October 10 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot should seek bankruptcy authority – Richard Porter, Illinois national committeeman, Republican National Committee, Northfield
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-101019-20191009-ahmzcyz2lvfynfnzhv5lnxia4q-story.html
— DuPage referendum question on eliminating recorder’s office could be on March 2020 election ballot – ALICE FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-recorder-office-merger-referendum-st-1011-20191009-y4orlapbxjdahmttyktuwq6pd4-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: An Aurora City Council committee Wednesday recommended a zoning change that would allow recreational marijuana sales in the city. – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-1010-20191009-bfqcbzx5mncjbe4i7ffhvr5hpy-story.html
— CPS teachers want an affordable housing provision in their contract. It’s among the new topics starting to land on bargaining tables. – CORILYN SHROPSHIRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-teachers-union-affordable-housing-collective-bargaining-20191009-724srz35mfbvhhsqcse5krndzy-story.html
— Mayor says teachers holding up contract talks over affordable housing. Union replies: ‘We have nearly 17,000 homeless students.’ – DIANA WALLACE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-strike-teachers-union-affordable-housinig-20191009-vcqjqc6t6rgynd3adjyn2jhaxm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-mexico-border-immigrants-catholic-charities-20191009-6e5uy6u345f3lndidhnv3yt3au-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTO OF MARTY QUINN: Relentless visits, repeated voicemails and yelling: Inside Madigan ward’s push to keep a college student from running for alderman – RAY LONG and GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-madigan-13th-ward-quinn-election-20191010-6p6bexkfr5htnpbontth2dixeq-story.html
— Naperville council to decide Tuesday if advisory pot referendum question will go to voters – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-recreational-cannabis-referendum-naperville-st-20191010-elfm7umisfc4ph6fd74nbf3u5y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No layoffs or tax hikes in Preckwinkle’s $6.1B county budget — but also no pot revenue or gambling jackpot The proposed budget does find funding for new county employees to work on taxpayer appeals of property assessments and expunging past cannabis convictions. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/9/20907295/no-layoffs-tax-hikes-preckwinkles-cook-county-budget-marijuana-gambling

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF COVERT: DuPage County Board member Sadia Covert says fellow Democrats are bullying her – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191009/dupage-county-board-member-says-fellow-democrats-are-bullying-her

WGN TV
— Silence on Sandoval? Illinois lawmaker’s reaction is priceless – BEN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/10/08/silence-on-sandoval-illinois-lawmakers-reaction-is-priceless/

WBBM 780
— Hastert Accuser Honored By Children’s Advocacy Group – JIM GUDAS
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/hastert-accuser-honored-childrens-advocacy-group

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Poll shows widespread support for graduated tax – Doug Finke (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who supports graduated tax? ANSWER: Those who pay little or no tax and those who can easily afford to pay more tax.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191009/poll-shows-widespread-support-for-graduated-tax

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois must do better to serve the powerless – Richard Porter (DIERSEN: How much power do you have? My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout and talk/act like they manipulate/dominate the a) Wheaton Mayor and City Council members, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) Milton Township officers and trustees, d) DuPage County Board Chairman and County Board members, e) federal and Illinois officials who represent or seek to represent any part of Wheaton, f) Milton Township Republican Central Committee officers, g) DuPage County Republican Central Committee officers, h) my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, i) the IRP officers, j) etc.) 
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20191009/richard-porter-illinois-must-do-better-to-serve-powerless

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: DeKalb residents ask city to embrace myriad pot businesses Some say city should allow more than just sellers – KELSEY RETTKE
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/10/09/dekalb-residents-ask-city-to-embrace-myriad-pot-businesses/ax8l1l4/

WPSD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Carbondale City Council votes to allow recreational marijuana sales
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/top-videos/carbondale-city-council-votes-to-allow-recreational-marijuana-sales/video_aaaac50e-ea4c-11e9-85ae-6775544180b0.html

KMOX
— Metro East Congressman John Shimkus pulls Trump support after Syria decision “Pull my name off the ‘I support Donald Trump’ list.” – BRIAN KELLY
https://kmox.radio.com/articles/news/trump-loses-metro-east-ally-john-shimkus-over-syria-decision

CHANNEL 3000
— UW reviewing complaint after anti-Trump signs posted on College Republicans office – Jaymes Langrehr 
https://www.channel3000.com/news/uw-reviewing-complaint-after-anti-trump-signs-posted-on-college-republicans-office/1130874949

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois cannabis group expects only minor changes to state’s recreational cannabis program during veto session – Greg Bishop 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-cannabis-group-expects-only-minor-changes-to-state-s/article_13961314-eab8-11e9-9b57-23cca7d0d385.html

WEST COOK NEWS
— Oak Park trustee Susan Buchanan: ‘You stop it, you are a white male! Your skin is light enough.’ (DIERSEN: Buchanan and my critics/opponents would applaud my Democrat superiors in the federal government. They used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, job assignments, up-or-out, pay-for-performance, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://westcooknews.com/stories/514469720-oak-park-trustee-susan-buchanan-you-stop-it-you-are-a-white-male-your-skin-is-light-enough
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Oak Park trustee Susan Buchanan berated fellow trustees for speaking on racial equity and oppression during Monday’s board meeting. “You have been white from birth,” Buchanan told fellow trustees Dan Moroney and Deno Andrews. “Why are you arguing what is a system of oppression? You’ve never experienced one, so shut up! I don’t want to hear from you! Just stop Dan, just stop Deno. You are not oppressed and people in Oak Park and we are trying to recognize that as a community.” Buchanan’s comments drew a round of applause from the audience.)

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Privacy in Bathrooms Going, Going, Soon Gone – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/privacy-in-bathrooms-going-going-soon-gone/
— Trans Wreck – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/trans-wreck/

CAPITOL FAX
— Leader Brady wants Sandoval chairmanship yanked
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/10/leader-brady-wants-sandoval-chairmanship-yanked/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Obamacare for illegal immigrants may cost taxpayers $23 billion a year, study shows – Stephen Dinan 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/10/obamacare-for-illegal-immigrants-may-cost-taxpayer/
— Philippine police arrest over 500 mostly Chinese for fraud – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/10/philippine-police-arrest-over-500-mostly-chinese-w/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 2020 Democrats health plan for illegal immigrants to cost $23 billion, $4,600 each – Paul Bedard 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/2020-democrats-health-plan-for-illegal-immigrants-to-cost-23-billion-4-600-each

AMERICAN THINKER
— Being ‘Woke’ has a Price – John Leonard
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/where_are_they_now.html
— Democrats turning California into a third-world hellhole: Going without electricity edition – Tom Trinko
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/democrats_turning_california_into_a_thirdworld_hellhole_going_without_electricity_edition.html

BREITBART
— San Diego City College Labels ‘MAGA’ as ‘Covert White Supremacy’ – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/10/09/san-diego-city-college-labels-maga-as-covert-white-supremacy/
— GOP Politicians Draft Farm Sector Amnesty with Democrats – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2019/10/09/gop-politicians-draft-farm-sector-amnesty-democrats/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— It’s RINO Mitt Romney and the establishment boys vs. Trump – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31163-assault-america-day-280-it%E2%80%99s-rino-mitt-romney-and-establishment-boys-vs-trump

DAILY CALLER
— As Long As Libertarians Reject Traditional Institutions, They’re As Doomed As America – NICK HANKOFF (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), etc. They do everything that they can to a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading those emails. They fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform. They promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, they force out of the MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, etc. those who they cannot manipulate/dominate and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/09/libertarians-reject-traditional-institutions-doomed-america/

PJ MEDIA
— ‘MAGA’ Slogan Listed on California College’s ‘White Supremacy’ Pyramid – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/maga-slogan-listed-on-california-colleges-white-supremacy-pyramid/
— Meet Kyle Frese: Trump Hater, Federal Employee, Arrested for Leaking National Security Secrets – J. CHRISTIAN ADAMS
https://pjmedia.com/jchristianadams/meet-kyle-frese-trump-hater-federal-employee-arrested-for-leaking-national-security-secrets/

EPOCH TIMES
— Michelle Malkin Follows the Money Behind the Open Borders Movement A well-funded, broad network of individuals and groups is working to erase US borders, author says in her new book – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/michelle-malkin-follows-the-money-behind-the-open-borders-movement_3111394.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE UNION
— The American Conservative Union Foundation will be hosting CPAC Atlanta tomorrow and we’d like to invite you to attend. (DIERSEN: When will there be a CPAC Illinois?)
https://www.eventbrite.com/e/cpac-atlanta-tickets-62938899944

FORDHAM RAM
— College Republicans Talk 2020 Elections – Helen Stevenson (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party’s “Big Tent” policy is destroying the Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), etc. I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs in the MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, etc. They do everything that they can to a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading those emails. They fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform. They promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, they force out of the MTRCC, DCRCC, IRP, etc. those who they cannot manipulate/dominate and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://fordhamram.com/71006/news/college-republicans-talk-2020-elections/

THE HILL
— Adam Kinzinger mocks Trump on ISIS: ‘Campaign promise fail’ – MARTY JOHNSON
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/465158-gop-lawmaker-mocks-trump-on-isis-campaign-promise-fail
— Trump feud with Minneapolis mayor to take center stage at rally – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: If Trump held a rally in your municipality, in your township/ward, or in your county, who would stage a counter-rally?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/465082-trump-feud-with-minneapolis-mayor-to-take-center-stage-at-rally

WASHINGTON POST
— The ‘I’m rubber, you’re glue’ presidency: Trump turns to schoolyard taunts in impeachment battle – Ashley Parker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-im-rubber-youre-glue-presidency-trump-turns-to-schoolyard-taunts-in-impeachment-battle/2019/10/09/a609ba8c-eaab-11e9-85c0-85a098e47b37_story.html

DALLAS NEWS
— Beto O’Rourke to stage counter-rally during President Donald Trump’s visit to Dallas The evening will be similar to when they held dueling El Paso events in February. – Gromer Jeffers Jr. (DIERSEN: If Trump held a rally in your municipality, in your township/ward, or in your county, who would stage a counter-rally?)
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2019/10/10/beto-orourke-to-stage-counter-rally-during-president-donald-trumps-visit-to-dallas/

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Minneapolis awaits Trump, crowd of protesters downtown Some estimate more than 10,000 people will flood downtown to oppose the president’s visit, with two dozen disparate groups planning to protest. They’ll be met by counterdemonstrators supporting the president. – Andy Mannix and Libor Jany (DIERSEN: If Trump held a rally in your municipality, in your township/ward, or in your county, who would stage a counter-rally?)
http://www.startribune.com/as-trump-arrives-minneapolis-braces-for-impact/562671512/

DESERT NEWS
— Trump supporters outnumbered at anti-impeachment event – Lisa Riley Roche
https://www.deseret.com/2019/10/9/20907085/trump-supporters-outnumbered-at-anti-impeachment-event

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended the outstanding Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meeting Wednesday evening, October 9, 2019, at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream included Almiron, Corrigan, Falbo, Grant, Holder, Holan, Ives, Kachiroubas, Keller, Kinzler, Larsen, LeVan, McCluskey, McGowen, Molitor, Monino, Nathwani, Tatro, Veenstra, Whelan, and Zay. Many of the aforesaid spoke. Other meeting attendees included Baker, Carlson, Cherry, Cooper, Dangelo, Fitzgerald, Lofgren, McCarthy, Ryan, Shaw, Smith, Slinger, and Tatro. I should poll MTRCC members who do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and ask them why they do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should ask MTRCC members who discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails why they do that. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Where pot is sold, it brings down everything and everyone around it. How close is a “Disproportionately Impacted Area” (DIA) to where you live or work? Illinois Democrats want pot shops to open up in DIAs to revitalize those areas. Wheaton is the DuPage County Seat. The Democrats who run the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (IDCEO) have outrageously designated western Wheaton as being a DIA, that is, an area that has high rates of arrest, conviction, and incarceration related to cannabis as well as poverty and unemployment. Needless-to-say, that must be a mistake. While Wheaton has banned the sale of pot, the Democrats who run Illinois may very well vote to allow pot shops in DIAs thereby overriding Wheaton’s ban. I ask the following and everyone else who has an interest in Wheaton to ask the IDCEO to immediately rescind its DIA designation: Wheaton Mayor and City Council members, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township officers and trustees, DuPage County Board Chairman and County Board members, and federal and Illinois officials who represent or seek to represent any part of Wheaton.

According to the IDCEO, it designates a census tract as being a DIA if the area 1) has a poverty rate of at least 20%, 2) has 75% or more of its children participate in the federal free lunch program, 3) has an average unemployment rate that is more than 120% of the national average for a period of at least 2 consecutive calendar years, 4) has at least 20% of its households receive assistance under the supplemental nutrition assistance program, or 5) has high rates of arrest, conviction, and incarceration related to the sale, possession, use, cultivation, manufacture, or transport of cannabis.

According to the IDCEO, it designated Census Tract 8426.04 in western Wheaton (https://censusreporter.org/profiles/14000US17043842604-census-tract-842604-dupage-il/  and https://www.chicagocityscape.com/maps/index.php?place=censustract-17043842604) as a DIA because a) according to Illinois Department of Employment Security data, it had an average unemployment rate over the last two calendar years that exceeded the national average over that time period by more than 20% and b) because the per-capita rate of parolees residing in the area who had been imprisoned for cannabis offenses exceeded the cutoff for a high imprisonment rate. According to the IDCEO, “Unemployment rate data is from Illinois Department of Employment Security (IDES). Data on parolees is from Illinois Department of Corrections (IDOC). Per-capita rate is determined using census tract population from the 2013-2017 American Community Survey (ACS) 5-year Estimates.” From what I see, one or both of the aforesaid must be a mistake. If Census Tract 8426.04 in western Wheaton as a DIA, than all of Illinois is a DIA.

I have asked the IDCEO to provide me ASAP with the specific sources of the following data concerning Census Tract 8426.04: “According to IDES data, it had an average unemployment rate over the last two calendar years that exceeded the national average over that time period by more than 20%” and “The per-capita rate of parolees residing in the area who had been imprisoned for cannabis offenses exceeded the cutoff for a high imprisonment rate.”

Again, I ask the following and everyone else who has an interest in Wheaton to ask the IDCEO to immediately rescind its DIA designation: Wheaton Mayor and City Council members, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township officers and trustees, DuPage County Board Chairman and County Board members, and federal and Illinois officials who represent or seek to represent any part of Wheaton.

For background on the issue, SEE: https://abc7chicago.com/business/illinois-releases-map-for-social-equity-cannabis-program-applicants/5579443/ and https://www2.illinois.gov/dceo/Pages/CannabisEquity.aspx and https://chicagodefender.com/state-of-illinois-releases-disproportionately-impacted-areas-for-cannabisprograms-social-equity-applicants/ and https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/new-illinois-social-equity-map-highlights-areas-hit-hardest-by/article_e455a41a-c3e3-52ba-ac06-9d99c20ace30.html and https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/state-issues-long-awaited-applications-new-cannabis-shops and https://kanecountyconnects.com/2019/10/state-announces-next-round-of-marijuana-dispensary-license-applications/ and https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/illinois-officials-post-application-for-cannabis-licenses-release-map-highlighting-areas-hardest-hit-by-war-on-drugs and https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2019-10-07/chicago-wants-public-to-weigh-in-on-legal-marijuana-sales . – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
– Top ten reasons why “leaders” who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican do not encourage anyone to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
– They are Democrats or Democrat plants, Libertarians or Libertarian plants, Greens or Green plants, or RINOs.
– They reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform and the Republican Party platform.
– They promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.
– They focus on forcing out Milton Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, IRP, etc. members who they cannot manipulate/dominate and those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.

October 7 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD

— AUGUST 27, 2019 FLASHBACK: Wheaton plans to ban recreational pot sales, citing ‘unknowns’ of legalization – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: The City Council vote is this evening at 7:00 PM. Please join me during “Citizens To Be Heard” at the start of the meeting and one more time urge the city to ban the sale of recreational pot. I hope the vote will be 7-0.)

https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190827/wheaton-plans-to-ban-recreational-pot-sales-citing-unknowns-of-legalization
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Sandoval put pressure on tollway – Marin Pyke (DIERSEN: All during the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government, my superiors acted like they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to make way for them by getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who they had not promoted 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.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191007/in-transit-senator-under-scrutiny-by-feds-exerted-muscle-on-tollways-contract-with-campaign-donor

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Chicago Wants Public to Weigh in on Legal Marijuana Sales Chicago officials are holding public meetings for residents to weigh in on the sale of recreational marijuana in the city. – AP (DIERSEN: Of course, Illinois Democrats want pot shops to open up in “Disproportionately Impacted Areas” (DIA) to revitalize those areas. SEE: https://abc7chicago.com/business/illinois-releases-map-for-social-equity-cannabis-program-applicants/5579443/ and https://www2.illinois.gov/dceo/Pages/CannabisEquity.aspx and https://chicagodefender.com/state-of-illinois-releases-disproportionately-impacted-areas-for-cannabisprograms-social-equity-applicants/ and https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/new-illinois-social-equity-map-highlights-areas-hit-hardest-by/article_e455a41a-c3e3-52ba-ac06-9d99c20ace30.html and https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/state-issues-long-awaited-applications-new-cannabis-shops and https://kanecountyconnects.com/2019/10/state-announces-next-round-of-marijuana-dispensary-license-applications/ and https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/illinois-officials-post-application-for-cannabis-licenses-release-map-highlighting-areas-hardest-hit-by-war-on-drugs. How close is a DIA to where you live or work?)
https://www.usnews.com/news/best-states/illinois/articles/2019-10-07/chicago-wants-public-to-weigh-in-on-legal-marijuana-sales

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Talk of reparations for slavery moves to state capitols – TERESA WILTZ (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Illinois Democrats demand that Illinois Republicans pay reparations? From what I see, the more of the following that Illinois Republicans are, the more reparations that Illinois Democrats will demand that they pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-tns-bc-slavery-reparations-20191007-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Are these the good ol’ days for state and local taxes? We complain about the burden, but it looks to be getting worse. – David Roeder
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/7/20899168/illinois-local-tax-burden-getting-worse

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— More than 100 participate in Life Chain event – Dawn Schabbing 
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/more-than-participate-in-life-chain-event/article_f1704504-e885-11e9-bb78-0bdb47caa1bb.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Northwestern students and faculty promote LGBTQ activity. How soon, if not already, will you be barred from getting an education, barred from getting a job, barred from etc. if you do not promote LGBTQ activity?
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/10/06/campus/northwestern-students-and-faculty-highlight-importance-of-illinois-law-mandating-lgbtq-inclusive-education-in-public-schools/

WILL
— Illinois Issues: Survey—Voters Diverge On Gov, Economy – BRIAN MACKEY (DIERSEN: During the last 7 years that I worked for GAO 1990-1997, I gained extensive survey experience. SEE: OTC DERIVATIVES Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes GAO/GGD-98-5 at https://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdfand FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System GAO/GGD-94-133 at https://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf. I played a major role in the construction, administration, summary, analysis, and reporting of the many surveys that were sent out for each report.)
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/illinois-issues-survey-voters-diverge-on-gov-economy

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06: Jeanne Ives on Beyond the Beltway Tonight at 6, Plus “Friday Night Lights”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/06/il-06-jeanne-ives-on-beyond-the-beltway-tonight-at-6-plus-friday-night-lights/ 
— IL-14: House Homeland Security Committee to Hold Full Committee Meeting in Gurnee October 15
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/07/il-14-house-homeland-security-committee-to-hold-full-committee-meeting-in-gurnee-october-15/ 
— IL-06: Sean Casten’s “Six in the Sixth” Town Halls Featured in POLITICO and the Fiscal Year 2020 Federal Budget
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/07/il-06-sean-castens-six-in-the-sixth-town-halls-featured-in-politico-and-the-fiscal-year-2020-federal-budget/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— AMERICAN HISTORY: LGBTQ ILLINOIS EDITION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/american-history-lgbtq-illinois-edition.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— After Trump, We’re Next – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/after_trump_were_next.html

BREITBART
— Politico: Impeachment a Flop in Key Suburban Swing District (6th congressional district of Illinois) – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/06/politico-impeachment-a-flop-in-key-suburban-swing-district/
— Stephen Miller Exposes the Deep State: ‘A Collection of Permanent Bureaucrats Enmeshed Inside the Federal Government’ – MATTHEW BOYLE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/06/exclusive-stephen-miller-exposes-the-deep-state-a-collection-of-permanent-bureaucrats-enmeshed-inside-the-federal-government/

TOWNHALL
— Liberals Hate Free Speech When We Presume To Use It – Kurt Schlichter (DIERSEN: My sending GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails out is my use of free speech. My critics/opponents want to stop that. I should write a book about my critic/opponents and how they punish me to get me to stop sending the emails out.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/10/07/liberals-hate-free-speech-when-we-presume-to-use-it-n2554237
— Time to Stand and Fight Back – Terry Paulson (DIERSEN: The officers of township/ward Republican organizations should defend/advance the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform in their township/ward. The officers of county Republican organizations should defend/advance the IRP platform in their county. The IRP officers should defend/advance the IRP platform in Illinois.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2019/10/07/time-to-stand-and-fight-back-n2554195
— Why Trump Is Gaining Conservative Christian Supporters – Michael Brown
https://townhall.com/columnists/michaelbrown/2019/10/07/why-trump-is-gaining-conservative-christian-supporters-n2554251

FEDERALIST
— What’s Really Inside Trump’s New Rule Requiring Immigrants To Pay Their Own Health Care Contrary to claims that the proclamation constitutes a ‘racist attack on a community who deserves health care,’ the order says not a word about a specific race, or national or ethnic group. – Christopher Jacobs
https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/07/whats-really-inside-trumps-new-rule-requiring-immigrants-to-pay-their-own-health-care/
— Elizabeth Warren Could Be Lying About Past Employment Discrimination Warren’s recent story intended to underscore the type of sexual discrimination women might face in the workforce as a result of pregnancy. But if she’s lying, it accomplishes quite the opposite. – Erielle Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/07/elizabeth-warren-could-be-lying-about-past-employment-discrimination/

FOX BUSINESS
— IRS audits more poor taxpayers because it’s easier, cheaper than targeting the rich – Brittany De Lea
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/irs-audits-poor-taxpayers-easier

PROPUBLICA
— While Trump Cracked Down on Immigration, a Republican Megadonor Sued for a Special Visa Shipping supplies billionaires Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein frequently back “America First” candidates and causes. When it comes to their own company, it’s a different matter. – Jake Pearson
https://www.propublica.org/article/while-trump-cracked-down-on-immigration-a-republican-megadonor-sued-for-a-special-visa
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Richard Uihlein’s recent political donations included $2.5 million to the failed Illinois gubernatorial campaign of Jeanne Ives, who ran an ad featuring an actor wearing a hoodie, his face covered, thanking her opponent for making the state a “sanctuary state for illegal immigrant criminals.”)

COLLEGE FIX
— POLL: Nearly 30 percent of Democratic college students favor banning MAGA hats on campus – JENNIFER KABBANY (DIERSEN: If they were polled, what percent of the following would favor banning GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: those who lead the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois?) 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/poll-nearly-30-percent-of-democratic-college-students-favor-banning-maga-hats-on-campus/

THE HILL
— More than 140 businesses call on Supreme Court to protect DACA – RAFAEL BERNAL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, businesses side with citizens of foreign countries against citizens of America.)
https://thehill.com/latino/464375-more-than-140-businesses-call-on-supreme-court-to-protect-daca
— Tax-return whistleblower in spotlight amid impeachment fight – NAOMI JAGODA
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/464469-tax-return-whistleblower-in-spotlight-amid-impeachment-fight
— Federal judge rules against Trump in fight to keep tax records from Manhattan prosecutors – NAOMI JAGODA
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/464619-federal-judge-rules-against-trump-in-fight-to-keep-tax-records-from

CNN
— Supreme Court justices should have term limits – Kermit Roosevelt and Ruth-Helen Vassilas (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want term limits, but not for themselves. My critics/opponents want up-or-out, but not for themselves.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/30/opinions/supreme-court-term-limits-law-roosevelt-vassilas/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Rich Really Do Pay Lower Taxes Than You – David Leonhardt
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/06/opinion/income-tax-rate-wealthy.html
— How to Succeed When You’re Marginalized or Discriminated Against at Work – Alan Henry (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, pay-for-performance, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and 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.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/01/smarter-living/productivity-without-privilege-discrimination-work.html

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A pot pusher uses problems with vaping to push pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2019/10/07/legalizing-cannabis-is-the-answer-to-vaping-concerns/#4af04af56948

October 2 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— ‘Whistleblower’ colluded with House Democrats before making complaint
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

CHICAGO DEFENDER
— State of Illinois Releases Disproportionately Impacted Areas for Cannabis Program’s Social Equity Applicants (DIERSEN: Wheaton is the DuPage County Seat. The Democrats who run the Illinois Department of Commerce & Economic Opportunity (IDCEO) have outrageously designated western Wheaton as being a disproportionately impacted area (DIA), that is, an area that has high rates of arrest, conviction, and incarceration related to cannabis as well as poverty and unemployment. Needless-to-say, that must be a mistake. I ask the following and everyone else who has an interest in Wheaton to ask the IDCEO to immediately rescind its DIA designation: Wheaton Mayor and City Council members, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township officers and trustees, DuPage County Board Chairman and County Board members, and federal and Illinois officials who represent or seek to represent any part of Wheaton.) 
https://chicagodefender.com/state-of-illinois-releases-disproportionately-impacted-areas-for-cannabisprograms-social-equity-applicants/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As the most equity-centric adult use cannabis program in the nation prepares to enter its next phase, the Pritzker Administration is releasing maps that designate which parts of the state qualify as “disproportionately impacted areas” for social equity applicants.  More than 2 million Illinoisans live in the 683 Census tracts that make up the disproportionately impacted areas. (View the map  here https://www2.illinois.gov/dceo/Pages/CannabisEquity.aspx   The Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity determined the disproportionately impacted areas using criteria established in the new state law. To be designated as a disproportionately impacted area, a Census tract must have high rates of arrest, conviction, and incarceration related to cannabis, among other qualifications including poverty and unemployment. “As Illinois continues its path toward putting equity at the forefront of the state’s new adult-use cannabis expansion, it’s important to create opportunities in communities that have been hardest hit by the war on marijuana,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Not only will social equity applicants receive points on their applications, but many applicants will also get grants, technical assistance, low-interest loans and fee reductions and waivers. Taken together, these efforts will do more than any other state in the nation has done to focus on equity.”)

ABC7
— Trump impeachment: President lashes out in anger as Democrats warn of legal action – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-in-anger-as-democrats-warn-of-legal-action/5584494/

NBC5
— IG Report Finds Top Madigan Aide Violated Sexual Harassment Provisions Before Guidelines Were in Place Kevin Quinn was a top political operative for Michael Madigan for nearly 20 years until February 2018, when Alaina Hampton, who had also previously worked for Madigan, accused him of sexual harassment.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/report-finds-madigan-aide-violated-sexual-harassment-provisions-before-guidelines-in-place-561986041.html

CBS2
— Watchdog Report Recommends Madigan Aide Fired For Sexual Harassment Be Placed On ‘Do Not Hire’ List
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/10/02/watchdog-report-kevin-quinn-alaina-hampton-sexual-harassment/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Bernie Sanders canceling events until ‘further notice’ due to heart blockage – Lauren Reid
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bernie-sanders-canceling-events-until-further-notice-due-to-heart-blockage

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After calling Trump’s civil war tweet ‘beyond repugnant,’ Adam Kinzinger is only GOP rep left off president’s Illinois reelection team – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-president-trump-illinois-team-adam-kinzinger-20191002-lt6xqex4tnhd7d7h4xcgn253jy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Watchdog: Two Madigan aides ousted over sexual harassment allegations should never land on state payroll again “The messages that K. Quinn sent to Hampton plainly had the effect of creating an intimidating, hostile, and offensive working environment for Hampton,” Pope wrote in the Quinn report. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/2/20885781/madigan-aide-kevin-quinn-sexual-harassment-alaina-hampton-inspector-general-report
— Gov. Pritzker: ‘Let me be clear.’ Sen. Sandoval should quit top committee post — or get the boot Sandoval has not been charged with any wrongdoing, but Pritzker argued he should not preside over a committee so heavily involved with the capital bill. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/2/20895645/pritzker-sandoval-quit-removed-cullerton-senate-transportation-committee

CHICAGO CITIZEN
— Reparations Resolution Passes In Chicago City Council
http://thechicagocitizen.com/news/2019/oct/02/reparations-resolution-passes-chicago-city-council/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Alcohol, marijuana use up; B-N partnership responds – PAUL SWIECH
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/alcohol-marijuana-use-up-b-n-partnership-responds/article_e4176eb6-ef13-509b-a636-aded15bdcea6.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters love those who hate Trump.
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20191002/editorial-gops-kinzinger-shows-courage

RIVER BENDER
— Map Shows Pot Zones – Greg Bishop
https://m.riverbender.com/wbgznews/details.cfm?id=291766

FOX ILLINOIS
— Sanders has heart procedure, cancels campaign events for now – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/bernie-sanders-undergoes-heart-procedure-cancels-events-until-further-notice
— Abortion “mega-clinic” secretly built in Illinois
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/report-secret-abortion-mega-clinicbuilt-in-illinois

MDJ ONLINE 
— University of Illinois expert says gambling will cost state more than it gains
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/university-of-illinois-expert-says-gambling-will-cost-state-more/article_381b68ab-9403-5c02-9b30-f5c0c760d028.html

ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Queertober at Illinois State University – Rachel Hatch
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2019/10/queertober-at-illinois-state-university/

JOHN BIVER
— CONSERVATIVES KEEP LOSING THE INFORMATION WAR
https://johnbiver.com/conservatives-keep-losing-the-information-war/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WEYERMULLER: 2246 ABORTED CHILDREN REMAINS STILL AT “SECURE LOCATION” IN WILL COUNTY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/weyermuller-2246-aborted-children-remains-still-at-secure-location-in-will-county.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Blithely ignorant’: GOP senators blast National Endowment for the Arts for funding celebration of Ché Guevara – Ellie Bufkin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/blithely-ignorant-gop-senators-blast-national-endowment-for-the-arts-for-funding-celebration-of-che-guevara
— Pete Buttigieg wants you to know he hates religious conservatives – Timothy P. Carney
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/pete-buttigieg-wants-you-to-know-he-hates-religious-conservatives

SIGNAL
— 8% of Marriages End Up In Divorce Due to Gaming Addiction: The Latest Research in Texas
https://signalscv.com/2019/09/8-of-marriages-end-up-in-divorce-due-to-gaming-addiction-the-latest-research-in-texas/

THE HILL
— Impeachment threatens to drown out everything – ALEXANDER BOLTON 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/463944-impeachment-threatens-to-drown-out-everything

USA TODAY
— Planned Parenthood to open major clinic in Illinois as ‘regional haven’ for abortion access – Grace Hauck
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/02/illinois-planned-parenthood-mega-clinic-haven-abortion-access/3840714002/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Are Madder at the Media Than at Trump or His Foes
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/september_2019/voters_are_madder_at_the_media_than_at_trump_or_his_foes