Tag: discrimination

September 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cronin’s proposed DuPage budget calls for new employees, election equipment funding — and small tax hike – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-budget-election-money-st-0925-20190924-pmt2c4p54jctnl4653q5xmnwc4-story.html
— As marijuana legalization approaches in Illinois, industry observers predict potential for corruption, shortages of weed and lots of work for lawyers – ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-marijuana-illinois-predictions-20190925-uvo7nzt7erhpdglgxujowwezo4-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: There’s a lot of talk about an ‘Illinois exodus.’ We took a closer look at the reality behind the chatter. – Cecilia REYES and PATRICK M. O’CONNELL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois make it clear that they want members of the following groups a) to leave Illinois and b) to not come to Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-census-illinois-population-trend-leavers-met-20190925-55e2uha64rardg7pa5734u6twu-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Indian Prairie has a more diverse teaching staff, but still faces gap, officials say – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, GAO bragged about its success in meeting Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets, that is, GAO bragged about its success in getting rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-204-staff-diversity-st-0925-20190924-dtjwxpwe2jblfaxfakx2huswi4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Schaumburg lifts 7-year ban on video gambling – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190925/schaumburg-lifts-7-year-ban-on-video-gambling-boomers-stadium-can-get-them
— Naperville League of Women Voters focuses on young adults on national registration day – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, “young adults” are dominated by Democrat teachers.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190924/naperville-league-of-women-voters-focuses-on-young-adults-on-national-registration-day

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abolition of the Second Amendment.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/hundreds-of-chicagoans-drive-overnight-to-us-capitol-for-gun-violence-rally/5566376/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago way ahead of U.S.—in those who can’t afford to sell their home The local share of people who owe more on their mortgages than their homes are worth on the market is more than twice the national figure. – DENNIS RODKIN 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/residential-real-estate/chicago-way-ahead-us-those-who-cant-afford-sell-their-home

HERALD NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: Plainfield poised to join Bolingbrook, Naperville in opting out of recreational marijuana business – SARWAT S. AHMAD
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/09/24/plainfield-poised-to-join-bolingbrook-naperville-in-opting-out-of-recreational-marijuana-business/a70xbhi/

FOREST PARK REVIEW
— As temptations expand, treatment will too Uptick in funding addiction, mental health services amid gambling and marijuana legalization
– Michael Romain (DIERSEN: With government ever-increasingly promoting booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, how soon will everyone in America either be a) an addict or b) someone who treats addicts?)
https://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/9-24-2019/As-temptations-expand,-treatment-will-too/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.forestparkreview.com/News/Articles/9-24-2019/D91-to-teach-LGBT-contributions/

FOX ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING: Village of Chatham Board members vote against recreational marijuana sales
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/village-of-chatham-board-members-vote-against-recreational-marijuana-sales

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Ongoing Clash Between Trump And Big Cities – CHERYL CORLEY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/ongoing-clash-between-trump-and-big-cities#stream/0

WHEATON PATCH
— Cronin Proposes Ninth Consecutive Balanced Budget – Evan Shields
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/cronin-proposes-ninth-consecutive-balanced-budget

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— New candidate Dr. Eric Wallace wants to bring ‘morals, character, values’ to 40th District Senate seat – Glenn Minnis 
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/513841233-new-candidate-wallace-wants-to-bring-morals-character-values-to-40th-district-senate-seat

CAPITOL FAX
— Lightfoot poll shows major shift in Chicagoans’ attitudes about their city (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago want Chicago to be viewed as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/24/lightfoot-poll-shows-major-shift-in-chicagoans-attitudes-about-their-city/

FOX NEWS
— Joe Walsh, Bill Weld swing at Trump in first GOP primary debate – Melissa Leon 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-walsh-bill-weld-swing-at-trump-in-first-gop-primary-debate

AMERICAN THINKER
— Excellence or equity in education? Let’s look at Evanston, Illinois (home of Northwestern) and Naperville, Illinois (western suburbs of Chicago) and their two different approaches to achievement. – John Foley
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/excellence_or_equity_in_education.html
— The meaning of ‘Howdy, Modi’ – Richard Jack Rail
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/the_meaning_of_howdy_modi.html

CNS NEWS
— Trump: We Have the Right to Protect Our Borders – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/trump-we-have-right-protect-our-borders
— Taylor Swift Shouldn’t Support Equality Act: Here Are 7 Reasons Why – Monica Burke
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/monica-burke/taylor-swift-shouldnt-support-equality-act-here-are-7-reasons-why

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— YOUTH AND IGNORANCE – Walter E. Williams
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/youth-and-ignorance/

PROPUBLICA
— Employers Used Facebook to Keep Women and Older Workers From Seeing Job Ads. The Federal Government Thinks That’s Illegal. In a first, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has ruled that companies violated civil rights law through their use of Facebook’s targeting advertising. – Ariana Tobin
https://www.propublica.org/article/employers-used-facebook-to-keep-women-and-older-workers-from-seeing-job-ads-the-federal-government-thinks-thats-illegal

HUFFINGTON POST
— Feds Say Companies Used Facebook Ads During Hiring For Age, Gender Discrimination The EEOC found that seven companies — including Capital One — used discriminatory Facebook tools to hide ads from women and older users, a union group announced. – Ja’han Jones
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-ads-eeoc_n_5d8a7c83e4b0c6d0cef2fe66

REUTERS
– Two of Trump’s Republican challengers (Walsh and Weld) support impeachment effort – Trevor Hunnicutt
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-republicans/two-of-trumps-republican-challengers-support-impeachment-effort-idUSKBN1W9143

ABC NEWS
— Walsh, Weld hammer Trump at GOP debate: ‘It’s not about the issues, it’s about Trump’ – WILL STEAKIN
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/walsh-weld-hammer-trump-gop-debate-issues-trump/story?id=65837922

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bernie Sanders Proposes a Wealth Tax: ‘I Don’t Think That Billionaires Should Exist’ Mr. Sanders is embracing an idea at the center of Elizabeth Warren’s presidential campaign. His proposal goes further in who would be taxed and how much money would be raised. – Thomas Kaplan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/us/politics/bernie-sanders-wealth-tax.html

WASHINGTON POST
— As hate crime laws expand, who to exclude as victims? – Rob Kuznia (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, only Republicans commit hate crimes, and further, only Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/as-hate-crime-laws-expand-who-to-exclude-as-victims/2019/09/03/796fe814-bd30-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html
— D.C.’s Takoma is a neighborhood that fought for diversity and still reaps its benefits – Nina Zafar (DIERSEN: What do real estate agents say about those who live in your neighborhood, in your precinct, and in your municipality?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/realestate/dcs-takoma-a-neighborhood-that-fought-for-diversity-still-reaps-its-benefits/2019/08/28/917e046a-c8cd-11e9-a4f3-c081a126de70_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump tells UN the truth about globalism and nationalism – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/trump-tells-un-the-truth-about-globalism-and-nationalism/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— SAT Scores Fall as More Students Take the Test Greater number of districts are offering tests free to students during the school day, creating a more diverse pool – Tawnell D. Hobbs (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” When I was in high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sat-scores-fall-as-more-students-take-the-test-11569297660
— Warren’s Profligate Sop to Seniors She promises to lift Social Security beneficiaries out of poverty—at a price tag of $70,000 apiece.
– John F. Cogan (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically less because I have a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/warrens-profligate-sop-to-seniors-11569366967

BLOOMBERG
— Facebook Settled, But the Ad Bias Scandal Isn’t Over The U.S. government is pursuing claims that job postings by Capital One and Enterprise violated anti-bias law. – Josh Eidelson , Paige Smith , and Jaclyn Diaz
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-25/facebook-settled-but-the-ad-bias-scandal-isn-t-over

FORTUNE
— ‘This Is Donald Trump’s Party.’ Republicans Running Against Trump Fail to Divide a United GOP – Renae Reints
https://fortune.com/2019/09/24/what-republicans-are-running-against-trump/

FORBES
— Housing Markets Turning Ugly In 2019 – Andrew DePietro
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewdepietro/2019/09/23/housing-markets-ugly-2019/#67c62bfc7f5f

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Local governments spend millions caring for migrants dumped by Trump’s Border Patrol Migrants arrive exhausted, out of money, even sick from time in Border Patrol custody. Local governments spend millions for their care. – Alan Gomez (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/09/23/border-crisis-trump-administration-real-cost-tax-money/1739727001/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Marijuana enthusiast Seth Rogen releases PSA promoting National Expungement Week (DIERSEN: What do you want your critics/opponents to expunge from your record? To start with, I want my Democrat superiors in the federal government to expunge from my employment record all the adverse actions that they took against me. Then I want my critics/opponents to expunge the adverse actions that they had the following take against me: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/marijuana/2019/09/24/marijuana-enthusiast-seth-rogen-releases-psa-promoting-national-expungement-week/AWjM790FXZrC54ws2mdGjJ/story.html

DESERET NEWS
— I’m old, not dead! The offensive way media portrays our older adult population Ageism costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars — not to mention the lost joy and productivity of Americans over age 50. – Lois M. Collins (DIERSEN: What do you say to older people who pander to younger people by demonizing, denigrating, condemning, and destroying older people? How strong is age discrimination in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? I should write a book about the biggest age discriminators in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/9/24/20880106/elderly-media-portrayal-ageism-us-economy-aarp

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Speaking Out Against Student Evaluations Sociologists and more than a dozen other professional groups take a stand against using student evaluations of teaching as a primary measure of teaching effectiveness. – Colleen Flaherty (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who run GAO, they had subordinates evaluate their supervisors. Those subordinates knew full-well that GAO wanted to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had no made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/10/sociologists-and-more-dozen-other-professional-groups-speak-out-against-student

FEDERAL TIMES
— Federal employees demand an end to Trump’s anti-union policies – Jessie Bur
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/2019/09/24/feds-demand-an-end-to-trumps-anti-union-policies/

FED SMITH
— Reskilling And Upskilling Offer Opportunities and Challenges for Agencies and Employees – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/09/24/reskilling-upskilling-offer-opportunities-challenges-agencies-employees/

September 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Pelosi announces Trump impeachment inquiry – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/pelosi-announces-formal-trump-impeachment-inquiry-/5564451/
— Nancy Pelosi formally announces Trump impeachment inquiry; Durbin called for inquiry (DIERSEN: How has impeachment impacted you? In 1974, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office used Nixon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon) to justify their getting rid of their employees who were Republican.) 
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/durbin-calls-for-house-to-begin-impeachment-inquiry-into-president-trump/5564905/

NBC5
— Sen. Dick Durbin Calls for Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/dick-durbin-calls-for-impeachment-inquiry-trump-561235361.html
— Pelosi Orders Impeachment Probe: ‘No One Is Above the Law’ The probe centers on whether Trump abused his presidential powers and sought help from a foreign government for his reelection – Lisa Mascaro, Mary Clare Jalonick and Michael Balsam
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Trump-Ordered-Aid-Freeze-More-Dems-Push-for-Impeachment-561203911.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Coyote stalks, attacks 5-year-old girl in Villa Park neighborhood
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/coyote-stalks-attacks-5-year-old-girl-in-suburban-neighborhood

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Amid increasing Democratic drumbeat toward impeachment, U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin calls on House to act on President Trump – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dick-durbin-supports-impeachment-proceedings-20190924-mdxocru5hzbn7hjor5jw47side-story.html
— Recreational marijuana faces uphill battle in La Grange after trustees, residents speak at meeting – HANK BECKMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/la-grange/ct-dlg-la-grange-marijuana-tl-0926-20190924-vprd3lwv4rcdbpl6ijcqqr35yu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and b) illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-ice-raid-immigrant-friends-20190924-lxoy3noiszbx3mulvze75asbxy-story.html
— Past impeachment proceedings: 2 acquittals, 1 resignation – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–impeachment-history-20190924-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump, Ukraine and impeachment: A rush to judgment does us no good – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/24/20882545/donald-trump-nancy-pelosi-impeachment-inquiry-whistleblower-volodymyr-zelensky
— LGBTQ center’s private security firm, owned by local cop involved in racist incident, draws opposition The Center on Halsted paid more than $130,000 last year to Walsh Security, run by Officer Thomas Walsh. The 19th District police officer was accused of attacking a black security guard in 2013 and using a racial slur, records show. – Jake Wittich
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/24/20861013/lgbtq-center-on-halsted-walsh-security-firm-police-racism-boystown
— Medical pot clinic gets OK to move steps from Wrigley Field The MedMar clinic plans to reopen in a larger building that currently houses John Barleycorn on Clark Street. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/24/20882554/medical-pot-marijuana-john-barleycorn-recreational-medmar

DAILY HERALD
— New DuPage budget: Higher property taxes, but sheriff, clerk don’t get all they sought – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190924/new-dupage-budget-higher-property-taxes-but-sheriff-clerk-dont-get-all-they-sought
— GOP candidates for U.S. Senate in Schaumburg on Saturday
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190924/gop-candidates-for-us-senate-in-schaumburg-on-saturday

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Durbin backs impeachment inquiry He becomes the highest ranking Senate Democrat to back the start of proceedings. Meanwhile, a conservative-leaning Illinois Democrat adds his voice to the impeachment debate. (DIERSEN: How has impeachment impacted you? In 1974, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office used Nixon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon) to justify their getting rid of their employees who were Republican.) 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/durbin-backs-impeachment-inquiry

WAND
— Campaign examines potentially negative impacts of legal marijuana on communities
https://www.wandtv.com/news/campaign-examines-potentially-negative-impacts-of-legal-marijuana-on-communities/article_21a2bac4-decf-11e9-bdb3-efc4c9245de6.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— ‘Way too extreme’: Some Democrats warn against moving left – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/way-too-extreme-some-democrats-warn-against-moving-left

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Dem Primary in Steve Reick’s District Pits Peter Janko against Brian Sager
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/24/dem-primary-in-steve-reicks-district-pits-peter-janko-against-brian-sager/ 
— Oberweis Goes After Underwood on Impeachment
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/23/oberweis-goes-after-underwood-on-impeachment/ 
— Crystal Lake Small Businessman Mike Buehler Seeks to Challenge Jack Franks for County Board Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/23/crystal-lake-small-businessman-mike-buehler-seeks-to-challenge-jack-franks-for-county-board-chairman/ 
— Barrington Hills Village President Marty McLaughlin Passing Petitions to Replace David McSweeney
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/23/barrington-hills-village-president-marty-mclaughlin-enters-passing-petitions-to-replace-david-mcsweeney/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Wirepoints president argues that Mayor Lightfoot failing to stand up for ‘ordinary Chicagoans’ – Glenn Minnis 
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/513622458-wirepoints-president-argues-that-mayor-lightfoot-failing-to-stand-up-for-ordinary-chicagoans

METRO EAST SUN
— East St. Louis pensioners paid $2.4 million into fund, have collected $36 million (DIERSEN: The Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) should sue GAO. Because GAO forced me to take its early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old, CSRS has paid me $1,172,952 in today’s dollars during the last 22 years, while instead, if I was still working, I would have paid CSRS $196,680 in today’s dollars.) 
https://metroeastsun.com/stories/513837919-east-st-louis-pensioners-paid-2-4-million-into-fund-have-collected-36-million

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— “What Can I Do?” You Can Run For Precinct Committeeman! – John Biver
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2019/09/what-can-i-do-you-can-run-for-precinct-committeeman/

CAPITOL FAX
— Citizens Against Government Waste calls Pritzker “Porker of the Month”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/24/citizens-against-government-waste-calls-pritzker-porker-of-the-month/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Laura Ingraham compares climate activist Greta Thunberg to ‘Children of the Corn’ murder cult – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/24/laura-ingraham-compares-greta-thunberg-to-children/
— Trump taunts CNN’s Chris Cuomo with ‘Fredo’ nickname at the U.N. – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/24/donald-trump-taunts-cnns-chris-cuomo-with-fredo-ni/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— List: Top 10 sanctuary cities with the highest crime – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/list-top-10-highest-crime-sanctuary-cities
— CNN executive: Fox News journalists ‘being used to mask bigotry, hate and prejudice’ – Julio Rosas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/cnn-executive-fox-news-journalists-being-used-to-mask-bigotry-hate-and-prejudice
— ‘Immense power’: Trump calls out ‘alarming’ social media challenge to liberty – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/immense-power-trump-calls-out-alarming-social-media-challenge-to-liberty
— Liberals, not Ben Carson, spout ‘harmful’ transgender rhetoric – Madeline Fry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/liberals-not-ben-carson-spout-harmful-transgender-rhetoric

GOPUSA
— Guns aren’t the problem — it’s the godless culture of death
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76493
— Angry child lectures world on climate change; Fox News apologizes for comments of guest
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76537
— Buttigieg slams queer media, walks it back
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76551
— Jim Acosta of CNN: U.S. ‘vicious, nasty’ under Donald Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/jim-acosta-of-cnn-u-s-vicious-nasty-under-donald-trump/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Political Journalism is Dead – PETER VAN BUREN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/political-journalism-is-dead/

BREITBART
— Trump to Open Borders Lobby: ‘Your Policies Are Cruel and Evil’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/24/trump-to-open-borders-activists-your-policies-are-cruel-and-evil/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Chides The United Nations: ‘The Future Does Not Belong To Globalists’ – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/24/trump-globalism-nationalism-united-nations-speech/

TOWNHALL
— Socialism Demands Surrender of Freedom and Offers Government Orthodoxy in Return – James Gottry
https://townhall.com/columnists/jamesgottry/2019/09/24/socialism-demands-surrender-of-freedom-and-offers-government-orthodoxy-in-return-n2553012

PJ MEDIA
— The News Is Very Protective of Teenagers, Unless They’re Wearing MAGA Hats – JIM TREACHER 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-news-is-very-protective-of-teenagers-unless-theyre-wearing-maga-hats/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Sanders Calls for ‘National Wealth Registry’ to Enforce New Tax – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/bernie-calls-for-national-wealth-registry-to-enforce-new-tax/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Sanders’ annual tax on the top 0.1 percent would apply to Americans with a net worth of over $32 million, or about 180,000 households, and would raise approximately $4.35 trillion over the next decade, the Sanders campaign estimates. The Vermont senator’s plan seeks to combat capital flight and other forms of tax avoidance through a “national wealth registry” and the addition of “significant additional third party reporting requirements.” The proposal calls for increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service to cover the bureaucratic costs associated with enforcing the wealth tax. Under the plan, the IRS will be required to audit 30 percent of the top one percent’s wealth tax returns and 100 percent for billionaires. The tax would start at one percent for a married couple with $32.5 million and would progressively increase one percent for each bracket up to eight percent for those with a net worth of $10 billion. Those rates would be halved for single individuals.)

THE HILL
— Senate GOP vows to quash impeachment articles – ALEXANDER BOLTON
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/462890-senate-gop-vows-to-quash-impeachment-articles

HUFFINGTON POST
— Laverne Cox’s Rainbow Emmys Clutch Had A Powerful, Pro-LGBTQ Message The “Orange is the New Black” star’s Edie Parker purse drew attention to a discrimination lawsuit to be heard by the Supreme Court this fall. – Curtis M. Wong
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/laverne-cox-emmys-rainbow-clutch-lgbtq-rights_n_5d88f57ee4b0938b593235a0

POLITICO
— Illinois cities fight pot shops – MONA ZHANG, PAUL DEMKO and NATALIE FERTIG
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cannabis-preview/2019/09/24/illinois-cities-fight-pot-shops-754445

NEW YORK TIMES
— Nancy Pelosi Announces Formal Impeachment Inquiry of Trump – Nicholas Fandos (DIERSEN: How has impeachment impacted you? In 1974, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office used Nixon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon) to justify their getting rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/us/politics/democrats-impeachment-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House Speaker Nancy Pelosi announces formal impeachment inquiry of Trump, says his actions were a ‘betrayal of national security’ -Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: How has impeachment impacted you? In 1974, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office used Nixon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon) to justify their getting rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/pelosi-top-democrats-privately-discuss-creation-of-select-committee-for-impeachment/2019/09/24/af6f735a-dedf-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html

FORBES
— ‘Professional Appearance’ In The Workplace Under Scrutiny – Steven Pearlman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenpearlman/2019/09/24/professional-appearance-in-the-workplace-under-scrutiny/

FORTUNE
— Trump Focuses on ‘America First,’ Blasts China in UN Speech – Mythili Sampathkumar
https://fortune.com/2019/09/24/reaction-to-trump-un-speech/

BLOOMBERG
— Dress Codes Central in Supreme Court Gender Identity Bias Debate
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/dress-codes-central-in-supreme-court-gender-identity-bias-debate

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most in America Like Its Diversity and Live It (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs promote diversity to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/september_2019/most_in_america_like_its_diversity_and_live_it

PATHEOS
— A Trump-hater says “If You are Not Against Trump, You are for Him.”
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/markshea/2019/09/if-you-are-not-against-trump-you-are-for-him.html

September 24 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘The Politician,’ a candidate forum for smug buffoons, gets low approval rating The satirical Netflix series about an ambitious high school senior gets too snarky and soapy. – Richard Roeper
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/24/20878475/the-politician-review-netflix-ben-platt-ryan-murphy-gwyneth-paltrow-jessica-lange-series
— Workers are asking, whose side are you on? Auto workers, nurses, pilots, hotel workers — they’re all going on strike. Trump boasts about the “economic miracle,” but most workers aren’t experiencing it. – Jesse Jackson 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/23/20880761/general-motors-strike-united-auto-workers-labor-unions-jesse-jackson
— No surrender in Rockford casino competition: Bids sweetened with guitar licks, aquariums, waterparks Three casino developers are vying for the newly authorized Rockford casino license. They presented their plans to the public at a packed Monday night hearing. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/23/20880547/rockford-casino-proposals-illinois-gambling-expansion

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump/Modi-hater says “‘Howdy, Modi!’ was not just cheesy. It was dangerous.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-india-narendra-modi-trump-20190923-i2qaugxoezgvbfjo6u5n4gwbh4-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Jesse White’s office denies Census Bureau request for driver’s license citizenship data – Peter Hancock (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to Illinois illegally and to illegally stay in Illinois illegally.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190923/jesse-whites-office-denies-census-bureau-request-for-drivers-license-citizenship-data

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— U.S. Census Bureau seeking citizenship data from driver’s licenses – Peter Hancock 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190923/us-census-bureau-seeking-citizenship-data-from-drivers-licenses

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— More pension problems – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-more-pension-problems/article_39d741b1-e272-5394-bc6d-ca2ccd362110.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: With tax approved, Urbana alderman begin debate on where to allow recreational-cannabis businesses
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/with-tax-approved-urbana-alderman-begin-debate-on-where-to/article_df3795be-e472-5d52-9378-f3dfec711187.html

HERALD NEWS
— Urge local leaders to ban recreational marijuana – Rev. Rick Barnard, Pastor, Pathway Church of Shorewood
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/09/20/urge-local-leaders-to-ban-recreational-marijuana/ascimhj/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Collinsville estimates it could get $1 million a year from recreational weed sales – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article235384227.html

WGEM
— Jil Tracy visits constituents before session, talks vaping and marijuana
https://wgem.com/2019/09/23/jil-tracy-visits-constituents-before-session-talks-vaping-and-marijuana/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Enrollment Exodus: Why So Many Chinese Students Choose That ‘Cornfield’ School In Illinois – DUSTY RHODES
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/enrollment-exodus-why-so-many-chinese-students-choose-cornfield-school-illinois#stream/0

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING: Illinois cities turn their backs on pot as legalization approaches As in other states across the country, local governments are banning marijuana businesses within their borders. – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/23/illinois-marijuana-legalization-city-ban-1506494

FOX NEWS
— Stephanie Grisham says reporters used White House press briefings to ‘get famous’ – Brian Flood
https://www.foxnews.com/media/stephanie-grisham-says-reporters-used-white-house-press-briefings-to-get-famous

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dinesh D’Souza compares climate activist Greta Thunberg to Nazi propaganda – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/23/dinesh-dsouza-compares-climate-activist-greta-thun/
— Stephanie Grisham says press briefings permanently canceled, cites behavior of reporters – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/23/grisham-confirms-press-briefings-are-not-returning/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Progressive politics is the Left’s new religion – Jim DeMint & Rachel Bovard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/progressive-politics-is-the-lefts-new-religion

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Turning the 2016 MAGA Movement into a 2020 Revolution – M. Catharine Evans
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/democrats_turning_the_2016_maga_movement_into_a_2020_revolution.html
— Do Democratic Loyalists Really Know their Party? – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/do_democratic_loyalists_really_know_their_party.html

BREITBART
— Documents Reveal State Department Efforts to Undermine Trump – TOM FITTON (DIERSEN: According to my Democrat superiors in the federal government, they had a congressional mandate to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran 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. They saw me as being someone who undermined their achieving that mandate.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/23/fitton-documents-reveal-state-department-efforts-to-undermine-trump/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Adam Andrzejewski: For Bureaucrats, It’s ‘Christmas in September’ – Rachel del Guidice 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/24/for-bureaucrats-its-christmas-in-september/

FEDERALIST
— NeverTrump Candidate (Weld) Suggests Trump Should Be Executed Over Ukraine Call – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/23/nevertrump-candidate-suggests-trump-should-be-executed-over-ukraine-call/

EPOCH NEWS
— Accounts Suspended, Latinos for Trump Accuse Twitter of Political Bias – PATRICK HOWLEY
https://www.theepochtimes.com/accounts-suspended-latinos-for-trump-accuse-twitter-of-political-bias_3092578.html

THE HILL
— Consequential GOP class of 1994 all but disappears – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs used the Contract with America to get rid of GAO’s employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO 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://thehill.com/homenews/house/462705-consequential-gop-class-of-1994-all-but-disappears
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Twenty-five years ago Friday, 367 Republicans running for Congress lined up on the Capitol steps on a clear September day weeks before the midterm elections to sign the Contract with America. . .When the lawmakers signed Gingrich’s contract, Republicans had no experience running the legislative branch. The last Republican Speaker of the House, Joseph Martin, had died 26 years before Gingrich took control. Gingrich pledged that a new way of business was coming to Washington, seizing power from committee chairmen who had never held a gavel themselves and making himself the most powerful Speaker in generations, a trend his successors have followed. Gingrich “was making all sorts of proclamations, and he was saying the presidency didn’t really matter. For a moment or two, we thought he might be right,” said Pat Griffin, Clinton’s director of legislative affairs at the time. “We were feeling terribly depressed, everybody was pointing fingers at everyone else.” For the next two years, the new Republican majority forced Democrats and the Clinton White House to react to their agenda. Clinton, his reelection hopes suddenly in doubt, moved to compromise with Republicans where he could and set himself apart from an increasingly unpopular Congress — including his own party — where possible.)

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Dems’ Challenge: Impeaching Trump Without Riling Up His Base But even impeachment-skeptical Democrats are starting to believe Trump’s open lawlessness is making harder to justify not impeaching him.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-base-impeachment_n_5d89378be4b0d2694652f580

POLITICO
— DNC raises threshold to make November debate stage – ZACH MONTELLARO (DIERSEN: What if Wheaton had thresholds for candidates to meet for appointment to fill vacant Wheaton City Council seats? For example, for vacant district seats, getting at least ten signatures on nominating petitions from voters in each of the precincts in the district?) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/23/dnc-debate-1508516

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democratic Debate Rules Will Make It Harder to Get Onstage – Reid J. Epstein and Matt Stevens (DIERSEN: What if Wheaton had thresholds for candidates to meet for appointment to fill vacant Wheaton City Council seats? For example, for vacant district seats, getting at least ten signatures on nominating petitions from voters in each of the precincts in the district?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/us/politics/democratic-debate-criteria.html
— How Similar Are Your Political Views to Those of Your Parents? On which specific candidates, issues, policies or political theories do you agree? On which do you disagree? – Natalie Proulx
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/learning/how-similar-are-your-political-views-to-those-of-your-parents.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Trump-haters, to be patriotic is to be 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-draft avoiders, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/opinion/democrats-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— November debate thresholds will imperil several more Democratic presidential campaigns – Michael Scherer (DIERSEN: What if Wheaton had thresholds for candidates to meet for appointment to fill vacant Wheaton City Council seats? For example, for vacant district seats, getting at least ten signatures on nominating petitions from voters in each of the precincts in the district?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/november-debate-thresholds-will-imperil-several-more-democratic-presidential-campaigns/2019/09/23/d555c37e-de2d-11e9-b199-f638bf2c340f_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the new November rules, candidates will have to demonstrate they have 165,000 unique donors, an increase of 30,000 from the October qualification levels. They will also have to meet a new polling criteria, either by scoring 3 percent in at least four national or state polls approved by the party, or by receiving at least 5 percent in two approved single-state polls from Iowa, New Hampshire, South Carolina or Nevada. The polls must have been released between Sept. 13 and one week before the date of the November debate, which has not yet been announced. The donors must also be geographically dispersed, with at least 600 coming from 20 individual states.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— California’s Hobo Paradise Homelessness explodes, but the state’s liberals are in denial. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-hobo-paradise-11569280953
— The Dangers of Hiring for Cultural Fit – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-dangers-of-hiring-for-cultural-fit-11569231000
— Trump Stands Up for Religious Freedom He champions the issue at the U.N. more vigorously than any of his predecessors. – Kelsey Zorzi (DIERSEN: In America, ever-increasingly, Trump-haters infiltrate, manipulate, and dominate religions. Ever-increasingly, religions in America are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents in Wheaton have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they not only dominate all the churches in Wheaton, but that they also dominate all the government entities, businesses, schools, organizations, residents, etc. in Wheaton.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-stands-up-for-religious-freedom-11569279353

FORBES
— President Trump Tells Businesses To Protect Religious Freedom – Ewelina U. Ochab (DIERSEN: In America, ever-increasingly, Trump-haters infiltrate, manipulate, and dominate religions. Ever-increasingly, religions in America are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents in Wheaton have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they not only dominate all the churches in Wheaton, but that they also dominate all the government entities, businesses, schools, organizations, residents, etc. in Wheaton.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ewelinaochab/2019/09/23/president-trump-tells-businesses-to-protect-religious-freedom/#458b94af4df1

USA TODAY
— Ageism is never acceptable in the workplace – Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (DIERSEN: Prospective federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that they will be gotten rid of if they do 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. It is called patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and/or up-or-out.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2019/09/24/older-employees-should-never-face-age-related-discrimination-work/2389150001/
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Giving 2 weeks’ notice not always the best idea – Russ Wiles (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, my Firestone Stores boss rudely fired me when I gave him my 2 weeks notice. Then, the job that I thought I had fell through. Oldsmobile had offered me a job and I had accepted. But then Oldsmobile withdrew that offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. The aforesaid directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2019/04/29/jobs-7-myths-looking-work/3591835002/

SPECTRUM
— Here are the applicants for St. George City Council’s vacant seat – Lexi Peery (DIERSEN: Who represents you on your city council? To what extent do they represent your demographics, your religious beliefs, your political beliefs, etc.?)
https://www.thespectrum.com/story/news/2019/09/23/st-george-city-council-vacant-seat-applicants/2419355001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new council member will be decided next week, on Monday, Sept. 30, at a public meeting. Each applicant will be given a set amount of time to give their pitch to the current city council and the mayor. The council and mayor will then deliberate after everyone has a chance to talk and answer questions. A new member will be decided that night and will begin their duties as city council member in the next few days.)

NEW REPUBLIC
— The Democrats’ Disappointing Rhetoric on LGBTQ Rights Some candidates seem to believe that their past support for marriage equality is enough to win the community’s support. – MELISSA GIRA GRANT (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists demand that LGBTQ elected officials and party leaders get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://newrepublic.com/article/155156/democrats-disappointing-rhetoric-lgbtq-rights

ATLANTIC
— ‘Howdy, Modi!’ Was a Display of Indian Americans’ Political Power A thousands-strong rally to honor the Indian prime minister—and the legions of protesters outside—showed how the community’s influence is growing ahead of 2020. – SONIA PAUL
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/howdy-modi-rally-trump-divides-indian-diaspora/598600/

September 23 Morning Edition

ABC7
— 26 shot, 5 fatally, in Chicago weekend violence
https://abc7chicago.com/26-shot-5-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-violence/5560824/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-9/23/2019

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers want pot to be sold everywhere including downtown Chicago. Where pot is sold, it brings down everything around it.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/23/20874610/recreational-pot-shops-downtown-ban-mayor-lightfoot-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lightfoot: Recent gains by LGBTQ candidates not enough going into 2020 election cycle – William Lee (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-lori-lightfoot-pete-buttigieg-fundraiser-20190922-nisui7lgrrcgljowd5xbuxvnku-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: More suburbs starting to say ‘yes’ to pot sales – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who should be speaking out against selling pot at municipal and county meetings? ANSWER: Religious, conservative, government, political, medical, education, law enforcement, etc. leaders who state that they are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190923/more-suburbs-starting-to-say-yes-to-pot-sales
— Climate change could derail your retirement – Suzanne Woolley (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of my ending salary in today’s dollars. The following derailed my retirement: a) my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my Democrat superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) my opposing reverse discrimination, c) my opposing age discrimination, d) my opposing political affiliation discrimination, e) my opposing retaliation, f) my refusing to help my Democrat superiors get rid of their employees because they were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40, and g) my refusing to become a Democrat.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190922/climate-change-could-derail-your-retirement

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Gerrymandering is voter suppression. Period. Some pols want to preserve what gives them power and takes away yours. Are you willing to let it continue, or will you rise up for your right to cast a ballot that counts? – Madeleine Doubek (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my precinct.) 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/madeleine-doubek-government/gerrymandering-voter-suppression-period

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Cannabis task force nominations head to Bloomington City Council for approval – MARIA NAGLE (DIERSEN: How do your city council members and the employees of your city treat you? What do each of them think of you in general? What do they think of your education, work experience, professional certifications and licenses, motives, judgment, accomplishments, political affiliation, religion, national origin, race, gender, age, sexual orientation, income, net worth, gun ownership status, draft status, the length of time that your ancestors have been in America, etc.?) 
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/cannabis-task-force-nominations-head-to-bloomington-city-council-for/article_2f22c9c5-c427-5769-aad2-9e635e9a3b0b.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mayor Tari Renner has named two downtown business owners, two police officers, a Black Lives Matter member, president of the local NAACP chapter, an addiction specialist, a Chamber of Commerce executive and two alderwomen to serve on the city’s newly created cannabis task force. “As a group, these are people who I think know the community and business environment well,” said Renner about his nominations.)

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Erasing haze of social marijuana use could be topic for follow-up legislation – Jerry Nowicki 
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Erasing-haze-of-social-marijuana-use-could-be-14460511.php

JOLIET PATCH
— Conservative Steve Balich Seeks To Replace Larry Walsh As County Executive – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/conservative-seeks-replace-larry-walsh-county-executive

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Trump-Supporting ‘Provocateurs’ Fly To Chicago To Confront Pilsen Sanctuary Church A conversation between the MAGA-wearing men and Pilsen neighbors became heated and police were called to the scene. – Jackie Serrato
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/09/22/trump-supporting-provocateurs-fly-to-chicago-to-confront-pilsen-sanctuary-church/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Sarah Frey, who built a national pumpkin empire in Wayne County, is being nudged to run for the 15th Congressional District seat held by retiring Rep. John Shimkus. A GOP source tells Playbook that the party is “looking for a woman in that seat.” – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/09/23/cardenas-v-munoz-rematch-pumpkin-queen-for-shimkus-seat-quinn-subpoenaed-479951

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 14.3 million illegal immigrants in US costing taxpayers $130B – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/surge-14-3-million-illegal-immigrants-in-us-taxpayer-cost-130-billion

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Sanctuary Insanity
https://americanfreepress.net/sanctuary-insanity/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Fatherlessness, not racism, is the root of the problem – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/fatherlessness_not_racism_is_the_root_of_the_problem.html
— The Democrat Left is the Party of Racism, Divisiveness, and Balkanization – Civis Americanus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/the_democrat_left_is_the_party_of_racism_divisiveness_and_balkanization.html

BREITBART
— Candace Owens: Democrats Use Black Americans as ‘Props’ to Push Their Narrative – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/21/candace-owens-democrats-use-black-americans-as-props-to-push-their-narrative/

PJ MEDIA
— Why Liberals and Progressives Lie to Blacks – ROGER L. SIMON
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/why-liberals-and-progressives-lie-to-blacks/

EPOCH TIMES
— California Legislators Add Iowa to Travel Blacklist – BRAD JONES (DIERSEN: Whose blacklists are you on? I should write a book about those who have me on their blacklist and why.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-legislators-add-iowa-to-travel-blacklist_3090872.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Judge rules Christian club can keep suing university for ordering it to accept non-Christian leaders – ALEXANDER PEASE (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party’s downfall is its allowing people who reject platform planks to hold leadership positions. Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.) 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/judge-rules-christian-club-can-keep-suing-university-for-ordering-it-to-accept-non-christian-leaders/

THE HILL
— Democrats rally behind incumbents as Lipinski takes liberal fire – SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have their operatives and their dupes get rid of incumbents. I am no longer a) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, b) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, c) Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, d) Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, f) GAO employee, g) etc.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/462408-democrats-rally-behind-incumbents-as-lipinski-takes-liberal-fire

REUTERS
— Biden’s LGBTQ record draws scrutiny at Iowa presidential forum – Amanda Becker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-biden/bidens-lgbtq-record-draws-scrutiny-at-iowa-presidential-forum-idUSKBN1W603A

NBC NEWS
— Republicans may have found a crafty way to keep Democrats down in Texas The GOP changed the rule for third parties to get on the ballot — and that could have a big impact on state and federal races. – Adam Edelman (DIERSEN From what I see, Republican party leaders in Illinois work much harder to get votes from Libertarians than from conservatives.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/democrats-ascendant-texas-republicans-bolster-third-party-candidates-n1057071

CBS NEWS
— How to make the most of your career and move … – Jill Schlesinger (DIERSEN: I took a $19,568/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/video/how-to-make-the-most-of-your-career-and-move-forward/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Have you ever considered changing your career or rethinking your future to be happier? It’s never too late to reassess your future. CBS News business analyst Jill Schlesinger joined “CBS This Morning: Saturday” co-host Michelle Miller to discuss tips that can help you with your professional life.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Older People Are Ignored and Distorted in Ageist Marketing, Report Finds – Tiffany Hsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/23/business/ageism-advertising-aarp.html

WASHINGTON POST
— In some of Hong Kong’s neighborhoods, Chinese nationals are not welcome anymore (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois in making members of the following groups feel unwelcome: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/world/amp-stories/hong-kong-chinese-nationals/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because refugees vote for Democrats, Democrats want America to admit anyone who claims to be a refugee.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-09-20/refugee-donald-trump-restrictions-border-crisis

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Atlanta Suburb, Republicans See an Uphill Battle Growing Democratic-leaning minority population shifts longtime GOP stronghold – Cameron McWhirter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups hypocritically move into Republican areas to hypocritically take advantage of the prosperity and safety that Republicans built there: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-atlanta-suburb-republicans-see-an-uphill-battle-11569172368
— Is an M.B.A. Still Worth It? – Andy Kessler (DIERSEN: The IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 viewed favorably my taking graduate business courses at Loyola during that time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/is-an-m-b-a-still-worth-it-11569184032

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Savers can weather another Fed rate cut – Susan Tompor (DIERSEN: Low interest rates help borrowers and harm savers.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/09/18/federal-reserve-rate-cut-savings/2361364001/

MICHIGAN LIVE
— Mike Pence says Trump earned Michigan’s vote in 2020 – Malachi Barrett
https://www.mlive.com/public-interest/2019/09/mike-pence-says-trump-earned-michigans-vote-in-2020.html

BOSTON GLOBE
— Meet the candidates running for Boston City Council – Jeremy C. Fox and John Hilliard (DIERSEN: To what extent do those who represent you on your city council share your demographics?)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/politics/2019/09/22/large-races/kEFsSv65uYDJSdj5RAFFXM/story.html

CALIFORNIA GLOBE
— Marquez Brothers Fined $2 Million for Refusing to Hire Non-Hispanics ‘El Mexicano’ brand food firm rejected qualified blacks, whites and Asians – Lloyd Billingsley (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/marquez-brothers-fined-2-million-for-refusing-to-hire-non-hispanics/

WICHITA EAGLE
— Want your criminal record sealed? Free event can determine whether you’re eligible – AMY RENEE LEIKER (DIERSEN: What do you want your critics/opponents to expunge from your record? To start with, I want my Democrat superiors in the federal government to expunge from my employment record all the adverse actions that they took against me. Then I want them to expunge the adverse actions that they had the following take against me: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.kansas.com/news/local/crime/article235312132.html

IOWA CITY PRESS CITIZEN
— LGQBT presidential forum in Cedar Rapids shines needed light on issues – Christine Hawes (DIERSEN: To what extent do those who represent you on your city council share your demographics?)
https://www.press-citizen.com/story/news/2019/09/22/lgqbt-presidential-forum-cedar-rapids-shines-needed-light-issues/2410950001/

HARTFORD COURANT
— Advocates see discrimination against older workers, the fastest-growing group in the labor force – Stephen Singer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about age discrimination.)
https://www.courant.com/business/hc-biz-older-workers-20190923-xclacioowfeknjjxgzjsnuh434-story.html

GULF NEWS
— Indians in America make $100,000 on average: Highest-earning ethnic group Based on median income, Indians make in the US double the national median (DIERSEN: When did you first start earning $100,000 in today’s dollars? I did in 1987 when I was 39 years old. By then, I had a) worked for GAO for almost 8 years, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, MBA from Loyola, and bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, and e) became a licensed CPA.)
https://gulfnews.com/world/americas/indians-in-america-make-100000-on-average-highest-earning-ethnic-group-1.1569215954674

KESQ
— Palm Springs City Council District 1 candidates participate in forum Four candidates answered questions – Madison Weil (DIERSEN: To what extent do those who represent you on your city council share your demographics?)
https://www.kesq.com/news/palm-springs-city-council-district-1-candidates-participate-in-forum/1124145925

VALLEY NEWS
— Patriotism and a nation divided – STEVE NELSON (DIERSEN: Who takes the lead in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois in making members of the following groups feel unwelcome: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.vnews.com/Column-At-least-we-are-still-shopping-28663358

COLUMBIA CHRONICLE
— Professors face racism, sexism in student evaluations – Alexandra Yetter (DIERSEN: What percent of students are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://columbiachronicle.com/professors-face-racism-sexism-in-student-evaluations

September 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Honoring ‘the unborn.’ Abortion opponents hold memorials at fetal burial sites amid national battles over how these remains should be treated. – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-graves-fetal-remains-20190920-gduqn5yiojfspaimgmonctzq5y-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Crowd urges COD trustees to resolve contract dispute – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/crowd-urges-cod-trustees-to-resolve-contract-dispute
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘We want to save lives’: Haymarket says it’s proceeding with Itasca rehab center plans despite opposition – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/we-want-to-save-lives-haymarket-says-its-proceeding-with-itasca-rehab-center-plans-despite-opposition
— District 211 board says it needs more time on transgender locker room policy – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/district-211-board-says-it-needs-more-time-on-transgender-locker-room-policy

ABC7
— How to handle the adult bully in your life – CNN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want to be viewed as being bullies.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/how-to-handle-the-adult-bully-in-your-life/5555102/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-9/20/2019

WBEZ
— How Your Private Illinois Tollway Data Is Shared With Cops And Divorce Lawyers – Tony Arnold
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/how-your-private-illinois-tollway-data-is-shared-with-cops-and-divorce-lawyers/cea68ea0-4b13-481a-80a1-50bf0e9db738

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Sponsor of pot-legalization law seeks to clarify provision that gives municipalities control over where it can be used – Jerry Nowicki 
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/sponsor-of-pot-legalization-law-seeks-to-clarify-provision-that/article_b77655e5-b276-504a-9a8a-5a54ff025c2f.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— Social use of marijuana could be topic for follow-up Illinois legislation – JERRY NOWICKI 
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/crime-and-courts/social-use-of-marijuana-could-be-topic-for-follow-up/article_bc8a5b78-a58c-532f-8519-7079596263c5.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Moline preparing for legalized pot – SARAH HAYDEN (DIERSEN: The sale of pot should be banned. Pot brings down everything around it.)
https://qctimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/moline-preparing-for-legalized-pot/article_2ea4d31d-1aba-5d76-92ce-04795965ec16.html

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: $10.5 million marijuana-growing investment coming to Oglesby – Tom Collins
https://www.newstrib.com/2019/09/20/10-5-million-marijuana-growing-investment-coming-to-oglesby/agsvgo3/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTSTANDING: Majority of Downers Grove commissioners oppose marijuana dispensaries – BOB RAKOW
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/09/20/majority-of-downers-grove-commissioners-oppose-marijuana-dispensaries/a1puodx/

WSIL TV
— Fetal remains from abortion doctor were from 2000-2002 – Carolyn Cerda
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/41075087/fetal-remains-from-abortion-doctor-were-from-2000-2002

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers hint/imply/argue/shout that taxes on pot sales will solve all kinds of problems.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/springfield-to-help-pay-off-pensions-with-part-of-recreational-marijuana-tax-money

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Opponents’ Reactions to Jim Oberweis Poll
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/20/il-14-reactions-to-jim-oberweis-poll/ 
— Judge David Gervais Draws Good Crowed to Fundraiser at Woodstock’s Studio 2015
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/20/judge-david-gervais-draws-good-crowed-to-fundraiser-at-woodstocks-studio-2015/ 
— *REMINDER* Illinois Republican Party Training Seminar in Algonquin on September 21
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/19/illinois-republican-party-training-seminar-in-algonquin-on-september-21/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives Endorsed By Casten’s Neighbors
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513740781-ives-endorsed-by-casten-s-neighbors
— Candidate Ives calls Chief Justice Burke’s appointment a ‘shameless power grab’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513690013-candidate-ives-calls-chief-justice-burke-s-appointment-a-shameless-power-grab
— Mazzochi, other DuPage state reps offering opioid deactivation bags at offices – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513690010-mazzochi-other-dupage-state-reps-offering-opioid-deactivation-bags-at-offices

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Talk radio kingpin Michael Savage joins Trump on the campaign trail ‘Trump looks stronger than ever,’ the host says – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/20/michael-savage-joins-donald-trump-on-the-campaign-/

BREITBART
— Hispanic Americans Side with Trump on Immigration: ‘I Believe in the Wall’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/19/hispanic-americans-side-with-trump-on-immigration-i-believe-in-the-wall/
— Julian Castro Campaign Manager Claims Opposition to Illegal Immigration Is ‘Racism’ – KYLE MORRIS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/19/julian-castro-campaign-manager-claims-opposition-to-illegal-immigration-is-racism/

TOWNHALL
— Why Reparations Talk Is Harmful – Mona Charen (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German America, pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/monacharen/2019/09/20/why-reparations-talk-is-harmful-n2553395
— Even Democrats Oppose the Immigration Platform From Their Own Party’s Presidential Candidates – Art Del Cueto
https://townhall.com/columnists/artdelcueto/2019/09/20/even-democrats-oppose-the-immigration-platform-from-their-own-partys-presidential-candidates-n2553392

NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘The Unhoused?’ Homelessness Gets the PC Treatment at Washington Post – Matt Philbin 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/matt-philbin/2019/09/19/unhoused-homelessness-gets-pc-treatment-washington-post

LIFE SITE
— Mike Pence: Abortionist’s 2,200 baby ‘trophies’ ‘should shock conscience of every American’ – Andrea Trudden
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/mike-pence-abortionists-2200-baby-trophies-should-shock-conscience-of-every-american

HOT AIR
— Buttigieg: I Hope This Ulrich Klopfer Story Doesn’t Become Politicized
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/09/buttigieg-hope-ulrich-klopfer-story-doesnt-become-politicized/
— Which Black Americans Should Get Reparations?
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/09/black-americans-get-reparations/

THE HILL
— California trip shows Trump doesn’t always hate the media – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who believe that they are successfully using, manipulating, and/or dominating me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/462254-california-trip-shows-trump-doesnt-always-hate-the-media

NEW YORK TIMES
— Brownface, Blackface and About-Face. Is Trudeau Who He Says He Is? – Ian Austen and Dan Bilefsky (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who wrongly assume that if you ran for an office, and especially if you won, that all your negatives have been made public?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/world/canada/trudeau-racism-brownface-blackface.html

NEW YORK POST
— The left despises Trump because he fights progressive elite on every front – Victor Davis Hanson
https://nypost.com/2019/09/19/the-left-despises-trump-because-he-fights-progressive-elite-on-every-front/
— The climate strike is all about indoctrination, not science – Noah Rothman
https://nypost.com/2019/09/19/the-climate-strike-is-all-about-indoctrination-not-science/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats and Republicans Aren’t Just Divided. They Live in Different Worlds. The two parties represent radically different slices of the American economy.- Aaron Zitner, Dante Chinni, Jessica Wang, and Danny Dougherty (DIERSEN: Who do you have little in common with? I have little in common with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/graphics/red-economy-blue-economy/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America’s political polarization is almost complete. Its two main political parties increasingly represent two different economies. And they barely overlap. Democrats can be found in educated cities and suburbs where professional jobs are plentiful. Republicans live in working-class and rural communities, home to agriculture and low-skill manufacturing. . .Household income tells a similar story. A decade ago, median household income was about the same for each party. Since then, it has jumped nearly 17% in Democratic districts while falling 3% in Republican ones. . .Republican districts, by contrast, hold growing shares of the nation’s agriculture, mining and low-skill manufacturing jobs, many of which do not require a college degree, have lower pay and are more exposed to overseas competition. . .People with college degrees are more concentrated in Democratic districts than in Republican districts. . .Why does this matter? “When folks have less in common with one another, it’s hard to expect that they’re going to see the problem the same way,” said Roger Johnson, president of the National Farmers Union, “let alone recognize that a problem exists.”)
— Trudeau Apologizes Again as Another Old Image in Blackface Emerges – Paul Vieira and Kim Mackrael (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who wrongly assume that if you ran for an office, and especially if you won, that all your negatives have been made public?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/another-old-image-of-trudeau-this-one-in-blackface-emerges-11568905648
— Whistleblower Complaint Involves Trump Communication With Foreign Leader – Dustin Volz and Siobhan Hughes (DIERSEN: The Democrats who dominate the federal government took adverse actions against me because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee continue to take adverse actions against me because I blow the whistle on their failure/refusal to defend/advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/whistleblower-complaint-involves-trump-communication-with-foreign-leader-11568898983
— How Chicago Tackled the Opioid Crisis Cities and states can mitigate public-health risks, but they need more help from Washington. – Rahm Emanuel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-chicago-tackled-the-opioid-crisis-11568933505

FORBES
— Company-Led Ballot Initiatives May Be Good For The Cannabis Industry, But Are They Good Policy? – Kris Krane (DIERSEN: Every pot pusher, including every journalist, activist, candidate, elected official, party leader, major donor, political consultant, etc., should be required to disclose how much money the “cannabis industry” pays them to push pot.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2019/09/19/company-led-ballot-initiatives-may-be-good-for-the-cannabis-industry-but-are-they-good-policy/

USA TODAY
— Dear Taylor Swift, you are not a victim, so stop acting like one. – Haley Victory Smith
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/09/17/taylor-swift-the-man-lyrics-youre-not-victim-stop-column/2335335001/

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Industry Insight: What’s a Journalist Worth? Finding the Answer Could Help Sustain Local News – Matt DeRienzo (DIERSEN: Of course, me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are worse than worthless according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, my neighborhood, my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I should write a book about the aforesaid. They talk and/or act like they have been promised lots of money, a new home, a new car, a sweetheart job, a sweetheart contract, favorable legislation (video gambling, pot, etc.), and/or much more if they succeed in stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.) 
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/industry-insight-whats-a-journalist-worth-finding-the-answer-could-help-sustain-local-news/

WRAP
— New Study Finds Americans Believe Journalists Act More Unethically Than Police, Military Pew Research polled Americans on trust in leaders – Lindsey Ellefson (DIERSEN: Everyone involved with journalism, politics, and/or government should fully disclose everything about themselves, including the sources and amount of their income, their political affiliation, race, gender, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, marital status, and how long their ancestors have been in America. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $53,316/year and my Social Security is $2,118/year. I am Republican, White, male, born in 1948, 100% German national origin, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, heterosexual, married, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used the aforesaid against me.) 
https://www.thewrap.com/new-study-finds-americans-believe-journalists-act-more-unethically-than-police-military/

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS overlooked billions in unpaid employment taxes – Michael Cohn
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-overlooked-billions-of-dollars-in-nonfiler-employment-taxes

September 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Judge halts California law that would force President Trump to release tax returns – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-halts-california-law-that-would-force-pres-trump-to-release-tax-returns/5553218/
— Justin Trudeau apologizes for wearing brownface during 2001 school event – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/justin-trudeau-apologizes-for-wearing-brownface-during-2001-school-event/5550893/

NBC5
— Alderman Brendan Reilly Looks for ‘Middle Ground’ on Downtown Dispensary Rules Proposed rules for legalized cannabis in Chicago would prohibit dispensaries from opening in the downtown business district – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/alderman-disagrees-with-blanket-ban-on-downtown-dispensaries-560720431.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-files-lawsuit-in-attempt-to-block-new-york-prosecutors-from-getting-his-tax-returns

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Recreational marijuana is coming to Chicago. Downtown pot shops should be part of the change. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-lori-lightfoot-pot-dispensaries-downtown-20190919-ppcob3edgjfjri2ofhqqkzmwey-story.html
— Proposal for on-site marijuana smoking licenses introduced, but alderman says it was a mistake and will be withdrawn and reviewed – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-marijuana-rules-ordinance-20190920-q4sotjawrjbznoap67ahy6epdq-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Hinsdale prepared to ban recreational marijuana sales in village – KIMBERLY FORNEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-marijuana-sales-tl-0926-20190919-3hk6mebj3ndlzfjbhfmocipc6q-story.html
— Most expensive private high schools in the Chicago area – Kasondra Van Treeck
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-expensive-chicago-high-schools-viz-20190919-vxmkw7crhfeptfp2mqpqd66vla-story.html
— Keep The Bean forever open, clear and free of preachers and protesters – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-evangelists-millennium-park-bean-wheaton-zorn-20190919-5rmg3ymwrjfvrev6yjyx572psm-story.html
— The casino saga: A tale of shaky bets and … cannibals – DAVID GREISING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-casino-gambling-revenue-greising-20190919-ppopblrcpbhpvhyczwwob7us3u-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sweeping ordinance allows public pot use in licensed Chicago businesses, but Lightfoot ally says it was mistakenly introduced Ald. Villegas’ plan would allow consumption in cannabis showrooms, licensed bars and even in the offices of doctors and “beauty professionals.” – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/19/20874183/recreational-marijuana-pot-consumption-gillegas-lori-lightfoot
— Wanna allow weed cafes in your town? Hold on — lawmakers are planning a rewrite of pot law The law legalizing recreational pot contained an exemption seemingly allowing marijuana smoking in bars and restaurants, alarming health advocates. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/9/19/20873037/pot-on-site-consumption-public-marijuana-cannabis-cafe-illinois
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/19/20874091/chicago-climate-strike-where-when-what-time
— Is Chicago’s first openly-gay mayor laying the groundwork for gay set-asides on city contracts? In 2003, Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) broached the subject of gay set-asides, only to drop the idea after plenty of pushback from the gay community. Now, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is raising it again. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Do those who represent you on your city council support or oppose gay set-asides?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/9/19/20874706/chicagos-gay-mayor-laying-groundwork-gay-set-asides-city-contracts-lori-lightfoot-women-minorities
— Reparations? History is too vast to allow for a tidy accounting of sins and victimization What advocates for reparations really want is for Americans to acknowledge that blacks have been uniquely oppressed and persecuted in U.S. history. – Mona Charen 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/19/20874653/mona-charen-reparations-african-americans-2020-election-julian-castro-slavery-cory-brooker

DAILY HERALD
— Lawmakers already see need to tweak marijuana law – Jerry Nowicki (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/lawmakers-already-see-need-to-tweak-marijuana-law
— OUTSTANDING: Lake Zurich bans recreational pot sales – Jennifer Shea
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/lake-zurich-bans-recreational-pot-sales
— Trudeau can look to US politicians amid brownface scandal – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190919/news/309199877/
— The silenced: meet the climate whistleblowers muzzled by Trump – Oliver Milman (DIERSEN: The Democrats who dominate the federal government took adverse actions against me because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee continue to take adverse actions against me because I blow the whistle on their failure/refusal to defend and advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190919/the-silenced-meet-the-climate-whistleblowers-muzzled-by-trump
— Inspector general finds plenty of blame to go around on tollway hiring – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/inspector-general-finds-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around-on-tollway-hiring

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lightfoot’s no-toke zone makes no sense The mayor wants to declare a potentially lucrative swath of Chicago off-limits to marijuana retailers. But why? – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/lightfoots-no-toke-zone-makes-no-sense

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: State of Illinois department heads have been ordered to find “operational efficiencies” that would total 6.5 percent of their current budget. In the federal government, when agency budgets are cut, agencies get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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. 
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-be-prepared/article_f89ae88e-5ecc-5ff7-bee3-f48d9a66115e.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Oberweis Releases End of July-Early August Survey Results Very Favorable to His Campaign, Margin of Error 6.9%
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/18/oberweis-releases-august-8th-survey-results-very-favorable-to-his-campaign/

CAPITOL FAX
— Oberweis slammed for releasing poll that has him trailing by 9
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/19/oberweis-slammed-for-releasing-poll-that-has-him-trailing-by-9/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere. 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/19/family-friendly/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Ilhan Omar wants Trump suspended from Twitter – Andrew Blake (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents should get together and publish a list of websites and authors that they do not want me to include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, that is, a list of websites and authors that they want me to blacklist. Of course, they will not do that because they know that I refuse to carryout anyone’s blacklist orders.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/19/ilhan-omar-wants-donald-trump-suspended-from-twitt/
— Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/19/colt-suspends-production-of-ar-15-for-civilian-mar/

GOPUSA
— Drive a battery car; support child labor
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76328

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump the fighter takes aim at California’s blue cities over homeless crisis of their own making – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/payback_trump_the_fighter_takes_aim_at_californias_blue_cities_over_homeless_crisis_of_their_own_making.html

BREITBART
— 7 Trump Haters Who Love Them Some Blackface – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2019/09/19/nolte-7-trump-haters-who-love-them-some-blackface/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason for Trump Derangement Syndrome – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/19/the-real-reason-for-trump-derangement-syndrome/

PJ MEDIA
— Groundbreaking $4.8M Lawsuit Threatens to Unearth SPLC’s Secrets – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/groundbreaking-4-8m-lawsuit-threatens-to-unearth-splcs-secrets/

THE HILL
— Democrats hit Scalia over LGBTQ rights – ALEX GANGITANO
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/462185-democrats-hit-scalia-over-lgbtq-disability-rights

NEW YORK POST
— Watchdog Refuses to Detail Whistle-Blower Complaint About Trump – Nicholas Fandos, Eileen Sullivan, Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosenberg (DIERSEN: The Democrats who dominate the federal government took adverse actions against me because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee continue to take adverse actions against me because I blow the whistle on their failure/refusal to defend and advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/intelligence-whistle-blower-complaint-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The UAW is on strike against General Motors. Here’s what that says about today’s labor movement. – Laura C. Bucci
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/19/uaw-is-strike-against-general-motors-heres-what-that-says-about-todays-labor-movement/

FORBES
— Google Is Once Again Accused Of Age Discrimination – Jack Kelly
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/09/19/google-is-once-again-accused-of-age-discrimination/
— Even In A Competitive Labor Market, Little Vacation For Workers – Martha Gimbel (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious a) that I got lots of vacation days while worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 and full-time for IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997 and b) that I got a big lump-sum payment for lots of unused vacation days when I took an early retirement “offer” in 1997. SEE:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marthagimbel/2019/09/19/even-in-a-competitive-labor-market-little-vacation-for-workers/

GAZETTE
— Where do 10 candidates stand on LGBTQ issues? Gazette looks at presidential candidates’ pasts before Friday’s forum
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/where-do-10-candidates-stand-on-lgbtq-issues-gazette-one-iowa-glaad-the-advocate-msnbc-youtube-friday-forum-20190919

OAKLAND COUNTY TIMES
— Five Apply for Short Term Ferndale Council Seat, Decision Monday – Crystal A. Proxmire
http://oaklandcounty115.com/2019/09/19/five-apply-for-short-term-ferndale-council-seat-decision-monday/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Applicants have the opportunity to speak to Council at the Monday, Sept. 23 meeting, and council is expected to appoint the vacancy following the introductions. The meeting takes place at Ferndale City Hall beginning at 7pm.)

WESTWORD
— City Council Rejects Rezoning Proposal Opposed by West Colfax Jewish Community – CONOR MCCORMICK-CAVANAGH 
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-city-council-rejects-rezoning-request-in-west-colfax-11483925

ADVOCATE
— Where the 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand on LGBTQ Issues
https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/9/19/lgbtq-presidential-forum-where-10-candidates-stand#media-gallery-media-1

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Are Thrift Savings Plan millionaires on the endangered species list? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: The more money that they have in their Thrift Savings Plan, the more that federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40 will be forced to retire.) 
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/09/are-tsp-millionaires-on-the-endangered-species-list/

HR
— How to Calculate Damages in a Slander Case (DIERSEN: I should sue those who have slandered me. Their slandering me has caused me to lose a tremendous amount of income.) 
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/how-to-calculate-damages-in-a-slander-case-38152
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Actual damages can be calculated to a certain dollar amount. They include all those damages that the plaintiff directly suffered due to the slander. This may include lost wages, lost earning capacity or loss of business opportunities. These may include the actual amounts lost or the amounts that are likely to be lost because of the slander. To calculate lost earnings, the plaintiff can add up the wages that he or she lost from being out of work because of the slanderous statement. This also includes any employment benefits that were lost, such as using sick days or paid time off to deal with the slanderous statement. Lost earning capacity is more difficult to prove and generally requires expert testimony. An expert may have to testify about how the plaintiff’s diminished earning capacity will affect his or her lifetime earnings. For example, if a person was working a $100,000 job and the slander caused him or her to be fired and to be ostracized from the position and was only able to earn $50,000, the annual amount of damages would start at $50,000. Reasonable pay increases based on the individual’s employment record would also be taken into consideration, as well as his or her prospects for promotion. Inflation may also be taken into consideration. An expert may have to evaluate a variety of evidence in order to determine the difference between the plaintiff’s projected earnings before the slander in order to compare these with the projected earnings after the slander. The economic expert may examine the plaintiff’s tax returns, the current and projected economic state and the industry in which the plaintiff is employed and was employed. If the plaintiff was a business owner, his or her losses may include the loss of existing clients and the lost business opportunities. Former clients may be called to testify that they stopped doing business because of the slander. An economic expert may be necessary to testify about the economic impact of such lost business opportunities and business goodwill.)

September 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot to introduce Chicago marijuana sales ordinance at City Council meeting Wednesday – Michelle Gallardo (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it will bring down everything around it.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/lightfoot-to-introduce-chicago-marijuana-sales-ordinance-wednesday/5548737/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The latest smear against Justice Brett Kavanaugh part of left’s scorched-earth strategy – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-abortion-kass-20190918-ot2ho5wozne6ra62p25hywzvgi-story.html
— Congestion fee? Boost mass transit – Kirk Dillard, Chairman, Regional Transportation Authority, Chicago
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-091719-20190916-tcstfbtsingwblwuw6eemkjyva-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville back on Money magazine’s 2019 list for Best 100 Places to Live in U.S. – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-money-magazine-naperville-st-09018-20190917-e2b6ncffbjfe3cbpzw6ltlymjy-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The magazine noted communities listed in the 2018 rankings were not included in the 2019 analysis. Last year Wheaton ranked 27th and Schaumburg came in at No. 34.)

DAILY HERALD
— Why identity politics is dangerous – Richard Cohen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190918/why-identity-politics-is-dangerous
— How suburban League of Women Voters chapters are encouraging the next generation of voters – Eileen O. Daday (DIERSEN: What percent of teachers are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190917/how-suburban-league-of-women-voters-chapters-are-encouraging-the-next-generation-of-voters

WGN TV
— Most downtown legal marijuana dispensaries would be banned under mayor’s proposal
https://wgntv.com/2019/09/17/most-downtown-legal-marijuana-dispensaries-would-be-banned-under-mayors-proposal/
— Indiana, Illinois AGs investigate after fetal remains found – SEAN LEWIS
https://wgntv.com/2019/09/17/indiana-illinois-ags-investigate-after-fetal-remains-found/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— City Council approves zoning change paving way for Helping Hands shelter on 11th Street – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes (especially those in my precinct) falsely hint/imply/argue/shout a) that Republicans on Wheaton’s City Council want bad zoning changes, b) that I want bad zoning changes, and c) that I support those who want bad zoning changes.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190917/city-council-approves-zoning-change-paving-way-for-helping-hands-shelter-on-11th-street

SOUTHERN
— Fiscal chaos looms for Illinois; it’s time for politically difficult measures – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats will do more and more and more to take income and assets away from Illinois Republicans, and especially away from Illinois Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-jim-nowlan-fiscal-chaos-looms-for-illinois-it-s/article_7bb19e33-2092-5822-80c8-10d7bb89429a.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: East Peoria opens its doors for pot sales and personal use – Scott Hilyard
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190917/east-peoria-opens-its-doors-for-pot-sales-and-personal-use

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Deadline-nears-for-8216-budtender-8217-14446784.php

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Senate must stand up against diversion of money to Trump’s border wall – Dick Durbin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries against America.)
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article235194522.html

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Recreational marijuana sales in Springfield approved – Cymphanie Sherman
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/springfield-aldermen-approve-recreational-marijuana-sales
— Protest likely to greet Trump fundraising trip in California – AP (DIERSEN: Who would protest if Trump came to your municipality, to your township/ward, to your county?) 
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/protest-likely-to-greet-trump-fundraising-trip-in-california
— Jimmy Carter says he couldn’t have managed presidency at 80 – AP (DIERSEN: What shows that you are not “too old” to manage things? For me, it is my ability to spend 10+ hours each and every day putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning and evening. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 346,000 articles and information on many upcoming events.) 
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/jimmy-carter-says-he-couldnt-have-managed-presidency-at-80-09-18-2019-091334192

WIRE POINTS
— Moody’s new report shows Illinois is nation’s extreme outlier when it comes to pension debts – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/moodys-new-report-shows-illinois-is-nations-extreme-outlier-when-it-comes-to-pension-debts/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Gun Control Debate – IL 66th District: Skillicorn Tweets 8chan-type Blog Smears on Schofield 2A and LWV, Her Facebook Conversations on 2A/LWV, Skillicorn Facebook Accessibility
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/18/il-66th-district-skillicorn-tweets-8chan-type-blog-smears-on-schofield-2a-and-lwv-her-facebook-conversations-on-2a-lwv-skillicorn-facebook-accessibility/ 
— Chuck Wheeler Pushes Advisory Referendum on Gun Rights
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/18/chuck-wheeler-pushes-advisory-referendum-on-gun-rights/

CAPITOL FAX
— Money Stuff (DIERSEN: Do my critics/opponents want me to file a “notification of self-funding” for the money that I spend to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and to send them out each and every day? What about the number of hours that it takes me each and every day to do that?) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/18/money-stuff/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Even though the 2020 primaries and general elections are months away, some big political donations are being made and Illinois House Speaker Michael Madigan has blown the statutory limit off of his campaign. Madigan filed a “notification of self-funding” on Aug. 23, indicating that the $100,001 donation he had made to himself removed the state limitations on campaign contributions in what is so far an uncontested race.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/18/trying-to-look-on-the-bright-side/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump launches two-day fundraising effort in California, expects to raise $15M Money to benefit campaign, RNC – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/17/donald-trump-launches-two-day-fundraising-effort-c/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— CNN airs in-kind donation to Elizabeth Warren’s 2020 campaign – Becket Adams (DIERSEN: One could argue that because GOPUSA ILLINOIS email subscriptions are worth at least $1,000/year, and because I provide them free of charge, I am providing in-kind donations worth at least $1,000/year to those who read the emails.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cnn-airs-in-kind-donation-to-elizabeth-warrens-2020-campaign

GOPUSA
— Eric Holder warns Dems on ditching 100-year-old immigration laws: ‘Borders mean something’ (DIERSEN: Borders help stop citizens of foreign countries from taking over countries. For example, the Mexican-American border helps stop citizens of Mexico from taking over America. As everyone knows, because it has so many citizens, China could take over America any time that it wants to.) 
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76202

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump is only now a racist? – Peter M. Friedman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/trump_is_only_now_a_racist.html
— Democrats want their border crisis back and are actually plotting to get it –Border Patrol union chief – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/democrats_want_their_border_crisis_back_and_are_actually_plotting_to_get_it_border_patrol_union_chief.html

BREITBART
— New York Times Fact Checker Used Racist, Homophobic Slurs on Twitter – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/09/17/new-york-times-fact-checker-used-racist-homophobic-slurs-on-twitter/

TOWNHALL
— Facebook Incites Violent War on ICE – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/09/18/facebook-incites-violent-war-on-ice-n2553287

FEDERALIST
— Fetus-Collecting Abortionist Connected To Unlicensed Abortion Facility In Buttigieg’s Town Abortion apologists are now distancing themselves from abortionist Ulrich George Klopfer, who was recently found to have kept the remains of more than 2,000 babies. But they weren’t before. – Margot Cleveland
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/17/fetus-collecting-abortionist-connected-to-unlicensed-abortion-facility-in-buttigiegs-town/

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— RACIST EXAM QUESTIONS? – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs are nasty. If you sought a government office or political office, what would your critics/opponents stress to paint you as being “not the brightest bulb?” My critics/opponents would stress that while I passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, my scores were not that high. They would stress that while I earned a bachelor’s degree in management and master’s degrees in management, accounting, and finance, my grades were not that high. They would stress that I became the following not by passing examinations, but by grandfathering in: Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant. One of my critics/opponents has publicly stressed that he got better scores than I did on the CPA examination.)
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/latest-news/opinion/racist-exam-questions/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— White House endorses investigation of abortionist who kept bodies of over 2,000 murdered babies – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/white-house-endorses-investigation-after-2000-dead-babies-found-on-abortionists-property

LIFE NEWS
— Democrat Presidential Candidates Silent About Grisly Discovery of 2,246 Aborted Babies – DAVE ANDRUSKO
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/09/17/democrat-presidential-candidates-silent-about-grisly-discovery-of-2246-aborted-babies/
— Abortionist Who Kept 2,200 Aborted Babies Did Abortions in Pete Buttigieg’s Hometown – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/09/17/abortionist-who-kept-2200-aborted-babies-did-abortions-in-pete-buttigiegs-hometown/

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Jr. Blasts The New York Times After More Bigoted Tweets Revealed – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/51906/trump-jr-blasts-new-york-times-after-more-bigoted-ryan-saavedra

EPOCH TIMES
— Family of Indiana Abortion Doctor Don’t Know Why Fetal Remains Were in His Garage: Lawyer – TOM OZIMEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/family-of-indiana-abortion-doctor-dont-know-why-fetal-remains-were-in-his-garage-lawyer_3084805.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— When Politics Smothers Everyday Life – Charles Lipson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn and promote hatred against those in their neighborhood, in their precinct, in their municipality, in their township/ward, in their county, in their state, and in America who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/17/when_politics_smothers_everyday_life__141267.html

THE HILL
— New oversight board will have final say over Facebook’s content decisions – HARPER NEIDIG (DIERSEN: What does Facebook think of you and of those who share your demographics?) 
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/461819-new-oversight-board-will-have-final-say-over-facebooks-content-decisions

POLITICO
— Illinois congressman unfazed by AOC’s endorsement of his rival – HEATHER CAYGLE (DIERSEN: Lipinski says “I think it’s always a bad idea for Democrats to go after Democrats.” I should write a book about RINOs who go after Republicans. I would focus on activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who have lots of clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and their operatives and their dupes.) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/09/17/dan-lipinski-aoc-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-1501620

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump delivers ‘false choice’ for Latinos between country, racial identity.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-delivers-false-choice-latinos-country-racial-identity/story?id=65672414

CNBC
— Three steps that can help vulnerable Americans overcome financial fragility – Annamaria Lusardi (DIERSEN: All the operatives and all the dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems. That is why they are so easily manipulated and so easily dominated by my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/16/these-steps-can-help-vulnerable-americans-overcome-financial-fragility.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How a MAGA sign and a high school cheer squad ignited a debate about free speech – Lateshia Beachum (DIERSEN: If you displayed a Trump sign, how viciously would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county destroy you?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/17/how-maga-sign-high-school-cheer-squad-ignited-debate-about-free-speech/
— Federal employees could face more discipline under proposed new rules – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government disciplined me a) for my opposing their political affiliation discrimination, b) for my opposing their reverse discrimination, c) for my opposing their age discrimination, d) for my opposing their retaliation, and e) for my becoming an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-employees-could-face-more-discipline-under-proposed-new-rules/2019/09/17/5fdb9846-d976-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— The alternative ‘facts’ of the Times’ Brett Kavanaugh story – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/09/17/goodwin-the-alternative-facts-of-the-times-brett-kavanaugh-story/
— AOC is vulnerable to a primary challenge, survey finds – Carl Campanile
https://nypost.com/2019/09/17/aoc-is-vulnerable-to-a-primary-challenge-survey-finds/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump swings through (and at) California
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-09-18/donald-trump-california-epa-homelessness-newsletter
— Trump tells donors in Beverly Hills: ‘We’ll never be a socialist country’ – SEEMA MEHTA, DAKOTA SMITH (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote socialism.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-17/mega-developer-geoffrey-palmer-hosting-trump-beverly-hills-fundraiser

USA TODAY
— Democrats forced President Trump into finding alternatives to build the border wall – Jody Hice
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/09/17/democrats-forced-president-trump-into-finding-alternatives-wall-editorials-debates/2357590001/
— While critics have advocated for Chick-fil-A boycott, the fast-food chain has more than doubled its sales – Nate Chute (DIERSEN: Which individuals, organizations, companies, and governments boycott you? I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that boycott me and boycott my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and why they do that.)
https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/09/17/chickfila-starbucks-mcdonalds-boycott-lgbt-donations-fast-food-restaurant-purdue-university/2301619001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Google, Facebook Cozy Up to News Publishers as Regulators Circle Facing mounting antitrust probes, tech platforms offer fees, news-ranking changes media outlets have pursued for years – Lukas I. Alpert (DIERSEN: What do you say to those websites that unethically make “quick rehashes of existing articles” look like “original reporting?” I have never done that, and I never will. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails highlight the sources of articles, the titles of articles, the authors of articles, and their unhidden hyperlinks.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/google-facebook-cozy-up-to-publishers-as-regulators-circle-11568799001
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ‘We understand the critical importance of rewarding publishers that put their resources into original reporting,’ said Facebook executive Campbell Brown. . .Google last week announced changes to how it ranks stories on its news page to better promote original content, addressing publishers’ long-running complaints that their scoops were often overshadowed by quick rewrites by other outlets. . .Google executives said the prospect of regulation didn’t influence their effort to better promote original news, adding that technological advances had finally allowed the company to address a longstanding concern among publishers. “The challenge of identifying and precisely ranking original reporting has taken years to address and has proven extremely difficult,” said Richard Gingras, Google’s vice president for news. “What has changed is that we now have a lot more technical capabilities than we had 10 years ago.” Facebook has expressed a commitment to improving its partnerships with news outlets, particularly those that publish legitimate, high-quality reporting. “We understand the critical importance of rewarding publishers that put their resources into original reporting, which is why it’s been one of our guiding principles for the news tab since we decided to develop the product earlier this year,” said Campbell Brown, Facebook’s vice president for global news partnerships. “It’s important to get this right.” The outlets Facebook pitched on its news tab include the Journal’s publisher, Dow Jones, people familiar with the matter said. While many in the news industry welcomed Google’s algorithm tweak to help original reporting rank higher on Google News, several said they would reserve judgment until they could ascertain whether the change was making an impact. “With all of these things, you don’t know what it means until you see it in practice,” said David Chavern, president and chief executive of the News Media Alliance, a trade coalition representing some 2,000 news organizations in the U.S. and Canada, including Dow Jones. Mr. Gingras wrote in a blog post last week that Google had made changes to keep stories containing significant original reporting higher in search rankings for longer. . .News Corp, the Journal’s parent company, has been developing a news-aggregation service called Knewz.com that is designed, in part, to promote original reporting over quick rehashes of existing articles. . .“Those of us who do a lot of original reporting are thrilled Google is fixing this frustrating bug, but we’re still waiting for Google and some other platforms to follow Facebook’s lead in recognizing the real value they extract from our original journalism,” said Ben Smith, BuzzFeed’s editor in chief.)

KPRC RADIO
— Recently Fired SNL Comedian’s Comedy Sketch Mocks Trump Haters – Ken Webster Jr. 
https://kprcradio.iheart.com/featured/walton-and-johnson/content/2019-09-18-video-recently-fired-snl-comedians-comedy-sketch-mocks-trump-haters/

EVANSVILLE 14 NEWS
— Forum held for Evansville city council candidates – Evan Gorman (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West District City Council vacancies?)
https://www.14news.com/2019/09/18/decision-forum-held-evansville-city-council-candidates/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Nearly a dozen people vying for Evansville City Council gave their stance on critical issues the city faces Tuesday night. The forum was fueled by written questions submitted from the audience including community policing. Each candidate who showed up was given one minute to give their responses on about half a dozen different issues. Those topics ranged from homelessness and affordable housing to transparency and also LGBTQ rights.)

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— The History Between Presidents and the Press Has Always Been Tense – Tim Gallagher
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-the-history-between-presidents-and-the-press-has-always-been-tense/

FAIRFAX DEMOCRATS
— Federal Employee Rally (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, extremely few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Republicans. I have been a Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) member for almost 20 years. Fewer and fewer and fewer of my fellow MTRCC members are conservative.) 
http://fairfaxdemocrats.org/event/federal-employee-rally/
(FROM THE POSTING: Show solidarity with federal workers at a “Fed Up – Rise Up” rally to demand dignity, fairness and respect for federal and D.C. government employees who are under attack by the administration. Rally sponsored by AFGE, NFFE, IFPTE, and NTEU.)

DCCC
— House Freedom Fund Endorses Jeanne Ives, Adding Fuel to the Fire of a Full-Blown GOP Civil War in IL-06’s Primary (DIERSEN: Of course, Trump-hating political consultants advise candidates to not only not seek Trump’s endorsement, but to proactively reject it.)
https://dccc.org/house-freedom-fund-endorses-jeanne-ives-adding-fuel-fire-full-blown-gop-civil-war-il-06s-primary/
(DIERSEN HEADLINE: With Tea Party Endorsement, A Race to the Right has Officially Begun Earlier this week, the ultra-conservative House Freedom Fund announced its endorsement of Jeanne Ives, throwing fuel onto an already divisive primary that’s brewing in Illinois’ 6th district. This comes on the heels of Washington Insiders and Republican establishment naming Evelyn Sanguetti to House Republicans’ watch list of their top campaigns. As Washington insiders and Chicago fat cats pick their ponies, Ives and Evelyn Sanguinetti will have to work hard to out-conservative each other to see who can ultimately lock-down the pinnacle: President Trump’s endorsement. “Jeanne Ives and Evelyn Sanguinetti have already made it clear to voters in this district that they’re more interested in getting the support of President Trump and out of touch Washington insiders than they are of people in the 6th Congressional District,” said DCCC Spokesperson, Andy Orellana.)

GOOGLE
— Elevating original reporting in Search – Richard Gingras (DIERSEN: What do you say to those websites that unethically make “quick rehashes of existing articles” look like “original reporting?” I have never done that, and I never will. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails highlight the sources of articles, the titles of articles, the authors of articles, and their unhidden hyperlinks.)
https://blog.google/products/search/original-reporting/
(FROM THE POSTING: With news in particular, we always aim to show a diversity of articles and sources to give users as much context and insight as possible. An important element of the coverage we want to provide is original reporting, an endeavor which requires significant time, effort and resources by the publisher. Some stories can also be both critically important in the impact they can have on our world and difficult to put together, requiring reporters to engage in deep investigative pursuits to dig up facts and sources. These are among the reasons why we aim to support these industry efforts and help people get access to the most authoritative reporting. Recently, we’ve made ranking updates and published changes to our search rater guidelines to help us better recognize original reporting, surface it more prominently in Search and ensure it stays there longer. This means readers interested in the latest news can find the story that started it all, and publishers can benefit from having their original reporting more widely seen.)

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
— Apple News is excluding local newsrooms – Nicholas Diakopoulos
https://www.cjr.org/tow_center/apple-news-local-journalism.php

TECH TIMES
— News Corp Developing News Aggregator Service Called ‘Knewz’ – Athena Chan (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS is a news aggregator.)
https://www.techtimes.com/articles/245090/20190822/news-corp-developing-news-aggregator-service-called-knewz.htm

INC.
— Google Updates Search Algorithm to Reward Original News Reporting New algorithm and search rating guideline updates will focus on the first article about an event and any original reporting that follows. – Peter Roesler (DIERSEN: What do you say to those websites that unethically make “quick rehashes of existing articles” look like “original reporting?” I have never done that, and I never will. GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails highlight the sources of articles, the titles of articles, the authors of articles, and their unhidden hyperlinks.) 
https://www.inc.com/peter-roesler/google-updates-search-algorithm-to-reward-original-news-reporting.html
— Google Agrees to a Weird List of Employee Rights. Most of these are the law, but one is just creepy. – Suzanne Lucas (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, early retirement, etc. to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Constructively, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German national origin have no protection from political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination.)
https://www.inc.com/suzanne-lucas/google-forced-to-post-employee-rights-your-employee-should-have-same-rights.html

FED SMITH
— OPM Proposes Changes to Federal Employee Removal Process – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government took adverse actions against me a) because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, b) because I opposed their reverse discrimination, c) because I opposed their age discrimination, d) because I opposed their retaliation, and e) because I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 when I was 40 years old that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, early retirement, etc. to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Constructively, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German national origin have no protection from political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/09/17/opm-proposes-changes-federal-employee-removal-process/

WINDY CITY TIMES
— LGBTQ center kicks off local chapter with economic justice summit – Melissa Wasserman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers align themselves with 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.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/LGBTQ-center-kicks-off-local-chapter-with-economic-justice-summit/67044.html

September 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly Chicago pot pushers push pot. How soon will virtually everyone who lives in and/or who works in Chicago will be a stoner?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/17/20868604/chicago-marijuana-legalization-ordinance-equity-city-colleges-mayor-lightfoot
— Illinois marijuana growers will face energy efficiency and reporting rules The state law seeks to avoid blackouts and other grid problems when its marijuana law takes effect Jan. 1. – David Hill (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you cannot claim to be Green.)
https://energynews.us/2019/09/16/midwest/illinois-marijuana-growers-will-face-energy-efficiency-and-reporting-rules/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Marijuana can be an energy intensive crop. The new electricity load to power lighting, heating and ventilation for indoor grow facilities has strained the grid and even caused blackouts in other places after it was legalized. The Illinois law seeks to avoid those problems by mandating efficiency standards and capping the amount of power used per square foot. Clean energy advocates said they were hopeful the law would lead other states to follow suit, though more work is needed between utilities and growers to manage power demand.)
— AOC endorses Marie Newman over Dan Lipinski The endorsement of Newman by controversial freshman U.S. Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., could turn out progressives but turn off centrists in the 3rd Congressional District. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/17/20870207/ocasio-cortez-endorse-marie-newman-dan-lipinski-congress-election-primary

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois and its 4 presidents: Save the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home in Dixon – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-reagan-boyhood-home-dixon-20190916-zj7ehfaxtfebpb5dicwfxdxcy4-story.html
— Without offering specifics, Illinois Gaming Board tells lawmakers to consider changing terms of Chicago casino license – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gaming-board-recommendation-chicago-casino-20190916-fdpvqww5obf5xm35zaye2fr4g4-story.html
— Nearly 50,000 UAW members are on strike at GM. Here’s what that means for Chicago. – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-gm-uaw-auto-workers-strike-chicago-suppliers-20190916-fcbecf7ynjdz3bpfko7vaew6jy-story.html

CLTV
— Yarbrough Pushes Back on Shakman, Calls Accusations “Disingenuous” – JORDAN MUCK (DIERSEN: Far too many of the operatives and the dupes who work for my critics/opponents a) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation and b) paint themselves as working for those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party.) 
https://cltv.com/2019/09/16/yarbrough-pushes-back-on-shakman-calls-accusations-disingenuous/

WTTW
— The Reparations Debate is Heading to Chicago City Council – Alexandra Silets (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs use AA, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/16/reparations-debate-heading-city-council

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Teachers, supporters form ‘sea of red’ at Monday rally – Steven Spearie
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190916/teachers-supporters-form-sea-of-red-at-monday-rally
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hennefent said she is using textbooks in her sociology classes that are older than her students. “They want to learn about gender identity, police brutality, immigration issues and mass shootings,” said Hennenfent, who is having to gather other resources and put together power point presentations to supplement the textbooks.)

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Oglesby cannabis grower launches $1.5 million expansion – Tom Collins
https://www.newstrib.com/2019/09/17/oglesby-cannabis-grower-launches-1-5-million-expansion/ab3rabj/

WGEM
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Quincy votes in favor of adult-use cannabis sales
https://wgem.com/2019/09/16/city-votes-in-favor-of-adult-use-cannabis-sales/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Peoria community speaks about legal marijuana, majority in favor – Sean Lisitza, Brittni Clemons
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/community-speaks-about-legal-marijuana-majority-in-favor/

TONI PRECKWINKLE
— Advancing Racial Equity in Cook County: Closing the gap through policy and practice (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans. Preckwinkle would be proud of the many adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government took to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who 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.)
https://medium.com/@tonipreckwinkle_95808/advancing-racial-equity-in-cook-county-closing-the-gap-through-policy-and-practice-9b28a5bd1b38
(FROM THE STATEMENT: In America, the playing field has never — been — level. If you are a woman, if you are Black, if you are Latinx, if you have a disability, if you speak another language, if you were born in another country — in other words, if you are most of the population of Cook County — the playing field has never been level. So instead of using the principle of equality, government must instead focus on equity.)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ERIKA HAROLD, the former GOP attorney general candidate, is not going to run for Rep. John Shimkus’ seat next year. A source close to Harold told Playbook: “She’s not running. It’s not the right time for Erika.” Harold was seen as a shoo-in for the 54th congressional district, having secured 44 percent of the vote in that district when she ran against Attorney General Kwame Raoul last year. Shimkus surprised Republicans when he announced a few weeks ago that he wouldn’t seek re-election. There was an initial scramble for the seat, but now it looks like only state Sen. Jason Plummer (54th) is still considering a run. No word yet if/when he’ll jump in. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/09/17/gun-violence-task-force-tees-up-bail-bonds-fight-bluhm-payback-erika-wont-run-lightfoot-on-weed-478105
— Todd Ricketts, the Cubs co-owner and current Republican National Committee finance chairman, was at Cafe Milano in Washington, D.C., on Monday celebrating his 50th birthday — the big day is actually Sept. 23. In the crowd: Ricketts’ brothers, Nebraska Gov. Pete Ricketts, and Cubs Chairman Tom Ricketts; attorney and RNC National Committeeman Richard Porter; Illinois political fundraiser Barrett Kedzior Zolnierowicz; former U.S. House Speaker Paul Ryan; presidential adviser Kellyanne Conway; U.S. Sens. Rick Scott (Fla.), Cory Gardner (Colo.) and — even — Dick Durbin (Cubs fans don’t see party). Fox News’ Bret Baier gave a toast. The big awe moment was watching Todd Ricketts and his wife, Sylvie, cut a rug. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/09/17/gun-violence-task-force-tees-up-bail-bonds-fight-bluhm-payback-erika-wont-run-lightfoot-on-weed-478105

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06/IL-14: Two Weeks to End of September and Under a Month to Report Cards
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/16/il-06-il-14-two-weeks-to-end-of-september-and-under-a-month-to-report-cards/ 
— 2nd Amendment Group Brings Up 2018 Carolyn Schofield Post
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/16/2nd-amendment-group-brings-up-2018-carolyn-schofield-post/

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Sen. Oberweis nets endorsement from Rep. Skillicorn for congressional run – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/513524293-sen-oberweis-nets-endorsement-from-rep-skillicorn-for-congressional-run

FOX NEWS
— GOP leaders decry Kavanaugh attacks as McConnell says ‘this is not normal political behavior’ – By Alex Pappas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/brett-kavanaugh-mitch-mcconnell-lindsey-graham-impeachment-calls
— Biden camp rips press, says young reporters find candidate uncool – Howard Kurtz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-camp-rips-press-says-young-reporters-find-candidate-uncool
— Trump calls for resignation of New York Times employees involved with Kavanaugh ‘smear’ story
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-calls-resignation-york-times-024322595.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats and the Media Seek to Divide Americans – Lloyd Marcus (DIERSEN: Trump-haters divide minorities against Whites, women against men, younger people against older people, non-Republicans against Republicans, moderates and liberals against conservatives, non-Protestants against Protestants, non-patriotic people against patriotic people, non-Americans against Americans, those who have less money against those who have more money, non-gun owners against gun owners, non-German Americans against German Americans, recent immigrants against those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, non-married people against married people, LGBTQers against heterosexuals, drinkers against non-drinkers, gamblers against non-gamblers, stoners against non-stoners, non-healthy people against healthy people, etc. against etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/democrats_and_the_media_seek_to_divide_americans.html
— Another spurious Kavanaugh smear proves the depravity of the Left – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/another_spurious_kavanaugh_smear_proves_the_depravity_of_the_left.html
— Mexicans are starting to turn on their cartels… – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/mexicans_are_starting_to_turn_on_their_cartels.html

BREITBART
— DACA Illegals Sue to Ensure They Can Use Welfare and Still Get Green Cards – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/16/daca-illegals-sue-to-ensure-they-can-use-welfare-and-still-get-green-cards/

GOPUSA
— Same ol’ Biden, campaigning at Birmingham church, says white people ‘can never fully understand’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76102

NEWSMAX
— Canceling GOP Primaries Is Mistake – Christopher Ruddy
https://www.newsmax.com/ruddy/republican-primaries-cancelling-trump-democracy/2019/09/16/id/932842/

TOWNHALL
— President Trump: People At The NYT Need To Resign Over Kavanaugh Smear Story – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/09/16/president-trump-people-at-the-nyt-need-to-resign-over-kavanaugh-smear-story-n2553195
— Seriously? Bernie Wants To Ban All Deportations – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/09/16/seriously-bernie-wants-to-ban-all-deportations-n2553190
— The Mainstream Media Has Created Criminals – John Dempsey
https://townhall.com/columnists/johndempsey/2019/09/17/the-mainstream-media-has-created-criminals-n2553196

LIFE NEWS
— If Justice Brett Kavanaugh Supported Abortion, The New York Times Wouldn’t Lie About Him – GARY BAUER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/09/16/if-justice-brett-kavanaugh-supported-abortion-the-new-york-times-wouldnt-lie-about-him/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Daunted by Trump’s Success, Dems Want the Border Crisis Back – Brandon Judd
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/17/daunted_by_trumps_success_dems_want_the_border_crisis_back_141266.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— NYT Reporter Blames Editors for Removing Exculpatory Information from Kavanaugh Story – ZACK EVANS
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/nyt-reporter-blames-editors-for-removing-exculpatory-information-in-kavanaugh-story/
— New York Times’ Political Activism Ignores Fundamental Ethics of Journalism – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/new-york-times-political-activism-ignores-fundamental-ethics-of-journalism/

THE HILL
— Illinois lawmaker gets pooped on by pigeon while discussing pigeon poop problem – ARIS FOLLEY (DIERSEN: Who are you a constituent of? I am a constituent of Robbins, Bray Parker, Fitch, Suess, Heidorn, Hinkle, LeVan, Muehlfelt, Falbo, Nathwani, Molitar, Monino, Berlin, Kachiroubas, Grogan, Cronin, Mendrick, Kaczmarek, Jorgensen, Bucholz, Henry, Hebeard, Whelan, Elliott, Ozog, Eckhoff, Grant, Ellman, Castin, Frerichs, Mendoza, White, Raoul, Pritzker, Duckworth, Durbin, Pense, Trump, and many others. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes want the aforesaid to shit on me. They want them to treat me like I am fraudulently claiming to be a journalist, like I am a dirty disgusting lobbyist, like I am a White supremacist, like I am a Nazi, like I am a KKK member, like I am a hater, like I am a racist, like I am a sexist, like I am a bigot, and like I am even worse things.) 
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/461629-illinois-lawmaker-gets-pooped-on-by-pigeon-while-discussing
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Did I just get – I did, didn’t I?” Andrade could be seen saying in footage of the interview as he began to wipe the back of his head. “I’ll just have to go clean up,” Andrade continued. “That’s what happens to my constituents. They get shit on all time.” A state lawmaker in Illinois was pooped on by a pigeon while he was discussing the ongoing pigeon poop problem at a local transit station in Chicago. In footage of the interview with CBS Chicago, state Rep. Jaime Andrade (D) was discussing the issue of pigeon droppings.) plaguing the Chicago Transit Authority (CTA) stop when he became a target himself.)
— Times correction gives GOP lifeline in latest Kavanaugh controversy – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/461678-the-memo-times-correction-gives-gop-lifeline-in-latest-kavanaugh

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to do even more to make business even more anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/opinion/trump-business.html
— Age Isn’t Hurting 2020 Democratic Leaders, to Rivals’ Chagrin Younger candidates are running as agents of generational change, but it is three septuagenarians who have emerged as the front-runners. And age-related attacks have not worked. – Reid J. Epstein
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/us/politics/democrats-biden-2020-age.html
— For Democrats, the Future Is Female On the road with Supermajority, a new group hoping to channel a wave of progressive energy into a new women’s movement. – Lisa Lerer
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/us/politics/on-politics-supermajority.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says that Trump “tries” to woo Hispanic voters at rally in New Mexico.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/17/us/politics/trump-rally.html
— Elaine Chao Investigated by House Panel for Possible Conflicts – Eric Lipton and Michael Forsythe (DIERSEN: I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles. If you were me, what would you do when newsmakers who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) fail/refuse to defend/advance religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles and b) do anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican things?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/us/politics/elaine-chao-house-investigation.html
— Uber Drivers Just Want to Be Free California passed a bill that will help some gig workers, but not all of them want to be classified as employees. – Harry Campbell (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents are anti-wage earners. Overwhelmingly, they are filthy rich or self-employed and they hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a loser if you are not filthy rich or self-employed. To demonize, denigrate, and condemn me as being a loser, they stress that I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/opinion/uber-ab5-california.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: G.M. Workers Say They Sacrificed, and Now They Want Their Due – Neal Boudette
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/16/business/uaw-gm-strike.html

NEW YORK POST
— New York Times corrects story detailing misconduct claim against Brett Kavanaugh – Mark Moore and Kate Sheehy
https://nypost.com/2019/09/16/new-york-times-corrects-story-detailing-misconduct-claim-against-brett-kavanaugh/

WASHINGTON POST
— 145 CEOs implore Senate to act on gun violence, saying doing nothing is ‘simply unacceptable’ – Rachel Siegel (DIERSEN: What are the demographics (race, gender, age, national origin, religion, political affiliation, citizenship status, mental health, income, net worth, etc.) of those who own/use guns illegally?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/12/ceos-implore-senate-act-gun-violence-saying-doing-nothing-is-simply-unacceptable/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) paint Trump as being Hitler, b) paint America as being Nazi Germany, and c) paint illegals as being Jews. 
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-16/jewish-activism-trump-immigration-refugee

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Ever Happened to ‘We the People’? There’s more to the U.S. Constitution than its amendments. Give the preamble some respect. – Adam Carrington (DIERSEN: Far too many who claim to be leaders of “We the People” are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-ever-happened-to-we-the-people-11568673554
— House Panel to Probe Possible Conflicts of Interest by Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao The House Oversight and Reform Committee has requested documents as it looks into whether Chao used her position to benefit her family – Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles. If you were me, what would you do when newsmakers who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican a) fail/refuse to defend/advance religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles and b) do anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican things?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/house-panel-to-probe-possible-conflicts-of-interest-by-transportation-secretary-elaine-chao-11568677954
— GM Strike Could Test President Trump The labor strike at General Motors could create a public test of the president’s ability to hang onto a key voting bloc – Andrew Duehren (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions and hate past, present, and future union members. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gm-strike-could-test-president-trump-11568640249

USA TODAY
— Uber: Drivers tell us through focus groups and surveys they don’t want to be employees – Tony West
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/09/16/uber-drivers-tell-us-they-dont-want-employees-editorials-debates/2346851001/

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Trump ‘sad’ about GM strike but remains noncommittal, says he hopes it’s over quickly – Todd Spangler (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate unions and hate past, present, and future union members. They stress that I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2019/09/16/donald-trump-sad-about-uaw-gm-strike/2345301001/

ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER
— Orange County registrar demonstrates new $15.3 million voting system aimed at preventing errors and fraud – ALICIA ROBINSON
https://www.ocregister.com/2019/09/16/orange-county-registrar-demonstrates-new-15-3-million-voting-system-aimed-at-preventing-errors-and-fraud/

CHARLESTON POST AND COURIER
— Mark Sanford uses cardboard prop of Donald Trump to condemn canceled GOP primaries – Caitlin Byrd
https://www.postandcourier.com/politics/mark-sanford-uses-cardboard-prop-of-donald-trump-to-condemn/article_29e9bc34-d8ba-11e9-a380-bf1d4fec4386.html

DES MOINES REGISTER
— LGBTQ Presidential Candidate’s Forum Ten candidates will gather at Coe College in Cedar Rapids to discuss LGBTQ issues. – Katie Akin and Clare Ulmer (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/elections/presidential/caucus/2019/09/16/democratic-candidates-iowa-forums-steak-fry-lgbtq-youth-cedar-rapids-des-moines-biden-warren-sanders/2310483001/

DESERT SUN
— Find out where Palm Springs council candidates stand on cannabis policy, regulation at free forum – Melissa Daniels (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/money/business/2019/09/16/cannabis-industry-group-host-palm-springs-candidate-forum/2345969001/

DAILY PROGRESS
— Orange County chamber to host candidate forum (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.dailyprogress.com/news/local/orange-county-chamber-to-host-candidate-forum/article_b1512830-1ace-56bd-ae77-184f5c5adc60.html

MOSCOW PULLMAN DAILY NEWS
— Steve Harmon withdraws from city council race; first candidate forum slated Wednesday (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://dnews.com/local/harmon-withdraws-from-city-council-race-first-candidate-forum-slated/article_9fbea60f-8a01-57ec-995b-25733d86127d.html

MONTGOMERY NEWS
— Empty chairs unacceptable at candidate forum – Carmina Taylor, President, Ambler Branch NAACP (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
http://www.montgomerynews.com/amblergazette/letter-to-editor-empty-chairs-unacceptable-at-candidate-forum/article_1c6a3b2a-d89b-11e9-8ddf-67518179a66e.html

COVE LEADER PRESS
— City Council Candidate Holds Meet And Greet – BRITTAN FHOLER (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.coveleaderpress.com/news/city-council-candidate-holds-meet-and-greet

NEWS TALK KIT
— Yakima City Council Candidate Forum Set for Thursday (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://newstalkkit.com/yakima-city-council-candidate-forum-set-for-thursday/

SAN JOSE SPOTLIGHT
— Rose Herrera expected to jump into San Jose City Council race – Ramona Giwargis (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://sanjosespotlight.com/rose-herrera-expected-to-jump-into-san-jose-city-council-race/

HOLLYWOOD REPORTER
— ‘Pose’ Star Angelica Ross to Host Presidential Candidate Forum on LGBTQ Issues – Chris Gardner (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/pose-star-angelica-ross-host-presidential-candidate-forum-lgbtq-issues-1240112

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Google, Facebook Should Pay For News They Use – Editorial (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. No one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. I do not want anyone to pay me because I do not want anyone to call my tunes. I do not put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out to “make money.” I put the emails together and send them out to promote religious, conservative, and Republican principles. Those who reject religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles work against me big time.) 
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/shoptalk-google-facebook-should-pay-for-news-they-use/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The good news is that somebody is once again making money from journalism. The bad news is that it’s not those who are doing the actual work of producing journalism; instead, it’s Google and Facebook, which have figured out how to “monetize” the publication of news. A recent report in a study for the News Media Alliance holds that Google made $4.7 billion from the work of news publishers in 2018 through advertising linked to its search engine results and its Google News page. Journalists ought to see some of that revenue, argues David Chavern, the president and chief executive of the alliance, which represents 2,000 U.S. newspapers. The tech companies “make money off the arrangement,” Chavern said in the New York Times, “and there needs to be a better outcome for news publishers.”)

LAW
— Google Hit With Another Age Discrimination Suit by Former Employee Who Claims He Was Called ‘Grandpa’ and ‘Old and Slow’ After a July settlement with 200 job seekers claiming the company didn’t hire them because of their age, Google faces a lawsuit from a 72-year-old former employee who said the tech giant’s investigation of alleged discrimination and retaliation was inadequate. – Alaina Lancaster (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that if they were the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, they could crank out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in far less time than it takes me. I would focus on a) those who have severe financial, physical, and/or mental health problems, b) those who serve as operatives or as dupes for my critics/opponents, and c) those who try to destroy those who they cannot manipulate or dominate.)
https://www.law.com/therecorder/2019/09/16/google-hit-with-another-age-discrimination-suit-by-former-employee-who-claims-he-was-called-grandpa-and-old-and-slow/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— OPM moving ahead with new instructions designed to more quickly fire, discipline employees – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, early retirement, etc. to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Constructively, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German national origin have no protections against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2019/09/opm-moving-ahead-with-new-instructions-designed-to-more-quickly-fire-discipline-employees/

September 16 Evening Edition

NBC5
— 12 Dead, At Least 19 Injured in Chicago Weekend Shootings
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/6-Dead-At-Least-10-Injured-in-Chicago-Weekend-Shootings523768745-560348631.html

CBS2
— Auto Workers Go On Strike At GM Factories Amid Contract Impasse
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/16/united-auto-workers-uaw-strike-general-motors-gm-factories/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake Forest inches toward banning recreational marijuana sales – DANIEL I. DORFMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-forest/ct-lfr-lake-forest-marijuana-plans-tl-0919-20190916-iil2zsyfkfcgpjtgawa5o45lja-story.html
— Ethics board levels $25K fine on political consultant recorded allegedly arranging Viagra, sexual services for disgraced former Chicago alderman – JUAN PEREZ JR. and JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-ethics-board-fines-political-consultant–20190916-r35vzgc4affmpigfyvx2ckpg7m-story.html
— Would you support an opioid addiction treatment center in your neighborhood? Drug crisis calls for real solutions. – Kristen McQueary (DIERSEN: Soon, the residents of Wheaton’s West District will first learn what newly-appointed Wheaton West District City Council Member Lynn Robbins’ current positions are concerning pot, Roosevelt Road rezoning, etc.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/kristen-mcqueary/ct-column-opioids-itasca-haymarket-mcqueary-20190916-ml6t4qvtvzfmph3qc65hn4leze-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters take their anger against Trump out on Kavanaugh. How strongly have the Trump-haters in your precinct taken their anger against Trump out on your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? It is called displaced aggression. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-brett-kavanaugh-supreme-court-20190916-t7472xtywzdb5ayocovzvqb6de-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Poker-faced regulators call on lawmakers to change gambling law to make Chicago casino a winning bet The Illinois Gaming Board passed a resolution recommending state lawmakers amend terms of a Chicago casino that a consultant previously said can’t get off the ground due to high taxes. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/16/20869219/chicago-casino-feasibility-study-resolution
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to abolish the Second Amendment.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/16/20869003/gun-violence-mass-shootings-nra-donald-trump-walmart-ammunition-el-paso-texas-open-carry-laws
— Political operative accused of plying Solis with Viagra, arranging massage parlor trips is slapped with $25K fine for unregistered lobbying The Chicago Board of Ethics levied the fine against Roberto Caldero, a veteran political operative with close ties to former U.S. Rep. Luis Gutierrez. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: No one pays me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor. Needless-to-say, I should sue anyone who hints/implies/argues/shouts that I engage in illegal unregistered lobbying.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/16/20869148/danny-solis-viagra-massage-parlor-ethics-board-fine-lobbying-alderman
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Sun-Times reported in January that the federal affidavit accuses Caldero of plying Solis with Viagra and arranging for the then-chairman of the City Council’s Zoning Committee to visit massage parlors, where he was allegedly serviced by a prostitute. Caldero was further accused of soliciting campaign donations from the Cacciatore family, which, among other businesses, owns Elgin Sweeping Services, a major street-sweeping company. At the time, Caldero was representing Elgin Sweeping in its efforts to obtain relief from a change in the city’s water billing practices that investigators indicated could have cost the company more than $1 million. Elgin Sweeping had a city contract to provide street sweeping services and at the time relied on filling its equipment at city fire hydrants. During several wiretapped conversations, Solis and Caldero made plans to exchange Viagra or visit massage parlors while also discussing how the alderman might help Elgin Sweeping reduce its water bill. In late 2014, Solis allegedly placed a series of calls and texts to Caldero asking if he had any of that “blue medicine,” meaning Viagra, according to the feds.)

DAILY HERALD
— Spence stresses experience as lawyer, judge in bid for Kane state’s attorney – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190916/spence-stresses-experience-as-lawyer-judge-in-bid-for-kane-states-attorney

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Did the Illinois Legislature bet too high on new casinos? New data suggests that outside of video poker, state gambling revenues are in a long-term funk. But money from new casinos is exactly what lawmakers are counting on. – GREG HINZ 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/did-illinois-legislature-bet-too-high-new-casinos
— GM’s strike impact: $50 million a day That’s an analyst’s estimate of the automaker’s losses now that United Auto Workers members walked off the job, leading the union’s first strike against General Motors in 12 years.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/manufacturing/gms-strike-impact-50-million-day

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Washington must stop undermining Midwest ethanol – Darin LaHood
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20190916/darin-lahood-washington-must-stop-undermining-midwest-ethanol

WGLT
— As Congress Looks To Red Flag Laws, Illinois Tries To Enforce Its Own – RYAN DENHAM (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a terrorist: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/congress-looks-red-flag-laws-illinois-tries-enforce-its-own#stream/0

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois businesses have just months to comply with new discrimination standards – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: From what I see, it is ever-increasingly easy to discriminate against employees because they are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-businesses-have-just-months-to-comply-with-new-discrimination/article_e93b8e7e-d66b-11e9-91a8-3bd2ffdc8f5e.html

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Kelly Makes It Official: He Running for the U.S. Senate
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Wilcox-McConchie Cary Fundraiser Teeming with Candidates Seeking Petition Signatures
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/16/wilcox-mcconchie-cary-fundraiser-teeming-with-candidates-seeking-petition-signatures/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Debate on Co-Ed Locker Rooms with Irrational Executive Director of Uptown People’s Law Center
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-debate-on-co-ed-locker-rooms-with-irrational-executive-director-of-uptown-peoples-law-center/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— INTERESTED IN RUNNING AS A TRUMP DELEGATE FROM ILLINOIS? START THE PROCESS NOW.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/interested-in-running-as-a-trump-delegate-act-now.html
— DISTRICT 211 BOARD TO DISCUSS “FULL, UNRESTRICTED” LOCKER ROOM ACCESS THURSDAY NIGHT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/d-211-group-warns-of-school-boards-expected-effort-to-end-sexual-segregation-in-locker-rooms.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/16/looking-on-the-bright-side-8/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Joe Walsh: ‘The Republican Party is a cult’ – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: What do the following say about your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain: a) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) the IRP officers, and d) the candidates for offices on the March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballot for your precinct?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/16/joe-walsh-republican-party-cult/
— Conservatives challenge Trump’s muted response on Hong Kong pro-democracy protesters – Guy Taylor (DIERSEN: When the following took adverse actions against me, there was a “muted response” from those who falsely claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican: GAO, IRS, Post Office, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/15/trump-pressured-support-hong-kong-protesters-conse/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— AOC blames US immigration crisis on climate change – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/aoc-blames-us-immigration-crisis-partly-on-climate-change
— Why states need to ditch mandatory ‘LGBT history’ education programs – Christian Watson 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-states-need-to-ditch-mandatory-lgbt-history-education-programs
— The crisis in the Border Patrol isn’t a mystery, and Democrats are to blame
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-crisis-in-the-border-patrol-isnt-a-mystery-and-democrats-are-to-blame

GOPUSA
— NY Times, Democrats use unsubstantiated accusation to call for impeachment of SC Justice Kavanaugh
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76065
— Liberal Media’s False Narrative That White Nationalism Is the New Terrorism (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that you are a terrorist: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76056
— How dangerous is this? New York schools first to have ‘red flag’ petition power on guns
http://www.gopusa.com/how-dangerous-is-this-ny-schools-first-to-have-red-flag-petition-power-on-guns/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Progressivism Wins It’s much better at building coalitions and seizing power than the Right is, and that’s by design, not by accident. – ALEXANDER WILLIAM SALTER (DIERSEN: Members of the Democrat coalition push booze, gambling, and pot. They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-progressivism-wins/

DAILY CALLER
— ICE Protesters Would Be Thanking Agents If They Studied The Issue, Former Chief Says – JASON HOPKINS (DIERSEN: What do you say to “Republicans” who hate a) past, present, and future federal employees and b) federal retirees? I was a federal employee for almost 30 years and I have been a federal retiree for almost 22 years.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/16/thomas-homan-anti-ice-protesters/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— When they say ‘we’ are going to take your Ar-15s…who is ‘we,’ exactly? – John Hawkins
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/09/16/when-they-say-we-are-going-to-take-your-ar-15s-who-is-we-exactly-826118

THE HILL
— Joe Walsh: GOP is a ‘cult’ and Trump a ‘would-be dictator’ – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: Trump-haters promote Weld, Walsh, and Sanford. Who will the Trump-haters vote for in the March 17, 2020 primary? Will they cast a Republican ballot and vote for Weld, Walsh, or Sanford or will they cast a Democrat ballot and vote for a Democrat candidate? In the 2016 Republican primary, 93 Trump-haters in my precinct voted for Kasich. In the 2016 general election, 211 Trump-haters in my precinct voted for Clinton. Will Trump-haters encourage Trump-haters to become Republican Precinct Committeemen?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461574-joe-walsh-gop-is-a-cult-and-trump-a-would-be-dictator
— Virginia county GOP censures lawmaker who officiated same-sex wedding – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/461647-gop-in-virginia-county-censures-lawmaker-who-officiated-same-sex-wedding

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Recruiting workers: How prevalent is ageism? – Jackie Crosby (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 when I was 31 years old because it could not find a qualified younger person, Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.) 
http://www.startribune.com/recruiting-workers-how-prevalent-is-ageism/560497952/
— Indiana lawmakers seek probe of ex-abortion doctor’s clinics
http://www.startribune.com/indiana-lawmakers-seek-probe-of-ex-abortion-doctor-s-clinics/560480752/

SEATTLE TIMES
— Ageism is real. Whatever you do, don’t internalize it. – Kathryn Crawford Saxer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois and b) who do the most to promote age discrimination in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. Then, I should write similar books about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, etc.) 
https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/whatever-you-do-dont-internalize-ageism/

NEWSWEEK
— ANTHONY SCARAMUCCI SAYS DONALD TRUMP ‘MOVED OUT EVERYBODY THAT COULD POTENTIALLY DISAGREE’ WITH PRESIDENT – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/anthony-scaramucci-donald-trump-moved-out-everybody-disagree-1459444

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries who take bad jobs in America. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I had were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2019/0916/Behind-that-chicken-dinner-immigrants-with-little-workplace-voice

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Research: How Employee Protections Affect Investment and Growth – John Bai, Douglas Fairhurst, and Matthew Serfling (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, early retirement, etc. to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Constructively, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German national origin have no protections against political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, or national origin discrimination.)
https://hbr.org/2019/09/research-how-employee-protections-affect-investment-and-growth

September 16 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD

— One person was stabbed during a suspected gang fight at Aurora’s Fiestas Patrias festival Sunday.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190916/one-stabbed-during-suspected-gang-fight-at-aurora-festival
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage board member Elizabeth Chaplin wants ballot question on abolishing recorder’s office – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Babette Holder-Youngberg and Ronald Almiron are running for this office.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190916/dupage-board-member-wants-ballot-question-on-abolishing-recorders-office

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-sean-spicer-neiu-protests-20190912-z3ialf73l5f7rlvevcspv2lxhy-story.html
— Disgraced former Ald. Daniel Solis collecting nearly $95K annual city pension, could keep receiving taxpayer-funded payments for life – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Who calls you disgraced? I should write a book about those who call me disgraced. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-daniel-solis-pension-city-hall-20190916-tuw4tb6d6bbo5p54p7aezq4ika-story.html
— ‘SNL’ deserves the Shane Gillis backlash. It’s been courting liberals for years – LORRAINE ALI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-snl-shane-gillis-backlash-comment-20190915-ot5rbusltraohlykhozemmqp4a-story.html

WTTW
— Obesity Rates Rising in Illinois, Across the Country – Kristen Thometz 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/12/report-obesity-rates-rising-illinois-across-country

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “RNC suppressing fellow party members.” 
https://qconline.com/opinion/letters/letter-rnc-suppressing-fellow-party-members/article_2c9ce5f9-20c3-5467-9acd-c7ba29b729f0.html
(FROM THE LETTER: The RNC will say that primaries were scrapped under Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (their favorite target). But, the major difference between these former presidents and the current occupier of the White House is, they had NO opponents! Trump has three.)

NOQ REPORT
— Democrats turn Mexican Independence Day celebration in Chicago into political statement against Trump – CQ Livingston
https://noqreport.com/2019/09/16/democrats-turn-mexican-independence-day-celebration-chicago-political-statement-trump/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lincoln Chafee and the Libertarian Party are sadly made for each other – Remso Martinez (DIERSEN: If you push pot, you are not a Republican, you are a Libertarian, Democrat, or Green.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/9/lincoln-chafee-and-libertarian-party-are-sadly-mad/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump defends Kavanaugh against ‘Radical Left Democrats’ and urges him to ‘start suing’ – Hunter Lovell (DIERSEN: Who does NOT defend you? The following do NOT defend me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defends-kavanaugh-against-radical-left-democrats-and-urges-him-to-start-suing

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Marriage in America Is a Luxury Analysis: Survey data capture major disparities in who gets to marry – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats discourage traditional marriage and b) RINOs fail/refuse to defend/promote traditional marriage.)
https://freebeacon.com/issues/marriage-in-america-is-a-luxury/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Republicans must stem the tide of illegal immigration or be obliterated – Joshua Foxworth (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage illegal immigration.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/republicans_must_stem_the_tide_of_illegal_immigration_or_be_obliterated.html
— Yes, Justice Kavanaugh should sue! – Silvio Canto, Jr. (DIERSEN: Generally, you do not sue a person if you cannot collect a judgment against that person. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. But they have their operatives and their dupes who have little or no money defame and slander me. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am fraudulently claiming to be a journalist and b) that I am illegally failing/refusing to register as a lobbyist. I should sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I fraudulently claim to be a journalist. They stress a) that I do not have a degree in journalism, b) that I am not paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, c) that I do not claim to be nonpartisan, d) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free, e) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no advertising, f) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no pictures, g) that I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and h) the times that activists, organizations (including the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party), companies (including Google, Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, Wheaton Leader, and Naperville Sun), governments (including Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois), candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. have treated me like a am not a journalist.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/yes_justice_kavanaugh_should_sue.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Identity Politics Kills Democracy A true politics unites disparate people under a single label: citizen. Not so for our current multiculturalism. – ADAM ELLWANGER (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are extremely divisive. They a) want minorities to put their race ahead of everything else, b) want women to put their gender ahead of everything else, c) want younger people to put their age ahead of everything else, d) want LGBTQers to put their LGBTQ status ahead everything else, f) want non-Protestants to put their religion ahead of everything else, g) Democrats to put their political affiliation ahead of everything else, h) non-German Americans to put their national origin ahead of everything else, and i) want veterans to put their military status ahead of everything else.) 
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-identity-politics-kills-democracy/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Local GOP Committee Strikes Back – Votes To Censure RINO Congressman
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31011-local-gop-committee-strikes-back-%E2%80%93-votes-censure-rino-congressman
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a motion read at the meeting, and reported by rappnews.com, there were “two main reasons” for the censure involving the freshman lawmaker, including “repeated votes for massive increases in the alphabet soup of visas for the importation of foreign workers (from low to high skilled) which reduce job opportunities for U.S. citizens and depress their wages across the board.)
— Mark Sanford run the epitome of a #NeverTrump fool’s errand – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31010-assault-america-day-257-mark-sanford-run-epitome-nevertrump-fool%E2%80%99s-errand

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Bankruptcy: Pain With Gain for Chicago – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/13/bankruptcy_pain_with_gain_for_chicago__141257.html
— CNN’s Aisha Moodie-Mills: Biden Is “A White Man Of A Certain Era,” Shows “Racial Paternalism” – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: How disenfranchised are the voters who share your demographics in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? If you are a Republican, how strongly do those who represent you defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, and Second Amendment planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? How strongly do they defend and advance the illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? How strongly do they defend and advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?) 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/15/cnns_aisha_moodie-mills_biden_is_a_white_man_of_a_certain_era_shows_racial_paternalism.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He served with segregationists who he revered. He comes from a school of thought frankly served with Moynihan who wrote a report that suggested that what is wrong with black people and black communities has everything to do with them. As opposed to the systemic challenges and frankly structural racism that has created the poverty and that has disenfranchised and suppressed black people since the beginning of time.)

EPOCH TIMES
— Gabbard Campaign Sues Google Over Suspending Ads, Suppressing Free Speech – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gabbard-campaign-sues-google-over-suspending-ads-suppressing-free-speech_3082839.html

LIBERTY NATION
— Jorge Ramos’ Race Baiting In The Houston Debate: A Win For Trump Univision anchor’s open-borders interrogation further defined the Dem field as full of lightweights. – Joe Schaeffer
https://www.libertynation.com/jorge-ramos-race-baiting-in-the-houston-debate-a-win-for-trump/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— What’s Next for the GOP on Immigration? – RAMESH PONNURU
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/09/30/whats-next-for-the-gop-on-immigration/

THE HILL
— Progressive tax-the-rich push gains momentum – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that anyone not on welfare is rich.) 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/461368-progressive-tax-the-rich-push-gains-momentum
— Why does Trump fear GOP voters? – JUAN WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: Who will the Trump-haters vote for in the March 17, 2020 primary? Will they cast a Republican ballot and vote for Weld, Walsh, or Sanford or will they cast a Democrat ballot and vote for a Democrat candidate?)

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/461504-juan-williams-why-does-trump-fear-gop-voters

ROLL CALL
— Joe Biden is old. Who cares? – Patricia Murphy (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/opinion/joe-biden-is-old-who-cares

CNN
— New Kavanaugh claims detonate in heat of 2020 election – Stephen Collinson
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/politics/brett-kavanaugh-donald-trump-supreme-court-democrats-2020-election/index.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Weld, Walsh, and Sanford
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/donald-trump-claimed-primaries-were-rigged-2016-now-he-s-ncna1054391

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Deborah Ramirez and her charges against Brett Kavanaugh.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/sunday-review/brett-kavanaugh-deborah-ramirez-yale.html
— Purdue Pharma Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Jan Hoffman and Mary Williams Walsh
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/health/purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-opioids-settlement.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities a) that Whites caused all their problems, b) that Whites are causing all their problems, and c) that Whites will forever cause all their problems. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/racism-hasnt-been-relegated-to-history-biden-says-on-anniversary-of-1963-church-bombing/2019/09/15/e8a5afaa-d49d-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html
— Nearly 50,000 General Motors employees go on strike after union talks break down – Deanna Paul and Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/15/nearly-general-motors-employees-plan-walk-off-job-after-union-talks-break-down/
— Purdue Pharma, drugmaker accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, files for bankruptcy – Christopher Rowland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/purdue-pharma-drugmaker-accused-of-fueling-the-opioid-epidemic-files-for-bankruptcy/2019/09/15/dbba6ec6-d7f3-11e9-a688-303693fb4b0b_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— The New York Times puts activism first – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2019/09/15/the-times-puts-activism-first-and-other-commentary/

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— Poor People’s Campaign will begin touring more than 20 states later this month to bring together residents of disenfranchised communities and help them register to vote. – MARTHA WAGGONER (DIERSEN: How disenfranchised are the voters who share your demographics in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? If you are a Republican, how strongly do those who represent you defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? How strongly do they defend and advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?) 
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sns-bc-us–poor-peoples-campaign-20190909-story.html

PALM BEACH POST
— Arguments over electability are an annoying diversion – Leonard Pitts (DIERSEN: Are you electable? Ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act like they are taking the advice of political consultants who say that the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/20190915/leonard-pitts-arguments-over-electability-are-annoying-diversion

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— JULY 24, 2012 FLASHBACK: Utah political ‘reporter’ Aaron Browning wears more than one hat – Paul Rolly (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents defame and slander me as being a clone of Browning. But unlike Browning, I fully disclose everything about me.) 
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=54542787&itype=CMSID

MANCHESTER INK LINK
— City Primary Voters’ Guide: Alderman At-Large – Laura Aronson (DIERSEN: How much do you know about those who represent you on your city council? What do those who represent you on your city council think of you?)
https://manchesterinklink.com/city-primary-voters-guide-alderman-at-large/

MONDAQ
— Combatting Generational Stereotypes In A Multigenerational Workforce – Scott Fanning (DIERSEN: To help them get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40, my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.) 
http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/845400/Discrimination+Disability+Sexual+Harassment/Combatting+Generational+Stereotypes+In+A+Multigenerational+Workforce

THRIVE GLOBAL
— 5 Proven Methods to Reduce Stress and Improve Your Quality of Life   Not only can stress have a huge impact on your quality of life and sense of well-being, unmanaged stress can cause a whole variety of physical ailments as well. Read on to learn 5 ways to manage your stress effectively. – Jerica Glasper
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/5-proven-methods-to-reduce-stress-and-improve-your-quality-of-life/

— These 8 Tips Will Help You Avoid Burnout   Committed people who are too involved in their work are the ones who get affected by workout and it is bad news as this may cause irritation, exhaustion, lack of focus and decreased productivity. Burnouts typically affect the way you eat and sleep and also your relationships hence we have listed here a few tips […] – Nataliya
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/these-8-tips-will-help-you-avoid-burnout/