Means It’s not just about tuition. It’s a way to reassert the power of public goods in America. – E. Tammy Kim (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from that paid your college expenses? For me, it came from what I earned doing yard work and delivering newspapers 1962-1964; washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumping gasoline 1971-1972; collecting delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and auditing federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/30/opinion/warren-sanders-free-college.html

NEW YORK POST
— Beto O’Rourke visits turned away asylum seekers in Mexico – AP (DIERSEN: When will candidates for federal offices meet with former federal employees who the federal government got rid of because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40, that is, former federal employees who were gotten rid of because of Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination?)
https://nypost.com/2019/06/30/beto-orourke-visits-turned-away-asylum-seekers-in-mexico/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in destroying traditional marriage and the traditional family.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/despite-high-costs-more-women-are-interested-in-single-motherhood-11561800601

BLOOMBERG
— High Tax States Are Practicing Financial Destruction SALT has been characterized as soaking the rich, but it soaks a lot of other people, too.- Jared Dillian (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-06-26/high-tax-states-are-practicing-financial-depredation

FORBES
— The Wayfair Walkout: Don’t Scapegoat The Immigrant Who Created 12,000 Jobs – Semyon Dukach 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/semyondukach/2019/06/30/the-wayfair-walkout-dont-scapegoat-the-immigrant-who-created-12000-jobs/#235989b03386

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://www.usnews.com/news/world/articles/2019-06-30/world-pride-parade-preempted-by-anti-corporate-dissidents

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. 
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/Pritzker-signs-order-that-protects-trans-students/66469.html

June 28 Morning edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Weed cafes in Illinois? People could be allowed to smoke marijuana at bars, restaurants, other businesses under new law. Legalization includes an exemption to the Smoke-Free Illinois Act ban on indoor smoking, letting cities decide whether to allow on-site use at bars, restaurants, theaters, even new cannabis smoke lounges. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: Municipalities and counties that do not ban the sale of pot shout that they are NOT FAMILY FRIENDLY. Your mayor and your city council members and your county board chairman and your county board members should ASAP call for a vote on the sale of pot and ASAP announce that they will vote against the sale of pot. I urge Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier, Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart, James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/28/18761645/marijuana-legalization-illinois-cannabis-smoking-ban-smoke-free-exemption
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/27/18760194/stonewall-anniversary-chicago-pride-parade-events-lgbtq
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/27/18761309/president-donald-trump-migrant-crisis-child-detention-border-marlen-garcia

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— That waitress who spit on Eric Trump? She’s lucky I’m not king. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-eric-trump-spitting-waitress-kass-20190628-lw7ik3twa5cbpdurqski2byhjy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs promote illegal immigration.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-drowning-photo-border-immigration-zorn-20190627-gshrg4g26jbidf4ie5d7zhwtta-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-migrant-rio-grande-death-20190627-erko6ohmqzbmvhps32ldqlnjcy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Supreme Court refuses to intervene in gerrymandering cases: What Illinois lawmakers want to do – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/supreme-court-refuses-to-intervene-in-gerrymandering-cases-what-illinois-lawmakers-want-to-do
— Nearly 800,000 can clear records for pot possession. Here’s how. – AP (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Your disrespect for the rule of law in the past predicts a) that you disrespect the rule of law now and b) that you will disrespect the rule of law in the future.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/nearly-800000-can-clear-records-for-pot-possession-heres-how
— OUTSTANDING: Lake County closer to halting video gambling expansion – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/lake-county-closer-to-halting-video-gambling-expansion

ABC7
— Illinois gas tax set to double Monday as Governor JB Pritzker expected to sign infrastructure bill – Diane Pathieu (DIERSEN: How much gasoline do you buy? I buy very little because I spend 10+ hours each and every day in my home putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/ill-gas-tax-set-to-double-monday-as-gov-pritzker-expected-to-sign-bill/5369329/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Kamala Harris calls out Joe Biden on race record during Democratic debate – Kelly Taylor Hayes, Gabrielle Moreira (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration. How they promote segregation. Ever-increasingly, if you have ever opposed race and/or gender preference giving, Democrats call you a racist and/or a sexist.)
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/that-little-girl-was-me-kamala-harris-calls-out-joe-biden-on-race-record-during-democratic-debate

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, big business in America sides with foreign countries and sides their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/census-stirs-fears-regardless-high-court-ruling

BGA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, big business in America sides with foreign countries and sides their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.bettergov.org/news/census-stirs-fears-regardless-of-court-ruling/

WTTW
— Driving Under the Influence of … Marijuana? – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/06/27/driving-under-influence-marijuana

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: The Chicago Teachers Union Wants More Sanctuary Schools — Here’s What That Might Look Like – Adriana Cardona-Maguigad
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/the-chicago-teachers-union-wants-more-sanctuary-schools-heres-what-that-might-look-like/4ffc8305-087b-43df-af4d-a5596f4736a8

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pritzker to sign capital, gambling bills in Springfield Friday – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190627/pritzker-to-sign-capital-gambling-bills-in-springfield-friday

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— American citizens should come first – MARY ATKINS, Tombstone, Ariz.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/american-citizensshould-come-first/article_f34a0186-3920-591e-898b-d7c36c939a49.html

SOUTHERN
— Who can get pot records expunged in Illinois, and how? – AP (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Your disrespect for the rule of law in the past predicts a) that you disrespect the rule of law now and b) that you will disrespect the rule of law in the future.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/who-can-get-pot-records-expunged-in-illinois-and-how/article_81af4f0d-9c91-590c-9ec5-f7a7267878fd.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs encourage citizens of foreign countries to claim asylum in America.
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/06/25/renew-project-supports-immigrant-womens-journey/ack3jjl/
— Key happiness attitudes that parents can reinforce – David F. Larson (DIERSEN: What discouraged your parents from being happier? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. To pay the family’s bills, he almost always worked second jobs. My mother never attended high school.) 
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/articles/2019/06/26/4c9c00ec9f7948c4a20c450d1ac754e3/index.xml

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats take on Trump and each other in heated debate over health care, race, and more – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/night-two-of-democratic-debate-turns-spotlight-on-front-runners-relative-unknowns

NPR ILLINOIS
— Spanish Speakers Highlight Democratic Primary Debate (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to get votes from Hispanics, Democrats make it clear that they want to a) force everyone in America to speak, read, and write Spanish and eventually, b) get rid of English and get rid of those who speak, read, or write English.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/spanish-speakers-highlight-democratic-primary-debate#stream/0

WTHI TV
— ILLINOIS STATE POLICE WORKING TO CREATE DUI CANNABIS TASK FORCE
https://www.wthitv.com/content/news/Illinois-State-Police-working-to-create-DUI-cannabis-task-force-511913661.html

WGLT
— Bill Brady: Ruling On Gerrymandering Adds Urgency To Illinois Fair Maps Push – RYAN DENHAM 
https://www.wglt.org/post/brady-ruling-gerrymandering-adds-urgency-illinois-fair-maps-push#stream/0

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— SCHOCK SCHOCKS at gay nightclub
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/06/28/capital-bills-near-fail-weinstein-hires-chicago-attorneys-schock-shocks-452051

WIREPOINTS
— Expect anger at the pump as Illinoisans start paying nation’s 3rd-highest gas tax – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/expect-anger-at-the-pump-as-illinoisans-start-paying-nations-3rd-highest-gas-tax/
— The BGA’s Error-Riddled Article On Pension Reform Amendment – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/the-bgas-error-riddled-article-on-pension-reform-amendment/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GET READY – 18 CENT PER GALLON ILLINOIS GAS TAX HIKE HITS MONDAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/get-ready-18-cent-per-gallon-illinois-gas-tax-hike-hits-monday.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘They should stay in their country’: Lindsey Graham reacts to photo of dead migrant father and daughter – Tim Pearce (DIERSEN: Those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that encourage illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/they-should-stay-in-their-country-lindsey-graham-reacts-to-photo-of-dead-migrant-father-and-daughter

FOX NEWS
— Most Democrats vow to decriminalize illegal immigration during Night 2 debate – Nick Givas 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/democratic-candidates-vow-to-decriminalize-illegal-immigration-during-debate

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why all 10 Democrats raised their hands last night in support of unpopular free medical care for illegals – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/why_all_10_dems_raised_their_hands_last_night_in_support_of_unpopular_free_medical_care_for_illegals.html
— Spit on Trump’s son, pass GoFundMe, and collect $5,000 – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/spit_on_trumps_son_pass_gofundme_and_collect_5000.html
— The spoiled ‘protected group’ brats of America – Michael James (DIERSEN: To say that minorities need protection is to say that Whites abuse minorities. To say that women need protection is to say that men abuse women. To say that LGBTQers need protection is to say that heterosexuals abuse LGBTQers.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/6_27_2019_14_51.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— We’ve Seen the Debates–And What Could Be Our Future The Democratic contenders want open borders and free healthcare, and to pay for it by hiking taxes. Trump should not take this lightly. – ROBERT W. MERRY (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only $6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance. Knowing that federal retirees and their spouses have lifetime membership in the Federal Employees Health Benefits (FEHB) Program (https://www.opm.gov/healthcare-insurance/healthcare/) helped me endure the many negatives associated with being a federal employee for almost 30 years.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/weve-seen-the-debates-and-what-could-be-our-future/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— How Romney and the Anti-Trump GOP Fueled the Border Crisis – Julie Kelly
https://amgreatness.com/2019/06/27/how-romney-and-the-anti-trump-gop-fueled-the-border-crisis/

BREITBART
— New York Post Cover on Democrats Promising Illegal Aliens Free Health Care: ‘Who Wants to Lose the Election?’ – Kyle Morris
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/27/new-york-post-cover-dems-illegal-health-care/
— Donald Trump Rips Democrats for Wanting to Give Health Care to Illegal Immigrants – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/27/donald-trump-rips-democrats-wanting-give-health-care-illegal-immigrants/
— Cruz to Conservatives: ‘Defend Freedom’ in 2020 or Lose It – Penny Starr (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs use government to force you to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, illegal immigration, abolition of the Second Amendment, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/06/27/cruz-to-conservatives-defend-freedom-in-2020-or-lose-it/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— The Radical Left Just Gets Stupider And Stupider – Dave King
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/the-radical-left-just-gets-stupider-and-stupider/

GOPUSA
— President of the American Conservative Union calls for impeachment of Chief Justice John Roberts
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71738
— Twitter to label, hide some politician’s tweets including Trump’s (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have done everything that they can to hide my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails from everyone.) 
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71749

CNS NEWS
— Pelosi: ‘It Shouldn’t Be a Crime’ to Cross Into U.S. Illegally – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/pelosi-it-shouldnt-be-crime-cross-us-illegally

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Push Immigration Policies That Amount To Open Borders In Second Debate – RACHEL STOLTZFOOS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/28/democrats-immigration-open-borders-second-debate/
— Every Dem Says Illegal Immigrants Should Get Health Insurance – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/27/democratic-debate-health-insurance-illegal/

TOWNHALL
— Every Single Democrat During Thursday’s Debate Wants to Give Illegal Immigrants Free Healthcare – Leah Barkoukis (DIERSEN: To promise to give healthcare “free” to citizens of foreign countries is to promise to use government to take more money away from citizens of America.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/06/27/every-single-dem-during-thursdays-debate-wants-to-give-illegal-immigrants-healthcare-n2549159

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘Fox & Friends’ rip Dem hopefuls for immigration extremes, open-borders, & putting US citizens last – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/06/27/fox-friends-rip-dem-hopefuls-for-immigration-extremes-open-borders-putting-us-citizens-last-769200

POLITICO
— Twitter clamps down on abusive speech, in seeming shot at Trump – NANCY SCOLA 0
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/27/twitter-abusive-speech-trump-1559787

HUFFINGTON POST
— Heads Up Donald Trump: Twitter Plans To Penalize Politicians Who Break Its Rules The social networking company had been cutting public figures slack in policing their posts. – Andy Campbell
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/twitter-says-it-will-now-penalize-politicians-who-break-its-rules_n_5d150680e4b082e553662163
— California Set To Become First State To Ban Hair Discrimination The CROWN Act would outlaw policies that punish black employees and K-12 students for wearing their natural hair and protective styles. – Sanjana Karanth
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/california-ban-hair-discrimination_n_5d157371e4b082e55366c51b
— Buttigieg On Lack Of Police Diversity In South Bend: ‘I Couldn’t Get It Done’ – Julian Shen-Berro (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government a) can brag about their success in getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40 and b) can brag about their success in hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/pete-buttigieg-police-shooting-democratic-debate_n_5d15796ce4b082e55366c967

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs oppose anything that discourages illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/supreme-court-citizenship-census-immigrants.html
— Politicians Can Pick Their Voters, Thanks to the Supreme Court The justices said partisan gerrymandering, no matter how flagrant, is beyond the reach of the courts, imperiling the fairness of future elections. – Editorial
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/gerrymandering-supreme-court.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs illegally urge citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America as “families.”) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/border-family-separation.html
— Want to Be Less Racist? Move to Hawaii – Moises Velasquez-Manoff (DIERSEN: I should sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that those like me who lived in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s are racists.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/28/opinion/sunday/racism-hawaii.html
— Dems, Please Don’t Drive Me Away The dynamic pulling the party leftward. – David Brooks (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who hold Republican Party leadership positions, but who drive Republicans away from the party by dumping the party’s traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) platform planks?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/opinion/democratic-debate-2020.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Why the Supreme Court’s Rulings Have Profound Implications for American Politics The justices handed Republicans a key victory by refusing to halt even the most extreme gerrymandered maps. But Democrats may have a win on blocking the citizenship question from the census. – Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/supreme-court-gerrymandering-census.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Supreme Court Green-Lights Gerrymandering and Blocks Census Citizenship Question – Adam Liptak
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/us/politics/supreme-court-gerrymandering-census.html

USA TODAY
— Supreme Court blows it on gerrymandering. What an incumbent racket. – Editorial
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/06/27/supreme-court-blows-gerrymandering-editorials-debates/1586987001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Liberalism Has Evolved—How Liberal Is It? Affirmative action has morphed into diversity and identity politics, with each aggrieved group fighting, often among each other, for its piece of the economic and political pies. – Kerry Kennedy, President, Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights
https://www.wsj.com/articles/liberalism-has-evolvedhow-liberal-is-it-11561665139

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers push pot. How soon, if not already, will the pot pushers stop you from getting an education, stop you from getting a job, and stop you from getting etc. unless you push pot?
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeadams/2019/06/27/america-is-still-taking-a-toe-in-the-water-approach-to-marijuana/#5183eeae60c1

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Justices to Review How Federal Workers Prove Job Bias Claims (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government. They side with a) my Democrat GAO superiors who 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 who 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 who forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/justices-will-review-how-federal-workers-prove-job-bias-claims

June 27 Eveniung Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Under President Trump, America is respected again
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

MARIJUANA REPORT
— If 66 percent of Americans support legalizing marijuana, why are so many local communities banning it? (DIERSEN: Your mayor and your city council members and your county board chairman and your county board members should ASAP call for a vote on the sale of pot and ASAP announce that they will vote against the sale of pot. I urge Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier, Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart, James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County.)
https://mailchi.mp/nationalfamilies/if-66-percent-of-americans-support-legalizing-marijuana-why-are-so-many-local-communities-banning-it-1931691
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fifty-seven percent of Michigan voters passed Proposition 1, which legalized marijuana for recreational use, last November. Yet some 600 cities and townships in the state have banned marijuana businesses within their borders. And that’s before the Michigan Marijuana Regulatory Agency issues regulations to apply for a state license to produce and sell marijuana products. The rules are expected to be handed down by month’s end, and the state plans to start accepting applications by October. The practice of keeping the marijuana industry out of local communities began with Colorado, which legalized the drug for medical use 19 – and for recreational use 7 – years ago. Nearly two-thirds (65 percent) of Colorado’s cities, towns, and counties still want nothing to do with marijuana growing, production, or sales and have banned all such activities, according to the state’s Marijuana Enforcement Division. And some 75 percent of California’s local governments have banned pot shops since the passage of Proposition 64 three years ago, so many that now some legislators are trying to do away with local control. And two dozen cities are suing the state to keep marijuana home delivery services out of jurisdictions that have banned the industry. More than half of Massachusetts’ communities have banned (red areas in map below) or placed moratoriums (orange areas) on the marijuana industry since the state fully legalized pot in 2016. Although many of the moratoriums expired December 31, 2018, more than 80 are still in play. And many towns that have neither placed moratoriums nor banned the industry simply refuse to sign the required host agreements that enable the marijuana industry to conduct business in their jurisdictions. Even jurisdictions in states that have NOT legalized marijuana for recreational use are banning the pot industry. Some 50 local governments in New Jersey passed laws banning marijuana sales or possession within their borders as the state legislature considered but rejected legalization this year. And Philadelphia city council members who support marijuana for medical use are nonetheless banning dispensaries in areas within their districts. “I am for medical marijuana, but I am not for the over proliferation of those types of dispensaries in one neighborhood,” says council member Curtis Jones. He added that he fears medical dispensaries could turn into “recreational weed shops” if the state were to fully legalize the drug. Given this kind of pushback, legalizing marijuana for recreational use may not be so inevitable as advocates claim.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Decisions loom for Lake County communities on whether to welcome recreational marijuana sales. Many still are undecided. – STEVE SADIN (FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the law, municipalities also have the option of prohibiting recreational marijuana dispensaries from operating in their communities.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/deerfield/ct-dfr-recreational-marijuana-preparations-tl-0704-20190627-p4hdflcxojbwdoioszjpjsycpi-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: With statewide recreational pot legalization, Northbrook trustees say they want dispensaries and the tax revenue – ALEXANDRA KUKULKA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/northbrook/ct-nbs-cannabis-discussion-tl-0704-20190627-msnva2ewajddfbtogcibmjby6q-story.html
— U.S. Supreme Court decision that puts partisan gerrymandering ‘beyond reach’ of federal courts a win for Illinois Democrats – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-supreme-court-legislative-redistricting-ruling-20190627-khynkxbj6nhc3iolaalm5qrjiu-story.html
— Why the Supreme Court’s census question ruling doesn’t rescue Illinois – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-supreme-court-illinois-census-question-immigrants-20190627-yn55rr6xj5hdnhdhncpv5oconq-story.html
— Mayor calls for Aviary owners to ‘take appropriate action’ in Eric Trump spitting case; GoFundMe account taken offline – KATHERINE ROSENBERG-DOUGLAS and JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-eric-trump-waitress-spitting-aviary-chicago-20190627-qejrtgnozrc3baexxhdyhznrbm-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker set to sign bills for massive gambling expansion and $45 billion construction program; cigarette and gas tax hikes would kick in Monday – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-gambling-capital-bills-20190627-s6yzos4wjzdqxmhsaep6jqkmya-story.html
— Illinois immigration groups applaud Supreme Court ruling that keeps citizenship question off census, but fight’s not over yet – ELVIA MALAGÓN (DIERSEN: What countries did your ancestors immigrate from? What would your position be if many citizens of those countries were a) illegally coming to America illegally and/or b) illegally staying in America illegally?) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-supreme-court-census-citizen-question-chicago-20190628-vanboxhvrngmrftsedroaqw3my-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Legal pot poses pet risk: Vets warn eating marijuana sickens — and could ultimately kill — dogs THC, the psychoactive substance in marijuana, is toxic to dogs. Ingestion of THC by animals can cause vomiting, incoordination, depression, sleepiness or excitation, low blood pressure, low body temperature and seizures, according to the veterinary organization. – Jerry Nowicki
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/6/27/18872443/legal-pot-pet-risk-vets-ingestion-marijuana-toxic-poison-ultimately-kill-dogs
— Lightfoot: Spitting at Eric Trump ‘repugnant’ because ‘civility matters’ The mayor said she called Eric Trump about the ugly incident Tuesday night at the Aviary. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/6/27/18761336/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-spitting-eric-trump-aviary
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/27/18761238/chicago-pride-weekend-south-side-dyke-march-chinatown-trqpiteca
— Democrats play identity politics but forget to appeal to nation as a whole An appeal to unity followed by a bald pitch to the nation’s Spanish speakers is a delicious irony — and exactly what is going to re-elect Trump. – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates make it clear that they are running against and do not want votes from voters who 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://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/27/18761116/2020-presidential-campaign-democratic-party-candidates-primary-debate-trump
— Supreme Court throws democracy under the bus with gerrymandering ruling Chief Justice John Roberts apparently is of the view that people who object to gerrymandering should stop bothering the courts and take their complaints to the very same lawmakers who profit from the practice. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/27/18761560/u-s-supreme-court-throws-democracy-under-bus-gerrymandering-ruling-john-roberts-redistricting

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Drivers soon at risk of sharing road with marijuana users – Karl Stach, Hanna City (DIERSEN: One could argue that stoners should not be allowed to have driver’s licenses.)
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20190627/letter-drivers-soon-at-risk-of-sharing-road-with-marijuana-users

SOUTHERN
— With legalization looming in Illinois, veterinary association warns about pets ingesting marijuana – JERRY NOWICKI 
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/with-legalization-looming-in-illinois-veterinary-association-warns-about-pets/article_4258237c-892f-5fb0-8e0f-4a8b2b02b063.html

WQAD
— Iowa law enforcement concerned about marijuana soon to be legal across the state border – MARISSA SULEK
https://wqad.com/2019/06/26/iowa-law-enforcement-concerned-about-marijuana-soon-to-be-legal-across-the-state-border/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Marijuana legalization impact on law enforcement – Rosario Dominguez
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/marijuana-legalization-impact-on-law-enforcement/

NORTHBROOK TOWER
— Northbrook Plan Commission to discuss cannabis-based businesses at public hearing – Chris Pullam
https://www.northbrooktower.com/p/news-local-government-village-community-business/northbrook-plan-commission-discuss-cannabis-based

MICHIGAN LIVE
— Michigan towns and cities have three months left to ban recreational marijuana
https://www.mlive.com/news/2019/06/michigan-towns-and-cities-have-three-months-left-to-ban-recreational-marijuana.html

CAPITOL FAX
— ISP lays out its training, regulatory and enforcement roles on the new cannabis law
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/27/isps-lays-out-its-training-regulatory-and-enforcement-roles-on-the-new-cannabis-law/

ABC7
— Supreme Court’s census citizenship question decision has repercussions for Illinois – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/supreme-courts-census-decision-has-repercussions-for-illinois/5368632/
— Supreme Court Decisions: Trump asks for 2020 census delay after SCOTUS blocks citizenship question for now
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-asks-for-census-delay-after-court-bars-citizenship-question/5367462/

NBC5
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker Gets Boat Speed Warning on Wisconsin Lake
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/illinois-governor-gets-boat-speed-warning-on-wisconsin-lake-511895601.html

CBS2
— Inmates Look Forward To Voting From Jail – Derrick Blakley
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/27/inmates-look-forward-to-voting-from-jail/

DAILY HERALD
— Three candidates emerge for DuPage recorder seat – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190627/three-candidates-emerge-for-dupage-recorder-seat
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The general election is still 16 months away but three candidates already say they plan to run for recorder of deeds in DuPage County. Republican Babette Holder-Youngberg of Wheaton, Republican Ronald Almiron of Wheaton and Democrat Moon Khan of Lombard all have announced they are running for the countywide seat held by Republican Fred Bucholz. Holder-Youngberg even has the endorsement of Bucholz, who is planning to retire after four terms in office. “With the support of Fred Bucholz and some of the other countywide officials who are up for re-election, it’s been great and exciting,” Holder-Youngberg said Thursday. “It’s the right fit for me. And they believe it’s the right fit for that department.” Bucholz said Holder-Youngberg — a social media manager who previously worked as a Realtor — is well qualified to run the recorder’s office, which is the custodian of all the county’s land records. “Her father was a contractor,” Bucholz said. “She grew up in Naperville and read plats when she was young. She’s been in real estate. She has management experience. “I think she’s got the credentials to be a good recorder,” he said. Almiron, who is expected to face Holder-Youngberg during the GOP primary next March, said he believes his credentials make him “a great fit” for the seat. “I am running because I want to continue serving my community in a way that utilizes my professional experience,” said Almiron, an attorney with experience in real estate law. If elected, Almiron said he wants to build on the modernization and stability that Bucholz brought to the recorder’s office. He also would research the best practices for recorder of deeds offices throughout the country. “I want to establish best practice standards for the DuPage County recorder’s office,” he said. “I want the office to follow best practices.” Khan is making another bid for the recorder seat after losing to Bucholz in 2016. “Politics is a passion for me,” Khan said. “It’s a calling.” Khan, a self-employed IT professional, said the theme of his campaign is “experience, reform and diversity.” He said his key issues include term limits and consolidating the recorder’s office with another county office. “The recorder’s office should be abolished,” Khan said. “It should be merged with the treasurer’s office.” Ultimately, he said, his goal is to “work for the common people and save them money.”)
— State financial report is six months late – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190626/state-financial-report-is-six-months-late

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Today’s Supreme Court rulings will have a massive impact on Illinois Odds rise that Democrats will continue to rule Illinois politics, and that the state will hang on to a U.S. House seat that was in jeopardy. That—and more—is likely after two key rulings today from the high court, Greg Hinz writes. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/todays-supreme-court-rulings-will-have-massive-impact-illinois

CHICAGO BUSINESS JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will American Airlines a) fire its employees who do not promote LGBTQ activity and b) refuse to fly those who do not promote LGBTQ activity?
https://www.bizjournals.com/chicago/news/2019/06/27/american-airlines-is-navy-pier-pride-sponsor.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQers promote LGBTQ activity in Paxton.
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/pride-in-paxton-organizers-holding-first-lgbtq-march

NPR ILLINOIS
— Primary Season Is Here And ‘Hispandering’ Is Back – SHEREEN MARISOL MERAJI 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/primary-season-here-and-hispandering-back#stream/0

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Rep. Darin LaHood says Democrats are focusing on irrelevant issues
https://newschannel20.com/news/connect-to-congress/rep-darin-lahood-says-democrats-are-focusing-on-irrelevant-issues

CHICAGO HEIGHTS PATCH
— Illinois Among ‘Least Patriotic’ States: Study IL residents’ patriotism is being challenged, despite our love for veterans and our Fourth of July celebrations. – Shannon Antinori
https://patch.com/illinois/chicagoheights/s/grd86/illinois-among-least-patriotic-states-study
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The website ranked Illinois 41st in military engagement, a score comprised of the average number of military enlistees per 1,000 adults, veterans per 1,000 adults, active-duty military per 100,000 adults and share of adults in military reserves. Wallet Hub also ranked Illinois No. 37 in civic engagement, a category that includes voting in the 2016 elections, volunteerism, AmeriCorps and Peace Corps volunteers, jury duty participation, residents who participate in groups or organizations, and civics education requirements.)

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rep. Casten ‘so liberal he can’t help himself’ from backing Trump impeachment probe, Curran says – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/512676501-rep-casten-so-liberal-he-can-t-help-himself-from-backing-trump-impeachment-probe-curran-says

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rep. Casten’s call for Trump impeachment inquiry a self-serving media play, Will County GOP says – Glenn Minnis
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/512673672-rep-casten-s-call-for-trump-impeachment-inquiry-a-self-serving-media-play-will-county-gop-says

GOPUSA
— Elizabeth Warren adds ‘gay reparations’ to Democrats’ arsenal (DIERSEN: Soon, if not already, Democrats will promise reparations to all those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71677
— Decriminalizing illegal immigration drives first Democrat debate
http://www.gopusa.com/decriminalizing-illegal-immigration-drives-first-democrat-debate/
— Supreme Court blocks census citizenship question; says federal courts have no role to play in political gerrymandering
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71699
— Media, Democrats try to blame Trump for deaths caused by their open borders policy
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71707
— Elizabeth Warren: Guns are ‘national health emergency’
http://www.gopusa.com/elizabeth-warren-guns-are-national-health-emergency/
— Tell Ocasio-Cortez that 1.1 million Jews were murdered at Auschwitz
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71639
— NRA difficulties threaten impact of gun lobby ahead of elections
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71713
— O’Rourke, Democrats break into Spanish during debate
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=71691

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— US ‘at grave risk’ as 40% Border Patrol diverted to care for illegal crossers – Paul Bedard 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/report-us-at-grave-risk-as-40-border-patrol-diverted-to-care-for-illegal-crossers

FOX NEWS
— RNC’s McDaniel says ‘radicalization’ of Dem Party on ‘full display’ at debates – Brooke Singman 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rnc-chairwoman-says-radicalization-of-dem-party-on-full-display-after-debates-in-most-dramatic-shift-in-decades
— Criminals take advantage of sanctuary policies for illegal immigrants – Hans A. von Spakovsky and Greg Walsh
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/hans-von-spakovsky-greg-walsh-more-victims-of-reckless-sanctuary-policies

AMERICAN THINKER
— The clear goal each day for the Washington Post is to take out Trump, and evidence never matters – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/the_clear_goal_each_day_for_the_washington_post_is_to_take_out_trump_and_evidence_never_matters.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump Should Act Quickly to Secure 2020 Census Question in Light of Court Ruling – Mike Gonzalez 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/06/27/trump-should-act-quickly-to-secure-2020-census-question-in-light-of-court-ruling/

PJ MEDIA
— U.S. Women’s Soccer Team Faces off with President Trump – BRIAN MIN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/u-s-womens-soccer-team-faces-off-with-president-trump/
— Bernie Calls for Pursuing Census ‘Recount’ if ‘Bigoted’ Citizenship Question Stays – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/trending/bernie-calls-for-pursuing-census-recount-if-bigoted-citizenship-question-stays/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— What Republicans must do to take the House – Ian Prior
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/26/what-republicans-must-do-to-take-the-house/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On recruiting, there have been similar successes. In places that Republicans need to win, they have recruited top tier candidates who give them the absolute best shot to do so. Candidates like Nicole Malliotakis in the 11th District of New York, Ashley Hinson in the 1st District in Iowa, Evelyn Sanguinetti in the 6th District of Illinois, Kathy Landing in the 1st District of South Carolina and Amanda Makkei in the 13th District of Florida. The National Republican Congressional Committee has done a phenomenal job finding strong candidates willing to run in the most important districts and it is clear that it is placing a priority on increasing the number of women in the Republican caucus. This has typically been an elusive recruiting goal at the NRCC, but Mr. Emmer and his team have had unparalleled success.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Pelosi: ‘It shouldn’t be a crime’ to cross border illegally – Susan Ferrechio
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/congress/pelosi-it-shouldnt-be-a-crime-to-cross-border-illegally

THE HILL
— 5 key questions ahead of Thursday’s Democratic debate – JONATHAN EASLEY (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://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/450660-5-key-questions-ahead-of-thursdays-democratic-debate

NEW YORK TIMES
— Twitter to Label Abusive Tweets From Political Leaders – Kate Conger (DIERSEN: What about abusive tweets from Trump-haters?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/27/technology/twitter-politicans-labels-abuse.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump asks lawyers if census can be delayed, calls Supreme Court decision ‘totally ridiculous’ – John Wagner and Deanna Paul
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-asks-lawyers-if-census-can-be-delayed-calls-supreme-court-decision-totally-ridiculous/2019/06/27/f6d0c23a-9902-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html
— Twitter adds labels for tweets that break its rules — a move with potentially stark implications for Trump’s account The social media site will also down-rank such tweets via its algorithms to reduce circulation – Elizabeth Dwoskin and Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/06/27/twitter-adds-labels-tweets-that-break-its-rules-putting-president-trump-companys-crosshairs/
— Democrats must address the roots of our asylum crisis — or give Trump the advantage – Fareed Zakaria
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-must-address-the-roots-of-our-asylum-crisis–or-give-trump-the-advantage/2019/06/27/00af2812-991e-11e9-916d-9c61607d8190_story.html

DALLAS NEWS
— When Trump supporters are banned from a knitting website, no corner of the internet is free from liberal sanctimony – Michelle Malkin (DIERSEN: What do you say to secret Facebook groups that ban those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.?)
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/06/27/when-trump-supporters-are-banned-from-a-knitting-website-no-corner-of-the-internet-is-safe-from-liberal-sanctimony

FORTUNE
— Twitter to Attach a Warning Label to Tweets That Break the Rules from Trump and Other Leaders – KURT WAGNER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out and stop everyone from reading those emails, but failing that, they would love it if they could attach warning labels to articles that they especially disapprove of.)
http://fortune.com/2019/06/27/new-twitter-label-trump-tweets/

INSIDER HIGHER EDUCATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “White Supremacy Activity Spreads on Campuses.”
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/06/27/white-nationalist-propaganda-rise-college-campuses

ATLANTIC
— Democrats Wrestle Over What Their Party Stands For – EDWARD-ISAAC DOVERE (DIERSEN: The Democrat Party wants to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries 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.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/06/2020-democrats-debated-future-their-party/592720/

June 24 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake Forest, Lake Bluff officials proceed with caution while preparing for recreational marijuana in Illinois – DANIEL I. DORFMAN  (DIERSEN: Your mayor and your city council members and your county board chairman and your county board members should ASAP call for a vote on the sale of pot and ASAP announce that they will vote against the sale of pot. I urge Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier, Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart, James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-forest/ct-lfr-recreational-marijuana-reaction-tl-0627-20190624-wktuix7t5vhfvnx5nki63m2lvy-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In Lake Bluff, village board members were scheduled to address a resolution in late June that would prohibit businesses wanting to offer recreational marijuana products from starting up in the village until officials can craft and agree on appropriate regulations, village officials said recently. Lake Forest officials, meanwhile, are planning to host an upcoming workshop, where, they said, they plan to address different issues related to recreational marijuana use. As part of the resolution in Lake Bluff, village board members would direct the Lake Bluff Plan Commission and Zoning Board of Appeals to make recommendations to the board regarding possible regulations affecting recreational cannabis businesses. “State law requires that we allow medical cannabis facilities, but we have the power to ban recreational cannabis facilities,” said Glen Cole, assistant to the village administrator in Lake Bluff. Medical marijuana dispensaries already are permitted to operate in certain portions of the village once a special-use permit is granted, Cole said. During a meeting in early June, Village President Kathy O’Hara said officials plan to consult with village attorneys as they go about developing regulations and weigh the ramifications of legalized recreational marijuana use in Illinois. “We are going to push the pause button,” O’Hara said. “I am going to be bringing back to the board for discussion what best fits our community and where we want to go with this.” The upcoming workshop in Lake Forest also should allow city officials the opportunity to weigh the possible effects of legalized marijuana use in the community, said City Manager Jason Wicha. “We’ll see some policy direction from the city council on how they want to proceed,” Wicha said of the meeting. Wicha said Lake Forest staff members still are reviewing the specifics of the bill that awaits Pritzker’s signature, but he said the city believes provisions are in the bill that could prevent marijuana dispensaries from coming to Lake Forest. “I know that is something that the council is going to want to look at,” he said.)
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gov. Pritzker expected to sign bill into law Tuesday that would legalize marijuana in Illinois on Jan. 1 – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-governor-to-sign-recreational-marijuana-law-20190624-ee2bswlsq5eqvkcbuq6oz6id5i-story.html
— Abortion is finally being seen as a medical ethics issue – DONNA HARRISON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-abortion-pro-life-medical-ethics–20190624-hazo6zrkkreq3nqfvmeebdwdku-story.html
— Americans are worried about immigration. Is Congress? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-immigration-trump-ice-raids-chicago-20190624-g64kjl2agrbf7f6sfodrisnebe-story.html

ABC7
— Immigration advocates protests Trump’s deportation plan; seek to allay fears – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/immigration-advocates-protests-trumps-deportation-plan/5361888/
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: A ‘Museum of Weed’ is coming to Hollywood – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/business/a-museum-of-weed-is-coming-to-hollywood/5361556/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago promote LGBTQ activity, that is, ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago discourage traditional marriage and discourage the traditional family. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/6/24/18715819/pride-parade-chicago-police-vehicle-lgbtq-lightfoot
— Ask every candidate for president, ‘What’s your plan to end the student loan crisis?’ – Editorial (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://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/24/18715687/student-loan-debt-democratic-candidates-debates-crisis-college-affordability

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Impeachment politics roil Casten’s re-election race The freshman Democrat’s call to begin a Trump impeachment inquiry sparks big GOP pushback. But he’s holding firm as digital ads hitting him appear. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/impeachment-politics-roil-castens-re-election-race
— Ford unveils $1 billion upgrade at Chicago plant The automaker has added new equipment and hired 500 people across its plants on Torrence Avenue and in Chicago Heights. – CLAIRE BUSHEY
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/ford-unveils-1-billion-upgrade-chicago-plant

DAILY HERALD
— Lake County Civil War Days event canceled for ‘security concerns’ – Doug T. Graham
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190624/lake-county-civil-war-days-event-canceled-for-security-concerns
— More tenants coming to DuPage Business Center in West Chicago – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190624/more-tenants-coming-to-dupage-business-center-in-west-chicago

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Rep. Underwood pushes gun control legislation during Batavia gathering Congresswoman urges public to pressure Senate – MARK FOSTER
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/06/24/rep-underwood-pushes-gun-control-legislation-during-batavia-gathering/amvwxh9/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Marijuana Is Legal In Colorado, But The Illegal Market Still Exists – BEN MARKUS 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/marijuana-legal-colorado-illegal-market-still-exists#stream/0

AURORA PATCH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Aurora Mayor Reinforces Stand Against Threatened ICE Raids – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/aurora-mayor-reinforces-stand-against-threatened-ice-raids

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ex-Alderman Willie Cochran Off to Jail, But Apparently Will Be Receiving Pension Checks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/24/ex-alderman-willie-cochran-off-to-jail-but-apparently-will-be-receiving-pension-checks/ 
— Casten Uses “Impeach Trump” Pitch to Solicit Campaign Contributions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/24/casten-uses-impeach-trump-pitch-to-solicit-campaign-contributions/ 
— Sanguenetti Polls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/24/sanguenetti-polls/ 
— Sanctions Sought from Karen Lukasik and Her Attorney David McArdle
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/24/sanctions-sought-from-karen-lukasik-and-her-attorney-david-mcardle/ 
— Chicago Tribune Has Major Story on DCFS Employee Carlos Acosta, Who Had AJ Case
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/24/chicago-tribune-has-major-story-on-dcfs-employee-carlos-acosta/ 
— Another Indication Allen Skillicorn Has Congressional Ambitions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/24/another-indication-allen-skillicorn-has-congressal-ambitions/ 
— Should Township Pay Road District for Things Former Road Commissioner Bob Miller Apparently Incorrectly Took from the Road District?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/23/should-township-pay-road-districts-payment-to-former-road-commissioner-bob-miller-that-was-incorrectly-taken-from-the-road-district/

CENTER SQUARE
— Union ratifies state employee contract, but total cost unknown – Greg Bishop 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/union-ratifies-state-employee-contract-but-total-cost-unknown/article_9bb992b0-969f-11e9-9e7e-a36072d48fe5.html
— Illinois Democrats to get more than Republicans in $45 billion capital plan – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-democrats-to-get-more-than-republicans-in-billion-capital/article_acb3713c-96c0-11e9-9860-e79f88616603.html

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rep. McSweeney digs in for fight to save parental notification from Pritzker’s ‘radical agenda’ – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/512661652-rep-mcsweeney-digs-in-for-fight-to-save-parental-notification-from-pritzker-s-radical-agenda

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Mazzochi on state abortion debate: ‘Illinois is massively departing from the norm nationwide’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512661193-rep-mazzochi-on-state-abortion-debate-illinois-is-massively-departing-from-the-norm-nationwide

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Breen calls on Illinoisans ‘to be as huge and vigorous’ as before in parental notification fight – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512661212-breen-calls-on-illinoisans-to-be-as-huge-and-vigorous-as-before-in-parental-notification-fight

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IMPEACH TRUMP RALLY FIZZLES ON STATE CAPITOL STEPS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/impeach-trump-rally-fizzles-on-state-capitol-steps.html
— LAKE COUNTY CANCELS 28TH ANNUAL CIVIL WAR DAYS DUE TO “SAFETY CONCERNS”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/lake-county-cancels-28th-annual-civil-war-days-due-to-safety-concerns.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Cullerton explains why Dems got more member projects than the GOP
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/24/cullerton-explains-why-dems-got-more-member-projects-than-the-gop/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Google exec in Project Veritas sting says only big tech can stop ‘the next Trump situation’ Latest undercover video takes on political bias at Google – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/24/google-exec-project-veritas-sting-says-only-big-te/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Border Crisis Is Getting Worse. Why Are Democrats AWOL? – Jessica Anderson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/06/24/the-border-crisis-is-getting-worse-why-are-democrats-awol/

DAILY CALLER
— Pelosi On Immigrants: ‘Violation Of Status Is Not A Reason For Deportation’ – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/24/nancy-pelosi-violation-status-not-reason-deportation-illegal-immigrants/

BREITBART
— New York State Assembly Members: Democrat Plan Is to Register All Illegal Aliens to Vote – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/24/exclusive-new-york-state-assembly-members-democrat-plan-is-to-register-all-illegal-aliens-to-vote/

CNS NEWS
— Sen. Warren Introduces $57 Million Retroactive Gay Marriage Tax Refund Bill – Mark Jennings (DIERSEN: Do you and your spouse pay the marriage penalty? If both you and your spouse have roughly the same amount of income and you file joint tax returns, you pay the marriage penalty.) 
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/mark-jennings/sen-warren-introduces-57-million-retroactive-gay-marriage-tax-refund-bill

ECONOMIST
— Medical marijuana is not the way out of America’s opioid crisis
https://www.economist.com/democracy-in-america/2019/06/24/medical-marijuana-is-not-the-way-out-of-americas-opioid-crisis

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Recreational Marijuana – Insights for Employers
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/recreational-marijuana-insights-employers

June 21 Morning Edition

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Living near marijuana dispensaries makes youth more likely to use it, study finds (DIERSEN: Your mayor and your city council members and your county board chairman and your county board members should ASAP call for a vote on the sale of pot and ASAP announce that they will vote against the sale of pot. I urge Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier, Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin, Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan, Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart, James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County.) 
https://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-marijuana-pot-dispensary-young-people-20190617-story.html

CBS2
— Carol Stream Pilot Program Uses Saliva Testing Kit To Determine If Drivers Are High – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/06/20/carol-stream-pilot-program-uses-saliva-testing-kit-to-determine-if-drivers-are-high/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot pushers.
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/medical-marijuana-dispensaries-preparing-for-recreational-pot

DAILY HERALD
— Legalized marijuana and the workplace – Marcy Traxler (DIERSEN: The more pot that you use, the more impaired that you are. The more booze that you drink, the more impaired that you are. Pot impairs you far longer than booze. Employers should not tolerate any kind of impairment.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190620/legalized-marijuana-and-the-workplace
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Used versus impaired So how will this impact a business and how it approaches policy? Illinois statute prohibits discrimination against employees for testing positive for marijuana. The upshot is employers cannot rescind a job offer or terminate an employee for a positive drug test. How will this impact employers that want to hire or fire at will? For employers, a key issue involving marijuana is not legalization, but workplace safety. The takeaway is that it is more important than ever to make the distinction between an employee having used marijuana versus the employee being impaired on the job. Having come from an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) background, I think the most progressive companies have addressed this very issue and developed Drug Free Work Place and Safety Program policies to include training for supervisors to observe and document employees that have unsafe practices or exhibit behaviors and signs of drug use.)
— How government, private partnerships use jobs to fight addiction – Greg Hart and Lanny Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190621/how-government-private-partnerships-use-jobs-to-fight-addiction

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Townships help in many ways – Brian McGuire, Supervisor, Hanover Township
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-062019-20190619-263l7a5rhbeihf4flksj4hjy5y-story.html
— My township serves me well – Susan Canning Ramirez, Aurora
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-062019-20190619-263l7a5rhbeihf4flksj4hjy5y-story.html
— Mayor Chirico, local police and fire department officials, speaking at Pray!Naperville event Saturday – JAMES KRAUSE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what I believe my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for based on their words and on their actions.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-local-official-christian-event-st-0620-20190620-ot4ntuhutzchlosfg5sxag7p3e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Casino owner, others with gambling-industry ties helped Lori Lightfoot become mayor But Lightfoot says campaign money and personal relationships will play no role in Chicago casino and other key decisions. – Robert Herguth 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/21/18693585/lori-lightfoot-chicago-casino-campaign-contributions-mayer-brown-neil-bluhm-laura-ricketts
— Hunger or housing problems hit two thirds of students at City Colleges: report The report shines a light on the financial struggles community college students face in Chicago. – Carlos Ballesteros (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always had tremendous unfair advantages in life. My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) 1966-1968 while I attended UIC, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) the summer of 1969.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/20/18691804/chicago-city-colleges-food-insecurity-housing-homeless-food-pantry-full-time-students-parents

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The perilous path to pension solvency
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/html-page/847246

WBEZ
— CPS Teacher Develops Toolkit To Fight White Nationalism – Odette Yousef (DIERSEN: Fighting White nationalism is code for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/cps-teacher-develops-toolkit-to-fight-white-nationalism/11ba8fdb-ef4b-4f40-866f-60fc30831b98

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Divorced women could revert to maiden name more easily under proposed law change – Kate Thayer
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190620/divorced-women-could-revert-to-maiden-name-more-easily-under-proposed-law-change

OUR QUAD CITIES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot pushers.
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/medical-cannabis-star-flower/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Casten tackles high cost of diabetes medication ‘It is a chronic condition that is devastating in so many ways’ – BRENDA SCHORY (DIERSEN: My father fought type 1 diabetes from age 14. Because of the high cost of insulin, he and his father had less money for other things.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/06/14/casten-tackles-high-cost-of-diabetes-medication/aulg54z/

WIBC
— Indiana Is “Pot Locked” With Surrounding States Loosening Restrictions on Marijuana State police and Gov. Holcomb says nothing will change in how they enforce Indiana’s pot laws. – Kurt Darling
https://www.wibc.com/news/local-news/indiana-pot-locked-surrounding-states-loosening-restrictions-marijuana

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POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Sen. Dick Durbin will take the stage before Cook County Democratic committeemen today to explain why he’s seeking re-election. – SHIA KAPOS (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township? When is the last time that a candidate took the stage to win your endorsement?)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/06/21/durbin-foxx-in-the-spotlight-why-your-tax-bill-is-up-or-down-rahm-aides-new-gigs-449475

WIRE POINTS
— “Households in Chicago owe $150,000 in retirement debt. That’s an impossible number to pay off”
https://wirepoints.org/households-in-chicago-owe-150000-in-retirement-debt-thats-an-impossible-number-to-pay-off-ted-on-wjpf/

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Legal Gay ‘Marriage’ Was Built on a Lie: Ex-‘Gays,’ Pro-Family Leaders to Rally Against Obergefell and Fake (Same-Sex) ‘Marriage’ June 26 at Supreme Court – Peter LaBarbera
https://americansfortruth.com/2019/06/13/legal-gay-marriage-was-built-on-a-lie-ex-gays-pro-family-leaders-to-rally-against-fake-same-sex-marriage-and-radical-lgbtq-equality-act-at-supreme-court-on-obergefell-v-hodges-ann/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal Immigration: Left must take responsibility – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jun/20/letters-to-the-editor-left-must-take-responsibilit/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Celebrities advertise abortion to young girls – Samantha Kamman
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/celebrities-advertise-abortion-to-young-girls
— Feds: 97% of illegal immigrants ordered out in February are in hiding – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/feds-97-of-illegal-immigrants-ordered-out-are-in-hiding

TOWNHALL
— Reparations—Here’s Who Should Pay – Ryan Bomberger (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to make Republicans pay reparations.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/ryanbomberger/2019/06/21/reparationsheres-who-should-pay-n2548724

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Lies They Told Us: A Long History of Being Manipulated Into War Before we retaliate over drone and oil tanker attacks, take a look at all the times we’ve been duped. – ROBERT W. MERRY
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/lies-they-told-us-a-long-history-of-being-manipulated-into-war/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— More Than 100,000 Illegal Migrants Have Escaped Border Patrol Agents in 2019, Provost Says – Jason Hopkins
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/06/more-than-100000-illegal-migrants-have-escaped-border-patrol-agents-in-2019-provost-says/

BREITBART
— DHS: Caravans to U.S. Included 1.5K Deported Criminals, 30 Sex Offenders – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/20/dhs-caravans-to-u-s-included-1-5k-deported-criminals-30-sex-offendersdhs-recent-caravans-to-u-s-included-1-5k-convicted-criminals/

FOX NEWS
— Keeping America Great is exactly what Trump has done – Newt Gingrich (DIERSEN: Of course, during the 1990s, when Newt Gingrich cut GAO’s budget dramatically, he knew that the employees who GAO would get rid of would be Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/when-congress-wiped-an-agency-off-the-map/2011/11/29/gIQAIt0J9N_blog.html and https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/01/11/feature/why-is-congress-so-dumb/)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newt-gingrich-america-great-trump

FEDERALIST
— African Americans Don’t Need Reparations. We Need To Take Responsibility For Our Lives – Emery McClendon
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/21/african-americans-dont-need-reparations-need-take-responsibility-lives/

PJ MEDIA
— Witness at Reparations Hearing: ‘White People Are Ignorant’ – NICHOLAS BALLASY
https://pjmedia.com/trending/witness-at-reparations-hearing-white-people-are-ignorant/
— Leftist Rights Groups Press Congress to Decriminalize Illegal Immigration – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/trending/leftist-rights-groups-press-congress-to-decriminalize-illegal-immigration/

DAILY CALLER
— DO YOU SUPPORT REPARATIONS FOR SLAVERY? – Alec Schemmel (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/20/support-reparations-for-slavery/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— NY Times Publisher Says Trump’s ‘Treason’ Accusation ‘Crosses a Dangerous Line’ – Lizzie Helmer (DIERSEN: In my opinion, it is treasonous to encourage citizens of foreign countries a) to come to America illegally and b) to stay in America illegally.) 
https://ijr.com/ny-times-publisher-says-trumps-treason-accusation-crosses-a-dangerous-line/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Democrats Unleash the Cancer of Slavery Reparations – DEROY MURDOCK
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/democrats-slavery-reparations-debate/
— The Media’s Double Standard on Culture-War Controversies – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/06/media-double-standard-culture-war-controversies/
— Trump’s Deportation Numbers Continue to Lag Behind Obama’s Despite Strong Rhetoric – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trumps-deportation-numbers-continue-to-lag-behind-obamas-despite-strong-rhetoric/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump Claims Latino Voters Want Him To Deport Millions Of Undocumented Immigrants The president says his hard-line approach to immigration has improved his standing among Hispanic voters. – Nick Visser
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-telemundo-immigration_n_5d0c749ce4b07ae90d9ad132

POLITICO
— ‘This place has enough creepy old men’: GOP vows to crush Roy Moore Republicans fear the conservative firebrand accused of sexual misconduct will cost them a crucial Senate seat. – BURGESS EVERETT (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs are nasty. Have you been crushed? I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/06/20/roy-moore-senate-republicans-defeat-1374226

NEW YORK POST
— The media’s cynical milking of the culture wars – Jonah Goldberg
https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/the-medias-cynical-milking-of-the-culture-wars/
— Bernie Sanders, Liz Warren talk decriminalizing prostitution – Nikki Schwab
https://nypost.com/2019/06/20/bernie-sanders-liz-warren-talk-decriminalizing-prostitution/

WASHINGTON POST
— Reparations for slavery aren’t enough. Official racism lasted much longer. Racial inequality flows as much from policies that came after abolition. – Sheryll Cashin (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to make Republicans pay reparations.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/reparations-for-slavery-arent-enough-official-racism-lasted-much-longer/2019/06/21/2c0ecbe8-9397-11e9-aadb-74e6b2b46f6a_story.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, USA Today promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/06/20/dad-hugs-pride-parade-show-how-hard-family-rejection-hits-lgbt-kids/1497661001/

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— Hollywood’s War on Old Age At a time when sexism and racism are being tackled head on, ageism remains pervasive and unaddressed, writes Hollywood Reporter executive editor Stephen Galloway.
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/hollywoods-war-old-age-1219807

FED SMITH
— Bill Resurfaces to Expedite Process of Firing Federal Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Constructively, to force a federal employee to take early retirement or to resign is to fire that employee. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49. My Democrat GAO and IRS superiors forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 when I was 20. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that given all the work experience, education, professional certifications, and the professional license that I have, I must have been far worse than an “underperforming federal employee,” I must have been a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. Needless-to-say, I should sue my critics/opponents, sue their operatives, and sue their dupes.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/06/20/bill-resurfaces-expedite-process-firing-federal-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Government employees should be held to the same standards as private sector employees, yet it is nearly impossible to fire bureaucrats for failing to do their jobs,” said Senator Perdue. “Right now, it can take more than a year to fire or replace a civil service employee, even for poor performance or misconduct. With a $22 trillion debt crisis, we cannot afford to hold onto bureaucrats who aren’t doing their jobs. Since President Trump took office, more than 4,300 bad actors have been fired, demoted, or suspended at the VA. It’s time to expand those efforts and address problems across the entire federal government.” Congressman Loudermilk added, “Working for the United States federal government is an honor and privilege, and most federal employees cherish this opportunity and desire to serve the American people. Unfortunately, many underperforming federal employees feel entitled to their positions and treat them as their right. The solution to this issue is the MERIT Act. I thank my friend and colleague, Senator Perdue, for leading the charge on this important reform.” It was last introduced in 2018 in both the House and Senate but ultimately failed to advance.)

SPUTNIK NEWS
— Trump Pentagon Nominee a Return to Someone With ‘Limited Military Experience’ (DIERSEN: How much military experience do you have? I have none, but by the end of 1988, I had 3 years experience auditing IRS and almost 9 years experience working for IRS. At the start of 1989, a) to retaliate against me for my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) to punish me for my avoiding the draft, and c) to punish my wife and I for giving up trying to have children, not adopting, and not becoming foster parents, my Democrat GAO superiors abruptly and rudely threw me off audits of IRS and assigned me to an audit of the Department of Defense 1990 ammunition budget request in Rock Island. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/assets/150/148194.pdf Instead of me, my GAO superiors should have assigned one of my many coworkers who had military experience and wanted the assignment. They painted me as having an unfair advantage to work on audits of IRS because I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years. Overwhelmingly, my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates had very little or no prior work experience when GAO hired them.) 
https://sputniknews.com/analysis/201906211075997647-trump-pentagon-nominee-a-return-to-someone-with-limited-military-experience—journo/