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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/

September 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Judge halts California law that would force President Trump to release tax returns – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/judge-halts-california-law-that-would-force-pres-trump-to-release-tax-returns/5553218/
— Justin Trudeau apologizes for wearing brownface during 2001 school event – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/justin-trudeau-apologizes-for-wearing-brownface-during-2001-school-event/5550893/

NBC5
— Alderman Brendan Reilly Looks for ‘Middle Ground’ on Downtown Dispensary Rules Proposed rules for legalized cannabis in Chicago would prohibit dispensaries from opening in the downtown business district – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/alderman-disagrees-with-blanket-ban-on-downtown-dispensaries-560720431.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump files lawsuit in attempt to block New York prosecutors from getting his tax returns – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-files-lawsuit-in-attempt-to-block-new-york-prosecutors-from-getting-his-tax-returns

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Recreational marijuana is coming to Chicago. Downtown pot shops should be part of the change. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-lori-lightfoot-pot-dispensaries-downtown-20190919-ppcob3edgjfjri2ofhqqkzmwey-story.html
— Proposal for on-site marijuana smoking licenses introduced, but alderman says it was a mistake and will be withdrawn and reviewed – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-marijuana-rules-ordinance-20190920-q4sotjawrjbznoap67ahy6epdq-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Hinsdale prepared to ban recreational marijuana sales in village – KIMBERLY FORNEK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-marijuana-sales-tl-0926-20190919-3hk6mebj3ndlzfjbhfmocipc6q-story.html
— Most expensive private high schools in the Chicago area – Kasondra Van Treeck
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-expensive-chicago-high-schools-viz-20190919-vxmkw7crhfeptfp2mqpqd66vla-story.html
— Keep The Bean forever open, clear and free of preachers and protesters – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-evangelists-millennium-park-bean-wheaton-zorn-20190919-5rmg3ymwrjfvrev6yjyx572psm-story.html
— The casino saga: A tale of shaky bets and … cannibals – DAVID GREISING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-casino-gambling-revenue-greising-20190919-ppopblrcpbhpvhyczwwob7us3u-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sweeping ordinance allows public pot use in licensed Chicago businesses, but Lightfoot ally says it was mistakenly introduced Ald. Villegas’ plan would allow consumption in cannabis showrooms, licensed bars and even in the offices of doctors and “beauty professionals.” – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/19/20874183/recreational-marijuana-pot-consumption-gillegas-lori-lightfoot
— Wanna allow weed cafes in your town? Hold on — lawmakers are planning a rewrite of pot law The law legalizing recreational pot contained an exemption seemingly allowing marijuana smoking in bars and restaurants, alarming health advocates. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/9/19/20873037/pot-on-site-consumption-public-marijuana-cannabis-cafe-illinois
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in getting students to serve as their operatives and as their dupes.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/19/20874091/chicago-climate-strike-where-when-what-time
— Is Chicago’s first openly-gay mayor laying the groundwork for gay set-asides on city contracts? In 2003, Ald. Tom Tunney (44th) broached the subject of gay set-asides, only to drop the idea after plenty of pushback from the gay community. Now, Mayor Lori Lightfoot is raising it again. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Do those who represent you on your city council support or oppose gay set-asides?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/9/19/20874706/chicagos-gay-mayor-laying-groundwork-gay-set-asides-city-contracts-lori-lightfoot-women-minorities
— Reparations? History is too vast to allow for a tidy accounting of sins and victimization What advocates for reparations really want is for Americans to acknowledge that blacks have been uniquely oppressed and persecuted in U.S. history. – Mona Charen 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/19/20874653/mona-charen-reparations-african-americans-2020-election-julian-castro-slavery-cory-brooker

DAILY HERALD
— Lawmakers already see need to tweak marijuana law – Jerry Nowicki (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/lawmakers-already-see-need-to-tweak-marijuana-law
— OUTSTANDING: Lake Zurich bans recreational pot sales – Jennifer Shea
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/lake-zurich-bans-recreational-pot-sales
— Trudeau can look to US politicians amid brownface scandal – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190919/news/309199877/
— The silenced: meet the climate whistleblowers muzzled by Trump – Oliver Milman (DIERSEN: The Democrats who dominate the federal government took adverse actions against me because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee continue to take adverse actions against me because I blow the whistle on their failure/refusal to defend and advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190919/the-silenced-meet-the-climate-whistleblowers-muzzled-by-trump
— Inspector general finds plenty of blame to go around on tollway hiring – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190919/inspector-general-finds-plenty-of-blame-to-go-around-on-tollway-hiring

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Lightfoot’s no-toke zone makes no sense The mayor wants to declare a potentially lucrative swath of Chicago off-limits to marijuana retailers. But why? – JOE CAHILL (DIERSEN: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/lightfoots-no-toke-zone-makes-no-sense

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: State of Illinois department heads have been ordered to find “operational efficiencies” that would total 6.5 percent of their current budget. In the federal government, when agency budgets are cut, agencies get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. 
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-be-prepared/article_f89ae88e-5ecc-5ff7-bee3-f48d9a66115e.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Oberweis Releases End of July-Early August Survey Results Very Favorable to His Campaign, Margin of Error 6.9%
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/18/oberweis-releases-august-8th-survey-results-very-favorable-to-his-campaign/

CAPITOL FAX
— Oberweis slammed for releasing poll that has him trailing by 9
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/19/oberweis-slammed-for-releasing-poll-that-has-him-trailing-by-9/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Stoners and pot pushers want pot to be available and sold everywhere. 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/19/family-friendly/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Ilhan Omar wants Trump suspended from Twitter – Andrew Blake (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents should get together and publish a list of websites and authors that they do not want me to include links to in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, that is, a list of websites and authors that they want me to blacklist. Of course, they will not do that because they know that I refuse to carryout anyone’s blacklist orders.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/19/ilhan-omar-wants-donald-trump-suspended-from-twitt/
— Colt suspends production of AR-15 for civilian market – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/19/colt-suspends-production-of-ar-15-for-civilian-mar/

GOPUSA
— Drive a battery car; support child labor
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76328

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump the fighter takes aim at California’s blue cities over homeless crisis of their own making – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/payback_trump_the_fighter_takes_aim_at_californias_blue_cities_over_homeless_crisis_of_their_own_making.html

BREITBART
— 7 Trump Haters Who Love Them Some Blackface – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2019/09/19/nolte-7-trump-haters-who-love-them-some-blackface/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Real Reason for Trump Derangement Syndrome – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/19/the-real-reason-for-trump-derangement-syndrome/

PJ MEDIA
— Groundbreaking $4.8M Lawsuit Threatens to Unearth SPLC’s Secrets – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/groundbreaking-4-8m-lawsuit-threatens-to-unearth-splcs-secrets/

THE HILL
— Democrats hit Scalia over LGBTQ rights – ALEX GANGITANO
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/462185-democrats-hit-scalia-over-lgbtq-disability-rights

NEW YORK POST
— Watchdog Refuses to Detail Whistle-Blower Complaint About Trump – Nicholas Fandos, Eileen Sullivan, Julian E. Barnes and Matthew Rosenberg (DIERSEN: The Democrats who dominate the federal government took adverse actions against me because I blew the whistle on their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. The RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee continue to take adverse actions against me because I blow the whistle on their failure/refusal to defend and advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/19/us/politics/intelligence-whistle-blower-complaint-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The UAW is on strike against General Motors. Here’s what that says about today’s labor movement. – Laura C. Bucci
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/19/uaw-is-strike-against-general-motors-heres-what-that-says-about-todays-labor-movement/

FORBES
— Google Is Once Again Accused Of Age Discrimination – Jack Kelly
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jackkelly/2019/09/19/google-is-once-again-accused-of-age-discrimination/
— Even In A Competitive Labor Market, Little Vacation For Workers – Martha Gimbel (DIERSEN: Since 1966, when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been furious a) that I got lots of vacation days while worked part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969 and full-time for IRS 1971-1980 and GAO 1980-1997 and b) that I got a big lump-sum payment for lots of unused vacation days when I took an early retirement “offer” in 1997. SEE:

https://www.opm.gov/policy-data-oversight/pay-leave/leave-administration/fact-sheets/annual-leave/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/marthagimbel/2019/09/19/even-in-a-competitive-labor-market-little-vacation-for-workers/

GAZETTE
— Where do 10 candidates stand on LGBTQ issues? Gazette looks at presidential candidates’ pasts before Friday’s forum
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/government/where-do-10-candidates-stand-on-lgbtq-issues-gazette-one-iowa-glaad-the-advocate-msnbc-youtube-friday-forum-20190919

OAKLAND COUNTY TIMES
— Five Apply for Short Term Ferndale Council Seat, Decision Monday – Crystal A. Proxmire
http://oaklandcounty115.com/2019/09/19/five-apply-for-short-term-ferndale-council-seat-decision-monday/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Applicants have the opportunity to speak to Council at the Monday, Sept. 23 meeting, and council is expected to appoint the vacancy following the introductions. The meeting takes place at Ferndale City Hall beginning at 7pm.)

WESTWORD
— City Council Rejects Rezoning Proposal Opposed by West Colfax Jewish Community – CONOR MCCORMICK-CAVANAGH 
https://www.westword.com/news/denver-city-council-rejects-rezoning-request-in-west-colfax-11483925

ADVOCATE
— Where the 2020 Democratic Candidates Stand on LGBTQ Issues
https://www.advocate.com/election/2019/9/19/lgbtq-presidential-forum-where-10-candidates-stand#media-gallery-media-1

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Are Thrift Savings Plan millionaires on the endangered species list? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: The more money that they have in their Thrift Savings Plan, the more that federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40 will be forced to retire.) 
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2019/09/are-tsp-millionaires-on-the-endangered-species-list/

HR
— How to Calculate Damages in a Slander Case (DIERSEN: I should sue those who have slandered me. Their slandering me has caused me to lose a tremendous amount of income.) 
https://www.hg.org/legal-articles/how-to-calculate-damages-in-a-slander-case-38152
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Actual damages can be calculated to a certain dollar amount. They include all those damages that the plaintiff directly suffered due to the slander. This may include lost wages, lost earning capacity or loss of business opportunities. These may include the actual amounts lost or the amounts that are likely to be lost because of the slander. To calculate lost earnings, the plaintiff can add up the wages that he or she lost from being out of work because of the slanderous statement. This also includes any employment benefits that were lost, such as using sick days or paid time off to deal with the slanderous statement. Lost earning capacity is more difficult to prove and generally requires expert testimony. An expert may have to testify about how the plaintiff’s diminished earning capacity will affect his or her lifetime earnings. For example, if a person was working a $100,000 job and the slander caused him or her to be fired and to be ostracized from the position and was only able to earn $50,000, the annual amount of damages would start at $50,000. Reasonable pay increases based on the individual’s employment record would also be taken into consideration, as well as his or her prospects for promotion. Inflation may also be taken into consideration. An expert may have to evaluate a variety of evidence in order to determine the difference between the plaintiff’s projected earnings before the slander in order to compare these with the projected earnings after the slander. The economic expert may examine the plaintiff’s tax returns, the current and projected economic state and the industry in which the plaintiff is employed and was employed. If the plaintiff was a business owner, his or her losses may include the loss of existing clients and the lost business opportunities. Former clients may be called to testify that they stopped doing business because of the slander. An economic expert may be necessary to testify about the economic impact of such lost business opportunities and business goodwill.)

September 14 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration puts tough new asylum rule into effect – JULIE WATSON AND CEDAR ATTANASIO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–immigration-asylum-seekers-20190912-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Haymarket drug and alcohol treatment center proposal for Itasca loses more support – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190913/haymarket-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-center-proposal-for-itasca-loses-more-support
— Big money on both sides of Elk Grove term limits issue – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190913/big-money-on-both-sides-of-elk-grove-term-limits-issue
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jane Cox of Wheaton demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190914/lexicon-of-leadership

WBBM 780
— Jeanne Ives Says A Trans Judge Gives Her No Qualms, Despite Controversial TV Ad – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/issue-jeanne-ives

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Black Americans are doing great under Trump – Star Parker
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/star-parker-black-americans-are-doing-great-under-trump/article_c44b1dde-d4b1-11e9-849b-cf7ea29b5f53.html

SAUK VALLEY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Planning for pot: Rock Falls working out where marijuana shops can be located – PAM EGGEMEIER
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/09/13/planning-for-pot-rock-falls-working-out-where-marijuana-shops-can-be-located/ald0m5x/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democratic Presidential Candidates Disagree On Mandatory Gun Buyback – MARTIN KASTE 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/democratic-presidential-candidates-disagree-mandatory-gun-buyback#stream/0

NAPERVILLE TV
— Coyne Running for County Board
https://www.nctv17.com/nctv17-news-update/coyne-running-for-county-board-buttonwood-park-police-storytime/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP primary challengers band together to accuse Trump of ‘pitting everyday Americans against one another’ – Carlin Becker (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gop-primary-challengers-band-together-to-accuse-trump-of-pitting-everyday-americans-against-one-another

FOX NEWS
— ‘Cowards run from fights’: GOP challengers to Trump blast state parties for canceling primaries, caucuses – Louis Casiano (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-walsh-mark-sanford-bill-weld-washington-post-op-ed-trump-2020-primaries-caucuses

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrat debate was terrifying. Who are these people? – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/the_democrat_debate_was_terrifying_who_are_these_people.html

THE HILL
— Trump challengers pen joint op-ed blasting states that canceled primaries – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461392-trump-challengers-pen-joint-op-ed-blasting-states-that-canceled-primaries
— Trump defends push to ban flavored e-cigarettes: Let’s ‘keep young children from Vaping!’ – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/461381-trump-defends-push-to-ban-flavored-e-cigarettes-lets-keep-young

CNN
— GOP Trump challengers slam canceled primaries: ‘Only the weak fear competition’ – Caroline Kelly (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/politics/republican-2020-challengers-op-ed-canceled-primaries/index.html

CNBC
— Legal pot efforts have turned states from narcs to pushers – Jake Novak (DIERSEN: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, government promotes vice.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/legal-pot-efforts-have-turned-states-from-narcs-to-pushers.html

CBS NEWS
— Teen with vape-related lung illness sues e-cigarette maker Juul Labs
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teen-with-vape-related-lung-illness-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-labs-today-2019-09-13/

NEW YORK TIMES
— It Will Take More Than Cheap Shots to Knock Off Biden Ageism was on display in a debate where Democrats tried their hardest to dent Joe Biden’s enduring appeal. – Timothy Egan (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/opinion/joe-biden-debate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/opinion/refugees-trump-america.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Opportunity Zones Knock Where They’re Needed Least Places like Chapel Hill are poor areas on paper because they’re filled with jobless college kids. – Tony Mecia
https://www.wsj.com/articles/opportunity-zones-knock-where-theyre-needed-least-11568412633
— Introducing: Das Monopoly The game you love, now with discussions of race, sex and privilege. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/introducing-das-monopoly-11568415779

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Poor People’s Campaign will begin touring more than 20 states later this month to bring together residents of disenfranchised communities and help them register to vote. – MARTHA WAGGONER (DIERSEN: How disenfranchised are the voters who share your demographics in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? If you are a Republican, how strongly do those who represent you defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? How strongly do they defend and advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/sns-bc-us–poor-peoples-campaign-20190909-story.html

LACROSSE TRIBUNE
— Wisconsin Republican Party chairman: no plans to scrap presidential primary – RILEY VETTERKIND
https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/wi/republican-party-chairman-no-plans-to-scrap-presidential-primary/article_b5d7a54f-aa1b-55c4-ba3d-13e6a2df0b94.html

GAZETTE
— LGBTQ presidential forum in Cedar Rapids a ‘sign of progress’ But much at stake in 2020 election, GLAAD official says (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you are a LGBTQer and you hold a government office or a political office, LBGTQ activists will force you to use your office to get rid of non-LGBTQers.)
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/zeke-stokes-glaad-iowa-gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender-presidential-forum-20190913

LAFAYETTE JOURNAL COURIER
— Purdue stands by Chick-fil-A, despite protests from faculty, student body president – Dave Bangert (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you are a LGBTQer and you hold a government office or a political office, LBGTQ activists will force you to use your office to get rid of non-LGBTQers.)
https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/09/13/purdue-stands-chick-fil-a-despite-protests-faculty-student-body-president/2310772001/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— ‘Cowards run from fights’: 3 Republican presidential candidates join forces to blast Trump and RNC for shutting them out of primaries – David Choi (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-primaries-cancel-sanford-walsh-weld-oped-2019-9

MARKET WATCH
— Was Joe Biden the victim of an ageist attack at the Democratic debate? The problem with ageism is that it’s ingrained in society – Alessandra Malito (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/was-joe-biden-the-victim-of-an-ageist-attack-at-the-democratic-debate-2019-09-13

BUSINESS NEWS DAILY
— 6 Ways to Get a Job Without Industry Experience – Skye Schooley (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned what I had learned a) working for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year; b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; d) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976; and e) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. Much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, but they viciously rejected that. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.) 
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15277-get-a-job-without-experience.html

NEWSWEEK
— PRIESTS POUR 18 GALLONS OF HOLY WATER OVER RUSSIAN CITY TO STOP ‘ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, DRUGS AND FORNICATION’ – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-orthodox-priests-holy-water-tver-1459128

ATLANTIC
— JULY 13, 2016 FLASHBACK: Do Party Platforms Still Matter? – DANIEL DISALVO and JAMES W. CEASER (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Because of that, should I a) stop promoting or b) work against “Republicans” who work against the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/party-platform-national-convention/491147/

RAW STORY
— Biden challenged a reporter to a wrestling match after being asked about releasing his medical records: report – Bob Brigham (DIERSEN: What do you stress to defend your health? I stress the fact that nothing has stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.) 
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/biden-challenged-a-reporter-to-a-wrestling-match-after-being-asked-about-releasing-his-medical-records-report/

WASHINGTON BLADE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/09/13/cannabis-culture-31/
— Will Trump appoint the first gay national security adviser? (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you are a LGBTQer and you hold a government office or a political office, LBGTQ activists will force you to use your office to get rid of non-LGBTQers.)
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/09/13/will-trump-appoint-the-first-gay-national-security-adviser/

CONVERSATION
— Brexit: how the people are using ‘news avoidance’ to escape the post-truth world of politics (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you and everyone else to practice “news avoidance,” that is, to stop reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://theconversation.com/brexit-how-the-people-are-using-news-avoidance-to-escape-the-post-truth-world-of-politics-123218

September 12 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Documents Reveal New Details of Hastert Payments
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/New-Details-Of-Hastert-Payments-560179901.html
— Report Reveals ZIP Codes With Highest and Lowest Incomes in Illinois
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/report-reveals-zip-codes-with-highest-and-lowest-incomes-across-illinois-560045021.html

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Elgin City Council directs staff to draft zoning, tax ordinances for legalized pot sales – GLORIA CASAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/elgin-courier-news/ct-ecn-elgin-recreational-pot-st-0913-20190912-hhojagk7orgq5a5zbqwlncbnlm-story.html
— State revenue from casinos continues to drop as Illinois prepares for massive gambling expansion – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-gambling-report-20190912-ga56b2vu5bcrfaobgq53iu5w3e-story.html
— After Texas U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz dismisses Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s invitation to visit Chicago, she repeats familiar refrain, ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’ – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-cruz-political-stunt-20190912-iegaobhg2vavnn3s5s7gmpjvni-story.html

— It’s time to talk about how government consolidation could benefit the south suburbs – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-township-municipal-consolidation-st-0912-20190911-ex3bpce6tne7vjgccx6yhxfutm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING: Tight-knit female lawmakers behind legal marijuana have new nickname State Rep. Kelly Cassidy, admitting she’s the most foul-mouthed of the group, said she came up with the name “Cannabitches” as a counterweight to a more wholesome moniker that had been ascribed to them: “The Marijuana Moms.” – Mitch Dudek 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/9/12/20863091/legal-marijuana-cannabitches-kelly-cassidy-cannabis-pot
— Cruz on Lightfoot’s call to visit Chicago to discuss gun violence: ‘The invitation as I perceive it is to a political circus.’ ‘Oh, I’d be happy to go to Chicago, said Cruz, immediately qualifying his answer. ‘But given the tone and anger in her response, I’m not sure we would see a civil or substantive conversation rather than just a political show.’ – Lynn Sweet and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/9/12/20862594/ted-cruz-lori-lightfoot-chicago-visit-guns-violence
— Chicago schools CEO Jackson keeps cool at House hearing after GOP lawmaker presses her about immigrant students “For the immigrants you invite into your sanctuary city, how many come with immigrant children, how many come with both parents, how many one parent, how many no parents?” Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wis. asked CPS CEO Janice Jackson. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/9/11/20861796/chicago-schools-ceo-jackson-cool-hearing-gop-lawmaker-asks-immigrant-students

— Is hope of casino jackpot a sucker bet? State’s gambling tax revenue booming, but it’s not from casinos   Gambling generated a record $1.4 billion for the state over the last year, but that’s despite a seventh straight year of declining returns from Illinois’ 10 existing casinos. Six more casinos in the pipeline could ‘exacerbate’ the problem, a state commission found. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/12/20863409/illinois-casino-revenue-gambling-expansion-video-report

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Long Grove village board rejects recreational marijuana sales – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190912/long-grove-village-board-rejects-recreational-marijuana-sales
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Elgin council leans toward ‘yes’ on marijuana sales in town – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190912/elgin-council-leans-toward-yes-on-marijuana-sales-in-town

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Record UI enrollment tops 50,000 for the first time – Julie Wurth
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/record-ui-enrollment-tops-for-the-first-time/article_f2468682-d575-11e9-ba77-1bada33fdc7c.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Expensive campaign expected for Illinois progressive tax vote – Greg Bishop
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Expensive-campaign-expected-for-Illinois-14434616.php

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Carbondale community trains ICE rapid response team – Jacob Lorenz
https://dailyegyptian.com/95556/news/carbondale-community-trains-ice-rapid-response-team/

KMOX
— SIUE students still can’t smoke marijuana on campus after it’s legalized There are state laws preventing smoking and being under the influence at public colleges. – MARIA KEENA
https://kmox.radio.com/articles/news/siue-students-cant-smoke-marijuana-after-legalized-illinois

HIGHLAND PARK PATCH
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: City of Highwood Plans for a Recreational Marijuana Dispensary Highwood Among the First Cities in Illinois to Express Interest in Sale of Recreational Marijuana
https://patch.com/illinois/highlandpark/city-highwood-plans-recreational-marijuana-dispensary

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Mumps Infect Illegal Aliens at McHenry County Jail
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/12/mumps-infect-illegal-aliens-at-mchenry-county-jail/ 
— John Pletz Sets Up Saturday Morning Coffee for Evelyn Sanguinetti and Justin Hansen
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/12/john-pletz-sets-up-coffee-for-evelyn-sangrinetti-and-justin-hansen-saturday-morning/ 
— IL 66th District: Allen Skillicorn and Carolyn Schofield Speak at West Dundee, Skillicorn Endorsed by Jeanne Ives, Schofield Endorsed by Don DeWitte
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/12/il-66th-district-allen-skillicorn-and-carolyn-schofield-speak-at-west-dundee-skillicorn-endorsed-by-jeanne-ives-schofield-endorsed-by-don-dewitte/ 
— McHenry County Taxpayers Hit for Almost $21,600 for Jack Franks’ Family Health Insurance
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/12/mchenry-county-taxpayers-hit-for-almost-24000-for-jack-franks-family-health-insurance/ 

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Chicago Republican Party chairman: Contract agreement with AFSCME workers is ‘legalized bribery’ – Glenn Minnis
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/513520644-chicago-republican-party-chairman-contract-agreement-with-afscme-workers-is-legalized-bribery

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/12/looking-on-the-bright-side-6/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Facebook sanctions Netanyahu page over ‘hate speech’ policy – Zachary Halaschak
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/facebook-sanctions-netanyahu-page-over-hate-speech-policy

AMERICAN THINKER
— Elizabeth Warren’s Indian-persecuting ancestors pile up – and she’d like you to pay the reparations – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/elizabeth_warrens_indianpersecuting_ancestors_pile_up__and_shed_like_you_to_pay_the_reparations.html

DAILY CALLER
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Apologizes To Illegal Immigrants ‘On Behalf Of The United States Of America’ – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/12/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-illegal-immigrants-apologize/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Supreme Court Lets New Trump Asylum Restrictions Take Effect – Kevin Daley 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/09/12/supreme-court-lets-new-trump-asylum-restrictions-take-effect/

DAILY WIRE
— The Democratic Party Is Fatally Attracted To Hardcore Leftism – JOSH HAMMER
https://www.dailywire.com/news/51709/hammer-democratic-party-fatally-attracted-hardcore-josh-hammer

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Islam Hates Us’: Democrats Attack Trump for Honest Observation – RAYMOND IBRAHIM
https://pjmedia.com/homeland-security/islam-hates-us-democrats-attack-trump-for-honest-observation/

BLAZE
— Chick-fil-A opening at Purdue U. irritates gay student body president, faculty. But over 3,000 petition signers see things a little differently. Restaurant is set to open on campus in fall 2020 – Dave Urbanski
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chick-fil-a-opening-at-purdue-u-irritates-gay-student-body-president-faculty

— Parkland father exposes how killer was enabled by Obama’s school-leniency policies ‘The left, they don’t want to hear my story’ – Breck Dumas
https://www.theblaze.com/news/parkland-father-exposes-how-killer-was-enabled-by-obamas-school-leniency-policies

CAMPUS REFORM
— Illinois prof. helps lead effort to ‘cancel’ Sean Spicer on-campus appearance – Jon Street
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=13698

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/460765-the-us-mexico-border-situation-is-an-opportunity-not-a-crisis

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Pope dismisses ideology of conservative U.S. critics – NICOLE WINFIELD
https://www.rep-am.com/news/world/2019/09/12/pope-dismisses-ideology-of-conservative-u-s-critics/

WASHINGTON POST
— North Carolina’s special election is great news for Trump’s reelection chances – Henry Olsen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/09/11/north-carolinas-special-election-is-great-news-trumps-reelection-chances/

September 10 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 9 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Use What God’s Given You – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What do you do with your time and with your money? I use my time and my money to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every evening. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use their time and use their money a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. Attend Milton Township Republican Central Committee meetings and events and watch them in action.) 
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/09/09/use-what-gods-given-you/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BL
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, UNACCEPTABLE: At least 8 million illegal aliens hold down jobs meant for U.S. citizens or legal immigrants – Chris Ford (DIERSEN: But how many of these jobs are “bad” jobs? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes crow that they have never had to take and that they never would take “bad” jobs like the ones I took. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://thebl.com/us-news/at-least-8-million-illegal-aliens-hold-down-jobs-meant-for-u-s-citizens-or-legal-immigrants.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

September 7 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Indiana confirms 1st death linked to vaping, 5 deaths confirmed nationwide – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/health/indiana-confirms-1st-death-linked-to-vaping-5-deaths-confirmed-nationwide/5520723/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Head of Chicago non-profit supported by NFL and Roc Nation apologizes for dreadlock cutting Old posts by Crushers Club founder Sally Hazelgrove began circulating on social media. In one, Hazelgrove, who is white, is shown with scissors in her hands as she announces she’s going to cut the dreadlocks of a black teenager. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/6/20852853/nfl-roc-nation-crushers-club-dreadlock-cutting
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants who need/want public assistance because those immigrants vote for Democrats.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/9/6/20853332/trump-immigration-green-card-public-charge-tammy-duckworth-chuy-garcia-brighton-park-icirr

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Roots festival lets Aurora celebrate its diversity – DAVID SHAROS (DIERSEN: For a “Diversity” event while I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors required us to disclose not only our national origin, but the when our ancestors came to America. I should write a book about my GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were especially anti-German. Then I should write a book about those who were especially anti-Protestant.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-roots-aurora-st-0908-20190907-tshqa2sqmbednenk2upmtxa3re-story.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DeKalb already fielding interest from marijuana merchants – KELSEY RETTKE
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2019/09/06/dekalb-already-fielding-interest-from-marijuana-merchants/al2pi6r/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Champaign council member: Cannabis-cultivation facility ‘would be a great economic boost for our area’ – Ben Zigterman
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/champaign-council-member-cannabis-cultivation-facility-would-be-a-great/article_c387f276-0498-52af-b751-94b33c9ff3bd.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Legalized marijuana and gambling in Springfield
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190906/under-dome-podcast-legalized-marijuana-and-gambling-in-springfield

WREX
— Guidelines for recreational marijuana released (DIERSEN: Of course, soon, Democrats will relax these guidelines.)
https://wrex.com/category/2019/09/06/guidelines-for-recreational-marijuana-released/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Former State Rep. Peter Breen pleads with voters to take the power over legislative maps out of Michael Madigan’s hands – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/513485906-former-state-rep-peter-breen-pleads-with-voters-to-take-the-power-over-legislative-maps-out-of-michael-madigan-s-hands

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— CHICAGO AREA GAY AND LESBIAN CHAMBER OF COMMERCE: Beyond the Pride Parade: Celebrating True Lgbtq+ Engagement (DIERSEN: To promote LGBTQ+ is to destroy the traditional family.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/513512364-chicago-area-gay-and-lesbian-chamber-of-commerce-beyond-the-pride-parade-celebrating-true-lgbtq-engagement

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— LAKE COUNTY PROPERTY TAXES UP 2%, DESPITE HOME VALUES DOWN 31% SINCE RECESSION – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/lake-county-property-taxes-up-2-despite-home-values-down-31-since-recession/

FOX NEWS
— Hannity: CNN runs ‘marathon infomercial for DNC’ as 2020 Dems tout ‘radical’ plans – Joshua Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/hannity-cnn-runs-marathon-infomercial-for-dnc

AMERICAN THINKER
— Is Chicago a Gun Crime Sanctuary City? – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/is_chicago_a_gun_crime_sanctuary_city.html
— For whom are reparations due? – David L. Rosenthal
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/for_whom_are_reparations_due.html

BREITBART
— Minnesota Parents Rally to ‘Protect Kids’ Against State-Mandated Planned Parenthood Sex Ed – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/06/minnesota-parents-rally-to-protect-kids-against-state-mandated-planned-parenthood-sex-ed/
— Migration Industry Demands More ‘Healthcare Visas’ for Sick Illegal Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/06/migration-industry-demands-more-healthcare-visas-for-sick-illegal-migrants/

NEW AMERICAN
— Self-Destruction in the Golden State – John F. McManus
https://www.thenewamerican.com/reviews/opinion/item/33357-self-destruction-in-the-golden-state

PJ MEDIA
— CNN’s LGBT Town Hall Will Put Dems’ Anti-Christian Bigotry on Full Display – TYLER O’NEIL 
https://pjmedia.com/faith/cnns-lgbt-town-hall-will-put-dems-anti-christian-bigotry-on-display/
— Trump Unloads on Obama DACA Order, Calling It ‘Totally Illegal’ – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-criticizes-obama-daca-order-calling-it-totally-illegal/

TOWNHALL
— Pro-Sanctuary Maryland Officials Throw A Tantrum After State Becomes A Den Of Illegal Alien Rape – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/09/06/pro-sanctuary-maryland-officials-throw-a-tantrum-after-county-becomes-a-den-of-il-n2552717

THE HILL
— Wave of GOP retirements threaten 2020 comeback – SCOTT WONG AND MIKE LILLIS 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/460328-wave-of-gop-retirements-threaten-2020-comeback

NEW YORK TIMES
— More House Republicans Ask: Why Win Re-election When You Can Retire Instead – Emily Cochrane and Julie Hirschfeld Davis
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/06/us/politics/house-republicans-retire.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump’s new rule to punish immigrants just shows how bad American jobs are – Brigid Schulte (DIERSEN: How bad were the jobs that you had? 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.washingtonpost.com/outlook/the-cruel-irony-of-the-newpublic-charge-rule/2019/09/05/37f51896-cf5a-11e9-9031-519885a08a86_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: States to Launch Google, Facebook Antitrust Probes Separate inquiries by coalitions of attorneys general buttress Washington’s scrutiny of the tech giants – John D. McKinnon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-to-launch-google-facebook-antitrust-probes-11567762204
— When Corporations Changed Their Social Role—and Upended Our Politics Large companies once offered workers lifetime security and generous benefits. Then they stopped, setting the stage for our populist moment – Nicholas Lemann
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-corporations-changed-their-social-roleand-upended-our-politics-11567782178

BUFFALO NEWS
— Union members earn more, feel better about standard of living, report says – Matt Glynn (DIERSEN: Instead of working in retirement, I have reduced my standard of living. My $53,316/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
https://buffalonews.com/2019/09/06/union-members-earn-more-feel-better-about-standard-of-living-report-says/

HARTFORD COURANT
— Ronald Reagan, the diversity president – NOAH SMITH (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-noah-smith-reagan-diversity-0907-20190907-ucn5hq7b3bfnlaxehwpjoyovze-story.html

FORBES
— How Working In Retirement Became A Reality – Kerry Hannon (DIERSEN: Instead of working in retirement, I have reduced my standard of living. My $53,316/year Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nextavenue/2019/09/06/how-working-in-retirement-became-a-reality/#1324096a73fc