EVANSTON NOW
— Aldermen get racial equity training – Bill Smith (DIERSEN: Government is
nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Since 1966, my Democrat
superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates have done everything that
they could to turn minorities against me. They have always
hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should
have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me
much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead
of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS
should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me,
GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should
have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me
much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred
corner office. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat,
minority, female, or veteran.) https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/equity/2019-10-01/83316/aldermen-get-racial-equity-training
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Firing bad teachers. Can we get that in the contract, Chicago Teachers
Union? – Kristen McQueary (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes, the definition of a BAD federal employee is one
who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and 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. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid
promotion deadlines.) https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/kristen-mcqueary/ct-column-ctu-betrayed-cps-abuse-mcqueary-20190927-dq63sejqwzazjct4bjysay7rza-story.html
JOURNAL COURIER
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: State says Jacksonville, others ‘disproportionately
impacted’ by marijuana enforcement Applicants could get preference to grow,
sell marijuana legally (DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it drags down everything
and everyone around it.) https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/State-says-Jacksonville-others-14482056.php
FOX ILLINOIS
— Will Republicans or Democrats change voter sentiments on impeachment? –
Leandra Bernstein (DIERSEN: Will Trump-haters get Trump-haters to run for
Republican Precinct Committeeman? Will conservative-haters get
conservative-haters to run for Republican Precinct Committeeman? Will
Republican-haters get Republican-haters to run for Republican Precinct
Committeeman?) https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/will-republicans-or-democrats-change-voter-sentiments-on-impeachment
DAILY ILLINI
— Surge in college student voters may impact 2020 election – PHILLIP ZELDITCH
(DIERSEN: Democrats shout at college students, 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.) https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/09/30/surge-in-college-student-voters-may-impact-2020-election/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— How veterans are being exploited in higher education – Eric Hannel (DIERSEN:
Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have done
everything that they could to turn veterans against me. They have always
hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should
have hired a veteran in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me
much sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job, c) that instead of
me, IRS should have hired a veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should
have promoted veterans in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO
should have hired a veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have
promoted a veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much
sooner than it did so that a veteran could have my job and my preferred corner
office.) https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/how-veterans-are-being-exploited-in-higher-education
PATRIOT POST
— Pot Bill Tokes the Line on Public Safety – Tony Perkins https://patriotpost.us/opinion/65810-pot-bill-tokes-the-line-on-public-safety-2019-10-01 (FROM THE ARTICLE: And
yet, last Wednesday, in the U.S. House, more than 300 members of Congress put
their names behind a bill that would help legitimize a business that’s
destroying and endangering lives. It was the first ever vote on a stand-alone
cannabis bill, not that the name would have told you so. The SAFE Banking Act,
one of the more ridiculously named pieces of legislation in the Democratic
House, would make it easier for marijuana companies to “open checking accounts
and get business loans.” Pot companies argue that it would make the entire
market safer, since they tend to operate on a “cash-only basis” or pay sky-high
fees to the banks who are willing to work with them. Amazingly, 321 members of
Congress (including 91 Republicans) fell for this logic, which encourages banks
to get involved in the sale of what the federal government still considers an
illegal substance.)
— No-Fly for Life: Illinois Rep. Proposes Radical Travel Ban – Tony Perkins
(DIERSEN: Which activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major
donors, political consultants, etc. boycott you? I should write a book about
those who boycott me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious,
government, political, and/or financial clout and who claim to be religious,
conservative, and/or Republican, but who focus on destroying activists,
candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political
consultants, etc. who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) https://patriotpost.us/opinion/65810-pot-bill-tokes-the-line-on-public-safety-2019-10-01
FOX NEWS
— ‘Squad’ members Ocasio-Cortez, Pressley team up to push for Hyde Amendment
repeal – Tyler Olson
DAILY CALLER
— Elizabeth Warren Once Called Joe Biden A Fake Champion Of Women – PETER
HASSON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Whites, men, older people, rich
people, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long
time and those who falsely claim to be Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
and/or Republican who falsely claim to be champions for minorities, women,
younger people, poor people, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have
not been in America for a long time, non-Protestants, moderates, liberals,
non-patriotic people, and/or non-Republicans.) https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/30/elizabeth-warren-book-joe-biden/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Too Often, the Media Ignore Trump’s Outreach to Racial Minorities – DEROY
MURDOCK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) “reach out” to
members of Group A and b) dump 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.nationalreview.com/2019/10/media-ignores-trump-outreach-racial-minorities/
LIFE NEWS
— Illinois Bans State Employees From Traveling to Pro-Life States – MICAIAH
BILGER (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run Illinois
officially force state employees to get rid of individuals, organizations,
companies, and governments that 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://www.lifenews.com/2019/09/30/illinois-bans-state-employees-from-traveling-to-pro-life-states/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— With Facebook’s Coming News Tab, Only Some Will Get Paid Social-media giant
plans to pay about a quarter of news organizations whose content will be
featured – Lukas I. Alpert and Sahil Patel (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS email
subscriptions are worth at least $1,000 a year. GOPUSA ILLINOIS come out each
and every morning. Since 2004, they have included links to more than 347,000
articles and information on many upcoming events.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/with-facebooks-coming-news-tab-only-some-will-get-paid-11569852600 (FROM THE ARTICLE: The
licensing fees Facebook is offering range as high as $3 million a year for
national news outlets to several hundred thousand dollars for regional
publications, they said. The deals would be for three years. Facebook plans to
expand the number of publishers included in the program as the product
develops, the people said. The feed will become more customizable and
individually targeted, and will eventually include links from Facebook’s
local-news project “Today In.” Facebook will highlight only publishers that
meet the criteria of its news page index, which requires sites to focus on news
reporting and bars those that repeatedly share misinformation and bombard
readers with advertising. But the company, which has been accused of bias by
conservatives in the past, has been mindful to include a diversity of
viewpoints among the outlets that will be featured, one person said. For
example, while stories from Infowars won’t be included, stories from Breitbart
might appear, this person said. “We’ve been working closely with news
organizations to get this right by emphasizing original reporting and making it
much easier to find the most relevant news on Facebook,” said Campbell Brown,
Facebook’s vice president of global news partnerships. Headlines appearing in
Facebook’s news section will be chosen in some cases by a team of editors and
in others by the company’s algorithm, people familiar with the matter said. The
“Top News” section, which will feature about 10 headlines, will be entirely
curated by human editors. News in subsections, such as sports or entertainment,
and a “suggested for you” section, will be selected by algorithm. The feed
won’t include any advertising and all stories will direct readers to the
publishers’ own websites, the people said. Facebook’s curators will use a
detailed list of criteria for which stories to highlight, including promoting
outlets that were the first to report the news, the people said. Stories with
named sources might also be given priority to those that rely on anonymous
sources. Facebook is looking to expand its team of curators to about 25 people,
with some based in London, to work under Anne Kornblut, a Pulitzer Prize winner
who joined Facebook in 2015 after stints at the Washington Post, New York Times
and Boston Globe, the people said.)
— Facebook to Exempt Opinion and Satire From Fact-Checking – Jeff Horwitz
(DIERSEN: What qualifications do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and
their dupes have to be fact checkers? While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the
last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654, I
increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work
required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number,
table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I
worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5
levels, currently $82,279-$93,592. My other fact checking qualifications
include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in
1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in
1979.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-to-create-fact-checking-exemptions-for-opinion-and-satire-11569875314
— For Young Savers Facing Subpar Returns, Think Long Term How much to save for
retirement depends on factors including your age, income and expectations –
Anne Tergesen https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-young-savers-facing-subpar-returns-think-long-term-11569841201?mod=djemwhatsnews
FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who hate individuals,
organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters,
Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older,
rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in
America for a long time use refugees to destroy the aforesaid individuals,
organizations, companies, governments, and countries. https://www.forbes.com/sites/stuartanderson/2019/10/01/trump-order-may-give-veto-to-people-who-hate-or-fear-refugees/#20af5a3e2be8
FED SMITH
— Agency Size and Paying EEO/HR Employees – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: The
Democrats who run the federal government use Affirmative Action, Diversity,
Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to not hire and to get rid of those who
are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who do not make GS-13
(currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15
(currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently
$165,500) by age 40. Extremely few make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.) https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/09/30/agency-size-paying-eeo-hr-employees/
BLAZE
— Study says Americans — particularly young, male liberals — are being driven
sick with stress by American politics – LEON WOLF (DIERSEN: Putting GOPUSA
ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out is extremely stressful.) https://www.theblaze.com/news/americans-sick-stress-politics
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens
of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally
stay in America illegally. For Democrats, illegals are their foot soldiers in
their war against Republicans. https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/us/asylum-migrants-mexican-border.html
NEWT GINGRICH
— Inside the Contract with America: 25 Years Later (DIERSEN: The Democrats who
ran GAO used the “Contract with America” to get rid of GAO employees
who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran (including me) who they
had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently
$116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive
Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) https://www.gingrich360.com/2019/09/video-inside-the-contract-with-america-25-years-later/
INDEPENDENT
— Facebook addresses its anti-conservative bias Facebook had the good business
sense to acknowledge that it has been biased against conservatives and has
taken steps to ameliorate the problem. – Howard Sierer http://suindependent.com/facebook-addresses-its-anti-conservative-bias/
LEWISTON MORNING TRIBUNE
— Moscow voters will have plenty of city council choices Six candidates
running for three positions on Moscow City Council – William L. Spence
(DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the following information is provided for each
candidate: Name, Age, Education, Work experience, Prior political experience,
How long lived in area, Family, and Website. The Daily Herald, Wheaton Leader,
and Wheaton Patch should have published the aforesaid information for each of
the 13 North District and 10 West District Wheaton City Council candidates.) https://lmtribune.com/northwest/moscow-voters-will-have-plenty-of-city-council-choices/article_187ebd1f-fa91-59b5-8b2b-91b9c574f343.html
SPOKESMAN REVIEW
— Race to represent northwest Spokane on City Council pits candidates with
different styles – Adam Shanks (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the following
information is provided for each candidate: Name, Age, Education, Work
experience, Political experience, Family, and Neighborhood. The Daily Herald,
Wheaton Leader, and Wheaton Patch should have published the aforesaid
information for each of the 13 North District and 10 West District Wheaton City
Council candidates.) https://www.spokesman.com/stories/2019/sep/29/spokane-councilwoman-karen-stratton-says-she-fight/
NORTHWEST GEORGIA NEWS
— Meet the Candidate: Rhonda Swaney for Ringgold City Council – Tamara Wolk
(DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the following information is provided: Name,
Education/Work experience, Problems city is facing, Positives, Vision for city,
Local/State elected officials admires, Quote, and Website. The Daily Herald,
Wheaton Leader, and Wheaton Patch should have published the aforesaid
information for each of the 13 North District and 10 West District Wheaton City
Council candidates.) http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/meet-the-candidate-rhonda-swaney-for-ringgold-city-council/article_35449c98-e238-11e9-8e51-ffc095352573.html
— Meet the Candidate: Charlie Lamar for Ringgold City Council – Tamara Wolk
(DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the following information is provided: Name,
Education/Work experience, Problems city is facing, Positives, Vision for city,
Local/State elected officials admires, Quote, and Website. The Daily Herald,
Wheaton Leader, and Wheaton Patch should have published the aforesaid
information for each of the 13 North District and 10 West District Wheaton City
Council candidates.) http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/meet-the-candidate-charlie-lamar-for-ringgold-city-council/article_37ebf42a-e227-11e9-93ca-abdb097a198d.html
— Meet the Candidate: Donald Pangle for Ringgold Council – Tamara Wolk
(DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the following information is provided: Name,
Education/Work experience, Problems city is facing, Positives, Vision for city,
Local/State elected officials admires, Quote, and Website. The Daily Herald,
Wheaton Leader, and Wheaton Patch should have published the aforesaid
information for each of the 13 North District and 10 West District Wheaton City
Council candidates.) http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/meet-the-candidate-donald-pangle-for-ringgold-council/article_cd0a7368-e23d-11e9-bb68-9b75e8022c0a.html
— Meet the Candidate: Jake Haynes for Ringgold Council – Tamara Wolk (DIERSEN:
Outstandingly, the following information is provided: Name, Education/Work
experience, Problems city is facing, Positives, Vision for city, Local/State
elected officials admires, Quote, and Website. The Daily Herald, Wheaton
Leader, and Wheaton Patch should have published the aforesaid information for
each of the 13 North District and 10 West District Wheaton City Council candidates.) http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/meet-the-candidate-jake-haynes-for-ringgold-council/article_b0fe986c-e250-11e9-a9a4-3f62e80e0c60.html
— Meet the Candidate: Incumbent Sara Clark for Ringgold City Council – Tamara
Wolk (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, the following information is provided: Name,
Education/Work experience, Problems city is facing, Positives, Vision for city,
Local/State elected officials admires, Quote, and Website. The Daily Herald,
Wheaton Leader, and Wheaton Patch should have published the aforesaid
information for each of the 13 North District and 10 West District Wheaton City
Council candidates.) http://www.northwestgeorgianews.com/meet-the-candidate-incumbent-sara-clark-for-ringgold-city-council/article_cea607fe-e22f-11e9-82c1-1f92aa7f73aa.html
REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Fake News Media Has Been Thunderstruck! If this video doesn’t brighten your
day, nothing will. “Their agenda is not your agenda.” — President Donald J.
Trump http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14797
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Slavery Was Unfair; Are Reparations Fair? Don’t hold those of us who had
nothing to do with slavery responsible financially. History works both ways. –
Richard J. Reinitz, Houston (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion
are reparations.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/slavery-was-unfair-are-reparations-fair-11569618600
WASHINGTONIAN
— A Major Cannabis-Review Site Is Shutting Down Because Its Founder Doesn’t
Think There’s Any Safe Way to Consume Weed “I don’t feel good about the
industry any longer,” says Joe Tierney, aka “The Gentleman
Toker.” – ANDREW BEAUJON https://www.washingtonian.com/2019/09/26/the-gentleman-toker-is-shutting-down/
WBEZ
— Chicago Owns America’s Widest Racial Gap In Economic Mobility – Esther
Yoon-Ji Kang (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes
have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post
Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should
gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job,
c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that
instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e)
that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead
of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have
gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job
and my preferred corner office.) https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicago-owns-americas-widest-racial-gap-in-economic-mobility/dd207749-2d7a-4d45-9eda-cc0df967f79c (FROM THE ARTICLE:
Harvard economist Raj Chetty says that, for white Americans, achieving the
American dream is like climbing an income ladder. “If you’ve climbed up in one
generation, that’s basically where you’re going to start the next generation,
and then you can climb up further.” But for black Americans, and black men in
particular, “it’s like being on a treadmill, where even after you’ve climbed up
in one generation, there are tremendous structural forces that make it highly
likely you’re going to fall back down in the next generation and then you have
to make the climb again.”)
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers say “Zero-tolerance policies may affect
Rockford area employers’ ability to recruit workers.” What do you say to
people who impair themselves? I would not want to work for, work with, or
supervise people who impair themselves. Virtually all those who work against me
impair themselves. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes who impair themselves the most. https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190926/zero-tolerance-policies-may-affect-rockford-area-employers-ability-to-recruit-workers
FOX BUSINESS
— How many Americans are paying all of their taxes? – Brittany De Lea
(DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years and I
worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division for 3 years.) https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/americans-paying-all-taxes
NBC NEWS
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “He definitely wants to curry favor with Trump.”
I should write a book about those who curry favor with my critics/opponents by
demonizing, denigrating, and condemning me. I would focus on those in Wheaton,
in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would
focus on past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage
County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Glen
Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, federal government, TAPROOT
Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right
Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter
leaders, members and employees. I would focus on those who serve as operatives
or as dupes for activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major
donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative,
and/or Republican.) https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/ukraine-s-zelenskiy-avoids-backlash-home-over-trump-call-n1058921
FEDERAL TIMES
— What draws new federal employees? – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: I should write a
book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who
hint/imply/argue/shout that they would never stoop to take a federal job. They
have not and will not seek a job with the federal government a) because the pay
and benefits are terrible, b) because the advancement opportunities are
terrible, c) because they lack required education, work experience,
professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, d) because they
cannot pass an employment examination, e) because they cannot pass a background
investigation, f) because they cannot pass a physical examination, g) because
they cannot take the demonization, denigration, and condemnation that comes
with being a federal employee or federal retiree, and/or h) because they are
Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran and they know that the
federal government discriminates against the aforesaid.) https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2019/09/26/are-benefits-or-recognition-the-key-to-attracting-new-feds/
HR DRIVE
— Marquez Brothers pays $2M to settle EEOC allegations it preferred Hispanic
applicants – Lisa Burden (DIERSEN: 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. That directly resulted in my
accepting a job offer from IRS.) https://www.hrdive.com/news/marquez-brothers-pays-2m-to-settle-eeoc-allegations-it-preferred-hispanic/563479/
ABC7
— West suburban school bus driver warns of CBD use after failing drug test,
losing job – Chuck Goudie and Christine M Tressel (DIERSEN: How stoned, that
is, how high a THC level, will employers allow their employees to be? How
stoned, that is, how high a THC level, will voters allow their elected
officials to be?) https://abc7chicago.com/health/suburban-bus-driver-warns-of-cbd-use-after-failing-drug-test-losing-job/5568430/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: But
she had taken hemp oil capsules for back pain relief. She suspects that those
capsules left trace amounts of THC in her system. Barton was stunned by the
test results and still has trouble believing the over-the-counter product could
have caused the positive reading. Many pharmacology experts aren’t surprised
some people are failing drug screenings after using certain CBD products
because THC can build up in your system. The compound is found in both cannabis
plants: hemp and marijuana. CBD taken from hemp should have 0.3% or less of
THC, the psychoactive chemical that causes a mind-altering effect. THC is among
the drugs screened for by some companies. It’s not permitted for certain
employees, including those who drive big rigs and school buses.)
DAILY HERALD
— Why people prefer democracy – Lee Hamilton (DIERSEN: When an elected
official who represents you resigns, what do you want the process to fill the
vacancy to include? I want the process to include providing lots of information
about the candidates, asking the candidates lots of hard questions, and holding
candidate forums.) https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190926/why-people-prefer-democracy (FROM THE ARTICLE: In
fact, at a time of concern and, in many quarters, cynicism about democracy and
its prospects, they remind us of a basic truth: people want a say in how
they’re governed. As Winston Churchill put it back in 1944, “At the bottom
of all the tributes paid to democracy is the little man, walking into the
little booth, with a little pencil, making a little cross on a little bit of
paper — no amount of rhetoric or voluminous discussion can possibly diminish
the overwhelming importance of that point.”)
QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Don’t tar wife with husband’s misdeeds – SCOTT REEDER (DIERSEN: What does
being married or not being married say about you? What does who you marry say
about you. What does the length of your marriage say about you? My Democrat IRS
superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I got
married in 1978. They had hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I was so bad that
no one would marry me. Further, they were beyond furious that she had a good job.
Most of them were divorced, never married, had serious marital problems, and/or
had spouses who had no income.) https://qconline.com/opinion/columnists/don-t-tar-wife-with-husband-s-misdeeds/article_7598c66d-4fdd-57d1-8717-1158fe017533.html
WIREPOINTS
— With Mayor Lightfoot Considering Gay Set-Asides, Chicago Is Running Short of
People To Disfavor For City Contracts – Mark Glennon (DIERSEN:
Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that
Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs disfavor you: Trump supporter,
Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older,
non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors
have been in America for a long time.) https://wirepoints.org/with-mayor-lightfoot-considering-gay-set-asides-chicago-is-running-short-of-people-to-disfavor-for-city-contracts/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Cindy McCain sees Arizona ‘going Democrat’ due to changing demographics,
dysfunctional GOP – Andrew Blake (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which Republicans are
excluded in Illinois? ANSWER: Those who support the traditional family, right
to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity
(no race or gender based preference giving) planks. The aforesaid planks
distinguish Republicans from Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens.) https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/25/cindy-mccain-sees-arizona-going-democrat-due-to-ch/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: And
number two, we have on my side of the aisle — on the Republican side — we see a
local party in Arizona that’s not functioning well, and it’s excluding people,”
Mrs. McCain said on Politico’s “Women Rule” podcast. “If you’re not walking the
line, then you’re out. That’s just not right. That’s not the party that my
husband and I belonged to.”)
— Trump court pick defends pro-life views at confirmation hearing – Alex
Swoyer https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/25/trump-court-pick-sarah-e-pitlyk-defends-pro-life-v/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Did Slavery Create American Prosperity? – Doug Petrikat (DIERSEN: In defense
of my ancestors, they immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now
Germany. They have always lived in northeast Illinois. They worked in brick
factory in Chicago, operated farms in Crete and Grant Park, and operated a
hardware store in Crete. My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans
in WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans in WWII. My father
would have fought the Germans in WWII if he had not been 4-f.) https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/did_slavery_create_american_prosperity.html
DAILY WIRE
— Hillary Cheers Impeachment Launch – Hank Berrien (DIERSEN: When have your
critics/opponents cheered? Mine cheered when my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois
chairmanship ended, when my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs
Committee membership ended, when my service as a Milton Township Republican
Central Committee webmaster (twice) ended, when my Illinois Center Right
Coalition Steering Committee membership ended, when my American Association of
Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership ended, when my GAO
employment ended, etc.) https://www.dailywire.com/news/hillary-cheers-impeachment-launch-juanita-broaddrick-has-a-smash-tweet-waiting-for-her
ROLL CALL
— Diversity fuels biggest population growth in country’s suburbs Shift could
affect the political landscape locally and nationally – Michael Macagnone
(DIERSEN: As members of Group A move into the suburbs, RINO party leaders want
to dump those in the suburbs who are 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.) http://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/diversity-fuels-biggest-population-growth-in-countrys-suburbs
NEW YORK TIMES
— What Polling Can Tell Us About Impeachment (and What It Can’t) Until now, it
was clearly unpopular with the public. Now it’s hard to predict. – Nate Cohn https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/upshot/impeachment-polling-Trump.html
— Employer Health Insurance Is Increasingly Unaffordable, Study Finds A
relentless rise in premiums and deductibles is putting insurance out of reach
for many workers, especially those with low incomes. – Reed Abelson (DIERSEN:
To promote hatred against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their
dupes stress that because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only
$6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance. In
my defense, I stress that to qualify for that, I worked for the federal
government for almost 30 years. Virtually none of my critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes have worked for an employer for anywhere near that
long. Most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize,
denigrate, and condemn wage earners.) https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/25/health/employer-health-insurance-cost.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Cost of Employer-Provided Health Coverage Passes $20,000 a Year Annual poll
of employers by Kaiser Family Foundation finds premiums rose 5% for family
plans; ‘It’s the cost of buying an economy car – Anna Wilde Mathews (DIERSEN:
To promote hatred against me, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their
dupes stress that because I am a federal retiree, my wife and I pay only
$6,000/year for $24,000/year worth of health, dental, and vision insurance. In
my defense, I stress that to qualify for that, I worked for the federal
government for almost 30 years. Virtually none of my critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes have worked for an employer for anywhere near that
long. Most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes demonize,
denigrate, and condemn wage earners.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/cost-of-employer-provided-health-coverage-passes-20-000-a-year-11569429000
— The Senate Takes On Campus Censorship Students’ demand for ‘safety’ from
‘harm’ has begun eating away at academic freedom. – Chuck Grassley https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-senate-takes-on-campus-censorship-11569452958
— Bernie Sanders Calls for 8% Wealth Tax on Richest Americans Plan would
increase federal revenue by about 10%—all from around 180,000 households –
Richard Rubin https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-calls-for-8-wealth-tax-on-richest-americans-11569334693 (FROM THE ARTICLE:
“Enough is enough,” Mr. Sanders, a senator from Vermont, said Tuesday. “We are
going to take on the billionaire class, substantially reduce wealth inequality
in America and stop our democracy from turning into a corrupt oligarchy.” The
tax would apply to married couples with net worth of at least $32 million and
individuals with net worth of at least $16 million. The rate would start at 1%
per year and rise to 8% for married couples with assets of least $10 billion.
That 8% rate would mean that megabillionaires who don’t earn at least an 8%
return would see their fortunes shrink, and Mr. Sanders said Tuesday that there
should be no billionaires.)
— Millennials Continue to Leave Big Cities – Janet Adamy and Paul Overberg
(DIERSEN: The Democrats who run Chicago make it extremely clear that they want
only those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative,
anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male,
anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans,
anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for
a long time.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-continue-to-leave-big-cities-11569470460
— Latino Workers Save America From Stagnation They’re the youngest U.S. ethnic
cohort, growing at six times the rate of the total population. – Sol Trujillo
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers prefer hiring Latinos over Whites. If
there had been as many Latinos in America when I was younger, Latinos would
have been hired instead of me. 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.wsj.com/articles/latino-workers-save-america-from-stagnation-11569453073
ITEM LIVE
— WARD 5 CITY COUNCIL CANDIDATE MARVEN HYPPOLITE ENROLLS AS AN INDEPENDENT,
BLASTS DEMOCRATS AND INCUMBENT DIANNA CHAKOUTIS – THOMAS GRILLO (DIERSEN: In
your municipal ward/district, what percent of the voters are Trump supporters,
Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older
people, rich people, married, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose
ancestors have been in America for a long time?) https://www.itemlive.com/2019/09/25/ward-5-city-council-candidate-marven-hyppolite-enrolls-as-an-independent-blasts-democrats-and-incumbent-dianna-chakoutis/ (FROM THE ARTICLE: In
Lynn, 50 percent of the 52,498 registered voters are Independent, while nearly
43 percent are Democrats, and 6 percent call themselves Republicans. The first
time he ran for the seat at age 22, he was shunned by the eight-member panel,
Hyppolite said. “Not a single person from the committee reached out to me and
asked why I was running,” he said. “I have a valid message. The majority of the
city is not being adequately represented, large segments do not vote because no
one ever reaches out to them, including immigrants, and lots of young,
disenfranchised residents who are never spoken to. I brought it up several times
at the meetings and nothing ever changed. Even when I attended, no one ever
spoke to me or made me feel welcome.”)
NPR ILLINOIS
— Is Politics Stressing You Out? – RHITU CHATTERJEE (DIERSEN: Sadly, putting
GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out is extremely stressful. Sadly, I
fully acknowledge that reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS can be extremely stressful.) https://www.nprillinois.org/post/politics-stressing-you-out-heres-how-keep-caring-without-losing-your-cool#stream/0 (FROM THE ARTICLE: The
political headlines have been relentless lately. Calls for impeaching the
President. Debates over health care, immigration and gun control. Fights over
who tweeted what. Discussions of these issues can quickly get heated and toxic.
They can affect relationships and even your health, according to a study
published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE. It seems that Americans “are
suffering some pretty negative consequences because of their attention to and
engagement in politics,” says author Kevin Smith, a political scientist at
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, discussing the survey results. . .Nearly
40% of respondents said that politics was a cause of stress in their lives.
About 20% reported losing sleep, feeling fatigued, or being depressed due to
politics. Between 10% and 30% of the respondents said that politics took an
emotional toll on them, by causing anger, frustration, hate,or guilt, or caused
them to make comments they later regretted. And about 20% reported that
politics had damaged their friendships. And, says Smith, “16% say that
politics has made my home life less pleasant.” . . . In 2017, the APA
annual survey on stress levels of Americans found that 57% of respondents said
that they were stressed by the current political climate, whereas 63% said that
the future of the nation was a cause of stress for them. Sixty percent said
they thought that the country was its lowest point in history. And over half of
the respondents said that while they like to stay informed about news and
politics, doing so stresses them out. . .For now, Bufka says, the new study
suggests that political engagement comes at an emotional cost. And that in turn
could affect politics. “In a democracy, it’s really important that people
want to be engaged,” she says. “It would be really discouraging if
people felt [so] stressed and negatively impacted by the political discourse of
the day, that … they disengage from politics.”)
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York City Employers Who Say ‘Go Back to Your Country’ Could Face Fines
New guidelines specify what threats against undocumented immigrants violate law
– Tyler Blint-Welsh (DIERSEN: Who wants you to go back to your hometown? Those
in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn who want me to go back to my hometown of Crete a)
promote LGBTQ activity, b) promote abortion, c) promote mass/illegal
immigration, d) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, e) promote
patronage, f) promote political affiliation discrimination, g) promote reverse
discrimination, h) promote age discrimination, and i) promote even worse
things. They are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic,
anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people,
anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders,
and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-city-employers-who-say-go-back-to-your-country-could-face-fines-11569438201
— Impeachment Move Focuses House’s Trump Probes Launch of official inquiry
gives Democrats’ existing investigations a place to funnel their work – Siobhan
Hughes and Natalie Andrews https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-move-focuses-houses-trump-probes-11569442177
FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM sets deadline for agencies to streamline employee dismissal – Jessie Bur
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who are the most overjoyed that my
Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement
“offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, my Democrat GAO
superiors gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked
me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not
promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of
IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me
to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO
in 1980.) https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2019/09/25/opm-sets-deadline-for-agencies-to-streamline-employee-dismissal/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— How to Recruit the Next Generation of Feds: Better Pay, Benefits – ERICH
WAGNER (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified
Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job.
IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority,
female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966
because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran
who would take the job.) https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/09/how-recruit-next-generation-feds-better-pay-benefits/160151/
GUARDIAN — Republican 2020 debate: a two-man battle for who hates Trump most Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh and former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld tried to outdo each other with slams of Trump – Adam Gabbatt (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates for a) Trump v. Walsh v. Weld v. Sanford; b) Curran v. Hubbard v. Marshall v. Tarter v. Kelly; Sanguinetti v. Ives v. Kinzler; d) Almiron v. Holder; e) O’Toole v. Veenstra; f) etc. Walsh, Sanguinetti, and Ives have spoken at TAPROOT events.) https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/25/republican-2020-debate-joe-walsh-bill-weld-two-man-battle-for-who-hates-trump-most
CAPITOL FAX
— Lightfoot poll shows major shift in Chicagoans’ attitudes about their city
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago want Chicago to be
viewed as being anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic,
anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people,
anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders,
and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/24/lightfoot-poll-shows-major-shift-in-chicagoans-attitudes-about-their-city/
HUFFINGTON POST
— Feds Say Companies Used Facebook Ads During Hiring For Age, Gender
Discrimination The EEOC found that seven companies — including Capital One —
used discriminatory Facebook tools to hide ads from women and older users, a
union group announced. – Ja’han Jones https://www.huffpost.com/entry/facebook-ads-eeoc_n_5d8a7c83e4b0c6d0cef2fe66
NEW YORK TIMES
— Bernie Sanders Proposes a Wealth Tax: ‘I Don’t Think That Billionaires Should
Exist’ Mr. Sanders is embracing an idea at the center of Elizabeth Warren’s
presidential campaign. His proposal goes further in who would be taxed and how
much money would be raised. – Thomas Kaplan https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/24/us/politics/bernie-sanders-wealth-tax.html
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— SAT Scores Fall as More Students Take the Test Greater number of districts
are offering tests free to students during the school day, creating a more
diverse pool – Tawnell D. Hobbs (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were
you viewed as being “college material?” When I was in high school, I was not
viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my parents had attended college.
My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My
mother never attended high school. I spent my junior and senior years and the
summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the
S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my
class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact
that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color
blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).) https://www.wsj.com/articles/sat-scores-fall-as-more-students-take-the-test-11569297660
— Warren’s Profligate Sop to Seniors She promises to lift Social Security
beneficiaries out of poverty—at a price tag of $70,000 apiece.
– John F. Cogan (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically less because I
have a Civil Service Retirement System pension.) https://www.wsj.com/articles/warrens-profligate-sop-to-seniors-11569366967
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Local governments spend millions caring for migrants
dumped by Trump’s Border Patrol Migrants arrive exhausted, out of money, even
sick from time in Border Patrol custody. Local governments spend millions for
their care. – Alan Gomez (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally
encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally
and to illegally stay in America illegally.) https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/09/23/border-crisis-trump-administration-real-cost-tax-money/1739727001/
BOSTON GLOBE
— Marijuana enthusiast Seth Rogen releases PSA promoting National Expungement
Week (DIERSEN: What do you want your critics/opponents to expunge from your
record? To start with, I want my Democrat superiors in the federal government
to expunge from my employment record all the adverse actions that they took
against me. Then I want my critics/opponents to expunge the adverse actions
that they had the following take against me: Milton Township Republican Central
Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican
Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans
of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition,
American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.) https://www.bostonglobe.com/news/marijuana/2019/09/24/marijuana-enthusiast-seth-rogen-releases-psa-promoting-national-expungement-week/AWjM790FXZrC54ws2mdGjJ/story.html
DESERET NEWS
— I’m old, not dead! The offensive way media portrays our older adult
population Ageism costs the U.S. economy billions of dollars — not to mention
the lost joy and productivity of Americans over age 50. – Lois M. Collins
(DIERSEN: What do you say to older people who pander to younger people by
demonizing, denigrating, condemning, and destroying older people? How strong is
age discrimination in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your
municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? I should write a book
about the biggest age discriminators in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in
Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.) https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/9/24/20880106/elderly-media-portrayal-ageism-us-economy-aarp
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Speaking Out Against Student Evaluations Sociologists and more than a dozen
other professional groups take a stand against using student evaluations of
teaching as a primary measure of teaching effectiveness. – Colleen Flaherty
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who run GAO, they had subordinates
evaluate their supervisors. Those subordinates knew full-well that GAO wanted
to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or
non-veteran and who had no made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14
(currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and
Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/10/sociologists-and-more-dozen-other-professional-groups-speak-out-against-student
FED SMITH
— Reskilling And Upskilling Offer Opportunities and Challenges for Agencies
and Employees – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for
better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21
in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b)
job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48,
and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.) https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/09/24/reskilling-upskilling-offer-opportunities-challenges-agencies-employees/
METRO EAST SUN
— East St. Louis pensioners paid $2.4 million into fund, have collected $36
million (DIERSEN: The Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) should sue GAO.
Because GAO forced me to take its early retirement “offer” in 1997
when I was 49 years old, CSRS has paid me $1,172,952 in today’s dollars during
the last 22 years, while instead, if I was still working, I would have paid
CSRS $196,680 in today’s dollars.) https://metroeastsun.com/stories/513837919-east-st-louis-pensioners-paid-2-4-million-into-fund-have-collected-36-million
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Sanders Calls for ‘National Wealth Registry’ to Enforce New Tax – MAIREAD
MCARDLE https://www.nationalreview.com/news/bernie-calls-for-national-wealth-registry-to-enforce-new-tax/ (FROM THE ARTICLE:
Sanders’ annual tax on the top 0.1 percent would apply to Americans with a net
worth of over $32 million, or about 180,000 households, and would raise
approximately $4.35 trillion over the next decade, the Sanders campaign
estimates. The Vermont senator’s plan seeks to combat capital flight and other
forms of tax avoidance through a “national wealth registry” and the addition of
“significant additional third party reporting requirements.” The proposal calls
for increased funding for the Internal Revenue Service to cover the
bureaucratic costs associated with enforcing the wealth tax. Under the plan,
the IRS will be required to audit 30 percent of the top one percent’s wealth
tax returns and 100 percent for billionaires. The tax would start at one
percent for a married couple with $32.5 million and would progressively
increase one percent for each bracket up to eight percent for those with a net
worth of $10 billion. Those rates would be halved for single individuals.)
