October 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Taxing retirement income
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-taxing-retirement-income/5628662/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Illinois may be one of the best places to retire because of its tax policies for older citizens, but this could mean negative consequences for the younger generations. According to the BGA, of 41 states that have an income tax, only three – Illinois, Pennsylvania and Mississippi – do not tax retirement income. Many states exempt some retirement income, such as pension or Social Security benefits, the BGA reported.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Three Elgin residents charged with hiring undocumented workers, Elgin employment agency raid tied to arrests – GLORIA CASAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-business-illegal-immigrants-st-1020-20191019-igq5z6rl25an7mecsafhgdooai-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— More than 375,000 obtain new state Real IDs Real IDs or a passport will be required to board domestic flights beginning in October 2020. – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/10/19/20917089/real-id-illinois-domestic-flights-air-travel-october-2020-deadline

DAILY HERALD
— March for Life draws hundreds along Northwest Highway in Palatine – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191019/march-for-life-draws-hundreds-along-northwest-highway-in-palatine

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis task force favors allowing sales in Bloomington
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20191019/cannabis-task-force-favors-allowing-sales-in-bloomington

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois Municipal League: pension system forcing mayors to sell city assets, cut services, and raise taxes – Mark Maxwell
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/illinois-municipal-league-pension-system-forcing-mayors-to-sell-city-assets-cut-services-and-raise-taxes/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Be in their faces’: CNN bigwig calls for hounding ‘delusional’ Senate Republicans at work, home Project Veritas undercover audio spurs threat of lawsuit from President Trump – Valerie Richardson 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/19/cnn-bigwig-calls-hounding-delusional-senate-republ/

GOPUSA
— Mainstream ‘journalists’ are the media branch of the Democrat party
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77986

AMERICAN THINKER
— Federal investigators reportedly going after political corruption involving huge Chicago electric utility Commonwealth Edison – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/federal_investigators_reportedly_going_after_political_corruption_involving_huge_chicago_electric_utility_commonwealth_edison.html
— Whom do our politicians really serve in our country? – K.S. Guardiola
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/whom_do_our_politicians_really_serve_in_our_country.html
— Is ‘Hate Speech’ Dangerous? – H.K. Rivera
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/is_hate_speech_dangerous.html
— Democrats call for repeal of HIV disclosure laws – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/democrats_call_for_repeal_of_hiv_disclosure_laws.html
— Biased press, woke universities — no wonder China’s students here are big fans of Beijing – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/biased_press_woke_universities__no_wonder_chinas_students_here_are_big_fans_of_beijing.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— San Francisco’s Blacklist of Pro-Life States a ‘PR Tactic,’ Activists Say – Jackson Elliott (DIERSEN: I should publish a list of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that blacklist me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/19/san-franciscos-blacklist-of-pro-life-states-a-pr-tactic-activists-say/

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Decides Which Groups Are ‘Islamophobic,’ Shouldn’t Meet at Mar-a-Lago – Clay Waters 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2019/10/19/new-york-times-decides-which-groups-are-islamophobic-shouldnt-meet

THE HILL
— The challenge of a graying America – JOHN M. DEMAGGIO
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/466580-the-challenge-of-a-graying-america

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Escalates Attack on Facebook Over False Political Ads Joseph R. Biden Jr.’s presidential campaign sent Facebook a letter about a false video ad that a super PAC ran on the social network. – Cecilia Kang and Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/technology/biden-facebook-ad.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: First Chick-fil-A in U.K. to Close in 6 Months Amid Protests A local L.G.B.T.Q. group called for a boycott of the restaurant soon after it opened at a mall in Reading, England. – Derrick Bryson Taylor
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/world/europe/chik-fil-a-uk-lgbtg.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-united-states.html
— Proclaiming ‘I Am Back,’ Bernie Sanders Accepts Ocasio-Cortez Endorsement – Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-aoc-queensbridge-park.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Facebook’s Zuckerberg pushes back against Bernie Sanders’s call to abolish billionaires – Jeff Stein
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/19/facebooks-zuckerberg-pushes-back-against-bernie-sanderss-call-abolish-billionaires/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Days after opening its first U.K. restaurant, Chick-fil-A announces the location will close – Brittany Shammas 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/10/19/days-after-opening-its-first-uk-restaurant-chick-fil-a-announces-location-will-close/

NEWSWEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: CHICK-FIL-A’S FIRST U.K. RESTAURANT TOLD TO ‘CLUCK OFF’, WILL CLOSE AFTER PROTESTS OVER LGBT RIGHTS – TUFAYEL AHMED 
https://www.newsweek.com/chick-fil-first-uk-restaurant-close-cluck-off-lgbt-pride-1466423

BLOOMBERG
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chick-fil-A Shuts U.K. Shop Amid Anti-Gay Backlash, Mail Says – Viren Vaghela
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-19/chick-fil-a-shuts-u-k-shop-amid-anti-gay-backlash-mail-says

GULF TODAY
— America’s starving seniors hunger for attention – Editorial
https://www.gulftoday.ae/opinion/2019/10/19/america-starving-seniors-hunger-for-attention

October 13 Morning Edition

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: Northbrook residents rally against sale of recreational marijuana
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/supporter-marijuana-legalization-says-illinois-lawmakers-left-out-key-provisions#stream/0

WGN TV
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Opt out, say no:’ Protestors against proposed Northbrook marijuana dispensary – MEGHAN DWYER
https://wgntv.com/2019/10/12/opt-out-say-no-protestors-against-proposed-northbrook-marijuana-dispensary/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will Columbus Day give way to Indigenous Peoples Day? More communities are making the shift. – MALINDA MAYNOR LOWERY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are White, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-columbus-day-indigenous-people-20191011-3qaxw2omv5csfdgumzh727iavm-story.html
— NBA’s deference to China in the wake of controversy shows how money trumps freedom of speech – Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-nba-china-hong-kong-page-20191011-3cxbsimr6rg2fo33ret6i5rbhm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 4 people slain eating dinner, 1 woman critically wounded by neighbor in shooting rampage at Northwest Side condo complex Chicago police said that shooter is a 67-year-old man who had a history of issues with his neighbors in the building. – Matthew Hendrickson and Jermaine Nolen 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/10/12/20911747/man-shoots-five-neighbors-dunning-condo-irving-park-road-homicide-crime-chicago
— Number of ride-hailing drivers removed for sexual misconduct complaints on the rise An Uber spokeswoman said a broadening of standards for what constitutes sexual misconduct, including asking a rider out on a date, helps account for a rise in drivers being fired for such behavior. – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/13/20909806/ride-hailing-uber-lyft-drivers-sexual-misconduct-complaints

DAILY HERALD
— The serious danger of politics as tribal conflict – Michael Gerson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they exist to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191013/the-serious-danger-of-politics-as-tribal-conflict
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: No clear path yet Dems still split 4 months before first primary – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they exist to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.thewesterlysun.com/news/latest-news/after-static-summer-democratic-contest-enters-a-chaotic-fall/article_38c7df58-ed3f-11e9-ba20-6767154a9c8f.html

NORTHWEST HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Medical marijuana shop seeks Route 31 location in McHenry – BRITTANY KEEPERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/10/11/medical-marijuana-shop-seeks-route-31-location-in-mchenry/ape0if7/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Rodney Davis calls chair of FEC partisan, asks for investigation – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191012/rodney-davis-calls-chair-of-fec-partisan-asks-for-investigation
— Davis, unlike Shimkus, still a co-chair of Trump effort – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20191012/bernard-schoenburg-davis-unlike-shimkus-still-co-chair-of-trump-effort?utm_source=SFMC&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=GHM_Daily_Newsletter&utm_content=GTDT_SJR&utm_term=101319
— Planning commission recommends no adult-use pot in B-1 zoning – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191012/local-business-notes-planning-commission-recommends-no-adult-use-pot-in-b-1-zoning

HERALD WHIG
— LaHood not convinced the president deserves to be impeached – Edward Husar
https://www.whig.com/20191012/lahood-not-convinced-the-president-deserves-to-be-impeached

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Bambenek joining 15th Congressional District contest – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/tom-kacich-bambenek-joining-th-congressional-district-contest/article_667e9080-f5d9-5c45-b66e-faeb61c78afd.html
— Pension issue on tap in Springfield – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-pension-issue-on-tap-in-springfield/article_a19cbbfa-ee38-58bc-a0a1-fabc485b2c4a.html
— Despite his words, Pritzker has yet to move on ‘Fair Map’ plan – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-despite-his-words-pritzker-has-yet-to-move/article_92c77e57-972d-5fcb-b777-1b1cc40dddc0.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— SJ-R Reporters Rally, Warn Of Cuts In Face Of Newspaper Company Merger – MARY HANSEN
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/sj-r-reporters-rally-warn-cuts-face-newspaper-company-merger#stream/0
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want to push more pot.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/supporter-marijuana-legalization-says-illinois-lawmakers-left-out-key-provisions#stream/0

WREX
— Chicago teachers may test unions’ ‘social justice’ strategy – AP
https://wrex.com/category/2019/10/13/chicago-teachers-may-test-unions-social-justice-strategy/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Join call for public safety pension consolidation – Editorial
https://qconline.com/opinion/editorial/editorial-join-call-for-public-safety-pension-consolidation/article_e3c32244-a1ae-57fb-9489-262de7f11a9e.html

MDJ ONLINE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Northeast Carbondale, northwest Marion among zones for ‘social equity’ help for weed dispensaries – GABRIEL NEELY-STREIT 
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/northeast-carbondale-northwest-marion-among-zones-for-social-equity-help/article_2bcb944e-07b8-5c7c-b440-b264604fe1e0.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Candidates Should Heed Lessons from Sanguinetti Departure
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/13/il-14-candidates-should-heed-lessons-from-sanguinetti-departure/ 
— Huntley Area Tea Party Pickets Underwood’s Woodstock Office
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/12/huntley-area-tea-party-pickets-underwoods-woodstock-office/
— Evelyn Sanguinetti’s Endorsements
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/13/evelyn-sanguinettis-endorsements/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In John Lopez’ article below he mentions the endorsements for Evelyn Sanguinetti, but does not list them. Since the point he makes–that endorsements don’t help raise money–let’s take a look at those listed on her web site:

ENDORSEMENTS
Rodney Davis, United States Congressman (IL-13)
John Shimkus, United States Congressman (IL-15)
Adam Kinzinger, United States Congressman (IL-16) 
Bruce Rauner, former Illinois Governor
Mark Kirk, Former United States Senator (IL) 
VIEWPAC– Value In Electing Women Political Action Committee…
Corinne Wood, Former Lieutenant Governor of Illinois 
Judy Biggert, Former United State Congresswoman (IL-13) 
Don Manzullo, former United States Congressman (IL-16)…
Erika Harold, Illinois Attorney General Candidate (2018), Miss America (2003)
Leslie Munger, former Illinois Comptroller 
Ken Shepro, Kane County Republican Chairman, St. Charles Township GOP Chairman… 
Marty Keller, Chairman, DuPage County Republican Party…
Mark Shaw, Lake County
Lynn O’Brien, ILGOP Deputy State Central Committeeman (IL-6)…
Brian Colgan, Former ILGOP State Central Committeeman (IL-6)
Jay Reyes, ILGOP State Central Committeeman (IL-4)
Nicole Dean-Vallejo, Chairman of Special Events and Membership for Kane County GOP
Jesus Solorio, President of the Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Illinois…
Nimish Jani, Chairman, Indian American Republican Organization, Schaumburg Township Trustee… 
Peter Breen, former State Representative (IL-48)
Grant Wehrli, State Representative (IL-41)
Deanne Mazzochi, State Representative (IL-47)
Don Dewitte, State Senator (IL-33), former Mayor of St. Charles
Jack Schaffer, Former State Senator (IL-31)
Michael Connelly, former State Senator (IL-21)
John Milner, former State Senator (IL-28)
Mike Fortner, former State Representative (IL-49), former Mayor of West Chicago
Darlene Senger, former State Representative (IL-41)
Pamela Althoff, former State Senator (IL-32)
Yadav Nick Nathwani, former State Senator (IL-24)
John Curran, State Senator (IL-41)
Seth Lewis, former candidate for State Senate (IL-23)
Darlene Ruscitti, DuPage Regional Superintendent of Schools, former DuPage County GOP Chairman. 
Richard Jorgensen, DuPage County Coroner
Gwen Henry, DuPage County Treasurer, former Mayor of Wheaton
Paul Hinds, former DuPage Clerk
Grant Eckhoff, DuPage County Board Member 
Bob Larsen, DuPage County Board Member
Sean Noonan, DuPage County Board Member
Karyn Romano, former DuPage County Board Member
Tonia Khouri, former DuPage County Board Member
Janice Anderson, former DuPage County Board Member
Mike Kenyon, Kane County Board Member
Suzanne Hart, former Will County Board Member
Chris Christensen, McHenry County Board Member
Kevin Wiley, former DuPage County Board Member
Tim Elliott, DuPage County Board Member
Nicole Prater, Winfield Township GOP Chairman, Winfield Township Clerk…
Chris LeVan, Milton Township GOP Chairman
Beth Tatro, Milton Township GOP Treasurer
Jerry Marchese, former Wayne Township GOP Chairman
Bill Pohlman, Palatine Township GOP Outreach Director
Bob Jacobsen, Chairman of Milton Township Cemeteries Authority
James Addington, Westmont Village Trustee
Sal Falbo, Milton Township Trustee
Dan Kordik, York Township Clerk
Fritz Gohl, Barrington Township Trustee
Gary Saake, West Chicago School Board Member
Jim Mathieson, Wheaton Community School District 200 Board Member
Barb Intihar, Wheaton Community School District 200 Board Member
Steve Orlando, former President of Republican National Hispanic Assembly of Illinois
Trish Wegner, Naperville Area Republican Women
Helga Mattingly, Naperville Area Republican Women
Mark Kownick, Mayor of Cary
Martin McLaughlin, Mayor of Barrington Hills 
Nandia Black, Kildeer Village President
Mike Gresk, Former Mayor of Wheaton
Jim Carr, Former Mayor of Wheaton
Rod Craig, Hanover Park Village President
Mike Bernard, Executive Director, Wheaton Park District 
John Rutledge, Wheaton City Councilman
Mike Barbier, Wheaton City Councilman
Terry Mee, Wheaton Park District Commissioner
Ray Morril, Wheaton Park District Commissioner
Paty Gustin, Naperville City Councilwoman
Kevin Coyne, Naperville City Councilman
Suzanne Fitch, Wheaton City Councilwoman
Noreen Ligino – Kubinski, West Chicago City Councilwoman
Mary Ann Manna, former Winfield Township Trustee
Todd Scalzo, Former Wheaton City Councilman 
Steve Kim, former candidate for Illinois Lieutenant Governor
Michelle Moore, former candidate for DuPage County Board
Vasavi Chakka, Lincoln Series Class of 2019, Illinois Federation of Republican Women…
Karina Garcia, Aurora Hispanic Chamber of Commerce
Phil Luetkehans, Managing Partner of Schirott, Luetkehans & Garner, LLC
Kevin Fitzpatrick, Businessman and political strategist
Laura Fitzpatrick, York Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Tony Reyes, former Winfield Trustee
Ed Haley, Winfield Township
Dorothy Chinchilla, Milton Township 
Craig Chinchilla, former candidate for DuPage County Board
Nic Zito, Businessman, former candidate for State Representative
Matt Greenfield, Wheaton Rotary
Catherine Galvan, Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
John Novak, Downers Grove Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Mike Rogers, Kane County – pct committeeman
Robert Margetts, Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Lori Carlson, Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Norm Sula, Lisle Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Russell Danwin, Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Joe Gribauskas, Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Ryan Doorhy, Downers Grove Township Republican Precinct Committeeman
Dan Cronin, DuPage County Chairman
Steve Balich, Will County Board, Founder of the Conservative Committeeman Project…
Fred Bucholz, DuPage County Recorder
Greg Hart, DuPage County Board Member
Kitty Weiner, Elk Grove Rotary, Political Strategist
Robert Corbino, of Downers Grove
Jack Novak, Downers Grove GOP Township Committeeman
Michael Konewko, Winfield Township GOP Committeeman
James Doerge, of Cook County
Liz Eilers, Director At WLUJ
Jim Ruhl, Naperville Township GOP Chairman
Stephanie Rhinesmith, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Sam Maggio, Vietnam Army Veteran, Wheaton IL
Mark Senak, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Yvonne Sencial Bolton, Former Republican National Hispanic Chairwoman
Ron Menna, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Meaghan Jorgenson, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Tom Elsner, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Bob Cherry, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Tim Whelan, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Mike Formento, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Flo D’Angelo, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Christina Martin, Downers Grove GOP Township Committeeman
Don Rickard, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
James Wool, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
Bob Krzyzewski, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Carl Miller, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
David Norck, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Paul Bischoff, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Thommen Poozhikunnel, Milton GOP Township Committeeman
Mark Thomas, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Greg Moffett, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Arthur Grant, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Chick Briner, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
Christopher Davis, Downers Grove GOP Township Committeeman
Alex Ion, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Joe Duffy, Milton Township GOP Committeeman
Noel Manley, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
Tim Waz, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
Deborah Kraus, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
Jonathan Nelson, Downers Grove GOP Township Committeeman
Jaye Wang, Downers Grove Township GOP Committeeman
Cynthia Schneider, Naperville Area Republican Women’s Organization

… and more!

This reminds me of appointed State Rep. Kent Gaffney’s Primary Election campaign. He also had lots of endorsements, but David McSweeney beat him. I concluded, “Popularity of local and state elected officials was not transferred to Gaffney.” Apparently, it was not to Sanguinetti either.)

ILLINOIS BUSINESS DAILY
— DeKalb County ranked 80th in state for resident earnings in 2017
https://ilbusinessdaily.com/stories/513143143-dekalb-county-ranked-80th-in-state-for-resident-earnings-in-2017

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump blasts left as ‘crazy,’ tells evangelical audience Pelosi ‘hates our country’ President defends Middle East strategy to Values Voter Summit amid mounting Syrian crisis, criticism – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/12/donald-trump-scolds-the-left-as-crazy-says-speaker/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Are these people insane?’: Former Republican tells 2020 Democrats that ‘LGBT town hall’ helps Trump – Carlin Becker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/are-these-people-insane-former-republican-tells-2020-democrats-that-lgbt-town-hall-helps-trump
— Trump: Turkey will face ‘swift, strong, and severe’ sanctions if it doesn’t protect religious minorities in Syria – Jeffrey Cimmino
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-turkey-will-face-swift-strong-and-severe-sanctions-if-they-dont-protect-religious-minorities-in-syria

FOX NEWS
— Turkey’s Syria assault triggers war within GOP, as Trump battles neocon wing – Andrew O’Reilly
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/turkeys-syria-assault-triggers-war-within-gop-as-trump-battles-neocon-wing

AMERICAN THINKER
— Liberals fear for Poland’s democracy if Poles don’t vote gay enough Sunday – Drew Belsky
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/liberals_fear_for_polands_democracy_if_poles_dont_vote_gay_enough_sunday.html

CHRISTIAN NEWS NETWORK
— Elizabeth Warren Mocks Christians, Sings ‘Jesus Loves the Little Children’ to Justify Homosexual ‘Marriage’
https://christiannews.net/2019/10/12/elizabeth-warren-mocks-christians-sings-jesus-loves-the-little-children-to-justify-homosexual-marriage/

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Administration Blasts Judge Blocking ‘Public Charge’ Rule – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/administration-blasts-judges-ruling-blocking-public-charge-rule/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Elizabeth Warren Is Jussie Smollett – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/elizabeth-warren-is-jussie-smollett/

ABC NEWS
— ‘Crazy’ Dems consumed by ‘hateful spirit’ pursuing impeachment: Trump – JORDYN PHELPS and KENNEDEY BELL
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/crazy-dems-consumed-hateful-spirit-pursuing-impeachment-trump/story?id=66236966

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— GM workers worry about paying bills as strike continues – JOHN SEEWER and TOM KRISHER (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, when my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” they knew that my wife and I could suffer my $74,338/year (58%) loss of income in today’s dollars a) because of my wife’s salary, b) because we had no children to support, c) because we had no pets to support, d) because we had no debts, e) because we had retirement savings, f) because we owned 915 Cove Court in Wheaton, g) because we owned a 1996 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1990 Ford Thunderbird LX, 1972 Corvette, 1962 Chevy Impala SS, 1968 Dodge Charger R/T, and 1997 Chevy Cavalier, h) because etc.) 
http://bronx.news12.com/story/41162948/gm-workers-worry-about-paying-bills-as-strike-continues

NEW YORK TIMES
— Warren Dares Facebook With Intentionally False Political Ad – Cecilia Kang and Thomas Kaplan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/technology/elizabeth-warren-facebook-ad.html
— FRONT PAGE: Impeachment Support Grows, but So Does the Public Divide – Sheryl Gay Stolberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats DIVIDE those who are Trump-haters, LGBTQers, women, minorities, young people, poor people, non-Protestants, moderates and liberals, citizens of foreign countries, non-gun owners, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc. AGAINST those who are Trump supporters, heterosexuals, men, Whites, older people, non-poor people, Protestants, conservatives, citizens of America, gun owners, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/us/politics/trump-impeachment-voters.html
— How ‘White Guilt’ in the Age of Trump Shapes the Democratic Primary The changing racial attitudes of white liberals are changing how 2020 candidates try to win votes. – Astead W. Herndon (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are White, neither Democrats nor RINOs will tolerate you unless you profess “White Guilt.” You have to profess that you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, the rest of your ancestors caused all the problems that minorities have had, are having, and will have. You have to profess that you, your parents, your grandparents, your great grandparents, and the rest of your ancestors are racists.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/13/us/politics/democratic-candidates-racism.html
— Vicious bigotry, reluctant acceptance: an American story. How Italians Became ‘White’ – Brent Staples (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you are White, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize you, denigrate you, and condemn you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/12/opinion/columbus-day-italian-american-racism.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/opinion/sunday/making-america-worse.html
— Should We Soak the Rich? You Bet! And they’ll still be loaded. – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the loudest that I have always been undeservedly filthy rich, and therefore, I should pay much more taxes. They stress a) the new cars that I bought when I was 17, 19, 20, 23, etc.; b) the real estate that I bought when I was 24, 25, and 27; c) the tuition that I paid to earn a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21, job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and a job-related professional license when I was 32; d) the home that my wife and I bought when I was 29 and the home that we had built when I was 35; e) the collector cars that I bought when I was 40 and 45; f) etc.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/opinion/sunday/taxes-wealth-poverty.html
— Racists Are Recruiting. Watch Your White Sons. Parents need to understand how white supremacists prey on teen boys, so they can intervene. – Joanna Schroeder (DIERSEN: Parents should advise their sons who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, that a) if they become a federal employee, their careers will be wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40 and b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/opinion/sunday/white-supremacist-recruitment.html
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: The Supreme Court Needs an L.G.B.T. Justice (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs viciously destroy you.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/opinion/sunday/what-if-the-supreme-court-had-an-lgbt-justice.html
— Trump’s Politics Aren’t Pretty. That’s How His Voters Like It. He’s a tireless catalyst of conflict with the right’s opponents. – Daniel McCarthy (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of the following groups want more “rights” to dominate/destroy everyone else: 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.nytimes.com/2019/10/12/opinion/sunday/trump-impeachment-congress.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, men-haters promote hatred of men. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/opinion/sunday/feminism-lean-in.html
— Blogs Cannot Tell You What to Do With Your Career – Megan Greenwell (DIERSEN: While I was a federal employee for almost 30 years, I was extremely reluctant to seek/take career advice from my superiors because I knew that they were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of their employees who shared my demographics: Republican, White, male, draft avoider, Protestant, German American, conservative, non-poor, gun owner, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/09/business/actually-useful-career-advice.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party is a GIANT PROTECTION RACKET. It shouts at Trump-haters, LGBTQers, women, minorities, young people, poor people, non-Protestants, moderates and liberals, citizens of foreign countries, non-gun owners, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc. THAT THEY NEED PROTECTION FROM Trump supporters, heterosexuals, men, Whites, older people, non-poor people, Protestants, conservatives, citizens of America, gun owners, German Americans, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc. 
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-13/supreme-court-lgbtq-religion
— China censoring NBA athletes? No surprise. But what about at home? – LZ GRANDERSON
https://www.latimes.com/sports/story/2019-10-12/nba-china-human-rights-issues

NEW YORK POST
— Madness of leftist zealots – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/10/12/goodwin-madness-of-leftist-zealots/

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— Biden is creating a generational divide among Black voters – David Love
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/biden-is-creating-a-generational-divide-among-black-voters/article_70d119a9-aea5-5e59-bb4f-74bd11dde53c.html

FORBES
— The Joys Of The Minimalist Life In Retirement – Michelle Black (DIERSEN: My $53,316/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my $127,654/year (GS-13 Step 10) GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars. As time goes on, the adverse impact of the success that my Democrat superiors had in wasting my career and forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” gets stronger and stronger and stronger.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2019/09/23/the-joys-of-the-minimalist-life-in-retirement/

October 11 Morning Edition

ABC7
— President Trump rallies to flip Minnesota amid impeachment fight – WILL STEAKIN
https://abc7chicago.com/president-trump-rallies-to-flip-minnesota-amid-impeachment-fight/5609105/
— Latest discovery of fetal remains stored by late Ind. abortion doctor brings total body count to 2,411
https://abc7chicago.com/2411-total-fetal-remains-discovered-in-abortion-docs-belongings–ag/5610835/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-10/11/2019

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republican Shimkus quits as Trump Illinois honorary co-chair; abandoning Kurds “despicable” “Because of this terrible foreign policy decision, I asked that my name be removed from his campaign’s official list of supporters,” Rep. John Shimkus, R-Ill. said Thursday. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/10/20909125/republican-rep-john-shimkus-donald-trump-illinois-honorary-co-chair-abandoning-kurds-despicable

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Marijuana goes on sale in Illinois in January, but tight supply may make it hard to buy. ‘There just isn’t going to be that much product available.’ – Ally Marotti (DIERSEN: I fear that the pot pushers in Springfield will vote to force the sale of pot in “Disproportionately Impacted Areas” even if the municipality or county had voted to ban the sale there.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-expected-illinois-marijuana-shortages-20191011-qjjjgiaimfcd3eggzs5ujht2oy-story.html
— Democratic presidential hopefuls appearing at forum devoted to LGBTQ issues pledge support to community – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-nw-democratic-presidential-candidates-lgbtq-forum-20191011-q32o4i62tff4hbqxwpml64qx4i-story.html
— CPS teachers out-earn many in other districts, but union says pay not the whole picture and numbers can be misleading – KIM GEIGER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-cps-strike-teacher-pay-comparison-20191011-pixhzru5angsfamk7altrysxr4-story.html
— Boss Madigan and the icy heart of the 13th Ward – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-michael-madigan-chicago-politics-kass-20191011-deh4xbidgbbm5dgibsp2qth4vy-story.html
— DuPage County Board signs off on $2M purchase of electronic voter polling books – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-electronic-polling-books-st-1011-20191010-pcop4oh4qvf3zllem67p7fyuji-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago’s image isn’t as bad as we might think—but there’s always room to mess it up – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Chicago paint Chicago 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 anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/chicagos-image-isnt-bad-we-might-think-theres-always-room-mess-it?utm_source=morning-10&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=20191011&utm_content=article1-headline

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Two McHenry County townships assert consolidation law unconstitutional – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191010/two-mchenry-county-townships-assert-consolidation-law-unconstitutional

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Police concerned about possible DUI impact of cannabis sales in Bloomington – MARIA NAGLE
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/police-concerned-about-possible-dui-impact-of-cannabis-sales-in/article_51228c35-77c0-553c-821e-e8a990280924.html

STATELINE
— Winnebago County Health Department expresses concerns over marijuana – Karina Parada
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/winnebago-county-health-department-expresses-concerns-over-marijuana/

JOURNAL STANDARD
— Police agencies prepare to expunge pot records – Andy Kravetz (DIERSEN: What do you want to be expunged? I want my Democrat superiors in the federal government to expunge from my employment record the adverse actions that they took 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.journalstandard.com/news/20191010/police-agencies-prepare-to-expunge-pot-records/1

WREX
— Social Equity applications to help Rockford residents (DIERSEN: Pot pushers want all of Illinois to be designated a “Disproportionately Impacted area.” 
https://wrex.com/category/2019/10/10/social-equity-applications-to-help-rockford-residents/

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: LGBTQ promoters promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.wglt.org/post/pride-education-event-brings-resources-lgbtq-community-and-allies#stream/0

WIREPOINTS
— Consolidation of Illinois police and fire pensions: A good idea with limited impact and many risks – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/consolidation-of-illinois-police-and-fire-pensions-a-good-idea-with-limited-impact-and-many-risks/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06: Jeanne Ives Comes Out in Support of Increasing State and Local Taxes (SALT) Deduction Limits – John Lopez (DIERSEN: The $10,000 SALT cap should be raised to $20,000 for married filing jointly.) 
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/10/il-06-jeanne-ives-comes-out-in-support-of-increasing-state-and-local-taxes-salt-deduction-limits/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anti-Trump protesters torch MAGA hats, scuffle with police outside Minneapolis rally – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/10/donald-trump-rally-protesters-torch-maga-hats-scuf/
— Trump talks freedom, Democrats push communism – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/11/trump-talks-freedom-democrats-rally-communism/
— Liberals continue to show little respect for free speech – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/10/editorial-three-jeers-for-the-lefts-intolerance/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Hypocrisy: Biden blasts Trump over transgender ban he enforced as VP – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/hypocrisy-joe-biden-blasts-trump-over-transgender-ban-he-enforced-as-vice-president-at-cnn-lgbt-town-hall
— Cory Booker launches bizarre, hypocritical attack on Betsy DeVos at CNN’s LGBT town hall – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cory-booker-launches-bizarre-hypocritical-attack-on-betsy-devos-at-cnns-lgbt-town-hall
— Elizabeth Warren’s own document disclosures raise new questions over work history chronology – Naomi Lim & Emily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/elizabeth-warrens-own-document-disclosures-raise-new-questions-over-work-history-chronology

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Trump Insurance Standard Would Deny Majority Of Green Card Applicants Report: Admin plan would cut annual immigration by 375,000 – Charles Fain Lehman
https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-insurance-standard-would-deny-majority-of-green-card-applicants/

BREITBART
— Left-wing Rioters Attack Trump Supporters Leaving Minneapolis Rally – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/10/10/left-wing-rioters-attack-trump-supporters-leaving-minneapolis-rally/
— Outraged Campus Protesters Help Donald Trump Jr. Promote His Book ‘Triggered’ – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/10/campus-protesters-help-donald-trump-jr-promote-triggered/

BLAZE
— ‘You stop it, you are a white male!’: Unhinged Oak Park trustee shouts down colleagues for weighing in on town’s equity, diversity, and inclusion statement The trustee even lambasted the mayor — a Palestinian immigrant — telling him he shouldn’t have a say – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/you-stop-it-you-are-a-white-male-unhinged-trustee-shouts-down-colleagues-for-weighing-in-on-towns-equity-diversity-and-inclusion-statement

DAILY CALLER
— Companies Push Liberal Social Agenda At Supreme Court – KEVIN DALEY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies promote themselves a) as being operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party, Libertarian Party, and/or Green Party and b) 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/10/business-capital-supreme-court/

PJ MEDIA
— Beto Vows to Strip Tax-Exempt Status From Churches That Oppose Gay Marriage – TYLER O’NEIL (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who oppose traditional marriage and oppose the traditional family.)
https://pjmedia.com/faith/beto-vows-to-strip-tax-exempt-status-from-churches-that-oppose-gay-marriage/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Left works to shut down conservative group at Mar-a-Lago – Steve Jordah
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/10/11/left-works-to-shut-down-conservative-group-at-mar-a-lago

COLLEGE FIX
— Black student plasters signs stating ‘racist’ all over UW-Madison College Republicans’ office – JEREMIAH POFF 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/video-black-student-plasters-signs-stating-racist-all-over-uw-madison-college-republicans-office/

THE HILL
— The Memo: Bad polls for Trump shake GOP – NIALL STANAGE 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/465313-the-memo-bad-polls-for-trump-shake-gop
— Trump attacks Omar as ‘America-hating socialist’ at Minnesota rally – JOHN BOWDEN 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/465339-trump-calls-omar-an-america-hating-socialist-at-minnesota-rally
— ‘Off-script’ Trump rails against impeachment, Democrats at feisty rally – MORGAN CHALFANT 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/465338-off-script-trump-rails-against-impeachment-democrats-at-feisty-rally
— Democratic 2020 hopefuls tout LGBTQ plans at town hall – JULIA MANCHESTER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/465347-democratic-2020-hopefuls-push-lgbtq-agenda-at-town-hall

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump Belittles Beyoncé, Jay-Z, Bruce Springsteen And Invokes Fans’ Fury – Lee Moran
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-beyonce-jay-z-springsteen-backlash_n_5da031e1e4b087efdbac2178

POLITICO
— ‘These people are sick’: Trump’s ire against Washington boils over Rather than focusing on usual “Make America Great Again” topics during his Minneapolis rally, the president went hard after his adversaries in Congress and the media. – MATTHEW CHOI
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/10/trump-minneapolis-rally-ire-044288

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Attacking Rivals, an Angry Trump Reserves Sharpest for Biden – Annie Karni and Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/trump-rally-minneapolis.html
— Nine Democratic Candidates Speak at CNN L.G.B.T.Q. Forum In a sign of how essential gay rights have become to the party’s platform, Democratic presidential hopefuls gathered in Los Angeles to share their plans for advancing L.G.B.T.Q. rights. – Jennifer Medina (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to curry favor with LGBTQers, Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO politicians destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/democratic-presidential-lgbtq-forum.html
— This Top Gifted and Talented School Is Integrated. Is It the Future? With New York sharply divided over gifted education, some parents point to a school in Harlem as proof that selective schools can be integrated. – Eliza Shapiro
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/nyregion/gifted-talented-schools-nyc.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A trump-hater says “As Elizabeth Warren Rises, the G.O.P. Deploys an Old Tactic Republicans are attacking Ms. Warren over authenticity, a sexist trope in politics, much like they did with Hillary Clinton. Ms. Warren has used those attacks to rally supporters.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/10/us/politics/elizabeth-warren-fired-teaching.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more of the following that a person is, the easier it is for employers a) to not hire that person, b) to not promote that person, and c) to fire that person: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if that person’s ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-usher-in-a-new-day-for-labor-20191011-kdcordwd4nbznerf77pfaxs7li-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Voters Tell Lawmakers to Stick With Trump – Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/gop-voters-tell-lawmakers-to-stick-with-trump-11570786203
https://freebeacon.com/politics/trump-insurance-standard-would-deny-majority-of-green-card-applicants/
— FRONT PAGE: Political Campaigns Know Where You’ve Been. They’re Tracking Your Phone. Voter targeting has grown more invasive with location data that apps can transmit from cellphones – Sam Schechner, Emily Glazer and Patience Haggin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-campaigns-track-cellphones-to-identify-and-target-individual-voters-11570718889

BLOOMBERG
— To Live or Die by Google Search Brings an Escalating Cost – Amy Thomson
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-10-09/google-stranglehold-on-search-pushes-companies-into-dead-zones

USA TODAY
— Protesters burn MAGA hats, police use pepper spray in tense hours after Donald Trump rally in Minneapolis – Nora G. Hertel and Dave Schwarz
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2019/10/10/donald-trump-rally-sparks-tension-supporters-protesters/3940441002/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you are White, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Trump-haters hate you.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/11/harsh-trump-policies-backfire-americans-support-immigration-column/3919502002/

October 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds first meeting on recreational marijuana sales (DIERSEN: Where pot is sold, it brings down everything and everyone around it. The more pot that is sold in Chicago, the sooner that Chicago will file for bankruptcy.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/city-holds-first-meeting-on-recreational-marijuana-sales/5604472/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Black market pot — not vaping — appears to be to blame for lung disease outbreak Even as evidence mounted that vaping-related lung diseases overwhelmingly involved cannabis, officials have warned of the hazards of vaping and e-cigarettes. – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/8/20905306/vaping-lung-disease-juul-njoy-jacob-sullum

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, the Democrats and RINOs get rid of you. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-met-mary-schmich-supreme-court-gay-transgender-cases-20191009-xkfhktag4bdstoqcbzxdnzos2y-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— College bribery scandal trials should be just the beginning – Andrew Trees
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191009/college-bribery-scandal-trials-should-be-just-the-beginning

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Non-residents would face $750 emergency service fee under proposal – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191008/non-residents-would-face-750-emergency-service-fee-under-proposal

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Pritzker.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-governor-makes-good-impression/article_b7ee9c17-f7e2-57ea-9413-bd1248600c40.html

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: St. Charles moves closer to allowing retail sale of marijuana – ERIC SCHELKOPF
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/10/09/st-charles-moves-closer-to-allowing-retail-sale-of-marijuana/ab1hocb/

SOUTHERN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Carbondale endorses cannabis sales in city limits – MOLLY PARKER
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/carbondale-endorses-cannabis-sales-in-city-limits-agrees-to-sales/article_d9cb104d-2de1-5bc5-9467-3615e1a4aae8.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump’s Minneapolis rally on despite $530,000 security costs dispute – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/trumps-minneapolis-rally-on-despite-security-costs-dispute

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump: Immigrants must prove they won’t burden US healthcare system The Trump administration said legal immigrants must obtain healthcare before entering the United States – Alexandra Limon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/trump-immigrants-must-prove-they-wont-burden-us-healthcare-system/
— OUTSTANDING: Trump gives Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese – Brie Jackson
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/trump-gives-medal-of-freedom-to-former-attorney-general-edwin-meese-2/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Peoria City Council one step closer to making a decision regarding recreational marijuana sales – Treasure Roberts, Brittni Clemons
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-city-council-discusses-recreational-marijuana-regulations/

WGEM
— Illinois State protests prompts meeting on campus atmosphere – AP
https://wgem.com/2019/10/08/illinois-state-protests-prompts-meeting-on-campus-atmosphere/

BREITBART
— Economists: America’s Elite Pay Lower Tax Rate Than All Other Americans – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/08/economists-americas-elite-pay-lower-tax-rate-than-all-other-americans/
— Trump Campaign Claims Victory in Battle with Leftist Mayor Over Minneapolis Rally Expenses – MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/08/trump-campaign-claims-victory-in-battle-with-leftist-mayor-over-minneapolis-rally-expenses/

DAILY CALLER
— Julian Castro Leads LGBT Migrants To US Border – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/08/julian-castro-led-lgbt-migrants-to-border/
— Trump Officials Say The Administration Is Prioritizing Religious Liberty. Here’s How – MARY MARGARET OLOHAN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/08/trump-administration-religious-liberty/
— Behind The Network Of Outside, Left-Wing Groups Pushing Racial Policies In Cities, Counties Across America – LUKE ROSIAK
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/08/liberal-network-racial-equity-policies/

PJ MEDIA
— Not Even Mar-a-Lago Is Safe: Trump Org Bows to Far-Left Demand to Cancel Conservative Event – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/not-even-mar-a-lago-is-safe-trump-org-bows-to-far-left-demand-to-cancel-conservative-event/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump’s Mar-a-Lago banned event because CAIR, SPLC, leftist media called it ‘extreme’ – Michelle Malkin
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/09/michelle-malkin-trumps-mar-a-lago-banned-event-because-cair-splc-leftist-media-called-it-extreme-836643

COLLEGE FIX
— ‘Feminism is the most self-defeating movement of our time,’ says cultural critic – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/feminism-is-the-most-self-defeating-movement-of-our-time-says-cultural-critic/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook’s Hands-Off Approach to Political Speech Gets Impeachment Test – Cecilia Kang
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/technology/facebook-trump-biden-ad.html
— Beware of Automated Hiring It won’t end employment discrimination. In fact, it could make it worse. – Ifeoma Ajunwa (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/opinion/ai-hiring-discrimination.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sexually Transmitted Disease Cases Rise to Record High, C.D.C. Says Cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States jumped last year, and an alarming number of newborn deaths were linked to congenital syphilis. – Liam Stack
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/science/cdc-std-study.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/these-gop-challengers-are-fighting-to-disrupt-trumps-reelection-campaign/2019/10/08/6b994a19-71b5-4884-af96-4d26069b31ba_video.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A White-hater promotes hatred against Whites. White-haters also hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/10/09/impeachment-is-latest-chapter-battle-between-democracy-vs-white-supremacy/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-09/trump-immigration-violence-latinos

DALLAS NEWS
— Is the GOP trying to hide the fact that Trump has primary challengers? 37 states tightened their rules to keep anti-Trump delegates out of next summer’s GOP convention – Carl P. Leubsdorf
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/10/09/is-the-gop-trying-to-hide-the-fact-that-trump-has-primary-challengers/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Turkey Has Legitimate Grievances Against the U.S. Trump is right to pull back from supporting PKK-affiliated Kurds in northern Syria. – Michael Doran and Michael A. Reynolds (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all my critics/opponents have legitimate grievances against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-has-legitimate-grievances-against-the-u-s-11570576128
— Harvard’s Asian Quotas Repeat an Ugly History Jews, long disfavored by elite universities, might find Judge Burroughs’s reasoning familiar. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-asian-quotas-repeat-an-ugly-history-11570575962

USA TODAY
— 4 reasons the corporate pension is on its deathbed – Nathan Bomey (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, those who are in line to get a pension and those who are getting a pension are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/10/07/ge-pension-freeze-reasons-defined-benefit-plans-are-dead/3898630002/

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Illinois CPA Society Seeks College Student Applicants for Diversity Program (DIERSEN: What if such programs were for those whose parents did not have a college degree? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/accounting-audit/news/21109457/illinois-cpa-society-seeks-college-student-applicants-for-diversity-program

October 8 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: OUTSTANDING: Wheaton votes to prohibit recreational marijuana sales – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191008/wheaton-votes-to-prohibit-recreational-marijuana-sales
— $1 million fed grant to help DuPage study, fight opioid addiction – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191007/1-million-fed-grant-to-help-dupage-study-fight-opioid-addiction

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Naperville woman becomes second Dem to announce primary bid for DuPage County Board District 5 seat – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-amy-chavez-county-board-district-5-st-1009-20191007-oublsyyqyzfhva7ncopwppnwtu-story.html
— Local abortion foes tackle IVF, frozen embryos: ‘Still alive, no matter how small’ – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-abortion-ivf-frozen-embryos-naperville-20191008-sw2dpa4cozey7fquf6fq4nxx3i-story.html
— $500 a month for free: Data shows how people in California city’s experiment are spending the money – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-universal-basic-income-experiment-california-20191003-35e5cusifjhwdl64wwcznnay24-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate Whites hate Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-trumps-america-shines-bright-for-europes-radical-new-right-121243-20191007-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— White House stonewalling won’t derail Trump impeachment inquiry: Krishnamoorthi, Quigley U.S. Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi on Monday announced a legislative push to cap the level of nicotine in e-cigarette products to no more than 20 milligrams per millilite – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/7/20903704/white-house-stonewalling-trump-impeachment-inquiry-raja-krishnamoorthi-quigley-vaping

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois Republicans react to President Trump impeachment inquiry Jeanne Ives, former Republican member of the Illinois House of Representatives, joins Good Day Chicago to talk about the general GOP reaction to Trump’s impeachment inquiry.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/video/612470

WLS AM
— Trump lays into Democrats as impeachment net tightens
http://www.wlsam.com/news/trump-lays-into-democrats-as-impeachment-net-tightens/

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— OUTSTANDING: Speakers at public hearing come out against marijuana City Council to vote at later date – KEVIN SOLARI
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/10/08/speakers-at-public-hearing-come-out-against-marijuana/aviso1k/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Lou Lang: All in on gambling – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-all-in-on-gambling/article_5db60724-f666-588a-b221-2d4a79d741a2.html

MCHENRY TIMES
— Rep. Skillicorn to host property tax seminar – Glenn Minnis 
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/514171908-rep-skillicorn-to-host-property-tax-seminar

NPR ILLINOIS
— The Case Against Impeaching President Trump
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/case-against-impeaching-president-trump#stream/0

MDJ ONLINE
— Poll finds six in 10 Illinoisans considered leaving state – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrats who run Illinois do everything that they can to drive those out of Illinois who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/poll-finds-six-in-illinoisans-considered-leaving-state/article_0a1713df-b4aa-5047-9d71-ab3239198496.html

WSPY NEWS
— Public Split on City of Sandwich Allowing Cannabis Sales; Large Crowd Attends City Council Meeting – James Wyman 
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/public-split-on-city-of-sandwich-allowing-cannabis-sales-large/article_33f49cce-e974-11e9-87ce-97a081a3543f.html

WREX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The dog industry promotes dog ownership.
https://wrex.com/category/2019/10/08/study-owning-a-dog-helps-you-live-longer/

PLAINFIELD PATCH
— OUTSTANDING: Plainfield Bans Local Marijuana Sales Village Trustees voted Monday to ban recreational marijuana facilities from opening in Plainfield. – Joe Ward
https://patch.com/illinois/plainfield/plainfield-bans-local-marijuana-sales

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Lauren Underwood Merchandising
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/08/il-14-lauren-underwood-merchandising/ 
— Algonquin Township Considering Spending Money on a Newsletter Again
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/08/algonquin-township-considering-spending-money-on-a-newsletter-again/ 
— Townships in DuPage County Buy Full-Page Ad in Daily Herald
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/08/townships-in-dupage-county-buy-full-page-ad-in-daily-herald/

CAPITOL FAX
— Um, make that Wednesday A friend I haven’t seen in ages is visiting for a couple days, so I’ll be back to the bloggy grindstone tomorrow. – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have gone out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/08/um-make-that-wednesday/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Elizabeth Warren wants you to believe she was the victim of sexist discrimination – Kaylee McGhee
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizabeth-warren-wants-you-to-believe-she-was-the-victim-of-sexist-discrimination

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— 1971 County Records Contradict Warren’s Claim She Was Fired Over Pregnancy – Collin Anderson
https://freebeacon.com/politics/county-records-contradict-warrens-claim-she-was-fired-over-pregnancy/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Minneapolis mayor attempts to toy with Trump, gets fingers burned – J.R. Dunn
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/minneapolis_mayor_attempts_to_toy_with_trump_gets_fingers_burned.html
— When will the timid GOP wussy boys step up to the plate? – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/when_will_the_timid_gop_wussy_boys_step_up_to_the_plate_.html

DAILY WIRE
— CNN Offers Place Where Millennials Can Complain How Hard Their Lives Are – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/cnn-offers-place-where-millennials-can-complain-how-hard-their-lives-are

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Democrats: Ben Carson is ‘transphobic’ for trying to keep men out of women’s shelters – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/dems-ben-carson-is-transphobic-for-trying-to-keep-men-out-of-womens-shelters

WASHINGTON POST
— Sanders allies urge him to slow down and show a personal side in the aftermath of his heart attack – Sean Sullivan and Chelsea Janes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/bernie-sanders-resting-at-home-announces-plan-to-curtail-money-in-politics/2019/10/06/0a01efb2-e874-11e9-9306-47cb0324fd44_story.html
— Average American commute time reached a new record last year. – Christopher Ingraham
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/10/07/nine-days-road-average-commute-time-reached-new-record-last-year/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanders’s Heart Attack Brings Age to 2020 Forefront Democratic voters show renewed concern about primary field led by septuagenarians – Tarini Parti
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanderss-heart-attack-brings-age-to-2020-forefront-11570451845
— Today’s Politics May Be Bad for Your Health Citizens in a new study blame U.S. politics for stress, depression, lost sleep and other physical and mental problems – Sumathi Reddy
https://www.wsj.com/articles/todays-political-climate-is-bad-for-some-americans-health-11570455824

FORBES
— Even Amid Low Unemployment, Many Workers Struggle Finding A Job – Christian Weller (DIERSEN: What has frustrated your job searches? Since 1997, the following things have frustrated my job searches: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer.” Previous to that, they 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. They would not have taken the aforesaid adverse actions against me if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/christianweller/2019/10/08/even-amid-low-unemployment-many-workers-still-struggle-finding-a-job/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, you are discriminated against if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2019/10/08/what-kind-of-america-is-this-if-being-gay-or-transgender-can-get-you-fired/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/10/07/while-congress-fiddles-lgbt-workers-turn-to-the-us-supreme-court-for-protection/

YAHOO FINANCE
— What is the Average American Net Worth? – Rickie Houston
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/average-american-net-worth-170900426.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The data presented some notable trends within net worth. Older Americans typically possessed a higher net worth than younger Americans, according to the U.S. Census Bureau study. The median net worth for householders over the age of 65 was $170,516, while the median net worth for those under 35 was only $6,676. The median net worth also changed based on the education level of householders. For householders with no high school diploma, the study found a median net worth of $9,800. The study indicated a median value of $43,945 for high school graduates. Householders with some level of college, but no degree, generated a median net worth of $49,082. For householders with an associate’s degree, the median net worth was $56,512. Those who earned a bachelor degree generated a median value of $147,148. Finally, for householders with a professional or graduate degree, the median net worth was $240,750. Net Worth by Region The study also featured regional trends in median American net worth. The regions studied included the Northeast, Midwest, South and West. The median household net worth value for those in the Northeast was $91,025, while it was $81,049 for those in the Midwest. For the South, the median value was $60,700. The net worth value for the West was $59,431.)

USA TODAY & INDY WEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, you are discriminated against if you do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/08/lgbt-employment-discrimination-half-of-states-offer-no-protections/3837244002/
https://indyweek.com/news/northcarolina/lgbtq-people-deserve-employment-discrimination-protection-ju/

WBFO
— What To Look For In President Trump’s Tax Returns — If We Ever See Them – SARAH MCCAMMON (DIERSEN: In 1977, because they knew that they could a) paint my education deductions as being improper and b) foist negative government stereotypes on me, the Democrats who ran Money Magazine picked me to be the subject of one of their a “One Person’s Finances” articles. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.) 
https://news.wbfo.org/post/what-look-president-trumps-tax-returns-if-we-ever-see-them

ATLANTIC
— 30 Years Ago: A Look Back at 1989 – ALAN TAYLOR (DIERSEN: What did you do during 1989? I successfully fought my Democrat GAO superiors’ dramatically increased efforts to get rid of me. I worked on a Department of Defense audit SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/NSIAD-90-23 and a Railroad Retirement Board audit SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/HRD-90-42 .) 
https://www.theatlantic.com/photo/2019/10/30-years-ago-a-look-back-at-1989/599386/

October 7 Evening Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— OUTSTANDING: The Wheaton City Council voted unanimously this evening to ban the sale of recreational pot in Wheaton. Wheaton is the DuPage County Seat. DuPage County has a population greater than five states. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

ABC7
— OUTRAGEOUS: Protesters shout down Homeland Security secretary, force him to abandon speech – QUINN OWEN
https://abc7chicago.com/protesters-shout-down-homeland-security-secretary-force-him-to-abandon-speech/5600194/

ABC7 & WGN TV
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/climate-change-rally-held-in-chicago-loop/5600929/
https://wgntv.com/2019/10/07/hundreds-flock-to-the-loop-monday-night-for-climate-change-protest/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Number of pot jobs in Illinois to grow to 63,000 by 2025, report says  That will be a huge increase from the current number working — legally — in the medical marijuana industry, reports New Frontier Data. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/7/20903738/pot-jobs-illinois-marijuana-recreational-legalization-employment
— Chicago’s IRS Criminal Investigation Division has its first female leader – Jon Seidel (DIERSEN: I worked for GAO on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division 1986-1988. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/GGD-88-61 and 

https://www.gao.gov/products/GGD-89-41

https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2019/10/7/20899525/chicago-irs-criminal-investigation-division-first-woman-leader
— Federal monitor: Kaegi not on ‘effective path’ to end oversight of assessor’s office hiring Monitor Susan G. Feibus said in her report that Kaegi’s office has “not grasped the level of scrutiny” that comes with being under federal oversight. – Rachel Hinton 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/7/20902941/federal-monitor-cook-county-assessor-fritz-kaegi-shakman-oversight-patronage-hiring
— Buttigieg, Sanders, Warren lead in Illinois money chase Pete Buttigieg leads presidential pack in fundraising in Illinois, though Sanders has 12,000 more donors, according to a Sun-Times study of Federal Election Commission data from the Center for Responsive Politics. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/7/20901966/presidential-fundraising-illinois-donors-pete-buttigieg-bernie-sanders

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Social equity part of marijuana discussion in Aurora; ‘It’s an opportunity for those who were most affected by the war on drugs’ – STEVE LORD (DIERSEN: Pot pushers want troubled minorities and troubled women to be pot pushers.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-1008-20191007-vnewq5g2jrgwjjg4r2msolpvge-story.html
— Trump’s new refugee ceiling is built on lies – Editorial (DIERSEN: Democrats want refugees because refugees vote for Democrats. RINOs want refugees because RINOs want cheap labor.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-tns-bc-trump-refugees-editorial-20191007-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity in Schaumburg.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191007/kenneth-young-center-to-open-lgbtq-youth-resource-center-in-schaumburg

WTTW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: State Sen. Toi Hutchinson Takes on New Role as Illinois’ ‘Cannabis Czar’ – Paul Caine
https://news.wttw.com/2019/10/07/state-sen-toi-hutchinson-takes-new-role-illinois-cannabis-czar

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— OUTRAGEOUS, DISGUSTING: More Illinoisans think state is going the right way – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20191007/more-illinoisans-think-state-is-going-right-way

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Republicans want RI county declared gun sanctuary – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qconline.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/republicans-want-ri-county-declared-gun-sanctuary/article_0cc154d0-e79d-508c-aa8b-dec439ca8b3e.html

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Political strategist Chris Robling sees flaws in Chicago mayor’s plan for set-aside contracts – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: How have set-asides impacted you? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all promotions were set-aside for employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.) 
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/514086210-political-strategist-sees-flaws-in-chicago-mayor-s-plan-for-set-aside-contracts
— Chicago Mayor Lightfoot planning set-aside deals for gay contractors – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: How have set-asides impacted you? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all promotions were set-aside for employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.) 
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/514075855-chicago-mayor-lightfoot-planning-set-aside-deals-for-gay-contractors
— Cook County GOP commissioner Sean Morrison speaks out against set-aside contracts – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: How have set-asides impacted you? While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, virtually all promotions were set-aside for employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/514171684-cook-county-gop-commissioner-speaks-out-against-set-aside-contracts

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ives Algonquin Meet & Greet Wednesday, October 9th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/07/ives-algonquin-meet-greet-wednesday-october-9th/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Congressional candidate Ives earns SBA List endorsement in 6th District race – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513843623-congressional-candidate-ives-earns-sba-list-endorsement-in-6th-district-race
— Candidate Ives to make health care reform a focus in her race to unseat Rep. Casten – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/514045144-candidate-ives-to-make-health-care-reform-a-focus-in-her-race-to-unseat-rep-casten

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION CALLS FOR PUBLIC COMMENT MONDAY ON PROPOSED FREEDOM-ENDANGERING RULES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/state-rifle-association-calls-for-public-comment-monday-on-proposed-freedom-endangering-rules.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump maintains solid support because the Democrat alternative is a nightmare
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trump-maintains-solid-support-because-the-democrat-alternative-is-a-nightmare

AMERICAN THINKER
— Life among the Trump-haters – Josh Kantrow
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/life_among_the_trumphaters.html

BREITBART
— Stephen Miller: 2020 Democrats Want to ‘Sacrifice the Working Class’ for Illegal Aliens – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/07/exclusive-stephen-miller-2020-democrats-want-to-sacrifice-the-working-class-for-illegal-aliens/

DAILY CALLER
— Ocasio-Cortez Wants To Give Illegal Immigrants Access To Welfare – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/07/ocasio-cortez-welfare-for-illegal-aliens/

NEWSMAX
— Indicators Suggest 2020 Will Be a Trump Cakewalk – Michael Dorstewitz 
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/mick-mulvaney-trump-impeachment-fundraising/2019/10/07/id/936033/

TOWNHALL
— GOP Rep Adam Kinzinger Regrets That Trump Is Relying on Rand’s ‘Talking Points’ – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/10/07/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-regrets-that-trump-is-relying-on-rands-talking-points-n2554264

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/464600-why-latinos-should-support-impeachment-inquiry

HUFFINGTON POST
— Donald Trump’s Campaign Works To Quash Dissent At The 2020 GOP Convention Campaign officials said they want the convention to be a four-day TV commercial for the president. – Amanda Terkel (DIERSEN: Where and when will the 2020 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Convention be held? I have asked to be appointed to serve on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee like I did in 2008.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-campaign-convention_n_5d9b7d09e4b099389804517e

CBS NEWS
— Trump campaign tightens grip on delegate process ahead of convention
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/republican-national-convention-2020-trump-campaign-tightens-grip-on-rnc-delegate-process/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/07/us/politics/homeland-security-chief-protesters.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Impeaching Trump Voters It’s revenge for 2016, and nervousness about Democratic prospects for 2020. – William McGurn
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeaching-trump-voters-11570487810
— Trump’s Federal Hiring Emphasizes Border Control, Veterans, Military Government workforce has grown under Trump, though at more modest pace than under Obama, George W. Bush – Likhitha Butchireddygari
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-federal-hiring-emphasizes-border-control-veterans-military-11570459550

PAY DAY REPORT
— How GM Pits Younger Workers Against Older Workers – MIKE ELK (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government worked hard to pit their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, younger, and/or veteran against their employees who were Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
http://paydayreport.com/how-gm-pits-younger-workers-against-older-workers/

ABC ACTION NEWS
— Are you the annoying neighbor on your block? Heed these warning signs Things you do that drive your neighbors crazy – John Matarese
https://www.abcactionnews.com/money/consumer/dont-waste-your-money/are-you-the-annoying-neighbor-on-your-block-heed-these-warning-signs

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— With Go Ahead from OPM, Agencies Press Forward With Efforts to Cripple Federal Unions  Unions likely to face evictions, severe restrictions on official time. – Eric Katz
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/10/go-ahead-opm-agencies-press-forward-efforts-cripple-federal-unions/160429/

September 26 Morning Edition

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.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— High-flying marijuana vapes take hit from health scare – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–vaping-illnesses-marijuana-industry-20190926-story.html
— Like Watergate all over again? In some ways, yes, but there are stark differences. – JON MARSHALL (DIERSEN: How has impeachment impacted you? In 1974, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office used Nixon (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Impeachment_process_against_Richard_Nixon) to justify their getting rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-impeachment-watergate-trump-20190925-rx3juqchh5f6hhm2oppqo7acby-story.html

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.”)

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Despite complicated process, lots of Democrats interested in being delegates – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190925/bernard-schoenburg-despite-complicated-process-lots-of-democrats-interested-in-being-delegates
— Chatham nips recreational pot sales in the bud – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190925/chatham-nips-recreational-pot-sales-in-bud

HERALD & REVIEW
— Illinois Sheriff’s Association: Decatur should opt out of cannabis sales
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/illinois-sheriff-s-association-decatur-should-opt-out-of-cannabis/article_33fe0944-5a77-51d6-aa61-ddc50c299e68.html

KMOV
— Illinois law enforcement training for marijuana legalization – Alexis Zotos
https://www.kmov.com/news/illinois-law-enforcement-training-for-marijuana-legalization/article_126d11ac-e006-11e9-b76a-97e4824c038f.amp.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Danville casino could open sooner than expected – Tiffani Homer
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/danville-casino-could-open-sooner-than-expected

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

JOLIET PATCH
— Balich Won’t Run For Will County Executive After All Wednesday night’s press release urged Balich’s supporters to get behind the former Braidwood chief of police instead. – John Ferak
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/balich-wont-run-will-county-executive-after-all

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois residents have the fifth-highest credit card debt in the nation – Jim Moran
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-residents-have-the-fifth-highest-credit-card-debt-in/article_27784602-dfbb-11e9-8469-93c28ab9dd0c.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

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Media Claims Trump Just Doesn’t Understand The Value of Globalism – Brian McNicoll
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/media-claims-trump-just-doesnt-understand-the-value-of-globalism/

DAILY CALLER
— Journalists React After Facebook Decided To Exempt Politicians From Fact-Checking – CHRIS WHITE
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/25/facebook-fact-check-trump/

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

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Asked Ukraine To Investigate Trump In 2018 – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/25/democrats-asked-ukraine-to-investigate-trump-in-2018/
— Trump’s Tweets Are Far Less Crazy Than Today’s Democratic Party Despite our new political reality, many conservative writers and commentators will still urge Donald Trump to just stop tweeting and let these things go. – Auguste Meyrat
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/26/trumps-tweets-are-far-less-crazy-than-todays-democratic-party/

NEWSMAX
— Pelosi’s Illegitimate Impeachment Push and Our Vanishing Republic – Peter Pry 
https://www.newsmax.com/peterpry/nancy-pelosi-impeachment-trump/2019/09/25/id/934286/

PATRIOT POST
— Majority of Americans Favor Trump’s Policy Agenda Democrats attack Trump because their policy goals aren’t winning over the American public.
https://patriotpost.us/articles/65709-majority-of-americans-favor-trumps-policy-agenda-2019-09-26

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

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s war on journalists isn’t about journalism.”
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2019/09/25/reality-check-journalists-danger-trump-avlon-newday-vpx.cnn

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

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters blame America for Guatemala’s problems. 
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/09/23/immigration-issues-migrants-mexico-central-america-caravans-smuggling/2026039001/
https://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/2019/09/23/guatemalas-western-highlands-fleeing-poverty-corruption-and-poppies/2387682001/

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.”)

VETERANS ADMINISTRATION
— VA releases new findings on problem gambling
https://www.blogs.va.gov/VAntage/55375/va-releases-new-findings-problem-gambling/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— Vets Vulnerable to Gambling Addictions – Eric Newhouse
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/invisible-wounds/201305/vets-vulnerable-gambling-addictions

PSYCH CENTRAL
— Gambling Addiction is Not Uncommon in Veterans – Bret Moore
https://pro.psychcentral.com/gambling-addiction-is-not-uncommon-in-veterans/

NORTHSTAR ALLIANCE
— Gambling Addiction and the Military
https://northstarproblemgambling.org/2018/01/gambling-addiction-and-the-military/

WORLD SOCIALIST WEBSITE
— New York Times publisher warns of a “worldwide assault on journalists” – Oscar Grenfell
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2019/09/26/assa-s26.html

September 23 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Despite pressure from all sides, Lightfoot determined to keep recreational marijuana sales out of downtown Chicago ‘If you had a two-story liquor store on Michigan Avenue, I think people would rightfully be offended by that,’ the mayor said. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/9/23/20880519/lightfoot-recreational-marijuana-sales-ban-chicago-downtown-pot-cannabis
— Trump backers spark heated confrontation outside Pilsen church Four men in ‘Make America Great Again’ apparel argued with neighborhood residents outside Lincoln United Methodist Church over the weekend. – Carlos Ballesteros
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/9/23/20878431/trump-supporters-maga-pilsen-chicago-immigration-lincoln-united-methodist-church
— Restaurant group opposes plan for on-site consumption of recreational marijuana at bars, restaurants Illinois Restaurant Association president Sam Toia says only so many consumption licenses will be awarded by the city of Chicago, and the restaurants and bars that get them will have an unfair advantage. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/9/23/20880117/marijuana-restaurant-association-opposes-on-site-consumption-recreational-pot-bars-restaurants
— Vaping, e-cigarettes under fire at Illinois House committee hearing Illinois’ top health official said the vaping-related illness sweeping across the nation has “heightened consequences for youth and young adults.” – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/9/23/20880524/vaping-e-cigarettes-products-ban-illinois-house-committee-hearing
— Lightfoot agrees to co-chair annual fundraiser for Democratic Party she campaigned against Mayor calls it an ‘opportunity to build bridges’ to Toni Preckwinkle, the Democratic Party chairman and county board president, after some post-election feuding. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/9/23/20880431/lightfoot-preckwinkle-co-chair-fundraiser-cook-county-democratic-party

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Joe Arpaio, 87, runs for old job – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–arpaio-comeback-bid-20190923-story.html
— Catholic church dioceses from Gary, Fort Wayne-South Bend offer to bury more than 2,000 fetal remains found in late abortion doctor’s Crete home – GRANT MORGAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/ct-ptb-dioceses-offer-burial-st-0924-20190923-nmed7magy5g4nc5xqqnlytsv5q-story.html
— State Sen. Michael Hastings sued by former chief of staff over claims of harassment, retaliation – ZAK KOESKE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-hastings-lawsuit-st-0924-20190923-i4wbxibutbazljin4wed2oaf7u-story.html
— Glencoe might allow cannabis sales on its northern border. Winnetka’s village president decries the move as ‘opportunistic’ and unneighborly. – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/ct-wtk-north-shore-cannabis-border-wars-til-0926-20190923-5xarwkv44faj3c52qh67i2kkoy-story.html
— Conservative groups blamed a Chicago immigration advocate for migrant caravans in online attacks. Then they showed up at her church. – ELVIA MALAGÓN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-conservative-group-pilsen-immigration-activist-20190923-dojbtkckdvgtjnkxgrhbs6calq-story.html
— ‘I treat him like my child’: Millennial pet parents make financial sacrifices for their fur babies, sometimes even taking on debt – Christen A. Johnson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/sc-fam-millennial-pet-debt-1001-20190923-fnf24we7cvcjhmr3tpgiulnnyy-story.html
— Illinois AG Kwame Raoul backs flavored vape ban as lawmakers, industry reps clash over issue – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-vaping-legislative-hearing-20190923-5jix2efibfar5nq4ad63udy2na-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Big anti-abortion group backs Ives for Congress Abortion becomes a major issue in the GOP race to challenge Democratic Rep. Sean Casten, with Susan B. Anthony List endorsing Jeanne Ives over Evelyn Sanguinetti. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/big-anti-abortion-group-backs-ives-congress

NBC5
— ICE Detains 5 Individuals at Chicago Pizzeria, Lightfoot Says “Chicago is and always will be a welcoming city” Lightfoot stated – Daniela Prizont-Cado (DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more unwelcome that you are in Chicago: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/ICE-Detains-5-Individuals-at-Chicago-Pizza-Place-Lightfoot-Says-561158161.html

CBS2
— Immigration Agents Detain Workers At Route 66 Pizzeria On Southeast Side, Officials Say
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/09/23/immigration-agents-detain-workers-at-route-66-pizzeria-on-southeast-side-officials-say/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ICE detains 5 individuals at Chicago pizza shop, Mayor Lightfoot says
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/ice-detains-5-individuals-at-chicago-pizza-shop-mayor-lightfoot-says

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Sanguinetti Push Poll Repeats BIG LIE From Rauner Campaign That Ives Is “Mike Madigan’s Favorite Republican”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/23/sanguinetti-push-poll-repeats-big-lie-from-rauner-campaign-that-ives-is-mike-madigans-favorite-republican/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives Meets with CASA of DuPage County
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513831010-ives-meets-with-casa-of-dupage-county
— Ives Tours Sharing Connections of Downers Grove
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513831007-ives-tours-sharing-connections-of-downers-grove

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IL REPUBLICANS SUGGEST HOW TO RE-CREATE THE IL GOP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/how-to-re-create-the-il-gop-.html
— NATIONAL PRO-LIFE GROUP ENDORSES IVES IN 6TH CD GOP PRIMARY RACE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/national-pro-life-group-endorses-ives-in-6th-cd-gop-primary-race.html
— RAUNER’S “BIG LIE” RE-APPEARS VIA SANGUINETTI’S CAMPAIGN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/rauners-claim-ives-is-madigans-favorite-republican-re-appears-via-sanguinettis-campaign.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: NEW CALIFORNIA RESOLUTION FORCES CHURCH LEADERS TO ACCEPT HOMOSEXUALITY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/thorneroneil-new-california-resolution-forces-church-leaders-to-accept-homosexuality-.html
— DEMS IN CONGRESS ATTEMPT TO STRIP CONSERVATIVE GROUPS OF NON-PROFIT STATUS. ILLINOIS GROUP A TARGET.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/dems-in-congress-attempt-to-strip-conservative-groups-of-non-profit-status-illinois-group-a-target.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Congressional roundup: Shimkus contender surfaces; Sanguinetti blasts Ives over Madigan; Ives backed by Susan B. Anthony List
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/23/congressional-roundup-shimkus-contender-surfaces-sanguinetti-blasts-ives-over-madigan-ives-backed-by-susan-b-anthony-list/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/23/looking-on-the-bright-side-11/
— Stop Sterigenics furious over Friday night IEPA news dump
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/23/stop-sterigenics-furious-with-friday-night-iepa-news-dump/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— When the ‘deep state’ hates Trump as much as the media The 2020 election is about credibility and prosperity – Daniel Gallington
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/23/when-the-deep-state-hates-trump-as-much-as-the-med/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The five craziest moments from the Democrats’ LGBT presidential forum – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-5-craziest-moments-from-the-democrats-glaad-lgbt-presidential-forum-in-iowa

FOX NEWS
— Bill Weld suggests Trump could face execution over Ukraine phone call – Ronn Blitzer 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bill-weld-trump-ukraine-phone-call

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

GOPUSA
— Chicago Mayor: Not Enough Queer Candidates in 2020
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76460

BREITBART
— The New York Times Is an Antisemitic Haven of Racism and Hate – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/09/23/nolte-the-new-york-times-is-an-antisemitic-haven-of-racism-and-hate/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— New York Times Front Page Promotes Fake News And Lies About Guns – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31057

DAILY CALLER
— At The Gay Presidential Forum, Nearly Every Democratic Candidate Misrepresented Trump’s Record – DAVID BENKOF
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/23/at-the-gay-presidential-forum-nearly-every-democratic-candidate-misrepresented-trumps-record/

NEWSMAX
— Democratic Candidates Are So Wacky They Make Trump Look Rational – Dennis Kneale
https://www.newsmax.com/denniskneale/democrats-election-primary-trump/2019/09/23/id/933908/

PJ MEDIA
— Free-Thinking LGBT Activists Say the ‘Gay Mafia’ Is ‘Harming Gay People’ – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/trending/free-thinking-lgbt-activists-say-the-gay-mafia-is-harming-gay-people/

EPOCH TIMES
— Michelle Malkin Follows the Money Behind the Push for Open Borders – JAN JEKIELEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/michelle-malkin-follows-the-money-behind-the-push-for-open-borders_3091385.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Joe Arpaio, 87, runs for old job
https://abcstlouis.com/news/nation-world/tom-this-is-the-sheriff-joe-arpaio-87-runs-for-old-job

September 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Northfield woman’s plea prompts assessor’s relief for floodplain homeowners Jane Goldenberg, a writer and a former Northfield village trustee, said it just goes to show the importance of speaking up when you think your government is making a mistake. “Sometimes someone listens,” she said. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/20/20876462/northfield-womans-plea-prompts-assessors-relief-floodplain-homeowners-north-shore-fritz-kaegi
— Beale predicts City Council resistance to massive property tax increase Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s most outspoken City Council critic predicts mayor will come up empty in Springfield and have no choice but to raise property taxes by as much as $500 million. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2019/9/20/20876064/beale-predicts-city-council-resistance-property-tax-increase-lori-lightfoot

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Far-left Democrats are pushing very bad ideas (and moderates get attacked if they say so) – CATHERINE RAMPELL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-democrats-far-left-rampell-20190920-a5v32fnxqzbdpfjnmgbdxl5tae-story.html
— Two candidates join the Kane County state’s attorney’s race – MEGAN JONES
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-spence-afeef-kane-county-states-attorney-st-0922-20190920-hpuwv7hobrde5n4vtdgpb5npdq-story.html
— Wall Street’s new left: Millennials see a politics beyond profit – CLAIRE BALLENTINE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/careers-finance/sns-wp-millennials-politics-profit-20190920-iq4o5nqferehrdah36ev6la7pe-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Facebook’s ‘Supreme Court,’ where users can go to contest the company’s decisions – Tony Romm
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20190921/facebooks-supreme-court-where-users-can-go-to-contest-the-companys-decisions

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Owners Of Revoked Illinois FOID Cards Must Give Up Their Guns. Fewer Than Half Do. – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/owners-revoked-illinois-foid-cards-must-give-their-guns-fewer-half-do#stream/0

NORTH COOK NEWS
— New Trier High School handout suggests volunteering at Planned Parenthood prevents climate change – W.J. Kennedy
https://northcooknews.com/stories/513752499-new-trier-high-school-handout-suggests-volunteering-at-planned-parenthood-prevents-climate-change

LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— McSweeney cites falling population in push to lower taxes – Glenn Minnis
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/513690008-mcsweeney-cites-falling-population-in-push-to-lower-taxes

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Candace Owens tells Congress: White supremacy not even a top 100 issue for minorities – John Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/candace-owens-tells-congress-white-supremacy-not-even-a-top-100-issue-for-minorities
— Violent white supremacists a leading domestic security threat: Department of Homeland Security – Anna Giaritelli (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? What about violent male supremacists, violent old people supremacists, violent Trump supporter supremacists, violent Protestant supremacists, violent conservative supremacists, violent patriotic supremacists, violent Republican supremacists, violent American supremacists, violent rich people supremacists, violent gun owner supremacists, violent German American supremacists, and violent those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time supremacists?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/white-supremacy-is-the-top-domestic-threat-department-of-homeland-security

BREITBART
— Ben Carson Defends Putting Homeless Women Before Transgender Dogma – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/20/ben-carson-defends-putting-homeless-women-before-transgender-dogma/
— D.C. Rally: Tea Party Patriots Warn Against Growing Socialism in America – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/20/d-c-rally-tea-party-patriots-warn-against-growing-socialism-in-america/

BLAZE
— Biden blasted at LGBT forum for previously calling Vice President Pence a ‘decent guy’ The interviewer asked how he could be trusted after such an offense – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-blasted-at-lgbt-forum-for-previously-calling-vice-president-pence-a-decent-guy

DAILY SIGNAL
— ICE-Hating Groups Used Facebook to Incite Violence – Michelle Malkin
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/20/ice-hating-groups-used-facebook-to-incite-violence/

DAILY WIRE
— The Fight For Marriage Continues – BRIAN BROWN
https://www.dailywire.com/news/52041/brown-fight-marriage-continues-brian-brown

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Cite Discredited SPLC to Sic the IRS on Conservative ‘Hate Groups’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/dems-cite-discredited-splc-to-sic-the-irs-on-hate-groups/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yet (LaHood) also warned that “the IRS should not be used as a political tool to discriminate against organizations that differ in viewpoints. … We cannot use political disagreement as a metric to define hate speech or a hate group. This type of labeling can and has led to violent acts.” “I know my colleague just referenced the Southern Poverty Law Center,” LaHood said. “In 2012, an armed man named Floyd Lee Corkins walked into the Family Research Council Washington headquarters with the intent to shoot and kill as many of its employees as possible. He was apprehended, but not before wounding the non-profit’s business manager. Mr. Corkins later told the FBI that he had seen the nonprofit group listed as an anti-gay hate group on the Southern Poverty Law Center’s website.” LaHood did not call for the IRS to revoke the SPLC’s non-profit status (although some, notably Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), have called for an investigation, not because the SPLC is liberal but because it only targets Republicans for its accusations of “hate.”). He merely joined other Republicans in warning that government attempts to crack down on “hate” could discriminate against lawful organizations based on their political viewpoints.)

NEWS BUSTERS
— SNL Hired Comic Who Made Racist Remarks in Effort to Attract ‘Conservatives’ – Randy Hall 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/randy-hall/2019/09/20/fired-snl-comedian-was-part-attempt-attract-conservative-viewers

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Ben Carson reacts to being called a bigot for saying there are 2 genders – Samantha Chang 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/09/21/ben-carson-reacts-to-being-called-a-bigot-for-saying-there-are-2-genders-828045

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Biden’s LGBTQ Record Draws Scrutiny at Iowa Presidential Forum – Reuters
https://ijr.com/bidens-lgbtq-record-draws-scrutiny-iowa/

THE HILL
— China to test journalists on loyalty to Xi Jinping to get credentials renewed – MARTY JOHNSON (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I should do no more and do no less than what I am told to do by a) the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, b) the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) officers of the IRP, e) the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, and f) Republican elected officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/462371-china-to-test-journalists-on-loyalty-to-xi-jinping-to-get-credentials-renewed
— Candace Owens tells Congress white nationalism not a problem for minorities in US – JOHN BOWDEN 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/462395-candace-owens-tells-congress-white-nationalism-not-a-problem-for-minorities-in

CNN
— Growing divide shows ‘electability’ question isn’t going anywhere – Sarah Isgur
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/21/opinions/widening-partisan-approval-gap-for-2020-isgur/
— Why ‘cancel culture’ doesn’t always work – Leah Asmelash
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/21/entertainment/cancel-culture-explainer-trnd/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Democrats Gather for First 2020 L.G.B.T. Forum – Reid J. Epstein and Lisa Lerer (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists insist that LGBTQ politicians a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/politics/lgbt-forum-2020.html
— Joe Biden Has Tense Exchange Over L.G.B.T.Q. Record – Reid J. Epstein and Lisa Lerer (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists insist that LGBTQ politicians a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/us/politics/lgbt-forum-2020.html
— When Anti-Immigration Meant Keeping Out Black Pioneers In the 1850s, Midwestern states used harsh laws to deny free African-Americans wealth and property. – Anna-Lisa Cox (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hold you responsible for what your ancestors did. If I sought a government office or a political office, they would stress that my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/opinion/sunday/anti-immigration-laws-black-pioneers.html
— Why Republicans Play Dirty – Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt (DIERSEN: I should write a book about “Republicans” who play dirty.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/20/opinion/republicans-democracy-play-dirty.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s rhetoric will have a chilling effect on future whistleblowers, legal experts say – Reis Thebault
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2019/09/21/trumps-rhetoric-will-have-chilling-effect-future-whistleblowers-legal-experts-say/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Disappearing Political Center: In More Places, Elections Aren’t Close A comparison of Bill Clinton’s re-election in 1996 with Donald Trump’s victory 20 years later – Dante Chinni, Aaron Zitner and Brian McGill
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-disappearing-political-center-in-more-places-elections-arent-close-11568984400
— Why Jay Leno Invests in Cars, Not Stocks – Marshall Heyman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-jay-leno-invests-in-cars-not-stocks-11568751169
— Why They’ll Never Stop Targeting Kavanaugh The continuing assault reflects both a fixation and an effort to deprive the court of its legitimacy. – Peggy Noonan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-theyll-never-stop-targeting-kavanaugh-11568933484

ROCKY MOUNTAIN TELEGRAM
— City Council candidates pledge accessibility City candidates participate in a forum Thursday at Edgecombe Community College. – WILLIAM F. WEST
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2019/09/21/Council-candidates-pledge.html

INDY CHANNEL
— ‘We are going to bring our babies home’ Fetal remains found in Illinois came from Indiana – Matt McKinney
https://www.theindychannel.com/news/state-news/we-are-going-to-bring-our-babies-home-fetal-remains-found-in-illinois-came-from-indiana

SANTA FE REPORTER
— City Council Candidates Take the Stage – Leah Cantor (DIERSEN: Who represents you on your city council? What do they think of you and of those who share your demographics?)
https://www.sfreporter.com/news/2019/09/20/city-council-candidates-take-the-stage/

LA PROGRESSIVE
— Will Women Dominate the Future
https://www.laprogressive.com/will-women-dominate/

GUARDIAN
— Chinese journalists to be tested on loyalty to Xi Jinping Exam will test journalists on president’s teachings on socialism and propaganda (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, because I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, I should do no more and do no less than what I am told to do by a) the officers of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, b) the officers of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c) my representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) officers of the IRP, e) the IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman, and f) Republican elected officials in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/sep/20/chinese-journalists-to-be-tested-on-loyalty-to-xi-jinping

September 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “young people” to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/climate-change-protests-taking-place-around-world-including-chicago-friday/5555182/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “students” to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-climate-strike-chicago-grant-park-20190920-nsa7ss5ovzeudnfi3jndkq5k6i-story.html
— Is America ready for gay president? Iowa casts first votes – AP (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists insist that LGBTQ politicians a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–election-2020-lgbtq-president-20190920-story.html
— Illinois legislators consider vaping flavor restrictions in light of deaths, illnesses – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-vaping-legislation-20190920-5i2leks3x5ctrckr25berva4ga-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting “thousands” to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/20/20875917/chicago-climate-strike-walkout-grant-park-federal-plaza
— Can CBD from marijuana relieve pain? Government is spending $3 million to find out. ‘The science is lagging behind the public use and interest,’ said Dr. David Shurtleff of the National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health, which is funding the projects. ‘We’re doing our best to catch up here.’ – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/9/20/20876355/marijuana-pain-research-cbd-thc-national-center-complementary-integrative-health-david-sarlah
— House still divided: Pritzker ousts head of Springfield’s troubled Lincoln library and museum – Rachel Hinton 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/9/20/20876451/pritzker-ousts-alan-lowe-abraham-lincoln-center-library-museum-springfield
— Duckworth wrong to say Trump policies hurting homeless — so far – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/20/20876224/fact-check-donald-trump-policies-tammy-duckworth-housing-access-homeless
— Is Lightfoot looking too many gift horses in the mouth? – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/20/20876439/rich-miller-lori-lightfoot-chicago-casino-cannabis-marijuana

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lombard close to allowing pot shops downtown, on Roosevelt Road – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190920/lombard-close-to-allowing-pot-shops-downtown-on-roosevelt-road

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— August sets new record for Illinois unemployment – Nikki McGee
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/august-sets-new-record-for-illinois-unemployment

WIBQ AM
— New D.U.I. training for officers in Illinois
https://wibqam.com/news/articles/2019/sep/20/new-dui-training-for-officers-in-illinois/939518/

DOWNERS GROVE PATCH
— OUTSTANDING: Lisle Poised To Opt Out Of Recreational Cannabis Sales The village board debated the issue for more than two hours and directed staff to opt out without a referendum. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/lisle-poised-opt-out-recreational-cannabis-sales

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— OBERWEIS SURVEY SHOWS HE’S FAVORED TO WIN PRIMARY, BUT THAT’S NOT THE WHOLE STORY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/rezin-on-oberweis.html
— STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION’S PEARSON: ILLINOIS HAS ITS OWN “BETO” PROBLEM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/illinois-has-a-beto-problem-too.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Curran, Durkin respond *** IEPA issues construction permit to Sterigenics
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/20/iepa-issues-construction-permit-to-sterigenics/

GOPUSA
— Freedom on trial, not just Chick-fil-A
http://www.gopusa.com/freedom-on-trial-not-just-chick-fil-a/
— How the pope strays from spirituality and morality, and wears the mantel of a politician (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, and Greens want the Pope to promote their platforms.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76253
— Why ‘more equal than others’ hate-crime laws must go
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76256

AMERICAN THINKER
— Affirmative Action and NASA – Joshua Foxworth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/affirmative_action_and_nasa.html

BREITBART
— Chick-fil-A Has Doubled Its Sales Despite Increased Protests – TOM CICCOTT
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/09/20/chick-fil-a-has-doubled-its-sales-despite-increased-protests/

CNS NEWS
— Candace Owens: Dems Using White Supremacy Issue to Scare Blacks into Voting for Them – Melanie Arter 
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/owens-dems-using-white-supremacy-issue-scare-blacks-voting-them

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Reparations Talk Is Harmful – MONA CHAREN (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German America, pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/reparations-talk-harmful-divides-americans/

HOT AIR
— Beto: Let’s Pay Reparations For Non-Violent Marijuana Offenders – KAREN TOWNSEND (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German America, pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2019/09/20/beto-lets-pay-reparations-non-violent-marijuana-offenders/

THE HILL
— Partisan divisions sharpen as independent voters fade – JULIA MANCHESTER (DIERSEN: Republican Party leaders in Illinois continue to pander to “independents” as opposed to turning out the party’s base.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461669-partisan-divisions-sharpen-as-independent-voters-fade
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A Pew Research survey released in March found that 81 percent of voters who called themselves independents actually lean toward the Republican or Democratic party, leaving only 7 percent of Americans who say they don’t lean toward a party. Strategists say that trend is reflected on the 2020 trail, where President Trump has been primarily focused on rallying his base, using a number of tactics such as calling for a wall along the southern border and attacking prominent Democrats.)

WASHINGTON POST
— How do I respond to younger colleagues who make snarky comments about my age? – Karla Miller (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government encouraged their younger employees to help them get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/work-advice-how-do-i-respond-to-younger-colleagues-who-make-snarky-comments-about-my-age/2019/09/20/a0466b24-d965-11e9-bfb1-849887369476_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Long History of American Slavery Reparations – Manisha Sinha (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German America, pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-long-history-of-american-slavery-reparations-11568991623
— When the Slave Traders Were African Those whose ancestors sold slaves to Europeans now struggle to come to terms with a painful legacy – Adaobi Tricia Nwaubani (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans, and especially Republicans who are White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German America, pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-the-slave-traders-were-african-11568991595

HR DRIVE
— Google worker says manager drove him out: ‘Tell grandpa to pick up the pace’ – Jennifer Carsen (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, they, or anyone who the manipulate/dominate, could crank out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails in far less time than it takes me.) 
https://www.hrdive.com/news/google-worker-says-manager-drove-him-out-tell-grandpa-to-pick-up-the-pace/563366/

LGBTQ NATION
— Pete Buttigieg attacks LGBTQ media after mainstream media keeps asking if he’s ‘gay enough’ He says he “can’t even read” queer media, but it has been mainstream outlets questioning whether or not he’s the right type of gay. – Alex Bollinger (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists insist that LGBTQ politicians a) promote LGBTQ activity and b) get rid of those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2019/09/pete-buttigieg-attacks-lgbtq-media-mainstream-media-keeps-asking-hes-gay-enough/