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July 23 Evening Edition

ABC7 & NBC5 & FOX NEWS CHICAGO & CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage illegal immigration.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-pritzker-signs-bills-to-protect-immigrant-youth/5413481/
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Gov-Pritzker-Signs-Laws-Aimed-at-Protecting-Immigrant-Youth-513105791.html
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/gov-pritzker-signs-laws-aimed-at-protecting-immigrant-youth-1
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/23/20707492/pritzker-firewall-trump-immigration-policies-undocumented-children

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/7/23/20707356/black-deaths-red-summer-1919-race-riots
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/23/20707495/donald-trump-2020-election-racism-in-america-immigration-border-crisis-republican-party-democrat

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs side with foreign countries and side with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-ice-raids-immigration-fear-20190723-anh7etj4nzaefpaz37lqbb4lga-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-jewish-refugees-trump-immigration-rampell-20190723-cifm5e7jqree5fzxwvz5lzd5gu-story.html
— Naperville ranks 8th in state for most DUI arrests, 6th in the suburbs – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-dui-numbers-fall-st-0724-20190723-z5tc7fhk5jcd3dyukrgafqklt4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-1919-race-riots-migrants-page-20190723-wjzgu3x7tzfbtone2zdrg4ouuu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Bloomingdale could become latest town to ban recreational cannabis sales – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: When will the Daily Herald report that I asked the Wheaton City Council at its two most recent meetings to ban the sale of pot in Wheaton? When will the newspapers report that I asked the DuPage County Board at its most recent meeting to ban the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190723/bloomingdale-could-become-latest-town-to-ban-recreational-cannabis-sales
— Roskam on being in the private sector: ‘The season for me in public life, I think, has come to a close’ – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have donated the most time and money to help elect and reelect Roskam.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190723/roskam-on-being-in-the-private-sector-the-season-for-me-in-public-life-i-think-has-come-to-a-close
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In his wake, Republicans Jeanne Ives and Evelyn Sanguinetti, both of Wheaton, are running for the 6th District seat in what’s expected to be a hotly contested GOP primary for the chance to face Casten. Roskam said he’s pleased to support Ives, offering her an endorsement from him and his wife, Elizabeth. Roskam said he anticipates Republicans will have a strong year in 2020 with the return of a presidential election to bring out voters. As for President Donald Trump at the top of the ticket, however, Roskam said only voters can decide his fate. It’s too early to make predictions, he said, at a time when underlying political assumptions are changing across the country.)
— McSweeney returns legislative pay raise, hopes others will follow – Eric Peterson (DIERSEN: Are/were you accused of being overpaid? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always accused me of being overpaid. In my defense, 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.dailyherald.com/news/20190723/mcsweeney-returns-legislative-pay-raise-hopes-others-will-follow

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Kinzinger blasts Trump tweets – David Giuliani
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/kinzinger-blasts-trump-tweets/article_4e6f920e-ac8c-11e9-862f-4fa98c6efcd3.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTSTANDING: Will County Board rejects expansion of video gambling
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/07/18/will-county-board-rejects-expansion-of-video-gaming/ayjhyxw/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use the “Jihad Squad” to promote hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-starting-today-speak-up-speak-out-against-hate/article_b8716423-9c4c-5a39-8b3f-475a6cfa6162.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/reject-trump-s-racism-in-the-voting-booth/article_153224d4-610a-52ce-94dd-65a6bbe48893.html

WIREPOINTS
— Lawmakers Moving Towards Raising Property Taxes To Fund Affordable Housing – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/lawmakers-moving-towards-raising-property-taxes-to-fund-affordable-housing/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Candice Owens Brings Blaxit Message to Family PAC Cruise
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/07/23/candice-owens-brings-blaxit-message-to-family-pac-cruise/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— GOP complains about Democratic references to KKK – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512781058-gop-complains-about-democratic-references-to-kkk

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Former Naperville candidate Cathy Hanzelin urges voters to join cause for independent district map-drawing – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512777166-former-naperville-candidate-urges-voters-to-join-cause-for-independent-district-map-drawing

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGE NEWS
— Illinois’ political leaders call for civility after controversial Republican, Democratic social media posts taken down – Greg Bishop
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/illinois-political-leaders-call-for-civility-after-controversial-republican-democratic/video_e5707dd8-25a8-565a-877d-73293867a8e6.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Kankakee Democrats remove offensive post, but won’t apologize
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/23/k3-democrats-remove-offensive-post-but-wont-apologize/
— LIMITS ON EXECUTIVE ORDERS: No, he can’t do that
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/23/no-he-cant-do-that/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Just 26% of American voters support a universal basic income of $1,000 per month – Philip Klein (DIERSEN: How much universal basic income would it take to get you to drop out school, quit working, and become a ward of the state?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/just-26-of-american-voters-support-a-universal-basic-income-of-1-000-per-month

FOX NEWS
— O’Rourke compares Trump speech to Nazi rally, says El Paso could be modern-day Ellis Island – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/beto-orourke-el-paso-texas-ellis-island-trump-nazi-north-carolina-nuremberg
— ‘Squad’ will play important role in 2020 election – Katie Pavlich
https://www.foxnews.com/media/katie-pavlich-squad-trump-2020-election

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Middle America Will Not Go Gentle Into That Good Night – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? As Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs ever-increasingly make it clear that they are going to get rid of you once and for all, what are you going to do to protect yourself?)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/buchanan/middle-america-will-not-go-gentle-into-that-good-night/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: This past week revealed anew what we Americans think of each other, which portends trouble ahead for the republic. For a democracy to endure, there has to be an assumption that the loser in an election holds a promissory note that new elections are only a few years off. And if the losers can persuade a majority to support them, they can reassume positions of authority and realize their agenda. Trump’s 40 to 45 percent of the nation is not only being constantly castigated and demonized by the establishment media, but it is also being told that, in the not far distant future, it will be demographically swamped by the rising numbers of new migrants pouring into the country. Your time is about up, it hears. And most of the Democratic candidates have admitted that, if elected, the border wall will never be built, breaking into the country will cease to be a crime, ICE will be abolished, sanctuary cities will be expanded, illegal immigrants will be eligible for free health care, and, for millions of people hiding here illegally, amnesty and a path to citizenship will be granted. America, they are saying, will be so unalterably changed in a few years, your kind will never realize political power again, and your America will transform into a different America where the Squad and like-minded leftists set the agenda. Will the deplorables, who number in the scores of millions, accept a future where they and their children and children’s children are to submit to permanent rule by people who visibly detest them and see them as racists, sexists, and fascists? Will Middle America go gentle into that good night?)

BREITBART
— Poll: Moderate Democrats Turned Off by Party’s 2020 Open Borders Agenda – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/22/poll-moderate-democrats-turned-off-by-partys-2020-open-borders-agenda/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Wall Street Warms Up to Elizabeth Warren – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/22/wall-street-warms-warren-smartest-policy-oriented/
— 33 Percent of Americans Approve of Health Care for Illegal Aliens – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/22/poll-only-33-percent-of-americans-approve-of-health-care-for-illegal-aliens/
— Liberal Think Tank: Trump Winning ‘Powerful’ Immigration Debate Against 2020 Democrats – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/22/liberal-think-tank-trump-winning-powerful-immigration-debate-against-2020-democrats/
— Rep. Ilhan Omar Calls for Abortion ‘Access’ for Illegal Aliens – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/23/rep-ilhan-omar-calls-abortion-access-illegal-aliens/

GOPUSA
— Groups of jeering men douse NYPD cops with water; police brass slam anti-police rhetoric of politicians
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=73055
— Elizabeth Warren tries to scare voters by saying Trump economy to crash (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats will do everything that they can to crash the economy to defeat Trump.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=73072
— Racism: Democrats urge NAACP convention to marshal black vote against Donald Trump
http://www.gopusa.com/racism-democrats-urge-naacp-convention-to-marshal-black-vote-against-donald-trump/

TOWNHALL
— Nancy Pelosi in 2008: ‘We Certainly Don’t Want Any More [Illegal Immigrants] Coming In’ – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2019/07/23/flashback-in-2008-nancy-pelosi-said-we-certainly-dont-want-any-more-immigrants-coming-in-n2550444
— New Poll Just Obliterated The Core Of The 2020 Democratic Agenda – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/23/get-wrecked-new-poll-torches-the-core-of-the-2020-democratic-agenda-n2550443

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— GOP repeals the entire legacy of the Tea Party in one fell swoop – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/gop-repeals-entire-legacy-tea-party-one-fell-swoop/

CNS NEWS
— America: An Us vs. Them Country – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: In America, members of Group A want to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and members of Group B are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/patrick-j-buchanan/america-us-vs-them-country
— Trump on ‘The Squad’: ‘I Think They’re Very Bad for Our Country’ – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/trump-squad-i-think-theyre-very-bad-our-country

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Democratic Party’s Entire Future Depends On Making Sure “Millions Of People Are Above The Law” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/22/tucker_carlson_democratic_partys_entire_future_depends_on_making_sure_millions_of_people_are_above_the_law.html

HUMAN EVENTS
— The Left’s Weaponization of Journalism. The mainstream media has designated violent left-wing activists as a protected class, sparing them the treatment any purported right-wing violence receives. – Natalie Winters
https://humanevents.com/2019/07/22/the-lefts-weaponization-of-journalism/

EPOCH TIMES
— AARP Is Officially Nonpartisan but Group Officials’ Money Mostly Goes to Dems – MARK TAPSCOTT
https://m.theepochtimes.com/3013244_3013244.html

THE HILL
— Trump slams Tlaib as ‘lunatic’ over resurfaced protest video – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/454320-trump-slams-tlaib-as-lunatic-over-resurfaced-protest-video
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/454225-press-the-new-southern-strategy

ABC NEWS
— Trump calls AOC and ‘The Squad’ a ‘very racist group of troublemakers’ – JOHN PARKINSON
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-calls-aoc-squad-racist-group-troublemakers/story?id=64485018

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/23/opinion/lincoln-republican-party-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— GOP 2020 convention host city Charlotte condemns Trump’s ‘racist and xenophobic’ comments – Felicia Sonmez
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/republican-2020-convention-host-city-charlotte-condemns-trumps-racist-and-xenophobic-comments/2019/07/22/683a28d4-accd-11e9-8e77-03b30bc29f64_story.html
— Trump accuses four minority congresswomen of being ‘very Racist’ and ‘not very smart’ – John Wagner and Seung Min Kim
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-accuses-four-minority-congresswomen-of-being-very-racist-and-not-very-smart/2019/07/22/2e74acce-ac90-11e9-bc5c-e73b603e7f38_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with Mexico and other foreign countries against America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/how-mexico-is-trying-to-placate-trump-on-migration/2019/07/23/e82235d0-ad06-11e9-9411-a608f9d0c2d3_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/racially-charged-reuters-is-struggling-with-descriptions-trumps-racist-tweets/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/republican-leaders-are-shilling-for-a-bigot/2019/07/22/b9bc1416-acc2-11e9-a0c9-6d2d7818f3da_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/22/trump-is-building-chaos-machine/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/when-the-president-is-racist/2019/07/22/15fcd5ea-aa5b-11e9-8733-48c87235f396_story.html

FORBES
— 2020 Election: What Democrats Told Older Voters At The AARP Forums – Richard Eisenberg
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2019/07/23/2020-election-what-democrats-told-older-voters-at-the-aarp-forums/
— Google Settles Age Discrimination Lawsuit, Highlighting The Proliferation Of Ageism In Hiring – Jack Kelly
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/07/23/google-settles-age-discrimination-lawsuit-highlighting-the-proliferation-of-ageism-in-hiring/
— Congressional Marijuana Hearing Highlights Fault Line In Legalization Debate – Kris Krane
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2019/07/22/congressional-marijuana-hearing-highlights-fault-line-in-legalization-debate/

NEWSWEEK
— DEMOCRATS ARE THE REAL RACISTS—AND MINORITY AMERICANS ARE TAKING NOTE – NEWT GINGRICH
https://www.newsweek.com/democrats-are-real-racists-minority-americans-are-taking-note-opinion-1450585
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/course-trump-racisttoo-bad-wall-street-doesnt-care-opinion-1450612
— ANN COULTER CALLS OUT DONALD TRUMP OVER ‘NO NEW WALL AT ALL’ REPORT, SAYS PRESIDENT IS ‘TOO CHICKEN’ TO ATTACK MATT DRUDGE – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/ann-coulter-trump-border-wall-1450655
— NEARLY THREE-QUARTERS OF WHITE EVANGELICALS APPROVE OF DONALD TRUMP – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/nearly-three-quarters-white-evangelicals-approve-donald-trump-1450610

UAW
— GM Has The Fastest-Shrinking Footprint In America – SAM MCEACHERN
http://gmauthority.com/blog/2019/07/uaw-gm-has-the-fastest-shrinking-footprint-in-america/

July 19 Evening Edition

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— ISRA seeks court order to prohibit new law from requiring gun dealers to obtain state licenses – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: ISRA Alert: Saturday – July 20, 2019 – March For Our Rights comes to Wheaton! Summary: March For Our Rights, a student-led group, will rally in Wheaton on July 20 at Memorial Park at 10:00 am The student-led, nationwide “March For Our Rights” organization will hold their 2nd annual Chicagoland Rally in Wheaton on July 20, from 10am until noon at Memorial Park, 208 W Union Ave, Wheaton, IL 60187. . .Speakers include: Illinois State Representative Allen Skillicorn (R-66) SEE: http://archive.aweber.com/awlist4894361/E6xJN/h/Reminder_Saturday_March.htm)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512771515-isra-seeks-court-order-to-prohibit-new-law-from-requiring-gun-dealers-to-obtain-state-licenses

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ives’ announcement looms: Former Republican state Rep. Jeanne Ives of Wheaton will make her formal announcement that she is seeking the 6th Congressional District seat held by first-term Democrat Sean Casten at an event Sunday night. Ives will speak at the Medill Room at Cantigny Park in Wheaton at 8 p.m. – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-friday-spin-20190719-ay4ek2s6orhjxcmkbehpxjisse-story.html
— Trump reverses course on ‘send her back’ chants, says rally crowd full of ‘incredible patriots’ – ALAN FRAM, DARLENE SUPERVILLE AND JONATHAN LEMIRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-go-back-comments-20190719-l5rif6zbyfhzbmel4wntu2rrjq-story.html
— ‘Ready to explode’: How a black boy’s drifting raft triggered a deadly week of riots 100 years ago in Chicago – William Lee
https://www.chicagotribune.com/history/ct-1919-chicago-riots-100th-anniversary-20190719-k4dexppvd5c6bkqbfwhgxfiacy-story.html
— Chicago’s race riots of 1919 and the epilogue that resonates today – Editorial (DIERSEN: How long have your ancestors been in America? Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are a Republican, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more reparations that you should pay. When did your ancestor come to America? Mine came during the 1840s and 1850s. What were they doing in 1919? On my father’s side, they were operating Crete’s only hardware store. On my mother’s side, they were operating a farm in Grant Park on the Indiana border.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-race-riots-chicago-1919-20190719-mchp4rs7dvbilaf6m27i2kuzxy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-trump-send-her-back-race-2020-page-20190719-b7aeht5k2vafzfbgddjzps7aii-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 3 other states, numerous public pension funds aiming to profit off legal weed in Illinois Tennessee has invested even though Republican Gov. Bill Lee opposed a move in that state to legalize even medical marijuana. The other state governments: Texas and Alaska. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/19/20701384/recreational-marijuana-illinois-investments-state-governments-public-employee-pensions

DAILY HERALD
— Barrington holding panel discussion Tuesday on anti-LGBTQ bullying (DIERSEN: From what I see, in Illinois, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will not be hired and you will be fired.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190718/barrington-holding-panel-discussion-tuesday-on-anti-lgbtq-bullying

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— Kinzinger: Pelosi racism resolution was retaliation, broke House rules
http://www.newstrib.com/news/kinzinger-pelosi-racism-resolution-was-retaliation-broke-house-rules/article_e811ae34-aa1f-11e9-9f2b-c7f211e426e5.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Will County members of Congress vote to condemn Trump’s tweets
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/07/17/will-county-members-of-congress-vote-to-condemn-trumps-tweets/a3msobr/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Rep. Omar says she won’t stop working to be ‘a nightmare’ for Trump – AP (DIERSEN: Omar has tremendous “protections” because she is NOT a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, German American, and her ancestors have NOT been in America for a long time.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/watch-rep-ilhan-omar-meets-with-supporters-after-controversy-w-president-trumps-tweets

KHQA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Quincy entrepreneurs preparing to offer residents recreational marijuana – Marcus Espinoza
https://khqa.com/news/local/quincy-entrepreneurs-preparing-to-offer-residents-recreational-marijuana

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Pro-life Billboard Reaches Chicago and Suburbs! – Chris Iverson
https://illinoisfamily.org/life/pro-life-billboard-reaches-chicago-and-suburbs/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES ENTERS 6TH CD GOP PRIMARY; CASTEN AND DCCC REACT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/ives-enters-6th-cd-gop-primary-casten-and-dccc-react.html
— TOWNSHIP BOARDS JOIN GROWING MOVEMENT TO PROTECT SECOND AMENDMENT RIGHTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/gun-rights-movement-grows.html
— DEMOCRAT DOCTOR SWINGS REPUBLICAN TO CHALLENGE DURBIN IN 2020
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/marshall-.html

FOX NEWS
— Mark Levin: Trump’s comments about the ‘squad’ were addressing ‘content of their character’ not race – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-levin-squad-omar-tlaib-trump-racism

FEDERALIST
— Dissent Can Be Patriotic, But Hating Your Own Country Isn’t The grand question of our time may very well be the simple one of whether the United States deserves not only to be defended but preserved. – Edward Chang
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/19/dissent-can-patriotic-hating-country-isnt/
— When Democrats Threatened To Deport A Top Trump Aide, Media Yawned – Chrissy Clark
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/18/democrats-threatened-deport-top-trump-aide-media-yawned/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats Hate America and Americans – William L. Gensert
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/democrats_hate_america_and_americans.html
— The Squad is laying bare the Democratic Party – J. Marsolo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/the_squad_is_laying_bare_the_democratic_party.html
— Democrats who call Republicans racist need to learn their history – Michael Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/democrats_who_call_republicans_racist_need_to_learn_their_history.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Immeasurable Importance of the Good Neighbor What’s more impactful than a family nearby with whom you can trust your children? – CASEY CHALK
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-immeasurable-importance-of-the-good-neighbor/

BREITBART
— Bernie Sanders Staff Complain of ‘Poverty Wages,’ Demand $15/Hour – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/19/bernie-sanders-staff-complain-of-poverty-wages-demand-15-hour/
— Pete Buttigieg Writes Off Donald Trump Supporters as ‘Committed Racists’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/19/pete-buttigieg-writes-off-donald-trump-supporters-as-committed-racists/

GOPUSA
— Sacramento mayor says state must force cities to provide shelter space for homeless
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72848

DAILY SIGNAL
— Carson Says Trump ‘Not a Racist’ – Joshua Nelson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/19/carson-says-trump-not-a-racist/

PATRIOT POST
— Ilhan Omar Is Completely Assimilated – Rich Lowry
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/64347-ilhan-omar-is-completely-assimilated

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Illinois to spend money it doesn’t have pandering to abortion lobby
https://www.lifesitenews.com/blogs/illinois-to-spend-money-it-doesnt-have-pandering-to-abortion-lobby

EPOCH TIMES
— Greed, Fear, and Corporate Progressivism – Paul Adams (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, corporations serve as operatives for the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green parties and promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/greed-fear-and-corporate-progressivism_3001723.html

THE HILL
— Trump campaign, RNC training army of volunteers in key 2020 states – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/453911-trump-campaign-rnc-training-army-of-volunteers-in-key-2020-states
— Graham: Every Republican president or nominee ‘will be accused of being a racist’ – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/453817-graham-every-republican-president-or-nominee-will-be-accused-of-being-a
— Trump steps up attacks on four minority congresswomen – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453959-trump-steps-up-attacks-on-minority-congresswomen

HUFFINGTON POST
— About 90% Of Trump Voters Say He Isn’t A Racist A roughly equal share of his opponents disagree. – Ariel Edwards-Levy
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/90-percent-trump-voters-he-isnt-racist_n_5d30f531e4b0419fd32a6805

NEW YORK TIMES
–Trump’s Electoral College Edge Could Grow in 2020, Rewarding Polarizing Campaign Re-election looks plausible even with a bigger loss in the national popular vote. – Nate Cohn
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/upshot/trump-electoral-college-edge-.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Defenders of a Racist President Use Jews as Human Shields.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/opinion/trump-ilhan-omar.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says “Trump’s presidency may be making Latinos sick.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/trumps-presidency-may-be-making-latinos-sick/2019/07/19/4e89b9f0-a97f-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Democracy depends on kids not imitating” those who hate Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/19/condemn-trump-racism-but-not-students-who-support-him-column/1745220001/

FORBES
— Should You Lie About Your Age To Get Hired? – Patricia Barnes (DIERSEN: I have always admitted that I was born in 1948.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/07/19/should-you-lie-about-your-age-to-get-hired/#79b2828f3985

BLOOMBERG GOVERNMENT
— Sick, Exhausted Agents Stoke Exodus Fear Amid Migrant Surge – Michaela Ross (DIERSEN: I was a National Treasury Employees Union member during the almost 9 years that I worked for IRS 1971-1980.)
https://about.bgov.com/news/sick-exhausted-agents-stoke-exodus-fear-amid-migrant-surge/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Job risks include exposure to tuberculosis, flu, scabies Employee assistance program seeks to help deal with stress Sergio Tinoco used to wear his Border Patrol uniform home with pride. Now, after a typical 10-hour day in heat that can exceed 100 degrees Fahrenheit, he says many on his team no longer wear their uniforms to or from the job. Tinoco, an agent of 14 years and U.S. military veteran, said his fellow agents in Texas’s Rio Grande Valley are repeatedly falling ill with flu. They’re also seeing scabies, tuberculosis, chicken pox, and lice from waves of about 1,200 migrants crossing through their facilities daily and are worried their uniforms will carry contagions. And that’s not all, he said: Many agents are being harassed in public. “We’re completely exhausted,” Tinoco said in an interview, not speaking in his official capacity. “It takes a toll on the human spirit.” Long work hours and exposure to diseases are driving agents to retire early and take sick leave, union officials and government watchdogs say. While public outrage has focused on the separation of families and children, overcrowding, and unsanitary conditions, policymakers are increasingly concerned about attrition and suicide among the agents on the front lines of the migrant surge. The border agency for years has struggled with attrition, but this year has been one of the toughest in the 95-year old patrol’s history. Migrant children and families crossed the border in record numbers while agents saw their pay delayed by a 35-day government shutdown. The patrol is approximately 7,000 agents short, the Government Accountability Office reported in March. More than 700 customs officers from around the country were diverted this spring when apprehensions soared to more than 130,000. That division of the border agency now faces a shortage of approximately 3,500 officers, said the National Treasury Employees Union, which represents officers.)

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Census Eclipses 500K Applicants, Still Needs 2.3M More The bureau is working to overcome fears instilled by the Trump administration’s court fight to include a citizenship question, official says.
https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2019/07/census-eclipses-500k-applicants-still-needs-23m-more/158562/

AUTO WEEK
— 7 WAYS THE 2020 C8 IS UNLIKE ANY CORVETTE IN HISTORY (AND 3 WAYS IT’S THE SAME) Corvette boss Tadge Juechter outlines a drastically different, still familiar American sports car – J.P. VETTRAINO
https://autoweek.com/article/corvette/7-ways-2020-c8-unlike-any-corvette-history-and-3-ways-its-same

DCCC
— RECRUITMENT FAIL: IL-06 GOP Primary Turns Into Full-Blown Civil War
https://dccc.org/recruitment-fail-il-06-gop-primary-turns-full-blown-civil-war/
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: Firebrand conservative Jeanne Ives launches campaign for Congress after Evelyn Sanguinetti’s horrible fundraising report, setting up a rematch of the nasty 2018 Republican gubernatorial primary. Remember how we said Evelyn Sanguinetti’s week couldn’t get any worse after she got outraised 7-to-1 by Rep. Casten in her first fundraising quarter? Apparently we were wrong. After weeks of speculation, far-right conservative Jeanne Ives officially filed for Congress today in the 6th District – apparently Sanguinetti’s paltry fundraising haul couldn’t scare her off. After Sanguinetti’s ticket barely survived a brutal challenge by Ives in the 2018 Republican primary, expect another toxic race to the conservative fringes this cycle in a district that President Trump lost by seven points. Sanguinetti has already endorsed President Trump’s re-election, so who knows to what extremes Ives will drag her to over the course of a contentious primary. “Today’s announcement sets the stage for a brutal race to the conservative extreme in the 6th District between a floundering Evelyn Sanguinetti and a far-right wing Jeanne Ives,” said DCCC spokesperson Mike Gwin. “While Ives and Sanguinetti battle it out over who can bear-hug President Trump the hardest, Sean Casten will remain focused on delivering for middle-class Illinois families by working to keep down the cost of health care and lowering taxes for homeowners.”)

July 18 Morning Edition

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville Opts Out of Recreational Marijuana Sales
https://www.nctv17.com/news/naperville-opts-out-of-recreational-marijuana-sales/

FOX ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING: Congressman LaHood not in support of recreational marijuana (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, each and every religious person, conservative, and Republican in Illinois should attend each and every meeting of their municipality and county and call for a vote ASAP to ban the sale of recreational pot.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/congressman-lahood-not-in-support-of-recreational-marijuana

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— The war over America’s past is really about its future – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON (DIERSEN: Democrats want America’s future to be run by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-america-past-future-progressives-hanson-20190717-5rktpahxxvahxdu2swogkount4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries a) who have financial, health, and/or other problems, b) who lack education and/or job skills, c) who need/want massive government assistance just to stay alive, and/or d) who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-immigration-trump-safe-harbor-esther-cepeda-20190718-p2bmt4ltwzhefmiye7npkdspwa-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I wonder how many times my ancestors were told to go back to Germany. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-racist-taunts-trump-go-back-20190717-uzjcxnn7arb7xf26qxowcw54wi-story.html
— President Trump vs. Democrats: ‘Racist,’ ‘socialist’ lines drawn for 2020 – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-2020-president-election-campaigns-20190718-y2s46xitvfbf5kup5o3lkalh6q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— County Democrats to update sexual harassment policy — but one whistleblower sees more work to do Since coming forward, Miller says she’s faced retaliation that’s included attempts to discredit her as a whistleblower and exclusion from the party’s sexual harassment task force — though she was initially chosen to help set it up. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/7/17/20697761/county-democrats-update-sexual-harassment-policy-whistleblower-retaliation-miller
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/17/20698364/chicago-marijuana-illinois-recreational-curaleaf-grassroots-cannabis-purchase-sale-consolidation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn American citizens who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/17/20697974/hate-crimes-chicago-sikh-trump-racism-go-back-home-amrith-kaur-sun-times

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Libertyville leaning against marijuana sales for recreational use – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190717/libertyville-leaning-against-marijuana-sales-for-recreational-use
— Bartlett seeks more data before decision on pot sales – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190717/bartlett-seeks-more-data-before-decision-on-pot-sales

ABC7
— ‘Go back to their country:’ Protests held after Naperville Bucky’s employee questions customers’ citizenship – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/protests-held-after-naperville-gas-station-employee-questions-customers-citizenship/5402430/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/18/2019

WBEZ
— TREASONOUS: Chicago Aldermen Encourage City Workers To Spot ICE Agents – Maria Ines Zamudio
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicago-aldermen-encourage-city-workers-to-spot-ice-agents/21bd2a21-911e-44aa-911d-225a938063a4

WINNETKA CURRENT
— Winnetka Village Council: Village to hold meeting on potential recreational marijuana sales – Neil Milbert
https://www.winnetkacurrent.com/p/news-village/winnetka-village-council-village-hold-meeting-potential-recreational-marijuana-sales

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190717/bernard-schoenburg-londrigan-would-have-voted-to-condemn-trump-comments

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Addressing Gambling Addiction In The Face Of New State Casinos – CHASE CAVANAUGH
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/addressing-gambling-addiction-face-new-state-casinos

WPSD
— Southern Illinois employers prepare for legalized recreational marijuana – Logan Gay (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise stoners.)
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2019/07/17/southern-illinois-employers-prepare-themselves-for-legalized-recreational-marijuana/

KFVS
— Illinois employers discuss upcoming recreational marijuana laws – Taylor Clark (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise stoners.)
https://www.kfvs12.com/2019/07/17/il-employers-discuss-upcoming-recreational-marijuana-laws/

WDEF
— CONFEDERATE RAILROAD DRUMMER TALKS ABOUT ILLINOIS FAIR CONTROVERSY – Collins Parker
https://wdef.com/2019/07/17/confederate-railroad-drummer-talks-illinois-fair-controversy/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— VERY SAD: Oswego Village Board votes to expand video gaming Licensed firms can now offer six terminals to patrons – ERIKA WURST
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2019/07/17/oswego-village-board-votes-to-expand-video-gaming/aqioelx/

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois House Republican Tim Butler worries Democrats will use property tax relief task force to sell progressive income tax – Greg Bishop

https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-house-republican-worries-democrats-will-use-property-tax-relief/article_7cb2fe0a-a8b1-11e9-963c-47d40047603f.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Planned Parenthood and the “Trans” Cult – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/planned-parenthood-and-the-trans-cult/

GOPUSA
— Socialists are the enemy — and that’s not racist to say
http://www.gopusa.com/socialists-are-the-enemy-and-thats-not-racist-to-say/
— Sanctuary city of Philadelphia joins program to provide illegal aliens with lawyers
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72751

FOX NEWS
— Chicago mayor: Police ‘are losing the streets’ to major eruptions of violence – Frank Miles
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicagos-mayor-police-are-losing-the-streets-to-major-eruptions-of-violence
— Trump slams progressive congresswomen at fiery ‘MAGA’ rally in North Carolina – Vandana Rambaran
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-holds-maga-rally-in-north-carolina-after-feuds-with-house-dem-squad-pelosi
— Trump mocks protester being ‘sent home to mommy,’ after interrupting rally – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/trump-rally-protester-home-to-mommy-north-carolina

TOWNHALL
— UNACCEPTABLE: 1,000 Activists Form Wall To Block ICE Agents From Entering Building – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/17/1-000-activists-form-wall-to-block-ice-agents-from-entering-building-n2550207
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Tuesday, more than 1,000 pro-illegal immigration activists alongside members of the group “Never Again Action” formed a human wall around government office buildings in Washington, D.C., blocking Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents from entering their workspace. Dozens were arrested as the demonstrators formed a human chain replete with chanting and the traditional left-wing moonbat antics against the American government. Apparently, the group’s main aim was to block ICE employees from doing their job unless the federal employees agreed to close down immigration detention centers which are housing thousands of migrant children and adults who have crossed the border into the country. The activists believe these facilities to be “concentration camps.”)
— 51 Percent Of Voters, Including 29 Percent Of Democrats, Support Deportation Raids – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/17/51-percent-of-voters-support-deportation-raids-including-29-percent-of-democrats-n2550223
— Trump’s An Island In The Democrats’ Culture Stream – Chris Stigall
https://townhall.com/columnists/chrisstigall/2019/07/18/trumps-an-island-in-the-democrats-culture-stream-n2550249

NEWSMAX
— The Squad Spreads Chaos Within the Democratic Party – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/squad-aoc-ilhan-omar-democratic-party/2019/07/17/id/924889/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Turns out Mexicans don’t want foreigners overrunning their country either
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/turns-out-mexicans-dont-want-foreigners-overrunning-their-country-either
— Majority of Mexicans favor deporting migrants waiting to enter US – Dominick Mastrangelo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/majority-of-mexicans-favor-deporting-migrants-waiting-to-enter-us
— Reminder: Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib questioned the loyalty of Americans who support Israel – Philip Klein
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/reminder-ilhan-omar-and-rashida-tlaib-questioned-the-loyalty-of-americans-who-support-israel

AMERICAN THINKER
— TREASONOUS: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez tells illegal alien kids ‘this country belongs to you’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/alexandria_ocasiocortez_tells_illegal_immigrant_kids_this_country_belongs_to_you.html
— Maybe they can stop lying about their country – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/maybe_they_can_stop_lying_about_their_country.html

BREITBART
— NYT: ‘Nurse’ Lauren Underwood ‘Never Worked Specifically with Patients’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/18/nyt-nurse-lauren-underwood-never-worked-specifically-with-patients/
— Donald Trump Rips ‘Angry’ Leftist Congress ‘Squad’ with Their Own Words – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/17/donald-trump-rips-angry-leftist-congress-squad-with-their-own-words/
— Good News Means No News to Anti-Trump Media – BRENT BOZELL III and TIM GRAHAM
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/07/17/exclusive-bozell-and-graham-good-news-means-no-news-to-anti-trump-media/
— Mexican Poll Shows Huge Public Swing Against Migration – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/17/mexican-poll-shows-huge-public-swing-against-migration/

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Airs List Of Grievances Against Dem ‘Squad’ During NC Rally – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/17/trump-lists-democrat-squad-quotes-ocasio-cortez-omar/
— ‘Send Her Back!’ — Trump Crowd Has Its Own Idea About What To Do With Ilhan Omar – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/17/donald-trump-ilhan-omar-send-her-back/
— Trump Speaks On Allegations That Ilhan Omar Married Her Brother – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/17/trump-ilhan-omar-married-brother/
— Majority Of Mexicans Want Central Americans Deported, Survey Finds – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/17/mexicans-illegal-immigrants-deported/

SEAN HANNITY
— MAGA COUNTRY: Trump Supporters Line-Up at 4AM with Tents, Coolers for MAGA Rally in North Carolina
https://hannity.com/media-room/maga-country-trump-supporters-line-up-at-4am-with-tents-coolers-for-maga-rally-in-north-carolina/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— ICE Issues Report Showing Real Consequences of Sanctuary Policies – John Romero
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/ice-report-shows-real-consequences-sanctuary-policies

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Guest Calls Trump Racist, Bigoted, Fascist Dictator; Hosts Don’t Rebut – Joseph Chalfant
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/joseph-chalfant/2019/07/16/guest-calls-trump-racist-bigoted-fascist-dictator-hosts-dont

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Parents explode as Republicans refuse to defend kids from library drag queens (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/parents-explode-as-republicans-refuse-to-defend-kids-from-library-drag-queens
— Nancy Pelosi claims churches helping her encourage illegal aliens to break the law – Monica Showalter
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/nancy-pelosi-claims-churches-helping-her-encourage-illegal-aliens-to-break-the-law

LIFEZETTE
— Open-and-Shut Case: Democrats Who Want Open Borders Are Disrespecting America Alarmingly large number of 2020 presidential candidates would not deport those who have broken our laws, notes the author – Constantinos E. Scaros
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/open-and-shut-case-democrats-want-open-borders-disrespecting-america/

ONE AMERICA NEWS
— AS DEMOCRATS ENCOURAGE WOMEN WHO ARE CITIZENS OF AMERICA TO HAVE ABORTIONS: 2020 Democrat Sestak Says U.S. Needs Illegal Aliens To Sustain Birth Rates For Growing Economy
https://www.oann.com/2020-democrat-sestak-says-u-s-needs-illegal-aliens-to-sustain-birth-rates-for-growing-economy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Trump Targets Omar and ‘The Squad’ During North Carolina Rally, Prompting ‘Send her Back’ Chants – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/trump-targets-omar-and-the-squad-during-north-carolina-rally-prompting-send-her-back-chants/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: “I’m Winning” The Fight Against AOC’s Squad, “I’ll Never Change” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/17/trump_im_winning_the_fight_against_aocs_squad_ill_never_change.html

THE HILL
— Ben Carson: Trump is not a racist and his comments were not racist – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453482-ben-carson-trump-is-not-a-racist-and-his-comments-were-not-racist

ROLL CALL
— When Trump attacks, the base turns out — for both parties President inserts himself into national conversation that gives advantage to Democrats – Stuart Rothenberg (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrats in my precinct who attack me for what Trump says/does.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/trump-attacks-base-turns-parties

ABC NEWS
— US government routinely sues companies for language that mirrors Trump’s racist ‘go back’ tweets – ALEXANDER MALLIN, JACK DATE and LUKE BARR (DIERSEN: I wonder how many times my ancestors were told to go back to Germany. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/american-workers-face-legal-jeopardy-racist-back-insult/story?id=64389774

NBC NEWS
— GOP official says fixation with ‘homosexual activities’ harming U.S. moral core Alabama Secretary of State John Merrill, a Republican U.S. Senate hopeful, blamed the media — and soccer star Megan Rapinoe — for helping fuel the fixation. – Tim Fitzsimons
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/gop-official-says-fixation-homosexual-activities-harming-u-s-moral-n1030941

NEW YORK TIMES
— At Rally, President Accuses Liberal Critics of Seeking the Nation’s ‘Destruction’ – Michael Crowley
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/trump-rally-greenville-nc.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/opinion/donald-trump-racist.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Malignant, dangerous, violent’: Trump rally’s ‘Send her back!’ chant raises new concerns of intolerance – Meagan Flynn (DIERSEN: Trump-haters do not tolerate those who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/18/malignant-dangerous-violent-trump-rallys-send-her-back-chant-raises-new-concerns-intolerance/
— Joe Walsh: Trump’s racist tweeting should be the GOP’s last straw. It won’t be. My party pledged obedience to a personality instead of allegiance to ideas – Joe Walsh
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/07/17/joe-walsh-trumps-racist-tweeting-should-be-gops-last-straw-it-wont-be/
— Telling people to ‘go back’ to other countries could violate workplace discrimination laws – Kayla Epstein (DIERSEN: I wonder how many times my ancestors were told to go back to Germany. Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2019/07/17/telling-people-go-back-other-countries-could-violate-work-discrimination-laws/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-07-16/donald-trump-asylum-barriers-heartless-unlawful

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— AOC Is the Gift That Keeps Giving ICE isn’t enough. She wants to do away with the Department of Homeland Security. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/aoc-is-the-gift-that-keeps-giving-11563404196

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Sending 2,100 More Troops to the U.S. Border With Mexico – John Harney
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-07-18/trump-sending-2-100-more-troops-to-the-u-s-border-with-mexico

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters side with Trump haters.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/07/17/trump-tweets-poll-unamerican-offensive-partisan-divide/1748737001/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/17/donald-trump-racist-president-hates-what-makes-america-great-column/1743525001/
— How many Americans with $1 million feel wealthy? Fewer than you may think – Janna Herron
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/17/what-wealthy-its-not-necessarily-becoming-millionaire/1744408001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Only 13% of Americans with at least $1 million investable assets feel wealthy, according to a new survey from Ameriprise Financial provided exclusively to USA TODAY. Six in 10 define themselves as upper middle class, while a quarter identify as middle class. The vast majority of the millionaires who don’t feel rich have between $1 million and $5 million in investable assets, including cash in checking or savings accounts, stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and money in retirement plans. Five percent have more than $5 million in assets.)
— Here’s where you can have a 4-day work week. Is this the next big thing? – Paul Davidson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/17/jobs-4-day-work-week-next-bif-thing/1748695001/

MEDIA MATTERS
— Fox contributor says people opposing ICE are “doing the work of the cartels” and fulfilling “the wish list for human sex traffickers” Rachel Campos-Duffy: “The people who leave Central America, all these dysfunctional, horrible, corrupt countries, they are leaving places where there’s no law and order, and then they come here and they are enabled [by] … anarchists”
https://www.mediamatters.org/video/2019/07/17/Fox-contributor-says-people-opposing-ICE-are-doing-the-work-of-the-cartels-and-fulfilling-/224245

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Obesity Continues to Divide Courts: Washington’s High Court Says Obesity Qualifies as an Impairment
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/obesity-continues-to-divide-courts-washington-s-high-court-says-obesity-qualifies

JD SUPRA
— Restaurant Failed to Hire Applicant Because of His Beard, Federal Agency Charges in Lawsuit
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/eeoc-sues-mcdonald-s-franchise-for-72849/

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— A Journalist’s Job is to Report and Offer Balance, Not to Persuade – Tim Gallagher (DIERSEN: All journalists promote the Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or Republican party platforms. I promote the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/business-of-news-a-journalists-job-is-to-report-and-offer-balance-not-to-persuade/

GUARDIAN
— Trump rally crowd chants ‘send her back’ after president attacks Ilhan Omar – Tom McCarthy
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jul/17/trump-rally-send-her-back-ilhan-omar

July 17 Morning Edition

CITY OF NAPERVILLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND OUTSTANDING: With a 5-4 vote, Naperville has directed its staff to prepare necessary documentation for the City to consider prohibiting (opting out) of allowing the local retail sale of adult-use cannabis. Hopefully, Wheaton, the rest of the municipalities in Illinois, DuPage County, and the rest of the counties in Illinois will soon do the same thing.
http://naperville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=1256 (Agenda Item: 19-689)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Chicago cannabis firm to be acquired in $875 million deal Curaleaf is buying Grassroots Cannabis for cash and stock. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/chicago-cannabis-firm-be-acquired-875-million-deal

SIDLEY
— Former U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam Joins Sidley (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have donated the most time and/or money to help elect and reelect Roskam.)
https://www.sidley.com/en/newslanding/newpressreleases/2019/07/former-us-congressman-peter-roskam-joins-sidley

ABC7
— Lemonade out of lemons: Naperville police donate to charity lemonade stand after money jar stolen
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/naperville-police-donate-to-charity-lemonade-stand-after-money-jar-stolen/5401034/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/17/2019

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: After $9 was stolen from a Naperville girl’s lemonade stand, police and neighbors give her more than $300 – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-lemonade-stand-police-st-0717-20190716-bkvsgak3j5fl5bh6dq466pi4ci-story.html
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts faces big property tax hike, even bigger bill for back taxes after Tribune review spurs new look at his designer Wilmette house – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have fought the hardest since 1984 to keep my home’s assessed valuation as high as possible.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-todd-ricketts-higher-assessment-20190717-4boqljiimrburdig454aezbhie-story.html
— Twice rejected, Maine Township official files lawsuit to take part in pension plan – JENNIFER JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Since I was 18 years old in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that I earned Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits. They are especially beyond furious that I during the almost 3 years that I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, I earned both full-time CSRS credits and full-time Social Security credits.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-krey-pension-tl-0718-20190715-v3g6vhirp5hpjbfilqrg5ek46q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage secures court order to disband Lombard-area sanitary district – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190716/dupage-secures-court-order-to-disband-lombard-area-sanitary-district
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190716/editorial-in-the-wake-of-trump-tweets-is-this-who-we-are

WTTW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: What Illinois Offers Undocumented Immigrants – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/16/what-illinois-offers-undocumented-immigrants

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gerrymandering: Let the people choose their representatives – Leader Bill Brady
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190716/leader-bill-brady-let-people-choose-their-representatives
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred not only against Trump, but against all Whites.
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190716/ralph-martire-american-dream-should-be-accessible-to-all#new_tab
— Contract disputes continue to keep stations off DirecTV in Springfield area – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: In 2002, I successfully led an effort to get Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other west suburban municipalities.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190716/contract-disputes-continue-to-keep-stations-off-directv-in-springfield-area

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Area GOP congressmen say Trump’s tweets about Democratic women of color are wrong – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article232727802.html

WSIL TV
— Local congressmen vote against resolution condemning Trump – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40797951/local-congressmen-vote-against-resolution-condemning-trump

FOX ILLINOIS
— As President Trump acts unilaterally, Congress at a standstill on immigration reform – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/as-president-trump-acts-unilaterally-congress-at-a-standstill-on-immigration-reform

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— ‘You’re In The Wrong Country:’ Racism At Naperville Gas Station The video, which has been viewed more than 100,000 times, shows a clerk threatening Latino customers that “ICE is coming.” – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/youre-wrong-country-racism-naperville-gas-station

CENTER SQUARE
— 313 leave Illinois every day for other states, 40 per day to Wisconsin – Bethany Blankley (DIERSEN: Who wants those who share your demographics to leave your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and/or Illinois? I should write a book about those who want those who share my demographics me to leave my neighborhood, my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/reports-leave-illinois-every-day-for-other-states-per-day/article_3a50b40a-a41d-11e9-9602-df9616fca1fa.html
— Illinois doesn’t tax retirement income, but still ranks near worst in country for retirees – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-doesn-t-tax-retirement-income-but-still-ranks-near/article_57f000de-a750-11e9-8b74-6fba7fcc3e20.html
— Illinois ranks 12th highest for dependence on property taxes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/by-the-numbers-illinois-ranks-th-highest-for-dependence-on/article_6531b624-a661-11e9-9960-23fac53e2d5c.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Former Democratic senators demand higher salaries for Illinois legislators in lawsuit – Colin Froment
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512755238-former-democratic-senators-demand-higher-salaries-for-illinois-legislators-in-lawsuit

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joe Walsh sides with America-haters.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-walsh-trumps-anti-american-remarks-about-minority-representatives-will-hurt-gop

HOT AIR
— Woke Assimilation: Teaching Our Politicians To Hate America
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/07/woke-assimilation-teaching-politicians-hate-america/

FOX NEWS
— Beto O’Rourke, Illhan Omar — The blame America first movement is alive and well and picking up steam – Rich Lowry
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rich-lowry-beto-orourke-illhan-omar-white-supremacy

GOPUSA
— Defund Lutherans for Open Borders Now! – Michelle Malkin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party takes control of churches. Are you a member of a church? If/when that church formally declares war on America, what will you do?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72724

AMERICAN THINKER
— Jihadist Evil Unites with Leftist Evil – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/jihadist_evil_unites_with_leftist_evil.html
— Beto should write a big check – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/beto_should_write_a_big_check.html
— Democrats Hold a Terrible Hand of Race Cards – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/democrats_hold_a_terrible_hand_of_race_cards.html
— The best places to retire tend conservative – Noel S. Williams (DIERSEN: In my opinion, the crime factor should have been given much more weight.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/the_best_places_to_retire_tend_conservative.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bankrate.com just published its renowned ranking of the best and worst states for retirement. The categories rated, in order of weightings (in parentheses), include affordability (40%), wellness (25%), culture (15%), weather (15%), and crime (5%). Conspicuously, the top five states all have Republican governors, while most of the bottom states are run by Democrats. Moreover, much of the political machinery of the top states are Republican-run, allowing for coherent policies affecting affordability. The top five, in descending order, are: Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, and Florida. No surprise that Florida scored very well on weather and culture, but the other four states all outperform in areas where policy can have a big impact—affordability, crime and wellness. While Missouri is below par on crime ratings, that was more than offset by its top rating in affordability. Conversely, the bottom states are mostly run by the real deplorables: pandering political guttersnipes who’d take from hard-working, salt of the earth Americans to ensure all manner of freebies for illegal aliens. Indeed, sanctuary states and cities are overrepresented in the liberal laggards.)

BREITBART
— Bedlam on House Floor: Pelosi Storms Off amid Boos from Members – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/16/bedlam-house-floor-pelosi-storms-amid-boos-members/
— Feds: Illegal Aliens Charged with Murder, Rape, Drunk Driving Released by Sanctuary State California – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/feds-illegal-aliens-charged-with-murder-rape-drunk-driving-released-by-sanctuary-state-california/
— Late-Night Hosts Defend The Squad by Comparing Trump to Hitler, KKK – JEROME HUDSON
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/07/16/late-night-hosts-defend-squad-comparing-trump-to-hitler-kkk/

BLAZE
— Minnesota city reinstates Pledge of Allegiance after overwhelming protests They regret ever having ended the tradition – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/minnesota-city-reinstates-pledge-of-allegiance-after-overwhelming-protests

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Today’s warped Dems wish everyone was a needy illegal alien – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30618-assault-america-day-195-today%E2%80%99s-warped-democrats-wish-everyone-was-needy-illegal-alien

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— ICE as the guard against dangerous drunk driving – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/ice-guard-dangerous-drunk-driving/

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— Franklin Graham Speaks Out against the Equality Act, Says it Will Have ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ – Amanda Casanova
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/franklin-graham-speaks-out-against-the-equality-act-says-it-will-have-catastrophic-consequences.html

CNS NEWS
— Trump: ‘Those Tweets Were NOT Racist’ – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/trump-those-tweets-were-not-racist-i-dont-have-racist-bone-my-body

DAILY CALLER
— Flashback: Obama Said Crime And Poverty Are Not Qualifiers For Asylum – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/16/obama-poverty-not-claim-for-asylum/
— On Reparations, Will Beto O’Rourke Start With Himself? – PETER HASSON (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion. My Democrat superiors in the federal government made me pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion big time. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/16/on-reparations-will-beto-orourke-start-with-himself/

DAILY WIRE
— AOC’s ‘Squad’ Will Destroy Democrats In The 2020 Election – JOSH HAMMER
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49515/hammer-aocs-squad-will-destroy-democrats-2020-josh-hammer
— ‘ANARCHY’: GOP Releases Brutal New Campaign Ad Against ‘The Squad’ – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49564/anarchy-gop-releases-brutal-new-campaign-ad-ryan-saavedra

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— Support For Trump Rises Among Republicans After Attacks on ‘The Squad’ – Reuters
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/support-trump-rises-among-republicans-attacks-squad

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP TAKES ON ILLEGALS. . .And their leftist collaborators. – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274313/trump-takes-illegals-lloyd-billingsley
— THE ANTI-TRUMP HOUSE DEMOCRAT RESOLUTION Democrats rally around the anti-American, Jew-hating squad. – Joseph Klein
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274326/anti-trump-house-democrat-resolution-joseph-klein
— AMERICAN-HATING AMERICANS ARE THE ULTIMATE INGRATES AND HYPOCRITES Once again, Trump stands up for Americans who love their country. – Bruce Thornton
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274320/american-hating-americans-are-ultimate-ingrates-bruce-thornton

TOWNHALL
— Socialists’ Main Target Is Destroying The Family – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/16/socialists-main-target-is-destroying-the-family-n2550084
— Flashback Bill Clinton: ‘We Won’t Tolerate Immigration By People Whose First Act Is To Break The Law’ – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/16/flashback-bill-clinton-on-illegal-aliens–whether-theyre-innocent-or-guiltytheyre-still-here-illegally-and-should-be-deported-n2550114

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Are One Hundred Percent Wrong about Racism – ROGER L. SIMON
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/democrats-one-hundred-percent-wrong-about-racism/

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP DEMOLISHES THE ‘SQUAD’ Andy Schlafly: ‘It is not racist to try to Make America Great Again’
Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/trump-demolishes-the-squad/#TjucXKkF3sjqhlRY.99
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/trump-demolishes-the-squad/
— DEFUND LUTHERANS FOR OPEN BORDERS NOW! Michelle Malkin rips ‘subversive religious racket’ protesting ICE with taxpayer cash (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party takes control of churches. Are you a member of a church? If/when that church formally declares war on America, what will you do?)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/defund-lutherans-for-open-borders-now/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you were shocked by the images of the Mexican flag flying over an Aurora, Colorado, immigration detention center this weekend, you’ll be appalled at an even more disgusting spectacle: One of the top promoters of the so-called Lights for Liberty nationwide protests by Trump-hating, ICE-bashing radicals was a nonprofit religious organization known as the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. As a designated “host,” LIRS played a key role in publicizing, organizing and participating in demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s deportation enforcement actions targeting some 2,000 illegal immigrants and their families who have ignored removal orders or skipped out on court hearings. Brazen hatred of cops, Border Patrol and ICE agents were on full display at the open borders protests fronted by LIRS and other left-wing groups, including Code Pink, CASA and CAIR. Marchers echoed the “Close the Concentration Camps” rhetoric of congressional brat pack Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. They carried signs declaring “ICE=Gestapo” and “Free the People, Burn the Camps.” It’s not just idle rhetoric. Antifa thug Willem Van Spronsen, armed with a rifle and incendiary devices, attempted to set a Tacoma ICE facility on fire on Saturday before being shot dead. He has been hailed as a “hero” and a “martyr” by fellow “progressive” travelers, while sympathetic mainstream reporters and activists look the other way. The president and CEO of LIRS, Krishanti Vignarajah, is a Sri Lankan refugee and former Michelle Obama policy director who led the Lights for Liberty event in Washington, D.C. She argues that Americans are obligated to open the floodgates at the southern border (since she turned out so great) and vehemently opposes what she calls “militant border enforcement.” To these border-sabotaging radicals, of course, any border enforcement is “militant.” LIRS sounds like just the kind of extremist group you’d expect to be kept afloat by billionaire George Soros’ big bucks. But hold on to your wallets and your American flags, folks: In 2016, LIRS relied on $64.7 million in government subsidies from taxpayers – that’s you and me – to fund a whopping 96.2 percent of its budget. LIRS is one of nine agencies that receives tens of millions of dollars to resettle refugees from around the world. The organization brags that it is “a vital arm of the United States refugee admissions program” that has worked with the State Department to import “over 500,000 refugees” to our country. One of LIRS’ most famous clients? Somalian-born Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, whose immigration, marriage and tax fraud problems I reported on in my column last month. If only a fraction of LIRS clients share Omar’s contempt for our security and self-governance, you can see the trouble we’re in. And that’s just the caseload of one of the nine resettlement giants that together rake in an estimated $1 billion a year. In addition, the Lutheran nonprofit is one of two specially designated groups (the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the other) that is contracted by the government to provide social services and benefits (including “psycho-educational support” and “low-cost or pro bono immigration legal assistance”) to sponsor families hosting illegal immigrant children.)
— LINDSEY GRAHAM UNLOADS: 4 DEM LAWMAKERS ‘BUNCH OF COMMUNISTS’ Senator says focus of outrage shouldn’t be on Trump.
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/lindsey-graham-unloads-4-dem-lawmakers-bunch-of-communists/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Taxpayers would foot bill for ‘ghastly’ surgery on children – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/07/16/taxpayers-would-foot-bill-for-ghastly-surgery-on-children
— Lawless ‘traitors’ pulled down U.S. flag – Lawless ‘traitors’ pulled down U.S. flag – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/07/16/lawless-traitors-pulled-down-us-flag

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Selfish Actors of Illegal Immigration – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/illegal-immigration-many-selfish-actors-benefit/
— ‘Ilhan Omar Is Completely Assimilated’ – RICH LOWRY (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want immigrants to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ilhan-omar-is-completely-assimilated/

EPOCH TIMES
— How Democratic Socialists Are Gaining Control of the Democratic Party – JOSHUA PHILIPP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-the-democratic-socialists-are-gaining-control-of-the-democratic-party_3004716.html

THE HILL
— The right to a perfect job match – LIVIA LAM (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://thehill.com/opinion/finance/453053-the-right-to-a-perfect-job-match
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The problem is, having a good job means more than just being matched to any job, and pushing workers to upskill won’t solve growing inequality. Even when unemployment peaked at 10.1 percent during the Great Recession, fingers also pointed to worker’s skill sets as falling short against employers’ desire for certain qualifications. But upholding a skills narrative that places the onus of employment on the shoulders of workers not only lacks relevance for those facing the greatest barriers to employment, but also limits mobility and risks exacerbating an already record-high economic inequality. To be clear, job outcomes that matter for workers include educational attainment. Research linking higher levels of education with higher earnings, better health and a longer life is well established. But because an individual’s ability to gain and maintain employment is also dependent on personal and social circumstances, systems that have a stake in both boosting workforce competitiveness and advancing equity must take into consideration these varying experiences.)

CBS NEWS
— Schumer announces support for bill to form committee on reparations – GRACE SEGERS (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? How much in reparations do the Democrats and the RINOs want you to pay?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reparations-bill-schumer-announces-support-for-legislation-establishing-commission-to-study-reparations/

WASHINGTON POST
— Unauthorized immigrants face public backlash in Mexico, survey finds – Kevin Sieff and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/unauthorized-immigrants-face-public-backlash-in-mexico-survey-finds/2019/07/16/f7fc5d12-a75e-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html
— Democrats say no one is above the law — except on immigration – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/16/democrats-say-no-one-is-above-law-except-illegal-immigrants/
— Trump administration tells federal agencies to use ‘rigorous’ performance standards in rating employees – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: Democrats who run the federal government use the subjectivity in performance appraisals to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-tells-federal-agencies-to-use-rigorous-performance-standards-in-rating-employees/2019/07/17/c9d8ef48-a819-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— The ‘Squad’ aims to guillotine the Democratic old guard – Victor Davis Hanson
https://nypost.com/2019/07/16/the-squad-aims-to-guillotine-the-democratic-old-guard/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Race Card Has Gone Bust America has never been fairer or more integrated, yet politicians obsess over wiping out discrimination. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at everyone that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-race-card-has-gone-bust-11563318876
— Little Change at U.S. Border Amid Confusion Over Trump Asylum Rules Facing Lawsuits Refusing asylum to most applicants would outstrip available resources; policy targeted by legal challenges – Alicia A. Caldwell and Brent Kendall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/civil-rights-and-immigration-groups-file-lawsuit-challenging-new-trump-limits-on-asylum-claims-11563310786

JD SURPA
— “Go Back to Your Country” Language as a Basis for Employment Discrimination Claims (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/go-back-to-your-country-language-as-a-28986/

HR DRIVE
— New York bans discrimination against employees with (PROTEST) hairstyles – Rosie Bradbury
https://www.hrdive.com/news/new-york-bans-discrimination-against-employees-with-natural-hairstyles/558791/

July 14 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— For a municipality or a county to allow the sale of recreational pot is to flush its “family friendly” status down the toilet. Each and every Illinois resident should urge their municipality and their county by email and at municipal and county meetings to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot ASAP. Each and every Wheaton resident should urge Wheaton’s Mayor and each of its City Council members by email (https://www.wheaton.il.us/544/City-Council) and at City Council meetings (the next one is tomorrow, Monday, July 15) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in Wheaton ASAP. Similarly, each and every DuPage County resident should urge DuPage County’s Chairman and each of its board members by email (https://dupageco.org/CountyBoard/CountyBoardListing.aspx) and at board meetings (the next one is Tuesday, July 16) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP. Similarly, each and every Naperville resident should urge Naperville’s Mayor and each of its City Council members by email (https://www.naperville.il.us/government/meet-your-city-council/) and at City Council meetings (the next one is Tuesday, July 16) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in Naperville ASAP. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CLTV & WBBM 780
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Thousands of Trump-haters protest in Chicago
https://cltv.com/2019/07/13/thousands-marched-against-possible-ice-raids-in-chicago/
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/news/thousands-gather-daley-plaza-protest-illegal-immigration-raids

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Thousands of Trump-haters protest in Chicago – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/13/20692954/ice-raids-chicago-demonstration-protest-little-village-resistance

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Will County board considering rolling back video gambling ban – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-will-county-gambling-st-0710-20190709-5nsjzlerqbbctfymuxjlcn7dk4-story.html
— ‘Defend, block and witness’: Opponents tout tactics ahead of ICE enforcement; others slam Chicago mayor for not cooperating with raids – LVIA MALAGÓN and JAVONTE ANDERSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-immigration-ice-chicago-rally-20190713-s5oh2dcpirbrdd2ql5fcigh44u-story.html
— Age, like beauty, is in the eye of the beholder so be careful when you wield that ‘elderly’ word – HILARY DECENT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/opinion/ct-decent-column-st-0714-20190712-sldhkuaf7nf5fccicykn4f3n3i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, anti-Americans and America-haters illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190714/immigrants-need-to-know-their-rights-to-protect-themselves-from-ice
— When a newspaper folds, we all lose – Denise Dick (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, unless it can be spun to promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and/or Green party platforms, reporting of Wheaton news decreases.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190714/when-a-newspaper-folds-we-all-lose
— New election systems use vulnerable software – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190713/business/307139996/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who despises if not hates Whites.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/its-hate-its-ugly-its-horrible-racist-signs-mount-greenwood-beverly-512564501.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters “hope Illinois private detention ban sparks change.” (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. If you are involved in government or in politics, you should expect that sooner or later, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will demonize, denigrate, and condemn the town that you grew up in. I should write a book about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned Crete, the town a) that I lived in 1948-1972, b) that my ancestors have lived in since 1854, and c) that my brother continues to live in. They stress that while I lived in Crete, most of its residents were German American and/or Lutheran.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190713/advocates-hope-illinois-private-detention-ban-sparks-change
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some of the most vocal supporters of such detention centers have been the communities themselves. One of the first proposals was in the economically depressed community of Crete, which is near the Indiana border. “The only reason we were interested in it was because of the money. We weren’t trying to make any statement of any kind,” said longtime Crete Mayor Michael Einhorn.)
— National spotlight again shines on 13th District – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190713/bernard-schoenburg-national-spotlight-again-shines-on-13th-district
— Money grab not legislature’s finest moment – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190713/statehouse-insider-money-grab-not-legislatures-finest-moment

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Thousands of Trump-haters protest in Chicago – AP
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/thousands-protest-trump-immigration-policies-in-chicago/article_e39ae277-7b4d-5ba9-9145-85cd54b01192.html

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Karlin formally announces bid for State’s Attorney – Robert Connelly (DIERSEN: What motivates you to run for a government office or a political office? For me, it includes a) not knowing who the candidates are, b) not seeing the filing paperwork that the candidates submitted, c) not seeing that the candidates promised 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, and c) not seeing that the candidates promised to defend and advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling.)
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20190713/karlin-formally-announces-bid-for-states-attorney

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— 2nd Amendment Right’s activists push for gun sanctuaries in Illinois – Katie Bandish
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/2nd-amendment-rights-activists-push-for-gun-sanctuaries-in-illinois

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Heinous anti-American display’: GOP blasts Mexican flag-raising at ICE facility Local police declined to intervene, said was in interest of public safety – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/13/democrats-mum-gop-slams-mexican-flag-raising-ice-h/
— Trump campaign cheers on Dems’ internal warfare – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/13/trump-campaign-cheers-dems-internal-warfare/
— Democrats, ‘Douglass Plan’ set course for more racial division – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/13/democrats-douglass-plan-set-course-for-more-racial/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 23% of immigrants in US are here illegally – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/23-of-immigrants-in-u-s-are-here-illegally

FOX NEWS
— Media demonize Trump on immigration, embrace Rapinoe for kicking him around – Dan Gainor
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/dan-gainor-media-demonize-trump-on-immigration-embrace-rapinoe-for-kicking-him-around

AMERICAN THINKER
— Leftists rip and deface American flag at migrant detention center, raise Mexican flag – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/leftists_rip_and_deface_american_flag_at_migrant_detention_center_raise_mexican_flag.html
— Trump, the Master Troll, creates problems for Pelosi by supporting her – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/trump_the_master_troll_creates_problems_for_pelosi_by_supporting_her.html
— Catfight intensifies: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez ignites explosion of fury from her fellow Democrats – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/catfight_intensifies_alexandria_ocasiocortez_ignites_explosion_of_fury_from_her_fellow_democrats.html

BREITBART
— Protesters Replace American Flag with Mexican Flag at ICE Facility – AMY FURR
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/07/13/watch-protesters-replace-american-flag-with-mexican-flag-at-ice-facility/
— Liberal Activists Across U.S. Gathered for Celeb-Endorsed Protests Against Migrant Shelters – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/13/liberal-activists-across-u-s-gathered-for-celeb-endorsed-protests-against-migrant-shelters/
— Rap Sheet: 30 Instances of Harassment Against Conservative High School Students – ALANA MASTRANGELO (DIERSEN: How many of your high school classmates hate conservatives?)
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/13/rap-sheet-30-instances-of-harassment-against-conservative-high-school-students/
— Bill De Blasio Assists Illegals: ‘We Will Do Everything We Can to Protect You’ – KYLE MORRIS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be anti-American.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/13/bill-de-blasio-assists-illegals-we-will-do-everything-we-can-to-protect-you/

TOWNHALL
— Gloves Come Off: Far Left Democrat Insinuates Black And Hispanic Lawmakers Who Side With Pelosi Are Race Traitors – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/13/gloves-come-off-far-left-democrat-insinuates-black-and-hispanic-lawmakers-who-side-with-pelosi-are-race-traitors-n2550010

NEWS BUSTERS
— Hypocritical New York Times Mocks Trump Summit of ‘Right-Wing Social Media Trolls’ – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2019/07/12/hypocritical-new-york-times-mocks-trump-summit-right-wing-social

FOX BUSINESS
— CNN’s anti-Trump stance hurting ratings – Stuart Varney
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/cnns-anti-trump-stance-hurting-ratings-varney

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Coming soon to America: Illegal immigrants converge on Paris Pantheon demand citizenship, free housing – Sierra Marlee
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/13/coming-soon-to-america-illegal-immigrants-converge-on-paris-pantheon-demand-citizenship-free-housing-774589

HUMAN EVENTS
— Kristol Looks For Dem Support to Oust Trump. – Sofia Carbone
https://humanevents.com/2019/07/13/kristol-looks-for-dem-support-to-oust-trump/

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Amnesty International encourages citizens of foreign countries to falsely claim amnesty in America.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/452933-amnesty-international-ice-raids-encourage-hate-and-discrimination
— Social media summit highlights partisan approaches on tech – HARPER NEIDIG AND EMILY BIRNBAUM
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/452839-social-media-summit-highlights-partisan-approaches-on-tech
— 2020 Democrats upend digital campaign playbook – MAX GREENWOOD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/452865-2020-democrats-upend-digital-campaign-playbook
— Trump tells progressive Democrats to go back and fix ‘broken and crime infested places’ they came from – JUSTIN WISE
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/452970-trump-tells-progressive-democrats-to-go-back-and-fix-broken-and-crime

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who despises if not hates Whites.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/kirsten-gillibrand-trump-broken-promises-tour-democrat-talks-trump-and-white-privilege-on-rust-belt-tour/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their illegal success in illegally getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/us/mike-pence-border.html
— Scaling Wokeback Mountain Democratic feuding could save Trump. – Maureen Dowd
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/opinion/sunday/scaling-wokeback-mountain.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-gay.html
— If the Supreme Court Won’t Prevent Gerrymandering, Who Will? A progressive take on states’ rights can come to the rescue. – Sam Wang (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton. I would focus on a) those who ordered the gerrymandering and why they did that, b) those who carried out the gerrymandering and why they did that, c) those who benefitted from the gerrymandering and why, and d) the negative impacts of the gerrymandering.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/opinion/sunday/partisan-gerrymandering.html
— Unemployment: We need to pay attention to the number of people who have stopped looking for work. – Louis Uchitelle (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who share my demographics and who have stopped looking for work.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/business/low-unemployment-not-seeking-work.html
— The Nordic Model May Be the Best Cushion Against Capitalism. Can It Survive Immigration? Swedes have long been willing to pay high taxes for a generous social safety net. But that willingness is being tested by an influx of refugees. – Peter S. Goodman
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/business/sweden-economy-immigration.html
— Ford Foundation: The Man With the $13 Billion Checkbook Darren Walker has some of New York’s best connections. How he uses his influence could affect philanthropy’s future. – John Leland
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/nyregion/darren-walker-ford-foundation.html
— Parties Face ‘Crackup’ as Outsiders Wield Social Media Against the Establishment – Peter Baker (DIERSEN: What does the party establishment think of you? If the party establishment approves of what you do, it promotes what you do. Neither the Illinois Republican Party, the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, nor the Milton Township Republican Central Committee promote my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, so they must not approve of my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/13/us/politics/ross-perot-politics.html
— How White Nationalists See What They Want to See in DNA Tests What happens when white supremacists on the hate site Stormfront learn that they’re not as white as they thought? Two researchers investigated. – Heather Murphy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/us/white-nationalists-dna-tests.html
— ‘We’re Almost Extinct’: China’s Investigative Journalists Are Silenced Under Xi – Javier C. Hernández
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/12/world/asia/china-journalists-crackdown.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House Democrats’ racially charged infighting escalates The clash between Pelosi’s allies and Ocasio-Cortez’s friends intensified with fresh criticisms from both sides – Colby Itkowitz, David Weigel, Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/13/house-democrats-racially-charged-infighting-escalates/

NEW YORK POST
— Megan Rapinoe wrongly thinks she’s a preacher — not a player – Kyle Smith
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/megan-rapinoe-wrongly-thinks-shes-a-preacher-not-a-player/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— GRANDPA’S LIVING IN THE BACKYARD! – Paula Spencer Scott (DIERSEN: Where did your grandparents live during their final years? On my mother’s side, they lived on their farm in Grant Park. On my father’s side, my grandfather lived in an apartment above his hardware store in downtown Crete and my grandmother lived in a nursing home in South Chicago Heights.)
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/los-angeles-times/20190714/282991106477986

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Feud Among House Democrats Remains on Public Display Tweet from official account of the caucus criticizes top aide to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, fueling acrimony – Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/feud-among-house-democrats-remains-on-public-display-11563050222

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— 3 Questions Hiring Managers Want You to Answer – Art Markman
https://hbr.org/2019/07/3-questions-hiring-managers-want-you-to-answer

THRIVE GLOBAL
— Job Interview Preparation Checklist – Lillian Childress
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/everything-need-before-during-after-job-interview/
— 8 Questions You Should Absolutely Ask An Interviewer The key to a successful interview is asking good questions. – Caroline Gray (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://thriveglobal.com/stories/questions-ask-interviewer-evaluate-future-move/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: What are the company’s values? What characteristics do you look for in employees in order to represent those values? . . . What does success look like in this position, and how do you measure it? . . . Is there anything about my background or resume that makes you question whether I am a good fit for this role?)

MOTLEY FOOL
— How to Show Culture Fit in an Interview (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. What is the “culture” of the federal government? From what I see it 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/show-culture-fit-interview-220900234.html

COURIER JOURNAL
— In McConnell’s boyhood town where his family owned slaves, the reparations debate thrives NEWLY OBTAINED RECORDS SHOW THAT SEN. MITCH MCCONNELL’S FAMILY BENEFITED FROM SLAVERY FOR GENERATIONS, HELPING THEM BUILD LASTING WEALTH. – Sandy Mazza (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I should pay lots of reparations because my ancestors owned many slaves. But they knew that my ancestors never owned slaves, that all my ancestors always lived in northeast Illinois, that they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, that they operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and that they operated a hardware store in Crete.)
https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/mitch-mcconnell/2019/07/13/mitch-mcconnell-family-benefited-from-slavery-for-generations-records-show/1709330001/

AIKEN STANDARD
— Three seats, seven candidates: Who’s running for Aiken City Council? – Colin Demarest (DIERSEN: Do you live in a city? If a city council seat became vacant, what factors would discourage you from running for it? For me, factors include candidates who commit to voting against the sale of pot and against video gambling in the city. In addition, candidates who commit to promoting 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 and Republican Party platforms. In addition, candidates who oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things. When city council vacancies occur, I believe that a) the names of applicants should be immediately released, b) all information that they submit, including completed application forms, resumes, and answers to standard questions, should be immediately released, c) a thorough background investigation should be done on each applicant, and d) one or more candidate forum should be held.)
https://www.aikenstandard.com/news/three-seats-seven-candidates-who-s-running-for-aiken-city/article_375d75a6-a596-11e9-835e-537f0e460d9d.html

DAILY CHRONICLE
— Centralia City Council Candidates Debate Ahead of August Primary Election – Will Rubin
http://www.chronline.com/news/centralia-city-council-candidates-debate-ahead-of-august-primary-election/article_3eeaef16-a59a-11e9-a5d9-17be50fa1e80.html

MCDOWELL NEWS
— Five file to run in Marion, Old Fort; sign-up period continues until noon Friday – MIKE CONLEY
https://www.mcdowellnews.com/news/five-file-to-run-in-marion-old-fort-sign-up/article_a8607084-a4e5-11e9-af05-13cf9ffd1df4.html

HERALD NET
— Eight candidates and one seat make for a primary scramble Seven Democrats and a Republican are hustling for votes in the race for a County Council seat. – Jerry Cornfield
https://www.heraldnet.com/news/eight-candidates-and-one-seat-make-for-a-primary-scramble/

SALISBURY POST
— In 2019, consider differences between candidates – Josh Bergeron
https://www.salisburypost.com/2019/07/14/josh-bergeron-in-2019-consider-differences-between-candidates/

PICAYUNE ITEM
— Three Republican candidates speak to the public – Jeremy Pittari
https://www.picayuneitem.com/2019/07/three-candidates-speak-to-the-public/

EUREKA TIMES STANDARD
— How long should a job search take? – ANGELA COPELAND (DIERSEN: What has hindered your job search the most? After I graduated from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management in 1970 when I was 21 years old, it was my being draft bait. Potential employers did not believe that my application for a financial hardship draft deferment would be granted. After my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement offer in 1997 when I was 49 years old, it was the adverse actions that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had taken against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.times-standard.com/2019/07/14/career-corner-how-long-should-a-job-search-take/

DAILY MAIL
— Gillibrand says she has ‘experienced enormous amounts of white privilege’ and is ‘certain’ it gave her a boost in her career: ‘I have benefited because of my whiteness’ – FRANCESCA CHAMBERS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat is to be someone who despises if not hates Whites.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7244729/Gillibrand-says-experienced-enormous-amounts-white-privilege-boosted-career.html

STANDARD MEDIA
— Moves you should make when your company is restructuring – Rose Kwamboka (DIERSEN: All during the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, the agency downsized. That meant using Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, and budget cuts to get rid of employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/lifestyle/article/2001333744/moves-you-should-make-when-your-company-is-restructuring

July 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Oak Brook looks to ban marijuana-related businesses – CHUCK FIELDMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/ct-dob-marijuana-business-tl-0718-20190711-xlp6k4b45bgr7jqg4kkql22wam-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Budzikowski said Thursday that at the direction of the Village Board, an amendment to the village’s zoning ordinance will be drafted and delivered to the plan commission for review, likely in September. From there, the zoning board will hold a public hearing to review the amendment and provide a recommendation to the Village Board, which probably vote in October on the amendment, Budzikowski said. The Oak Brook Village Board unanimously approved a recommendation by Police Chief James Kruger in late May to oppose what at that time was proposed legislation by the General Assembly to legalize recreational marijuana. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the legislation into law June 25. “Oak Brook spends a lot of effort trying to be a family-friendly community, and I don’t think a marijuana dispensary, or that type of business, fits with that,” Village Board member John Baar said Thursday. Baar also said he believes not allowing marijuana-related businesses in Oak Brook goes hand-in-hand with the village not permitting video gaming. Village President Gopal Lalmalani agreed. “We want to take the high road here, just like with video gaming,” Lalmalani said Thursday. “The board doesn’t’ believe recreational marijuana is a good thing. We can’t prohibit use that the state allows, but we do have the ability to opt out of having marijuana businesses in Oak Brook.”)

— TREASONOUS: As ICE raids loom, Chicago mayor vows to do ‘everything we can to push back against Trump administration’ – ELVIA MALAGÓN, GREGORY PRATT and MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-immigration-raids-ice-chicago-president-trump-20190711-hq62iempvnfmzffcyinuaxeoiq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-mary-schmich-immigration-raid-protest-20190711-xay67d7yx5bevm7n4vkly7nwye-story.html
— ‘They died a horrible death.’ Animal cruelty charges filed against operator of DuPage kennel where 29 dogs perished in fire. – CLIFFORD WARD and ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-charges-in-west-chicago-dog-kennel-fire-20190711-cpgqmebayrg3xatd76hfxh2czu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans “say Lightfoot isn’t doing enough to protect (ILLEGALS) from ICE” and “want Mayor Lori Lightfoot to issue an executive order barring all agencies under the Department of Homeland Security from accessing city databases.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20690498/immigrant-rights-groups-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-ice
— ‘Dirty tricks’ that ‘undermine’ candidates aren’t a crime, Madigan attorneys argue “Even if Plaintiff’s allegations were true, Defendants’ purported conduct would be protected by the First Amendment,” the filing says. In other words, dirty tricks count as free speech. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/7/11/20691001/dirty-tricks-undermine-candidates-no-crime-madigan-attorneys-gonzales
— State blows first deadline in Chicago casino timeline: ‘Working through the process’ The new gambling expansion law had required a feasibility consultant be hired by Monday. Three days later, it still hasn’t happened. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/7/11/20690775/chicago-casino-study-feasibility-deadline-passed-gambling-expansion
— What’s in a name? A seat in the Illinois Legislature We have a long, unfortunate history in Chicago of treating vacant legislative seats like birthrights. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20686558/illinois-legislature-brad-stephens-john-mulroe-michael-mcauliffe-robert-martwick
— Trump loses big on census, but the damage is done People still will worry that completing a census form will lead to their deportation. It will be a no-brainer to ignore the form. – Marlen Garcia
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20690460/2020-census-illinois-immigration-foreigners-undercount-president-donald-trump-marlen-garcia

ABC7
— ICE to begin nationwide immigration raids Sunday, NY Times reports; Chicago protests planned – Craig Wall and Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/ice-raids-to-begin-sunday-ny-times-reports;-chicago-protests-planned/5388807/
— Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-abandons-bid-to-include-citizenship-question-on-census/5388813/

NBC5
— OUTRAGEOUS: Immigrant Advocate Details Rights, What to Do in ICE Raids
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ice-raids-press-conference_Chicago-512589362.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: ICE Raids: Advocacy Groups Offer Advice on What To Do if Agents Approach You
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ice-raids-what-to-do-immigration-512591041.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage to update voter registration records ahead of 2020 primary – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Do you live in DuPage County? How much deadwood is there on the voter rolls in your precinct?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/dupage-to-update-voter-registration-records-ahead-of-2020-primary
— VERY SAD: There won’t be a ban on new video gambling licenses in Lake County – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/there-wont-be-a-ban-on-new-video-gambling-licenses-in-lake-county
— State financial reporting consolidation overrun at $150M – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190711/news/307119901/
— How the Du Quoin State Fair went from a rural showcase to a clash of political cultures – Peter Hancock
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190711/how-the-du-quoin-state-fair-went-from-a-rural-showcase-to-a-clash-of-political-cultures

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CTU makes explicit threat to strike Chicago schools After weeks of sharpening rhetoric, the union says Mayor Lori Lightfoot “has a month to make good” on her promise to avoid a walkout. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ctu-makes-explicit-threat-strike-chicago-schools

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Act now to protect your community – ANITA BEDELL, Executive Director, Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems, Springfield
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-act-now-to-protect-your-community/article_65d2bd00-a35d-11e9-8327-20677ce06c14.html

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Municipalities not likely to receive pension bailout – Rich Miller
https://illinoistimes.com/article-21405-municipalities-not-likely-to-recieve-pension-bailout.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Foster wants to allow ‘Dreamers’ to serve in military – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/07/03/foster-wants-to-allow-dreamers-to-serve-in-military/a4t805p/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Madigan forces claim nothing wrong with placing ‘sham’ candidates on ballot to defeat Hispanic opponent – Dan Churney
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512718099-madigan-forces-claim-nothing-wrong-with-placing-sham-candidates-on-ballot-to-defeat-hispanic-opponent

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Rep. Morrison looks to steer Illinois pension system away from ‘our tax-and-borrow policies’ – Hollie Ferguson
https://northcooknews.com/stories/512746236-rep-morrison-looks-to-steer-illinois-pension-system-away-from-our-tax-and-borrow-policies

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan’s lawyers say it doesn’t legally matter if alleged sham candidates were sham candidates
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/11/madigans-lawyers-say-it-doesnt-legally-matter-if-alleged-sham-candidates-were-sham-candidates/

FOX NEWS
— Trump hosts conservative firebrands for social media summit: ‘We’re not going to be silenced’ – Alex Pappas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-hosts-social-media-summit

GOPUSA
— Pelosi Disrespectful: Ocasio-Cortez plays the race card
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72455
— Trump urges supporters to fight back against liberals’ boycott of Home Depot
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72469

BREITBART
— Book: Paul Ryan Slammed Trump for Calling Stormy Daniels ‘Horse Face’ – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/11/paul-ryan-trump-stormy-daniels-horse-face/
— UC Berkeley Sends ‘Message of Support’ to Illegal Aliens – TOM CICCOTTA
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/10/uc-berkeley-sends-message-of-support-to-illegal-aliens/
— Kevin McCarthy, 140 GOP Reps Vote for Democrat Plan to Outsource Jobs – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/kevin-mccarthy-140-gop-reps-vote-for-democrat-plan-to-outsource-jobs-to-indian-graduates/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Tucker Carlson Is Right, But Who Is Responsible For This Disaster? – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30593

AMERICAN THINKER
— Spot the racists in the Democrats’ presidential field – Carol Greenwald
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/spot_the_racists_in_the_democrats_presidential_field.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Left-Wing Power Play of Banning America’s Symbols From the Betsy Ross flag to Thomas Jefferson monuments, self-anointed minders are erecting a moral hierarchy that comforts their fellow elites. – NICK PHILLIPS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-left-wing-power-play-of-banning-americas-symbols/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Democrats 2020: Trillions and Trillions and Trillions More – Ned Ryun (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/10/democrats-2020-trillions-and-trillions-and-trillions-more/

DAILY CALLER
— Home Depot Founder Responds To Boycotts In Fiery Facebook Post: ‘It Angers Me’ – RACHEL STOLTZFOOS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/home-depot-founder-responds-to-boycotts-in-fiery-facebook-post-it-angers-me/
— Is Nike Helping Colin Kaepernick To Make Anti-Americanism Mainstream? – TERRY SCHILLING
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/10/schilling-nike-kaepernick/
— College Admissions Are Rigged In Favor Of Prominent Democrats – TUCKER CARLSON AND NEIL PATEL (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the aforesaid, I earned a master’s degree from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree from DePaul in 1980, a master’s degree from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/college-admissions-are-rigged-in-favor-of-prominent-democrats/
— The Tucker Carlson-Ilhan Omar Brawl: What Do Immigrants Owe America? (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, immigrants owe us nothing and we owe them everything.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar-brawl-what-immigrants-owe-america/
— Ocasio-Cortez Attacks Biden’s Age – KYLE HOOTEN (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) because they want to advance themselves by getting 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://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/cortez-attacks-biden-age/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump to Lean on Social Media Giants to Curb Censorship – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/11/trump-to-lean-on-social-media-giants-to-curb-censorship/

HANNITY
— OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE? Hillary Clinton Posts Instructions for Illegal Immigrants to Evade ICE Agents
https://hannity.com/media-room/obstruction-of-justice-hillary-clinton-posts-instructions-for-illegal-immigrants-to-evade-ice-agents/

TOWNHALL
— The Revolution Turns Inward: Democrats Now Blasting Each Other With Mindless Identity Politics Attacks – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/07/11/the-revolution-turns-inward-democrats-now-savaging-each-other-with-mindless-identitiy-politics-attacks-n2549912

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The South Is a Pro-Life Stronghold – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-south-is-a-pro-life-stronghold/
— TREASONOUS: Pelosi Advises Illegal Immigrants on How to Avoid ICE – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/pelosi-advises-illegal-immigrants-on-how-to-avoid-ice/
— Congress Needs to Settle the Looming Cannabis-Regulation Fight – ILYA SHAPIRO & RANDALJOHN MEYER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/congress-must-settle-the-looming-cannabis-regulation-fight/

EPOCH TIMES
— Latino Trump Supporter Targeted With Racist Hate Mail After Moving to Pico Rivera Neighborhood – TOM OZIMEK (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? How do the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois treat you?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/latino-trump-supporter-targeted-with-racist-hate-mail-after-moving-to-pico-rivera-neighborhood-report_2998226.html

ABC NEWS
— Amazon pledges to ‘upskill’ 100,000 workers by 2025 – SOO YOUN (DIERSEN: What did you do to upskill yourself? 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://abcnews.go.com/Business/amazon-pledges-upskill-100000-workers-2025/story?id=64264477

CNBC
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: US lawmakers look to legalize pot in ‘historic’ marijuana reform hearing – Angelica LaVito
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/us-lawmakers-look-to-legalize-pot-in-historic-marijuana-reform-hearing.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Hosts Social Media Summit for Pro-Trump Digital Warriors – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/us/politics/white-house-social-media-summit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump accuses social media companies of ‘terrible bias’ at White House summit decried by critics – Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/11/we-will-not-let-them-get-away-with-it-trump-threatens-social-media-ahead-white-house-summit/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to immigrants who despise if not hate America’s citizens who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/11/tucker-carlson-proposes-an-orwellian-test-immigrants-theyve-got-like-us-back/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Amazon to Retrain a Third of Its U.S. Workforce – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: What did you do to retrain yourself? In 1992, after my Democrat GAO superiors a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT and earned a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-retrain-a-third-of-its-u-s-workforce-11562841120

ATLANTIC
— Many College Students Are Too Poor to Eat – ADAM HARRIS (DIERSEN: While you were in college, were you too poor to eat? I was not poor while I attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997 a) because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU, and the summer of 1969 and b) because of the money I earned when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/07/lawmakers-introduce-bill-address-campus-hunger/593704/

July 11 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump lashes out on Twitter ahead of social media ‘summit’ Trump says a “big subject’ of Thursday’s summit “will be the tremendous dishonesty, bias, discrimination and suppression practiced by certain” companies. – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts take you to non-credible website postings that promote the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20690226/trump-social-media-summit-stable-genius-tweet
— Chicago takes center stage in women’s World Cup players’ equal pay fight From players to lawyers to high-paid executives based here, our city is figuring prominently in one of the highest-profile sports stories of the year – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted you? In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because Firestone Stores fired me for accepting that offer, I accepted a job offer from IRS.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/10/20689584/uswnst-womens-soccer-players-equal-pay-lawsuit-chicago-rapinoe-ticker-tape-federation-eeoc
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A source familiar with the case said the EEOC did do an investigation but didn’t resolve anything. On Feb. 5, 2019, Julianne Bowman, the director of the EEOC’s Chicago district office signed a notice giving the players the right to sue the federation — and weeks later they did.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to falsely seek asylum in America.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/10/20689066/immigration-border-crisis-asylum-seekers-statue-of-liberty

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— He was hired to teach at Olivet Nazarene University. And then someone read his book. – Jennifer Day
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/books/ct-books-tj-martinson-onu-0709-20190710-azax7bxkhjgehcesusq4s7y5vq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: A fond farewell to state I love that doesn’t seem to love me – Charlie Kirk (DIERSEN: Hopefully, the Daily Herald will have posted this article on its website by the time you get this.)
https://www.dailyherald.com
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE: Community colleges are weighing cannabis programs – Peter Hancock
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/community-colleges-are-weighing-cannabis-programs-one-big-problem-federal-law
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: FRONT PAGE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/constable-ditch-weed-still-part-of-marijuanas-new-frontier-in-illinois

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— With fair performance canceled, Rep. Butler worries about censorship – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: Who wants to censor you? Those who want to censor me a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190710/bernard-schoenburg-with-fair-performance-canceled-rep-butler-worries-about-censorship

FOX ILLINOIS
— Village of St. Joseph considers opting out of marijuana law – Haydee Clotter
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/village-of-st-joseph-considers-opting-out

KHQA
— Senator Jil Tracy hosts identity theft seminar
https://khqa.com/news/local/senator-jil-tracy-hosts-identity-theft-seminar

WGLT
— Economist: Illinois Gas Tax Hike Could Change Long-Term Driving Habits – ERIC STOCK (DIERSEN: What have you done to spend less money on gasoline? In 1974 and 1976, I bought condos in walking distance to where I worked and took graduate classes. In 1978, my wife and I bought a home in walking distance to a commuter train station. In 1984, we had a home built in walking distance to a commuter train station.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/economist-illinois-gas-tax-hike-could-change-long-term-driving-habits#stream/0

CHICAGO READER
— A dramatic confrontation between the right-wing political group #WalkAway and Theater Wit ends up on YouTube Does a venue have the right to cancel an event if it objects to a client’s rhetoric? – Deanna Isaacs
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/walkaway-theater-wit-hate-speech/Content?oid=71569311

WHEATON PATCH
— Top 10 Subdivisions in Wheaton, IL – July 2019 Homes in these Wheaton subdivisions have some of the highest average sales prices. – Marco Amidei/
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/top-10-subdivisions-wheaton-il-july-2019

CAPITOL NEWS ILLINOIS
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Community colleges weighing options for offering cannabis programs
https://www.capitolnewsillinois.com/Blog/Posts/407/Uncategorized/2019/7/Community-colleges-weighing-options-for-offering-cannabis-programs/blog-post/

ILLINOIS CPA SOCIETY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 5 Reasons to Cultivate a Cannabis Practice With full legalization coming soon, Illinois CPAs have a growing industry to capitalize on. – ANDREW HUNZICKER, CPA (DIERSEN: I have been a member of the Illinois CPA Society for 40 years, since 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old.)
https://www.icpas.org/information/copy-desk/insight/article/summer-2019/5-reasons-to-cultivate-a-cannabis-practice

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois CPA Society comes out against professional service taxes floated by Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: I have been a member of the Illinois CPA Society for 40 years, since 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30 years old.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-cpa-society-comes-out-against-professional-service-taxes-floated/article_0911a27c-a32e-11e9-9005-6fc6e707ed4f.html
— Report finds automatic retiree raises have greater impact for Illinois’ pension liabilities – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: COLAs for my Civil Service Retirement System pension and for my Social Security are far less than inflation.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/report-finds-automatic-retiree-raises-have-greater-impact-for-illinois/article_49f3a794-a276-11e9-8a39-57f86eb75310.html

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— WEALTHIEST COLLEGES RECEIVE BILLIONS IN FEDERAL AID – Sarah Quinlan
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/report-wealthiest-colleges-receive-billions-in-federal-aid

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— A desperate Beto O’Rourke goes for broke, claims America was founded on white supremacy – Becket Adams
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/a-desperate-beto-orourke-goes-for-broke-claims-america-was-founded-on-white-supremacy
— Artist accused of ‘blatant anti-Semitism’ disinvited from White House – Ellie Bufkin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/artist-accused-of-blatant-anti-semitism-disinvited-from-white-house

AMERICAN THINKER
— Desperate ‘Beto’ reaches new depths in pandering to the Left – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/desperate_beto_reaches_new_depths_in_pandering_to_the_left.html

BREITBART
— Release of Illegal Aliens into U.S. Cut 85 Percent Since Trump-Mexico Deal – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/rrelease-of-illegal-aliens-into-u-s-cut-85-percent-since-trump-mexico-deal/
— President Trump Demands Cuts to India’s Tariffs, but Democrats Offer Extra Green Cards to Indian Business – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/house-gop-subverts-president-trumps-trade-pressure-on-india/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Party pooper 2020 Dems belittle national joy and military honors – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30582-assault-america-day-189-party-pooper-2020-dems-belittle-national-joy-and-military-hono

DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez Implies Pelosi Is Racist For Singling Out ‘Newly Elected Women Of Color’ – CHUCK ROSS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/10/ocasio-cortez-pelosi-racist/
— Beto O’Rourke Says America Was ‘Founded On White Supremacy’ – WILLIAM DAVIS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/10/beto-campaign-nashville-orourke-america-white-supremacy/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illinois Politicians Are to Blame for Tax Hikes, Not Washington – Adam Michel
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/09/illinois-politicians-are-to-blame-for-tax-hikes-not-washington/

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Scalise: Broken Asylum Laws ‘Magnet’ for Immigrants – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/steve-scalise-migrants-asylum-congress/2019/07/10/id/923956/
— Trump Shows Support for Tucker Carlson in Dispute With Rep. Omar – Jeffrey Rodack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/trump-tucker-carlson-omar-dispute/2019/07/10/id/923970/

PJ MEDIA
— NBC Blasts McConnell for Being Descended from Slave Owners, but so Are Obama and Kamala Harris – BRIAN MIN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/nbc-blasts-mcconnell-for-being-descended-from-slave-owners-but-so-are-obama-and-kamala-harris/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Ocasio-Cortez Sued for Blocking Twitter Users – MAIREAD MCARDLE (DIERSEN: I have not blocked anyone, including those who focus on destroying me, from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-sued-for-blocking-twitter-users/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Megan Rapinoe To Trump: “Make America Great Again” Is An Exclusionary Message – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats focus on excluding those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/10/megan_rapinoe_to_trump_make_america_great_again_is_an_exclusionary_message.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— CNN gives smug Megan Rapinoe air time to take more petty, anti-US president shots – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/10/cnn-gives-smug-megan-rapinoe-air-time-to-take-more-petty-anti-us-president-shots-773329

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The White House Social Media Summit Is Already A Bigotry Circus.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/white-house-social-media-summit-bigotry-circus_n_5d25ef35e4b0583e482a4457

YAHOO NEWS
— White House hosting social media summit following fresh allegations of anti-conservative bias
https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-hosting-social-media-111204930.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Is Sued for Blocking Critics on Twitter – Jeffery C. Mays (DIERSEN: I have not blocked anyone, including those who focus on destroying me, from reading my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/nyregion/aoc-twitter-lawsuit-trump.html
— Nationwide raids to sweep up (ILLEGAL) families for deportation are scheduled to begin Sunday, homeland security officials said. – Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/us/politics/ice-families-deport.html
— Pelosi Appeals for Democratic Unity While Dressing Down Dissenters – Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/10/us/politics/pelosi-ocasio-cortez.html
— ‘It Can’t Be Worse’: How Republican Women Are Trying to Rebuild – Maggie Astor
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/republican-women-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— It’s time to treat tech platforms like publishers – Charlie Kirk
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/11/its-time-treat-tech-platforms-like-publishers/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use “immigrant kids” to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/10/fox-effect-gop-voters-agree-with-harsh-messaging-migrant-kids/?utm_term=.1cfeec50cb8c
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Tucker Carlson embraces hateful nativism in attack on Rep. Omar.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/10/tucker-carlson-embraces-hateful-nativism-attack-rep-omar/
— Bernie Sanders: The straightest path to racial equality is through the one percent – Bernie Sanders (DIERSEN: What percent of the one percent are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/bernie-sanders-the-straightest-path-to-racial-equality-is-through-the-one-percent/2019/07/10/730a7206-9f6b-11e9-b27f-ed2942f73d70_story.html

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use “immigrant kids” to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/10/donald-trump-earns-history-treats-migrant-kids-editorials-debates/1682791001/

CBS DALLAS FORT WORTH
— Deputies: 57-Year-Old Texas Man Was ‘Entirely Consumed By His Own Dogs’
https://dfw.cbslocal.com/2019/07/10/57-year-old-texas-man-eaten-by-his-dogs/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats Go to Extremes The radicalism of the primary campaign will bite the party’s 2020 nominee. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-go-to-extremes-11562799692
— Wahooing Betsy Ross What’s striking about Colin Kaepernick’s Nike sneaker ban is how easy it was. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wahooing-betsy-ross-11562799662
— Joe Biden Used Tax-Code Loophole Obama Tried to Plug Former vice president structured his speaking, writing business in a way that cut his tax bill – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Democrats use tax return information to destroy Republicans. In 1978, the Democrats at Money Magazine and the Democrats at IRS used my tax returns to hint/imply/argue/shout that my education deductions were improper and should be disallowed. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the graduate business courses that I took at Loyola 1972-1976 and the graduate accounting courses that I took at DePaul 1976-1978 a) were not job-related, b) did not help me carry out my job duties, c) were taken by me to qualify me for a “new trade or business,” d) were taken by me to get a job in the private sector, and e) were a distraction.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-used-tax-code-loophole-obama-tried-to-plug-11562779300?mod=djemwhatsnews

BLOOMBERG
— Trump’s Social Media Summit Brings Fringe Voices to White House – Ben Brody (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who call me a “fringe voice.”)
https://www.bloombergquint.com/business/trump-s-social-media-summit-brings-fringe-voices-to-white-house

NPR
— Far-Right Social Media Personalities Headed To The White House – Jasmine Garsd (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who call me “far-right.”)
https://www.npr.org/2019/07/11/740579940/white-house-social-media-summit-leaves-out-key-players

NEWSWEEK
— EX-GOP CONGRESSMAN JOE WALSH: TRUMP EMBRACES ‘MOST EVIL DICTATORS’ WHO TALK NICE BUT WON’T ACCEPT ALLY’S CRITICISM – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-trump-embraces-evil-dictators-wont-accept-ally-criticism-1448521

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Life in the government gravy train – Mike Causey (FROM THE ARTICLE: Long-time feds quickly learn that for much of their career there is a good chance their CEO (the president aka POTUS) and a large number of their 535-member board of directors (Congress) hate their guts.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/07/life-in-the-government-gravy-train/

REASON
— Trump To Convene ‘Social Media Summit’ Over Accusations of Anti-Conservative Bias The president invited Republican lawmakers as well as social media stars who claim that tech giants are suppressing free speech. – BILLY BINION (DIERSEN: If Trump called for a social media summit in Illinois, who would Trump invite? Who would urge him to invite me? Who would urge him to NOT invite me?)
https://reason.com/2019/07/10/trump-to-convene-social-media-summit-over-accusations-of-anti-conservative-bias/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— University of Chicago Sees Success by Dropping SAT Requirement Ten to 15 percent of applicants who were admitted this year did not submit scores. – Scott Jaschik (DIERSEN: Did you get admitted by the University of Chicago? I did not even apply. My ACT was only 24. I only just barely made it into the top 20% of my high school class. I had not demonstrated any leadership potential. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who hint/imply/argue/shout that a) degrees from non-Ivy League universities are worthless and b) those who have such degrees are worthless.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2019/07/10/chicago-sees-success-dropping-testing-requirement-admissions

July 10 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats might win census citizen question in courts but lose at the ballot box. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-census-citizenship-question-kass-20190710-xzofchbyf5atpmupxla6bvd2aq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-mary-schmich-what-to-call-marijuana-20190710-pkxmeddsdbhjjaz4v5exfhoqxm-story.html
— Ross Perot paved the way for Donald Trump – Steve Chapman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-ross-perot-trump-chapman-20190709-4ihr3754xrghfohle5jmg7zvsi-story.html
— Unless Chicago’s crime problem dramatically improves, Superintendent Eddie Johnson will have to go – Dahleen Glanton (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes blamed me for the problems that TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois had. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that the organization would flourish if anyone but me served as its chairman.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-chicago-violence-eddie-johnson-failure-20190710-ycihlmryezeszdhnpiwthjgegm-story.html
— From Nazis to hippies: It’s the end of the road for the Volkswagen Beetle – AP (DIERSEN: The cars that you own now and the cars that you have owned say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself. I bought my first new car in 1966 when I was 17. My daily driver is a 2003 Chevy Cavalier LS that I bought from my aunt in 2010. Six other cars that I own are: 1972 Chevy Corvette*, 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX*, 2005 Chevy Corvette*, 2013 Dodge Charger R/T Max*, 2016 Ford Mustang*, and 2019 Ford Escape Titanium*. Previously, I bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir in 1964, 1962 Chevy BelAir in 1971, 1962 Chevy Impala SS in 1989, 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint* in 1966, 1968 Oldsmobile 442* in 1967, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T 1n 1994, 1969 Dodge Charger SE* in 1968, 1974 Dodge Dart* in 1973, 1978 Chevy Chevette* in 1978, 1978 Oldsmobile Delta 88 Royale* in 1978, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX* in 1989, 1993 Ford Thunderbird* in 1993, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier* 1996. (* = bought new))
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-volkswagen-beetle-20190709-az27757dwfbpxki4jaumbdojyy-story.html
— Tax payment is due on Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts’ house. The real one. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-todd-ricketts-property-taxes-20190709-20190709-e443bnjtazd5bncw4xbbut6mqi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters paint a) Trump as being Hitler, b) the Republican Party as being the Nazi Party, and c) citizens of foreign countries as being Jews fleeing Nazi Germany.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/9/20687907/immigration-border-crisis-asylum-seekers-trump-administration-world-war-ii-united-states

ABC7
— Joe Biden releases tax statements, earned more than $15M in two years since leaving White House – AP (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for what you have today? For me, it came a) from what I earned when 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 and b) from my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997 and my Social Security since 2010.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/biden-releases-tax-statements-earned-more-than-$15m-in-last-two-years/5386979/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Contact your mayor, city council, and county board to ask for a ban on recreational marijuana businesses and on-site consumption. – Anita Bedell, Executive Director of the Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190709/letter-marijuana-law-allows-on-site-consumption

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Fair firestorm: Pritzker cuts Confederate Railroad from DuQuoin State Fair, sparking outrage Use of Confederate flag sets off firestorm – AP
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Illinois-state-firestorm-Pritzker-cuts-14083616.php

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Compromise is no longer an option – Alan Webber
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/alan-webber-compromise-is-no-longer-an-option/article_35606a48-9f64-11e9-b620-efa825a0f2e0.html

FOX BELOIT
— ‘It’s a bad thing’: Beloit police chief concerned weed legalization in Illinois will hurt – ADAM DUXTER
http://fox47.com/news/local/its-a-bad-thing-beloit-police-chief-concerned-weed-legalization-in-illinois-will-hurt

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Ken Mejia-Beal, a political strategist, community organizer and activist, is running for the 42nd District House seat now held by Republican Amy Grant. Mejia-Beal works in the financial industry but has spent more than a decade toiling behind the scenes on elections and political campaigns. He was the community organizer for Chris Kennedy’s gubernatorial run. “I’ve taken time out of my life to help people and I’ve enjoyed it. That’s why I’m running,” he told Playbook. His focus: “Reaching out to everyone (in the district) to see how we can be better and stronger as a community.” – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/07/10/kalish-on-the-skids-with-dems-rezin-wants-underwoods-seat-sales-griffins-next-big-thing-455250
— Bost to push resolution honoring Betsy Ross Flag after Nike pulls shoe featuring flag, by Belleville News-Democrat’s Joseph Bustos: “The Betsy Ross Flag represents the founding spirit of a new nation, one built from 13 very different states with a shared commitment to freedom… Now more than ever, we should hold tight to the values this flag represents and not allow it to be torn and tattered by today’s political debates,” Bost said – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/07/10/kalish-on-the-skids-with-dems-rezin-wants-underwoods-seat-sales-griffins-next-big-thing-455250

WIREPOINTS
— If lawsuit succeeds, Illinois politicians will get 4th-highest legislative pay in nation – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/if-lawsuit-succeeds-illinois-politicians-will-get-4th-highest-legislative-pay-in-nation/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Sen. Oberweis condemns Democrats for outmigration: ‘Progress shouldn’t look like this’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512717909-sen-oberweis-condemns-democrats-for-outmigration-progress-shouldn-t-look-like-this

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Misrepresenting themselves at the border – Hans von Spakovsky
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/9/how-fake-families-try-to-exploit-immigration-looph/
— Democrats care more about helping illegal aliens than Americans – Joseph Curl
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/9/democrats-care-more-about-helping-illegal-aliens-t/
— Trump: Democrats collude with Facebook, Google – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/9/charles-hurt-book-excerpt-trump-sees-collusion-bet/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— NBC News wants to implicate McConnell in his great-great-grandfathers’ misdeeds – Becket Adams (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? Sooner or later, if not already, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will implicate you in your parents’, grandparents’, great-grandparents’, etc. misdeeds. They will, or already have, hint/imply/argue/shout that you benefited tremendously from their misdeeds.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/nbc-news-wants-to-implicate-mcconnell-in-his-great-great-grandfathers-misdeeds

FOX NEWS
— Largest pro-Israel group grows to 7M members, lauded by Netanyahu, Trump administration – Caleb Parke (DIERSEN: All my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII. My father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/largest-israel-trump-netanyahu-christians-united

BREITBART
— California Spent $365 Million in 2018 to Give Illegal Immigrant Children Health Care – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/09/report-california-spent-365-million-in-2018-to-give-illegal-immigrant-children-health-care/
— Man Charged with Killing Two Illinois Women Came to U.S. as Illegal Alien – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/09/man-charged-with-killing-two-illinois-women-came-to-u-s-as-illegal-alien/

DAILY CALLER
— NBC Roundly And Soundly Mocked For Hit Piece On Mitch McConnell – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/09/twitter-nbc-mitch-mcconnell-slave-ancestors/

TOWNHALL
— Count on Migrants From the World Over to Exploit U.S. Immigration Laws – Betsy McCaughey
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2019/07/10/count-on-migrants-from-the-world-over-to-exploit-us-immigration-laws-n2549810
— McConnell: I Have The Same Position As Obama On Reparations – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/09/mcconnell-i-have-the-same-position-as-obama-on-reparations-n2549795
— Republican Senators Introduce a Bill Allowing Victims of Illegal Alien Crime to Sue Over Sanctuary City Policies – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2019/07/09/bill-introduced-to-compensate-victims-of-illegal-aliens-and-santuary-city-policies-n2549764
— Democrats Enjoy Yelling Fire in a Crowded Theater – Sheriff David Clarke (Ret.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/sheriffdavidclarke(ret)/2019/07/09/democrats-enjoy-yelling-fire-in-a-crowded-theater-n2549771

PJ MEDIA
— Nancy Pelosi Wants to Turn America Non-American Again – JOHN ELLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/nancy-pelosi-wants-to-turn-america-non-american-again/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Guest Says Border Conditions Would Be Different If Migrants Were White – Alex Christy (DIERSEN: What is your motherland? What if many millions from your motherland a) illegally came to America illegally, b) illegally stayed in America illegally, c) brought many mountains of illegal drugs into America illegally, and/or d) focused on turning America into your motherland?)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/alex-christy/2019/07/08/cnn-guest-says-border-conditions-would-be-different-if-migrants

ONE NEWS NOW
— Has the LGBT movement overplayed its hand? – Chris Woodward
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/07/09/has-the-lgbt-movement-overplayed-its-hand

LIFE SITE NEWS
— California mandates LGBT ‘sensitivity’ for teachers – Tony Perkins (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. If you are a federal employee, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, your career will be wasted and you will be gotten rid of.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/california-mandates-lgbt-sensitivity-for-teachers-even-when-they-disagree

LIFEZETTE
— Giuliani About Harris: ‘If You’re in Favor of Open Borders, You Must Be in Favor of Open Doors at Your House’ – Maureen Mackey
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/07/rudy-giuliani-kamala-harris-youre-favor-open-borders-you-must-be-favor-open-doors-at-your-house/

COLLEGE FIX
— Professor denounces student’s MAGA hat: ‘Undeniable symbol of white supremacy’ – DANIEL PAYNE (DIERSEN: What would the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois do to you if you wore a MAGA hat?)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/professor-denounces-students-maga-hat-undeniable-symbol-of-white-supremacy/

RETURN TO ORDER
— Four Reasons Why I Never Tried Marijuana – John Horvat II (DIERSEN: Pot is illegal. If you have used pot, you have demonstrated your disrespect for the rule of law.)
https://www.returntoorder.org/2019/07/four-reasons-why-i-never-tried-marijuana/?pkg=rtoe0720

THE HILL
— Open border Democrats – KATIE PAVLICH
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/452311-pavlich-open-border-democrats
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/452186-key-congressional-committee-to-discuss-marijuana-criminalization-in
— Democrats calling for decriminalization of illegal entry abandoning national sovereignty – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/452080-democrats-calling-for-decriminalization-of-illegal-entry-abandoning

NBC NEWS
— McConnell likens himself to Obama: ‘We both are the descendants of slave owners’ The Senate majority leader, who opposes reparations, was asked about NBC News’ report that two of his great-great-grandfathers owned at least 14 slaves. – Rebecca Shabad
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/mcconnell-likens-himself-obama-we-both-are-descendants-slave-owners-n1027921

NEW YORK TIMES
— Joe Biden’s Tax Returns Show More Than $15 Million in Income After 2016 – Steve Eder and Katie Glueck (DIERSEN: Where did the money come from to pay for what you have today? For me, it came a) from what I earned when 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 and b) from my Civil Service Retirement System pension since 1997 and my Social Security since 2010.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/joe-biden-net-worth.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want Trump to pander to voters who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/09/trumps-base-is-not-enough-his-own-advisers-know-it/
— British ambassador to U.S. resigns after calling Trump ‘inept’ and ‘insecure’ in leaked cables
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/world/wp/2019/07/10/british-ambassador-to-u-s-resigns-after-calling-trump-inept-and-insecure-in-leaked-cables/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Big Tech Is a Likely Target at White House Social-Media Summit Guest list includes some critics of social-media platforms, but not Facebook or Twitter – Ryan Tracy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tech-is-a-likely-target-at-white-house-social-media-summit-11562751015
— President Trump Can’t Block Twitter Users, Federal Appeals Court Rules Practice of blocking users violates free-speech protections, judges say – Corinne Ramey (DIERSEN: I do not block anyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, including those who read the emails only to get information to destroy me. I should write a book about those who read the emails only to get information to destroy me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/president-trump-cant-block-twitter-users-federal-appeals-court-rules-11562685206

USA TODAY
— DNA testing can share all your family secrets. Are you ready for that? – Edward C. Baig (DIERSEN: In my defense, while all my ancestors immigrated way back during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2019/07/04/is-23-andme-ancestry-dna-testing-worth-it/1561984001/

JOURNAL DEMOCRAT
— Sandy Ehrig sworn in to fill Ward 3 City Council vacancy – Marlys Barker (DIERSEN: If your representative on your city council resigned, who would you want to fill the vacancy?)
https://www.journaldemocrat.com/news/20190709/sandy-ehrig-sworn-in-to-fill-ward-3-city-council-vacancy
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Of the four people who turned in applications to fill the Ward 3 Nevada City Council seat vacated by Jim Walker, one scored highest with the committee that handled reviewing applicants and making a recommendation to the council.)

HISTORY NEWS NETWORK
— WHAT DOES IT MEAN TO BE PATRIOTIC? – Steve Hochstadt (DIERSEN: For Trump-haters, it means being anti-parades, 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.)
http://historynewsnetwork.org/blog/154227

DAILY BEAST
— Megan Rapinoe to Trump: Your ‘Make America Great Again’ Message Excludes People Like Me “I think I would say that your message is excluding people,” Rapinoe said. “You’re excluding me. You’re excluding people that look like me.” – Justin Baragona
https://www.thedailybeast.com/megan-rapinoe-to-trump-your-make-america-great-again-message-excludes-people-like-me

MEDIA MATTERS
— Here are the extremist figures going to the White House social media summit – ALEX KAPLAN (DIERSEN: Who calls you an extremist? I should write a book about those who call me an extremist. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.mediamatters.org/research/2019/07/09/Here-are-the-extremist-figures-going-to-the-White-House-social-media-summit/224147

CLEARANCE JOBS
— Are You a Victim of Age Discrimination? Here Are 6 Ways to Use Experience to Your Advantage – Marcelle Yeager (DIERSEN: Who demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the experience that you have? I should write a book about those who demonize, denigrate, and condemn the experience that I have.)
https://news.clearancejobs.com/2019/07/09/are-you-a-victim-of-age-discrimination-here-are-6-ways-to-use-experience-to-your-advantage/

July 9 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— Border Wall will Help People on Both Sides — Trump is Right
https://www.whitehouse.gov/westwingreads/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Every town should ban pot in public places Legislators thought video gambling would be limited only to bars, restaurants and veteran organizations. But video gambling machines are everywhere. – Anita Bedell, Executive Director, Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/8/20686445/marijuana-law-weed-legalization-smoke-free-illinois-act-ban-recreational-marijuana-dispensaries
(FROM THE LETTER: Illinois’ new marijuana law includes an exemption to the Smoke-Free Illinois Act ban on indoor smoking, and lets cities decide whether to allow on-site marijuana use at bars, restaurants, and cannabis smoking lounges, the Chicago Sun-Times reported. Rep. Kelly Cassidy and her colleagues decided that social consumption of marijuana would be allowed, but not licensed by the state, leaving that up to local officials, according to the Chicago Sun-Times. Public health and safety are concerns with on-site consumption. Legislators thought video gambling would be limited only to bars, restaurants and veteran organizations. However, video gambling machines are everywhere, except in the 125 municipalities and counties where they are banned. We could see a similar situation with marijuana unless local officials pass ordinances to ban recreational marijuana dispensaries, processing, transporting, cultivation facilities and on-site consumption of marijuana in municipalities and counties. Living near marijuana dispensaries makes youth more likely to use marijuana, according to a study by the Rand Corp. Youth who use marijuana are more likely to experience negative consequences, such as increased risk of mental and physical health problems, according to the researchers. Contact your mayor, city council and county board to ask for a ban on recreational marijuana businesses and on-site consumption. Act now to protect your family and community before it is too late.)
— Pritzker administration yanks band from Downstate fair over Confederate flag logo The flare-up in DuQuoin, about 320 miles south of Chicago, rekindles a centuries-old rift in Illinois, whose southern tip reaches far into the confines of the old Confederacy. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/9/20688331/pritzker-cancels-band-duquoin-state-fair-confederate-railroad-flag-logo
— Gay and proud: Megan Rapinoe is the current face of athletic excellence And this is what she said as the tournament began: “You can’t win a championship without gays on your team — it’s never been done before, ever.” – Rick Telander
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/9/20688286/gay-megan-rapinoe-uswnt-womens-world-cup-fifa-equality-lesbian-bird-wnba-telander

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Freshman Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood gets another GOP challenger – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lauren-underwood-challenger-sue-rezin-20190709-szlxnzhy5jgmnjz2n57czxeqbm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— McConnell equates his ancestors’ slave ownership to Obama’s – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190709/news/307099903/
— McMahon going into private law practice, has no plans to run for public office – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190709/mcmahon-going-into-private-law-practice-has-no-plans-to-run-for-public-office

TIMES
— State Sen. Sue Rezin will run for Congress in 14th District – Derek Barichello
https://www.mywebtimes.com/2019/07/09/state-sen-sue-rezin-will-run-for-congress-in-14th-district/av1wmtj/

CAPITOL FAX
— Still no A-List Republican to challenge Durbin (DIERSEN: On July 5, 2003, a mere 16 years ago, all five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates: John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/09/still-no-a-list-republican-to-challenge-durbin/
— Rezin files paperwork to run for US House
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/09/rezin-files-paperwork-to-run-for-us-house/

GOPUSA
— Ilhan Omar goes after the stoner vote (DIERSEN: The Republican Party platform opposes the sale of pot. None of the Republicans who represent DuPage County in Springfield voted for the sale of pot. In Illinois, you declare your political party affiliation with the type ballot that you cast in primary elections. If you promote the sale pot, you should cast a Libertarian Party ballot. Which politicians are going after the stoner vote in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? I should write an article about those “Republican” politicians who are going after the stoner vote in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. They fail/refuse to call for a ban on the sale of pot in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72290
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ilhan Omar renewed her call for legalizing marijuana nationwide this week, framing federal action on the issue as a matter of economic equality. In an interview with BET, the freshman Minnesota Democrat said lawmakers should “not allow for the states to pick and choose” whether to legalize the substance. “What happens

[without full legalization]

is you will have a state where someone is publicly and professionally able to profit and the next state, someone could be sent to life for it,” Omar said. “We want to make sure that there is equality in our laws. I don’t think it is just for that kind of economy to exist within this policy.” The push to legalize marijuana has gained traction in recent years. Eleven states have adopted laws allowing marijuana for recreational purposes. Dozens more, including Minnesota, approve medicinal use in some cases. But possessing or selling the substance remains a federal offense. Omar is a cosponsor of legislation that would remove the drug from the federal list of controlled substances and expunge federal convictions for marijuana possession or use. The measure is backed by a number of Democratic presidential candidates, including Sens. Cory Booker, Kamala Harris, Kirsten Gillibrand, Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren. The proposal has so far failed to get a hearing in either chamber or attract support from Senate Republicans, whose votes would be needed to pass. A number of members of Minnesota’s congressional delegation, including fellow freshman Democrats Angie Craig and Dean Phillips, have previously expressed support for allowing states to legalize the substance. But Omar is the state’s only member pushing for lifting the prohibition on the federal level. Minnesota U.S. Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a presidential candidate, backs legalization but says “states should have the right to determine the best approach to marijuana within their borders.” The debate over legalization, including the economic impact of current policies, will return to the spotlight in Washington on Wednesday, when a congressional subcommittee holds a hearing on “racial justice and the need for reform” of marijuana laws.)
— Democrats’ chances, and their issues, in the toilet
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72300

FOX NEWS
— The Democratic Party is now a religious cult – and Biden and Pelosi don’t pass the purity test – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-the-democratic-party-is-now-a-religious-cult-and-biden-and-pelosi-dont-pass-the-purity-test

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Majority of Hispanic voters approve of citizenship question on U.S. census – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/9/55-of-hispanic-voters-approve-citizenship-question/
— Bill would allow victims to sue sanctuary cities – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/9/bill-would-allow-victims-sue-sanctuary-cities/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— NBC uses census records from 1800s to shame McConnell into supporting reparations – Ellie Bufkin (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I should pay lots of reparations because my ancestors owned many slaves. But they knew that my ancestors never owned slaves, that all my ancestors always lived in northeast Illinois, that they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, that they operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and that they operated a hardware store in Crete.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/nbc-uses-census-records-from-1800s-to-shame-mcconnell-into-supporting-reparations

AMERICAN THINKER
— The American Left’s Army of Dupes – Steve McCann
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/the_american_lefts_army_of_dupes.html
— The media are a major contributor to the huge crisis at the border – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/the_media_is_a_major_contributor_to_the_huge_crisis_at_the_border_.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— America Isn’t the Church and Shouldn’t Act Like It The U.S. cannot dictate moral truth and refashion the world in her own image. – CASEY CHALK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want America and the rest of the world to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of speech and gun rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/america-isnt-the-church-and-shouldnt-act-like-it/

BREITBART
— Charles Hurt: Hatred of Trump Rooted in ‘Contempt’ for ‘Regular American People’ – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/07/08/charles-hurt-hatred-trump-contempt-american-people/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats And Their Race-Based Agenda – DEREK HUNTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/09/democrats-race-based-agenda/

TOWNHALL
— Snowflakes Come Out In Full Force To Boycott Home Depot For A Really Stupid Reason – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/07/08/snowflakes-come-out-in-full-force-to-boycott-home-depot-for-a-really-stupid-reaso-n2549727
— Ilhan Omar Swipes Pelosi: You’re Just Salty Because We Are The Ones Wielding The Power – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/07/09/ilhan-omar-swipes-pelosi-youre-just-salty-because-we-are-the-ones-wielding-the-power-n2549741

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Radicalism and tyranny to define the next Democrat president – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30573-assault-america-day-188-radicalism-and-tyranny-define-next-democrat-president

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Tlaib Wants Power Due To Skin Color, Imagine A White Candidate Saying Vote For Me Based On Race – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/07/08/tucker_carlson_tlaib_wants_power_due_to_skin_color_imagine_a_white_candidate_saying_vote_for_me_based_on_race.html

WORLD NET DAILY
— MAJORITY OF AMERICANS WANT MASS DEPORTATION OF ILLEGALS If Congress fails to reach deal this week to close loopholes
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/majority-of-americans-want-mass-deportation-of-illegals/

THE HILL
— McConnell says he and Obama are both ‘descendants of slaveholders’ – JORDAIN CARNEY (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I should pay lots of reparations because my ancestors owned many slaves. But they knew that my ancestors never owned slaves, that all my ancestors always lived in northeast Illinois, that they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, that they operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and that they operated a hardware store in Crete.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/452241-mcconnell-says-he-and-obama-are-both-descendants-of-slave-holders
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Baltimore Sun reported in 2007 that Obama’s great-great-great-great-grandfather owned two slaves in Kentucky and that Obama’s great-great-great-great-great-grandmother also owned two slaves.)
— Democrats are too far left to win Middle America – COREY R. LEWANDOWSKI
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/452058-democrats-are-too-far-left-to-win-middle-america

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Can’t Block Critics From His Twitter Account, Appeals Court Rules The decision may have broader implications for how the First Amendment applies to officials’ accounts in the social-media era. – Charlie Savage
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/politics/trump-twitter-first-amendment.html
— Why Women Getting Abortions Now Are More Likely to Be Poor – Sabrina Tavernise
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/09/us/abortion-access-inequality.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Three decades ago, the bottom 90 percent of America held 40 percent of total net worth. Today, it holds 30. – Philip Bump (DIERSEN: What is the top reason why you have less wealth? For me, it is the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat superiors in the federal government. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/09/three-decades-ago-bottom-percent-america-held-percent-total-net-worth-today-it-holds/

FED SMITH
— Three Steps to Avoid the Retirement Blues – Brandon Christy (DIERSEN: Prior to September of 1997, my Democrat GAO superiors mislead me to believe that they were going to let me work until I was 55 in 2003 and eligible for regular retirement.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/07/09/three-steps-avoid-retirement-blues/

KNIGHT FOUNDATION
— A new Knight report examines trust in media, showing that many young adults use news media to make decisions on policies and voting (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents do not want anyone to use the content of GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to make any kind of decision on anything. My critics/opponents 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://knightfoundation.org/press/releases/young-adults-show-strong-interest-in-news-media-but-express-concern-about-the-impact-of-news-on-democracy

MILITARY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Duckworth encourages veterans to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://www.militarytimes.com/news/pentagon-congress/2019/07/09/duckworth-aims-to-address-health-care-gaps-for-lgbtq-veterans/

July 9 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-francisca-lino-chicago-church-sanctuary-20190708-kquv63vklfez5h6yhwvjnl43qm-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURES: Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts’ property tax appeal under investigation after Tribune finds assessment problem
– Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted me to pay higher taxes. Of course, they have always wanted the assessed valuation of my home (https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/915-Cove-Ct-Wheaton-IL-60189/4447887_zpid/

and https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/915-Cove-Ct-60189/home/18126600) to be increased substantially. According to the Milton Township Assessor, it is worth $492,300.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-todd-ricketts-wilmette-property-taxes-20190709-c335ggdjvjbvposhwd3f77gwxa-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: 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/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190709/immigration-policy-contradicts-issues-of-faith

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Seven ideas to help Illinois stop kicking the can on state pensions
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/html-page/848701
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Laurence Msall wants Illinois to tax retirement income. What threshold does Msall want – $100,000, $75,000, $50,000, $25,000?
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/forum-ideas/consolidate-funds-and-tax-retirement-income
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To finally and decisively fix the problem, Illinois has no choice but to also eliminate unaffordable loopholes, such as its overly generous tax exemption on retirement income. Illinois is one of only three states with an income tax that exempts all retirement income from taxation. Low-income seniors in Illinois who cannot afford to stop working still pay state taxes on their income. Taxing retirement income in alignment with the federal tax code would increase equity and generate $2 billion to $3 billion annually for the state while protecting the most vulnerable seniors by exempting income under a certain threshold.)

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers unbelievably say “TEEN ODDS OF USING MARIJUANA DIP WITH RECREATIONAL USE LAWS.”
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/article/20190708/AP/307089892

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois’ gaming expansion is law. When will we see sports betting, more video gambling? – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article232139537.html

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Edwardsville officials ponder legal reefer impact on local laws – Charles Bolinger
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Edwardsville-officials-ponder-legal-reefer-impact-14080798.php

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Another golden parachute – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-another-golden-parachute/article_2e80f218-8b69-5511-9ae5-fcbc9ba5db3b.html

JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Niles Public Safety Committee To Talk ‘Pot’ Legalization Police To Provide Committee Members Additional Information July 16 – Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/niles-public-safety-committee-to-talk-pot-legalization/

WCIA
— Davis blames Pelosi for lack of women in GOP – Mark Maxwell (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage women to hate Republicans.)
https://www.wcia.com/news/capitol-news/davis-blames-pelosi-for-lack-of-women-in-gop/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Rodney Davis Avoids Taking Position On Citizenship Question, While Durbin Criticizes Trump – MARY HANSEN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/davis-avoids-taking-position-citizenship-question-while-durbin-criticizes-trump#stream/0

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Former candidate for governor Robert Marshall challenging Durbin for U.S. Senator – Kevin Schwaller
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/former-candidate-for-governor-robert-marshall-challenging-durbin-for-u-s-senator/

CENTER SQUARE
— Batavia considering annexing nearby homeowners ahead of Census count – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-city-considering-annexing-nearby-homeowners-ahead-of-census-count/article_da9664da-9dd5-11e9-86f1-4beced0dc563.html

INTERCEPT
— SOCIALISTS ON CHICAGO CITY COUNCIL FIGHT FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING, IMMIGRANT RIGHTS – Aída Chávez
https://theintercept.com/2019/07/08/socialism-conference-chicago-city-council/

KANE COUNTY REPORTER
— Skillicorn, GOP colleagues introduce Heartbeat Bill – Glenn Minnis
https://kanecountyreporter.com/stories/512700347-skillicorn-gop-colleagues-introduce-heartbeat-bill

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— DOUBLING ILLINOIS’ GAS TAX, OTHER TAX HIKES WILL GO TO FUND MORE THAN $1.4 BILLION OF WASTE AND PORK – Adam Schuster and Bill Reveille
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/doubling-illinois-gas-tax-other-tax-hikes-will-go-to-fund-more-than-1-4-billion-of-waste-and-pork/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Harvard University poll: Voters get tough on illegal immigration – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/8/inside-the-beltway-poll-voters-get-tough-on-illega/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ted Cruz: Use money from ‘El Chapo’ drug empire to ‘build the wall’ – Dominick Mastrangelo (DIERSEN: What percent of those who want cheap pot from Mexico oppose the Wall – 98%, 99%, 100%?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/ted-cruz-use-money-from-el-chapo-drug-empire-to-build-the-wall
— 2020 Dems promise a buffet of outrageous executive orders – Ryan Everson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/2020-dems-promise-a-buffet-of-outrageous-executive-orders

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media Dredges Up Every Bad Thing It Can Think Of To Criticize July 4 Festivities – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-dredges-up-every-bad-thing-it-can-think-of-to-criticize-july-4-festivities/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The White Supremacist Bogeyman – Julie Kelly
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/07/08/the-white-supremacist-bogeyman/

GOPUSA
— Army misses recruiting goal in booming economy (DIERSEN: What did/could limit your advancement in the military? For me, it would have been the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
http://www.gopusa.com/army-misses-recruiting-goal-in-booming-economy/
— Meghan McCain, women of ‘The View’ blame ‘straight sexism’ for smaller U.S. Women’s soccer payday
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72320

BLAZE
— Trump wants to ‘Make America White Again’ with census citizenship question, says Pelosi – Aaron Colen (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call Republicans White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage minorities to hate Republicans.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-wants-to-make-america-white-again-with-census-citizenship-question-says-pelosi
— Multiple females allegedly push, punch former college linebacker over his MAGA hat. He handles it like a gentleman – Dave Urbanski (DIERSEN: If you wore a MAGA hat in your neighborhood, what would the Trump-haters do to you? How would you respond?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/multiple-females-allegedly-push-punch-former-college-linebacker-over-his-maga-hat

CONSERVATIVE NEWS DAILY
— Why Do Democrats Hate? – Amanda Alverez
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/why-do-democrats-hate/

TOWNHALL
— Illinois Could Soon Require Parental Permission For Minors To Donate Blood But Not Obtain An Abortion – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/08/illinois-could-soon-require-parental-permission-for-minors-to-donate-blood-but-not-an-abortion-n2549694
— The Democrats’ Open Border Campaign Strategy – Robert Knight
https://townhall.com/columnists/robertknight/2019/07/09/the-democrats-open-border-campaign-strategy-n2549683

DAILY CALLER
— Burgess Owens Says Democrats Should Be The Ones To Pay Reparations – CAITLIN MCFALL
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/08/burgess-owens-says-democrats-should-be-the-ones-to-pay-reparations/
— Illegal Immigration Advocates Use Economic Warfare To Subvert Immigration Law – MATT O’BRIEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/08/brien-economic-warfare/

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— QUESTIONS THE CANDIDATES MUST ANSWER And the one question that will expose those who actually hate you. – Michael Cutler
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274223/questions-candidates-must-answer-michael-cutler

NEWSMAX
— The Democrats’ Own Platform Will Be Their Undoing in 2020 – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/democrats-buttigieg-biden-radical/2019/07/08/id/923706/
— A Secure Border Is the Most Compassionate Immigration Solution – Lauren DeBellis Appell
https://www.newsmax.com/laurendebellisappell/faith-border-security-refugees/2019/07/08/id/923729/

WORLD NET DAILY
— ARE DEMOCRATS CEDING THE CENTER TO TRUMP? The more the nation sees of the Democrats, the better The Donald looks – PATRICK J. BUCHANAN
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/are-democrats-ceding-the-center-to-trump/

LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Abortion Activists Want to Enable Secret Abortions on Teens Without Their Parents Knowing – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/07/08/illinois-abortion-activists-want-to-enable-secret-abortions-on-teens-without-their-parents-knowing/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Medical establishment has betrayed children, parents with transgender insanity – Linda Harvey
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/medical-establishment-has-betrayed-children-parents-with-transgender-insanity

THE HILL
— Appeals court rules Trump can’t block people on Twitter – JACQUELINE THOMSEN (DIERSEN: I do not block anyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, including those who read the emails only to get information to destroy me. I should write a book about those who read the emails only to get information to destroy me.)
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/452160-appeals-court-rules-trump-cant-block-people-on-twitter
— After McConnell opposes reparations, NBC report shows his great-great-grandfathers owned 14 slaves – ZACK BUDRYK (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I should pay lots of reparations because my ancestors owned many slaves. But they knew that my ancestors never owned slaves, that all my ancestors always lived in northeast Illinois, that they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, that they operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and that they operated a hardware store in Crete.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/452083-after-mcconnell-opposes-reparations-nbc-report-shows-his-great-great

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow over their success in creating the border crisis.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/08/trump-cant-dodge-responsibility-border-crisis/
— Mitch McConnell’s ancestors owned slaves, according to a new report. He opposes reparations. – Eli Rosenberg (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I should pay lots of reparations because my ancestors owned many slaves. But they knew that my ancestors never owned slaves, that all my ancestors always lived in northeast Illinois, that they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, that they operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and that they operated a hardware store in Crete.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/09/mitch-mcconnells-ancestors-owned-slaves-according-new-report-he-opposes-reparations/
— Democrats, stop embracing losing issues and focus on getting rid of Trump – Richard Cohen (DIERSEN: Who has focused on getting rid of you? How have you dealt with those people? I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have focused on getting rid of me. They have always known that my policy has always been to forgive those who trespass against me (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lord%27s_Prayer) and to let GOD impose vengeance (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vengeance_Is_Mine). Of course, they use that to destroy me. They count on me keeping the aforesaid policies. What if they are wrong?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/democrats-stop-embracing-losing-issues-and-focus-on-getting-rid-of-trump/2019/07/08/baa3dca2-a1b3-11e9-bd56-eac6bb02d01d_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— After years of discrimination, women embrace right to natural hair – Melkorka Licea (DIERSEN: What about banning discrimination against those whose hair a) has thinned, b) has turned gray, c) has turned White, and/or d) has fallen out?)
https://nypost.com/2019/07/08/after-years-of-discrimination-women-embrace-right-to-natural-hair/
— Democrats need voters to forget the economy – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2019/07/08/democrats-need-voters-to-forget-the-economy-and-other-commentary/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How a Chicago Suburb Became a Center of ETFs Welcome to Wheaton, Ill., a town with a surprising connection to many of the most-important figures in the world of exchange-traded funds – Asjylyn Loder
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-a-chicago-suburb-became-a-center-of-etfs-11562638621
(FROM THE ARTICLE: There is a gutted brick bank about an hour’s drive west of downtown Chicago that bears testament to an unusual feature of the suburb of Wheaton, Ill.: It has played an outsize role in the $6 trillion exchange-traded-fund industry. Here, longtime Wheaton residents Bruce Bond and John Southard, co-founders of the ETF powerhouse formerly known as PowerShares, are renovating new offices for their latest ETF venture, a company called Innovator. Just down the street is First Trust, the sixth-biggest ETF issuer in the U.S., with more than $76 billion in ETF assets. Not far away is Amplify ETFs, a white-label firm that has made a name for itself in niche funds. PowerShares, meanwhile, was sold in 2006 to Invesco Ltd. IVZ -1.81% , now the fourth-largest ETF issuer, with $204 billion in assets. How did Wheaton, a city of 53,000 people, become a hub of one of the fastest-growing segments of money management? Part of the story centers on Wheaton College, a Christian liberal-arts school founded by evangelical abolitionists in 1860. Often called the “Christian Harvard,” it is the alma mater of preacher Billy Graham. With roughly 2,400 undergraduates, the college also has produced, or has connections to, a surprising number of well-known ETF pioneers and innovators and their families. . .Today, the ETF industry is a palpable part of life in Wheaton. First Trust’s office south of downtown, built in 2007, is home to the city’s sixth-largest employer, and is part of the downtown revival. New restaurants and apartment complexes have opened in the past decade. The city has widened the sidewalks and made the streets more pedestrian-friendly. The town has always been well-to-do, but these days the median income is more than $95,000 a year. In the neighborhood near Wheaton College, older houses have been torn down, replaced with more luxurious homes. Of course, the ETF connection isn’t the only reason Wheaton is thriving. The greater Chicagoland area sports a sprawling financial industry, and Wheaton shares in its prosperity.)
— Pelosi Says Liberal Freshmen Have Few Followers on the Hill The speaker said Reps. Ocasio-Cortez, Omar, Pressley and Tlaib ‘have a following in the public’ but not in Congress – Natalie Andrews (DIERSEN: RINO Republican Party leaders would say that conservatives have following in the public, but not in the Republican Party.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pelosi-says-liberal-freshmen-have-few-followers-on-the-hill-11562624179
— Why U.S. Women Rule the World – Allysia Finley (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at women, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all? Democrats want women, and everyone else, to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-u-s-women-rule-the-world-11562626251
— How Many Jobs Would the $15 Minimum Wage Kill? The Congressional Budget Office puts the toll at 1.3 million to 3.7 million. – Michael Saltsman (DIERSEN: Back in 1964, when I was 16 years old, if S.S. Kresges had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars to wash dishes, S.S. Kresges would not have hired me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-many-jobs-would-the-15-minimum-wage-kill-11562626215
— $15 Minimum Wage Would Bring Mixed Fortunes for U.S. Workers House plan would give 17 million Americans raises, cost 1.3 million their jobs, nonpartisan government report finds – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: Back in 1964, when I was 16 years old, if S.S. Kresges had to pay me $15/hour in today’s dollars to wash dishes, S.S. Kresges would not have hired me.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/15-minimum-wage-would-leave-1-3-million-american-jobless-lift-as-many-out-of-poverty-11562611503

USA TODAY
— On social media, calls for boycott of Home Depot because co-founder supports Donald Trump – Charisse Jones
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/support-donald-trump-prompts-calls-home-depot-boycott-twitter/1677966001/

SAN ANTONIO
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: USA! Americans Spent $400M on Cannabis for Fourth of July Legal marijuana is not yet as familiar at the family picnic as beer, but it’s gaining. – Peter Page
https://www.mysanantonio.com/business/article/USA-Americans-Spent-400M-on-Cannabis-for-Fourth-14079435.php

SENTINEL SOURCE
— Vacant Keene City Council seats draw interest – Sierra Hubbard (DIERSEN: Do you live in a city? If a city council seat became vacant, what factors would discourage you from running for it? For me, factors include candidates who commit to voting against the sale of pot and against video gambling in the city. In addition, candidates who commit to promoting 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 and Republican Party platforms. In addition, candidates who oppose promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things. When city council vacancies occur, I believe that a) the names of applicants should be immediately released, b) all information that they submit, including completed application forms, resumes, and answers to standard questions, should be immediately released, c) a thorough background investigation should be done on each applicant, and d) one or more candidate forum should be held.)
https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/local/vacant-keene-city-council-seats-draw-interest/article_3a7b278a-5a75-5272-90c8-46c8027e25f0.html

WEEK
— Mitch McConnell found to be the direct descendant of 2 slave owners (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government always treated me like I should pay lots of reparations because my ancestors owned many slaves. But they knew that my ancestors never owned slaves, that all my ancestors always lived in northeast Illinois, that they worked in a brick factory in Chicago, that they operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and that they operated a hardware store in Crete.)
https://theweek.com/speedreads/851569/report-mitch-mcconnell-found-direct-descendant-2-slave-owners

PBS
— Religious liberals want to change what it means to be a Christian voter (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, 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. According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, to get into HEAVEN, you have to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and even worse things.)
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/religious-liberals-want-to-change-what-it-means-to-be-a-christian-voter

NEWSDAY
— It’s much too early to pay attention to the race for president – Carl Hiaasen (DIERSEN: What do you pay attention to? According to my critics/opponents, you should only pay attention to what they tell you to pay attention to.)
https://www.newsday.com/opinion/commentary/2020-presidential-race-democratic-debates-trump-1.33589999

GUARDIAN
— Facebook is ripe for exploitation – again – in 2020 – Siva Vaidhyanathan
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/jul/09/facebook-is-ripe-for-exploitation-again-in-2020

PEOPLE’S WORLD
— 2018 election win pays off: Illinois passes “barrage” of pro-worker bills – MARK GRUENBERG
https://www.peoplesworld.org/article/2018-election-win-pays-off-illinois-passes-barrage-of-pro-worker-bills/