October 25 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago police, US Secret Service gear up for President Trump’s Monday visit – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-police-us-secret-service-gear-up-for-president-trumps-monday-visit/5647651/
— Chicago Strike: CPS, CTU tout ‘good progress’ in negotiations as teachers strike continues for 9th day
https://abc7chicago.com/education/chicago-teachers-take-to-streets-on-9th-day-of-strike/5646161/

CBS2
— How Much Will President Trump’s Chicago Appearance Cost Taxpayers? – Dana Kozlov
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/10/25/trump-chicago-appearance-cost/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Bill in Massachusetts could result in a fine for those who use the “b-word”
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/bill-in-massachusetts-could-result-in-a-fine-for-those-who-use-the-b-word

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— State lawmakers return for veto session under cloud as Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot faces major test of her sway in Springfield – DAN PETRELLA, GREGORY PRATT and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-budget-veto-session-preview-lori-lightfoot-20191026-6vaulvpoqngsbmrj2h4gn3jnqy-story.html
— Donald Trump is coming to Chicago on Monday for his first visit to the city as president. Protesters are ready. – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-president-donald-trump-chicago-visit-20191025-btm5umesinhyjby6jvjumhq2pe-story.html
— Chicagoans should expect some traffic hassles during Trump visit – MARY WISNIEWSKI and RYAN ORI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-trump-visit-street-closures-police-20191025-aavvqmm3aja4niger4skfhgnxe-story.html
— Facebook launches news service featuring curated stories from Chicago Tribune and 200 other news outlets – ROBERT CHANNICK (DIERSEN: I do not seek nor would I accept any kind of payment to include or to not include any link to any article in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-facebook-news-service-chicago-tribune-20191025-u3hkx7j7wvbrhmkmheznujv65i-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An effort to combat so-called fake news and provide support for legitimate journalism, the new service will present local and national daily news stories from a wide range of publishers. Instead of relying exclusively on algorithms, the stories will be selected by a team of journalists hired by Facebook, the company said. Other media outlets providing content to Facebook News include The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, BuzzFeed News, the Los Angeles Times and ABC News. Facebook will pay licensing fees to some of the media organizations, including Chicago-based Tribune Publishing, which owns the Chicago Tribune and New York Daily News, along with other papers.)
— Bottles hurled at protesters in downtown Naperville – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: Those who threw the bottles had to know that their actions would help the protestors.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-protest-bottles-thrown-st-1025-20191024-3yk3mn6x2ffo3orr2dosnaxawq-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to Naperville police reports, an officer was called to the 400 S. Eagle St. parking garage about 7:15 p.m. Oct. 18. Cmdr. Mike Son said the responding officer was told a bottle of liquid was thrown from a white Lexus sedan at the four protesters near Jackson and Webster about 6:50 p.m. The vehicle then returned several minutes later, Son said, and someone in the car threw another plastic bottle at the group. This time a sticky liquid landed on two people, he said.)
— Why a teachers strike is bad for Chicago – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-lori-lightfoot-teachers-strike-9-20191025-mfa4gedtqzfkni4kfngvmqxcca-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Our top three priorities for the Legislature this fall A graduated real estate transfer tax for Chicago, new Chicago casino rules and the consolidation of suburban and downstate police and fire pension systems should top the agenda. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/25/20932452/veto-session-illinois-chicago-pension-consolitation-casino-real-estate-transfer-tax
— Pritzker making all the right moves against public corruption — except one The governor should not campaign for his fair-tax proposal on state time, despite the blessings of his highly capable lawyers. – Rich Miller 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/25/20932889/suntimes-columnists-rich-miller-gov-pritzker-martin-sandoval-corruption
— Road map to riches — or ruin? Take a spin through our map to survey the state’s current gambling scene and where it’s expected to grow. You’ll also find out which Illinois casino inspired a Wilco song and which one was a favorite of a particularly corrupt suburban politician. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/25/20932338/illinois-casino-map-riches-ruin-pritzker-gambling-bill
— Panel ban: Pritzker bars state officials from City Club events after federal raid Gov. J.B. Pritzker wants his agency heads to avoid the civic group that drew scrutiny from federal investigators earlier this year as part of a sweeping government corruption probe. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/25/20932444/pritzker-city-club-chicago-federal-investigation

DAILY HERALD
— Most political tweets you see are from a small group of users – Marie C. Baca (DIERSEN: Please encourage others to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They have gone out since 2000. Since 2004, they have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, they have included links to almost 348,900 articles, and information on many upcoming events.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191025/most-political-tweets-you-see-are-from-a-small-group-of-users
— Facebook launches a news section – and will pay publishers – AP (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20191025/news/310259977/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker freezes out City Club After a federal raid on the offices of the prominent public affairs group and its president, the governor directs state agencies not to participate in panels there—even though the City Club says it’s not a target of an investigation. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-freezes-out-city-club
— Women employees don’t see much change post-#MeToo Both men and women surveyed in a new report think more needs to be done. – SARAH ZIMMERMAN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/woman/women-employees-dont-see-much-change-post-metoo

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Companies interested in opening Rockford marijuana dispensaries – Jeff Kolkey 
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20191025/companies-interested-in-opening-rockford-marijuana-dispensaries

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://qctimes.com/news/local/erie-native-who-is-a-marijuana-consultant-hosts-local-workshops/article_42d0440f-00cd-577f-93f9-436ccca8eb55.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— As President Trump Tweets And Deletes, The Historical Record Takes Shape – RACHEL TREISMAN (DIERSEN: How often do you get emails from the following and what information do those emails contain: Illinois Republican Party, your Republican township, ward, and/or county party organizations, and your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain?) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/president-trump-tweets-and-deletes-historical-record-takes-shape#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis the Fragile Frontrunner, Part 1: Electability (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, I am not electable because I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, Republican, White, male, old (born in 1948), gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, federal retiree, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.) 
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/25/il-14-jim-oberweis-the-fragile-frontrunner-part-1-electability/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CLUB FOR GROWTH GOES AFTER LAUREN UNDERWOOD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/club-growth-goes-for-lauren-underwood.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Woke is a Joke – Everett Piper (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not do as much charity work as they do. They promote socialism, class warfare, redistribution of wealth, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things. They never promote individual responsibility.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/13/millennials-should-practice-what-they-preach/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Beto drags Democrats even further left – Grant Addison
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cover-feat-beto-orourke-drags-democrats-even-further-left
— Fetal remains found in Illinois home of abortion doctor to receive ‘proper burial’ – Madison Dibble
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fetal-remains-found-in-illinois-home-of-abortion-doctor-to-receive-proper-burial

BREITBART
— Data: 80 Percent of Illegals Freed by Sanctuary Cities Commit More Crimes – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/25/data-80-percent-illegals-freed-sanctuary-cities-commit-more-crimes/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Senate GOP Needs A Spine Transplant
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31274

DAILY CALLER
— Joe Biden Says Trump Protects White Supremacists. The Record Tells A Different Story – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/25/joe-biden-donald-trump-white-supremacists-record/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Will Senate Republicans Swallow Democrats’ Abortion, LGBT ‘Poison Pills’? – Andrea Jones 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/24/will-senate-republicans-swallow-democrats-abortion-lgbt-poison-pills/

PJ MEDIA
— Poll: Majority of Americans Want Increased Restrictions on Free Speech – MATT MARGOLIS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want increased restrictions on free speech. Because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman in Milton Township and DuPage County, they want those who lead the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party to restrict me and to restrict my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Previously, they wanted those who led TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter to restrict me and to restrict my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/poll-majority-of-americans-want-increased-restrictions-on-free-speech/
— Kathy Griffin Thinks Old White Men Are Conspiring to Ruin Her Career – JIM TREACHER (DIERSEN: Because so many years have passed, I would not be surprised at all if my Democrat superiors in the federal government would not only admit, but crow and brag about the adverse actions that they took against me to retaliate against me because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/kathy-griffin-thinks-old-white-men-are-conspiring-to-ruin-her-career/

HUMAN EVENTS
— Mexico is at War; America Needs A Wall. A drug cartel defeated the Mexican Military in open battle. That’s a national emergency. – Steve Cortes
https://humanevents.com/2019/10/25/mexico-is-at-war-america-needs-a-wall/

ANN COULTER
— We, too, can be a failed Latin American state
http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/catoosa_walker_news/opinion/columns/ann-coulter-we-too-can-be-a-failed-latin-american/article_2ef6de84-f730-11e9-9358-73560a88b4af.html

COLLEGE FIX
— Teachers union instructs members how to push identity politics on students – ALEXANDER PEASE 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/teachers-union-instructs-members-how-to-push-identity-politics-on-students/

THE HILL
— Clarence Thomas: There’s a ‘different sets of rules’ for criticizing me because I’m conservative – RACHEL FRAZIN 
https://thehill.com/regulation/court-battles/467265-clarence-thomas-theres-different-sets-of-rules-for-criticizing-me
— Most oppose reparations for slavery: poll – RACHEL FRAZIN (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/467451-most-oppose-reparations-for-slavery-poll
— 2019 deficit nears $1 trillion, highest since 2012: Treasury – NIV ELIS
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/467488-2019-deficit-nears-1-trillion-highest-since-2012-treasury

NBC NEWS
— Doctors show how vaping THC damages lungs, as illnesses rise nationwide The CDC now reports more than 1,600 cases of vaping-related lung injuries nationwide. – Erika Edwards
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/vaping/doctors-show-how-vaping-thc-attacks-lungs-illnesses-rise-nationwide-n1071161

WASHINGTON POST
— The U.S. deficit hit $984 billion in 2019, soaring during Trump era Spending increases, tax cuts, and political apathy fueled surge, and interest payments now near $400 billion – Heather Long and Jeff Stein 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/25/us-deficit-hit-billion-marking-nearly-percent-increase-during-trump-era/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Tech Workers and Asians Against Racial Preferences Washington state unions try to reverse a 1998 ballot measure and bring back affirmative action. – John Carlson (DIERSEN: To get votes from the following, Democrat promise to give preference to the following: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-workers-and-asians-against-racial-preferences-11572040678
— This Impeachment Subverts the Constitution It’s nakedly political and procedurally defective, and so far there’s no public evidence of high crimes. – David B. Rivkin Jr. and Elizabeth Price Foley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/this-impeachment-subverts-the-constitution-11572040762

BUSINESS TIMES
— US Republicans introduce measure knocking Trump impeachment effort
https://www.businesstimes.com.sg/government-economy/us-republicans-introduce-measure-knocking-trump-impeachment-effort

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— OUTSTANDING: Two Republican senators want to require Florida employers to use the E-Verify system to check the immigration status of new workers
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/politics/os-ne-e-verify-florida-bill-20191025-tmedjl3bczaybarek3q4jm3ghe-story.html

MASS LIVE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: State lawmakers, cannabis industry leaders unveil ‘jail-to-jobs’ program to bolster communities harmed by drug policies
https://www.masslive.com/marijuana/2019/10/state-lawmakers-cannabis-industry-leaders-unveil-jail-to-jobs-program-to-bolster-communities-harmed-by-drug-policies.html

DETROIT NEWS
— Who’s headed to Detroit for Forbes Under 30 Summit – Sarah Rahal
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/detroit-city/2019/10/25/detroit-forbes-under-30-summit/4088047002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Monday The Under 30 Presidential Debate 10 a.m. The Republicans Seeking to Oust Trump” is the first presidential debate hosted by Forbes that brings together three candidates running against President Donald Trump in the GOP primary — former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford, former Rep. Joe Walsh, and former Massachusetts Gov. Bill Weld. The one-hour debate will question the candidates on Trump’s policies, the future of the two-party system and America.)

FORBES
— Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit to Feature Republican Presidential Candidate Debate (DIERSEN: What did you accomplish by the time you were 30? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree (NIU-management) when I was 21 in 1970 and a job-related master degree when I was 27 (Loyola-business). In today’s dollars, I earned $46,554/year when I was 22, $56,945/year when I was 23, $68,897/year when I was 24, and$82,579/year when I was 29. I bought new cars when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, 25, and 29 (2). I bought a new town home when I was 24, a studio condo when I was 25, and a one bedroom condo when I was 27. I got married when I was 29. We bought a home in Wheaton when I was 29 and we had a new home built in Wheaton when I was 35. I earned a) a second job-related master’s degree when I was 31 (DePaul-accounting), b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30 (accounting) and 32 (internal auditing), and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32 (accounting). I earned $93,592/year when I was 30 and $96,345/year when I was 35.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbespr/2019/10/25/forbes-under-30-summit-in-detroit-to-feature-republican-presidential-candidate-debate/#2ab5838839bc

NAVY TIMES
— The people Priebus beat out to become an ensign – Geoff Ziezulewicz (DIERSEN: GAO would not have offered me a job 1980 when I was 31 years old if I had not a) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592, b) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, d) almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. GAO audits IRS, and if e) what I had done for IRS was not in many ways similar to what would be doing for GAO.)
https://www.navytimes.com/news/your-navy/2019/10/25/the-people-priebus-beat-out-to-become-an-ensign/

September 25 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Lawmakers square off after President Trump’s Ukraine call transcript released, Illinois politicians weigh in – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-politicians-weigh-in-after-president-trumps-ukraine-call-transcript-released/5568750/
— Gun violence rally draws hundreds of Chicagoans to US Capitol – Jesse R Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dc-gun-violence-rally-draws-hundreds-of-chicagoans/5567803/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Washington plunges into Trump impeachment probe
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/washington-plunges-into-trump-impeachment-probe

WGN TV
— Chicago groups travel to DC for national anti-violence rally – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/09/25/chicago-groups-travel-to-dc-for-national-anti-violence-rally/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who are the Republicans challenging Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries? (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates for a) Trump v. Walsh v. Weld v. Sanford; b) Curran v. Hubbard v. Marshall v. Tarter v. Kelly; c) Sanguinetti v. Ives v. Kinzler; d) Almiron v. Holder; e) O’Toole v. Veenstra; f) etc.  Walsh, Sanguinetti, and Ives have spoken at TAPROOT events.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-nw-trump-republican-primary-challengers-20190925-bqtxbktzdvexbmfjdyzvziwhyu-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cresco Labs has won permission to move its medical marijuana dispensary into the John Barleycorn building near Wrigley Field – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-medmar-lakeview-move-to-wrigleyville-20190925-5tj5hvv4unaktgzr5lssc4ftjq-story.html
— Get ready for a nasty fight. Impeachment is a battle Donald Trump can’t afford to lose. – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-donald-trump-impeachment-supporters-20190925-qddm4os3trb5xjlsbrdonsgska-story.html
— No surprise — response to impeachment inquiry from local Congressmen and their political opponents falls along party lines – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-impeachment-inquiry-reaction-st-0927-20190925-pwhvfxfmdvaibhnroirvgnxug4-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: US House passes bill giving pot businesses access to banking – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–marijuana-banking-20190925-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DuPage to discuss repealing video gambling ban – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190925/dupage-to-discuss-repealing-video-gambling-ban
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Kane County may implement lower pot sales tax to attract more businesses – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190925/kane-county-may-implement-lower-pot-sales-tax-to-attract-more-businesses

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Members of Congress from Illinois react to impeachment inquiry
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190924/members-of-congress-from-illinois-react-to-impeachment-inquiry

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No matter the opponent, politics is a contact sport – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-no-matter-the-opponent-politics-is-a-contact/article_53a11210-99ec-5c35-b3b1-34a75fae7624.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois pot offenders hope to clear their records – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Your disrespecting the rule of law in the past predicts that you will disrespect the rule of law in the future.)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190925/illinois-pot-offenders-hope-to-clear-their-records

NPR ILLINOIS
— Is Politics Stressing You Out? – RHITU CHATTERJEE (DIERSEN: Sadly, putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out is extremely stressful. Sadly, I fully acknowledge that reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS can be extremely stressful.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/politics-stressing-you-out-heres-how-keep-caring-without-losing-your-cool#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The political headlines have been relentless lately. Calls for impeaching the President. Debates over health care, immigration and gun control. Fights over who tweeted what. Discussions of these issues can quickly get heated and toxic. They can affect relationships and even your health, according to a study published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE. It seems that Americans “are suffering some pretty negative consequences because of their attention to and engagement in politics,” says author Kevin Smith, a political scientist at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, discussing the survey results. . .Nearly 40% of respondents said that politics was a cause of stress in their lives. About 20% reported losing sleep, feeling fatigued, or being depressed due to politics. Between 10% and 30% of the respondents said that politics took an emotional toll on them, by causing anger, frustration, hate,or guilt, or caused them to make comments they later regretted. And about 20% reported that politics had damaged their friendships. And, says Smith, “16% say that politics has made my home life less pleasant.” . . . In 2017, the APA annual survey on stress levels of Americans found that 57% of respondents said that they were stressed by the current political climate, whereas 63% said that the future of the nation was a cause of stress for them. Sixty percent said they thought that the country was its lowest point in history. And over half of the respondents said that while they like to stay informed about news and politics, doing so stresses them out. . .For now, Bufka says, the new study suggests that political engagement comes at an emotional cost. And that in turn could affect politics. “In a democracy, it’s really important that people want to be engaged,” she says. “It would be really discouraging if people felt [so] stressed and negatively impacted by the political discourse of the day, that … they disengage from politics.”)

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Illinois politicians favor impeachment proceedings – Samantha Handler
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/09/24/city/illinois-politicians-favor-impeachment-proceedings/

CHICAGO PATCH
— Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What Could Be Next? A Local Expert Weighs In “I’m directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry,” Pelosi said.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/trump-impeachment-inquiry-what-could-be-next-local-expert-weighs

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Breaking Down DuPage County’s 2020 Budget
https://www.nctv17.com/news/breaking-down-dupage-countys-2020-budget/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Anthony Catella Files with FEC; DCCC, Daily Kos Use McHenry County Blog
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/25/il-14-anthony-catella-files-with-fec-dccc-daily-kos-use-mchenry-county-blog/ 
— IL-06: Congressman Sean Casten’s Impeachment Town Hall in Downers Grove
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/25/il-06-congressman-sean-castens-impeachment-town-hall-in-downers-grove/ 
— Message of the Day – A Bumper Sticker: Impeach Underwood
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/25/message-of-the-day-a-bumper-sticker-41/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Sanguinetti resurrects ‘ludicrous’ Ives/Madigan connection from Rauner days – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513843778-sanguinetti-resurrects-ludicrous-ives-madigan-connection-from-rauner-days
— Ives Response to Democrat Impeachment Inquiry
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513846787-ives-response-to-democrat-impeachment-inquiry

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/25/question-of-the-day-2951/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The death of American citizenship What happens when the undocumented are legally indistinguishable from American citizens – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/25/the-death-of-american-citizenship/

GOPUSA
— How do other countries handle illegal aliens? With prison, labor camps, caning
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76541

DAILY CALLER
— Drone Airdrops Marijuana And A Cellphone Into Illinois Jail Yard – KYLE HOOTEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/25/drone-drops-drugs-cellphone-jailyard/

FEDERALIST
— New Poll: 64 Percent Of Democrats Now Support Socialism – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/25/new-poll-64-percent-of-democrats-now-support-socialism/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Gabbard Distances Herself From Other 2020 Dems, Says Impeachment ‘Would Be Terribly Divisive’ – Madison Summers (DIERSEN: How will impeachment impact the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?) 
https://ijr.com/gabbard-distances-other-2020-dems-impeachment/
— Two of Trump’s Republican Challengers Support Impeachment Effort – Reuters
https://ijr.com/trumps-republican-challengers-support-impeachment-effort/

THE HILL
— MSNBC cuts from Trump speech: ‘We hate to do this, but the president isn’t telling the truth’ – REBECCA KLAR 
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/463084-msnbc-cuts-from-trump-speech-we-hate-to-do-this-but-the-president-isnt-telling

REUTERS
— EEOC: Facebook job ads from Capital One, others may have violated age bias law – Daniel Wiessner (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, not only do employers not want older workers, they do not want workers who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-jobads/facebook-job-ads-from-capital-one-others-may-have-violated-age-bias-law-eeoc-idUSL2N26G1XO
— Rights advocates call Trump’s pledge to decriminalize gay sex ‘a lie’ – Rachel Savage (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ advocates force all individuals, all organizations, all companies, governments, and all countries to promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.reuters.com/article/united-nations-lgbt-usa/rallights-advocates-call-trumps-pledge-to-decriminalize-gay-sex-a-lie-idUSL5N26G5ZK

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal agents are enforcing E-Verify against employees — but not businesses – Editorial
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/federal-agents-are-enforcing-e-verify-against-employees–but-not-businesses/2019/09/25/8b1ba7c6-dbf6-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump defends nationalism, American sovereignty in rousing UN speech – Bob Fredericks, Mark Moore and Nolan Hicks
https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/trump-defends-nationalism-american-sovereignty-in-rousing-un-speech/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York City Employers Who Say ‘Go Back to Your Country’ Could Face Fines New guidelines specify what threats against undocumented immigrants violate law – Tyler Blint-Welsh (DIERSEN: Who wants you to go back to your hometown? Those in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn who want me to go back to my hometown of Crete a) promote LGBTQ activity, b) promote abortion, c) promote mass/illegal immigration, d) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, e) promote patronage, f) promote political affiliation discrimination, g) promote reverse discrimination, h) promote age discrimination, and i) promote even worse things. 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.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-employers-who-say-go-back-to-your-country-could-face-fines-11569438201
— Impeachment Move Focuses House’s Trump Probes Launch of official inquiry gives Democrats’ existing investigations a place to funnel their work – Siobhan Hughes and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-move-focuses-houses-trump-probes-11569442177

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM sets deadline for agencies to streamline employee dismissal – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who are the most overjoyed that my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, my Democrat GAO superiors gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.) 
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2019/09/25/opm-sets-deadline-for-agencies-to-streamline-employee-dismissal/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— NTEU says bar set too high in proving age discrimination – Eric White
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/09/nteu-says-bar-set-too-high-in-proving-age-discrimination/
— OPM tells agencies to review, streamline performance management, disciplinary policies – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. Their personnel policies are designed to help them get rid of their employees a) who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2019/09/opm-tells-agencies-to-review-streamline-performance-management-disciplinary-policies/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— How to Recruit the Next Generation of Feds: Better Pay, Benefits – ERICH WAGNER (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/09/how-recruit-next-generation-feds-better-pay-benefits/160151/

GUARDIAN
— Republican 2020 debate: a two-man battle for who hates Trump most Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh and former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld tried to outdo each other with slams of Trump – Adam Gabbatt (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates for a) Trump v. Walsh v. Weld v. Sanford; b) Curran v. Hubbard v. Marshall v. Tarter v. Kelly; Sanguinetti v. Ives v. Kinzler; d) Almiron v. Holder; e) O’Toole v. Veenstra; f) etc.  Walsh, Sanguinetti, and Ives have spoken at TAPROOT events.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/25/republican-2020-debate-joe-walsh-bill-weld-two-man-battle-for-who-hates-trump-most

September 13 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Hundreds of demonstrators gather during Sean Spicer speech at Northeastern Illinois University; man ‘detained by security’ after jumping onto stage – MARIE FAZIO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-sean-spicer-protest-20190913-5clioz4tjjddbisocubi33r35i-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: If flavors are banned, vape shop owners warn they’d have to close — and e-cig users would go back to regular cigarettes – Lisa Schencker
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-vaping-shops-illnesses-20190913-xos5bbr72zhiblncdmyklb5fx4-story.html
— US officials revise vaping illness count to 380 in 36 states – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us-med–vaping-lung-damage-20190912-story.html
— ‘What more important issue is there for Chicago than gun violence?’ asks local CEO, one of 150 urging Congress to act – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-ceo-gun-violence-congress-letter-20190912-76xxifxohjbcpoky6rgqec7xgm-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Committee goal: Motivate Naperville residents to complete 2020 census so city gets every tax dollar it can, officials say – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-census-count-organizations-prepare-st-20190912-gjc2h5luo5axlapufgucmnmuou-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— FBI files shed light on nearly a century of threats to Chicago politicians — and an alderman suspected of being a secret communist  The ire that’s been directed over the years at political figures in Illinois often has been about race, patriotism and gun control, according to a new Sun-Times database compiled from FBI reports. – Robert Herguth (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have threatened me.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/13/20842056/fbi-files-illinois-politics-database-chicago-alderman-threats
— A cautionary tale for undocumented immigrants: You can make no mistakes A traffic stop can be enough to set in motion deportation. – Marlen Garcia (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, mistakes that I have made include: my not glorifying and praising them, my not pandering to them, my not serving as one of their operatives or dupes, my not giving them money, and/or my suing them.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/12/20862784/undocumented-immigrants-cicero-cristian-avalos-merino-deportations-asylum

DAILY HERALD
— Video gambling regrets? Long Grove officials raise concerns after granting sixth license – Bob Susnjara (DIERSEN: Allowing video gambling in their municipality or in the unincorporated parts of their county is one more reason for religious voters, conservative voters, and Republican voters to leave Illinois.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190913/video-gambling-regrets-long-grove-officials-raise-concerns-after-granting-sixth-license
— Constitution change is best hope for state’s ‘solvable’ pension crisis – Brett Rowland
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190913/constitution-change-is-best-hope-for-states-solvable-pension-crisis
— Why do apartments bring schools more students than expected? Dist. 204 wants to know – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190912/why-do-apartments-bring-schools-more-students-than-expected-dist-204-wants-to-know

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Illinois Towns Down to Wire on Weed Decisions – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Allowing recreational pot to be sold in their municipality or in the unincorporated parts of their county is one more reason for religious voters, conservative voters, and Republican voters to leave Illinois.)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=290697#.XXt7A5h_OM8

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Canton’s marijuana dispensary plans to start selling at 7 a.m. New Year’s Day – Hannah Schrodt (DIERSEN: Allowing recreational pot to be sold in their municipality or in the unincorporated parts of their county is one more reason for religious voters, conservative voters, and Republican voters to leave Illinois.)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190912/cantons-marijuana-dispensary-plans-to-start-selling-at-7-am-new-years-day

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Local dispensary eyes East Side for second pot shop – Brenden Moore (DIERSEN: Allowing recreational pot to be sold in their municipality or in the unincorporated parts of their county is one more reason for religious voters, conservative voters, and Republican voters to leave Illinois.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190912/local-dispensary-eyes-east-side-for-second-pot-shop

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump vows to protect 2nd Amendment after gun briefing – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-vows-to-protect-2nd-amendment-after-gun-briefing

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democratic Debate Exposes Deep Divides Among Candidates Over Health Care – DANIELLE KURTZLEBEN 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/democratic-debate-exposes-deep-divides-among-candidates-over-health-care#stream/0
— O’Rourke Promises To ‘Take Your AR-15,’ But Americans Are Split On Buybacks – BRANDON CARTER
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/orourke-promises-take-your-ar-15-americans-are-split-buybacks#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, they will get rid of you.
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/digital-originals/illinois-officials-conducting-survey-on-crimes-against-lgbtq-community/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Kendall County Board votes down ordinance barring marijuana businesses – KATIE FINLON (DIERSEN: Allowing recreational pot to be sold in their municipality or in the unincorporated parts of their county is one more reason for religious voters, conservative voters, and Republican voters to leave Illinois.) 
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2019/09/13/kendall-county-board-votes-down-ordinance-barring-marijuana-businesses/aplv11s/

PLAINFIELD PATCH
— Will Co. Young Republicans Plan Walmart Open-Carry Protest The group plans to protest Walmart’s new policy banning open carry and decision to restrict ammunition sales. – Joe Ward 
https://patch.com/illinois/plainfield/will-co-young-republicans-plan-walmart-open-carry-protest

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— The Last Time Illinois Was a Battleground State You didn’t see Hillary Clinton in Daley Plaze ahead of Election Day 2016, and you won’t see next year’s nominee there either. But that wasn’t always the case. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/September-2019/The-Last-Time-Illinois-Was-a-Battleground-State/

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Reparations Resolution To Go Before City Council Next Week: ‘It’s Time’ A coalition of local officials and activists are ready to bring the case for reparations to Chicago. – Jamie Nesbitt 
https://blockclubchicago.org/2019/09/13/reparations-resolution-to-go-before-city-council-next-week-its-time/

PROPUBLICA ILLINOIS
— As Students From China Flock to University of Illinois, Lawsuit Alleges Ex-Professor Targeted Female Chinese Students The allegations came at a time when the flagship campus at Urbana-Champaign was enrolling more Chinese undergraduates during some years than any university in the U.S. – Jodi S. Cohen
https://www.propublica.org/article/as-students-from-china-flock-to-university-of-illinois-lawsuit-alleges-ex-professor-targeted-female-chinese-students

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois vies with Florida for most city housing markets “turning ugly” – Wirepoints Original – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/report-illinois-vies-with-florida-for-most-city-housing-markets-turning-ugly/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Largest Illinois High School District Opposes Single Sex Locker Rooms
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-largest-illinois-high-school-district-opposes-single-sex-locker-rooms/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Warren endorses broad pathway for illegal immigrants – S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin (DIERSEN: To come America illegally and/or to stay in America illegally demonstrates gross disrespect of America and gross disrespect for the rule of law.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/12/elizabeth-warren-endorses-broad-pathway-illegal-im/
— Jorge Ramos opens Democratic debate with message to Hispanics: ‘Our country too’ – S.A. Miller and Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/12/jorge-ramos-opens-democratic-debate-message-hispan/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Many of us Hispanics will vote again for President Trump. We want legal immigration, immigrants who integrate and assimilate into American society, we don’t want the Balkanization of every city across America. Illegals don’t integrate, they create little enclaves that are drug and crime infested HellHoles as we have here in Chicago. Thats why we Americans of Hispanic descent support President Trump. Build that Wall And Build it Tall! Tired of all these illegals coming here and continuing their criminality on a daily basis. Never vote Democrat unless you want communities festering with ongoing crime sprees like we have in here in Chicago and ignored by the Kleptocratic Democrat party.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Mitt Romney says he is ‘not planning’ to endorse Trump for 2020 elections – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mitt-romney-says-he-is-not-planning-to-endorse-trump-for-2020-elections

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Pompeo Urges Hollywood to Reject Chinese Censorship Secretary of state wants film industry to tell the truth about China – Bill Gertz
https://freebeacon.com/national-security/pompeo-urges-hollywood-to-reject-chinese-censorship/

BREITBART
— Beto O’Rourke Falsely Claims Border Wall Kills ‘1000s’ of Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/12/fact-check-beto-orourke-falsely-claims-border-wall-kills-1000s-of-illegal-aliens/
— Elizabeth Warren Wants Citizenship for Illegals Who ‘Work in the Fields’ – John Binder (DIERSEN: What bad jobs have you had? According to my critics/opponents, 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.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/12/elizabeth-warren-citizenship-illegals-work-fields/

BLAZE
— Agitated Nancy Pelosi responds angrily to reporters before storming off briefing – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have responded to me since 2000.) 
https://www.theblaze.com/news/pelosi-angrily-shuts-down-briefing

DAILY CALLER
— Michelle Malkin Prepares Protest Rally Against ‘Sanctuary’ Montgomery County – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/13/malkin-montgomery-illegal-immigration/
— Joe Biden Roars Into Vicious Third Debate – PETER HASSON
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/13/joe-biden-democratic-debate/

NEWSMAX
— RNC Rips Dem Presidential Hopefuls – Jeffrey Rodack 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/rnc-democrats-candidates-debates/2019/09/13/id/932540/

CNS NEWS
— O’Rourke: USA Should Date Its Creation to 1619 When First Slaves Came, Not to 1776 (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats promote hatred of you. How soon will Democrats force everyone in America wear badges that show the year that their ancestors immigrated?) 
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/orourke-usa-should-date-its-creation-1619-when-first-slaves-came-not-1776

PJ MEDIA
— Fascist Fangs Come Out at Dem Debate – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/trending/the-morning-briefing-fascist-fangs-come-out-at-dem-debate/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Last Night’s Debate Was Both Comically Bad and Painfully Annoying – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/why-last-nights-debate-was-both-comically-bad-and-painfully-annoying/

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Clueless Democrats continue the fight for power over America – Jacquie Kubin 
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/clueless-democrats-continue-fight-power-over-america-122728/

NOQ REPORTS
— Two presidential candidates attended conference conducted by gay- and Jew-hating Islamists – Chastity Mansfield 
https://noqreport.com/2019/09/13/two-presidential-candidates-attended-conference-conducted-gay-jew-hating-islamists/

EPOCH TIMES
— Trump Urges House Republicans to ‘Fight Like Hell’ for 2020 – EMEL AKAN
https://www.theepochtimes.com/trump-urges-house-republicans-to-fight-like-hell-for-2020_3080032.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Buttigieg insults voters; anyone who backs Trump on immigration ‘supports racism’ – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/09/13/buttigieg-insults-voters-anyone-who-backs-trump-on-immigration-supports-racism-824616

INSIDE SOURCES
— Mandate E-Verify to Stop Abusive Employers – Mark Thies
https://www.insidesources.com/mandate-e-verify-to-stop-abusive-employers/

ROLL CALL
— Census falling further behind in hiring outreach staff Partnership specialists are critical to reach hard-to-count populations – Michael Macagnone (DIERSEN: Who leads the illegals (broken out by the country that they are a citizen of) in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and America?)
http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/census-falling-behind-hiring-outreach-staff

THE HILL
— The public charge rule keeps America great – DALE WILCOX
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/461044-the-public-charge-rule-keeps-america-great
— House antitrust panel seeks internal records from Amazon, Apple, Google and Facebook – HARPER NEIDIG (DIERSEN: What do the aforesaid companies think of those who share your demographics?)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/461246-house-antitrust-panel-seeks-internal-records-from-amazon-apple-google-and

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump mocks Democrats, vows new tax cut on Baltimore visit – KEVIN FREKING and JUANA SUMMERS
https://www.apnews.com/cd15d9e646c74f648ae05b12e123b485

CNN
— After vaping-related illness, teen now has lungs like ‘a 70-year-old’s’ – Jacqueline Howard and Michael Nedelman (DIERSEN: How old are your lungs? My lungs are 70 years old. Nevertheless, that does not stop me from putting a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending it out each and every morning and each and every evening too.) 
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/11/health/vaping-lung-illness-illinois-teen-profile/index.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use vape problems to push legalizing of pot.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/business/cannabis-vaping-deaths-legalization-regulation/index.html

CBS NEWS
— Illinois Right to Life aims to stop Illinois from becoming the “abortion capital of the Midwest” – KATE SMITH
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/illinois-right-to-life-aims-to-stop-state-from-becoming-the-abortion-capital-of-the-midwest/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Elizabeth Warren’s Social Security Plan: Raise Benefits by $200 a Month – Alan Rappeport and Jim Tankersley (DIERSEN: My Social Security is only $176.50 a month because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-social-security.html
— Google Says a Change in Its Algorithm Will Highlight ‘Original Reporting’ – Marc Tracy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my competitors who unethically do everything that they can to make their posts look like “original reporting.” Unlike them, GOPUSA ILLINOIS posts stress a) the source of the article, b) the title of the article, c) the author of the article, and d) the unhidden hyperlink.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/business/media/google-algorithm-original-reporting.html
— Two Men in Japan Dared to Take Paternity Leave. It Cost Them Dearly, They Say. – Motoko Rich
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/12/world/asia/japan-paternity-leave.html
— AUGUST 24, 2003 FLASHBACK: The New Couples Next Door, Gay and Straight – Kate Zernike (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you do not promote LGBTQ activity. According to City-Data at http://www.city-data.com/city/Wheaton-Illinois.html, for Wheaton: “Likely homosexual households (counted as self-reported same-sex unmarried-partner households) Lesbian couples: 0.2% of all households Gay men: 0.2% of all households” Those who promote LGBTQ activity in Wheaton stress “OneWheaton.” SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/OneWheaton)
https://www.nytimes.com/2003/08/24/us/the-new-couples-next-door-gay-and-straight.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mark Demich and Kevin Hengst, the couple across the street, are not actually married. Still, in the seven years they have lived in this Chicago suburb they have become like the Buckinghams, the Therrons, the Siconolfis — just another young family in the neighborhood, socializing porch to porch on summer evenings. Choosing the suburbs over the city, Mr. Demich and Mr. Hengst feared they would be The Gay Couple. But even in Wheaton — the home of an evangelical Christian college that until last year prohibited drinking and dancing, the seat of a reliably Republican county — they have found plenty of company. Sixty gay men and lesbians turned out for a wine-tasting a few weeks ago. About 30 played softball at a local park on a recent Saturday. . .In Wheaton, Mr. Demich, 42, said he liked the diversity. ”Of families,” he explained, after a brief pause. ”As opposed to city culture, where everything is around gay life, gay events. That’s not really the way America lives.” When he and Mr. Hengst decided to move to the suburbs, they told their real estate agent, ”Anything but Wheaton,” knowing its conservative reputation. Then they found the perfect house. They hung out a Gay Pride flag, and the neighbors invited them to a block party. The couple said they would bring fruit salad. ”Everyone broke out laughing,” Mr. Weinberg, a contractor, recalled. ”They were making fun of it, which went over well.” Neighborhood children have confronted the couple with questions: Do you two sleep together? Do you have wives? Their parents cringe, but also say they consider themselves, and their children, fortunate. ”Growing up in a good Catholic family, I didn’t even know about anything like this,” Ms. Weinberg said. ”It wasn’t thrown in front of me. These kids, if they don’t see it now, they’re going to see it soon. Living on a block like this is more the real world.” A few blocks over the train tracks, Ladd McClurg and Brad Ogilvie had similar concerns about moving to Wheaton when Mr. Ogilvie accepted a job in town. Mr. McClurg, who grew up in the Mormon faith, being taught that gays were sinners, said he arrived with ”almost a visceral disdain” for Wheaton’s many churches and their members. ”I learned to discover they’re not all bigoted,” Mr. McClurg said. ”There are a lot more variations on the middle out here than I was willing to give credit for.” Still, gays here say they step carefully to avoid causing offense. Betty Burns and Lisa Rechkemmer say they would never hold hands or hang out a pride flag for fear of upsetting their good relations with the neighbors. Mr. Ogilvie and Mr. McClurg display the flag, but resist the urge to hold hands unless they visit the city. One lesbian in Wheaton talked about how accepting her neighbors were, but did not want to be identified by name because she feared the kind of hate calls she and her partner received when they moved in two years ago. Mr. Demich and Mr. Hengst had to go to six or seven churches before they found one that did not preach that homosexuality is a sin. The church they chose, St. Paul Lutheran, had declared itself ”open and affirming” to gays five years ago, but only after a struggle. The decision was prompted not by gay parishioners — there were none at the time — but by a young man who had been baptized and confirmed in the church who died of AIDS. ”It lifted the issue,” said Marianne Avery, a member of the church council that debated the change. ”It was, ‘This is our children, this is not about letting someone in.’ ” Still, a handful of members left. ”What if they show up in drag?” the Rev. Melody Eastman, the pastor, recalled one woman asking.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Government Orders Google: Let Employees Speak Out National Labor Relations Board settles political-bias claims raised by former and current Google employees – Rob Copeland (DIERSEN: The federal government gets rid of its employees who oppose political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and/or age discrimination.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/government-orders-google-let-employees-speak-out-11568284582
— Five Cities: Living on $50K a Year How far does the average entry-level salary go? It depends a lot on where you live. – Francesca Fontana (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, when you were young, what was your salary? In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $46,554 in 1971 when I was 22; $56,945 when I was 23; $68,897 when I was 24; $82,579 when I was 25; $85,333 when I was 26; $88,086 when I was 27; $90,839 when I was 28 and 29; and $93,592 when I was 30. In today’s dollars, my GAO salary was $74,024 when I was 31 and $89,572 when I was 32. The aforesaid salary plus my Firestone Stores salary 1970-1972 enabled me to a) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, d) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, e) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, f) get married in 1978, g) buy two new cars in 1978, and h) buy a home in Wheaton in 1978. I a) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 when I was 21, b) earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27, c) passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31, e) passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32, and f) became a licensed CPA when I was 32.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/five-cities-living-on-50k-a-year-11568296902
– How Do You Tax a Baby Boomer? A smaller labor force will force the taxman to turn to consumption and wealth to fund old-age benefits. – Joseph C. Sternberg
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-do-you-tax-a-baby-boomer-11568325330
— U.S. Deficit Tops $1 Trillion for First Time in Seven Years – Kate Davidson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me take early retirement, my wife and I are a) spending more than our income and b) spending our lifetime savings.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-deficit-tops-1-trillion-for-first-time-in-seven-years-11568318776

BLOOMBERG
— Vaping Was Called Safer Than Smoking. What Happened? – Anna Edney
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-13/vaping-was-called-safer-than-smoking-what-happened-quicktake

FORBES
— Will Washington Ban China Securities From Pension Funds? – Kenneth Rapoza
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kenrapoza/2019/09/13/will-washington-ban-china-securities-from-pension-funds/#76ea299e5865

GAZETTE
— GOP challengers to Trump welcome in Iowa (sort of) State Republican Party promises to roll out ‘welcome mat’ to Trump primary opponents (DIERSEN: How welcome are GOP Trump challengers in your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?) 
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/opinion/staff-columnist/iowa-republican-party-allows-trump-primary-opponents-in-2020-caucus-20190913

PITTSBURG POST GAZETTE
— Trump urges GOP representatives in Baltimore to ‘share the story of what we have achieved’ – JEFF BARKER AND JEAN MARBELLA
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-nation/2019/09/12/Trump-Baltimore-GOP-House/stories/201909120219

HARTFORD COURANT
— Cigna working to help employees identify unconscious bias – Steven Goode (DIERSEN: The federal government wants its employees to be biased against its 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. Far too many organizations want their members to be biased against their members who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.courant.com/community/bloomfield/hc-news-bloomfield-blind-spots-20190913-567ggkdtyfbbrglgi53fnl42vm-story.html

ATLANTIC
— FEBRUARY 12, 2012 FLASHBACK: The Life of a Political Operative, Explained – DAVID A. GRAHAM (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being political operatives or political dupes for those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.) 
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2012/02/the-life-of-a-political-operative-explained/253130/

FED WEEK
— Yes, CSRS Still Exists – And So Do Its Benefits Offsets (DIERSEN: Because I get a CSRS pension, my Social Security is dramatically reduced.)
https://www.fedweek.com/publishers-perspective/yes-csrs-still-exists-and-so-do-its-benefits-offsets/

INMAN
— Discrimination fears keep LGBT homebuyers on sidelines: Poll 46% of LGBT renters fear discrimination from neighbors, agents and sellers, according to a report by the National Association of Gay and Lesbian Real Estate Professionals – MARIAN MCPHERSON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, you are demonized, denigrated, and condemned if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.inman.com/2019/03/26/discrimination-fears-keep-lgbt-homebuyers-on-sidelines-report/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Furthermore, Berger says agents have to be careful not to steer clients toward “gayborhoods,” which are areas widely known to be LGBT friendly and have a high LGBT population. Although LGBT clients may directly ask about these neighborhoods, Berger said it’s important to show them every neighborhood that meets their needs and direct them to local LGBT centers and organizations for guidance.)

September 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Pot pushers push pot. Those who push pot are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are motivated, focused, united, and nasty. They are Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and/or RINOs. 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weed-legalization-guide/5337346/
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Illinois approves 26 businesses to offer safety training to marijuana sellers (DIERSEN: The easier that it is to buy pot, the more pot that will be consumed.)
https://abc7chicago.com/business/illinois-names-businesses-to-offer-safety-training-to-cannabis-sellers/5532217/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DuPage County Board divided over whether pros outweigh cons when it comes to allowing pot sales – ALICIA FABBRE (DIERSEN: During the public comment part of this meeting, fellow Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman Janet Shaw, myself, and one other spoke against the sale of recreational pot in DuPage County unincorporated areas.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-board-debates-recreational-pot-st-0913-20190911-e5yc5z34yjh45ccehtz6erbnry-story.html
— As Trump pushes flavor ban, 5 things to know about vaping and the recent health scare – Kate Thayer
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-vaping-what-we-know-cb-tt-20190911-wdwus62eifan3k6uwxiamvss7m-story.html
— Crete Park’s mighty oaks are setting for fifth annual Acorn Fest – DENNIS SULLIVAN (DIERSEN: I lived in Crete 1948-1972. My bother continues to live in Crete.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-ent-acorn-fest-0920-20190911-3bje5epnqza2za6vr5wvwftdci-story.html
— The Sean Spicer, Donna Brazile event hasn’t been canceled. Smart move, NEIU. – DANIEL L. GOODWIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-sean-spicer-protests-northeastern-illinois-20190911-h3gdsv26endj3f6iasfzvapwoq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Could DuPage County give video gambling another chance? – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT PROMOTE VICE.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190911/could-dupage-county-give-video-gambling-another-chance
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sports wagering and video gambling coming soon to Rosemont? – Christopher Placek (DIERSEN: GOVERNMENT SHOULD NOT PROMOTE VICE.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190911/sports-wagering-and-video-gambling-coming-soon-to-rosemont

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Empty storefronts tell the tale of an industry under siege It’s the same story in neighborhoods throughout the city: Retailers are on the ropes against Amazon and higher taxes. What can be done? – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/empty-storefronts-tell-tale-industry-under-siege

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Activist calls on Berwyn to offer bilingual services – F. Amanda Tugade (DIERSEN: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate.)
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/09/09/activist-calls-on-berwyn-to-offer-bilingual-services/as6jxo8/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TWO GOP LAWMAKERS FEUD OVER 66TH HOUSE DISTRICT RACE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/two-gop-lawmakers-feud-over-66th-house-district-race.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/11/looking-on-the-bright-side-5/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Joe Walsh says Trump ‘mentally unfit’ for office: ‘He’s sick’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/11/joe-walsh-says-trump-mentally-unfit-for-office-hes/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Huge racial disparity in SF homeless must be due to racism, right? – Tom Trinko
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/huge_racial_disparity_in_sf_homeless_must_be_due_to_racism_right_.html
— California workers unite…or else we’ll unite you by force – Andrew Solomon
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/california_workers_unite_or_else_well_unite_you_by_force_.html
— Individualism: Our eventual demise – Earick Ward (DIERSEN: Those who promote pot are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are motivated, focused, united, and nasty. They are Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and/or RINOs. 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/individualism_our_eventual_demise.html

BREITBART
— Loophole Used by 9/11 Hijackers Still Open with 6 Million Visa Overstays in U.S. – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/11/loophole-used-by-9-11-hijackers-still-open-with-6-million-visa-overstays-in-u-s/

IMMIGRATION REFORM
— IRS Holds Key to Illegal Aliens in the Workplace – BOB DANE (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/09/11/e-verify-illegal-workers-workplace/
— The Road to the Dark Ages is Paved by Irrational Tolerance – IRA MEHLMAN 
https://www.immigrationreform.com/2019/09/11/disease-immigration-flows-health-immigrationreform-com/

TOWNHALL
— Mass Incarceration Saved Black America – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2019/09/11/mass-incarceration-saved-black-america-n2552956

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— SEPTEMBER 29, 2018 FLASHBACK: How Can We Believe Accusations Without Evidence? – John Kass (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes immediately believe any and all accusations that are made against me, for example, an accusation that I harass hotel employees. They never ask for my side of the story.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/09/29/how_can_we_believe_accusations_without_evidence_454764.html

THE HILL
— GAO says it will probe Trump’s efforts to get private land to build wall – JORDAIN CARNEY 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/460963-watchdog-says-theyll-probe-trumps-efforts-to-get-private-land-to-build-wall

CNBC
— Sen. Marco Rubio wants to make sure federal worker retirement dollars are not invested in China – Jessica Bursztynsky
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/11/sen-marco-rubio-federal-retirement-dollars-should-not-support-china.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Beyond Ending Trump’s Policies, Democrats Largely Skirt Questions About Their Immigration Plans – Zolan Kanno-Youngs
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/us/politics/democratic-candidates-immigration-trump.html

TIMES UNION
— Legalizing marijuana will imperil everyone – Kevin Sabet (DIERSEN: Those who promote pot are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means. They are motivated, focused, united, and nasty. They are Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and/or RINOs. 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.timesunion.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Legalizing-marijuana-will-imperil-13665903.php

NEW REPUBLIC
— ThinkProgress Was Always Doomed Independent journalism fits uncomfortably with mainstream think tank politics. – ALEX PAREENE (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out since 2000. Since 2004, they have gone out each and every morning, and since 2015, each and every evening too. Since 2004, they have included links to more than 345,500 articles and information on many upcoming events.) 
https://newrepublic.com/article/155011/thinkprogress-always-doomed

September 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Naperville residents rally against sale of recreational marijuana (DIERSEN: The many outstanding speakers at this outstanding event included Coyne, Gustin, and McCluskey. The many attendees included Anderson, Klaeren, Leong, Prueter, Rudolph, and Ruhl.)
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/naperville-residents-rally-against-sale-of-recreational-pot/5505882/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville residents, schools weigh in on recreational marijuana debate – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-marijuana-naperville-dispensary-council-decision-st-20190901-4s4cxuncqjb3nann4ued3on7pi-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Three members of the nine-person City Council have been consistent in their oppositions to recreational marijuana. They are Patty Gustin, Kevin Coyne and Paul Hinterlong. On the other side, Judy Brodhead, Benny White and Mayor Steve Chirico have shown support for allowing recreational marijuana retail sales. The remaining three council members, Patrick Kelly, John Krummen and Theresa Sullivan, are somewhere in the middle and likely will ultimately decide whether Naperville will allow recreational marijuana dispensaries. . .School districts 203 and 204 sent letters to the city noting their reservations about Illinois’ new marijuana law, which takes effect Jan. 1. Sales will be legal only to people 21 and older. “The District 203 Board of Education, speaking on behalf of the many students, parents, district staff and administrators and community, has serious concerns about the impact of recreational marijuana sales on the teens in our school district. We urge the City Council to consider the impact of its actions on the teens in our community,” District 203′s letter said. The School District 204 Board of Education raised similar concerns. “While it will remain illegal for our students to purchase recreational marijuana, we have concerns that the increased availability in our community may lead to potential issues at school,” the District 204′s letter says. “With easier access to recreational marijuana in our community, what will be the long-term cognitive impact on our youth who use the drug?” North Central College also sent a letter, which did not so much take a stance on the issue but pointed out that “because marijuana remains illegal under federal law and federal financial assistance remains important to the College and our students, marijuana will continue to be banned on our campus.”)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-flashback-civil-war-soldier-gender-swap-cashier-20190829-tq5ff3enj5gkhdxdqqix5ji3uq-story.html
— A question for Labor Day: What’s a hard thing about your job that no one understands? – MARY SCHMICH (DIERSEN: IRS enforces the tax laws that Congress writes. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-met-mary-schmich-labor-day-hard-job-20190830-upqvwrjwhfeuzbmtyzasn2kckq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Too old for president? Health and fitness a better question – AP (DIERSEN: If you had to defend your health and fitness, what would you cite? I would cite the fact a) that since 2004, nothing has stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning (that is 5,350 emails) and b) that since 2015, nothing has stopped me from also putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every evening (that is 1,335 emails).)
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190831/news/308319959/

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America. 
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagoarea-advocates-cross-the-border-to-assist-migrants-seeking-asylum/6ec98a36-ae47-42dc-a8c8-70005fa265af

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AFL-CIO lauds gains; leadership could stay in central Illinois – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190831/bernard-schoenburg-afl-cio-lauds-gains-leadership-could-stay-in-central-illinois
— At the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, preserving the reputations of sexual harassers – Rachel Otwell and Alex Mierjeski
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190901/at-university-of-illinois-at-urbana-champaign-preserving-reputations-of-sexual-harassers

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Illinois’ deficit cut in half, financial experts paint a different picture – Nikki McGee
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/illinois-deficit-cut-in-half-financial-experts-paint-a-different-picture

CHICAGO NOW
— 14th CD R Primary candidate Jim Oberweis running in a must-win District for Republicans to take back U. S. House – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2019/09/watch-14th-cd-r-candidate-jim-oberweis-cable-web-running-in-a-must-win-district-for-republicans-to-take-back-u-s-house/

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ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Unexpected Responses to Criticism of Feckless Yard Sign Campaign
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/53362/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Secularization and the Demonization of Donald Trump – David Byrne
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/secularization_and_the_demonization_of_donald_trump.html

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— Ocasio-Cortez Mocks Straight, White Men, Encourages Them To Become Gay – Carmine Sabia
https://thefederalistpapers.org/opinion/ocasio-cortez-mocks-straight-white-men-encourages-become-gay

EPOCH TIMES
— India Leaves Nearly Two Million People Off Citizens’ List, Fate Uncertain – REUTERS
https://m.theepochtimes.com/india-leaves-nearly-two-million-people-off-citizens-list-fate-uncertain_3063685.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Too old for president? Health and fitness a better question – LAURAN NEERGAARD and ELANA SCHOR (DIERSEN: If you had to defend your health and fitness, what would you cite? I would cite the fact a) that since 2004, nothing has stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning (that is 5,350 emails) and b) that since 2015, nothing has stopped me from also putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every evening (that is 1,335 emails).) 
https://www.rep-am.com/news/national/2019/08/31/too-old-for-president-health-and-fitness-a-better-question/

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate conservatives and those who hate Trump promote Joe Walsh.
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/trump-s-path-2020-gop-nomination-should-be-hard-joe-ncna1047326

NEW YORK TIMES
— How a Trump Tax Break (Opportunity Zones) to Help Poor Communities Became a Windfall for the Rich – Jesse Drucker and Eric Lipton
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/business/tax-opportunity-zones.html
— Do We Really Want a Microsoft of Marijuana? Giving the weed industry access to sophisticated financing would turn smaller businesses into big corporations. – Christopher Caldwell
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/31/opinion/sunday/marijuana-legal-states-federal.html
— How Not to Grow Old in America The assisted living industry is booming, by tapping into the fantasy that we can all be self-sufficient until we die. – Geeta Anand (DIERSEN: If you had to defend your health and fitness, what would you cite? I would cite the fact a) that since 2004, nothing has stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every morning (that is 5,350 emails) and b) that since 2015, nothing has stopped me from also putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out each and every evening (that is 1,335 emails).) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/29/opinion/sunday/dementia-assisted-living.html
— Can We Guarantee That Colleges Are Intellectually Diverse? – Molly Worthen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat educators crank out “good little Democrats.” The proof of this is the ever-increasing percent of students that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/30/opinion/sunday/college-intellectual-diversity.html

NEW YORK POST
— Bernie Sanders pens horrible plan to save ‘real journalism’ from billionaires – Editorial (DIERSEN: Should I write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails? They 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://nypost.com/2019/08/31/bernie-sanders-pens-horrible-plan-to-save-real-journalism-from-billionaires/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Blame undocumented workers for using false identities, not employers – Jeff Pressman, Bell Canyon (DIERSEN: What about employers that refuse to use E-Verify?)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-29/e-verify-undocumented-workers-mississippi-raid

BOSTON GLOBE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers hint/imply/argue/shout that they hate heterosexuals.
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/2019/08/31/counterprotesters-rally-across-city-from-straight-pride-parade-starting-point/qFStqXFPcWoOWAaxkDyDfI/story.html

CHARLOTTE OBSERVER
— Pence pays tribute to Poles on WWII anniversary – AP (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Polish-Americans that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, a) all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and d) my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.charlotteobserver.com/news/nation-world/world/article234613212.html

BLOOMBERG
— Germany Seeks Forgiveness From Poland 80 Years After WWII Start – Marek Strzelecki (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Polish-Americans that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, a) all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and d) my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-01/germany-seeks-forgiveness-poland-redress-80-after-start-of-ww2

FORBES
— On Labor Day, Workers Celebrate The Benefits Of Union Membership – Patricia Corrigan (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 3 years while I worked for the Post Office and for almost 9 years while I worked for IRS.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2019/09/01/on-labor-day-workers-celebrate-the-benefits-of-union-membership/#56ff9d94279c

YAHOO FINANCE
— Why California’s legal pot industry ‘is struggling’ against a black market – McKenzie Stratigopoulos
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/californias-legal-pot-industry-is-struggling-against-a-black-market-expert-140029624.html
— U.S. Unleashes Military to Fight Fake News, Disinformation – Pete Norman (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are full of fake news and disinformation.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/u-unleashes-military-fight-fake-134326484.html

GREENVILLE DAILY REFLECTOR
— Marchers take to street in support of “The Squad” – Bobby Burns
http://www.reflector.com/News/2019/08/31/Marchers-take-to-street-in-support-of-The-Squad.html

ROCKET MINER
— Big Tent GOP — yes or no? – Mike Pyatt (DIERSEN: Catastrophically, the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee let people hold leadership positions who reject most if not virtually all of the planks in the Republican Party platform and in the IRP platform. 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. They focus on destroying those like me who support the aforesaid planks. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.rocketminer.com/opinion/columnists/big-tent-gop—-yes-or-no/article_4efebdf5-0bef-5fbc-a2b6-fbda86bc43bf.html

HERALD PUBLICIST
— Germany Asks For Poland’s Forgiveness 80 Years After WWII Outbreak (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Polish-Americans that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, a) all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and d) my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://heraldpublicist.com/germany-asks-for-polands-forgiveness-80-years-after-wwii-outbreak/

DAILY PROGRESS
— Protect the right to criticize the government – John W. Whitehead (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents paint themselves as working for those who dominate the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.dailyprogress.com/opinion/opinion-commentary-protect-the-right-to-criticize-the-government/article_03e5fdf8-eef8-555c-9ef4-dffa83c84e1c.html

NEWS JOURNAL ONLINE
— NAACP calls for more diversity in Volusia County government – Dustin Wyatt (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to not hire, to not promote, and to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://www.news-journalonline.com/news/20190831/naacp-calls-for-more-diversity-in-volusia-county-government

DAILY BEAST
— Diamond and Silk Lawyer Up – Will Sommer (DIERSEN: I should send cease and desist letters to those who slander me. Better yet, I should sue them. They would argue that I am a “public figure,” and therefore, they have the right to slander me.)
https://www.thedailybeast.com/diamond-and-silk-lawyer-up
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Pro-Trump vlogger duo Diamond and Silk are on a legal campaign this week, threatening to sue two bloggers unless they take down unflattering mentions of them. So far, though, the letters from the unnamed members of the “Diamond and Silk Legal Team”—which come with stern warnings not to share them publicly—have not worked as intended. The pair’s anonymous lawyer have sent at least two cease-and-desist aimed at stories that mention Diamond and Silk in connection with racist groups. One of the targeted blog posts, published on Wonkette, accused the African-American duo of helping to “prop up the most vile white supremacy.” Diamond and Silk’s mystery legal team wrote that the article “deliberately and maliciously slandered and defamed Diamond and Silk and the Diamond and Silk brand by deliberately and maliciously attaching their name to racist context.” The letter also includes a warning for Wonkette not to post about the letter: “This notice is not to be made public via online sources or any other sources in any manner.” Wonkette just made fun of the letter, published it in full anyway, and refused to take their story down.)

AXIOS
— Trump forgives ousted aide for speaking with reporters – Mike Allen (DIERSEN: Virtually all my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are big drinkers. Further, they talk and/or act like they a) have smoked pot, b) are smoking pot, c) want to smoke pot, d) want to make money selling pot, and/or e) want governments to take in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot.)
https://www.axios.com/trump-forgives-ousted-aide-speaking-reporters-887c9b5f-2c77-4204-bc1a-d6986860ea66.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Westerhout, whose access to the White House was revoked Thursday, made the off-the-record remarks at a dinner with reporters who were covering him during this month’s summer break in New Jersey. “Everything she said was off the record,” Trump told reporters. “And that still doesn’t really cover for her. She mentioned a couple of things about my children.” “I think the press is very dishonest because it was supposed to be off the record,” he added. “But, still, you don’t say things like she said, which were just a little bit hurtful to some people.” The president said Westerhout told him she had been drinking at the dinner. “She’s a very … good person,” Trump said. “I always felt she did a good job. … … I really think she had a bad night. … And I wish her well.” “[T]he press breaks off-the-records all the time because they are very dishonorable. Many of them. Not all of you, but many of them are very dishonorable.”)

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQers promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/09/gop-laws-actually-making-mass-shootings-likely/

DAILY MAIL
— GOP primary challenger Joe Walsh labels Trump a ‘child’ and says Americans are ‘tired of his bulls**t’ – as he predicts Republicans will be defeated in an electoral ‘BLOODBATH’ if the President is at the top of the ticket – ANDREW COURT (DIERSEN: Those who hate Trump and those who hate America love Joe Walsh.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7414439/GOP-primary-challenger-Joe-Walsh-says-Americans-tired-Trumps-bulls-t.html

TIMES
— Young Americans raise pot plants instead of babies – Boer Deng
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/world/young-americans-raise-pot-plants-instead-of-babies-nckc6cnqd

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers hint/imply/argue/shout that they hate heterosexuals.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/01/boston-straight-pride-parade-arrests

August 26 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: California pot taxes tick up but miss initial projections – MICHAEL R. BLOOD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/sns-pot-taxes-miss-initial-projections-20190826-lthd5punk5a5fjdx6i32qabhzy-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Zion to allow recreational marijuana sales, tasks attorneys with drafting ordinances – EMILY K. COLEMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-zion-recreational-marijuana-st-0827-20190826-tf7p7mrliffh3prqtcp65sa2pe-story.html
— Joe Walsh finds his voice in long-shot presidential bid – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-joe-walsh-trump-2020-st-0827-20190826-gqopbe4phrcujgy5ooudquvzzi-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use White supremacists against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/kristen-mcqueary/ct-column-christian-picciolini-trump-white-supremacist-mcqueary-20190826-vpsq6taa4fdhvou3i7mm4re5q4-story.html
— Suburban U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi becomes 10th Democrat in Illinois’ House delegation to back impeachment proceedings against President Trump – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-raja-krishnamoorthi-impeachment-inquiry-20190826-bexqudbjrzc3zozvp2ij5pu2cm-story.html
— Joe Walsh, who ran his mouth, runs for president – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-joe-walsh-trump-republicans-20190826-tpdw4epihjarneyfu6o4bkyk5y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Madigan rival vows to fight judge’s ruling to dismiss ‘sham’ candidate suit, insisting ‘voters were defrauded’ Jason Gonzales’ attorney Tony Peraica on Monday said he plans to file a motion to reconsider the dismissal — while also vowing to appeal, should that move fail. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/26/20833832/madigan-rival-gonzales-vows-fight-judges-ruling-appeal-sham-candidate-suit
— Community activists give Lightfoot a D for her first 100 days In specific areas of concern, the mayor’s grades were three D’s and two F’s; she also received three ‘incomplete’ marks. – Rachel Hinton and Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/26/20833451/lightfoot-first-100-days-grade-d-community-activists-housing-schools-immigration

DAILY HERALD
— Krishnamoorthi joins suburban lawmakers seeking impeachment inquiry – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190826/krishnamoorthi-joins-suburban-lawmakers-seeking-impeachment-inquiry
— New offer as College of DuPage, faculty try to settle contract talks – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190826/new-offer-as-college-of-dupage-faculty-try-to-settle-contract-talks
— DuPage County communities organizing to promote census completion – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190826/dupage-county-communities-organizing-to-promote-census-completion

ABC7
— This Day in History: Women gain the right to vote (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout a) that it was Republicans, and not Democrats, who denied women the right to vote and b) that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that you have benefitted from your ancestors’ discrimination against women, against minorities, against immigrants, against etc.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/this-day-in-history-women-gain-the-right-to-vote/1479364/

NBC5
— Schneider Calls for Impeachment Inquiry Into Trump – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/brad-schneider-supports-trump-impeachment-inquiry-558327741.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois, 18 other states sue over rollback of child immigrant protections – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-18-other-states-sue-over-rollback-of-child-immigrant-protections

WGN TV
— Democratic lawmakers concerned about Illinois census count – DANA REBIK (DIERSEN: Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.) 
https://wgntv.com/2019/08/26/democratic-lawmakers-concerned-about-illinois-census-count/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Pro-life groups says Raoul is interfering – Rebecca Anzel 
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Pro-life-groups-says-Raoul-is-interfering-14379636.php

CENTER SQUARE
— State lawmakers ask local officials not to add maximum tax to recreational cannabis sales – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/state-lawmakers-ask-local-officials-not-to-add-maximum-tax/article_e8b5da2c-c838-11e9-93c5-a3dcee1afdbe.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McConchie Constituent Suggestion Results in New Business Opportunities for Craft Distilleries
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/26/mcconchie-constituent-suggestion-results-in-new-business-opportunitie-for-craft-distilleries/ 
— Franks Quoted re Democratic 2020 Presidential Primary, But Reporter Fails to Notice Franks’ 2016 Choice–Hillary Clinton–Lost to Bernie Sanders in McHenry County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/26/franks-quoted-re-democratic-2020-presidential-primary-but-reporter-fails-to-notice-franks-2016-choice-lost-to-bernie-sanders-in-mchenry-county/ 
— IL-06: Democrats Meddling in Ives vs. Sanguinetti Republican Primary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/26/il-06-democrats-meddling-in-ives-vs-sanguinetti-republican-primary/ 
— IL-14: Northwest Herald Reader Poll, Lauf Puts Underwood on “B Squad”, Lauf and Oberweis Extended Interviews, Rezin Brief Interview and Term Limits
— http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/26/il-14-northwest-herald-reader-poll-lauf-puts-underwood-on-b-squad-lauf-and-oberweis-extended-interviews-rezin-brief-interview-and-term-limits/ 
— IL-14 Resident Joe Walsh Challenges President Trump: audentes fortuna juvat
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/25/il-14-resident-joe-walsh-challenges-president-trump-audentes-fortuna-juvat/ 
— IL-06/IL-14: “Bipartisan” and “Bipartisanship”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/25/il-06-il-14-bipartisan-and-bipartisanship/ 
— Pritzker Signs Driver Ed Employment Protection Bill
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/25/pritzker-signs-driver-ed-employment-protection-bill/ 
— IL-14 Supplemental Update: Catalinamania Continues on FOX & Friends, Underwood Impeachment Inquiry and Receives Environmental Endorsement
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/08/24/il-14-supplemental-update-catalinamania-continues-on-fox-friends-underwood-impeachmen

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FROM ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CONFERENCE: MEET JEANNE IVES, GOP CANDIDATE IN 6TH CD PRIMARY RACE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/from-illinois-conservative-activist-conference-meet-jeanne-ives-gop-candidate-in-6th-cd-primary-race.html
— JIM OBERWEIS SAYS SPENDING IS A BIG REASON WHY HE’S RUNNING FOR CONGRESS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/jim-oberweis-says-spending-is-a-big-reason-why-hes-running-for-congress-.html
— WAYNE COUNTY’S CORY MUSGRAVE SEEKS 109TH STATE HOUSE SEAT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/wayne-countys-cory-musgrave-seeks-109th-state-house-seat.html
— MEET TIM OZINGA, GOP CANDIDATE FOR 37TH STATE HOUSE DISTRICT AT ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CONFERENCE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/meet-tim-ozinga-gop-candidate-for-37th-state-house-district-at-illinois-conservative-activist-confer.html
— FROM ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CONFERENCE: MEET PHILANISE WHITE, CANDIDATE IN 1ST CD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/from-illinois-conservative-activist-conference-meet-philanise-white-candidate-in-1st-cd-.html

— FROM ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE ACTIVIST CONFERENCE: MEET JEANETTE WARD, RUNNING FOR 29TH SENATE DISTRICT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/from-illinois-conservative-activist-conference-meet-jeanette-ward-running-for-29th-senate-district.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DCCC dips toe into GOP primary waters
https://capitolfax.com/2019/08/26/dccc-dips-toe-into-gop-primary-waters/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/08/26/a-story-in-search-of-a-purpose/
— DO YOU TRUST THE POLITICAL NEWS YOU’RE GETTING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/do-you-trust-the-political-news-youre-getting-.html
— Some women encouraged to wear a “fake wedding ring” to fend off House creeps
https://capitolfax.com/2019/08/26/some-women-encouraged-to-wear-a-fake-wedding-ring-to-fend-off-house-creeps/


WASHINGTON TIMES
— Bill Weld ‘thrilled’ Joe Walsh joining GOP primary – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/26/bill-weld-thrilled-joe-walsh-joining-gop-primary/

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Joe Walsh claims Republicans will get ‘spanked’ in 2020 if Trump is GOP nominee – Nick Givas
https://www.foxnews.com/media/joe-walsh-donald-trump-gop-2020

GOPUSA
— Democrat dropouts all white males
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=74988
— Google limits employees’ discussion of politics (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, my Democrat coworkers and subordinates a) frequently asked me questions to confirm that I was Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, old (born in 1948), non-poor, childless, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, Corvette owner, former union member for almost 12 years, and that my ancestors have been in America since 1844 and b) stressed the aforesaid negative information to my Democrat superiors and supervisors. They also stressed that my Democrat IRS superiors a) had not promoted me beyond GS-12, b) disallowed my education deductions in 1978, c) got rid of my mentor in 1975, and d) disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. They also stressed that my Democrat Post Office superiors had forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.) 
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=74950
— Hiring Gen Z will be different, very different (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 When I was 31 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/hiring-gen-z-will-be-different-very-different/

TOWNHALL
— Dan Crenshaw Corrects Democrat Pastor For Supporting Socialism – Timothy Meads (DIERSEN: What do you do with your own time and money? I spend 10+ hours each and every day and lots of my money putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/08/24/dan-crenshaw-sets-the-record-straight-after-dnc-pastor-says-bible-supports-socialism-n2552140
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Deliberate misreading of Biblical principles by DNC to promote socialism,” the freshman congressman tweeted. “The Bible teaches charity with one’s own time and money. Socialism teaches charity with other people’s time and money. So….not the same thing.”)
— New Video Shows the Updated Border Wall is Working – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/08/26/new-video-shows-the-updated-border-wall-is-working-n2552177
— Conservatives Set to Expose Leftist Journalists as Hypocritical Activists – Katie Pavlich (DIERSEN: Unlike my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the media who falsely claim to be nonpartisan, I fully disclose that I am conservative.) 
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/08/26/their-rules-n2552175

NEWSMAX
— CBP Drone Unveils 60 ‘New’ Miles of Border Wall – Todd Beamon 
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/customs-and-border-protection-steel-barrier-arizona-desert/2019/08/26/id/930097/

PJ MEDIA
— Men Beware: Following the Billy Graham Rule Could Get You Fired. It Happened to a N.C. Sheriff. – PAULA BOLYARD
https://pjmedia.com/trending/men-beware-following-the-billy-graham-rule-could-get-you-fired-it-happened-to-this-n-c-sheriff/

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Tech Giants to Use Chinese-Style Social Scoring System on ALL Americans After Successful Testing in Pilot Program on Influential Conservatives – Jim Hoft (DIERSEN: Of course, I would get a very low score because I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/breaking-tech-giants-to-use-chinese-style-scoring-system-on-all-americans-after-successful-testing-in-pilot-program-on-influential-conservatives/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In 2018 Google helped the Chinese Communists develop a social credit scoring system. The scoring system, first announced in 2014, rates China’s one billion citizens based on their behavior and associations. Already, nine million people with low scores have been blocked from buying tickets for domestic flights and trains. As horrible as this sounds the Silicon Valley tech giants are already using a similar system here in the United States. And Facebook is using offline behavior to factor into their scoring system. . .On Monday Fast Company reported on how the social credit system can happen here. It already is. Alex Jones last year lost his YouTube, Twitter, Facebook, Apple accounts on a single day due to comments he made YEARS AGO. Conservatives and Conservative publishers like The Gateway Pundit are already banned or censored by Facebook, Google, Twitter, WhatsApp, etc. Conservatives and patriotic Americans have had their Chase Bank accounts shut down. Conservatives, including this writer, have been blocked from home insurance companies from purchasing their product. Conservatives have their incomes targeted and make significantly less than fake news mainstream reporters. It goes on and on. The social media scoring is already taking place. This is our future, for all of us. And we have a party of wimps who are too afraid to stop this.)

HILL
— Joe Walsh urges Republicans to ‘say publicly what you think privately’ about Trump – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458810-joe-walsh-urges-fellow-republicans-to-say-publicly-what-you-think-privately

NEW YORK TIMES
— The N.R.A. Has Trump. But It Has Lost Allies in Congress. The N.R.A. has been assigning fewer A’s and more F’s to Democrats elected to Congress each cycle. – Maggie Astor and Weiyi Cai
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/08/26/us/politics/nra-congress-grade.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— E-Verify detects workers without legal status. How do immigrants get around it? – CINDY CARCAMO, JENNY JARVIE
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-08-26/e-verify-detects-workers-legal-status-how-did-immigrants-get-around-it

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Corvette Caravan to roll into Effingham Tuesday
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/community/corvette-caravan-to-roll-into-effingham-tuesday/article_301bc018-c828-11e9-946d-73d404c62211.html

PUBLIC SECTOR RETIREMENT
— 3 Steps to Avoid Despair in Retirement – Aubrey Lovegrove
https://www.psretirement.com/3-steps-to-avoid-despair-in-retirement/

GM AUTHORITY
— National Corvette Museum Named Best Museum In Kentucky – SAM MCEACHERN
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/08/national-corvette-museum-named-best-museum-in-kentucky/

August 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Teen vaping concerns rise along with reports of lung damage – John Garcia
https://abc7chicago.com/health/teen-vaping-concerns-rise-along-with-reports-of-lung-damage-/5470839/

WGN TV
— Republicans test new ideas at Illinois State Fair as they plan to rebuild – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/08/15/republicans-test-new-ideas-at-illinois-state-fair-as-they-plan-to-rebuild/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville City Council next week to consider banning retail pot sales – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-city-council-agenda-recreational-pot-st-20190815-o7zhuhty3be7ldz724qg575mjy-sto
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says that Trump is “an avatar for Nazis.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-israel-omar-tlaib-tariffs-cuccinelli-week-in-review-huppke-20190816-hjfjiwe3z5dm3lhixiburriqky-story.html
— Illinois sues over new rule that could deny green cards to those on public aid: ‘It’s another attempt … to intimidate immigrants’ – ELVIA MALAGÓN (DIERSEN: The more public that you need/want, the more likely that you vote for Democrats.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-trump-rule-green-cards-public-aid-immigrants-20190816-iavlpvbuxrc2znikvctawzlqey-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: ‘It’s the racial stuff’: Illinois prison banned, removed books on black history and empowerment from inmate education program – Peter Nickeas
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-prison-books-removed-inmate-education-20190815-6xlrmfwmovdxnbc3ohvsx6edgu-story.html
— DuPage County Board members spar over appointing tech firm CEO to RTA board – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-split-vote-rta-board-appointment-st-0818-20190814-t2v6v2hj3vgzvi7u36dn7v5zyu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot says she needs Springfield’s help to erase $1 billion-plus shortfall But the mayor still offered no specifics on the kind of help she will seek; it could include permission to raise the estate transfer tax, as well as allowing the city to tax professional services, including attorneys and accountants. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Do you have a budget shortfall? Since 1997, in today’s dollars, I have had a $74,338/year budget shortfall. In today’s dollars, my GS-13 Step 10 GAO salary was $127,654/year. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only $53,316/year, or only 42% of what my salary was.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/8/15/20807416/lightfoot-chicago-budget-deficit-taxes-illinois-state-legislature

DAILY HERALD
— The continuing need to defend our free press – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. They 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190816/editorial-the-continuing-need-to-defend-our-free-press
— Man charged with hate crime for attacking Hispanic biker – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190815/news/308159944/
— College committed to fair outcome for all – Frank Napolitano, Chairman of the Board, College of DuPage
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190816/college-committed-to-fair-outcome-for-all

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in getting religious people to hate individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Christian-left-is-rising-in-America-appalled-14319103.php

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Scalise, GOP officials rally to build party – Bernard Schoenburg and Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190815/scalise-gop-officials-rally-to-build-party
— Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair
https://www.sj-r.com/photogallery/LS/20190815/NEWS/815009998/PH/1

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Health official: Vaping’s far from harmless, especially for teens – Debra Pressey 
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/health-official-vaping-s-far-from-harmless-especially-for-teens/article_78f0dcda-05bb-53fc-a022-c7db7662d200.html

SOUTHERN
— Township consolidation law may be first of many government reduction efforts in Illinois – REBECCA ANZEL (DIERSEN: Of course, to turn township officials, township employees, voters in unincorporated areas, etc. against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I want township consolidation.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/township-consolidation-law-may-be-first-of-many-government-reduction/article_39c05ce3-77b3-5a36-b08c-91cdcbc2365d.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Reps. Scalise, Davis talk gun policy at Illinois Republican Day – Nikki McGee
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/scalise-tells-illinois-gop-it-can-recover-by-rebuilding

RADIO IOWA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Rock Island medical pot provider ramps up for Illinois recreational use
https://www.radioiowa.com/2019/08/16/rock-island-medical-pot-provider-ramps-up-for-illinois-recreational-use/

KCRG
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: City of Galena drafts ordinance for the sale of recreational marijuana – Maggie Wedlake
https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/City-of-Galena-drafts-ordinance-for-the-sale-of-recreational-marijuana–545724661.html

EVANSTON NOW
— Panel seeks tax break for black homeowners – Bill Smith (DIERSEN: Do any of the 10 who are seeking to be appointed to fill the Wheaton City Council West District vacancy favor something like this for Wheaton?)
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/equity/2019-08-16/82700/panel-seeks-tax-break-for-black-homeowners
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The resolution said the measures would help “remedy the city’s role in historical and institutional racism and discrimination.” The resolution adds that while much of the “wealth and opportunity gap” affecting black residents are tied to home loan redlining practices in parts of the 2nd and 5th Wards, the commission didn’t want to limit the reparations programs to residents in those neighborhoods. The panel ducked addressing issues regarding how the policies might be implemented, “acknowledging that additional research and data are necessary to create a fair and equitable process and determine the long-term sustainability of the funding sources.”)

DAILY LINE
— Ghosts of Trump, Rauner present as Illinois GOP vows to rebuild from ground up – Hannah Meisel 
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/08/16/2019/ghosts-of-trump-rauner-present-as-illinois-gop-vows-to-rebuild-from-ground-up/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ISRA Director: Restrictive gun laws ‘make the bad guys’ job easier and safer’ – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512924766-isra-director-restrictive-gun-laws-make-the-bad-guys-job-easier-and-safer

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL SEN. DURBIN THREATENS THE U.S. SUPREME COURT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/il-sen-durbin-threatens-the-us-supreme-court.html
— BIG GOVERNMENT, SHRINKING ECONOMY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/big-government-shrinking-economy.html
— ROSSI: THE HIGH PRICE OF BEING RAISED WITHOUT YOUR FATHER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/rossi-the-high-price-of-being-raised-without-your-father.html
— THE NET WORTH OF EVERY 2020 DEMOCRAT PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE (DIERSEN: Should the 10 candidates who want to be appointed to fill the Wheaton West District City Council vacancy be required to disclose their a) assets, b) liabilities, c) net worth, d) source and amounts of income, and e) expenses? What if they own pot stocks? What if they own stock in companies that employ illegals) 
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/08/the-net-worth-of-every-2020-democrat-presidential-candidate.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Conservative LGBTQ Republican group endorses Trump for reelection Log Cabin Republicans protest ‘radical left’ distortion of his policy – Jennifer Harper (DIERSEN: By definition, a group that promotes LGBTQ activity is not religious, conservative, or Republican.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/16/conservative-lgbtq-republican-group-endorses-donal/
— Democrats accused of fueling attacks on cops, ICE with incendiary political rhetoric – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/15/democrats-fuel-attacks-police-ice-incendiary-polit/

FOX NEWS
— Trump tells NH rallygoers ‘we have a bunch of socialists or communists to beat’ — as Dem rivals gather nearby – Gregg Re 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-new-hampshire-rally-dems-nearby

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Left’s Madcap Social Engineering – Daren M. Williams
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/the_lefts_madcap_social_engineering.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Trump’s Nationalist Report Card: A Solid C The president has done some things right and some things wrong, though whether voters will grade on a curve remains to be seen. – ROBERT W. MERRY
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/trumps-nationalist-report-card-a-solid-c/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Rips Democrats for Calling Supporters ‘Nazis’ – CHARLIE SPIERING (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if you do not hate Trump, Trump-haters will call you a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things, and especially if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/15/donald-trump-rips-democrats-for-calling-supporters-nazis/

FEDERALIST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, you are discriminated against if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/16/anti-discrimination-policies-didnt-help-people-targeted-lgbt-identity-work/

NEWSMAX
— Cory Booker Proposes Office to Fight White Supremacy (DIERSEN: Of course, all the employees in this office would 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-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/cory-booker-office-fight-white-supremacy/2019/08/15/id/928636/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Deception? CBS Omitted Clip of U.S. Attorney Pledging to Prosecute Employers of Illegals – Nicholas Fondacaro 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/08/15/deception-cbs-omitted-clip-us-attorney-pledging-prosecute

NOQ REPORT
— It’s time to punish businesses that employ illegal aliens – JD Rucker
https://noqreport.com/2019/08/16/time-punish-businesses-employ-illegal-aliens/
— After ICE raids, Koch Foods has job fair, receives hundreds of applications – Kerry Marasco (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://noqreport.com/2019/08/15/ice-raids-koch-foods-job-fair-receives-hundreds-applications/

ONE NEWS NOW
— We complain, we console – then we cave By granting “unrestricted access” to a Chicago-area transgender student, a state agency has succumbed to what a family advocate calls a “trans-cultic assumption” that biological sex has no relevance when it comes to the issue of privacy. – Bob Kellogg 
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/08/15/we-complain-we-console-then-we-cave

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Thousands of Supporters Locked Out of Trump Rally as Hundreds of Empty Seats in New Hampshire Arena Went Unfilled – Kristinn Taylor
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/wth-thousands-locked-out-of-trump-rally-as-hundreds-of-empty-seats-in-new-hampshire-arena-went-unfilled/

THE HILL
— Trump seeks to project confidence on economy at New Hampshire rally – MORGAN CHALFANT AND BRETT SAMUELS 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457658-trump-seeks-to-project-confidence-on-economy-at-new-hampshire-rally
— Illinois man charged with hate crime after allegedly telling motorcyclist to ‘go back to your country,’ chasing him with ice pick – JOHN BOWDEN 
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/457614-illinois-man-charged-with-hate-crime-after-telling-motorcyclist

POLITICO
— Trump vows to revive ‘Pocahontas’ attack against Warren – MATTHEW CHOI (DIERSEN: My Milton Township Republican Central Committee and other critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes attack me as being “too conservative.” But from I see, sooner or later, they will attack me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. How should I respond?) 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/15/trump-pocahontas-warren-attack-1466075

NBC NEWS
— Trump in New Hampshire: ‘You have no choice but to vote for me’ In a week when bond markets flashed what has historically been a major recession warning, the president again argued that if he lost, the stock market would plummet. – Shannon Pettypiece
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/trump-new-hampshire-you-have-no-choice-vote-me-n1043001

NEW YORK TIMES
— Mississippi Plants Knowingly Hired Undocumented Workers, ICE Says Affidavits unsealed in federal court after last week’s raids show that federal agents believe the companies “willfully and unlawfully” hired undocumented immigrants. – Mihir Zaveri and Christine Hauser
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/us/ice-raids-mississippi-plants.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Of course, to defeat Trump in 2020, Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America’s economy.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/opinion/trump-economy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— At rally, Trump defends economic record amid worries of a downturn – Josh Dawsey, Colby Itkowitz and Laura Hughes (DIERSEN: Of course, to defeat Trump in 2020, Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America’s economy.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/at-rally-trump-defends-economic-record-amid-worries-of-a-downturn/2019/08/15/75512678-bf7c-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in promoting hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/15/nearly-half-americans-say-trump-has-increased-threat-mass-shootings/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— FDR only allowed 1,000 refugees to escape Hitler’s Germany. My family was among them – DAVID MICHAELS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Trump-haters paint citizens of foreign countries as being Jews in Hitler’s Germany.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-08-15/oswego-jewish-refugees-henry-gibbins-roosevelt-america

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Any Economic Downturn Could Scramble Trump’s 2020 Strategy The president projects optimism about the economy and his re-election chances, but his advisers are watching markets closely – Andrew Restuccia and Rebecca Ballhaus (DIERSEN: Of course, to defeat Trump in 2020, Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America’s economy.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/any-economic-downturn-could-scramble-trumps-2020-strategy-11565898073
— The Reach of Shootings in America Since 2017 when the U.S. experienced the deadliest mass shooting in its modern history, a network of victims and their families has grown – Vivien Ngo, Jim Oberman and Elisa Cho
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-reach-of-shootings-in-america-11565947800

FORBES
— The Net Worth Of Every 2020 Presidential Candidate – Dan Alexander (DIERSEN: Should the 10 candidates who want to be appointed to fill the Wheaton West District City Council vacancy be required to disclose their a) assets, b) liabilities, c) net worth, d) source and amounts of income, and e) expenses? What if they own pot stocks? What if they own stock in companies that employ illegals) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2019/08/14/heres-the-net-worth-of-every-2020-presidential-candidate/#33a3d13a37c5

FRESNO BEE
— Fresno Unified board censures Terry Slatic amid rising legal costs, pleas for recall – ASHLEIGH PANOO (DIERSEN: Instead of following its bylaws concerning censure, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) censures MTRCC members a) by giving the microphone to MTRCC members to make vicious false accusations against MTRCC members at MTRCC meetings and b) denying censured MTRCC members the opportunity to respond. That happened again at MTRCC’s August 14, 2019 meeting.)
https://www.fresnobee.com/news/local/education/article233549787.html

KANSAS CITY STAR
— Overland Park limits what public can bring up at its meetings. Residents want change – SARAH RITTER (DIERSEN: Those who run Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) meetings a) give the microphone to nasty MTRCC members who make vicious false accusations against me and b) refuse to give me the microphone to defend myself.)
https://www.kansascity.com/news/politics-government/article233957927.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Fifth Ward Councilman Faris Farassati is spearheading the effort to implement what he calls an “open microphone” period at City Council and committee meetings.)

ALLENTOWN MORNING CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Why 90% of Democrats think Trump is racist while 90% of Republicans think he’s not.”
https://www.mcall.com/opinion/mc-opi-donald-trump-racism-dog-whistles-democrats-republicans-20190815-swpjtxdadjapbgxufrpvmixfs4-story.html

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— IRS budget cuts cost $34.3B in lost revenue from big business – Michael Cohn (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/news/irs-budget-cuts-mean-34-3b-in-lost-revenue-from-big-business

LAWYERS
— Marijuana Laws Affect Employees And Employers – Sidney L. Gold
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/labor-and-employment/marijuana-laws-affect-employees-and-employers-56804/

ATLANTIC
— Trump’s ‘Invasion’ Was a Corporate Recruitment Drive Last week’s raid was a case study in how an industry with a history of defying the law has managed to shift the blame onto workers. – Eric Schlosser (DIERSEN: RINOs want cheap labor. RINOs dominate the Republican Party. If Trump imposed E-Verify, RINOs would immediately end Trump’s presidency.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/trumps-invasion-was-a-corporate-recruitment-drive/596230/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who hate Whites and those who hate America promote hatred against Whites and against America.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/aug/16/us-mexico-border-hispanic-invasion-latinx-history

August 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— GOP looks ahead to 2020 election during Republican Day at Illinois State Fair – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/republicans-look-ahead-to-2020-at-state-fair/5470032/
— Rashida Tlaib, Ilhan Omar denied entry to Israel because of ‘boycott activities’ – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/israel-bans-entry-to-tlaib-omar-over-boycott-activities/5469893/
— Walmart says it sells 20% of ammunition in US, defends gun sales after mass shootings – EDITH HONAN
https://abc7chicago.com/walmart-says-it-sells-20-of-ammunition-in-us-defends-gun-sales-after-mass-shootings/5470795/

NBC5
— Steve Scalise Tells Illinois GOP It Can Recover by Rebuilding Scalise was the featured speaker at Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/steve-scalise-tells-illinois-gop-it-can-recover-by-rebuilding-545314661.html

CBS2
— Former Illinois Congressman Joe Walsh Calls President Trump ‘Unfit Con Man’ – CNN
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08/15/former-illinois-congressman-joe-walsh-calls-president-trump-unfit-con-man/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Beleaguered state GOP gathers at Illinois State Fair, with leaders acknowledging ‘we had a rough year’ – RICK PEARSON and JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-state-fair-republicans-day-20190815-vhc5vhc4mzbyjan36sj72an6he-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: La Grange Park Board shows reluctance on allowing recreational marijuana sales – HANK BECKMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/la-grange/ct-dlg-lagrange-park-recreational-marijuana-tl-0822-20190815-3h43mkokpfbt5n73q3ifdvy5pi-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘Wisconsin’s going to come’: Winthrop Harbor notes border location in discussing recreational cannabis regulations – MARY MCINTYRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-winthrop-harbor-cannabis-meeting-st-0815-20190814-dtr4wjfsx5fnnh7fndkxtubvra-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: On Jan. 1, recreational marijuana sales will be banned in Highland Park. – KAREN BERKOWITZ
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/highland-park/ct-hpn-highland-park-waiting-on-marijuana-tl-0822-20190815-hhp33lz5gvgptfjup44ssiqgzq-story.html
— Church in a gay bar: Queer Chicagoans find ways to merge religion and identity – NICOLE BLACKWOOD (DIERSEN: How much pressure is your church under to promote LGBTQ activity?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-queer-religion-0815-20190815-tpkf3ghjgbgu7geqkhr42gbvbu-story.html
— Make gun owners buy insurance – ED RAMPELL (DIERSEN: Make people who drink booze, gamble, smoke pot, etc. buy insurance.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-gun-owners-mandatory-insurance-20190815-jupjhzpwhzaexlsjtsikuhi3ry-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Divided, defeated state GOP looks back on ‘rough year,’ but vows to rebuild, fight Pritzker tax plan There was no sugarcoating it at the dour breakfast before the party’s pep rally at the Illinois State Fair. Things are not great for the state’s Republicans a year after Gov. Bruce Rauner lost re-election, and Pritzker quickly racked up major legislative accomplishments. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/8/15/20807272/divided-defeated-illinois-gop-republican-day-vows-rebuild-fight-pritzker-tax-plan
— Secretary of State Jesse White won’t seek reelection — for real this time White will finish out his term and won’t seek re-election, spokesman Dave Druker told the Chicago Sun-Times Thursday. Druker said White has plenty to do in life ‘beyond being secretary of state.’ – Tina Sfondeles and Rachel Hinton 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/8/15/20806978/illinois-secretary-of-state-jesse-white-not-seek-reelection

DAILY HERALD
— COD board makes it official: Mediator to help with contract talks – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190815/cod-board-makes-it-official-mediator-to-help-with-contract-talks

HERALD & REVIEW
— Gathering in Springfield, Illinois Republicans say state’s political pendulum due to swing right – JERRY NOWICKI 
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gathering-in-springfield-illinois-republicans-say-state-s-political-pendulum/article_c4aece59-797b-5383-b9cf-2e62d68123a8.html

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Illinois Republicans Confident Of Comeback – SAM DUNKLAU 
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/illinois-republicans-confident-comeback

FOX ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING: LDS Church clarifies ‘Word of Wisdom’ on vaping, green tea, coffee, marijuana, opioids – Adam Forgie
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/lds-church-clarifies-word-of-wisdom-on-vaping-green-tea-coffee-marijuana-opioids

EVANSTON NOW
— Panel to sort through over 100 reparations ideas – Bill Smith (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? How much reparations do the Democrats in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, in Illinois, and in America want you to pay? How much reparations have you paid already? Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.) 
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/equity/2019-08-15/82677/panel-to-sort-through-over-100-reparations-ideas

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois’ statehouse majority Democrats celebrate while minority Republicans look to reverse course – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-statehouse-majority-democrats-celebrate-while-minority-republicans-look-to/article_3feaeaf6-bfa3-11e9-b2cb-43ad2d9355c5.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Fox News anchor stops Border Patrol Council VP after he says ‘invasion’ – Mike Brest (DIERSEN: According to Trump-haters, there is no invasion.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/fox-news-anchor-stops-border-patrol-council-vp-after-he-says-invasion
— Students fall behind while schools focus on social justice – Nicole Russell
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/students-fall-behind-while-schools-focus-on-social-justice

FOX NEWS
— Newest anti-Trump Republican Joe Walsh tries to shed history of incendiary remarks – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-walsh-shed-history-of-incendiary-remarks
— Michael Goodwin: The New York Times has lost its way in its hatred for President Trump – Julia Musto
https://www.foxnews.com/media/michael-goodwin-the-new-york-times-has-lost-its-way-in-its-hatred-for-president-trump

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Ilhan Omar’s and Rashida Tlaib’s Israel-bashing just got them barred from Israel – Nate Madden ·
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/ilhan-omars-rashida-tlaibs-israel-bashing-just-got-barred-israel/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Assault on America, Day 225: Cultural retreat spells death for conservatives hoping to MAGA – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30820-assault-america-day-225-cultural-retreat-spells-death-conservatives-hoping-maga

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Schumer Tells Trump To Spend Border Wall Funds Fighting Domestic Terrorism – Matt M. Miller
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/08/schumer-tells-trump-to-spend-border-wall-funds-fighting-domestic-terrorism/

NEWSMAX
— Democrats Taking a Page From the Stalin Playbook – Wayne Allyn Root 
https://www.newsmax.com/wayneallynroot/democrats-stalin/2019/08/15/id/928696/

THE HILL
— El Paso’s Republican mayor says Trump called him a ‘RINO’ during visit after mass shooting – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: RINOs focus on destroying Republicans like me. I should write a book about past and present RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457589-gop-el-paso-mayor-says-trump-called-him-a-rino-during-visit-after-mass-shooting

POLITICO
— State Department watchdog details political retaliation against ‘disloyal’ staffers – NAHAL TOOSI 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/15/state-department-inspector-general-report-political-retaliation-1464586

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote massive government assistance (welfare) for immigrants.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/help-sick-child-or-forgo-citizenship-immigrants-anguish-over-new-n1042526

NEW YORK TIMES
— Israel Denies Entry to Omar and Tlaib After Trump’s Call to Block Them – Isabel Kershner
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/15/world/middleeast/trump-israel-omar-tlaib.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump met his commitments to LGBTQ Americans. He has our endorsement. – Robert Kabel, Chairman, Log Cabin Republicans and Jill Homan, vice chairwoman of Log Cabin Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trump-met-his-commitments-to-lgbtq-americans-he-has-our-endorsement/2019/08/15/fb9b741c-bf96-11e9-a5c6-1e74f7ec4a93_story.html

USA TODAY
— As many as 100 chicken plant workers reportedly fired after Mississippi ICE raid – Alissa Zhu and Jimmie E. Gates (DIERSEN: If there were as many illegals in the 1960s as there are now, in all likelihood, instead of me, S.S. Kresges would have hired an illegal to wash dishes part-time in the basement of its Chicago Heights store.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/14/mississippi-chicken-plant-raided-ice-reportedly-fires-workers/2010623001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Shooting,’ ‘Bomb,’ ‘Trump’: Advertisers Blacklist News Stories Online Companies are increasingly insisting their ads do not appear near articles or videos that contain any of a long list of words – Suzanne Vranica
https://www.wsj.com/articles/advertisers-blacklist-hard-news-including-trump-fearing-backlash-11565879086

FORBES
— Illinois’ Hazy New Law Legalizing Recreational Use of Marijuana – Steven Pearlman
https://www.forbes.com/sites/stevenpearlman/2019/08/15/illinois-hazy-new-law-legalizing-recreational-use-of-marijuana/#f9553c3511a7

NEWSWEEK
— ARE REPUBLICANS UNDERFUNDING THE IRS TO HELP CORPORATIONS PAY LESS? – NICOLE GOODKIND 
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-irs-tax-cuts-budget-republicans-1454619

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Questions to ask Wheaton and to ask the Daily Herald about each of the 10 candidates who are seeking to be appointed to fill the Wheaton West District City Council vacancy. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

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

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

What are their political affiliations, that is, what were the most recent primary ballot that they cast – Republican or Democrat, and what other actions have they taken that evidences their political affiliations, please elaborate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

What are their positions on Wheaton’s East Roosevelt Road Corridor Market Study/Comprehensive Plan Amendment, please elaborate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Do the aforesaid take/return their phone calls, please elaborate?

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

Do the aforesaid take/return their phone calls, please elaborate?

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 14 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— The August Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) monthly meeting is this evening at the Holiday Inn in Carol Stream. The social hour starts at 6:00 PM and the meeting starts at 7:00 PM. SEE: http://dupagegop.org/calendar-3/ 

I will be signing in as a candidate. I am a candidate to be appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy. The other six Republican candidates are Edward Ahern, Jeffery Antonelli, Angela Blatner, Nancy Harding, Mark Kmeicik, and Robert McNeily.

Hopefully, all of the aforesaid seven candidates will a) attend meeting, b) announce their candidacies, c) and seek the support of the eighteen Republican Precinct Committeemen who represent Wheaton’s West District. Those eighteen Precinct Committeemen are Joseph Caruso, Dave Diersen, Thomas Elsner, Arthur Grant, Ralph Hinkle, Marty Keller, John Kocinski, Robert Krzyzewski, Michael Hinsdale, Jae Kwon, Robert Larsen, Connor McCarthy, Robert McNeily, Ronald Menna, Elizabeth Tatro, James Ryan, Mark Thomas, and Herbert Wehling.

Hopefully, MTRCC will gather relevant information about the aforesaid seven candidates, provide that information to the aforesaid eighteen Precinct Committeemen, and host a candidate forum. The goal of providing information on the candidates and hosting a candidate forum is to help the aforesaid eighteen Precinct Committeemen recommend to Wheaton’s City Council the best possible candidate to be appointed to fill the Wheaton West District City Council vacancy.

In my opinion, the following information about all 10 candidates should be disclosed: How long they have lived in Wheaton, how long they have lived in Wheaton’s West District, their work experience, their education, their professional certifications and licenses, their memberships in professional associations, why they want to be appointed to fill the vacancy, what they believe the three most important issues are that Wheaton needs to address in the next 2 years and how those issues those issues should be addressed, their political affiliation and activities, their civic activities, if they would vote for or against banning the sale of pot in Wheaton, what their position is on Wheaton’s Roosevelt Road corridor, if they would vote for or against requiring employers in Wheaton to use E-Verify, and what they have done that demonstrates they can carry out typical city council functions. In my opinion, Republican Precinct Committeemen in Wheaton’s West District should have the above information.

At Wheaton’s City Council meeting on Monday, August 19, 2019, its members will go into executive session to deliberate on the 10 candidates who have applied. Because, in that session, they will be reviewing the documents that the 10 candidates have submitted, Wheaton has denied my FOIA request for those documents.

According to MTRCC’s bylaws (http://www.miltongop.org/about-mtrcc/by-laws), “When a position within Milton Township is declared vacant, the MTRCC shall meet within forty (40) days of the declaration of vacancy to recommend an individual to fill such vacancy. The recommendation shall be decided at a convention of the Organization by a majority vote of the Organization through a written ballot.” It would be great if MTRCC would host a candidate forum for the aforesaid seven Republican candidates.” I urge MTRCC to do the aforesaid concerning Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy.

Many Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders routinely attend MTRCC meetings. I hope that the following will attend MTRCC’s August 14 meeting and a candidate forum if one is held: a) Wheaton’s mayor and City Council members, b) 6th Congressional District candidates Jeanne Ives and Evelyn Sanguinetti; c) DuPage County Recorder candidates Ron Almiron and Babette Holder; d) Illinois officials including Amy Grant; e) DuPage County officials including Robert Berlin, Fred Bucholz, Daniel Cronin, Pete DiCianni, Grant Eckhoff, Timothy Elliott, Robert Grogan, Gwen Henry, Richard Jorgensen, Christopher Kachiroubas, Robert Larsen, Paula McGowen, James Mendrick, Al Murphy, Sean Noonan, Jeffrey Redick, Darlene Ruscitti, Timothy Whelan, and Jim Zay; f) Milton Township officials including Sal Falbo, Chris Heidorn, Gail Hinkle, Marty Keller, Chris LeVan, Gary Muehlfelt, David Molitor, John Monino, and Yada Nathwani; g) Wheaton Park District officials including Michael Benard; h) School District 200 officials; and i) College of DuPage officials including Annette Corrigan, Christine Fenne, Heidi Holan, and Frank Napolitano.

It will be extremely interesting to see which of the seven candidates are endorsed by which of the aforesaid candidates, elected officials, and party leaders, and especially which candidates Ives and Sanguinetti might endorse because they both have served on Wheaton’s City Council.

Further, I will be asking a) Susan Fitch, Chris Zaruba, and other Wheaton City Council members who attend the meeting to brief the meeting’s attendees on actions being taken to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton and b) Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Bob Larsen, Jim Zay, and other DuPage County Board members who attend the meeting to brief the meeting’s attendees on actions being taken to ban the sale of pot in DuPage County’s unincorporated areas.

Further, I will be asking the meeting’s attendees to join me, Bob Cherry, Dick Furstenau, B.J. Singer, and Tim Whelan in urging DuPage County, Wheaton, Carol Stream, Glendale Heights, Lombard, Downers Grove, Naperville, Warrenville, West Chicago, and the rest of the 38 municipalities in DuPage County to ban the sale of pot.

Further, I will be asking the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, its Chairman Marty Keller, MTRCC, and the other eight Republican township party organizations in DuPage County to urge DuPage County and the 38 municipalities in DuPage County to ban the sale of pot. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

WGN TV
— Nancy Pelosi to kick off Governor’s Day at Illinois State Fair – AP
https://wgntv.com/2019/08/14/nancy-pelosi-to-kick-off-governors-day-at-illinois-state-fair/

ABC7
— Chicago hospital shooting: Gun in VA hospital incident came from Indiana gun store heist – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff & Christine Tressel
https://abc7chicago.com/rifle-used-in-chicago-va-hospital-incident-came-from-indiana-gun-store-heist/5465755/

CBS2
— FBI Probes How Alleged Jesse Brown VA Medical Center Gunman Got Rifle On His Hands – Charlie De Mar
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/08/13/fbi-probes-jesse-brown-va-medical-center-gunman/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats set to rally at Illinois State Fair with House Speaker Nancy Pelosi looking for more House seats to flip – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-state-fair-democrats-day-20190814-a2ewb7zlgvfnhogfhe7bhrgsfy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-robinson-column-st-0814-20190813-56zcllrhrbd63cu7u4nhtyhke4-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville’s No. 9 in country for safest cities to raise children, No. 22 for safest college town, new rankings show – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-safest-cities-to-raise-children-st-0814-20190813-hmv7xvfsn5hkrn65jkltidbk24-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: SafeWise’s study on safest cities to raise children, released Tuesday, analyzed the most recent FBI violent and property crime report statistics in order to rank cities with a population of at least 75,000 based on the number of violent crimes (aggravated assault, murder, rape and robbery) and property crimes (burglary, arson, larceny-theft and motor vehicle theft). To level the playing field, violent and property crime rates were calculated per 1,000 people in each city.)

DAILY HERALD
— Hinsdale businessman David Andalcio confirmed for RTA post over Democrats’ objections – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: The vote was taken at yesterday’s DuPage County Board meeting. At that meeting, Dick Furstenau and I urged the board to ban the sale of pot in DuPage County’s unincorporated areas. The video is at http://dupage.iqm2.com/Citizens/SplitView.aspx?Mode=Video&MeetingID=8241&Format=Agenda )
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190813/hinsdale-businessman-confirmed-for-rta-post-over-democrats-objections
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Hinsdale businessman has been named DuPage’s representative on the Regional Transit Authority board, despite strong criticism from most Democrats on the county board. County board members voted 10-5 Tuesday to confirm David Andalcio’s appointment. He fills the seat formerly held by Patrick Durante, whose term ended last month.)
— Today’s racial discrimination – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following demographics that you have, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs discourage you from seeking any kind of government or political office: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190814/how-important-is-todays-racial-discrimination
— The state’s test of government consolidation in McHenry County could be just the start – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190814/editorial-the-states-test-of-government-consolidation-in-mchenry-county-could-be-just-the-start
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Wauconda officials open to local marijuana dispensaries – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190814/wauconda-officials-open-to-local-marijuana-dispensaries

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Township Consolidation Law may be first of many government reduction efforts – REBECCA ANZEL
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/township-consolidation/article_1f99cc59-36d4-5517-a59e-933b794dd1d6.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump official: Statue of Liberty poem is about Europeans – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-official-statue-of-liberty-poem-refers-to-europeans-08-14-2019

KHQA
— Adams County considers opting in to recreational marijuana program – Lynsey Whitaker
https://khqa.com/news/local/adams-co-board-talks-revenue-options-for-local-recreational-marijuana-dispensaries

TIMES
— Ottawa, Streator councils will soon decide on recreational marijuana sales Ottawa supportive, Streator undecided – Michael Urbanec and Brent Bader
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/08/13/ottawa-streator-councils-will-soon-decide-on-recreational-marijuana-sales/a6e1fuy/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Social Justice: What Does It Really Mean? – Oliver Perry
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/social-justice-what-does-it-really-mean/

BREITBART
— Eight-in-Ten Democrats Want Easier Migration and Asylum Rules – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/13/four-in-five-democrats-want-easier-migration-and-asylum-rules/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Cuccinelli: No Public Charge Immigrants
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30810

CNS NEWS
— Brent Bozell: Mass Murder? Blame ‘Conservative Media Stars’ – L. Brent Bozell III and Tim Graham
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/l-brent-bozell-iii/mass-murder-blame-conservative-media-stars

DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez’s Known Donors From Her Own District Are Nearly Non-Existent, FEC Records Show – ANDREW KERR
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/13/ocasio-cortez-district-fec/

FEDERALIST
— If You’re Not Grateful To The United States, Why Are You Here? Rather than ridicule America’s past, as if the travesties of U.S. history nullify its soaring glories, immigrants and longtime Americans should be grateful for America and its political and cultural traditions. – Casey Chalk (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats highlight immigrants who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/14/youre-not-grateful-united-states/
— Does The Statue Of Liberty Poem Invalidate U.S. Borders Or Require Giving Welfare To Non-Citizens? – Susanna Hoffman
https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/13/statue-liberty-poem-invalidate-u-s-borders-require-giving-welfare-non-citizens/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— WHEN LUXURIES BECOME A HUMAN RIGHT Reflections on Netflix and organic pears. – Daniel Greenfield
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274560/when-luxuries-become-human-right-daniel-greenfield

TOWNHALL
— Open Borders Inc.: Who’s Funding the Wicked War on ICE? – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/08/14/open-borders-inc-whos-funding-the-wicked-war-on-ice-n2551644

NEW YORK TIMES
— Screen All Adult Patients for Drug Abuse, National Panel Urges With 1 in 10 Americans saying they misuse drugs, doctors should ask everyone about both illegal and prescription use, the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force said. – Jan Hoffman (DIERSEN: I have never used pot or any other illegal drug. All candidates for any kind of office should disclose if they have used pot or any other illegal drug. Use of illegal drugs demonstrates disrespect for the rule of law.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/13/health/drug-screening-adults-teens.html

USA TODAY
— Banning ‘assault rifles’ and large-capacity magazines won’t stop mass shooters – Robert Farago
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/13/dont-ban-assault-rifles-large-capacity-magazines-editorials-debates/2003076001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Public-Charge’ Ploy A new rule looks like another effort to limit legal immigration. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-public-charge-ploy-11565738249
— FRONT PAGE: Résumés Are Starting to Look Like Instagram—and Sometimes Even Tinder Employers see surge in Gen Z CVs containing photos and illustrations; ‘there’s a freaking bitmoji’ – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: I urge all 10 candidates seeking to be appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy to post their resumes. Mine is posted at https://gopillinois.com/documents/.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/resumes-are-starting-to-look-like-instagramand-sometimes-even-tinder-11565707364

August 12 Morning Edition

CYBER CIVICS
— Responsibilities of U.S. Citizens (DIERSEN: In my opinion, each and every voter in Wheaton, and especially, each and every voter in Wheaton’s West District and each and every Precinct Committeeman in the district should a) learn everything that they can about the 10 candidates who are seeking to be appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy, b) analyze that information, c) decide who they believe the best candidate would be and why, and d) communicate that to Wheaton’s City Council by email at allcouncil@wheaton.il.us.) 
http://www.civics.ks.gov/kansas/citizenship/responsibilities-of-citizens.html
(FROM THE POSTING: Staying informed. Citizens have the responsibility to stay informed of the issues affecting their communities, as well as national and international issues, and to be active in the civic processes. This includes being well informed about the issues and candidates before voting in an election, getting involved in a political campaign or running for public office, or using their right to address the government through activism.)

DAILY HERALD
— AUGUST 9, 2019 FLASHBACK: 10 want West District seat on Wheaton City Council – Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: The Daily Herald has published some information about 5 of the candidates (David Diersen, Robert McNeily, Lynn Robbins, Mark Kmiecik, and Khizar Jafri), but what about the other 5: Nancy Harding, Edward Ahern, Jeffrey Antonelli, Angela Blatner, and Krista Selvey? In my opinion, the Daily Herald should obtain and publish at least the following information about all 10 candidates: How long they have lived in Wheaton, how long they have lived in Wheaton’s West District, their work experience, their education, their professional certifications and licenses, their memberships in professional associations, why they want to be appointed to fill the vacancy, what they believe the three most important issues are that Wheaton needs to address in the next 2 years and how those issues those issues should be addressed, their political affiliation and activities, their civic activities, if they would vote for or against banning the sale of pot in Wheaton, what their position is on Wheaton’s Roosevelt Road corridor, if they would vote for or against requiring employers in Wheaton to use E-Verify, and what they have done that demonstrates they can carry out typical city council functions.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190809/10-want-west-district-seat-on-wheaton-city-council
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Diersen is the founder of the daily newsletter Gopillinois.com. McNeily lost his bid for the West District seat in 2016 against incumbent Todd Scalzo. According to his LinkedIn page, he is the Midwest regional manager of Turning Point USA, a conservative group founded by Wheeling High School alum Charlie Kirk for college and high school students. Robbins, a former Illinois Park and Recreation Association board member, also ran unsuccessfully against Scalzo for the West District seat in 2016. Kmiecik finished third in another three-way race for the seat in 2009. Jafri, a finance and accounting consultant, lost to Tim Elliott for a District 4 spot on the DuPage County Board in 2016. The Democrat was seeking his first elected office at the time.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Does the Chicago area need another airport? Plans for a Peotone airport are back, this time with an e-commerce spin. – Mary Wisniewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-peotone-airport-proposal-cargo-shipping-amazon-getting-around-20190812-nrhtcaku7rgvbmhkhtbtxyfz6u-story.html

WTTW
— Supporters Of Greater Gun Restrictions Rally In Chicago – ANDY DAHN
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/supporters-greater-gun-restrictions-rally-chicago

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— El Paso joins Morton in banning recreational-pot businesses – Nick Vlahos
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190812/nick-in-am-el-paso-joins-morton-in-banning-recreational-pot-businesses

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Karl Hickerson of Davenport promotes hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://qctimes.com/opinion/letters/letter-blood-on-his-hands/article_de792b57-406d-5bcc-9703-6502ec296cdb.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— O’Rourke says he supports national gun licensing program – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/orourke-says-he-supports-national-gun-licensing-program-08-11-2019

WJOL
— Workplace Discrimination Protections Now Law in Illinois (DIERSEN: From what I see, constructively, employers can discriminate against employees because they are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wjol.com/workplace-discrimination-protections-now-law-in-illinois/

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois’ shrinking tax base: Residents are leaving and taking their incomes with them – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-shrinking-tax-base-residents-are-leaving-and-taking-their-incomes-with-them-part-1/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Bernie Sanders staffers manhandle press at Iowa State Fair – Joseph Simonson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have treated me since 2000.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bernie-sanders-staffers-manhandle-press-at-iowa-state-fair

GOPUSA
— Internet is silencing Conservative voices (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want silence me.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=74152
— Elizabeth Warren will tax gun makers at 30% on firearms, 50% on ammunition (DIERSEN: This would make it harder for poor people to defend themselves.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=74182

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Link between Today’s Leftists and Yesterday’s Nazis – Alexander Nussbaum
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/the_link_between_todays_leftists_and_yesterdays_nazis.html
— Where only wealthy liberals can exercise free speech – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/where_only_wealthy_liberals_can_exercise_free_speech.html

BREITBART
— Illinois Governor Mandates LGBT History Curriculum for Public Schools – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/11/illinois-governor-mandates-lgbt-history-curriculum-for-public-schools/
— Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Mollie Tibbetts Claims ‘Constitutional Rights’ Violated – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/11/illegal-alien-accused-murdering-claims-constitutional-rights-violated/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says ‘White Supremacists Think That Donald Trump Is a White Supremacist’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/08/11/dem-rep-tim-ryan-white-supremacists-think-that-donald-trump-is-a-white-supremacist/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s 2020 Strategy Is Attracting ‘Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/08/11/mcauliffe-trumps-2020-strategy-is-attracting-neo-nazis-and-white-supremacists/

DAILY CALLER
— The Epstein ‘Suicide’ Conspiracies Are Flying – DEREK HUNTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/12/epstein-suicide-conspiracies/

COLLEGE FIX
— Student defends wearing MAGA hat after professor cries ‘white supremacy’ – JENNIFER KABBANY 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/student-defends-wearing-maga-hat-after-professor-cries-white-supremacy/

THE HILL
— Trump administration releases new ‘public charge’ rule making it easier to reject immigrants – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457077-trump-administration-releases-final-public-charge-rule?userid=3526

POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump. 
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/12/democrats-guns-white-supremacy-1458135

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump is losing ground in America’s suburbs.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/trump-losing-ground-america-s-suburbs-n1041296

CNN
— Trump admin announces rule that could limit legal immigration – Priscilla Alvarez, Geneva Sands and Tami Luhby
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/legal-immigration-public-charge/index.html

CNBC
— This Social Security rule cuts public workers’ benefits. Politicians want to change that – Lorie Konish (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/new-bill-would-change-social-security-rule-on-public-workers-benefits.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Rule Targets Legal Immigrants Who Rely on Food Stamps and Other Aid – Eileen Sullivan and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/us/politics/trump-immigration-policy.html
— Banning Assault Weapons Works That’s why, as president, I will push to ban them again. – Joe Biden
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/opinion/joe-biden-ban-assault-weapons.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration to penalize immigrants who use or might use public benefits, a move aimed at curbing legal immigration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/08/12/trump-administration-to-penalize-immigrants-who-use-or-might-use-public-benefits-a-move-aimed-at-curbing-legal-immigration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote those who hate Trump.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/11/who-is-race-imboden-fencing-medalist-who-protested-over-trump-gun-control/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that millennials have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/12/conservative-pundits-owe-an-apology-millennials-actually-they-owe-many-apologies/

NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump supporters.
https://nypost.com/2019/08/11/democrats-have-demonized-every-trump-voter-as-a-deplorable/
— Memo to Biden: Being white doesn’t make you rich – Seth Barron (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to minorities. If I had been a minority, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.)
https://nypost.com/2019/08/11/memo-to-biden-being-white-doesnt-make-you-rich/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— San Diego’s city attorney is taking away hundreds of guns from those who shouldn’t have them – GEORGE SKELTON
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-11/skelton-gun-control-california-san-diego-city-attorney

BOSTON GLOBE
— Should Massachusetts cities and towns be allowed to extend the right to vote in local elections to legal non-citizens? – Gladys Vega
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2019/08/09/should-massachusetts-cities-and-towns-allowed-extend-right-vote-local-elections-legal-non-citizens/AzcsMcsEVPtxhMo14mafLJ/story.html

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
http://www.startribune.com/the-brand-label-that-stokes-trump-s-fury-racist/536014472/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Boise and Grand Rapids, the Housing Market Looks Red Hot Many Midwestern markets have heated up so quickly they are now experiencing shortages of inventory and rising prices – Laura Kusisto and Likhitha Butchireddygari (DIERSEN: How is the housing market doing in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your township/ward, and in your county? What attracts buyers and what drives them away?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-boise-and-grand-rapids-the-housing-market-looks-red-hot-11565521202
— The Federal Minimum Wage Doesn’t Really Matter Anymore Only a tiny share of civilian workers are paid at that rate – Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-federal-minimum-wage-doesnt-really-matter-anymore-11565515801

CALIFORNIA GLOBE
— Legalizing Marijuana Has Created a Black Market Plaguing Riverside County Transnational crime organizations growing pot counties, and in residential neighborhoods – Michelle Mears
https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/legalizing-marijuana-has-created-a-black-market-plaguing-a-california-community/

FOX SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
— Cape Coral City Council to vote on rezoning Four Corners lots – Anna Kohls
https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/cape-coral-city-council-to-vote-on-rezoning-four-corners-lots

LONG BEACH POST
— When it comes to elections, how important are endorsements from the political establishment? – Jason Ruiz
https://lbpost.com/news/politics/elections-endorsements-political-establishment

TOLEDO BLADE
— Candidates for Toledo Council District 3 explain qualifications
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2019/08/12/toledo-city-council-distrcit-3-candidates-robert-worthington-glen-cook-theresa-gadus/stories/20190811045

RICHMOND
— Employers need to tighten up on their hiring process to avoid discrimination – KAREN MICHAEL (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.richmond.com/business/learning-center/labor-law-employers-need-to-tighten-up-on-their-hiring/article_9c132257-230a-5802-9dc2-d8e7740b783d.html

AIKEN STANDARD
— Candidate Forum: Residents hear from Aiken City Council candidates – Cindy Kubovic
https://www.aikenstandard.com/sundays_best/candidate-forum-residents-hear-from-aiken-city-council-candidates/article_944ae3a8-b9e5-11e9-ad97-b31a6335ebc6.html

PARK RECORD
— Park City voters days away from eliminating a City Council candidate – Jay Hamburger
https://www.parkrecord.com/news/park-city-voters-days-away-from-eliminating-a-city-council-candidate/

LITTLETON INDEPENDENT
— Next Gen committee chair announces council run Iftin Abshir, 28, says she wants to keep Colorado from becoming California – David Gilbert
https://littletonindependent.net/stories/next-gen-committee-chair-announces-council-run,284795

ESTHERVILLE NEWS
— Heckard wins runoff for Ward 1 seat – David Swartz
http://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/534926/Heckard-wins-runoff-for-Ward-1-seat.html?nav=5003

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mass-shootings-have-latinos-worried-about-being-targets

HISCOX
— Hiscox Study Finds 1 in 5 US Workers Age 40 and Over Have Experienced Age Discrimination in the Workplace 51 years old is the age at which workers believe they are most likely to experience age discrimination in the workplace
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hiscox-study-finds-1-in-5-us-workers-age-40-and-over-have-experienced-age-discrimination-in-the-workplace-300899558.html