January 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: No need to fear ICE, even if you take part in school elections, CPS assures parents Local School Council elections will take place in April, with candidate applications due in March. – Nader Issa (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Chicago Democrats put citizens of foreign countries ahead of citizens of America.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/1/22/21077268/ice-cps-school-elections-immigration-public
— Krishna K. Bansal, 11th Congressional District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include job growth, mental health care and reduction of federal regulations and taxes for small businesses. – Editorial Board 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21063119/krishna-bansal-congress-11th-district-republican-primary-candidate-2020-election-house-rep
— Mike Fricilone, 3rd Congressional District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include tax reduction, health care and job training. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21063016/mike-fricilone-congress-house-rep-3rd-district-republican-primary-candidate-2020-election
— Jeanette Ward, Illinois Senate 25th District Republican candidate profile Her top priorities include pension reform, ethics reform and repealing the Reproductive Health Act. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21037392/jeanette-ward-illinois-senate-25th-district-republican-candidate-profile-primary-election
— Carolyn Schofield, Illinois House 66th District Republican candidate profile Her top priorities include property tax relief, transportation, infrastructure and flood control needs. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21060294/carolyn-schofield-illinois-house-66th-district-republican-candidate-2020-primary-election-state-rep
— Tommy Hanson, 5th Congressional District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include state and local corruption, removal of pension systems at local levels and school vouchers. – CST Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21062959/tommy-hanson-congress-house-rep-5th-district-republican-primary-candidate-2020-election
— CTU asks CPS board to resolve $25 million veteran teacher pay fight The board wants to give the money in bonuses, but teachers want raises instead. – Nader Issa (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with facts that show that my Democrat GAO superiors overwhelmingly and disproportionately gave bonuses and promotions to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/1/22/21077377/ctu-cps-board-veteran-teacher-pay-union

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers want everyone to stop drinking booze and to smoke pot instead.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-women-alcohol-treatment-tt-20200122-x7hsn5carrde5gymmvqr5mmkpi-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Powerful union pushes to change Illinois constitution It’s proposing an amendment that would ban right-to-work laws in the state. Business groups are fighting back. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/powerful-union-pushes-change-illinois-constitution
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cresco Labs borrows $100 million for growth The Chicago-based company is undergoing a massive expansion in Illinois as the recreational-weed market soars. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/cresco-labs-borrows-100-million-growth

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/cha-updates-cannabis-policy-to-protect-residents/15b8ab08-1ca4-4d1d-b080-a92abe3bbf99

NORTHWEST HERALD
— GOP candidates outline platforms in first 14th District debate Seven vying for chance to challenge Underwood in congressional race – Jim Fuller
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/01/23/gop-candidates-outline-platforms-in-first-14th-district-debate/ah02q6c/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Hearing planned on voter registration glitch – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: How much deadwood is there in the voting rolls for your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, and America?) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200122/hearing-planned-on-voter-registration-glitch

JOURNAL COURIER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot destroys those who use it and everyone and everything around them.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Cannabis-8216-equity-8217-plan-might-boost-14997619.php

SOUTHERN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://thesouthern.com/entertainment/bud-basics-your-guide-to-the-pot-shop-and-beyond/article_2a88a5a5-9f9e-55df-a8a7-ec12b8795668.html

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHO’S ON THE BALLOT? PRESIDENT, SENATOR, U.S. CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATES IN MARCH 17 PRIMARY (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, every Republican county, township, and ward organization in Illinois should host a website that at a minimum, a) lists all the Republican candidates who are running in their county, township, or ward, b) includes links to their websites, and c) includes their contact information.) 
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2020/01/whos-on-the-ballot-president-senator-u-s-congressional-candidates-in-march-17-primary/

DARIEN PATCH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://patch.com/illinois/darien-il/pot-foes-not-swaying-darien-official

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Bloomberg says candidates should be judged on their larger “body of work.” My critics/opponents disagree. My critics/opponents 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 promote candidates 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.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2020/01/23/lightfoot-sees-2-dem-problems-harmon-quitting-law-firm-preckwinkles-revenge-488135

DAILY ILLINI
— OUTSTANDING: Marijuana use, possession remains strictly prohibited on-campus – YOOJIN SON (DIERSEN: To encourage a person to use pot is to try to destroy that person. Overwhelmingly, pot pushers 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://dailyillini.com/news/2020/01/23/marijuana-use-possession-remains-strictly-prohibited-on-campus/

DAILY LINE
— Rivals (Mike McAuliffe and Amie Kessem) clash in Cook County’s only contested GOP committeeperson race – Alex Nitkin 
http://thedailyline.net/chicago/01/23/2020/rivals-clash-in-countys-only-contested-gop-committeeperson-race/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McConchie Criticized Automatic Voter Registration, Warned Colleagues of Problems Before Passage
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/23/mcconchie-criticized-automatic-voter-registration-warned-colleagues-of-problems-before-passage/ 
— IL-14: Open Thread About the Debate *UPDATE: Twitter Poll Added*
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/23/il-14-open-thread-about-the-debate/ 
— Leslie Schermerhorn Defends Her Office of Regional Education, Says Elimination Would Save Local Taxpayers Only $70,000
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/23/leslie-schermerhorn-defends-her-superintendent-of-regional-education-office-says-elimination-would-save-local-taxpayers-only-70000/ 
— Turning Point’s Charlie Kirk Headlining GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner February 15th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/23/turning-points-charlie-kirk-headlining-gops-lincoln-day-dinner-february-15th/ 
— Democrat Jeanne Ridings, Running in Southeastern Judicial District, Reports No Money
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/23/democrat-jeanne-ridings-running-in-southeastern-judicial-district-reports-no-money/ 
— IL-14: Chicago Sun-Times Candidates Questionnaires Published *Update: Chicago Tribune Interviewed all 7 candidates today*
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/22/il-14-chicago-sun-times-candidates-questionnaires-published/ 
— Dave Gervais Judicial Opponent Elizabeth Vonau Reports $4,300 Available for Fall Campaign
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/22/dave-gervais-judicial-opponent-elizabeth-vonau-reports-4300-available-for-fall-campaign/

CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/23/another-first-in-a-newly-legalized-business/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Donald Trump complains about lack of Pulitzers for Sean Hannity, Rush Limbaugh – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/22/donald-trump-complains-about-lack-of-pulitzers-for/
— Joe Biden shines spotlight on left’s insane love for illegal immigrants – Cheryl K. Chumley Examiner (DIERSEN: If you get a DUI, the more of the following that you are, the more that DUI ends whatever career you may have had: 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://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/23/joe-biden-shines-spotlight-on-lefts-insane-love-fo/
— ACLU leads charge against ‘unprecedented restrictions’ proposed for covering Trump impeachment trial – Andrew Blake (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I should be barred from holding any kind of leadership position in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/aclu-leads-charge-against-unprecedented-restrictio/
— Authors defending college employee fired for Facebook post – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/23/authors-defending-college-employee-fired-for-faceb/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Ralph Northam is demonizing gun owners to distract from his racist past – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/ralph-northam-is-demonizing-gun-owners-to-distract-from-his-racist-past

GOPUSA
— Oakland votes to bar landlords from conducting background checks
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83379

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Rage of the Democrats – Amil Imani
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/the_rage_of_the_democrats.html

BREITBART
— Roughly 33K Anchor Babies Born via ‘Birth Tourism’ in U.S. Every Year – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/22/33k-anchor-babies-born-via-birth-tourism-every-year/

TOWNHALL
— Biden Says He’d Fire ICE Agents for Arresting Drunk Driving Illegal Aliens – Bronson Stocking (DIERSEN: If you get a DUI, the more of the following that you are, the more that DUI ends whatever career you may have had: 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://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/01/22/biden-says-he-would-fire-ice-agents-for-deporting-drunk-driving-illegals-n2559963

DAILY CALLER
— ‘These Guys Are Not The Enemy’: NYPD Union Leader Hits Mayor De Blasio For Anti-ICE Policies – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/22/nypd-union-leader-rips-de-blasio-for-ice/

NEWSMAX
— Reince Priebus Joins CBS as Analyst – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/reincepriebus-cbs-analyst-rnc/2020/01/22/id/950899/

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Laments GOP’s ‘Restricted TV Feed,’ ‘Reporters Roped Off’ for Senate Trial – Tim Graham (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who shout at everyone that because I am a reporter, the following should get rid of me: activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2020/01/23/new-york-times-laments-gops-restricted-tv-feed-reporters-roped

PJ MEDIA
— Elizabeth Warren UNLEASHES on Trump Judges: ‘Homophobic, Racist, Sexist, Anti-Voter’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/election/elizabeth-warren-unleashes-on-trump-judges-homophobic-racist-sexist-anti-voter/

THE HILL
— Reince Priebus joins CBS News as political analyst – TAL AXELROD 
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/479456-reince-priebus-joins-cbs-news-as-political-analyst
— German president expresses ‘sorrow’ for Holocaust, warns ‘spirits of evil’ are rising – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the worst national origin to have is German. What if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?))
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/479546-german-president-expresses-sorrow-for-holocaust-warns-spirits

POLITICO
— Trump sets new Twitter record for presidency The president flooded his account with more than 140 posts during the second day of the Senate’s impeachment trial. – MYAH WARD (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents want me to include a) fewer links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) fewer comments from me on those articles.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/22/trump-new-twitter-record-presidency-102308

HUFFINGTON POST
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘President Pence’: Republican Group Urges Senate To Dump Trump In Damning New Ad The anti-Trump ad campaign includes a new take on MAGA hats: “Mike’s Alright Given Alternative.” – Ed Mazza
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/gop-group-president-pence-ad_n_5e293ad1c5b67d8874acb7fa

CNN
— Jake Tapper fact-checks Jay Sekulow’s misleading ‘quid pro quo’ claim (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents talk and/or act like they have been promised leadership positions in the following if they get me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2020/01/22/sekulow-quid-pro-quo-imopeachment-fact-check-tapper-vpx.cnn/video/playlists/top-news-videos/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Pushed Mexico to Block Its Border. A Migrant Caravan Tests It. – Brent McDonald and Ora DeKornfeld
https://www.nytimes.com/video/world/americas/100000006930887/migrant-caravan-mexico.html
— Trump Acts Like a Politician. That’s Not an Impeachable Offense. Receiving a “political benefit” does not transform an otherwise legal action (like requesting an investigation) into an abuse of power. – Josh Blackman
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/opinion/trump-impeachment-defense.html
— Pope Francis Replaces Conservative Archbishop of Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput who was appointed to the position by Pope Benedict XVI in 2011, has long been known as a theological and political conservative, often at odds with Pope Francis. – Jason Horowitz and Elizabeth Dias (DIERSEN: Governments, including Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America and organizations including Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter shout the direction that they are going by those who they a) appoint to fill vacancies and b) ask to run for leadership positions. I should write a book about the aforesaid and how they are ever-increasingly dumping individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/us/pope-francis-chaput-philadelphia.html
— Women’s Gains in the Work Force Conceal a Problem Jobs traditionally viewed as female still don’t pay well, and still don’t appeal to men. Fixing one of these things would fix the other. – Claire Cain Miller (DIERSEN: None of the jobs that I had appealed to women. 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.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/upshot/womens-gains-in-the-work-force-conceal-a-problem.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The Democratic senators running for president should sit out impeachment – David G. Miller, Rancho Palos Verdes (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I should be barred from holding any kind of leadership position in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-23/democratic-senators-running-for-president-should-sit-out-impeachment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: They have a direct conflict of interest in that they are applying for the job currently held by the person on trial. Their overwhelming goal of becoming president should disqualify them because with Trump out of the way, the path to a victory in November would become far easier.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The ‘Corrupt Purposes’ Impeachment Why the House logic is a danger to all future Presidents. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to destroy the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-corrupt-purposes-impeachment-11579737006
— U.S. Union Membership Hits Another Record Low Number of union members fell by 170,000 in 2019, reducing share of workforce in labor unions to 10.3% – Eric Morath (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who are the most filled with hatred against unions, against former union members, against current union members, and against future union members.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-union-membership-hits-another-record-low-11579715320

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: To what extent do those who share your demographics (race, gender, age, national origin, religion, education, sexual orientation, marital status, number of dependents, health, liberal/moderate/conservative, political affiliation, income, net worth, employment status, homeowner/renter, veteran status, gun owner status, years that you have lived in your municipality, township/ward, county, and state, years that your ancestors have been in America, etc.) represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2020/01/06/aoc-julian-castro-underrepresented-hispanics-aim-change-politics/4253316002/

TEXAS TRIBUNE
— Big bucks ($250,000) — and a big donor (Richard Uihlein) — fuel Allen West’s bid for Texas GOP chair West has raised more than 25 times what incumbent James Dickey has — and more than half of West’s haul came from conservative megadonor Richard Uihlein. – PATRICK SVITEK (DIERSEN: DuPage County has more residents than five states. If you ran for the DuPage County GOP chair, how many dollars would Uihlein give you?)
https://www.texastribune.org/2020/01/21/allen-wests-bid-texas-gop-chair-gets-big-bucks-richard-uihlein/

SEATTLE TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote age discrimination blame age discrimination on those who are older than they are.
https://www.seattletimes.com/explore/careers/smart-everyday-ways-to-deal-with-ageism-at-work/

DAILY JOURNAL
— Jury of his political opponents – Jason Smith (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, because I am the GOPUSA Illinois Editor, I should be barred from holding any kind of leadership position in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://dailyjournalonline.com/community/farmington-press/opinion/jury-of-his-political-opponents/article_2c4a7f80-00e6-5055-8e5a-c738163ae754.html

DETROIT FREE PRESS
— Man who paid $3M for the first 2020 Corvette Stingray says he’ll never drive it – Jamie L. LaReau
https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/general-motors/2020/01/23/first-corvette-auction-rick-hendrick/4531737002/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Corvettes have been good to car dealer and racing legend Rick Hendrick. He had his first date with his wife in one nearly half a century ago. Then, in 1976, he sold that same Corvette to pay for his first car dealership in South Carolina. Today, he owns 94 dealerships, 15 of which are Chevrolet stores, from the Carolinas to California (none in Michigan). But the Corvette that Hendrick, 70, bought on Saturday is in a different league. It’s the one of his boyhood dreams. It is the first mid-engine 2020 Corvette Stingray. “I’ve been going to those auctions for 25 to 30 years and I’ve bought a lot of No.1s at auction for charity,” Hendrick told the Free Press this week. “But nothing like this car. This had bidders from all over the world. It was so much drama. When you have the CEO of General Motors on the stage, that’s a big deal.” Hendrick happens to own one of the largest private collections of Corvettes in the world, including several with VIN number 0001. He is a member of the Corvette Hall of Fame Class of 2015. So it’s fitting that the mid-engine Corvette with VIN number 0001 would wind up in Hendrick’s garage, even at an eye-popping $3 million. The money is donated to the Detroit Children’s Fund.)

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Presidential candidate lays out plan to reshape federal workforce – Eric White (DIERSEN: Soon, the federal workforce will be 100% 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://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2020/01/presidential-candidate-lays-out-plan-to-reshape-federal-workforce/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— The ‘Hidden Consensus’ for Affirmative Action New book says campuses are far less polarized on the issue than is widely believed. – Scott Jaschik (DIERSEN: Because of ever-increasing pressure to give preference to those who are minority, female, poor, and/or veteran, I doubt that UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, or IIT would admit me today like they did in 1966, 1969, 1972, 1976, and 1992 respectively.) 
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/article/2020/01/21/new-book-says-students-are-more-supportive-affirmative-action-believed

January 22 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump impeachment: President calls trial ‘hoax’ after Senate approves rules, rejecting witnesses – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-calls-impeachment-trial-hoax-after-senate-approves-rules/5869796/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Assessor Fritz Kaegi to critics: Some real estate investors are playing politics for financial gain – Hal Dardick
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-fritz-kaegi-city-club-20200121-p7znbhvgpjdvvojxoqutid6bmm-story.html
— Abortions in Illinois increased about 7% over one-year period, latest data shows – Angie Leventis Lourgos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-abortion-increase-2018-20200122-wxv3xtcdkvdvvhnofh4oxfay6q-story.html
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s promise to combat poverty is bold. But it will take more than words to work. – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-mayor-lightfoot-war-on-poverty-20200122-6jv4ipi2qngnxakhc77vws7g7u-story.html
— Trump Impeachment Theater a farce to protect Democrats’ source of power: The federal administrative state. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-donald-trump-impeachment-politics-kass-20200122-xpohbv2ozvepzer4behw4kr23i-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers use Prohibition 100 years ago to push pot today.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-prohibition-100-years-ago-20200114-kwwcjxqqinbefcdlgyozuchwma-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mark Cooney Curran Jr., U.S. Senate Republican candidate profile His top priorities include immigration, health care and small business growth. – Editorial Board (DIERSEN: On July 5, 2003, a mere 16 and 1/2 years ago, all five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (John Cox, Chirinjeev Kathuria, Andy McKenna, Jim Oberweis, and Jack Ryan) attended a picnic that I arranged in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east, and Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200+ attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21062391/mark-cooney-curran-jr-senate-republican-candidate-2020-primary-election
— Tom Tarter, U.S. Senate Republican candidate profile His top priorities include immigration, health care and growing the economy. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21062895/tom-tarter-senate-republican-candidate-profile-2020-primary-election
— Robert Marshall, U.S. Senate Republican candidate profile His top legislative priorities include eliminating the progressive income tax and dividing Illinois into smaller states. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21063950/robert-marshall-senate-republican-candidate-profile-2020-primary-election
— James Marter, 14th Congressional District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include jobs, lower taxes and protections of individuals’ land and property rights. – Editorial Board 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21062693/james-marter-congress-14th-district-democratic-primary-candidate-2020-election-house-rep
— Jim Oberweis, 14th Congressional District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include lower taxes, health care and jobs. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21075186/jim-oberweis-congress-14th-district-republican-candidate-2020-primary-election-house-rep
— Patrick W. “Pat” O’Brien, Cook County State’s Attorney Republican candidate profile He is a former assistant Cook County state’s attorney and Cook County Circuit Court judge. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21075988/patrick-obrien-cook-county-states-attorney-republican-candidate-profile-2020-primary-election
— CPS layoffs didn’t discriminate against black teachers, judge says in dismissing CTU’s class-action lawsuit The judge ruled CPS was engaged in a “reasonable and practical” layoff process in 2011. – Nader Issa (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those employees who the Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s got rid of were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2020/1/21/21075901/cps-layoffs-ctu-discrimination-lawsuit-teachers-schools-black
— Chicago ranked 10th among the most diverse cities in the country U.S. News & World Report finds Chicago’s diversity decreased slightly between 2010 and 2018. – Manny Ramos (DIERSEN: Democrats focus on driving Whites out of cities. Democrats want to fill cities with minorities because minorities vote for Democrats.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/1/21/21075553/chicago-diversity-ranking-us-news-world-report

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— House Republicans seek probe of non-citizen voting – Peter Hancock
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200121/house-republicans-seek-probe-of-non-citizen-voting

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: City Council approves on-site consumption for downtown pot shop – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200121/city-council-approves-on-site-consumption-for-downtown-pot-shop

WQAD
— How Illinois State Police are looking out for people driving high – KATHERINE BAUER
https://wqad.com/2020/01/22/how-illinois-state-police-are-looking-out-for-people-driving-high/

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois spends 30 to 50 percent more than its neighbors on education, but its students do worse – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-per-student-education-spending-is-30-to-50-percent-higher-than-its-neighbors/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Nearly 24 Hours from Debate and Daily Herald Seeking Coverage Input
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/21/il-14-nearly-24-hours-from-debate-and-daily-herald-seeking-coverage-input/ 
— IL-14: Ted Gradel New Video Puts Lauren Underwood Wide Left
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/21/il-14-ted-gradel-new-video-puts-lauren-underwood-wide-left/ 
— Justin Hansen Shows $36,000 Ready to Spend on GOP Judicial Primary, Opponents Report Nothing
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/21/justin-hansen-shows-36000-ready-to-spend-on-gop-primary/ 
— IL-14: James Marter Involvement in March-for-Life Turned from Selfless to Selfish
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/21/il-14-james-marter-involvement-in-march-for-life-turned-from-selfless-to-selfish/ 
— Referendums on the Ballot in March
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/21/referendums-on-the-ballot-in-march/ 
— The Worst Campaign Sticker
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/21/message-of-the-day-a-campaign-sticker/
— IL-14: Debate Day Live Stream with Catalina Lauf
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/22/il-14-debate-day-live-stream-with-catalina-lauf/ 
— Judge David Gervais Has About $81,000 in the Bank
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/22/david-gervais-has-about-81000-in-the-bank/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Women’s March shrinks to a mere 10K Trump haters who can’t acknowledge his successes – Tammy Bruce
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/22/womens-march-shrinks-to-a-mere-10k-trump-haters-wh/
— GAO finding no surprise – BOB JACK, North Las Vegas, Nev. (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with the Democrats who run GAO against me. What does that say about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/21/letters-to-the-editor-gao-finding-no-surprise/
(FROM THE LETTER: Recently, the Government Accountability Office, a component of Congress, found President Trump guilty of withholding funds from the Ukrainians (“Trump says GAO is part of ‘the Swamp’ after watchdog finds he broke law on Ukraine aid,” Web, Jan. 17). Let’s be clear: The GAO is a deep-state creature composed of bureaucrats who are left-wing sympathizers and anti-Trumpers. The malaise which infects the general federal bureaucracy that created the deep state likewise is at work in the purportedly bipartisan GAO. The American people have lost their power to influence the direction of the country by the election of the president. Instead, lifelong left-leaning bureaucrats serve as a resistance mechanism working against the will of the people, who seek to move the country in the direction of constitutional integrity and traditional ideals. The American people must deal with the problem of the deep state by forcefully asserting their will at the ballot box until the scourge of the deep state has been purged and democracy is restored to the nation.)

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The gun rights movement will not be silenced – Kyle Kashuv & Alec Sears
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-gun-rights-movement-will-not-be-silenced

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden Throws Blacks Another Racist Dog Biscuit – Lloyd Marcus
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/biden_throws_blacks_another_racist_dog_biscuit.html

DAILY CALLER
— Rocks, Tear Gas, And Riot Shields: Mexico Blocks Advancing Migrant Caravan – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/21/mexico-caravan-central-america-us/

PJ MEDIA
— Progressives Treat the Unequal as Equal – PHILIP CARL SALZMAN (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://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/progressives-treat-the-unequal-as-equal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the 21st century in America and elsewhere, self-described progressives strove to display virtue and gain power through advocating a maximalist position on equality. Equality of opportunity, still imperfectly implemented, was jettisoned in favor of equality of result or outcome. Any inequality, from whatever source, was deemed by progressive to be evil and requiring correction. This has led to the attempt by progressives to treat inequalities among parties as illegitimate, and imposed equality as obligatory. As a result, many new proposed equalities were specious. Here are some examples. Progressives, including most Democrats and most candidates for the Democratic nomination for president, now claim equality and equivalence between criminal illegal aliens who have entered the country by stealth, and legal immigrants who have been admitted by government procedures, and citizens. Progressives advocate open borders, allowing anyone who arrives to enter the country, and providing for them the same medical and welfare benefits given to legal immigrants and native-born citizens. One reason for supporting open borders is that progressives see America as an oppressive race hierarchy, and open borders would allow the intake of multitudes of people of color, thus displacing the evil American whites. Progressives do not think that illegal aliens, even criminals, should be expelled, and demand that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) be restricted or disbanded. Many Democrat-controlled jurisdictions have declared themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, flouting laws passed by Congress.)

EPOCH TIMES
— House Lawmakers Mandate Voter-Verified Paper Ballots to Increase Election Security – ELLA KIETLINSKA
https://www.theepochtimes.com/house-lawmakers-mandate-voter-verified-paper-ballots-to-increase-election-security_3211003.html

POLITICO
— Top progressives, DCCC reach ceasefire over ‘blacklist’ The co-chairs of the Congressional Progressive Caucus will pay their dues to House Democrats’ campaign arm, despite a policy to protect incumbents from primary challenges. – ALLY MUTNICK, SARAH FERRIS and HEATHER CAYGLE (DIERSEN: In your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, who determines who gets blacklisted for not doing enough a) to elect candidates who are backed by the establishment and b) to destroy candidates who are not backed by the establishment? I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who make such determinations and who enforce such determinations.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/22/dccc-dues-congress-progressive-caucus-101796

ABC NEWS
— Bernie Sanders apologizes for negative Joe Biden op-ed penned by surrogate “I’m sorry that that op-ed appeared,” Sanders said. – Averi Harper (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as being surrogates for my critics/opponents.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/bernie-sanders-apologizes-negative-joe-biden-op-ed/story?id=68422468

CNBC
— OUTSTANDING: Lawmakers want to end age discrimination – Greg Iacurci
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/01/21/house-of-representatives-passes-age-discrimination-bill.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— In a Crowded New York City, Should Newcomers ‘Go Back to Iowa’? The Brooklyn borough president, Eric Adams, sparked a conversation on gentrification and what makes someone a New Yorker. – Emma G. Fitzsimmons (DIERSEN: How long have you lived in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county, and in Illinois? I have lived a) in my precinct and in Wheaton’s West District since 1984, b) in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978, and c) in northeast Illinois since 1948. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County who continue to demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn be as being a newcomer.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/nyregion/eric-adams-gentrification-iowa.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It was a provocative, possibly divisive, message from a mainstream mayoral candidate in New York City. The candidate, Eric L. Adams, the Brooklyn borough president, spoke of how new arrivals to New York were “hijacking” apartments from longtime residents.)
— Trump Trial Day 1: Roped-Off Reporters and TV Cameras Run by the Senate With the government in control of the production, “the emotion” of Tuesday’s session was missing, said Chris Wallace of Fox News. – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/business/media/impeachment-trial-media-coverage.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Senate officials rejected repeated requests to allow outside cameras into the chamber to record the trial — meaning that what viewers see and hear will be dictated by cameras and microphones controlled by Senate staff members, rather than an independent news organization. Even C-SPAN was not allowed access.)

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Second Amendment Sanctuary Movement Isn’t Going Away The media smears them as ‘white supremacists,’ but thousands showed up in Richmond, Va., Monday. – Salena Zito
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-second-amendment-sanctuary-movement-isnt-going-away-11579651251
— When Social Media Is Too Much, Some Teens Tune Out While Instagram and the like are key to keeping up with friends, some high-schoolers admit that they often need a break – Julie Jargon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-social-media-is-too-much-some-teens-tune-out-11579602602

FORBES
— How To Measure The Success Of Corporate Diversity Work – Rebekah Bastian (DIERSEN: The more older White men that you do not hire, the more older White men that you waste the careers of, and the more older White men that you get rid of, the more successful that your diversity work is.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/rebekahbastian/2020/01/21/how-to-measure-the-success-of-corporate-diversity-work/#349e24e11cc3

USA TODAY
— Supreme Court battle over school choice may boost religious freedom – Richard Wolf
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/01/21/school-choice-religious-public-clash-supreme-court/4493783002/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats focus on driving Whites out of cities. Democrats want to fill cities with minorities because minorities vote for Democrats.
https://www.usnews.com/news/cities/articles/2020-01-22/measuring-racial-and-ethnic-diversity-in-americas-cities

WBNG
— OUTSTANDING: The Protecting Older Workers Against Discrimination Act passes House; heads to Senate – Katie Jones
https://wbng.com/2020/01/21/the-protecting-older-workers-against-discrimination-act-passes-house-heads-to-senate/

HR GRAPEVINE
— OUTSTANDING: Former Citibank employee wins case after boss called him ‘old’ – Sophie Parrot
https://www.hrgrapevine.com/content/article/2020-01-21-former-employee-wins-case-after-boss-called-him-old

LAW 360
— EEOC Secures Over $22M In Settlements To Start 2020 (DIERSEN: How has EEOC impacted your career? In 1971, EEOC got Oldsmobile to agree to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Because of that, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted. My Firestone Stores boss fired me because I had accepted that offer. Because he fired me, I accepted a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.law360.com/articles/1236211/eeoc-secures-over-22m-in-settlements-to-start-2020

REDFIN
— FOR SALE: 823 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $350,000
https://www.redfin.com/IL/Wheaton/823-S-Wheaton-Ave-60189/home/17059991

January 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Wheaton man allegedly high on weed arrested for DUI after head-on crash in Lisle: police
https://abc7chicago.com/man-allegedly-high-on-marijuana-arrested-after-head-on-crash-in-lisle-police/5867855/
— President Donald Trump impeachment trial: McConnell abruptly backs off proposed rules – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-mcconnell-abruptly-backs-off-proposed-rules/5866905/

NBC5
— Programming Error Allowed Non-US Citizens to Register to Vote in Ill.: Secretary of State The office noted that while some of the people included in the list weren’t citizens at the time of their application, they may be citizens now (ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider statement: “The recent reports of non-citizens voting in Illinois is simply unacceptable. The Secretary of State’s failure to competently administer the Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) process in Illinois compromises the integrity of our entire election system. Mistakes are made, but when it comes to voting, it simply is inexcusable that non-citizens voted in Illinois and potentially affected the outcome of elections across the state. Those in the Secretary of State’s Office who allowed this to happen should be terminated from their employment with the State. Public hearings in the General Assembly should commence immediately, and the AVR program should be temporarily suspended until we get answers. Voting is a right and a privilege reserved only for U.S. citizens. The American people need to know that their government is upholding, not undermining, that right.”)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/programming-error-allowed-non-us-citizens-to-register-to-vote-in-ill-secretary-of-states-office/2204767/

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Man Charged With Driving While High On Pot After Head-On Crash In Lisle
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/21/lisle-pot-dui-crash-marijuana-driving-under-the-influence-cole-dixon-charged/
— Want To Make $255? Here’s How To Become An Election Judge – Lauren Victory
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/21/inside-the-process-of-becoming-an-election-judge/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois: Error registered a possible 545 noncitizen voters – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-error-registered-a-possible-545-noncitizen-voters-4
— Hillary Clinton unleashes on Bernie Sanders in new documentary: ‘Nobody likes him’ – Tyler Olson
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hillary-clinton-unleashes-on-bernie-sanders-in-new-documentary-nobody-likes-him

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans — and one Democrat — demand answers from Jesse White on non-citizen voter registrations “This is an absurd lack of compliance with state law, surfacing less than three weeks from the opening of early voting for our state’s 2020 general primary election,” the Republicans wrote. “Given this, we are requesting an immediate hearing of the House Executive Committee.” – Peter Hancock
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/1/21/21076259/republicans-democrat-demand-answers-jesse-white-non-citizen-voter-registrations
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Driver was high on weed when he crashed in Lisle: police Cole Dixon “showed heavy impairment” in a field sobriety test — the same given to suspected drunken drivers — and was arrested. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/1/21/21075850/cole-dixon-lisle-crash-route-53-dui-marijuana-cannabis-weed
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Torch-wielding burglar stole $200K from pot shop’s safe, used employee key card to get inside: police report After creeping inside MOCA, 2847 W. Fullerton, the suspect got into the vault and used a torch to break into a safe and steal $200,000 in cash. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/21/21076048/chicago-dispensaries-moca-modern-cannabis-burglary
— Why bosses should let employees surf the web at work Cyberloafing may not be a waste of time after all. Research shows it can help workers cope with an exceptionally stressful work environment. – Stephanie Andel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/21/21075668/cyberloafing-workplace-morale-stephanie-andel-internet-surfing

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wehrli adds $50K to campaign chest while his possible Dem challenger gets $25K from House majority leader for polling – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-grant-wehrli-election-campaign-funding-st-20200122-hhvgfigmzbcjvgcafylcyznrtu-story.html
— Lake County Board moves to counter spike in hate crime – CHARLES SELLE (DIERSEN: According to Trump-haters, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you commit hate crimes: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-board-condemns-hate-st-0122-20200121-ing3sgjvubhfla74dxrmwjuaea-story.html
— Rush welcomes LGBTQ patients, steps up efforts with new program: ‘They were just immediately comfortable, affirming and helpful’ – Nara Schoenberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-rush-hospital-new-lgbtq-services-tt-01192020-20200121-hgw5g3pwuzfu3ezvwhaxd6btqu-story.html
— Construction unions among top donors to south suburban state lawmakers, filings show – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-campaign-finance-reports-st-0122-20200121-vtcmu6ljorhb5ijympa2f2iham-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Applications for medical marijuana cards are up – Ally Marotti 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-medical-marijuana-card-increase-20200121-wicskyxhh5gj7jdna77qk7bxpm-story.html
— Vote by mail applications are available in Illinois. Here’s what you need to know about voting in the upcoming primary. – Sophie Sherry
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-cb-illinois-primary-voting-how-to-20200121-wycfccxflfecniykuykjjdz22q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Bloomingdale Township highway commissioner under federal investigation
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/bloomingdale-township-highway-commissioner-under-federal-investigation
— Illinois House Republicans seek investigation of noncitizens voting – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/illinois-house-republicans-seek-investigation-of-noncitizens-voting
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lisle police: Driver was high on marijuana at time of crash – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/lisle-police-driver-was-high-on-marijuana-at-time-of-crash
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Everyone should discourage the sale and use of pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/arlington-heights-library-hosting-panel-discussion-on-pot-legalization
— Algonquin Township GOP chairman’s comments on MLK Day draw harsh criticism – Drew Zimmerman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/algonquin-township-gop-chairmans-comments-on-mlk-day-draw-harsh-criticism

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200121/parking-traffic-headaches-persist-near-pot-dispensary

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Impeachment Trial Recap: Republicans Balk At McConnell Over Session Rules – DEIRDRE WALSH & PHILIP EWING
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-impeachment-trial-recap-republicans-balk-mcconnell-over-session-rules#stream/0

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Property Tax Issue Reignites Burr Ridge Feud The Burr Ridge mayor and a trustee debated a policy that the mayor says would hamper the village’s ability to raise taxes. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/property-tax-issue-reignites-burr-ridge-feud

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Michael Bloomberg Sure Is Spending a Lot in Illinois He’s put $4.4 million into advertising in a state that associates him with Preckwinkle’s soda tax and Garry McCarthy’s CPD. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: What problems do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes associate you with? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes associate me with their problems, with your problems, with my problems, and with everyone’s problems.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2020/Michael-Bloomberg-Sure-Is-Spending-a-Lot-on-Illinois/

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— JUDGES ORDER GOVERNMENT SPENDING WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IN ILLINOIS – dward N. Tiesenga, Carl A. Miller, and Sophia Pethokoukis
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/judges-order-government-spending-without-representation-in-illinois

CAPITOL FAX
— Breakdown by county – 16 voted, but questions remain *** Some green card-holders appear to have voted after SoS computer glitch automatically registered them to vote
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/21/some-green-card-holders-appear-to-have-voted-after-sos-computer-glitch-automatically-registered-them-to-vote/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Promises Sanctuary for Drunk-Driving Illegals – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/21/joe-biden-promises-sanctuary-for-drunk-driving-illegals/
— Illinois State Board of Elections Confirms Non-Citizens Voted in 2018 – JOHN BINDER (ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider statement: “The recent reports of non-citizens voting in Illinois is simply unacceptable. The Secretary of State’s failure to competently administer the Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) process in Illinois compromises the integrity of our entire election system. Mistakes are made, but when it comes to voting, it simply is inexcusable that non-citizens voted in Illinois and potentially affected the outcome of elections across the state. Those in the Secretary of State’s Office who allowed this to happen should be terminated from their employment with the State. Public hearings in the General Assembly should commence immediately, and the AVR program should be temporarily suspended until we get answers. Voting is a right and a privilege reserved only for U.S. citizens. The American people need to know that their government is upholding, not undermining, that right.”)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/21/illinois-state-board-of-elections-confirms-non-citizens-voted-in-2018/
— Project Veritas: Bernie Sanders Campaigner Says ‘Guillotine the Rich’ – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/01/21/project-veritas-bernie-sanders-campaigner-says-guillotine-the-rich/
— Taylor Swift Hopes Her New Music Can ‘Stoke Fires Politically’ Against ‘Sinister’ Republican Policies – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/01/21/taylor-swift-hopes-her-new-music-can-stoke-fires-politically-against-sinister-republican-policies/

DAILY CALLER
— Sanders Says He ‘Might’ Be Open To Deportation Of Illegal Aliens Convicted Of A ‘Terrible, Terrible Crime’ – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/21/bernie-sanders-illegal-aliens-terrible-crime/
— Joe Biden Says ICE Shouldn’t Deport Drunk Driving Illegal Aliens – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/21/joe-biden-ice-deport-illegal-aliens-drunk-driving/

DAILY WIRE
— AOC Demonizes Business Owners: They’re Lazy Slave Owners, Employees ‘Literally Dying’- Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-demonizes-business-owners-theyre-lazy-slave-owners-employees-literally-dying

FEDERALIST
— New York Times Endorsement Virtue Signals Between Two Far-Left Female Senators – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/21/new-york-times-endorsement-virtue-signals-between-two-far-left-female-senators/

CENTER FOR FAMILY & HUMAN RIGHTS
— What does “unintended pregnancy” really mean and why does it matter? – Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. 
https://c-fam.org/definitions/what-does-unintended-pregnancy-really-mean-and-why-does-it-matter/

NBC NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Even when sober, frequent marijuana users are dangerous drivers, report finds Researchers tested participants in a driving simulator. – Linda Carroll
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/even-when-sober-frequent-marijuana-users-are-worse-drivers-report-n1115681

NEW YORK POST
— GAO report will be ‘big part’ of Dems’ case in Trump impeachment trial – Aaron Feis
https://nypost.com/2020/01/21/gao-report-will-be-big-part-of-dems-case-in-trump-impeachment-trial/

FORBES
— Cannabis Taking A Larger Share Of Alcohol Industry Amid Concern Over Calories And Hangovers – Douglas Yu
https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasyu/2020/01/21/cannabis-taking-a-larger-share-of-beverage-industry-amid-calories-and-hangovers-concern/
— Meet America’s Best Employers For Diversity 2020 – Ruth Umoh (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired, retained, or promoted: 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://www.forbes.com/sites/ruthumoh/2020/01/21/meet-americas-best-employers-for-diversity-2020/#771d255a5739

January 21 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Trump administration targeting ‘birth tourism’ mothers – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff
https://abc7chicago.com/5865849/
— Building a Better Chicago: What is affordable housing?
https://abc7chicago.com/5865727/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Some Trump-haters want the U.S. Senate to censure Trump, but not remove him from office.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-trump-impeachment-senate-trial-20200121-buehpnewibfatlewbqitbsfiqu-story.html
— Oakbrook Terrace mayor resigns amid federal corruption investigation tied to red-light cameras – Joe Mahr
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-fbi-corruption-probe-oakbrook-terrace-ragucci-resign-20200121-syl4uhoh2zg2bgf3sufr62sbcy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Groups aim to reach city’s hard-to-count residents in 2020 Census: ‘If there is an undercount, that voice is lost’ Community groups are working toward an accurate count on Census Day. – Manny Ramos (DIERSEN: What are your demographics? How fast is the voice of those who share your demographics being lost? To what extent do those who share your demographics represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/1/21/20975371/chicago-census-hard-count-residents-urban-league-gads-hill-center

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: It’s time to honor a woman with a national holiday – Burt Constable
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/constable-its-time-to-honor-a-woman-with-a-national-holiday

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200120/king-day-observances-rally-against-racism-provide-chance-to-give-back

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Non-U.S. citizens inadvertently registered to vote – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: How many illegals are registered to vote in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20200120/non-us-citizens-inadvertently-registered-to-vote

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/01/20/county-waiting-on-state-police-list-for-automatic-marijuana-expungements/akovzsj/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER 
— Film probes radical 1960s alliance – AP (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are part of the Democrat Party alliance 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.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Film-probes-radical-1960s-alliance-14991178.php

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Villa Park man charged with swatting incident in Wheaton
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/01/20/villa-park-man-charged-with-swatting-incident-in-wheaton/aodk07u/

WSIL TV
— “We should be free”: Bill to eliminate FOID cards gains support in Southern Illinois
https://wsiltv.com/2020/01/20/we-should-be-free-bill-to-eliminate-foid-cards-gains-support-in-southern-illinois/

DEPAULIA
— Weeding out misconceptions about recreational cannabis in Illinois – Rebecca Meluch (DIERSEN: If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, you should discourage the sale and use of pot.)
https://depauliaonline.com/45659/focus/weeding-out-misconceptions-about-recreational-cannabis-in-illinois/

DAILY ILLINI
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Local governments share support for marijuana dispensaries – CLARE BUDIN
https://dailyillini.com/news/2020/01/21/local-governments-support-dispensaries/

CENTER SQUARE
— Ahead of March primary, Republicans demand hearing over non-citizen voter registration errors – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/ahead-of-march-primary-republicans-demand-hearing-over-non-citizen/article_f236c7be-3bab-11ea-b0b0-ffdf87dd64a1.html

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS PENSIONS: PALTRY CONTRIBUTIONS YIELD MILLION-DOLLAR PAYOUTS – Adam Schuster
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-pensions-101-paltry-contributions-yield-million-dollar-payouts/

GOPUSA
— Is Mass Civil Disobedience Our Future? – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: How successful have the following been in promoting civil disobedience in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county: 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? I should write a book about those who promote civil disobedience in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83235

WASHINGTON TIMES
— When the IRS acts as both tax preparer and collector Taxpayers shouldn’t allow the government to prepare and process tax returns – Deborah Collier and Leslie Paige
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/20/when-the-irs-acts-as-both-tax-preparer-and-collect/

DAILY CALLER
— The Media Was Desperate, But Virginia’s Gun Rally Proved Them All Wrong – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/20/media-spread-misinformation-virginia-gun-rights-rally/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Soon, if not already, to send children to public schools is to turn them into LGBTQers. 
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/20/new-jersey-holocaust-lgbtq-schools/

DAILY WIRE
— Senate Bill Would Ban Discrimination By Employers Based On Hairstyle – Hank Berrien (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if I had worn any kind of a protest hairstyle, a) GAO would not have hired me in 1980 or promoted me in 1986, b) IRS would not have hired me in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, c) Oldsmobile would not have offered me a job in 1971, d) Firestone Stores would not have hired me in 1970, and e) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966.) 
https://www.dailywire.com/news/senate-bill-would-ban-discrimination-by-employers-based-on-hairstyle

PJ MEDIA
— Anti-Gun Activist David Hogg Declares Virginia Gun-Rights Rally Is Full of White Supremacists – VICTORIA TAFT
https://pjmedia.com/trending/anti-gun-activist-david-hogg-declares-virginia-gun-rights-rally-is-full-of-white-supremacists/
— AOC Steps in It Again, Claiming Dems Are a ‘Center-Conservative’ Party, Not ‘a Left Party’ – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/aoc-claims-democratic-party-is-a-center-conservative-party-the-democratic-party-is-not-a-left-party/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Shocker: ‘Nonpartisan’ GAO’s Union Overwhelmingly Supports Dems – Joseph Vazquez (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors and the adverse actions that they took against me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on past and present members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter. I would focus on past and present employees of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/business/joseph-vazquez/2020/01/20/shocker-nonpartisan-gaos-union-overwhelmingly-supports-dems
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) said Jan. 16 that President Donald Trump broke the law when he withheld aid from Ukraine. The union for that “independent, nonpartisan” agency naturally supports Democrats. Just don’t expect the media to tell you about it. The GAO calls itself an “independent, nonpartisan” congressional agency. Liberal outlets, continuing the media-driven impeachment crusade, gave full credence to the GAO’s self-proclaimed “nonpartisan” status. The GAO Employees Organization and its bureaucrats are currently represented by the International Federation of Professionals and Technical Engineers (IFPTE), AFL-CIO & CLC, a labor union that represents workers in both the U.S. and Canada. Here’s the problem: IFPTE’s political action committee gave 100 percent of its political contributions ($36,250) to Democratic candidates in 2016, 89 percent of its political contributions ($61,950) to Democratic candidates in 2018, and currently 75 percent of its political contributions ($26,900) to Democratic candidates for the 2020 electoral cycle. The GAO Employees Organization, “the union and professional association” of GAO bureaucrats, stated in its website that it “is an affiliate of IFPTE, designated as IFPTE Local 1921, named after the year GAO was created.” If your credibility as an agency hinges on you being “independent, nonpartisan,” why do your bureaucrats choose to be represented by a union that’s overtly partisan? Moreover, why are liberal media outlets ignoring this? The Wall Street Journal’s editorial page assistant editor James Freeman wrote a Jan. 17 op-ed acknowledging the IFPTE donations in 2016, and said this raises a “reasonable question about the use of the term ‘nonpartisan’” when referencing the GAO. No kidding? The Los Angeles Times editorial board published an entire puff piece Jan. 17, headlined: “Editorial: Unlike Lev Parnas, the GAO has no credibility problem. It also says Trump broke the law.” In the piece, The LA Times Editorial Board called the agency “resolutely nonpartisan.” No mention of the GAO-IFPTE connection, nor the latter’s apparent political bias was found in the piece. But The LA Times wasn’t the only outlet to ignore this connection. The New York Times, in its Jan. 16 report on the GAO’s assessment of the Trump-Ukraine issue, also touted that “The accountability office is an independent, nonpartisan agency that works for Congress.” No mention of the GAO-IFPTE connection in The Times piece. Politico also, in a Jan. 16 report, referred to the GAO as “an independent nonpartisan government watchdog that responds to congressional requests,” without mentioning it’s union’s affiliation with the IFPTE or the IFPTE PAC’s history of giving vastly disproportionate amounts of cash to Democrats. The Washington Post published a piece on Jan. 16, where they were sure to note the GAO’s independence in a sub-headline: “The nonpartisan Government Accountability Office severely undermines a core Trump impeachment defense” [emphasis added]. No mention of the GAO-IFPTE connection in that Post piece, however. Pleading for the president’s impeachment is all that matters at this point for the liberal media. And if haphazardly saying the partisanly-suspect GAO is “independent” and “nonpartisan” does the trick, c’est la vie.)

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Trump’s New World Order Makes America #1 Again
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/01/20/trumps-new-world-order-makes-america-1-again/

POLITICO
— Sanders apologizes to Biden for surrogate’s brutal op-ed – NATASHA KORECKI (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who paint themselves as be surrogates for my critics/opponents. They paint themselves as being surrogates for those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois. They paint themselves as being surrogates for those who run the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/21/sanders-apologizes-to-biden-for-op-ed-101319
— Trump’s staffing struggle: After 3 years, unfilled jobs across the administration The 45th president has struggled with key political appointments more than any recent president — despite his party’s control of the Senate. – NANCY COOK (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want to destroy 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://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/20/trumps-staffing-struggle-unfilled-jobs-100991

CNN
— Chicago Tribune staffers seek new owners amid fears of hedge fund takeover: ‘We’re doing everything in our power to try to stop them’ – BRIAN STELTER
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/20/media/chicago-tribune-ownership/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Democrats Navigate Sensitive Gender Politics as Voting Nears Democratic presidential candidates spent the weekend grappling with how to address questions surrounding sexism and gender bias as they sought to balance support for women against concerns of a political blowback.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2020-01-19/sanders-faces-gender-questions-amid-warren-feud

NEW YORK TIMES
— Will The Chicago Tribune Be the Next Newspaper Picked to the Bone? Journalists worry that a New York hedge fund with a big stake in the paper will impose draconian cuts, as it has elsewhere. – David Jackson and Gary Marx
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/opinion/chicago-tribune-alden-capital.html
— Facebook will do a better job of preventing bad actors from abusing its platform to manipulate this year’s U.S. presidential election than it did four years ago, its public affairs chief Nick Clegg said on Monday – Reuters (DIERSEN: How easily are you manipulated? I should write a book about those who are manipulated by my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter. I would focus on past and present employees of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. The aforesaid present themselves as being nasty unethical vicious thugs who do anything that my critics/opponents tell them to do.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/20/technology/20reuters-tech-conference-facebook.html
— Texas’ Governor Said No to Refugees. In Amarillo, They’re Saying Maybe. In earlier years, Amarillo had more refugees per capita than any other Texas city. The newcomers are considered neighbors now. – Manny Fernandez (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at refugees, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/us/refugees-states-texas-abbott.html
— The Neighborhoods We Will Not Share Persistent housing segregation lies at the root of many of our society’s problems. Trump wants to make it worse. – Richard Rothstein (DIERSEN: What do realtors say to prospective buyers about your block, about your precinct, about your municipality, about your township/ward, and about your county?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/opinion/fair-housing-act-trump.html
— How to Convince a White Realtor You’re Middle Class Black people expend daily energy to counteract racial stereotypes and get fair treatment. – Karyn Lacy (DIERSEN: What do realtors say to prospective buyers about your block, about your precinct, about your municipality, about your township/ward, and about your county?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/opinion/black-discrimination-study.html
— The Road to Auschwitz Wasn’t Paved With Indifference We don’t have to be ‘upstanders’ to avoid genocides. We just have to make sure not to help them along. – Rivka Weinberg (DIERSEN: My grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI. My uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII. My father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/21/opinion/auschwitz-bystander-theory.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Millennials’ share of the U.S. housing market: small and shrinking Because homeownership is the chief builder of wealth, the trend is ‘bad news for the economy overall’ – Christopher Ingraham (DIERSEN: To paint me as being someone who unfairly benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that I bought a new town home in 1972 when I was 24 years old, a studio condo in 1974 when I was 25 years old, a one bedroom condo in 1976 when I was 27 years old, and that my wife and I bought a home in Wheaton when I was 29 years old, and that we had a home built in Wheaton when I was 35 year old.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2020/01/20/millennials-share-us-housing-market-small-shrinking/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Democratic candidates link arms at MLK march; Sanders and Warren shake hands – AP
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-20/2020-democratic-contenders-link-arms-in-king-day-march

USA TODAY
— Weed? CBD? New products, new laws are causing confusion in the workplace – Charisse Jones (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who uses pot.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/21/weed-and-work-cbd-may-legal-but-its-risky-office/2835517001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Today, Voters’ Choice Isn’t All About the Economy Some of the strongest Trump-supporting states are near the bottom of the economic-growth list – Gerald F. Seib
https://www.wsj.com/articles/today-voters-choice-isnt-all-about-the-economy-11579532400
— U.S. Turns Up the Spotlight on Chinese Universities Justice, State Departments see academic partnerships as facilitating the transfer of sensitive technology – Kate O’Keeffe and Aruna Viswanatha
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-turns-up-the-spotlight-on-chinese-universities-11579602787
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: How Legal Weed Shops Feed the Vaping Crisis State-sanctioned marijuana shops are contributing to the rise in lung illnesses and deaths at a higher rate than previously believed. – Kevin Sabet
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-legal-weed-shops-feed-the-vaping-crisis-11579554025

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/kriskrane/2020/01/21/a-tale-of-two-markets-how-illinois-succeeded-in-rollout-of-adult-use-cannabis-and-why-massachusetts-failed/

NATIONAL CATHOLIC REPORTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Catholic immigration activists step up in battle against Trump policies – Sarah Salvadore (DIERSEN: What do you say to religious leaders who act as operatives or dupes for the Democrat Party?)
https://www.ncronline.org/news/justice/catholic-immigration-activists-step-battle-against-trump-policies

LYNCHBERG NEWS & ADVANCE
— Legislative aide Chris Faraldi announces bid for Lynchburg City Council – Richard Chumney (DIERSEN: If you ran for a government or political office, what would the local news media stress about you to elect you or to defeat you? If I ran for an office, to defeat me, the local news media would stress my demographics and the adverse actions that local residents, organizations, companies, and governments that have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout have taken against me. To defeat me, the local news media would stress that I oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.newsadvance.com/news/local/legislative-aide-announces-bid-for-city-council/article_6d05b588-558e-517e-9e8c-cd4f01f661b4.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On his campaign website, Faraldi described himself as a conservative Republican. He listed fiscal responsibility, promoting economic development and properly investing in public safety agencies as campaign priorities. Faraldi is the first candidate to announce an entry into the Ward IV race. The election will be held May 5.)

FED SMITH
— Bill Would Publicize Tax Debts of Federal Employees – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: Why not a bill that would publicize the adverse actions that the federal government has taken against its employees? My Democrat GAO superiors would publicize that they forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors would publicize that they did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors would publicize that they forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/01/17/bill-would-publicize-tax-debts-federal-employees/
— MAY 14, 2019 FLASHBACK: Should Federal Employees’ Bonuses and Pensions be Provided to the Public? – Ian Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/05/14/should-federal-employees-bonuses-pensions-provided-public/

BRINK NEWS
— How Do You Know When You’re Being Manipulated? – Johannes Dornisch (DIERSEN: How easily are you manipulated/dominated? I should write a book about those who are manipulated/dominated by my critics/opponents. I would focus on past and present members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter. I would focus on past and present employees of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. The aforesaid present themselves as being nasty unethical vicious thugs who do anything that my critics/opponents tell them to do.) 
https://www.brinknews.com/how-do-you-know-when-youre-being-manipulated-the-dangers-of-dark-design/

January 20 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Republican U.S. Senate candidates to meet Saturday in Schaumburg (DIERSEN: When will the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward party organizations host candidate forums? If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be hosting candidate forums for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, DuPage County Recorder, DuPage County Auditor, judicial, etc. candidates.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200120/republican-us-senate-candidates-to-meet-saturday-in-schaumburg
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Schaumburg Township Republican Organization will hold a candidate forum Saturday, Jan. 25, for the Republican U.S. Senate candidates for Illinois. The invited candidates are Casey Chlebek, Mark Curran, Peggy Hubbard, Robert Marshall and Tom Tarter. The moderator will Committeeman Joe Folisi. A question-and-answer period, followed by a straw poll, will conclude the meeting. The program will start promptly at 8:15 a.m. Saturday, at Chandler’s Chophouse, 401 N. Roselle Road in Schaumburg.)
— DuPage County once again raising concerns about cell antenna law – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200120/dupage-county-once-again-raising-concerns-about-cell-antenna-law
— Pro-gun rally by thousands in Virginia ends peacefully – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200120/news/301209904/

WGN TV
— Trump’s lawyers urge dismissal of ‘flimsy’ impeachment case – AP AND TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2020/01/20/trumps-lawyers-urge-dismissal-of-flimsy-impeachment-case/

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push medical pot to push recreational pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/5865876/

NBC5
— Prince Harry Blames ‘Powerful Media’ for Why He’s Stepping From Royals Harry, 35, has made no secret of his disdain for Britain’s tabloid media in the past, with both he and Meghan filing lawsuits against press outlets last fall
https://www.nbcchicago.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/prince-harry-no-other-option-but-to-cut-royal-ties/2203835/

WTTW
— Pot Makes Pets Sick, Says Veterinary Group – Kristen Thometz
https://news.wttw.com/2020/01/20/pot-makes-pets-sick-says-veterinary-group

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Senate president race: Accusations of personal betrayal and payback fly furiously Publicly, Senate Democrats came together to support Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, but Harmon’s rival in the race, Kimberly Lightford, later blamed former Senate President Emil Jones Jr. and his son, Sen. Emil Jones III., for her loss. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/19/21072955/don-harmon-kimberly-lightford-democrats-vote-senate-president
— John Cullerton resigns from Illinois Senate After more than four decades in office, John Cullerton, who served as the 38th president of the Illinois Senate, resigned from his Senate seat Monday. – Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/1/20/21074382/john-cullerton-resigns-illinois-senate
— Thousands rally in Virginia’s capital for gun rights The protesters, who were mostly white and male, came out in strong numbers despite to the chilly temperature to send a message to legislators, they said. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/20/21074002/virginia-gun-rights-rally-capital
— Get out of the way, Senators, and let journalists cover the impeachment trial right You have to wonder what the Senate’s Republican majority, which sets the rules, are afraid you might see and hear. – Editorial (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have organized conservative and Republican events since 2000 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who did not want me to promote their events, attend their events, or report on their events.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/20/21074154/donald-trump-impeachment-trial-press-restrictions-journalists
— Deflecting questions about Madigan, Pritzker talks about goals for the legislative session The governor will let investigative process work as he focuses on recreational marijuana, downstate broadband and other issues. – Rich Miller 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/opinion/2020/1/20/21071155/jb-pritzker-michael-madigan-investigation-comed-downstate-broadband-recreational-marijuana

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Gun control advocates use Virginia gun rally to promote gun control.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-virginia-rally-richmond-gun-control-northam-trump-huppke-20200120-gb74ysw2anbh5h25cfv6auhefy-story.html
— A ‘wealth tax’ is not the magic bullet Warren and Sanders say it is – Steve Chapman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-warren-wealth-tax-sanders-chapman-20200117-zyjuuwtaxvakbbibwcdqhakkxu-story.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Rockford hospital sees spike in severe vomiting among daily cannabis users – Georgette Braun
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200120/rockford-hospital-sees-spike-in-severe-vomiting-among-daily-cannabis-users

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Rock Island County to vote on allowing refugees to settle in the county. Action would defy Trump’s executive order – Sarah Hayden
https://qctimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rock-island-county-to-vote-on-allowing-refugees-to-settle/article_f118275c-7fd5-56b4-b0a3-05b829c66892.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Gov. Pritzker’s Lawyers Trying To Shield Him From Deposition In Racial Discrimination Lawsuit – BRIAN MACKEY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/gov-pritzkers-lawyers-trying-shield-him-deposition-racial-discrimination-lawsuit#stream/0

WREX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push medical pot to push recreational pot.
https://wrex.com/2020/01/20/illinois-marijuana-shortage-has-rockford-medical-cannabis-patients-concerned/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jim Marter Touts Pro-Life Position
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/jim-marter-touts-pro-life-position/ 
— IL-14: Lauren Underwood Endorsed by PearlPAC, Podcast with EMILY’s List
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/il-14-lauren-underwood-endorsed-by-pearlpac-podcast-with-emilys-list/ 
— IL-14: Jerry Evans Announces His Five Top Issues with Position Papers Coming
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/il-14-jerry-evans-announces-his-five-top-issues-with-position-papers-coming/ 
— Oberweis Signs Balanced Budget Pledge
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/oberweis-signs-balanced-budget-pledge/
— The Virginia Gun Rights Rally
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/the-virginia-gun-rights-rally/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— DuPage Township – Trustee Oliver proven wrong again – resignation her best option – KIRK ALLEN 
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/01/dupage-township-trustee-oliver-proven-wrong-again-resignation-her-best-option/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WALLACE: DR. KING VERSUS COLIN KAEPERNICK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/wallace-dr-king-versus-colin-kaepernick.html
— GOP HOUSE MEMBERS CALL FOR INVESTIGATION OF “MISTAKENLY” REGISTERING 574 NON-CITIZENS TO VOTE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/gop-house-members-call-for-investigation-of-mistakenly-registering-574-non-citizens-to-vote.html
— IN LIGHT OF DMV VOTER REGISTRATION “MISTAKE,” SHOULD SEC OF STATE WHITE RESIGN?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/in-light-of-dmv-voter-registration-mistake-should-sec-of-state-white-resign-.html
— CHICAGO WOMEN MARCHERS PROMOTE LEFT-WING CAUSES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/chicago-womens-marchers-honor-terrorist.html
— MARTER POINTS TO 14TH CD PRIMARY OPPONENTS’ “WEAK STANDS” ON THE LIFE ISSUE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/marter-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— John Cullerton has now officially resigned from the Illinois Senate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/20/john-cullerton-has-now-officially-resigned-from-illinois-senate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— David Hogg mocks, insults Virginia gun-rights rallygoers: ‘Put down the gun and pick up a book’ – Victor Morton 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/20/david-hogg-mocks-insults-virginia-gun-rights-rally/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Buttigieg says Trump harming ‘mental health’ of minorities – Joseph Simonson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/buttigieg-says-trump-harming-mental-health-of-minorities 

GOPUSA
— Women’s March struggles to regain footing
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83213

AMERICAN THINKER
— Immigration problems solved! – A. Welderson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/immigration_problems_solved.html
— The elephant in the room lifting Trump’s re-election prospects – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/the_elephant_in_the_room_lifting_trumps_reelection_prospects.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Covington Kids’ Revenge, One Year Later The mob did not get away with defaming Nick Sandmann. In fact, people victimized by the media’s new normal are now fighting back. – PETER VAN BUREN
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/?mc_cid=bc397fb07d&mc_eid=2e2743e91e

DAILY CALLER
— NBC Reporter Deletes False Tweet Claiming Gun Rights Event Is ‘White Supremacist Rally’ – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/20/nbc-reporter-tweet-gun-rights-rally-white-supremacist/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— Drive-Bys and Democrats Wanted Violence in Virginia
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/01/20/drive-bys-and-democrats-want-violence-in-virginia/

PJ MEDIA
— Fake-News MSNBC Host Claims ‘Thousands’ of ‘White Nationalists’ Are ‘Swarming’ Virginia 2A Rally – MEGAN FOX
https://pjmedia.com/trending/fake-news-msnbc-host-claims-thousands-of-white-nationalists-are-swarming-virginia-2a-rally/

LIFE NEWS
— New York Times: Women Should Vote for Pro-Abortion Women Just Because They’re Women – CLAY WATERS 
https://www.lifenews.com/2020/01/20/new-york-times-women-should-vote-for-pro-abortion-women-just-because-theyre-women/

BIZ PACK REVIEW
— City spends over $300K in taxpayer money to ban Chick-fil-A from airport – Tom Tillison 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/20/city-spends-over-300k-in-taxpayer-money-to-ban-chick-fil-a-from-airport-877698

ABC NEWS
— Trump administration targets ‘birth tourism’ with new vetting plans for visas It’s the latest move in Trump’s crackdown on legal avenues for immigration. – Quinn Owen
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/trump-administration-targets-birth-tourism-vetting-plans-visas/story?id=68406386
— Thousands of armed protesters turn out for Trump-supported gun rally The governor’s state of emergency bans all weapons from Capitol grounds. – Ivan Pereira
https://abcnews.go.com/US/authorities-brace-massive-gun-rights-rally-richmond-virginia/story?id=68328504

NBC NEWS
— Marijuana is risky for people taking common heart medications How people ingest marijuana, along with the drug’s purity, are the biggest risk factors, doctors say. – Kaitlin Sullivan
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/heart-health/marijuana-risky-people-taking-common-heart-medications-n1118181

NEW YORK TIMES
— Virginia Gun Rally Live Updates: 22,000 Protesters Oppose New Gun Laws – Sabrina Tavernise, Zolan Kanno-Youngs, Timothy Williams and Sarah Mervosh
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/virginia-gun-rally.html
— Bloomberg Offers Plan to Tackle Racial Economic Inequality – AP (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government has used Affirmative Action and EEOC to tackle racial economic inequity. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.nytimes.com/aponline/2020/01/19/us/politics/ap-us-election-2020-bloomberg.html
— On King Holiday, 2020 Democrats March Arm in Arm to Honor His Legacy Most of the leading Democratic presidential hopefuls took part in speeches, a march and a rally in the state capital, before heading to an Iowa forum focused on minority communities. – Stephanie Saul
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/politics/democratic-candidates-mlk-day.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump on Virginia gun rally: Dems trying to take away 2nd Amendment rights – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2020/01/20/trump-on-virginia-gun-rally-dems-trying-to-take-away-2nd-amendment-rights/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Thousands of Gun-Rights Advocates Rally in Virginia Event at state Capitol is peaceful, despite earlier concerns violence would break out – Scott Calvert and Jon Kamp
https://www.wsj.com/articles/virginia-officials-on-guard-for-pro-gun-rally-in-richmond-11579516202

LGBTQ NATION
— Most of Trump’s impeachment lawyers have strong résumés (of anti-LGBTQ advocacy) The lawyers serving on Trump’s impeachment defense are pretty much a religious right dream team – with one, glaring exception. – John Gallagher 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/01/trumps-impeachment-defense-team-strong-resumes-anti-lgbtq-advocacy/

January 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Weeks into legal marijuana, some south suburban police departments have ‘more questions than answers’ on enforcement – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-south-suburban-police-pot-st-0120-20200120-nmdl7nv7arcovfznpmt3a45m4u-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/20/21066348/marijuana-cigar-hookah-lounge-chicago-city-council-windy-city-arabia-cafe-legal-weed

KHQA
— Republicans vying for Illinois’ U.S. Senate nomination campaign in Hancock County – Lynsey Whitaker (DIERSEN: When will the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward party organizations host candidate forums? If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be hosting candidate forums for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, DuPage County Recorder, DuPage County Auditor, judicial, etc. candidates.) 
https://khqa.com/news/local/republicans-vying-for-illinois-us-senate-nomination-campaign-in-hancock-county

NPR ILLINOIS
— Impeachment Trial Takes 4 Candidates Off Campaign Trail – SCOTT DETROW 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/impeachment-trial-takes-4-candidates-campaign-trail#stream/0
— How The Fight Over Guns Escalated In Virginia
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/how-fight-over-guns-escalated-virginia#stream/0

SPRINGFIELD PATCH
— Butler, GOP Call for Hearing Following Non-Citizen Registrations Recent revelations have shown the Office of Illinois Secretary of State Jesse White allowed non-citizens to register to vote.
https://patch.com/illinois/springfield-il/butler-gop-call-hearing-following-non-citizen-registrations

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Day After Women’s March, Day Before Martin Luther King’s Birthday, White Guy Beats Black Woman for Illinois Senate President
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/day-after-womens-march-day-before-martin-luther-kings-birthday-white-guy-beats-black-woman-for-illinois-senate-president/ 
— League of Women Voters Schedules Forums (DIERSEN: When will the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward party organizations host candidate forums? If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be hosting candidate forums for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, DuPage County Recorder, DuPage County Auditor, judicial, etc. candidates.) 
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/league-of-women-voters-schedules-forums/ 
— IL-14: Wednesday Debate Kicks Off Sprint to Republican Nomination
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/il-14-mchenry-county-republicans-hosting-candidates-form-copy-2-copy/ 
— County Clerk Joe Tirio Urges Early Voting, Locations Given
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/20/count-clerk-joe-tirio-urges-early-voting/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MARIJUANA USERS ARE DANGEROUS DRIVERS, REPORT FINDS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/marijuana-users-are-dangerous-drivers-report-finds.html
— I LOST MY CHILD DUE TO A DRIVER HIGH ON MARIJUANA. NOW, THIS BILL WOULD REWARD BIG POT.
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/i-lost-my-child-due-to-a-driver-high-on-marijuana-now-this-bill-would-reward-big-pot.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Unity facade cracks as Lightford lashes out
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/19/unity-facade-cracks-as-lightford-lashes-out/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. loves them and hates me.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/19/reader-comments-closed-again-for-the-holiday/

GOPUSA
— Virginians under threat of losing their Second Amendment rights are rallying in Richmond today
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83188
— Recognizing Impeachment As a Stain on the Democrats
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83152
— Awkward: Buttigieg campaign cancels fund-raiser at LGBTQ bar over dancing pole
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83141

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Stampede to the pot parade – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/19/editorial-illinois-joins-the-rush-to-promote-and-t/
— Thousands camp in Guatemala as Mexico blocks migrant path – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/19/thousands-camp-in-guatemala-as-mexico-blocks-migra/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The woke Left vs. Martin Luther King Jr. – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-woke-left-vs-martin-luther-king-jr

AMERICAN THINKER
— Michael Bloomberg is playing the race card – Andrea Widburg (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes play the race and gender cards against me. According to them, because of discrimination against minorities and because of discrimination against females, if I had been a minority or a female, I would never have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/michael_bloomberg_is_playing_the_race_card.html
— Democrat Radicalism Creating a Dangerous Void – Fletch Daniels
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/democrat_radicalism_creating_a_dangerous_void.html
— Confronting Trump Derangement Syndrome – Lloyd Marcus (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who oppose, work against, demonize, denigrate, and/or condemn everything that I say and do. I would focus on past and present Milton Township Republican Organization leaders, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/confronting_trump_derangement_syndrome.html
— Frederick Douglass vs. MLK: Competing visions for social justice? – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/frederick_douglass_vs_mlk_competing_visions_for_social_justice.html

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Links President Donald Trump to KKK in Sermon to Black Church – JOEL B. POLLAK (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against Trump.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/19/joe-biden-links-president-donald-trump-to-kkk-in-sermon-to-black-church/
— New York Times Smears Trump Supporter as ‘White Nativist’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/19/new-york-times-smears-trump-supporter-as-white-nativist/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Be Prepared To Protect Yourself’: Texas Shooting Hero Jack Wilson Speaks Out – MARY MARGARET OLOHAN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/19/jack-wilson-tpusa-texas-hero-guns-shooting/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Warren Claims Trump Has Prioritized ‘Homophobia’, ‘Racism’ and Sexism in Nominating Judges – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/warren-claims-trump-has-prioritized-homophobia-racism-and-sexism-in-nominating-judges/

THE HILL
— The Americans with Disabilities Act is turning 30. Here’s what you should know. The civil rights law bans discrimination on the basis of disability. – Chia-Yi Hou (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997, they assigned me to supervise all their disabled employees at one time or another.) 
https://thehill.com/changing-america/well-being/prevention-cures/478658-the-americans-with-disabilities-act-is-turning

YAHOO NEWS
— Bloomberg pledges $70 billion to bolster black America in new plan – Brittany Shepherd (DIERSEN: $70 billion given to Blacks is $70 billion NOT given to Hispanics, to Asians, to Native Americans, to Whites, to etc. Where does this $70 billion come from?)
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/bloomberg-pledges-70-billion-to-bolster-black-america-in-new-plan-170009427.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— THE DEMOCRATS’ BEST CHOICES FOR PRESIDENT: Amy Klobuchar and Elizabeth Warren
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/19/opinion/amy-klobuchar-elizabeth-warren-nytimes-endorsement.html
— Even C-SPAN Is Piqued: Senate Puts Limits on Trial Coverage The Senate will control the cameras during the impeachment trial, limiting what viewers see, and reporters will be confined to roped-off areas. – Michael M. Grynbaum
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/business/media/senate-impeachment-trial-media.html
— With Impeachment in the News, Ads Are Staying Away From Politics A desire not to offend potential customers in a divided nation, as well as wariness of President Trump’s Twitter account, means fewer topical ads. – Tiffany Hsu
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/business/media/politics-trump-advertising-2020.html
— How Much Racism Do You Face Every Day? – AMY HARMON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the more of a racist that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/us/racism-african-americans-quiz.html
— ‘We’ve Got to Change This’: Has Dixie Highway Reached the End of the Road? In South Florida, leaders are discussing whether to change the name of Dixie Highway, which some say glorifies the nation’s racist history. – Audra Burch (DIERSEN: My ancestors owned properties on Dixie Highway in Crete 1864-1966. I was born in hospital on Dixie Highway in Chicago Heights in 1948. I lived on Dixie Highway in Crete 1948-1954. To drive north or south from downtown Crete, you drive on Dixie Highway.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/20/us/dixie-highway-change-florida.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Mike Bloomberg, at site of 1921 Tulsa racial massacre, announces plans to aid African Americans – Michael Scherer (DIERSEN: Aid given to African Americans is aid NOT given to Hispanic Americans, to Asian Americans, to Native Americans, to White Americans, to etc. Where does this aid come from?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mike-bloomberg-at-site-of-racial-massacre-vows-aid-for-african-americans/2020/01/19/90780cd0-3aa3-11ea-baca-eb7ace0a3455_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump would never go for a plea bargain, so it looks like jury nullification is his only option.” What if Diersen v. GAO had gone to a jury? The jury pool in Chicago is overwhelmingly anti-federal employee, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/19/trump-would-never-go-plea-bargain-so-it-looks-like-jury-nullification-is-his-only-option/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Push for gender parity, racial diversity on state’s boards, commissions – State Senator Jason Lewis, Democrat of Winchester and State Representative Patricia Haddad, Democrat of Somerset (DIERSEN: To what extent do those who share your demographics (race, gender, age, national origin, religion, education, sexual orientation, marital status, number of dependents, health, liberal/moderate/conservative, political affiliation, income, net worth, employment status, homeowner/renter, veteran status, gun owner status, years that you have lived in your municipality, township/ward, county, and state, years that your ancestors have been in America, etc.) represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America?) 
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/20/opinion/push-gender-parity-racial-diversity-states-boards-commissions/

BOSTON HERALD
— Are ‘no smokers need apply’ hiring policies fair? (DIERSEN: Virtually all of my Democrat White male superiors and supervisors in the federal government who worked against me were big time smokers and big time drinkers. They favored their employees who smoked and/or drank.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/20/are-no-smokers-need-apply-hiring-policies-fair/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/joe-mccarthy-donald-trump-conservatism-history-roy-cohn.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— What Did GAO Staff Know and When Did They Know It? Judging the organization by its own standards. – James Freeman (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-did-gao-staff-know-and-when-did-they-know-it-11579297177
— How Trump Has Kept Near-Unanimous GOP Support Through Impeachment The unity is the byproduct of a White House charm offensive and the president’s raw political power over his party – Andrew Duehren, Catherine Lucey and Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-trump-has-kept-near-unanimous-gop-support-through-impeachment-11579442401
— Farmer Approval of Trump Hits Record, Poll Shows Approval rises after U.S.-China trade deal signing and progress on replacement for Nafta – Kirk Maltais (DIERSEN: Extremely few of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have any connection with farming. My mother was born and raised on a farm in Grant Park. I spent lots of time at that farm during the summers in the 1950s. My grandmother on my father’s side was born and raised on a farm in Crete.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/farmer-approval-of-trump-hits-record-poll-shows-11579470929
— Boomer Socialism Led to Bernie Sanders Government policies limit millennials’ prosperity, Harvard economist Edward Glaeser argues. Will they realize more of the same isn’t the answer? – Mene Ukueberuwa
https://www.wsj.com/articles/boomer-socialism-led-to-bernie-sanders-11579304307
— Virginia Officials On Guard for Pro-Gun Rally in Richmond With thousands of protesters from across U.S. expected, police worry about violence from extremist groups – Scott Calvert and Jon Kamp
https://www.wsj.com/articles/virginia-officials-on-guard-for-pro-gun-rally-in-richmond-11579516202

INC.
— Eliminated a Candidate Based on Social Media. Time to Clean Up Your Feed (and Tags) Do your profiles tell the right story? – Melanie Curtin (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, if you seek a government position or a political position, your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will search the internet for anything and everything to use against you. What would your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use against you? Mine would use the adverse actions that the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Firestone Stores, Post Office, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois took against me. They would stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), childless, pet-less, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, 100% German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, federal retiree since 1997, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, etc. They would stress the lawsuits that I have filed and that the defendants in those lawsuits continue to do everything that the can to destroy me. They would stress that I oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. They would stress that unlike them, I am not a member of a church, I do not attend church services, and I do not give money to a church.) 
https://www.inc.com/melanie-curtin/54-percent-of-employers-have-eliminated-a-candidate-based-on-social-media-time-to-clean-up-your-feed-and-tags.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Who are you, really? That’s a question most employers want to know the answer to. Beyond your cover letter and resume or CV, what are you about? Are you trustworthy, respectful, responsible? Are you a hard worker? Will you follow through on promises? Because most people are on their best behavior during the interview process, it can be hard for hiring managers or employers to tell. So they do the same thing your Bumble date does: they Google you. In particular, they look at your Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, Twitter, and other social media profiles you have publicly available. Then they browse. Or scope. Or scour. According to a survey by CareerBuilder, a full 70 percent of employers “use social media to screen candidates before hiring.” Even more striking is the follow-on statistic: 54 percent of employers surveyed said they chose not to hire a candidate based on content found on their social media profile(s). Of those hiring managers who chose not to hire someone due to their social media presence, the top reasons given for why were that candidates had:

1. Posted provocative or inappropriate photos, videos or information (39 percent)
2. Posted information about drinking or using drugs (38 percent)
3. Made discriminatory comments related to race, gender, religion (32 percent)
4. Bad-mouthed previous company or fellow employee (30 percent)
5. Lied about qualifications (27 percent)
6. Had poor communication skills: 27 percent
7. Been linked to criminal behavior: 26 percent
8. Shared confidential information from previous employers: 23 percent
9. Had an unprofessional screen name: 22 percent
10. Lied about an absence: 17 percent)

GLOUCESTER TIMES
— Researchers: Cape Ann benefited from slavery – Eric Convey (DIERSEN: How much does the municipality that you live in benefit from slavery? How much did the municipalities that you have lived in benefit from slavery? How much did the municipalities that your parents lived in benefit from slavery? How much did the municipalities that your ancestors lived in benefit from slavery? I lived in Crete 1948-1972, University Park 1972-1976, Chicago 1976-1978, and Wheaton since 1978. My parents, grandparents, great grandparents, and great great grandparents lived in Crete and Grant Park. My great, great, great grandparents on my father’s side lived in Chicago and Crete.) 
https://www.gloucestertimes.com/news/local_news/researchers-cape-ann-benefited-from-slavery/article_58f5af98-8180-5eaa-ad20-783eabc1c5e2.html

January 19 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Sen. Don Harmon elected president of Illinois State Senate, beating out Sen. Kimberly Lightford – Craig Wall (ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider Statement on Selection of New Senate President: “I congratulate Senator Harmon on becoming the next Illinois Senate President. I hope he brings in a new era of reform that changes course away from the decades of inaction and corruption that have plagued the capitol. The new Senate President can get a great start on that front by strongly supporting substantive ethics reform and a fair maps constitutional amendment.”)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/sen-don-harmon-elected-president-of-illinois-state-senate/5863391/

NBC5
— Don Harmon Elected President of Illinois State Senate Harmon was elected Sunday after a tight race against Sen. Kimberly Lightford – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/don-harmon-elected-president-of-illinois-state-senate/2203790/

CBS2
— Don Harmon Elected New Illinois State Senate President
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/19/don-harmon-elected-new-illinois-state-senate-president/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— San Antonio spends more than $300K to keep Chick-fil-A out of airport: report
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/san-antonio-spends-more-than-300k-to-keep-chick-fil-a-out-of-airport-report
— Virginia: Thousands expected at pro-gun rally Monday where guns are banned
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/thousands-expected-at-pro-gun-rally-monday-where-guns-are-banned

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage minorities to hate Trump and to hate his supporters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-martin-luther-king-holiday-20200119-al5bfoatyffg3cbpgqjf3om7my-story.html


— Democrats elect Don Harmon of Oak Park to succeed John Cullerton as Illinois Senate President – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-senate-president-elected-20200119-krrdz4nkwberbja7g3s6mrzw6y-story.html
— Limits on Trump impeachment trial coverage has even C-SPAN upset – MICHAEL M. GRYNBAUM
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-senate-impeachment-trial-tv-coverage-20200119-lzs2j3yjmzatbkjy5uq6ujmbue-story.html
— Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s hard exit from the royal family may be more severe than they expected – MARK LANDLER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-prince-harry-meghan-markle-royal-family-20200119-dkwodbyk3rb7xpnn6pq6yswzjq-story.html
— Who is Don Harmon? Meet the new Illinois Senate president – JAMIE MUNKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-cb-don-harmon-illinois-senate-president-20200120-wptxnwtqnjcp7p2nljspleg2fm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/1/19/21072700/legal-pot-marijuana-illinois
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/19/21069156/illinois-pot-shortage-supply-medical-legal-cresco-labs
— Don Harmon selected as Illinois Senate president In the end, the Senate Democratic caucus came together to support Don Harmon, D-Oak Park, who had previously served as Assistant Majority Leader — with a deal to ensure that state Sen. Kimberly Lightford, D-Maywood, would maintain her post as Majority Leader. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/19/21072955/don-harmon-kimberly-lightford-democrats-vote-senate-president
— Fact-check: Challenger Newman railroads the truth with jab at Lipinski over train crossings Congressman Dan Lipinski played no part in the law’s undoing, which Marie Newman’s campaign acknowledged in response to our inquiry. – Kiannah Sepeda-Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/19/21071038/fact-check-newman-lipinski-railroad-politifact-democratic-primary-congress

DAILY HERALD
— Gun industry gathers amid slumping sales, rising tensions – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200119/business/301199945/
— 4-year college costs push minorities into community colleges
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200119/news/301199996/

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Harmon elected Senate president – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200119/harmon-elected-senate-president

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Sending wrong message – David E. Smith, Executive Director, Illinois Family Institute, Tinley Park
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/letter-sending-wrong-message/article_bd798c58-3a09-11ea-8d25-2bf15a8cc404.html
(FROM THE LETTER TO THE EDITOR: What was Illinois Lt. Gov. Juliana Stratton thinking when she purchased recreational marijuana in Chicago on the first day of its legal sales in Illinois? Does she not understand that as a public official she is setting a reckless and foolish example, especially for children and teens? Illinois policy makers are sending a dangerous message to our young people. First, we called it “medicinal.” Now, we call it “recreational.” Gone are the days of “this is your brain on drugs.” Instead, elected officials like Stratton are celebrating drug use by welcoming the marijuana industry to communities throughout the state. Their feckless example will mislead citizens into a diminished understanding of the dangers of drug use until it affects them personally. As the perception of risk plummets, drug use (and addictions) will climb. Not only have lawmakers failed to do their due diligence before passing this marijuana law, but they have also failed to heed the compelling research that indicates how regular use of marijuana affects young people, including an increased risk of psychiatric illnesses and loss of IQ points. Parents, grandparents, teachers, and religious leaders would do well to counter Stratton’s irresponsible example by returning to the sensible message, “just say no to drugs.”)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— What good are new taxes if there’s no one here to pay them? – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-what-good-are-new-taxes-if-there-s/article_5953c75d-8e65-5dc8-9305-24d6ce11c9b6.html

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters encourage minorities to hate Trump and to hate his supporters.
https://qconline.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/us-marks-king-holiday-amid-fears-of-deep-racial-divisions/article_18358e60-8c0d-5040-9872-87ef3d6b1261.html

WRAL
— Trump’s impeachment trial comes at a high point for fans – CNN
https://www.wral.com/trumps-impeachment-comes-at-a-high-point-for-fans/18897153/

CAPITOL FAX
— Harmon coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/19/harmon-coverage-roundup/
— Harmon react
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/19/harmon-react/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dems elect Harmon to serve as president of Illinois Senate – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/19/dems-elect-harmon-to-serve-as-president-of-illinoi/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/19/editorial-illinois-joins-the-rush-to-promote-and-t/

FOX NEWS
— First 2020 Chevrolet Corvette Stingray auctioned for $3 million – Gary Gastelu
https://www.foxnews.com/auto/first-2020-chevrolet-corvette-stingray-million.amp

PJ MEDIA
— ICE Goes to War With New York City Over Sanctuary Policies – RICK MORAN 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/ice-goes-to-war-with-new-york-city-over-sanctuary-policies/

TOWNHALL
— The Entire Women’s March Can Be Summed Up In This One Video – Beth Baumann Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2020/01/19/the-entire-womens-march-can-be-summed-up-in-this-one-video-n2559756

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— Former felons could help flip Wisconsin blue in 2020 – AP
https://americanindependent.com/wisconsin-2020-election-former-felons-voter-registration-democrats-donald-trump/

DAILY CALLER
— Buttigieg Says American ‘Economy Needed 11 Million’ Illegal Immigrants – DAVID KRAYDEN (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO employers prefer hiring citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/19/buttigieg-american-economy-11-million-illegal-immigrants/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Connecticut lawmakers to resurrect age discrimination bill (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote age discrimination the most. I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on those who are older, White, and/or male.)
https://www.sacbee.com/news/business/article239440223.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats make it clear that they are full of hatred against Trump and against anyone who does not share their hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/19/us/politics/biden-south-carolina-bernie-sanders.html

REPUBLICAN AMERICAN
— New York City has been paying for homeless people to relocate across the country, including Connecticut. Local officials say they aren’t being notified. – BRUNO MATARAZZO JR. (DIERSEN: Over the decades, how many tens, if not hundreds, of thousands of homeless people have Chicago Democrats dumped on DuPage County?)
https://www.rep-am.com/local/news-local/2020/01/18/new-york-city-has-been-paying-for-homeless-people-to-relocate-across-the-country-including-connecticut-local-officials-say-they-arent-being-notified/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Number of Islamists in Germany Reaches Record High, Says Intel Agency 12,000 Islamists active across Germany; Berlin emerges as new jihadi stronghold. – Vijeta Uniyal (DIERSEN: I would not be surprised to learn that Germany is far more anti-American now than it was during WWI or WWII.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/01/number-of-islamists-in-germany-reaches-record-high-says-intel-agency/

ABC NEWS
— ‘My story might have turned out very differently if I had been black’: Michael Bloomberg The speech is part of an effort to build support in black and brown communities. – Cheyenne Haslett and Sasha Pezenik (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, because of decimation against minorities and because of discrimination against females, if I had been a minority or a female, I would never have been able to earn a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, or c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/story-turned-differently-black-michael-bloomberg/story?id=68385678

PROVIDENCE JOURNAL
— Buttigieg fundraiser moved out of LGBTQ bar in Providence – Patrick Anderson
https://www.providencejournal.com/news/20200118/buttigieg-fundraiser-moved-out-of-lgbtq-bar-in-providence

LBGTQ NATION
— Only two Presidential candidates bother to show up to nation’s top LGBTQ conference Of the 16 people running for President, only two appear interested in talking to LGBTQ voters, as most campaigns skipped the top LGBTQ conference. – Juwan J. Holmes (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/01/two-presidential-candidates-bother-show-nations-top-lgbtq-conference/

January 19 Morning Edition

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Being legal doesn’t make it good – Sherri M. Askren, President, United Way of Danville Area (DIERSEN: If you are religious, conservative, and/or Republican, you should be speaking out against pot. The leaders of the Illinois Republican Party and the leaders of your Republican county, township, and/or ward party organizations should be submitting letters to the editor like this one. Republican candidates and elected officials in Illinois, your county, your township/ward, and your municipality should be submitting letters to the editor like this one. The leaders of charitable, religious, health, education, law enforcement, etc. organizations in Illinois, your county, your township/ward, and your municipality should be submitting letters to the editor like this one.)
https://www.commercial-news.com/community/askren-being-legal-doesn-t-make-it-good/article_6b30c460-37e4-11ea-b883-db16c7d6b622.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Good Sunday morning, everyone! How do you feel about the new Illinois law legalizing marijuana? There are pros and cons to it, as there are to any topic, and everyone has his or her own opinion. I hadn’t given a lot of thought on it until I went to Walmart shopping this week. The smell of pot was everywhere — walking by people in the grocery aisles and really strong at the self-checkout lanes on the east end of the store. As a joke I said I think I could have gotten high without even smoking it if I stayed in there much longer. But here is the reality of what I am saying. The strong aroma of marijuana means to me that they most likely smoked it shortly before they came into the store, possibly while driving to the store. It is against the law to smoke marijuana while driving, just as it is against the law to drink alcohol while driving. The possession of marijuana in a motor vehicle, by the driver or passenger, is not permitted unless it is in a sealed, odor-proof, child-resistant cannabis container. What else is not permitted according to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services? Using cannabis knowingly in close physical proximity to anyone under the age of 21 years of age who is not a registered medical cannabis patient. Smoking cannabis in any place where smoking is prohibited under the Smoke Free Illinois Act. Facilitating the use of cannabis by any person who is not allowed to use cannabis. The only positive effect of smoking marijuana that I have found is the reduction of chronic pain and it cures a type of epilepsy known as Lennox-Gestaut Syndrome. To me the negative effects outweigh the good, though. Smoking marijuana causes the heart rate to increase by at least 20 beats per minute, and the risk of heart attacks is four times as high as for a person who doesn’t smoke it. Marijuana causes a sting in the mouth and throat and often triggers coughing. Scientist found that people who smoke it regularly had respiratory problems. It also has four times the amount of tar and twice as many carcinogens than tobacco, therefore giving a greater risk to developing lung cancer. As for mothers who smoked marijuana during pregnancy, their babies were born with a delayed neurological development. Causing them problems with memory and responding to visual stimuli. I will admit I was shocked to see the extremely long line of people waiting January one to purchase the product. Many of the dispensaries in Illinois ran out and they and the state made more money in that one day then originally predicted. But just because the state of Illinois decided it was a good idea to legalize marijuana doesn’t mean it’s legal to smoke where you want, when you want, just keep that in mind. Give. Advocate. Volunteer. Live United.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Are you getting paid for that social post? Companies tap employees to spread more ‘authentic’ message online. – LAUREN ZUMBACH (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain? Have the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) and/or the leaders of your Republican county/township/ward party organizations asked you to post messages online? If so, what kinds of messages? I should write a book about IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization leaders who do not want me include links in my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to articles that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the IRP platform and/or in the Republican National Committee (RNC) platform. They talk and/or act like they want the IRP and RNC to dump those planks and to dump those voters, organizations, companies, and governments that support those planks.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-employee-social-media-influencers-20200117-jv6zjtf5kndqbif65ca6dfj6ie-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200118/whats-up-next-for-legal-weed-in-illinois

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.pantagraph.com/blogs/flick/flick-marijuana-traffic-jams-they-re-here/article_de6ce8c7-57db-594a-8d13-15d4163299af.html
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/cannabis-shortages-are-common-after-legalization-but-may-continue-in/article_6009a2f5-ae12-5fed-afb2-3e4bf5904856.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— No escape: Senators to be quiet, unplugged for Trump trial – AP
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/no-escape-senators-to-be-quiet-unplugged-for-trump-trial/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Lauren Underwood Receives Update of Electronic Health Records Implementation and Impact to 2020 Elections
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/19/il-14-lauren-underwood-receives-update-of-electronic-health-records-implementation-and-impact-to-2020-elections/ 
— DeWitt Advises Small Businesses of Minimum Wage Tax Credit
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/19/dewitt-advises-small-businesses-of-minimum-wage-tax-credit/ 
— Illinois House District #66: Carolyn Schofield on Offense with Allen Skillicorn Ethics Complaint
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/18/illinois-house-district-66-carolyn-schofield-on-offense-with-allen-skillicorn-ethics-complaint/ 

FOX NEWS
— Left fears black voters are fleeing from the Democratic Party
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/left-fears-black-voters-are-fleeing-from-the-democratic-party

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Michael Bloomberg granted financial disclosure delay – Brian Slodysko
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/19/michael-bloomberg-granted-financial-disclosure-del/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The more the media try to help Elizabeth Warren, the more voters reject her – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/the-more-the-media-try-to-help-elizabeth-warren-the-more-voters-reject-her
— ‘Throw a punch, for the children’: Pelosi explains to Bill Maher the importance of ‘cold-blooded’ tactics to save country – Anthony Leonardi (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have thrown punches at me to save TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/throw-a-punch-for-the-children-pelosi-explains-to-bill-maher-the-importance-of-cold-blooded-tactics-to-save-country
(FROM THE ARTICLE: House Speaker Nancy Pelosi said Democrats need to utilize “cold-blooded” tactics to win the 2020 election for the sake of the country’s future, during an interview with Bill Maher. Calling her the “Iron Lady,” Maher asked Pelosi on his Friday show for her thoughts on the current state of the Democratic Party. “I feel like the Democratic Party is very often the victim of their own purity tests,” Maher said. “I don’t worry about that,” Pelosi said. “You have to be ready to take a punch. And you have to be ready to throw a punch, for the children.” Pelosi, 79, said the Democratic Party needs to use “disciplined, focused, cold-blooded” tactics to win in 2020, just as they did in 2018. Maher concluded the interview by saying, “Good to have your cold-blooded self on our side.” Earlier in the interview, Maher, 63, insisted the Left must refrain from hating the president’s supporters, even if they hate the president himself. “You can hate Trump. You can’t hate the people who like him,” Maher said, warning, “That way lies, literally, civil war.” Pelosi agreed with Maher’s sentiment, adding that she respects constituents with whom she disagrees. Pelosi also mentioned Trump’s impeachment, saying, “And you’re impeached forever! No matter what the Senate does, it can never be erased.” Pelosi said Trump gave the Democrats no choice but to impeach him, claiming, “The president was self-impeaching almost every single day.”)

AMERICAN THINKER
— Deep Statism behind the GAO’s decision about Trump’s Ukraine funding – Andrea Widburg (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes support all the adverse actions that the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 took against me including forcing me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, giving me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranking me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, not promoting me beyond GS-13, getting rid of my mentor in 1987, keeping me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forcing me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/deep_statism_behind_the_gaos_decision_about_trumps_ukraine_funding.html

BREITBART
— Hate-Spewing Protesters Claim Love Will Save the Country from Trump – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/18/hate-spewing-protesters-claim-love-will-save-the-country-from-trump/

DAILY HEADLINES
— IT BEGINS: Virginia Judge Rules No Guns Allowed At Pro-Gun Rally — In OPEN-CARRY STATE – Gateway Pundit
http://dailyheadlines.net/it-begins-virginia-judge-rules-no-guns-allowed-at-pro-gun-rally-in-open-carry-state/

PJ MEDIA
— Media and the Left Trying to Turn Law Abiding Gun Owners into Frothing, Racist, White Supremacists – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/media-and-the-left-trying-to-turn-law-abiding-gun-owners-into-frothing-racist-white-supremacists/
— There Are No ‘Moderate’ Democrats Anymore
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/there-are-no-moderate-democrats-anymore/

COLLEGE FIX
— Non-profit group: More race-conscious policies needed to thwart racism in higher education (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/non-profit-group-more-race-conscious-policies-needed-to-thwart-racism-in-higher-education/

CAMPUS REFORM
— ​Yale profs speak out, call on university to strive for ideological diversity – Jessica Custodio (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican Precinct Committeeman? If so, what percent of the members of your county and/or township party organizations are conservative, that is, what percent speak out against the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid? Based on the aforesaid criteria, the percentages of Republican Precinct Committeemen in DuPage County and Milton Township that are conservative is very small.)

https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14229
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Yale is in the midst of a continued push for diversity of faculty including demographics of race, gender, and sexual orientation. Now, many professors at the school are calling on the institution to strive for a different type of diversity. “Yale talks a lot of diversity, but basically all that diversity means here is skin color…there’s definitely no diversity here when it comes to politics. The liberal point of view is taken to be objective-not an opinion, not a set of beliefs”)

THE HILL
— Sanders, Warren battle for progressive endorsements – SCOTT WONG (DIERSEN: If you sought a government office or a political office, who would NOT endorse you? The following would NOT endorse me: a) 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-federal employees/retirees, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time; b) those who reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks; c) those who reject the Milton Township Republican Organization resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution; d) those who focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate; d) those who were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed; and/or e) those who are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican and who would NOT endorse me.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478844-sanders-warren-battle-for-progressive-endorsements

NEW YORK TIMES
— Weinstein Jury Seated After Prosecutors Accuse Defense of Excluding White Women – Reuters (DIERSEN: What if Diersen v. GAO had gone to a jury? The jury pool in Chicago is overwhelmingly anti-federal employee, 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.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/18/arts/18reuters-people-harvey-weinstein-jury.html

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats’ ‘unfixable’ extremism uses Trump as an excuse: Goodwin – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2020/01/18/democrats-unfixable-extremism-uses-trump-as-an-excuse-goodwin/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump hates the poverty and crime that Democrat policies bring forth.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-19/trump-says-he-loves-america

TWIN CITIES
— Cottage Grove church to usher out gray-haired members in effort to attract more young parishioners – BOB SHAW (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will conservative and Republican organizations in Illinois officially “usher out” their members who are “older” and especially those who are conservative, Republican, Trump supporters, White, male, gun owners, Protestant, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.twincities.com/2020/01/18/cottage-grove-church-united-methodist-young-parishioners/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— GOP Candidate Robert Hyde Says He Operated Facebook Pages Defending Himself Some pages were purporting to be run by groups of Trump supporters in different states – Rebecca Ballhaus and Emily Glazer (DIERSEN: Who is behind the Facebook postings that you look at? How many of them 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/gop-candidate-hyde-says-he-operated-facebook-pages-defending-himself-11579385636
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Robert Hyde, a GOP congressional candidate who has become embroiled in the impeachment investigation, on Saturday said he had been operating Facebook pages displaying posts in his defense while purporting to be run by groups of Trump supporters in different states. After The Wall Street Journal reported on the pages’ apparent connection to Mr. Hyde, Facebook Inc. late Friday took them down. A Facebook spokeswoman said when the company finds networks of pages misleading people by concealing who is behind them, it requires owners to show additional information. Mr. Hyde didn’t respond Friday to Journal requests for comment, but he tweeted a public response Saturday. “WTF Facebook?! Please make this right and return our pages. I and other editors put a lot of time and money into these pages. You didn’t give us a deadline for the disclaimer and you said it was only necessary for and if we wanted to boost,” Mr. Hyde tweeted on Saturday, and linked to the Journal’s article. Boosting is when a Facebook user pays to reach new audiences. “We haven’t boosted in two years. No warning, nothing,” Mr. Hyde continued. “Do you all work for Adam Schiff? #facebook #stoleourpages #theft”)

24/7
— The Least Popular Members Of Congress From Every State – Samuel Stebbins (DIERSEN: To be more popular, my critics/opponents who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican want me to a) stop promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform; b) glorify and praise them; c) give them money; and d) start serving as one of their operatives or dupes.) 
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2020/01/18/the-least-popular-members-of-congress-from-every-state/

GASTON GAZETTE
— GOP Candidates Forum (DIERSEN: When will the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward party organizations host candidate forums? If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be hosting candidate forums for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, DuPage County Recorder, DuPage County Auditor, judicial, etc. candidates.) 
https://www.gastongazette.com/photogallery/NC/20200118/PHOTOGALLERY/118009984/PH/1

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Investing in college doesn’t always pay The thing that matters is whether you got value out of what you paid for. (DIERSEN: Did investing in college pay for you? If I had NOT earned a bachelor’s degree in business from NIU in 1970, Firestone Stores would NOT have hired me in 1970, Oldsmobile would NOT have offered me a job in 1971, and IRS would NOT have hired me in 1971. I had NOT been taking graduate business courses at Loyola, IRS might NOT have promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If I had NOT earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, if I had NOT passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and if I had NOT been taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, GAO would NOT have hired me in 1980. If I had NOT earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, if I had NOT passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, if I had NOT become a licensed CPA in 1981, and if I had NOT earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, GAO would NOT have promoted me in 1986 and GAO would have forced me to retire even sooner than it did.) 
http://www.startribune.com/schafer-investing-in-college-doesn-t-always-pay/567087792/

CASPER STAR TRIBUNE
— Polling shouldn’t be used to select candidates – KEITH ROLLAND (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrat and Democrat plant, Libertarian and Libertarian plant, Green and Green plant, and RINO pollsters say that voters hate those who are Republican, Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://trib.com/opinion/letters/rolland-polling-shouldn-t-be-used-to-select-candidates/article_91b1306b-b11f-5f6b-ae5e-981993f22a32.html

LAS CRUCES SUN NEWS
— Employers are not allowed to discriminate, so why are voters? – Algernon D’Ammassa (DIERSEN: What percent of the voters in your precinct, municipality, township/ward, and county are anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-Protestant, anti-German American, anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-draft avoiders, anti-etc.?)
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/opinion/columnists/2020/01/19/employers-not-allowed-discriminate-so-why-voters-whitelash-terry-smith/4510819002/

COLORADO SPRINGS
— The Old Age of Candidates Matters – Editorial (DIERSEN: How old are you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination.)
https://magicvalley.com/opinion/columnists/other-view-the-old-age-of-candidates-matters/article_04f081ec-e6a3-5031-8e83-5e4e2c04331f.html

WKRG
— AL Congressional District 1 GOP candidates have first debate of 2020 – Chad Petri (DIERSEN: When will the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county/township/ward party organizations host candidate debates? If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would be hosting debates for U.S. Senate, U.S. Congress, DuPage County Recorder, DuPage County Auditor, judicial, etc. candidates.)
https://www.wkrg.com/baldwin-county/al-congressional-district-1-gop-candidates-have-first-debate-of-2020/

HIGHER EDUCATION
— Report Favors Race-Conscious Policies – Madeline St. Amour (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/01/16/report-favors-race-conscious-policies

HR EXECUTIVE
— 3 ways to build a religiously inclusive work culture – Raafi-Karim Alidina (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who focused on turning my Jewish superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. They stressed that I was a) Republican, b) conservative, c) 100% German national origin, d) baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, e) a Crete resident 1948-1972, and f) a Wheaton resident since 1978.)
https://hrexecutive.com/3-ways-to-build-a-religiously-inclusive-work-culture/

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who promotes Evanston? ANSWER: 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.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/19/reparations-program-evanston-illinois-african-americans-slavery

January 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Women’s March Chicago draws thousands to Grant Park in support of women’s right and civil liberties (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers were 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://abc7chicago.com/politics/womens-march-chicago-brings-renewed-purpose-through-gallery-of-issues-/5860406/

NBC5
— Thousands Turn Out For Chicago Women’s March Demonstrations took place in Chicago and across the country to raise awareness of several issues
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-turn-out-for-chicago-womens-march/2203522/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Scenes from the 2020 Chicago Women’s March Thousands of women braved unfavorable weather Saturday to converge downtown with leaders including Lori Lightfoot, Kim Foxx and Toni Preckwinkle.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/1/18/21070962/2020-chicago-womens-march-photos

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘We cannot rest on our laurels,’ says Mayor Lori Lightfoot in Grant Park as another Women’s March Chicago is in the books after hiatus in 2019 – ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS and MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-womens-march-chicago-saturday-morning-20200117-flkr7wstu5ejtkbzfq6mn5ifeu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-shortage-forecast-20200118-ghjx5i73pffb7adlqy6u2t5nwi-story.html
— House outlines impeachment case, and Trump’s team has fiery response – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-impeachment-trial-arguments-20200118-5ijlq6wdyfew7oacrpjw2t77cy-story.html
— Deceased Republican operative’s gerrymander files posted online by estranged daughter: ‘Redistricting is one of the most profitable and businesslike investment(s) that the GOP can make’ – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the Gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-thomas-hofeller-gerrymandering-documents-20200118-n36mq3ld5zarfev6as6rpozehe-story.html
— Repeating: Democrats, it’s time for Madigan to go. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-democrats-michael-madigan-corruption-scandal-20200118-a6foyvt7lvcfpbnigl3ux7nzhi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200118/after-felony-convictions-elgin-man-now-has-chance-to-become-a-marijuana-craft-grower
— ‘We want change’: Hundreds rally in Geneva for Fox Valley Women’s March – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers were 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.dailyherald.com/news/20200118/we-want-change-hundreds-rally-in-geneva-for-fox-valley-womens-march

PEKIN TIMES
— Lightford, Harmon frontrunners to replace Cullerton as Senate president – Doug Finke 
https://www.pekintimes.com/news/20200118/lightford-harmon-frontrunners-to-replace-cullerton-as-senate-president

HERALD & REVIEW
— What presidential candidates do Illinois delegates support? Here’s how it works.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/what-presidential-candidates-do-illinois-delegates-support-here-s-how/article_50768f55-5143-51c1-aa55-4a3714810d91.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Ethics Task Force Focuses on Lobbying – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Those who work against me talk and/or act like they are paid to do that.) 
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=297335#.XiOZ1CN_OM8

SOUTHERN
— Delegate votes in primaries can be ‘super important,’ party leader says – JERRY NOWICKI
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/delegate-votes-in-primaries-can-be-super-important-party-leader/article_a0397c17-86d6-5a7f-b5cd-50af1b950329.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Central Illinois Republican & Democratic leaders split on progressive income tax plan – Darronté Matthews
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/central-illinois-republican-democratic-leaders-split-on-progressive-income-tax-plan/

WGLT
— Republican State Officials: Democrats Will Come After Middle Class With ‘Fair’ Income Tax – BREANNA GROW
https://www.wglt.org/post/republican-state-officials-democrats-will-come-after-middle-class-fair-income-tax#stream/0

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville Homeowners Confederation Host Roundtable
https://www.nctv17.com/news/nap-homeowners-confederation-host-roundtable/

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTIONS: Who promotes tattoos? ANSWER: 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.chicagoreader.com/chicago/emily-kempf-julia-campione-sema-graham-women-nonbinary-tattoo-artists/Content

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicagocrusader.com/acc-of-illinois-will-hold-a-dispensary-agent-hiring-and-training-event/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Denver Post columnist accuses newspaper of firing him for insisting ‘there are only two sexes’ Independence Institute president Jon Caldara had penned column since 2016 – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/fired-denver-post-columnist-says-he-was-canned-ins/
— Dems respect the Constitution only when it suits them Pelosi’s Constitution and rule of law – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/democrats-respect-the-us-constitution-only-when-it/
— Trump slams Virginia Gov. Northam for ‘very serious attack’ on 2nd Amendment ‘That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away’ – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/trump-says-second-amendment-under-very-serious-att/

BREITBART
— Populist Dick Durbin Says Donald Trump Betrays American Workers – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/01/17/populist-dick-durbin-says-donald-trump-betrays-american-workers/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘I Want Trump Out!’: Migrants Plan To Cross US Border Once Trump Leaves Office – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/17/migrants-hoping-trump-loses-election/

NEWSMAX
— Anatomy of the GAO Trump Smear – Scot Faulkner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who side with the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 against me. I would focus on those who a) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and b) paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.newsmax.com/scotfaulkner/government-accountability-office-trump-report-ukraine/2020/01/17/id/950282/

PJ MEDIA
— Illegal Immigrants Are Gambling on Trump Losing Election So They Can Cross Border – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/illegal-immigrants-are-gambling-on-trump-losing-election-so-they-can-cross-border/
— There Are No ‘Moderate’ Democrats Anymore (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrats, Libertarian, Green, or RINO, is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/there-are-no-moderate-democrats-anymore/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Impeachment: Salon Compares Republican Senators to Jim Crow Jury – P.J. Gladnick (DIERSEN: What if Diersen v.GAO had gone to a jury? The jury pool in Chicago is overwhelmingly anti-federal employee, 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.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2020/01/17/impeachment-salon-compares-republican-senators-jim-crow-jury

LIVE ACTION
— New report shows Illinois has become ‘the abortion dumping ground of the Midwest’ – Kristi Burton Brown
https://www.liveaction.org/news/report-illinois-abortion-dumping-ground-midwest/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The GAO’s Report – RAMESH PONNURU
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-impeachment-gao-report-concludes-trump-administration-broke-law-in-freezing-aid-to-ukraine/

POLITICO
— Never Trumpers flame out Joe Walsh and Bill Weld have failed to file in many of the states where GOP presidential primaries will be held this year. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/18/never-trump-2020-walsh-weld-100665

THE HILL
— Trump lawyers attack House impeachment as ‘brazen and unlawful’ effort to overturn 2016 results – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/478942-trump-lawyers-attack-house-impeachment-as-brazen-and-unlawful-effort
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478945-democrats-file-brief-against-trump-the-founders-worst-nightmare

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against anyone who does not hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/opinion/sunday/republicans-trump-impeachment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-say-senate-must-eliminate-the-threat-that-the-president-poses-to-americas-national-security/2020/01/18/c845ec04-3a03-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mexican Forces Clash With Migrants at Border With Guatemala Government wants to stop caravan of 1500 people, mostly Hondurans, from entering Mexico as it tries to reach the U.S. – Juan Montes and José de Córdoba
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-forces-clash-with-migrants-at-border-with-guatemala-11579387934

UNION JOURNAL
— Government Accountability Office Throws a Hail Mary to Undermine Trump – Carlos Christian
https://theunionjournal.com/government-accountability-office-throws-a-hail-mary-to-undermine-trump/

WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— Best path to a younger flock? Church asks older members to worship elsewhere – Bob Shaw (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wctrib.com/lifestyle/faith/4871798-Best-path-to-a-younger-flock-Church-asks-older-members-to-worship-elsewhere

LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— How Discrimination Lawyers Assess Discrimination Cases (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that discrimination lawyers will represent you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, past/present government employee, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.laprogressive.com/discrimination-cases/

January 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Crowds at Women’s March Chicago on Saturday expected to close parts of downtown to traffic; city plans warming buses for participants – Angie Leventis Lourgos (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
By ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-womens-march-chicago-preview-20200117-vo5wwkcvczdornblvtvmejn6ie-story.html
— Why is Kim Foxx sticking taxpayers with a bill for her Jussie Smollett mess? – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-kass-20200118-23bsbc3ipvhfbmvzxcfnbnrzom-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Let marijuana consumption ordinance go up in smoke The Chicago City Council doesn’t need to send more customers into tobacco shops. Focus instead on keeping the air clear and smoke free for all Chicagoans. – Joel Africk, Wilmette
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/18/21070661/marijuana-consumption-ordinance-delay-mayor-lori-lightfoot-suntimes-letters

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago doubling down on dangerous ‘securitized bonds’ The losers in Chicago’s bond scheme may end up being taxpayers, service recipients, public pensioners and everybody else except the muni bond community—bondholders, underwriters, bankers and lawyers. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-doubling-down-dangerous-securitized-bonds

NBC5
— Significant Turnout Expected at Women’s March Despite Cold Temps in Chicago (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/significant-turnout-expected-at-womens-march-despite-cold-temps-in-chicago/2203417/

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against America’s citizens. 
https://www.wbez.org/shows/reset/conditions-worsen-for-migrants-seeking-asylum-at-usmexico-border/1f1c8396-5d33-4eaf-bed9-8ca2137a0e3f

WBBM 780
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers. To push pot on a person is to destroy that person.
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/preckwinkle-skeptical-minorities-will-get-access-to-weed-biz

WQAD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://wqad.com/2020/01/18/cities-in-the-qca-eligible-for-grants-funded-by-recreational-marijuana-taxes/

WGLT
— Sen. Bill Brady On Property Tax Relief And Making The Case Against A Graduated Income Tax – RYAN DENHAM
https://www.wglt.org/post/sen-bill-brady-property-tax-relief-and-making-case-against-graduated-income-tax#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: If you do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can will defend and advance their platform.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/523657795-senate-gop-leader-bill-brady-said-to-have-voiced-private-support-for-abortion-funding-gun-control-legislation

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis and Catalina Lauf Wrong on Lauren Underwood Record
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/18/il-14-jim-oberweis-and-catalina-lauf-wrong-on-lauren-underwood-record/ 
— Campaign Rape Cover-Up Ripples Keep Spreading
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/17/campaign-rape-ripples-keep-spreading/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Tribune: Shill for Human Slaughter
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-chicago-tribune-shill-for-human-slaughter/
— Marriage and the “Success Sequence” – Micah Clark (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I got married in 1978. They knew that my wife would give me even more reasons for living and even more motivation a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt like I did in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul like I did in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt like I did in 1981, and d) become a licensed CPA like I did in 1981. They knew that because of her salary, we could afford my suffering a $20,147/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO like I did in 1980.) 
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/marriage-and-the-success-sequence/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants lying in wait for Trump to lose election – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/17/illegal-immigrants-lying-wait-trump-lose-election/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— With its dubious finding on impoundment, GAO passed the buck – Nathaniel Cogley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/with-its-dubious-finding-on-impoundment-gao-passed-the-buck
— Democrats go to Mexico and blast Trump over border tent cities – Anna Giaritelli (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against America’s citizens.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-go-to-mexico-and-blast-trump-over-border-tent-cities
— ICE: New York City has declined 7,526 ‘detainers,’ murderers let go – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/ice-new-york-city-has-declined-7-526-detainers-murderers-let-go

GOPUSA
— In defense of Christian nationalism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83119
— Georgetown students: America not the greatest country (DIERSEN: If not America is not the greatest country, why do so many come to America and stay in America?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83116

AMERICAN THINKER
— The plight of the unwoke – Lynne Lechter (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being very woke. I should write a book about them. They paint me as being someone who has unfairly benefitted from my being White, male, Missouri Synod Lutheran, German American, conservative, Republican, American, raised in Crete, raised by a stay-at-home mother, having good health, having ancestors who have been in America for a long time, earning college degrees, earning professional certifications, earning a professional license, working for the federal government for almost 30 years, getting married, and not having children.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/the_plight_of_the_unwoke.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Urban slang defines a person being “woke” or “wokeness” as someone being cognizant of “social justice.” Social justice, in this worldview, encompasses racism, feminism, gender fluidity, inequality, and “undocumented visitors” (illegal aliens). The very word connotes a superior state of being in which any opposing opinion is perceived as a personal affront, or even attack, and triggers the necessity for safe spaces. Opposing viewpoints are bludgeoned on college campuses and in the mainstream media as racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, gun-toting, and Bible-thumping idiocies. Oh, the elitism — and blindness! The woke are really the unwoke — those with no sense of self-awareness of the hypocritical and self-aggrandizing images they actually project to the rest of us. Examples abound.)

BREITBART
— Two More Venues Cancel Michelle Malkin Lecture in Maine – TOM CICCOTTA
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/01/17/two-more-venues-cancel-michelle-malkin-lecture-in-maine/
— Seven Times the GAO Found the Obama Administration Violated Federal Law – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/16/seven-times-the-gao-found-the-obama-administration-violated-federal-law/
— Poll: 12-in-13 Black Americans Have Never Experienced Voter Suppression – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/17/poll-12-in-13-black-americans-have-never-experienced-voter-suppression/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Has Squeezed Two Terms’ Worth of Wins Into 3 Years as President – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/trump-economy-unemployment-foreign-policy/2020/01/17/id/950260/

TOWNHALL
— NowThis Isn’t Journalism – Adam Guillette
https://townhall.com/columnists/adamguillette/2020/01/18/now-this-isnt-journalism-n2559692
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NowThis and its allies are so desperate to smear President Donald Trump that they’re resorting to lies about the Holocaust. In one of the outlet’s latest propaganda pieces, NowThis sat down with a radical leftwing group of campus Jews and Palestinians and gave them an opportunity to promote their extremist views. While it’s nice to see Jews and Arabs sitting together in peace, the bloom comes off the rose when we learn that they have only come together to promote lies and hate. Perhaps the biggest lie perpetuated in the video occurred when one member of the group compared the plight of immigrants on the American border to that of Anne Frank.)

HOT AIR
— The Real “Marriage Story” Is A Lot Brighter Than Hollywood Is Letting On (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform, have never been married, are divorced, have serious marital problems, were not raised by a stay-at-home mother, have parents who are divorced, and/or are LGBTQers.) 
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/01/real-marriage-story-lot-brighter-hollywood-letting/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood launches $45 million campaign to defeat Trump ‘If they’ve got $45m laying around, why exactly do they need taxpayer dollars?’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/planned-parenthood-launches-45-million-push-against-trump-gop

THE HILL
— Pelosi offers message to Trump on Bill Maher show: ‘You are impeached forever’ – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Which of your “negatives” do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress about you? Mine stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Firestone Stores employee, Post Office employee, etc. They stress the adverse actions that my employers took against me. They stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), gun owner, German American, draft avoider, former union member, federal retiree, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478906-pelosi-offers-message-to-trump-on-bill-maher-show-you-are-impeached-forever

REUTERS
— Ahead of tinder box Virginia gun rally, Trump says Constitution under attack – Brad Brooks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally/ahead-of-tinder-box-virginia-gun-rally-trump-says-constitution-under-attack-idUSKBN1ZH09W

NEW YORK TIMES
— For Shrinking Cities (including Decatur), an Aggressive Way to Dodge the Census Bullet Places where the population is declining know it could cost them money after the 2020 head count is taken. The solution: Expand their borders to add more residents. – Mitch Smith
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/us/census-annexation-illinois.html
— Facebook Political Ads: Which States Are 2020 Democrats Betting On? – Nick Corasaniti and Quoctrung Bui
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/17/us/politics/democrats-political-facebook-ads.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Hannity and Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/17/hannity-previews-trumps-final-defense-so-what-if-hes-guilty/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Do Political Campaigns Change Voters’ Minds? – Hugo Mercier (DIERSEN: What would be the pros and cons if GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contained ads? Of course, I would only seek/accept ads that promoted a) planks the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform and b) conservative Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, political organizations, and companies.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-political-campaigns-change-voters-minds-11579282258
— Opinion: The GAO’s Legal Conclusion is Wrong
https://www.wsj.com/video/opinion-the-gao-legal-conclusion-is-wrong/70BCEB53-88B7-4BA6-9677-5EF7D6F67CC3.html
— New York Tries Again to Muzzle Pro-Life Groups The state’s new ‘boss bill’ defies the spirit of a 2018 Supreme Court ruling in favor of a pregnancy center. – Nicole Ault
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-tries-again-to-muzzle-pro-life-groups-11579304211
— ‘The Age of Entitlement’ Review: The Dividing Line The political tribalism of today has its roots in the debates and reforms of the 1960s. – Richard Aldous
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-age-of-entitlement-review-the-dividing-line-11579281287
— ‘Elderhood’ Review: The Way We Age Now   In 1900, the average life expectancy for an American was 46 years; these days it is 79. But what will those later years be like, and how should we make the most of them? – Joseph Epstein (DIERSEN: What do plan to do with your time and money when you retire? If you are retired already, what are you doing with your time and money? I spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elderhood-review-the-way-we-age-now-11579281407
— Parenting Isn’t Over When Kids Grow Up With so many young adults still relying on parents for support, the challenge is how to help them without undermining their independence – Mark McConville (DIERSEN: My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21 and my brother was 16. My outstanding mother never attended high school and had never worked outside of the home.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parenting-isnt-over-when-kids-grow-up-11579323660
— After Stretch IRAs, What Retirement Breaks Could Congress Chop Next? A handful of proposals on limiting retirement tax breaks have been circulating in Washington for years – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-stretch-iras-what-retirement-breaks-could-congress-chop-next-11579257004
(FROM THE ARTICLE: • Require annual payouts from Roth IRAs. Current law requires annual withdrawals from traditional IRAs for savers who are age 72 and older, but it doesn’t require them for Roth IRA owners. Ed Slott, an IRA specialist and certified public accountant, says this proposal would take away one of the biggest draws of a Roth IRA, which is payout flexibility. He also worries that it could open the door to indirect taxes, in the same way that tax-free municipal-bond income is included when calculating Social Security taxes and Medicare premiums.)

SENTINEL SOURCE
— Smokers need not apply: Fairness of no-nicotine hiring policies questioned – Blake Farmer (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, smoking, pot, and/or LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who drank lots of booze and smoked a lot.)
https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/economy/smokers-need-not-apply-fairness-of-no-nicotine-hiring-policies/article_182fc306-2aea-5ae7-ad69-73d0a4b05a43.html

SCOUT SOMERVILLE
— OCTOBER 24, 2019 FLASHBACK: 2019 Candidate Survey: Councilor-At-Large (DIERSEN Questions to ask candidates: If elected, how would the following help you carry out your duties: a) your education, b) your political experience and work experience, c) your professional certifications and licenses, and d) length of time that you have lived in your municipality, township/county, county, and Illinois? What have you done and what will you do if elected to: a) discourage the sale and use of pot, b) discourage gambling, c) discourage the sale and drinking of booze, d) promote traditional marriage and the traditional family, e) promote homeownership, f) discourage abortion, g) discourage mass/illegal immigration, h) discourage diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, i) discourage patronage and political affiliation discrimination, j) discourage reverse discrimination, k) discourage age discrimination, l) encourage people to save for their retirement, m) discourage dependency on government, and n) discourage dependency on charity?) 
https://scoutsomerville.com/2019-candidate-survey-councilor-at-large/

NPR
— Is It Fair To Refuse To Hire People Who Use Nicotine? (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, smoking, pot, and/or LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who drank lots of booze and smoked a lot.) 
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/09/794685174/u-hauls-nicotine-free-hiring-rule-reflects-a-trend-that-troubles-workers-advocat

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Who, Exactly, Makes Up the Democratic Base? – David Edward Burke (DIERSEN: From what I see, the Democratic base is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/17/who-exactly-makes-up-the-democratic-base/

ATLANTIC
— Has the Women’s March Accomplished Anything? – EMMA GREEN (DIERSEN: The marches promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/womens-march-2020/605095/

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Trump May Be Even More Unpopular Than His Approval Rating Shows – Peter K. Enns and Jonathon P. Schuldt (DIERSEN: Who are you unpopular with, that is, who despises/hates you? The following despise/hate me and despise/hate those who share my demographics: Those who despise/hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, those who have more or less money than they do, past/present government employees, government retirees, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-may-be-even-more-unpopular-than-his-approval-rating-shows/

MEDIA MATTERS
— Reince Priebus says Trump lawyer is “very close to Laura Ingraham” and her show reflects his views Preibus: “If you want to know, kind of, where Pat [Cipollone]’s head is at, listen to Laura on Fox News”
https://www.mediamatters.org/trump-impeachment-inquiry/reince-priebus-says-trump-lawyer-very-close-laura-ingraham-and-her-show

JD SUPRA
— GAO Reminds Offerors that It’s Important to Substantiate Key Personnel’s Experience (DIERSEN: GAO wasted my experience. GAO audits IRS and many federal agencies including financial institution regulators. The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s wasted the experience that I gained a) working for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, b) working on audits on many federal agencies for almost 6 years 1980-1985 and 1989, c) working on audits of IRS for 3 years 1986-1988, d) working on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years 1984 and 1990-1997, e) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979 and 1981, f) earning job-related graduate degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, and g) serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996.) 
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/gao-reminds-offerors-that-it-s-20604/

JERUSALEM POST
— Joe Biden mocks Donald Trump’s claim to speak against antisemitism – RON KAMPEAS (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who focused on turning my Jewish superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. They stressed that I was a) Republican, b) conservative, c) 100% German national origin , d) baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, e) a Crete resident 1948-1972, and f) a Wheaton resident since 1978.) 
https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Biden-mocks-Trumps-claim-to-speak-against-antisemitism-614519