GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Your Republican township/ward/county party organization and the Illinois
Republican Party should be encouraging everyone in Illinois who is religious,
conservative, and/or Republican to speak out at their municipal and county
government meetings against the sale of recreational pot. Please urge the
following to speak out against pot: your Republican Precinct
Committeeman/Captain; the officers of your Republican township/ward/county
party organization; your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)
State Central Committee; the IRP officers; the IRP National Committeeman and
Committeewoman; Republican elected officials in your municipality, in your
township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois, and candidates for the
aforesaid offices; religious leaders; conservative leaders; law enforcement
leaders; education leaders; medical leaders; etc. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Many marijuana businesses aren’t sure they’ll be
ready for recreational sales Jan. 1. Here’s why. – ALLY MAROTTI, DAN PETRELLA
and JAMIE MUNKS (DIERSEN: You should avoid being anywhere near where pot is
sold. For that matter, you should avoid being anywhere near where booze is sold
or where people gamble.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-recreational-marijuana-rollout-20190909-dgiguhz4kva4pltigqf5sjhnaq-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD EDITORIAL MADE TO LOOK LIKE A NEWS ARTICLE: DIERSEN
HEADLINE: Democrats want to abolish concealed carry.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-concealed-carry-murder-charge-20190909-6w7dzya7dfet5cxoosxr4zctmy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats do not want immigrants to assimilate.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-met-mexican-independence-parade-20190908-4twpq3a46ndwzddz6mn2kuk3tu-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Father Pfleger should lead that anti-violence caravan through Chicago first
Pfleger does not recognize the danger of restrictions placed on the police, who
still manage to confiscate guns and make arrests. – Dan Bartoszewski, Irving
Park
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/8/20853177/michael-pfleger-chicago-violence-illinois-progressive-income-tax-flat-tax-sun-times-letters
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: Suburban police hope saliva holds
the solution to the marijuana impairment puzzle – Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: What
do you say to those who impair themselves with booze and/or pot? What do you
say to individuals, to organizations (Democrat Party, etc.), and to governments
(State of Illinois, etc.) that encourage everyone to impair themselves with
booze and/or pot so that governments get more tax revenue?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/suburban-police-hope-saliva-holds-the-solution-to-the-marijuana-impairment-puzzle
— Palatine village council to discuss recreational marijuana sales
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190908/palatine-village-council-to-discuss-recreational-marijuana-sales
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO OF ALVAREZ: Leadership changes at
tollway mean new positions and salaries – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/leadership-changes-at-tollway-mean-new-positions-and-salaries
— Put pot vote in November 2020, not March – James R. Kreame, Naperville
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190909/put-pot-vote-in-november-2020-not-march
— Sensitivity in teaching LGBTQ and history – William Juneau, Huntley
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190909/sensitivity-in-teaching-lgbtq-and-history
(FROM THE LETTER: Same
sex marriages are legal and adoptions are now permitted. “Transing”
from one gender to another is unusual no matter how you cut it. There is no reason
for any hostility to gays and for those that have changed genders, but
endorsing and even encouraging it is objectionable to many who have different
views and believe strongly in the traditional family with one mom and one dad.
There are celebs and great poets and philosophers who have been gay and have
made contributions to society, no doubt about it. But the foundations for their
good work had nothing to do with their sexual orientation.)
— Cantigny to display beams from World Trade Center – Ann Piccininni (DIERSEN:
I had the honor of organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2004 and 2005.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/cantigny-to-display-beams-from-world-trade-center
— Naperville Sept. 11 ceremony aims to honor and educate – Marie Wilson
(DIERSEN: I had the honor of organizing Wheaton’s 9/11 ceremonies in 2004 and
2005.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190909/naperville-sept-11-ceremony-aims-to-honor-and-educate
WTTW
— US Health Officials Report New Vaping Deaths, Repeat Warning – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/09/us-health-officials-report-new-vaping-deaths-repeat-warning
SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Tell your community to opt out of marijuana – Kathy Valente, Director of
Operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190908/letter-tell-your-community-to-opt-out-of-marijuana
— Springfield to debate recreational pot restrictions, taxes – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190908/springfield-to-debate-recreational-pot-restrictions-taxes
DEKALB DAILY JOURNAL
— New Illinois financial documents expose ‘fair tax’ absurdity
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/new-illinois-financial-documents-expose-fair-tax-absurdity/article_c4c6ff7c-d0e6-11e9-8b9e-9f3b9fbd0823.html
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Elburn continues to weigh pros, cons of potential marijuana businesses Some
planning commissioners don’t want dispensary along Main Street – SUSAN O’NEILL
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/09/08/elburn-continues-to-weigh-pros-cons-of-potential-marijuana-businesses/aww86hz/
WJBC
— Bloomington Council to vote Monday night on creating cannabis task force –
Howard Packowitz
http://www.wjbc.com/2019/09/08/bloomington-council-to-vote-monday-night-on-creating-cannabis-task-force/
DAILY ILLINI
— Legalized gambling in Illinois can bring unwanted effects – GRACE MALONEY
https://dailyillini.com/news/2019/09/09/legalized-gambling-in-illinois-can-bring-unwanted-effects/
WIRE POINTS
— Illinois Hit By Record $47 Billion Loss, Ignored by Regular Media. Why? –
Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-hit-by-record-47-billion-loss-ignored-by-regular-media-why-wirepoints-original/
COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Comptroller’s order on prevailing wage a political move: Attorney – John
Breslin (DIERSEN: What would the prevailing wage be for someone who had a)
worked for GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10
levels, currently $98,198-$127,654/year; b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years,
the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently
$82,579-$93,592/year; c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor
examinations on first attempt; d) became a licensed CPA, Certified Fraud
Examiner, Certified Government Financial Manager, Certified Financial Services
Auditor, and Forensic Accountant; and e) earned a bachelor’s degree in
management from NIU, MBA from Loyola, master’s degree in accounting from
DePaul, and master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT?)
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/513260682-comptroller-s-order-on-prevailing-wage-a-political-move-attorney
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS AUDIT SHOWS DEVASTATING $47 BILLION STATE BUDGET LOSS IN 2018
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/09/illinois-audit-shows-devastating-47-billion-state-budget-loss-in-2018-.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— LGBT Activists Seek to Destroy Christianity – Fletch Daniels (DIERSEN: Those
who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes have worked the
hardest to destroy me. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/lgbt_activists_seek_to_destroy_christianity.html
— An illegals racket so big migrants can now leave Yelp ratings? Check out
Michelle Malkin’s new book – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/an_illegals_racket_so_big_migrants_can_now_leave_yelp_ratings.html
PATRIOT POST
— Fall of Rome & Lessons to Be Learned – William Federer
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/65332-fall-of-rome-and-lessons-to-be-learned
LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— Use What God’s Given You – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What do you do with your
time and with your money? I use my time and my money to put GOPUSA ILLINOIS
emails together and send them out each and every morning and each and every
evening. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use their time
and use their money a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together
and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. My
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) reject planks in the
Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and
work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton
Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work
against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those
like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits
that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid. Attend
Milton Township Republican Central Committee meetings and events and watch them
in action.)
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/09/09/use-what-gods-given-you/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Can we stop subsidizing beach houses now? – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/can-we-stop-subsidizing-beach-houses-now
BREITBART
— DHS Drafts Plan to Curb Work Permits for Illegal Migrants – NEIL MUNRO
(DIERSEN: From what I see, for their bad jobs, like the ones that I had,
employers prefer hiring asylum seekers with work permits rather than citizens of
America.)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2019/09/09/dhs-drafts-plan-to-curb-work-permits-for-illegal-migrants/
— 60 Terrifying Reasons Trump Is Right to Reduce Refugees – Michelle Malkin
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/09/exclusive-michelle-malkin-60-terrifying-reasons-trump-is-right-to-reduce-refugees/
TOWNHALL
— The Appalling Double Standard Behind The Politicization Of Mass Shootings –
Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/09/09/the-appalling-doublestandard-behind-the-politicization-of-mass-shootings-n2552759
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Leftie News Claimed Trump Rallies Were Correlated With Rise in ‘Hate Crimes’
– They Were Very Wrong – P. Gardner Goldsmith
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/leftie-news-claimed-trump-rallies-were-correlated-rise-hate-crimes-they-were-course-wrong
NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Hate-Crime Spike in New York City Has Nothing to Do with White Supremacy
– ROBERT CHERRY
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/09/anti-semitic-hate-crime-spike-new-york-city-authorities-uninterested/
CNN
— Trump heading to Baltimore, which he previously slammed, for Republican
conference – Chandelis Duster
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/08/politics/donald-trump-baltimore-republican-retreat/index.html
REUTERS
— Four Republicans (DONALD TRUMP, JOE WALSH, BILL WELD, MARK SANFORD), 20
Democrats vie for U.S. presidential nominations (DIERSEN: Will the Trump-hating
Republicans in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in
your county, and in Illinois support Walsh, Weld, or Sanford?)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-election-2020-candidates/four-republicans-20-democrats-vie-for-us-presidential-nominations-idUSKCN1VT0KH
NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Democrats Need to Get More Ruthless – David
Leonhardt (DIERSEN: Who are the most ruthless Democrats and Democrat plants,
Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in your
neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in
your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/08/opinion/democrats-2020-trump.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Ted Cruz and others should stop using Chicago as a punching bag – Lori
Lightfoot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/if-ted-cruz-really-cares-about-chicago-shootings-he-should-go-there-and-prove-it/2019/09/08/cdd356da-d17a-11e9-8c1c-7c8ee785b855_story.html
— Poor and middle-class Americans are much less likely to survive into their
70s than the wealthy – Christopher Ingraham and Jeff Stein (DIERSEN: What did
you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related
bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I
was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30,
32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was
32.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/09/poor-middle-class-americans-are-much-less-likely-survive-into-their-seventies-than-wealthy-federal-report-says/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Tethered to Trump, California’s GOP hopes for a comeback in a solidly blue
state – CHRISTINE MAI-DUC
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-09-08/californias-gop-republicans-convention-trump
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Your Expense Report Is a Window Into Your Soul How you handle the costs you
run up on company time can hint at whether your job is making you happy, or
even your sense of ethics and fairness – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: In 1974,
when I was 25 years old, my Democrat IRS superiors used my claiming partial day
per diem to destroy my IRS career. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/your-expense-report-is-a-window-into-your-soul-11568021401
BL
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, UNACCEPTABLE: At least 8 million illegal aliens hold
down jobs meant for U.S. citizens or legal immigrants – Chris Ford (DIERSEN:
But how many of these jobs are “bad” jobs? My critics/opponents,
their operatives, and their dupes crow that they have never had to take and that
they never would take “bad” jobs like the ones I took. I did yard
work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf
shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969;
worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold
tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline
1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies
1980-1997.)
https://thebl.com/us-news/at-least-8-million-illegal-aliens-hold-down-jobs-meant-for-u-s-citizens-or-legal-immigrants.html
ATLANTIC
— Why Conservatives Are Turning Against Higher Education College isn’t
providing an effective engine of upward mobility for most Americans. – Reihan
Salam
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/08/higher-education-has-become-increasingly-partisan/596407/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At a
recent gathering of conservatives, for example, Hawley drew a straight line
from the declining economic prospects of non-college-educated workers to a
number of social maladies. “Just about any American worker without a four-year
college degree will have a hard time in the cosmopolitan economy. Maybe that’s
one reason why marriage rates among working-class Americans are falling, why
birth rates are falling, why life expectancy is falling. All the while, an
epidemic of suicide and drug addiction ravages every sector, every age group,
every geography of the working class.” This divergence of the economic
prospects of the college-educated and non-college-educated is hardly a new
development. What is new, though, is the growing interest among Republican
lawmakers, Hawley included, in doing something about it legislatively. One
implication of the senator’s remarks is that Congress ought to be more
solicitous of the interests of the non-college-educated, and to that end the
senator recently introduced legislation that, according to The Hill, would
allow low-income students to use federal dollars currently earmarked for higher
education to pursue vocational training. Leaving aside the merits of Hawley’s
proposal, there is reason to believe that it is good politics, or rather good
Republican politics. As the Pew Research Center finds in a new survey, there’s
been a sharp increase in dissatisfaction with America’s colleges and
universities among Republicans in recent years, and it makes perfect sense for
right-of-center policy makers to want to do something about it. Consider the
changing composition of America’s major-party coalitions. Shortly after the
2018 midterms, Adam Harris observed that the Trump presidency was accelerating
the “diploma divide,” which refers to the starkly different voting patterns of
college-educated white voters and those without a degree, a split that is
unique to whites. In the midterms, Republicans did 16 points better among
whites without a college degree, while securing the votes of only 45 percent of
their college-educated counterparts. In contrast, when George H. W. Bush
defeated Michael Dukakis in 1988, he did so in part by winning college-educated
white voters by 20 points. Another factor in the diploma divide is the gender
gap in college attendance and completion. In the 1980s, women began graduating
from college in higher numbers than men, and since then, their advantage has
only widened. Today, you have to go up to the 60-and-over demographic before
you find men outnumbering women among college graduates. The diploma divide has
also had implications for partisan geography. When Republicans lost the House
in 2006, half of their vulnerable seats were in districts that had more college
graduates than the national average; that number was 70 percent for the 2018
midterms.)
INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Record High Marijuana Use and Vaping A new survey finds
increased marijuana use and vaping by college students who view these
substances as safe. – Jeremy Bauer-Wolf
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2019/09/09/study-college-students-using-marijuana-e-cigarettes-record-rates
FED SMITH
— How to Handle Toxic Coworkers – Martha Wilson (DIERSEN: I should write a
book about the most toxic Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage
County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton
Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton
Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of
Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. officials, members, and employees.
They focus on destroying the aforesaid organizations.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/09/08/its-not-me-its-you-how-handle-toxic-coworkers/
ATLANTIC
— Fox News Isn’t Worried About Trump’s Attacks The president’s negative tweets
about the network barely registered inside its headquarters. – ELAINA
PLOTTPETER NICHOLAS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who a) attack
me, b) attack my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and c) attack those who read my GOPUSA
ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/09/fox-news-isnt-worried-about-trumps-tweets/597622/
SALON
— Newsmax tasks longtime Bill O’Reilly executive producer with helping network
take on Fox “There is a growing disenchantment with Fox News, and we are
definitely seeing a rise in viewership with Newsmax” – TRAVIS GETTYS
(DIERSEN: Everyone sees that I promote conservative organizations (Illinois
Conservative Union, Illinois Policy Institute, Illinois Opportunity Project,
Illinois News Network, Illinois Family Institute, Illinois Family Action,
Illinois Review, etc.) and Republican organizations (Milton Township Republican
Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois
Republican Party, etc.), their websites, their events, etc. Everyone sees how
the aforesaid organizations treat me.)
https://www.salon.com/2019/09/06/newsmax-tasks-longtime-bill-oreilly-executive-producer-with-helping-network-take-on-fox_partner/
COMMON DREAMS
— Poverty in America a Literal ‘Death Sentence,’ Says Sanders, Following
Devastating GAO Report “If we do not urgently act to solve the economic
distress of millions of Americans, a whole generation will be condemned to
early death.” – Jake Johnson (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself
for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was
21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b)
job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48,
and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/09/09/poverty-america-literal-death-sentence-says-sanders-following-devastating-gao-report