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September 11 Morning Edition

ABC7
— US marks 18th anniversary of 9/11 attacks – AP (DIERSEN: I had the honor of organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005. What were you doing on September 11, 2001? I was delivering reelection campaign press release kits for then State Representative Randy Hultgren.)
https://abc7chicago.com/society/live-us-marks-18th-anniversary-of-9-11-attacks/5530930/
— Remembering 9/11: List of local, public memorials
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/remembering-9-11-list-of-local-public-memorials/5531246/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-9/11/2019
— Chicago City Council members, community groups call for reinstatement of corporate head tax – Craig Wall (Diersen: I worked in Chicago in 1971 and 1973-1997.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/city-council-members-community-groups-call-for-reinstatement-of-corporate-head-tax/5529869/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Should Rahm Emanuel run for president and save Democrats from Joe Biden and his bloody eye? – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-rahm-emanuel-democrat-president-kass-20190911-to7rp2sdxnhqhnmycaygzcctaq-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: Watchdog accuses County Clerk Karen Yarbrough of running ‘illegal patronage’ operation, wants court oversight – Ray Long (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-karen-yarbrough-cook-county-clerk-patronage-hiring-20190911-e2aj2es5sze4zfvejehxehimsm-story.html
— Protests planned as Sean Spicer set to speak at Northeastern Illinois University this week – Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrat employers will watch this and offer high-paying jobs to those who promote the most hatred against Trump.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-neiu-sean-spicer-protest-20190910-xdpeqvauqbef7lq2x2enpx4ofy-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A group of Northeastern Illinois University students, faculty and alumni are planning to protest after the school’s president rejected a request to reconsider having former White House press secretary Sean Spicer take part in a panel discussion about presidential elections on campus Thursday. But the discussion between Spicer and Fox News contributor and Democratic strategist Donna Brazile, will go on as planned, according to university spokesman Michael Hines. It’s scheduled for 7:30 p.m. Thursday at the university’s main auditorium, 3701 W. Bryn Mawr Ave., according to a release.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Coalition wish list includes 3.5% city income tax on Chicagoans and suburbanites earning more than $100,000-a-year. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, I started earning $101,471/year (GS-13 Step 2) in 1987 working for GAO in Chicago and that increased to $127,654/year (GS-13 Step 10) in 1997.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/9/10/20859272/taxes-head-tax-income-revenue-budget-progressive-caucus-city-council-chicago
— Civil case over Hastert hush-money payments could go to trial after judge’s ruling The civil case brought by Hastert’s victim — who is referred to as “James Doe” in the lawsuit — has been simmering in Kendall County ever since the spring of 2016. – Jon Seidel 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/10/20860228/civil-case-dennis-hastert-hush-money-payments-could-go-trial-after-judge-ruling

DAILY HERALD
— Academic stupidity and brainwashing – Walter E. Williams
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190911/academic-stupidity-and-brainwashing

WBEZ
— After 2 Years of Protests, Palos Township Calls in Armed Guards – Linda Lutton
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/after-2-years-of-protests-palos-township-calls-in-armed-guard/80e0c908-398c-4ea7-9e3c-4a23a1233b3c

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Vendors named to provide safety training to cannabis sellers – AP (DIERSEN: Pot impairs you. I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who uses pot. Those who promote, sell, buy, and/or use pot have severe health problems.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/vendors-named-to-provide-safety-training-to-cannabis-sellers/article_a2aca73b-83f2-5877-9563-bf78078e9a38.html

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To condemn today’s America, Democrats condemn America’s founders.
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/gerson-historical-context-is-no-excuse-for-the-founders-failure/article_254afc6a-d3c9-11e9-bf01-93072fcbb85f.html

SOUTHERN
— Union County Democratic Party withdraws legal action over county board’s pick for state’s attorney – MOLLY PARKER (DIERSEN: What do you say to a) those who cast Republican primary ballots and/or sign Republican candidate petitions but who focus on destroying Republicans and b) those who do not cast primary ballots and/or do not sign candidate petitions but who focus on destroying Republicans?) 
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/union-county-democratic-party-withdraws-legal-action-over-county-board/article_99de7213-eda0-58fd-906c-ff441241f069.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In a statement to The Southern on Thursday, Union County Democratic Party Chair Teresa Vincent said that the county’s legal counsel has since provided her the necessary documentation establishing Klingemann’s affiliation to the Democratic Party. Klingemann, a private attorney in Marion who previously worked as an assistant state’s attorney with Edmonds, had not voted in primary elections, and was not active in party politics. The board confirmed his appointment by a 3-2 vote along party lines, with Republicans voting in favor of his confirmation and Democrats against. Union County Board Chairman Max Miller previously said that Klingemann stated to him during the interview process that he was a Democrat, which he said satisfied the party affiliation requirement under the law. But Vincent argued that Klingemann’s record was not sufficient to establish him as a Democrat. She pointed to a section of the law that specifically speaks to the replacement of state senators and representatives and defines party affiliation as follows: A person is a member of a party for 23 months after signing a petition for a candidate’s partisan candidacy for office, signing a petition joining a particular party, pulling a partisan primary ballot, running for partisan office or otherwise holding a partisan position such as state central committeeperson.)

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— City council looks to NIU to continue weed sales talks Marijuana merchants would be barred from selling within 250 feet of schools, homes – KELSEY RETTKE (DIERSEN: The easier that it is to buy pot, the more pot that will be used.) 
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/09/10/city-council-looks-to-niu-to-continue-weed-sales-talks/ad9xgsp/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Residents speak in favor of cannabis sales at O’Fallon City Council meeting
BY LYNN VENHAUS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/community/ofallon-progress/article234927187.html

UIS JOURNAL
— Legal Weed and Higher Learning – Spencer Voyles
https://uisjournal.com/fall-2019/2019/09/10/legal-weed-and-higher-learning/

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Williamson County approves sales of recreational marijuana – Carolyn Cerda
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/41030850/williamson-county-approves-sales-of-recreational-marijuana

FOX ILLINOIS
— US commemorates 9/11 as its aftermath extends and evolves – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/us-commemorates-911-as-its-aftermath-extends-and-evolves

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Comptroller’s Office Doubles Down, Calls Wirepoints’ Critique Fringe, Apocalyptic Ranting: Our Response. – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN: Who paints you as being on the fringe? Those who paint be as being on the fringe 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://wirepoints.org/illinois-comptrollers-office-doubles-down-calls-wirepoints-critique-fringe-apocalyptic-ranting-our-response/

RUSS STEWART
— BAIL-OUTS PROLIFERATE AMONG DEMOCRATIC COMMITTEEMEN
http://www.russstewart.com/articles/2019/09-11-19.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here is a multiple-choice question for anyone who is still paying attention. A Chicago Democratic ward committeeman is (a) at the top of the political food chain, (b) at the bottom of the political food chain, (c) holds a non-paying post that is inconsequential, and/or (d) believes it’s a steppingstone to glory and power. Anybody who is now or has been a committeeman would answer (b) and (c). Anybody who aspires to and is running for committeeman in 2020 would answer (a) and (d). And everybody else, including this columnist, would give a resounding (c). After all, the sitting Democratic committeemen of the 1st, 39th, 40th, 41st, 45th and 49th wards, who were elected in 2016, lost 2019 bids to be elected or re-elected alderman, and the 50th Ward committeeman and the former 32nd Ward committeeman lost 2018 state senator and county commissioner races. Robert Murphy (39th) and Pat O’Connor (40th) lost the April 2 aldermanic runoff with, respectively, 44.1 and 46.2 percent. Proco Joe Moreno (1st), Tim Heneghan (41st), John Arena (45th) and Joe Moore (49th) lost the Feb. 26 primary with, respectively, 38.8, 29.7, 36.2 and 36.6 percent. And Ira Silverstein (50th) lost his Illinois 8th Senate District seat with 29.9 percent and John Fritchey (32nd) lost with 44.6 percent. They would surely answer the above question with a (b) and (c).)

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Top campaign contributions for the week of August 26 in DuPage County
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513512189-top-campaign-contribution-recipients-in-dupage-county-for-the-week-of-august-26

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WEYERMULLER: REMEMBERING 9-11 18 YEARS LATER (DIERSEN: I had the honor of organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 events in 2004 and 2005.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/weyermuller-remembering-9-11-18-years-later.html
— GOVERNMENT SHOULDN’T FORCE TEACHERS TO USE TRANSGENDER PRONOUNS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/government-shouldnt-force-teachers-to-use-transgender-pronouns.html

GOPUSA
— Rashida Tlaib’s ‘political revolution’ is treason masked as justice
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=75851
— A generation later America’s unity gone
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=75858
— Is Google Voter Manipulation Real? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google news searches steer you to non-creditable websites that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=75777

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The summer dip in illegal immigration is temporary, so Trump officials ought to stop celebrating
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-summer-dip-in-illegal-immigration-is-temporary-so-trump-officials-ought-to-stop-celebrating
— ‘Transparency’ in journalism doesn’t exist, but it could (DIERSEN: Unlike virtually all journalists, I am transparent. I fully disclose that I have been the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, and 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, federal retiree, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use the aforesaid to destroy me. They use the aforesaid to paint me as being a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, someone who harasses people, and even worse things. They talk and act like they work 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. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/transparency-in-journalism-doesnt-exist-but-it-could

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Have Forgotten 9/11 – Rick Hayes
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/democrats_have_forgotten_911.html
— Discrimination is bad…unless you’re wearing a MAGA hat – Christopher Paslay (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat in your municipality, would your Republican municipal officials come to your defense? If you wore a MAGA hat in your township/ward, would your Republican township/ward officials come to your defense? If you wore a MAGA hat in your county, would your Republican county officials come to your defense? If you wore a MAGA hat in Illinois, would your Republican Illinois come to your defense?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/discrimination_is_badunless_youre_wearing_a_maga_hat.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Tight labor market in western suburbs: Impediments and solutions – Ross Molho (DIERSEN: From what I see, under the Democrats, ever-increasingly, employers do not want employees who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190911/tight-labor-market-in-western-suburbs-impediments-and-solutions

DAILY SIGNAL
— Here Are 4 Ways the Left Is Grabbing Power in America – Jarrett Stepman 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/10/here-are-4-ways-the-left-is-grabbing-power-in-america/

TOWNHALL
— 7 Democrat Debate Questions Jorge Ramos Won’t Ask – Michelle Malkin (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for the candidates who sought appointment to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2019/09/11/7-dem-debate-questions-jorge-ramos-wont-ask-n2552893

NEWS BUSTERS
— Meet ABC’s Debate Moderators: A Clinton Spin Doctor and Trump Resistor – Geoffrey Dickens 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2019/09/10/meet-abcs-debate-moderators-clinton-spin-doctor-and-trump

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Democrats Divide Us by Race While Trump Expands Economic Pie – Kimberly Guilfoyle
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/11/dems_divide_us_by_race_while_trump_expands_economic_pie_141219.html

HOT AIR
— NRA Sues San Francisco (DIERSEN: I should sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I falsely claim to be a journalist. They stress that I do not have a degree in journalism, that I am not paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, that I do not claim to be nonpartisan, that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free, that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no advertising, that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no pictures, that I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and the times that activists, organizations (including the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party), companies (including Google, Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, Wheaton Leader, and Naperville Sun), governments (including Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois), candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. have treated me like a am not a journalist.) 
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2019/09/10/go-nra-sues-san-francisco/
— Beto: Living Close To Where You Work Should Be A Right For Everyone (DIERSEN: I lived in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago and walked to work at IRS 1974-1978. In today’s dollars, my IRS salary was $82,579 in 1974, $85,333 in 1975, $88,086 in 1976, $90,839 in 1977 and 1978. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970 and an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I started taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul in 1976.) 
https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/09/10/beto-living-close-work-right-everyone/

NOQ REPORT
— One America News slaps MSNBC, Comcast with $10 million slander lawsuit – CQ Livingston (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like they can defame and slander me because I am a “public figure.” If I sued them, they would have to prove that I am a “public figure.” That would be difficult for them because they have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no one reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://noqreport.com/2019/09/10/one-america-news-slaps-msnbc-comcast-10-million-lawsuit/

MEXICAN OCCUPATION
— The Mexican Invasion and Occupation: Mexico Builds the LA RAZA “THE RACE” Supremacist Welfare State. THE LA RAZA CRIME TIDAL WAVE – “These figures do not attempt to allege that foreign nationals in the country illegally commit more crimes than other groups,” the report states. “It simply identifies thousands of crimes that should not have occurred and thousands of victims that should not have been victimized because the perpetrator should not be here.” – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
http://mexicanoccupation.blogspot.com/

THE HILL
— How important is candidate age? – MARK MELLMAN (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 70. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives and all their dupes promote age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/460812-mellman-how-important-is-candidate-age
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Candidates are not simply bundles of age, race and résumé. They have issue positions and priorities, personality traits and personal stories, that weren’t measured in these conjoint experiments. We don’t know how much age matters compared to those factors. More broadly, moving from the generic to the specific is not always clear cut. In our example, while 70 may be too old, not all 70-year olds are too old. That’s exactly what a new CBS YouGov poll on candidate age tells us. In response to questions specific to each candidate, just 37 percent said Sanders was “too old” to be president, 31 percent said Biden was and only 5 percent believed Warren is too old to be president. Polls seem to tell us that age is important. But failure to ask the right questions, in the right ways, can lead analysts and strategists astray.)

ROLL CALL
— More states allowing gun seizures amid plague of mass shootings But opposition from interests that have thwarted prior gun control efforts remains strong – Jacob Fischler
https://www.rollcall.com/news/more-states-allowing-gun-seizures-amid-plague-of-mass-shootings

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: America-haters want everyone in the world to claim asylum in America
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/world/middleeast/refugees-immigration.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Alternatives to Google? Your Search Returned No Results Our investigation will find out whether the internet’s gate keeper is, in fact, blocking the entrance. – Ken Paxton
https://www.wsj.com/articles/alternatives-to-google-your-search-returned-no-results-11568155213
— The New Tax Math for People Living in High-Tax States The limit on deductions for state income taxes and property taxes costs some taxpayers tens of thousands – Brian J. O’Connor (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-new-tax-math-for-people-living-in-high-tax-states-11568137115
— Americans Get Richer And for those concerned about economic inequality, there appears to be less of it. – James Freeman (DIERSEN: The main reason why the Diersens’ net worth is not declining is that we have reduced our standard of living. My $53,316/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/americans-get-richer-11568150716
— One Argument for Radical Income Transparency Our research suggests that disagreements about government spending may be partly based on misperceptions about how much others make – Oliver Hauser and Michael Norton (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $53,316/year. My Social Security is $2,118/year. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes should be required to disclose the source and amount of their income.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/one-argument-for-radical-income-transparency-11568167323
(FROM THE ARTICLE: How much do people actually know about the income and wealth of people who live around them? And how does what they think they know skew the way they think about government taxes and spending? Recent research we conducted suggests that the answer to those two questions are: Not much and a lot. An emerging body of research suggests that citizens’ preferences for spending on public goods—from social programs to health care to infrastructure—are based in part about who they believe contributes and benefits. However, we discovered that many people are unaware of the true extent of inequality where they live. And in some cases, their beliefs are dramatically different than reality.)
— Number of Uninsured Americans Rises for First Time in Decade – Stephanie Armour (DIERSEN: A big reason to endure the negatives of being a federal employee is getting subsidized health care insurance for you and for your spouse as a federal retiree. My wife and I pay only about $6,000/year for about $24,000/year worth of health care insurance.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/number-of-americans-without-insurance-shows-first-increase-since2008-11568128381
— Warren’s Assault on Retiree Wealth Her vision of ‘accountable capitalism’ would destroy savings built over a lifetime—and sink the economy. – Phil Gramm and Mike Solon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/warrens-assault-on-retiree-wealth-11568155283
— Inequality Is Holding Back the U.S. Economy Rising inequality isn’t a problem just for those at the bottom of the distribution – Justin Lahart
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inequality-is-holding-back-the-u-s-economy-11568136471

FOX BUSINESS
— How Americans are saving for retirement and how much they have stashed away – Brittany De Lea (DIERSEN: I saved for retirement a) by qualifying for Social Security, b) by putting 7% of my federal salary into the Civil Service Retirement System, and c) by putting the maximum into tax deferred retirement accounts. My retirement income is far less because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.) 
https://www.foxbusiness.com/personal-finance/how-americans-are-saving-for-retirement

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) promote Islam and c) promote illegal immigration.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/11/opinion/india-assam-stateless-bengalis-muslim.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters ask “Is Trump afraid to face primary competition?” How many Trump-haters are there in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county? Who do they take their hatred of Trump out on? Of course, they take their hatred of Trump out on their Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/is-trump-afraid-to-face-primary-competition/2019/09/10/ea1fba20-d406-11e9-9343-40db57cf6abd_story.html

KCRW
— Do women-only STEM programs discriminate against men? – Madeleine Brand (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.kcrw.com/news/shows/press-play-with-madeleine-brand/parkland-survivors-offer-peace-plan-to-end-mass-shootings-can-it-be-enacted/do-women-only-stem-programs-discriminate-against-men

WVLT
— Knoxville city council, mayoral candidates answer questions
https://www.wvlt.tv/content/news/559997761.html

LONG BEACH POST NEWS
— What questions do you want to ask 1st Council District candidates? (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for the candidates who sought appointment to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://lbpost.com/news/politics/1st-council-district-special-election-questions
— State watchdog investigating councilwoman’s conflict of interest – Kelly Puente
https://lbpost.com/news/state-watchdog-investigating-councilwomans-conflict-of-interest

C&G NEWSPAPERS
— Candidate forums to give residents chances to ask questions – Mike Koury (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for the candidates who sought appointment to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.candgnews.com/news/candidate-forums-to-give-residents-chances-to-ask-questions-114860

DARIEN TIMES
— League of Women Voters seeks public’s questions for October candidates night (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for the candidates who sought appointment to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Letter-League-of-Women-Voters-seeks-public-s-14428136.php

CAMBRIDGE
— Cambridge Ward 6 Democratic Committee to host city council candidates forum (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for the candidates who sought appointment to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://cambridge.wickedlocal.com/news/20190910/strongcambridge-ward-6-democratic-committee-to-host-city-council-candidates-forumstrong

FAUQUIER NOW
— Three candidate forums set for November elections (DIERSEN: What if candidate forums had been held for the candidates who sought appointment to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies?)
https://www.fauquiernow.com/fauquier_news/article/fauquier-three-candidate-forums-set-for-november-elections-2019

September 10 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Aspiring budtenders learning the ins and outs of cannabis dispensary work at first community college course of its kind in Illinois – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-marijuana-college-class-first-in-illinois-20190910-vvdcbvi3grh5hgmr3fe3si6d2u-story.html
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: ‘I’m starving’ means true hunger for too many in Chicago – Ross Outten
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-hunger-snap-food-security-20190910-5i6x4oll6nfvbnbbpb7teywftm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Elizabeth Warren endorses Marie Newman over Dan Lipinski Millionaire Willie Wilson, self-funding an independent Senate race aimed at Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., is undecided if he wants Democrats in control of the Senate, the Sun-Times has learned. He lost a Dem presidential bid in 2016 and mayoral races in 2015 and 2019. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/9/20858032/elizabeth-warren-endorses-marie-newman-over-dan-lipinski-for-chicago-area-house-seat

DAILY HERALD
— Sorry, but Thursday’s debate is about electability – E.J. Dionne Jr. (DIERSEN: Are you electable? Ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act like they are taking the advice of political consultants who say the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190910/sorry-but-thursdays-debate-is-about-electability
— Tribes, teams and journalists – Steven & Cokie Roberts (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, the following can and should dictate what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor: a) the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP), b) my representative on the IRP State Central Committee, c) the IRP National Committeeman, and d) the IRP National Committeewoman. According to my critics/opponents, the aforesaid can and should punish me if I do anything that they believe is wrong.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190910/tribes-teams-and-journalists
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Both sides fundamentally misunderstand the role of impartial and independent journalists. We belong to no tribe, root for no team. And if that sounds musty and old-fashioned, well, so does the Constitution, which not only protects a free press but defines it as essential to a healthy democracy.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS, ON COOK COUNTY, AND ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: More and more and more Illinois residents are homeless.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190909/editorial-suburban-generosity-comes-to-aid-of-homeless-women-children

WLS AM
— AT&T’s latest shareholder is a big GOP donor. Just not to Trump.
http://www.wlsam.com/news/atts-latest-shareholder-is-a-big-gop-donor-just-not-to-trump/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Sharing just portion of state’s finance numbers is fully misleading – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/sharing-just-portion-of-state-s-finance-numbers-is-fully/article_2ad640d0-3a38-5fcb-bb9c-38fdf4ece099.html

SAUK VALLEY
— Trump says he’ll give report on his finances – John T. Bennett (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I call for my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes to disclose the sources and amounts of their income. My Civil Service Retirement System pension is $53,316/year. My Social Security is $2,118/year. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and act like they want recreational pot to be sold in Wheaton and in DuPage County’s unincorporated areas.)
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/09/09/trump-says-hell-give-report-on-his-finances/aqjaz4j/

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Pot legalization comes with costs – Thomas E. Mosher, Victoria
https://www.galesburg.com/opinion/20190909/letter-pot-legalization-comes-with-costs

WSIL TV
— OUTSTANDING: Marion leaders vote down marijuana dispensaries 4-1 – Fahima Paghmani
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/41024234/marion-leaders-vote-down-marijuana-dispensaries-4-1

WPSD
— OUTSTANDING: Marion, Illinois, City Council opt out of recreational marijuana sales within city limits – Logan Gay
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/news/marion-illinois-city-council-opt-out-of-recreational-marijuana-sales/article_aa93ccac-d33e-11e9-a945-57ddf72bbda4.html

WREX
— Illinois conducts surveys on crime against LGBTQ individuals – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.)
https://wrex.com/category/2019/09/10/illinois-conducts-surveys-on-crime-against-lgbtq-individuals/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— OUTSTANDING: Kendall County Board committee backs ordinance barring marijuana businesses – KATIE FINLON
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2019/09/09/kendall-county-board-committee-backs-ordinance-barring-marijuana-businesses/aln32fm/

ONE ILLINOIS
— No single solution to pension plight Sen. Steans, Civic Federation’s Msall, IPI’s Schuster agree on problem, urge action
https://www.oneillinois.com/stories/2019/9/9/no-single-solution-to-pension-plight

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: 14% of Illinois residents enrolled in food stamp program in May
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/513158494-analysis-14-of-illinois-residents-enrolled-in-food-stamp-program-in-may

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: 31.6% of households in Sauk received food stamps in 2017
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/513202311-31-6-of-households-in-sauk-received-food-stamps-in-2017

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— AUDIT FINDS ILLINOIS SPENT $4.6M ON MEDICARE COVERAGE FOR DEAD PEOPLE – Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/audit-finds-illinois-spent-4-6m-on-medicare-coverage-for-dead-people/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: DUPAGE COUNTY HOME VALUES DOWN 24%, PROPERTY TAX UP 7% SINCE RECESSION – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/dupage-county-home-values-down-24-property-tax-up-7-since-recession/

GOPUSA
— $10M: One America News sues Rachel Maddow, MSNBC for defamation (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have focused on defaming me and defaming my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=75782
— LGBTQ triggered by chicken sandwich; storms Toronto Chick-fil-A opening as fans line up
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=75794

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Arizona scraps 2020 GOP primary – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/9/arizona-scraps-2020-gop-primary/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Canceling nominating contests is not unusual for the party that controls the White House when an incumbent president is seeking a second term. Democrats in Arizona skipped presidential primaries in 1996 and 2012, and as did Republicans in 2004.)
— Illinois conducts surveys on crime against LGBTQ individuals – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/10/illinois-conducts-surveys-on-crime-against-lgbtq-i/

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Trump calls GOP challengers ‘laughingstock’ publicity seekers – Louis Casiano
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-calls-gop-challengers-laughingstock-publicity-seekers

BREITBART
— Trump: McCready’s ‘Support for Sanctuary Cities Is Disloyalty to American Citizens’ – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/09/trump-mccreadys-support-for-sanctuary-cities-is-disloyalty-to-american-citizens/
— President Trump: ‘Every Inch’ of Border Wall ‘Vital’ to Safety of America – Amy Furr
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/09/09/trump-every-inch-border-wall-vital-safety-america/
— Arizona Republican Party cancels 2020 presidential primary – UPI
https://www.breitbart.com/news/arizona-republican-party-cancels-2020-presidential-primary/

CNS NEWS
— Individual’s 2nd Amendment Right to Bear Arms Is No More a Relic of Past Than 1st Amendment Rights – Jarrett Stepman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who violate my First Amendment rights, that is, those who stop people from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/jarrett-stepman/individual-2nd-amendment-right-bear-arms-no-more-relic-past-1st-amendment

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— When Islam Is Not a Religion in America – JAYSON CASPER (DIERSEN: Islam is more like a political party or a country without borders than a religion.)
https://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2019/september-web-only/when-islam-not-religion-american-muslims-asma-uddin.html

CHRISTIAN POST
— Episcopal seminary to set aside $1.7 million for slavery reparations fund Episcopal seminary to set aside $1.7 million for slavery reparations fund – Michael Gryboski
https://www.christianpost.com/news/episcopal-seminary-set-aside-17-million-slavery-reparations-fund.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Nasty And Lightweight’: Trump Targets Two WaPo Reporters Over Story Criticizing White House – CHUCK ROSS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about nasty and lightweight politicians, their nasty and lightweight operatives, and their nasty and lightweight dupes who have targeted me. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/07/trump-blasts-washington-post-reporters/

TOWNHALL
— Putting the Best Face on a Troublesome “Gay Gene” Study – Robert Knight
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2019/09/10/putting-the-best-face-on-a-troublesome-study-n2552799

HOT AIR
— It’s Now “Incendiary” To Say There Are Two Genders (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county believe that there are two genders?) 
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2019/09/09/now-incendiary-say-two-genders/

NOQ REPORT
— ‘Hate speech’: Facebook takes down post calling for deporting criminal illegal aliens – JD Rucker
https://noqreport.com/2019/09/09/hate-speech-facebook-takes-post-calling-deporting-criminal-illegal-aliens/

CAMPUS REFORM
— LAWSUIT: Public college threatened to arrest conservatives exercising First Amendment rights – Adam Sabes (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who violate my First Amendment rights, that is, those who stop people from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=13686 

THE HILL
— Joe Walsh: Republicans are ‘prostrated before their king’ Trump – JESSICA CAMPISI 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/460660-joe-walsh-blasts-republicans-cancelling-gop-primaries-is-antidemocratic
— Trump goes after ‘nasty’ WaPost reporters, suggests they be barred from White House – JESSE BYRNES AND TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: I should write a book about nasty politicians, their nasty operatives, and their nasty dupes who have gone after me. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/460356-trump-goes-after-nasty-wapost-reporters-suggests-they-be-barred-from
— Liberals haunted by social media tactics they use against the right – MADISON GESIOTTO (DIERSEN: Unlike my critics/opponents in the media who falsely claim to be objective and/or nonpartisan, I fully disclose that I am conservative and Republican. Further, I fully disclose my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), patriotic, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American, draft avoider, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc.) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/technology/460595-liberals-haunted-by-social-media-tactics-they-use-against-the-right
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The reason why liberal editors are so distraught that independent conservative journalists are publishing evidence of the racist, anti-Semitic, and otherwise vile sentiments expressed by their supposedly “objective” employees comes down — as it usually does — to power. Many journalists are in the profession not to inform the public, but to gain the power to destroy people who question them — and they don’t like those tactics being turned against them. “[U]sing journalistic techniques to target journalists and news organizations … is fundamentally different from the well-established role of the news media in scrutinizing people in positions of power,” the Times wrote in its article — which was of course labeled “news,” not “opinion.”)

NBC NEWS
— What GOP Rep. Devin Nunes’ Twitter defamation lawsuit says about the future of defamation law The congressman’s suit is clearly petty. But it does ask the legal system to answer questions it will eventually need to tackle. – Jessica Levinson (DIERSEN: Of course, I reserve my right to sue anyone, and their accomplices, a) who hints/implies/argues/shouts that I am not a journalist, b) who hints/implies/argues/shouts that I harassed anyone, and/or c) who threatens to stop anyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/what-gop-rep-devin-nunes-twitter-defamation-lawsuit-says-about-ncna1049141

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Whites, and especially against Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/10/opinion/racism-republicans-trump.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage women and everyone else to hate Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/09/opinion/planned-parenthood-ohio-title-x.html

WASHINGTON POST
— San Francisco branded the NRA a ‘domestic terrorist organization.’ The gun-rights lobby is suing. – Katie Shepherd (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who violate my First Amendment rights, that is, those who stop people from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/09/10/san-francisco-nra-domestic-terrorist-organization-lawsuit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “San Francisco’s actions pose a nonfrivolous constitutional threat,” the lawsuit argues. “Defendants are intent on targeting the NRA for its advocacy, chilling the NRA’s and its members’ rights of free speech and association under the First Amendment, all with an eye to silence the NRA from the debate on Second Amendment rights.” . . . “This action is an assault on all advocacy organizations across the country,” NRA lawyer William A. Brewer III said in a statement. “Fortunately, the NRA, like all U.S. citizens, is protected by the First Amendment.”)

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— NRA sues San Francisco over terrorist declaration – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who violate my First Amendment rights, that is, those who stop people from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-09/nra-sues-san-francisco-over-terrorist-declaration
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “This action is an assault on all advocacy organizations across the country,” said William A. Brewer III, the NRA’s lawyer. “There can be no place in our society for this manner of behavior by government officials. Fortunately, the NRA, like all U.S. citizens, is protected by the First Amendment.”)

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OID FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrat presidential candidates promote pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/09/07/2020-and-legal-weed-where-every-democratic-candidate-stands/2150503001/

BLOOMBERG
— Richest Would Have Lost Half Their Wealth Under Elizabeth Warren’s Tax Plan – Rich Miller and Laura Davison (DIERSEN: How soon will the Democrats who run Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, your school district, your park district, etc. impose a wealth tax on you? How much will they say that your home, your vehicles, your possessions, your etc. is worth?)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-09-10/richest-could-lose-hundreds-of-billions-under-warren-wealth-tax
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Massachusetts Senator Warren has proposed that the wealthiest 75,000 households pay an annual tax of 2% on each dollar of their net worth above $50 million. It would rise to 3% on every dollar above $1 billion. She has said this would combat rising inequality. Critics have charged that the tax would be hard to administer and easy to avoid. They’ve also questioned its constitutionality.)

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Illinois conducts surveys on crime against LGBTQ individuals – AP (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.)
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/news/article/Illinois-conducts-surveys-on-crime-against-LGBTQ-14427214.php

GRAND FORKS HERALD
— ‘Public figure’ ruling allows Minnesota coach to sue parents for defamation – Josh Verges (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes talk and/or act like they can defame and slander me because I am a “public figure.” If I sued them, they would have to prove that I am a “public figure.” That would be difficult for them because they have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that no one reads GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.grandforksherald.com/news/crime-and-courts/4648041-Public-figure-ruling-allows-Minnesota-coach-to-sue-parents-for-defamation

WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Joe Walsh. Who will the Trump-haters in your precinct vote for in the 2020 Republican primary? 
https://theweek.com/articles/861389/joe-walsh-sees-opportunity

FED SMITH
— Elections and Federal Workers: The Good and the Bad – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Because I am a federal retiree, if I put my own personal selfish self-interest first, I would be a Democrat. When I was a federal employee, if I had put my own personal selfish self-interest first, I would have been a Democrat. If I had been a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/09/09/elections-federal-workers-good-bad/

FINDLAW
— Elements of Libel and Slander
https://injury.findlaw.com/torts-and-personal-injuries/elements-of-libel-and-slander.html
(FROM THE POSTING: Defamatory Statements One essential element in any defamation action is that the defendant knowingly or negligently published something defamatory about the plaintiff. A communication may be considered defamatory “if it tends so to harm the reputation of another as to lower him in the estimation of the community or to deter third persons from associating with him,” according to the American Restatement of Torts (or “The Restatement”). Examples of defamatory statements are virtually limitless and may include any of the following: . . . A communication that exposes a plaintiff to ridicule A communication that reflects negatively on the plaintiff’s character, morality, or integrity . . . A communication that suggests that the plaintiff suffers from a physical or mental defect that would cause others to refrain from associating with the plaintiff)
— 3 Crimes For Threatening a Politician (DIERSEN: Of course, I reserve my right to sue anyone, and their accomplices, a) who hints/implies/argues/shouts that I am not a journalist, b) who hints/implies/argues/shouts that I harassed anyone, and/or c) who threatens to stop anyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://blogs.findlaw.com/blotter/2012/09/3-crimes-for-threatening-a-politician.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ever think of threatening a politician? With the endless loop of commercials and phone calls, it’s only our sanity and knowledge that threatening a politician may be a crime that stops most of us from doing so. But every year, a few people do lose it and lash out with threats and actions against a politician or political candidate.)

September 9 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Your Republican township/ward/county party organization and the Illinois Republican Party should be encouraging everyone in Illinois who is religious, conservative, and/or Republican to speak out at their municipal and county government meetings against the sale of recreational pot. Please urge the following to speak out against pot: your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain; the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organization; your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee; the IRP officers; the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman; Republican elected officials in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, and candidates for the aforesaid offices; religious leaders; conservative leaders; law enforcement leaders; education leaders; medical leaders; etc. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Many marijuana businesses aren’t sure they’ll be ready for recreational sales Jan. 1. Here’s why. – ALLY MAROTTI, DAN PETRELLA and JAMIE MUNKS (DIERSEN: You should avoid being anywhere near where pot is sold. For that matter, you should avoid being anywhere near where booze is sold or where people gamble.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-recreational-marijuana-rollout-20190909-dgiguhz4kva4pltigqf5sjhnaq-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD EDITORIAL MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NEWS ARTICLE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want to abolish concealed carry.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-concealed-carry-murder-charge-20190909-6w7dzya7dfet5cxoosxr4zctmy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-mexican-independence-parade-20190908-4twpq3a46ndwzddz6mn2kuk3tu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Father Pfleger should lead that anti-violence caravan through Chicago first Pfleger does not recognize the danger of restrictions placed on the police, who still manage to confiscate guns and make arrests. – Dan Bartoszewski, Irving Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/8/20853177/michael-pfleger-chicago-violence-illinois-progressive-income-tax-flat-tax-sun-times-letters

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Suburban police hope saliva holds the solution to the marijuana impairment puzzle – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who impair themselves with booze and/or pot? What do you say to individuals, to organizations (Democrat Party, etc.), and to governments (State of Illinois, etc.) that encourage everyone to impair themselves with booze and/or pot so that governments get more tax revenue?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/suburban-police-hope-saliva-holds-the-solution-to-the-marijuana-impairment-puzzle
— Palatine village council to discuss recreational marijuana sales
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190908/palatine-village-council-to-discuss-recreational-marijuana-sales
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF ALVAREZ: Leadership changes at tollway mean new positions and salaries – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/leadership-changes-at-tollway-mean-new-positions-and-salaries
— Put pot vote in November 2020, not March – James R. Kreame, Naperville
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190909/put-pot-vote-in-november-2020-not-march
— Sensitivity in teaching LGBTQ and history – William Juneau, Huntley
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190909/sensitivity-in-teaching-lgbtq-and-history
(FROM THE LETTER: Same sex marriages are legal and adoptions are now permitted. “Transing” from one gender to another is unusual no matter how you cut it. There is no reason for any hostility to gays and for those that have changed genders, but endorsing and even encouraging it is objectionable to many who have different views and believe strongly in the traditional family with one mom and one dad. There are celebs and great poets and philosophers who have been gay and have made contributions to society, no doubt about it. But the foundations for their good work had nothing to do with their sexual orientation.)
— Cantigny to display beams from World Trade Center – Ann Piccininni (DIERSEN: I had the honor of organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2004 and 2005.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/cantigny-to-display-beams-from-world-trade-center
— Naperville Sept. 11 ceremony aims to honor and educate – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: I had the honor of organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2004 and 2005.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/naperville-sept-11-ceremony-aims-to-honor-and-educate

WTTW
— US Health Officials Report New Vaping Deaths, Repeat Warning – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/09/us-health-officials-report-new-vaping-deaths-repeat-warning

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Tell your community to opt out of marijuana – Kathy Valente, Director of Operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190908/letter-tell-your-community-to-opt-out-of-marijuana
— Springfield to debate recreational pot restrictions, taxes – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190908/springfield-to-debate-recreational-pot-restrictions-taxes

DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— New Illinois financial documents expose ‘fair tax’ absurdity
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/new-illinois-financial-documents-expose-fair-tax-absurdity/article_c4c6ff7c-d0e6-11e9-8b9e-9f3b9fbd0823.html

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Elburn continues to weigh pros, cons of potential marijuana businesses Some planning commissioners don’t want dispensary along Main Street – SUSAN O’NEILL
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/09/08/elburn-continues-to-weigh-pros-cons-of-potential-marijuana-businesses/aww86hz/

WJBC
— Bloomington Council to vote Monday night on creating cannabis task force – Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2019/09/08/bloomington-council-to-vote-monday-night-on-creating-cannabis-task-force/

DAILY ILLINI
— Legalized gambling in Illinois can bring unwanted effects – GRACE MALONEY
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/09/09/legalized-gambling-in-illinois-can-bring-unwanted-effects/

WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Hit By Record $47 Billion Loss, Ignored by Regular Media. Why? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-hit-by-record-47-billion-loss-ignored-by-regular-media-why-wirepoints-original/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Comptroller’s order on prevailing wage a political move: Attorney – John Breslin (DIERSEN: What would the prevailing wage be for someone who had a) worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654/year; b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year; c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on first attempt; d) became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services Auditor, and Forensic Accountant; and e) earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, MBA from Loyola, master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, and master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT?) 
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/513260682-comptroller-s-order-on-prevailing-wage-a-political-move-attorney

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS AUDIT SHOWS DEVASTATING $47 BILLION STATE BUDGET LOSS IN 2018
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/illinois-audit-shows-devastating-47-billion-state-budget-loss-in-2018-.html

AMERICAN THINKER
— LGBT Activists Seek to Destroy Christianity – Fletch Daniels (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have worked the hardest to destroy me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/lgbt_activists_seek_to_destroy_christianity.html
— An illegals racket so big migrants can now leave Yelp ratings? Check out Michelle Malkin’s new book – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/an_illegals_racket_so_big_migrants_can_now_leave_yelp_ratings.html

PATRIOT POST
— Fall of Rome & Lessons to Be Learned – William Federer 
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/65332-fall-of-rome-and-lessons-to-be-learned

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Use What God’s Given You – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What do you do with your time and with your money? I use my time and my money to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use their time and use their money a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes 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. Attend Milton Township Republican Central Committee meetings and events and watch them in action.) 
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/09/09/use-what-gods-given-you/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Can we stop subsidizing beach houses now? – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/can-we-stop-subsidizing-beach-houses-now

BREITBART
— DHS Drafts Plan to Curb Work Permits for Illegal Migrants – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: From what I see, for their bad jobs, like the ones that I had, employers prefer hiring asylum seekers with work permits rather than citizens of America.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/09/09/dhs-drafts-plan-to-curb-work-permits-for-illegal-migrants/
— 60 Terrifying Reasons Trump Is Right to Reduce Refugees – Michelle Malkin
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/09/exclusive-michelle-malkin-60-terrifying-reasons-trump-is-right-to-reduce-refugees/

TOWNHALL
— The Appalling Double Standard Behind The Politicization Of Mass Shootings – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/09/09/the-appalling-doublestandard-behind-the-politicization-of-mass-shootings-n2552759

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Leftie News Claimed Trump Rallies Were Correlated With Rise in ‘Hate Crimes’ – They Were Very Wrong – P. Gardner Goldsmith
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/leftie-news-claimed-trump-rallies-were-correlated-rise-hate-crimes-they-were-course-wrong

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Hate-Crime Spike in New York City Has Nothing to Do with White Supremacy – ROBERT CHERRY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/anti-semitic-hate-crime-spike-new-york-city-authorities-uninterested/

CNN
— Trump heading to Baltimore, which he previously slammed, for Republican conference – Chandelis Duster
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/politics/donald-trump-baltimore-republican-retreat/index.html

REUTERS
— Four Republicans (DONALD TRUMP, JOE WALSH, BILL WELD, MARK SANFORD), 20 Democrats vie for U.S. presidential nominations (DIERSEN: Will the Trump-hating Republicans in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois support Walsh, Weld, or Sanford?) 
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates/four-republicans-20-democrats-vie-for-us-presidential-nominations-idUSKCN1VT0KH

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Democrats Need to Get More Ruthless – David Leonhardt (DIERSEN: Who are the most ruthless Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/opinion/democrats-2020-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Ted Cruz and others should stop using Chicago as a punching bag – Lori Lightfoot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-ted-cruz-really-cares-about-chicago-shootings-he-should-go-there-and-prove-it/2019/09/08/cdd356da-d17a-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html
— Poor and middle-class Americans are much less likely to survive into their 70s than the wealthy – Christopher Ingraham and Jeff Stein (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/09/poor-middle-class-americans-are-much-less-likely-survive-into-their-seventies-than-wealthy-federal-report-says/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Tethered to Trump, California’s GOP hopes for a comeback in a solidly blue state – CHRISTINE MAI-DUC
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-08/californias-gop-republicans-convention-trump

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Your Expense Report Is a Window Into Your Soul How you handle the costs you run up on company time can hint at whether your job is making you happy, or even your sense of ethics and fairness – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was 25 years old, my Democrat IRS superiors used my claiming partial day per diem to destroy my IRS career. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-expense-report-is-a-window-into-your-soul-11568021401

BL
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, UNACCEPTABLE: At least 8 million illegal aliens hold down jobs meant for U.S. citizens or legal immigrants – Chris Ford (DIERSEN: But how many of these jobs are “bad” jobs? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that they have never had to take and that they never would take “bad” jobs like the ones I took. 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://thebl.com/us-news/at-least-8-million-illegal-aliens-hold-down-jobs-meant-for-u-s-citizens-or-legal-immigrants.html

ATLANTIC
— Why Conservatives Are Turning Against Higher Education College isn’t providing an effective engine of upward mobility for most Americans. – Reihan Salam
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/higher-education-has-become-increasingly-partisan/596407/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At a recent gathering of conservatives, for example, Hawley drew a straight line from the declining economic prospects of non-college-educated workers to a number of social maladies. “Just about any American worker without a four-year college degree will have a hard time in the cosmopolitan economy. Maybe that’s one reason why marriage rates among working-class Americans are falling, why birth rates are falling, why life expectancy is falling. All the while, an epidemic of suicide and drug addiction ravages every sector, every age group, every geography of the working class.” This divergence of the economic prospects of the college-educated and non-college-educated is hardly a new development. What is new, though, is the growing interest among Republican lawmakers, Hawley included, in doing something about it legislatively. One implication of the senator’s remarks is that Congress ought to be more solicitous of the interests of the non-college-educated, and to that end the senator recently introduced legislation that, according to The Hill, would allow low-income students to use federal dollars currently earmarked for higher education to pursue vocational training. Leaving aside the merits of Hawley’s proposal, there is reason to believe that it is good politics, or rather good Republican politics. As the Pew Research Center finds in a new survey, there’s been a sharp increase in dissatisfaction with America’s colleges and universities among Republicans in recent years, and it makes perfect sense for right-of-center policy makers to want to do something about it. Consider the changing composition of America’s major-party coalitions. Shortly after the 2018 midterms, Adam Harris observed that the Trump presidency was accelerating the “diploma divide,” which refers to the starkly different voting patterns of college-educated white voters and those without a degree, a split that is unique to whites. In the midterms, Republicans did 16 points better among whites without a college degree, while securing the votes of only 45 percent of their college-educated counterparts. In contrast, when George H. W. Bush defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988, he did so in part by winning college-educated white voters by 20 points. Another factor in the diploma divide is the gender gap in college attendance and completion. In the 1980s, women began graduating from college in higher numbers than men, and since then, their advantage has only widened. Today, you have to go up to the 60-and-over demographic before you find men outnumbering women among college graduates. The diploma divide has also had implications for partisan geography. When Republicans lost the House in 2006, half of their vulnerable seats were in districts that had more college graduates than the national average; that number was 70 percent for the 2018 midterms.)

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Record High Marijuana Use and Vaping A new survey finds increased marijuana use and vaping by college students who view these substances as safe. – Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/09/study-college-students-using-marijuana-e-cigarettes-record-rates

FED SMITH
— How to Handle Toxic Coworkers – Martha Wilson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most toxic Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. officials, members, and employees. They focus on destroying the aforesaid organizations.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/09/08/its-not-me-its-you-how-handle-toxic-coworkers/

ATLANTIC
— Fox News Isn’t Worried About Trump’s Attacks The president’s negative tweets about the network barely registered inside its headquarters. – ELAINA PLOTTPETER NICHOLAS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who a) attack me, b) attack my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) attack those who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/fox-news-isnt-worried-about-trumps-tweets/597622/

SALON
— Newsmax tasks longtime Bill O’Reilly executive producer with helping network take on Fox “There is a growing disenchantment with Fox News, and we are definitely seeing a rise in viewership with Newsmax” – TRAVIS GETTYS (DIERSEN: Everyone sees that I promote conservative organizations (Illinois Conservative Union, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Opportunity Project, Illinois News Network, Illinois Family Institute, Illinois Family Action, Illinois Review, etc.) and Republican organizations (Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, etc.), their websites, their events, etc. Everyone sees how the aforesaid organizations treat me.) 
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/06/newsmax-tasks-longtime-bill-oreilly-executive-producer-with-helping-network-take-on-fox_partner/

COMMON DREAMS
— Poverty in America a Literal ‘Death Sentence,’ Says Sanders, Following Devastating GAO Report “If we do not urgently act to solve the economic distress of millions of Americans, a whole generation will be condemned to early death.” – Jake Johnson (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/09/poverty-america-literal-death-sentence-says-sanders-following-devastating-gao-report

September 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Fact-checking Congressman Sean Casten’s statement on climate change – Rachel Davis
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-fact-checking-rep-sean-castens-statement-on-climate-change/5522267/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— America’s outbreak of vaping illness and its most vulnerable victims — teens – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-vaping-illness-epidemic-vitamin-e-acetate-20190906-6dyc4z72afcxlgwdpibnqza5n4-story.html
— Top 5 cannabis industry scandals – DEBRA BORCHARDT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/sns-tft-cannabis-industry-scandals-20190906-2nlxpij5sncqdokdnhiel2wpty-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Legal pot is coming, and suburban police want more drug recognition experts – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190907/legal-pot-is-coming-and-suburban-police-want-more-drug-recognition-experts

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Towns should opt out on marijuana – Kathy Valente, Director of Operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/letters/voice-of-the-people-towns-should-opt-out-on-marijuana/article_965b8868-d0ac-11e9-8f3e-537d84168c46.html

MADISON RECORD
— State Sen. Paul Schimpf won’t seek re-election amid speculation of federal judgeship – John Breslin
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/513459800-state-sen-schimpf-won-t-seek-re-election-amid-speculation-of-federal-judgeship

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Redistricting effort marshaling forces – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Redistricting-effort-marshaling-forces-14421724.php

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: First Weekend to Circulate Candidate Petitions, Party Time! UPDATED 1X
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/07/il-14-first-weekend-to-circulate-candidate-petitions-party-time/ 
— Kenneally Correct about LaSalle County Time Card Prosecution
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/07/kenneally-correct-about-lasalle-county-time-card-prosecution/ 
— Appellate Court Considers Several Issues of First Impression in Algonquin Township Road District v. Local 150 Unionization Case
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/06/appellate-court-considers-several-issues-of-first-impression-in-algonquin-township-road-district-v-local-150-case/

FRANK NAPOLITANO
— Precinct Committeeman
https://www.franknapolitano.com/precinct-committeeman

FOX NEWS
— Hannity: Trump vs. the Radical Left
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-trump-vs-the-radical-left

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chick-fil-A opens first international store as eager customers step over bodies of ‘die-in’ protestors – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/chickfila_opens_first_international_store_as_eager_customers_step_over_bodies_of_diein_protestors.html

NEWSMAX
— Treating Depression Can Help People With Diabetes Live Longer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on making me feel depressed. They focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/health-depression-diabetes/2019/07/04/id/923317/

DAILY CALLER
— David Hogg Blames America’s ‘History Of White Supremacy’ For Gun Violence – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/07/david-hogg-gun-violence-racism/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s Why We Aren’t—and Never Should Be—a Pure Democracy – Jarrett Stepman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those elected/appointed to represent share fewer and fewer of my demographics, values, and/or beliefs.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/08/29/heres-why-we-arent-and-never-should-be-a-pure-democracy/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Trump’s Real Opponent in 2020: The Liberal Media – Jeffrey Lord
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2019/09/07/trumps-real-opponent-2020-liberal-media

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chick-fil-A’s Canada opening stormed by protesters – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/09/07/chick-fil-as-canada-opening-stormed-by-long-lines-protesters-820378

THE HILL
— Durbin tells FDA chief to ‘stop this vaping epidemic’ or resign – NATHANIEL WEIXEL
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/460304-durbin-tells-fda-chief-to-stop-vaping-epidemic-or-resign

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Presidential pot: Why 2020 Democrats are ready to legalize marijuana – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/07/2020-what-biden-warren-and-sanders-said-marijuana-legalization/2079187001/

COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
— Michelle Malkin, the conservative pundit of El Paso County, isn’t going silent – Debbie Kelley
https://gazette.com/news/michelle-malkin-the-conservative-pundit-of-el-paso-county-isn/article_004a9dfc-d0d2-11e9-aa58-1f125a3ce51f.html

DAILY BEAST
— Donald Trump Suggests Two Washington Post Reporters be Banned From White House Grounds – Barbie Latza Nadeau (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and/or act like they want to ban me from all Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, and Illinois meetings and events. They reject a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC 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.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-suggests-two-washington-post-reporters-be-banned-from-white-house-grounds

September 6 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— For kids’ sakes, Illinois should ban flavored e-cigarettes – Editorial (DIERSEN: What about pot?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/6/20852935/e-cigarettes-teen-vaping-ban-flavored-devices-cdc-lung-illnesses-vaping-deaths
— Judge approves agreement to reopen Sterigenics plant DuPage County Judge Paul Fullerton signed off on an agreement reached in July between Sterigenics, the county and the Illinois attorney general’s office. – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/business/2019/9/6/20853277/judge-approves-re-open-sterigenics-plant

— A Republican state rep who gave party leaders fits looks to move up Rep. David McSweeney likely will run for the U.S. Senate or secretary of state. – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: What do you do that gives party leaders fits? I stress the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race of gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/6/20853566/david-mcsweeney-jim-durkin-illinois-republican-party-tammy-duckworth-rich-miller-capitol-fax

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— With Sterigenics cleared to reopen, it’s up to state and federal officials to keep residents safe – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-sterigenics-plant-ethylene-oxide-reopen-20190906-b2vwlusfjzcdrjp2utt3vrwbnm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— ‘He’s signing our death sentence’: Ruling means Sterigenics plant could reopen – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190906/hes-signing-our-death-sentence-ruling-means-sterigenics-plant-could-reopen

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— There’s no getting around it: We need a pension amendment The state constitution’s restrictive pension language blocks those who would stick it to retirees, which is good. But it also has blocked legitimate, less-drastic efforts. – DAVID GREISING
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/david-greising-government/theres-no-getting-around-it-we-need-pension-amendment

CBS2
— Sterigenics May Reopen After Court Agreement To Drastically Reduce Emissions
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/06/sterigenics-may-reopen-after-court-agreement-to-drastically-reduce-emissions/
— Parents: Our Daughter Nearly Died From Vaping – Dana Kozlov
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/05/parents-our-daughter-nearly-died-from-vaping/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Like the Jussie Smollett case, Aaron Schock’s dropped charges should be investigated – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-jussie-smollett-aaron-schock-jesse-jackson-dan-webb-page-20190906-de7jpq5hwfc7rpaf24hw4dlciq-story.html

DUPAGE POLICY REVIEW
— Ives Responds to Casten’s Impeachment Push
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513500893-ives-responds-to-casten-s-impeachment-push

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LEFT’S “THINK PROGRESS” NEWS SITE PREPARES TO SHUT DOWN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/think-progress-shuts-down-.html
— DURKIN CALLS FOR LAW TO ALLOW BANNING ETHYLENE OXIDE IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/durkin-calls-for-law-to-allow-banning-ethylene-oxide-in-illinois.html
— PLUMMER SAYS HE’S “TAKING A HARD LOOK” AT RUNNING FOR SHIMKUS’ OPEN SEAT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/plummer-says-hes-taking-a-hard-look-at-running-for-shimkus-open-seat.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Iceland’s president wears rainbow bracelet during Pence visit, apparently to show support for LGBT – Bailey Vogt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/6/iceland-president-wears-rainbow-bracelet-during-pe/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Cowardice: Poll finds 70% of Republican students lie about views to get good grades – Brad Polumbo (DIERSEN: If I had become a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988 notwithstanding the fact that I am White, male, raised as a Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cowardice-poll-finds-70-of-republican-students-lie-about-views-to-get-good-grades

GOPUSA
— Jemele Hill pens racist call for blacks to leave white colleges
http://www.gopusa.com/jemele-hill-pens-racist-call-for-blacks-to-leave-white-colleges/

CNS NEWS
— Iceland Greets VP Pence, a Conservative Christian, With Gay Rainbow Flags and Bracelets – Kharen Martinez Murcia 
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/kharen-martinez-murcia/iceland-greets-vp-pence-conservative-christian-gay-rainbow-flags-and

PJ MEDIA
— High School Assignment Forces Kids to Disclose Sexual Orientation, Reveals Massive Political Agenda – MEGAN FOX (DIERSEN: For a “Diversity” event, my Democrat GAO superiors required us to disclose not only our national origin, but the when our ancestors came to America.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/high-school-assignment-forces-kids-to-disclose-sexual-orientation-reveals-massive-political-agenda/

NOQ REPORT
— Smugglers instructing adult migrants to say they’re teenagers – Kerry Marasco 
https://noqreport.com/2019/09/06/smugglers-instructing-adult-migrants-say-theyre-teenagers/

NEW YORK TIMES
— G.O.P. Plans to Drop Presidential Primaries in 4 States to Impede Trump Challengers – Annie Karni and Maggie Haberman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/us/politics/states-drop-republican-primaries.html

September 6 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— North Side food pantry becomes first in city to offer online orders for pickup The grab-and-go experience eliminates long lines and adds a “dignity factor” that pantry operators hope will help them reach more people – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/5/20851454/north-side-food-pantry-first-city-offer-online-orders-pickup

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In Chicago, more than 16,000 students are homeless, new report says: ‘I felt very embarrassed to tell people’ – Hannah Leone
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-homeless-students-20190905-u2g6xlxksvetzbyiex3gma5wxy-story.html
— Public housing residents with limited English need more language help from CHA, advocates say, urging Lightfoot to make changes – ELVIA MALAGÓN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-cha-translation-language-access-plan-20190906-76x7dxycbfgj7lodyxxj3ru74m-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not push pot. They certainly demonize, denigrate, and condemn me. Who are the leading pot pushers in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/arlington-heights/ct-ahp-marijuana-businesses-discussion-tl-0829-20190905-dynfzthq2jfaffaxbllo42foji-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— The troubling outlook for democracy when reading declines – Editorial (DIERSEN: For those who hint/imply/argue/shout a) that they are always up-to-date on political and government news and commentary of interest to Illinois Republicans and b) that they do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, from who/what do they get their information? Is it Democrat Rich Miller and his Capitol Fax? Is it the officers of their Republican township/ward/county party organizations? Is it the officers of the Illinois Republican Party?) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190905/editorial-the-troubling-outlook-for-democracy-when-reading-declines
— Downward spirals of depression can be deadly – Michael Gerson (DIERSEN: Who works the hardest to make you feel depressed? I should write a book about those who work the hardest to make me feel depressed. They would love it. They paint themselves as being operatives or as dupes for those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190906/downward-spirals-of-depression-can-be-deadly

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— A taxing temptation – Editorial (DIERSEN: To get more tax revenue, ever-increasingly, ever-disgustingly, ever-outrageously, and ever more tragically, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs encourage everyone to drink more booze, to gamble more money, and to smoke more pot.) 
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-a-taxing-temptation/article_66053b9f-66f9-5243-8b15-6b6ac0ded2e3.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Skillicorn endorses Oberweis in crowded 14th Congressional District race – DREW ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: Sadly, outrageously, disgustingly, tragically, and unacceptingly, far too many candidates who lose in primary elections and who lose in general elections blame their loss on those who supported their primary opponents. I should write a book about all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who lost and have blamed their loss a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, c) on my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, d) on my service as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, e) on my service as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, f) on my service as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, g) on my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and h) on my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.) 
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/09/04/skillicorn-endorses-oberweis-in-crowded-14th-congressional-district-race/a5eamqa/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Don’t fault police for enforcing the law – Editorial
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/09/05/our-view-dont-fault-police-for-enforcing-the-law/aevdj3i/

HERALD NEWS
— Reefer sadness: Wilmington, Bolingbrook ban recreational marijuana businesses Wilmington, Bolingbrook have banned recreational marijuana shops – FELIX SARVER
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/09/05/reefer-sadness-wilmington-bolingbrook-ban-recreational-marijuana-businesses/atfvvse/

NPR ILLINOIS
— From Mar-A-Lago To Trump Hotels, Reporter Says Trump Profits As President – TERRY GROSS (DIERSEN: Putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails costs me 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each year.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/mar-lago-trump-hotels-reporter-says-trump-profits-president#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Precinct Letters (DIERSEN: Yesterday, I hand delivered a precinct letter (https://gopillinois.com/documents/) to the 105 homes in my precinct that have at least one registered Republican voter. Headings are: March 17, 2020 Republican Offices and current candidates, Petitions, Events, Wheaton City Council West District vacancy, Election judges, and GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/precinct-letter/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives disappointed by dismissal of case against Madigan – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513239949-ives-disappointed-by-dismissal-of-case-against-madigan

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Lauf joins crowded GOP field running for Illinois Congressional seat – Colin Froment
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/513193330-lauf-joins-crowded-gop-field-running-for-illinois-congressional-seat

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ARE CATHOLICISM AND AMERICA COMPATIBLE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/are-catholicism-and-america-compatible.html
— WEYERMULLER: REMEMBERING PHYLLIS SCHLAFLY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/weyermuller-remembering-phyllis-schlafly-.html
— ROSSI: DEM CANDIDATES GO LOONY LEFT ON CLIMATE CHANGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/rossi-dem-candidates-go-loony-left-on-climate-change.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘From benign to possibly electorally disqualifying’: Health, memory woes overshadow Biden bid – Seth McLaughlin (DIERSEN: What do you stress to defend your health? I stress the fact that nothing has stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening since 2015 too. Further, monumental efforts by my critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes since 2000 to stop me from serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman have failed. Further, despite their monumental efforts to get rid of me, I survived for almost 7 years as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, 8 years as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, 6 years as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, 4 years as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, 3 years as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, 18 years as a GAO employee, 9 years as an IRS employee, and 3 years as a Post Office employee.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/5/joe-biden-bloody-eye-memory-woes-overshadow-2020-b/

FOX NEWS
— Media spread ‘misinformation’ about now-dismissed corruption charges, ex-Illinois lawmaker Aaron Schock says – Charles Creitz (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails spread misinformation.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/former-rep-aaron-schock-media-corruption-charges
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6083914939001/#sp=show-clips

NEWSMAX
— Trump Challengers Angry Over States’ Plans to Cancel Primaries – Sandy Fitzgerald (DIERSEN: Sadly, outrageously, disgustingly, tragically, and unacceptingly, far too many candidates who lose in primary elections and who lose in general elections blame their loss on those who supported their primary opponents. I should write a book about all the Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who lost and have blamed their loss a) on me, b) on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, c) on my service as a Republican Precinct Committeeman, d) on my service as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, e) on my service as a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, f) on my service as a Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, g) on my service as an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and h) on my service as an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member.)
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-2020-election-joe-walsh-bill-weld/2019/09/06/id/931485/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Republicans Win by Hammering Immigration in the Suburbs – Fletch Daniels (DIERSEN: Constructively, those who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee a) have stricken the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks from the IRP platform and from the Republican Party platform, b) have dumped those, including me, who support the aforesaid planks, and c) have dumped those, including me, who support Trump.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/republicans_win_by_hammering_immigration_in_the_suburbs.html
— Maryland’s Montgomery County Council disgraces itself defending sanctuary policies that allowed 7 illegals to remain and rape local residents – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/marylands_montgomery_county_council_disgraces_itself_defending_sanctuary_policies_that_allowed_7_illegals_to_remain_and_rape_local_residents.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Chicken Little media gets it wrong — Trump will win suburbs – Jeffrey Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30955-assault-america-day-247-chicken-little-media-gets-it-wrong-trump-will-win-suburbs

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Poll: Whopping 73% of Republican College Students Keep Views Secret for Fear of Bad Grades – Monica Sanchez
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/poll-whopping-73-republican-college-students-keep-views-secret-fear-bad-grades

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Stay Focused on What’s Important – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What are you focused on? I am focused on putting out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails twice a day. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are focused on stopping me from doing that.) 
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/Stay-Focused-on-What-s-Important—-LCC-Daily-Devotion-.html

DAILY CALLER & POLITICAL INSIDER
— Officials In ‘Sanctuary’ County Lash Out At Conservative Media For Reporting On Rash Of Illegal Alien Sex Crimes – Chuck Ross
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/06/maryland-illegal-alien-conservative-media-sanctuary/
https://thepoliticalinsider.com/officials-in-sanctuary-county-lash-out-at-conservative-media-for-reporting-on-rash-of-illegal-alien-sex-crimes/

ABC NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana use by US college students up, highest in 35 years – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/marijuana-us-college-students-highest-35-years-65417973

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Tight Labor Market, Hiring Rules Loosen Up – Ben Casselman (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.nytimes.com/2019/09/05/business/economy/recruiting-labor-force.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘It’s Kind of Like an Addiction’: On the Road With Trump’s Rally Diehards A small band of the president’s most devoted fans will do whatever it takes to attend his campaign rallies – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/its-kind-of-like-an-addiction-on-the-road-with-trumps-rally-diehards-11567762200
— States to Launch Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes Texas attorney general to lead effort examining impact of Google on digital advertising markets; New York attorney general to helm Facebook review, citing concerns over control of personal data – John D. McKinnon (DIERSEN: Google and Facebook have become public utilities. What do Google and Facebook think of those who share your demographics? From what I see, Google and Facebook despise if not hate those who share my demographics: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those like me whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-to-launch-google-facebook-antitrust-probes-11567762204
— The Most Promising Careers of the Next Decade The Wall Street Journal used wages and projected annual demand to rank more than 800 jobs – Soo Oh (DIERSEN: Were the careers that you had promising? The careers that I working for the Post Office 1966-1969, for IRS 1971-1980, and for GAO 1980-1997 were promising only for those who were Democrat, minority, and/or female.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-most-promising-careers-of-the-next-decade-11567688400

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/opinion/lifers/2019/09/04/pot-weed-war-marijuana-prison-life-sentence-lifers/2057276001/

SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— FROM THE ARTICLE: It’s Trump, in grossly improper fashion, trying to use his executive power to punish the parent firms of CNN and The Washington Post over their reporting about him. (DIERSEN: Who has punished you? I should write a book about those who have punished me. They include the officers, employees, and/or members of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. The punish a) those who support planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform that they reject, b) those who support the MTRCC resolution against video gambling, c) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, and d) those who have sued them.)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/opinion/editorials/story/2019-09-05/british-conservatives-revolt-boris-johnson-gop-trump

COLORADO INDEPENDENT
— Should Denver’s auditor have to be a CPA? Sitting Auditor Tim O’Brien wants voters to decide – Rachel Lorenz (DIERSEN: Because I became the following, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize, denigrate, and condemn the following: CPA (1979), Certified Internal Auditor (1981), Licensed CPA (1981), Certified Fraud Examiner (1990), Certified Government Financial Manager (1994), Certified Financial Services Auditor (1996), and Forensic Accountant (1997).)
https://www.coloradoindependent.com/2019/09/05/should-denvers-auditor-have-to-be-a-cpa/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Elections and federal workers – the good and the bad – Jeff Neal (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.) 
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2019/09/elections-and-federal-workers-the-good-and-the-bad/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Having election discussions at work is another risk you should avoid. Those conversations may start innocently enough, but given the level of emotion that seems to accompany everything these days, it is better to avoid getting into them at all. An innocent conversation with a colleague may turn into a Hatch Act complaint filed with the Office of Special Counsel, or into a fight, or a damaged working relationship that persists for years. You are unlikely to convert your coworkers to your side, so it is far better to keep politics out of work entirely.)

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Because neither me, my parents, my grandparents, nor any of my ancestors have needed public assistance, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized, denigrated, and condemned us as being undeservedly filthy rich.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/06/changes-public-charge-rule-are-confusing-immigrant-students

September 5 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Former lawmaker Aaron Schock officially off federal hook, could run for office – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/aaron-schock-officially-off-federal-hook-could-run-for-office/5516343/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts’ property tax assessment appeal on designer Wilmette home sent to state’s attorney – Hal Dardick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-todd-ricketts-property-taxes-assessment-investigation-20190905-i4c4xraffjbq7ewfm34lyeoj3u-story.html
— ‘It’s going to attack your lungs’: Gurnee teen hospitalized for vaping has message for his peers – Kate Thayer
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-teen-hospitalized-vaping-tt-20190904-73qpft3x5bc3zkbui7nrve4tsy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Residents press Casten on impeachment at forum – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190905/residents-press-casten-on-impeachment-at-forum
— Catholics come to Capitol to protest abortion rights, high taxes – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190904/catholics-come-to-capitol-to-protest-abortion-rights-high-taxes

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois lost $310 billion in income to outmigration since 2000 – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/report-illinois-lost-billion-in-income-to-outmigration-since/article_ed24cc42-399d-57ab-9d85-e03c7f70abbc.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Skillicorn Endorses Oberweis for Congress
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/04/skillicorn-endorses-oberweis-for-congress/

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Patlak endorses Ives: ‘She is a person of integrity’ – Glenn Minnis 
https://northcooknews.com/stories/513128882-patlak-endorses-ives-she-is-a-person-of-integrity

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Congressional candidate Ives: State needs to consider bankruptcy – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513106744-congressional-candidate-ives-state-needs-to-consider-bankruptcy
— Mock Trump assassination elicits profusion of heated reactions – Chris Adams 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513136443-mock-trump-assassination-elicits-profusion-of-heated-reactions
— Grant’s bill aims to close gender wage gap – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: The federal government pays its female employees more than it pays its male employees who have comparable education, work experience, and professional certifications and licenses.) 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513106765-grant-s-bill-aims-to-close-gender-wage-gap

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— SKILLICORN TAKES A PASS ON 14TH CD GOP PRIMARY BID; ENDORSES OBERWEIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/skillicorn-takes-a-pass-on-14th-cd-gop-primary-bid-endorses-oberweis.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Grand Opportunity Party’: Female, minority candidates helping GOP shed ‘old, white’ image – Gabriella Muñoz (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those who dominate the Republican Party, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. make it clear that they want to dump those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/4/republican-female-minority-candidates-help-gop-she/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Are They Sending Their Best? – Les Still
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/are_they_sending_their_best.html

BREITBART
— Poll: Increasing Immigration, Giving Illegals Right to Vote Most Unpopular 2020 Political Positions – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/04/poll-increasing-immigration-giving-illegals-right-to-vote-most-unpopular-2020-political-positions/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— No magic mirror needed to see all 2020 Democrats are extreme – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30946-assault-america-day-246-no-magic-mirror-needed-see-all-2020-democrats-are-extreme

DAILY CALLER
— CNN Cans Reporter After She Agrees To Run Conservative News Outlet – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/05/cnn-cans-reporter-after-she-agrees-to-run-conservative-news-outlet/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Dobbs grills RNC chair over ‘spineless RINOs’ who ‘roll over like puppies’ – Frieda Powers (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, RINOs fail/refuse to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, and especially its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.) 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/09/05/dobbs-grills-rnc-chair-over-spineless-rinos-who-roll-over-like-puppies-817011

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Why Are So Many House Republicans Retiring?
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2019/09/04/why-are-so-many-house-republicans-retiring/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Top Asylum Official Who Was Critical Of Trump Administration Has Been Reassigned John Lafferty, U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services asylum division chief, has reportedly been “pushed out” by Ken Cuccinelli, the agency’s hard-line acting director – Dominique Mosbergen (DIERSEN: Have you been reassigned? In early 1989, when I was 40 years old, because I was critical of my Democrat GAO superiors giving preferential treatment to my coworkers because they were Democrat, minority, female, veteran, and/or younger than me, my Democrat GAO superiors reassigned me out their group that audited IRS. I had been assigned to that group for 3 years. I had worked for IRS for almost 9 years before I transferred to GAO in early 1980.) 
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/john-lafferty-uscis-asylum-division-reassigned-trump-administration_n_5d70849ce4b011080459e188

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pope on critics: It’s ‘an honor if the Americans attack me’
https://fox56.com/news/nation-world/pope-on-critics-its-an-honor-if-the-americans-attack-me
— Buttigieg says ‘reckoning’ coming over GOP and Christianity (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://wrex.com/category/2019/09/05/buttigieg-says-reckoning-coming-over-gop-and-christianity/

WASHINGTON POST
— Black votes will define electability for Democrats – Errin Haines (DIERSEN: Are you electable? Ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act like they are taking the advice of political consultants who say the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/analysis-black-votes-will-define-electability-for-democrats/2019/09/05/06a8e802-cf97-11e9-a620-0a91656d7db6_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Google Syndrome  The company should become a generic term for today’s acute political mania. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-google-syndrome-11567636819

September 4 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot keeps up Twitter spat with Sen. Ted Cruz over Chicago crime – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: What percent of those who commit crime in Chicago were not raised in a traditional family?)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/lightfoots-twitter-spat-with-sen-cruz-over-chicago-crime-continues/5515938/
— San Francisco supervisors call National Rifle Association a ‘domestic terrorist organization’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/san-francisco-calls-nra-a-domestic-terrorist-organization/5515415/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legal grass offers Lake County the potential for tourism highs – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-lake-county-legal-marijuana-st-0905-20190904-xdzh2zxiirag5jhecmatwfmro4-story.html
— Schock’s off the hook – and he can run for office again – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-schock-fbi-chicago-corruption-naperville-pot-casten-spin-20190904-qsufpzphbrdqfcfi2m73dpea6q-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-chicago-ted-cruz-lori-lightfoot-20190904-wcxitnynrrcmtekldly3g3tnki-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville bans recreational pot sales
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/9/4/20849148/naperville-bans-recreational-marijuana-pot-sales
— On Facebook, Illinois prison guards, accused of abuses by transgender inmates, mocked LGBTQ community The officers who posted the offensive and explicit memes and other posts all identified themselves as Department of Corrections employees. – Emily Hoerner
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/9/4/20849134/facebook-transgender-illinois-correctional-officers-abuses-strawberry-hampton-lgbtq-mocked-memes
— Pfleger announces anti-gun rally in nation’s capital, slams ‘ignorant’ Ted Cruz “It’s sad when you see somebody who holds an elected office be so ignorant and uninformed,” Pfleger said of the Republican Senator from Texas. – Mitch Dudek 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/4/20849654/pfleger-announces-anti-gun-rally-nations-capital-slams-ted-cruz
— Advocates shine light on homeless CPS students, turn up heat on Lightfoot There were 16,451 homeless Chicago Public Schools students during the 2018-19 school year. Half of them were concentrated in 10 South and West Side wards. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/9/4/20849881/advocates-shine-light-homeless-cps-students-turn-up-heat-lightfoot

— Where Walmart leads on guns, will others follow? – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/4/20849409/walmart-el-paso-gun-control-background-checks-doug-mcmillon-sun-times-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville bans recreational pot sales – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190904/naperville-bans-recreational-pot-sales-but-plans-to-seek-voter-input

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Casten raises eyebrows with ‘impeachment town hall’ A congressman facing a tough re-election fight decides to spotlight one provocative issue—opening a Trump impeachment inquiry—in tonight’s Downers Grove session. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/casten-raises-eyebrows-impeachment-town-hall
— Mayor Lightfoot vs. Sen. Cruz gun control spat, Day 3: ‘Do your job’ “If you want to come to Chicago and learn about the root causes of gun violence, I’ll be glad to show you around,” the mayor said in her latest back-and-forth with the Texas senator.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/mayor-lightfoot-vs-sen-cruz-gun-control-spat-day-3-do-your-job

WLS AM
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Donald Trump’s ‘Summer of Winning’ video is a loser.”
http://www.wlsam.com/news/donald-trumps-summer-of-winning-video-is-a-loser/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— U.S. Rep. Lauren Underwood calls student loans ‘predatory’ – KELSEY RETTKE
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/09/03/u-s-rep-lauren-underwood-calls-student-loans-predatory/as662sv/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— HOW THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY BECAME ILLINOIS’ MOST FEARED POLITICAL FORCE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/how-the-lgbtq-community-became-illinois-most-feared-political-force.html
— ANOTHER ILGOP US SENATE CANDIDATE TOM TARTER ANNOUNCES PRIMARY BID
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/another-ilgop-us-senate-candidate-announces-primary-bid.html
— FEDS OFFICIALLY DROP CHARGES AGAINST PROVOCATIVE FORMER IL CONGRESSMAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/feds-officially-drop-charges-against-provocative-former-il-congressman.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/04/reefer-sanity-starting-to-prevail/
— Schock officially cleared of all charges
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/04/schock-officially-cleared-of-all-charges/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— San Francisco Labels NRA a ‘Domestic Terrorism Organization’ – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/san-francisco-labels-nra-a-domestic-terrorism-organization/

DAILY CALLER
— NRA Rips Walmart For Banning Some Ammunition Sales – WILLIAM DAVIS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/04/nra-rips-walmart-banning-some-ammunition-sales/

NEWSMAX
— Pope Stacks College of Cardinals With Leftist Prelates – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/cardinals-pope-catholic-church/2019/09/04/id/931234/

TOWNHALL
— Michelle Malkin Announces National ‘Sanctuary City Tour’ – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/09/04/michelle-malkin-announces-national-sanctuary-city-tour-n2552594
— We Don’t Trust You – Ann Coulter
https://townhall.com/columnists/anncoulter/2019/09/04/we-dont-trust-you-n2552621

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Bernie Sanders: Federal Workers Should Have the Right to Strike But allowing the most secure employees in the country to walk off the job is a bad idea. – ROSS MARCHAND (DIERSEN: Federal jobs are secure only for those who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/bernie-sanders-wants-federal-workers-to-have-the-right-to-strike/

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Target: journalists. Will personal probes undermine media? A new conservative group is investigating the social media backgrounds of mainstream media journalists. Is turnabout fair play – or an attempt at intimidation? – Sarah Matusek
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2019/0904/Target-journalists.-Will-personal-probes-undermine-media

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Donald Trump’s ‘Summer of Winning’ video is a loser.”
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/04/politics/donald-trump-summer-2020/index.html

FORBES
— How The ‘Best Companies To Work For’ Engage Employees And Retain Top Talent – Dana Brownlee (DIERSEN: The federal government’s top priority is not to engage and retain top talent. The federal government’s top priority is to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danabrownlee/2019/09/04/how-the-best-companies-to-work-for-engage-employees-and-retain-top-talent/
— Is The EEOC Protecting Workers Or Discriminatory Employers? – Patricia Barnes (DIERSEN: Do not expect EEOC to side with workers who are Republican, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, or German American.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/09/04/is-the-eeoc-protecting-workers-or-discriminatory-employers/

September 4 Morning Edition

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville Opts Out Of Recreational Marijuana Sales  The council voted 6 to 3 in favor of opting out of recreational cannabis sales. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: At Wheaton’s City Council meeting yesterday evening, Lynn Robbins was appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy and I again urged Wheaton to ban the sale of recreational marijuana.)
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-opts-out-recreational-marijuana-sales
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After weeks of debate, comments from residents, and anti-cannabis rallies, the Naperville City Council voted to opt out of recreational cannabis sales Tuesday. The City Council meeting brought close to 250 residents out to share their comments about the issue, which ended in a 6-3 vote in favor of opting out. . .The topic of recreational cannabis was discussed for more than three hours at Tuesday’s meeting, which was filled with dozens of residents sporting bright orange “Opt Out Naperville” t-shirts and pins. . .After the public comment portion of the meeting, City Council members had a chance to sound off on the issue. Council member Kevin Coyne said, “I think it’s a very clear and easy decision tonight.” He added that neighboring cities Wheaton and Bolingbrook will likely opt out and that he wanted to prevent Naperville from becoming the “marijuana capital of DuPage County.”)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville opts out of recreational marijuana sales – ERIN HEGARTY (DIERSEN: At Wheaton’s City Council meeting yesterday evening, Lynn Robbins was appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy and I again urged Wheaton to ban the sale of recreational marijuana.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-recreational-marijuana-city-council-discussion-st-20190904-7wlrvez6gbhfpfwg5fwcsjzsma-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision to opt out of recreational pot sales came several hours after hundreds of people began packing the Naperville City Council chambers as residents and non-residents waited their turn to comment on the issue of whether to allow the retail sale of pot. The discussion on marijuana sales brought 238 people to sign up for public comment on the topic — a vast majority speaking in favor of opting out while wearing white and orange “opt out” shirts. Over the past couple weeks, the group was organized to rally and lobby city council members to keep recreational cannabis dispensaries out of Naperville. At the same time, residents in support of retail marijuana sales have circulated a survey on the issue. People who asked city council to opt out Tuesday night are concerned recreational pot dispensaries would lead to increased availability to children and would hurt the “family friendly” brand of Naperville.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Thousands line streets for Naperville’s Labor Day parade – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: Republicans in the parade included Anderson, Carlyle, Collins, Ives, Keller, McCluskey, Ruhl, Sanguinetti, Veenstra, and Vician.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-labor-day-parade-st-0904-20190903-p4zte6blyrhpde33c3d5fihdwu-story.html
— U. of I. student charged with hate crime after noose found hanging in Urbana dorm elevator – ELIZA FAWCETT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-illinois-noose-20190903-otb7gdnw3bdrrobsvnetjnbscm-story.html
— Oakton Community College hosts solidarity vigil for victims of hate – PHIL ROCKROHR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump. They especially promote hatred against those who do not hate trump and are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/ct-skr-oakton-unity-vigil-tl-0905-20190903-dhunykqqunekpfnklif5a6evdm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries who illegally come to America illegally and who illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-human-right-watch-poultry-workers-immigration-zorn-20190904-phgdmpgx2batbgg4ex7f6abzw4-story.html
— Political satirists Capitol Steps have plenty of material these days – ANNIE ALLEMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-ent-capitol-steps-0913-20190903-nvzqwf37ubfyznp7j2lvzinrwa-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Among young, a rise in depression – NARA SCHOENBERG (DIERSEN: What depresses you? For me, it is ever-increasingly seeing people who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who fail/refuse to defend/advance religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-depression-in-your-20s-08282019-20190830-ytwlkblogzg2hffb5ac5itgsdy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot use booming among older Americans as Illinois prepares for legalization American baby boomers are now using marijuana at the same rate as kids ages 12 to 17, according to the most recent federal survey on drug use. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/well/2019/9/3/20751031/pot-use-booming-older-americans-illinois-prepares-legalization
— Students, here’s what you are missing by not reading the paper It might come in useful someday. Really. – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: I should 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://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/neil-steinberg

DAILY HERALD
— House GOP leader should call for probe of possible misconduct – State Rep. David McSweeney
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190904/house-gop-leader-should-call-for-probe-of-possible-misconduct
— Departing FBI chief Jeffrey Sallet touts work against corrupt politicians (DIERSEN: Who works hard against you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee work against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They work especially hard against those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190830/departing-fbi-chief-touts-work-against-corrupt-politicians
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you do to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, the more that Republican-haters call you an extremist.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190904/ives-is-too-extreme-for-6th-district

WLS AM
— Chicago mayor to Ted Cruz over city shootings: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’
http://www.wlsam.com/news/chicago-mayor-to-ted-cruz-over-city-shootings-keep-our-name-out-of-your-mouth/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Anti-abortion group plans 40-day vigil at Bloomington site
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/anti-abortion-group-plans–day-vigil-at-bloomington-site/article_623a42e1-2c7f-5cae-85f7-91c72bdebb86.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Big fight for open 15th District Congressional seat – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-big-fight-for-open-seat/article_9ba12293-22ba-5601-8b0d-b731b842e157.html

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Galesburg votes 6-1 to allow cannabis businesses – Robert Connelly 
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20190903/galesburg-votes-6-1-to-allow-cannabis-businesses

WGIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: GALESBURG COUNCIL LAYS FRAMEWORK FOR COMMERCIAL CANNABIS
http://www.wgil.com/2019/09/04/galesburg-council-lays-framework-for-commercial-cannabis/

WILL
— ‘Nearly Every District Is Looking For Teachers’: Teacher Shortage Still A Struggle In Illinois – LEE V. GAINES (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://will.illinois.edu/news/story/nearly-every-district-is-looking-for-teachers-teacher-shortage-still-a-struggle-in-illinois

TRI STATES PUBLIC RADIO
— President Shouldn’t Expect Journalists to Play Favorites – RICH EGGER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents tell the following that they should expect favorable treatment from me in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if I do not give it, they should viciously punish me: Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc.)
https://www.tspr.org/post/president-shouldnt-expect-journalists-play-favorites

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Healthcare Experts Stress the Unknown Risks of Vaping – Madison Savedra
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/09/healthcare-experts-stress-the-unknown-risks-of-vaping/

CHICAGO NOW
— 14th Congressional District Republican Primary candidate Oberweis – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2019/09/114th-cd-r-primary-cand-oberweis-airs-tonite-in-chicagos-n-in-aurora-rockford-evanston-rest-of-wk-cableweb/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Toxic Progressivism in Public Schools and at the Chicago Tribune – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/toxic-progressivism-in-public-schools-and-at-the-chicago-tribune/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— US plans for fake social media run afoul of Facebook rules – Tami Abdollah
https://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/US-plans-for-fake-social-media-run-afoul-of-14410865.php

FEDERALIST
— What Is The Electability Debate Really About? – Warren Henry (DIERSEN: Are you electable? Ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act like they are taking the advice of political consultants who say the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/03/electability-debate-really/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lori Lightfoot blames Chicago’s violence on guns from Texas Democrat blasts ‘coward Republicans’ for Windy City’s deadly shootings -Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/3/lori-lightfoot-blames-chicago-violence-on-texas-gu/

BREITBART
— ‘Servant Class’ that Serves the Rich Among Fastest Growing U.S. Workforces – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the top one percent wants cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/03/servant-class-that-serves-the-rich-among-fastest-growing-u-s-workforces/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “servant class” that serves the needs of the country’s top one percent is among one of the fastest-growing job markets in the United States, economic analysis finds. As about 1.2 million mostly low-skilled legal immigrants are admitted to the U.S. every year to take primarily low-wage jobs, an underclass of servants for the wealthy has boomed over the last decade compared with overall job growth.)

DAILY CALLER
— Hollywood Liberals Hate You, Never Forget That – DEREK HUNTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/04/hollywood-liberals-hate-you/
— Montgomery County Police And Prosecutors ‘Furious At Their Own Leadership’ – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/04/vince-coglianese-montgomery-county-ms-13/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Even During Hurricane Coverage, MSNBC Can’t Stop Bashing Trump – Ryan Foley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2019/09/03/even-during-hurricane-coverage-msnbc-cant-stop-bashing-trump

CNN
— Chicago mayor to Ted Cruz over city shootings: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’ – Kate Sullivan
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/politics/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-ted-cruz-shootings/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters call you White nationalist who should be gotten rid of once and for all if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/conservatism-white-nationalism-.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A Trump-inspired history lesson: Here’s what the Nazis did to Poland 80 years ago – Gillian Brockell (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.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/03/this-is-what-trump-congratulated-poland/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot scolds Ted Cruz on guns, tells him to keep her city ‘out of your mouth’ – Tim Balk
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-lori-lighfoot-ted-cruz-guns-twitter-20190904-jilcz6rdffhirp47iftw3lvdze-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— End the Media’s Campaign Privilege As journalism blurs into partisan politics, the rules governing the latter are becoming unjustifiable. – David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who side with Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs against me. They hint/imply/argue/shot that I am not a reporter or journalist a) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, b) because I do not have a degree in journalism, c) because I am not paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, d) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free, e) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no advertising, f) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS contain no pictures, g) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, h) because I refuse to glorify and praise them, i) because I refuse to give them money, and/or j) because I refuse to cover up their wrongdoing.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/end-the-medias-campaign-privilege-11567551611
— The Baffling Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at the Airport The contradiction between federal and local laws can feel especially confusing to travelers in states where pot has been legalized – Scott McCartney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baffling-legal-gray-zone-of-marijuana-at-the-airport-11567589405

NEWSWEEK
— ILLINOIS STUDENTS CONDEMN ‘TRADITION OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND RACISM’ AT UNIVERSITY AFTER NOOSE FOUND IN ELEVATOR – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/noose-university-illinois-hate-crime-andrew-smith-1457557

KTXS
— El Paso City Council votes to hold special election for District 3 seat – Alyssa Bethencourt (DIERSEN: Are you disenfranchised? To what extent do those who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in the federal government represent you? Ever-increasingly, I am disenfranchised. Ever-increasingly, those who represent me in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America fail/refuse to defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, they use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to disenfranchise Republicans like me.) 
https://ktxs.com/news/texas/district-3-seat-could-be-added-to-november-ballot
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “My constituents who are here today in the room are being disenfranchised of their representative. They have elected me to serve in this role. Now you have stripped me from my ability to vote on the matter. Calling this election sets a dangerous precedent,” she said.)

NEW NOW NEXT
— Woman’s Dream Job Teaching Rescinded Because She’s a Lesbian The principal presented the Catholic school as LGBTQ-inclusive in the interview, she says. – Jeff Taylor (DIERSEN: My dream job was rescinded because I am White. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://www.newnownext.com/lesbian-teacher-job-rescinded-illinois-catholic-school/09/2019/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lauren White had long dreamed of becoming a teacher, and despite not holding a degree in education, it looked like she was about to see that dream come true. Then it was pulled away at the last minutes, because White is engaged to another woman. She was offered a job as a French teacher at Sacred Heart-Griffin, a Catholic high school in Springfield, Illinois. White, who is herself not a Catholic, tells NewNowNext she went into the interview with nerves, because she “kind of figured that since it was a Catholic school, it wouldn’t be the most inclusive space, obviously.”)

QUARTZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://qz.com/work/1700884/diversity-is-about-more-than-gender-and-race/

INFO WARS
— TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHO CAN BUY A GUN Would partner with Big Tech to use spy data from Amazon, Google and Apple. – Paul Joseph Watson
https://www.infowars.com/trump-administration-considering-social-credit-score-system-to-determine-who-can-buy-a-gun/

LAW 360
— 7th Circ. Saves Suit Saying Ford Weeds Out Latino Applicants (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.law360.com/articles/1193491/7th-circ-saves-suit-saying-ford-weeds-out-latino-applicants

September 3 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 43 shot — 8 fatally — in Chicago Labor Day weekend shootings A 15-year-old boy shot Sunday in Austin is among the eight people killed.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/9/1/20841934/labor-day-weekend-shootings-gun-violence-homicide

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-lgbtq-history-illinois-schools-law-20190826-m2k4qtpiifhkzp5a76dwtwlbwy-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Should Danville allow sales, growth of recreational pot? – Tracy Crane (DIERSEN: NO.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/should-danville-allow-sales-growth-of-recreational-pot/article_8ad1e374-82c4-5af3-be79-14c6128c5a2f.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=290037

WQAD
— Four presidential candidates address helping middle class during Labor Day celebrations – BIANCA REYES (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? Do those who share your demographics need help? Do you need help?)
https://wqad.com/2019/09/02/four-presidential-candidates-address-helping-middle-class-during-labor-day-celebrations/

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/calendar/event/20190909/631735/access-to-medical-cannabis-2020-adult-use-information

DAILY ILLINI
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: CU dispensaries plan for legal marijuana – SAMANTHA BOYLE
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/09/03/recreational-marijuana-cu/

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— Odessa Mass Shooter Failed Background Check, Was Illegal Gun Owner — Called Both FBI and Police Before Shooting – Jim Hoft
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/09/odessa-mass-shooter-failed-background-check-was-illegal-gun-owner-threatened-neighbor/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ financial decay spreads to cities across the state – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-financial-decay-spreads-to-cities-across-the-state/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Joe Arpaio says he’s ‘a little weak in the Hispanic community’ but can win sheriff comeback bid – Naomi Lim (DIERSEN: In what communities are you weak in? I am weak in the following communities: 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, anti-federal retirees, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-arpaio-says-hes-a-little-weak-in-the-hispanic-community-but-can-win-sheriff-comeback-bid

GOPUSA
— 43 shot — 8 fatally — in Chicago Labor Day weekend shootings
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=75413
— How sanctuary policies make a mockery of the rule of law
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=75410

AMERICAN THINKER
— Joe Walsh Implodes – Christopher Skeet
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/joe_walsh_implodes.html
— What Real Religious Hypocrisy Looks Like – T.R. Clancy (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those in government and in politics who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me as being a religious hypocrite a) because I am not a member of a church, b) because I do not attend church services, c) because I do not give money to a church, and d) because I put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out on Sunday mornings. They hint/imply/argue/shout that they dominate all the churches in Wheaton and that all those churches hate me.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/what_real_religious_hypocrisy_looks_like.html

NEW AMERICAN
— LGBTQ-Aligned Faculty Demand University of Kansas Remove Chick-fil-A – Dave Bohon (DIERSEN: What would you do if those who dominate your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and/or Illinois tried to remove Chick-fil-As from your municipality, from your township/ward, from your county, and/or from Illinois?)
https://www.thenewamerican.com/culture/item/33290-lgbtq-aligned-faculty-demand-university-of-kansas-remove-chick-fil-a
— Socialism Explained – Charles Scaliger
https://www.thenewamerican.com/print-magazine/item/33169-socialism-explained

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Beware Of Socialism And Communism Making Their Way Into Our Society – Jim Clayton
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/09/beware-of-socialism-and-communism-making-their-way-into-our-society/

TOWNHALL
— If Anyone Can Be A Woman, Then No One Is a Woman – Marina Medvin
https://townhall.com/columnists/marinamedvin/2019/09/03/if-anyone-can-be-a-woman-then-no-one-is-a-woman-n2552516

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Blames Sexism for Failure of Gillibrand, ‘Long a Champion of Women’ – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2019/09/02/nytimes-blames-gillibrand-drop-out-sexism-had-gushed-nation-unites

DAILY CALLER
— Suspect In Texas Shooting Reportedly Lost Job Before Rampage – MATT M. MILLER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/02/suspect-texas-shooting-lost-job/

PATRIOT POST
— Hollywood Leftists Blacklist Conservatives The double standard is astounding as calls for silencing and doxing political opponents spread. – Harold Hutchison 
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65216-hollywood-leftists-blacklist-conservatives

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— The College Board is Abandoning ‘Adversity Scores’—But Not Completely – David Randall (DIERSEN: What is your adversity score? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always had tremendous unfair advantages in life, and without those tremendous unfair advantages, I would never have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2019/09/02/the_college_board_is_abandoning_adversity_scoresbut_not_completely__110351.html

THE HILL
— Chicago mayor rips Cruz for tweet about violence: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’ – JESSICA CAMPISI
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/459670-chicago-mayor-rips-cruz-for-tweet-about-violence-keep-our-name-out-of

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: As governments Throttle the Internet, Citizens Pay the Price – Patrick Kingsley (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want not only Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois to throttle me, they want the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Suburban Life, etc. to throttle me. They want the aforesaid to blacklist me, to treat me like I am fraudulently claiming to be a journalist, and to treat me like I am a dirty disgusting lobbyist.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/02/world/africa/internet-shutdown-economy.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants who need/want massive government assistance because they vote for Democrats.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-02/trump-children-benefits-public-charge-rule

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Can’t Afford to Leave Moderates Behind – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those “moderates” who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) who focus on driving conservatives like me out of the IRP, out of the DCRCC, and out of the MTRCC.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-cant-afford-to-leave-moderates-behind-11567432578

TIME
— These Are the 10 ‘Most Urgent’ Cases of Threats to Press Freedom Around the World
https://time.com/5665392/10-most-urgent-press-freedom-september/

RAW STORY
— Trump allies launching $2 million effort to discredit individual journalists – Travis Gettys (DIERSEN: Who focuses on discrediting you? I should write a book about those who focus on discrediting me. I would focus on past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants members, officials, and employees. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC 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.rawstory.com/2019/09/trump-allies-launching-2-million-effort-to-discredit-individual-journalists/

AXIOS
— Trump allies plot new war on social media
https://www.axios.com/trump-2020-campaign-social-media-bias-41bbed1e-0bd3-445d-bf6f-195b5c3e65a6.html

GUARDIAN
— More Cubans seek asylum in Mexico amid clampdown on legal path to US – Nina Lakhani
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/03/more-cubans-seek-asylum-in-mexico-amid-clampdown-on-legal-path-to-us

VICE
— Sorry, Being Born Rich Still Leads to Success More Than Working Hard in School – Alexis Chemblette (DIERSEN: How rich are/were your parents? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my parents were filthy rich, that I have always had tremendous unfair advantages in life, and that without those tremendous unfair advantages, I would never have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.vice.com/en_in/article/evbgqk/sorry-being-born-rich-still-leads-to-success-more-than-working-hard-in-school