October 25 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cops want to know who’s driving while stoned. Tests are being developed, but level of impairment after smoking weed is still hard to measure. – Robert McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-marijuana-roadside-drug-test-20191025-zr2ouoci6jfxdnjnjcifhtv3s4-story.html
— Census report: US population will get older, more diverse – AP (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 71. As the Republican National Committee (RNC), Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) ever-increasingly “reach out” to voters in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township who are younger, minority, female, moderate, and/or liberal, should I volunteer to help the RNC, IRP, DCRCC, and MTRCC “reach out” to voters in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township who are older, White, male, and/or conservative?) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/retirement-aging/sns-census-report-us-population-older-more-diverse-20191024-kvk5knphgvfedmfznsrllm2a7u-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— South suburban abortion doctor who hid thousands of fetuses carried his secrets to his grave ‘You can speculate till hell freezes over,’ says a lawyer for the widow of Dr. Ulrich Klopfer, who died leaving behind 2,411 preserved fetal remains — and nothing to explain why. – Stefano Esposito 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/25/20921224/abortion-doctor-ulrich-klopfer-fetuses-fetal-remains-mystery-crete-township-will-county

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191025/editorial-the-value-of-creating-an-atmosphere-that-welcomes-diversity

SAUK VALLEY
— New proposals take forefront during veto session Lawmakers to mull pension consolidation, Chicago issues, ethylene oxide ban, more – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/10/24/new-proposals-take-forefront-during-veto-session/aa1iupv/

ALTON DAILY RECORD
— Zero Tolerance Policies Discussed – Jim Moran
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=293008#.XbLoA75_OM8

WJBD
— First Republican announces to replace John Shimkus in Congress Unlike Shimkus, Mary Miller says she stands with President Trump.- Toby Gullion
http://www.southernillinoisnow.com/2019/10/24/first-republican-announces-to-replace-john-shimkus-in-congress/

WCBU
— Mike Unes Stepping Down After 5 Terms in Statehouse – TIM SHELLEY 
https://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/mike-unes-stepping-down-after-5-terms-statehouse#stream/0

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Donald Trump’s Chicago fundraiser and his expected speech at the International Association of Chiefs of Police at McCormick Place will draw thousands of protesters — and maybe some MAGA supporters — to downtown Chicago on Monday. Couple that with thousands more striking teachers just trained in civil disobedience, and we’ve got the makings of a massive political demonstration. It might be a crowd size that even Trump wouldn’t have to exaggerate. Dozens of political organizations and interest groups are urging their supporters to gather at 11:30 a.m. Monday at the intersection of Wacker and Wabash streets, which looks at Trump Tower from across the Chicago river. The protesters are expected to include immigration groups, gun control activists and women’s organizations. “We will be out in full force to protest Trump’s gleeful bashing of our city, his ridiculing of the very real violence promoted by his pro-gun policies, and his attempts to thwart us and all Sanctuary Cities as we protect our immigrant neighbors,” Marj Halperin of Indivisible Chicago told Playbook. Striking teachers are also expected to be part of the protest, hundreds of whom participated Thursday in civil disobedience training. In an email encouraging teachers to take part, CTU said the training was for members “who are ready to step it up a notch… We will learn from the tactics that ended Jim Crow and the Vietnam War.” During the training, they were “coached on blocking traffic and shutting down building lobbies,” according to the Sun-Times. No surprise that they will join Trump protesters. “It’s a target-rich opportunity,” a CTU organizer told Playbook. Attendees at Trump’s noon fundraiser may hear the chanting or see the protest signs but they otherwise won’t notice the blockade way across the river. Trump’s scheduled speech to the police chiefs convention is a few miles south of his hotel. His presidential entourage will avoid protesters by taking a two-and-a-half-mile tunneled access route that’s only used by the mayor, the Cook County Board president, and certain tour buses with security clearance. Former Mayor Rahm Emanuel liked to call it the Bat Cave. At the police chiefs convention at McCormick Place, Trump will hold court over a friendly crowd. Last year, at the group’s gathering in Orlando, he criticized Chicago’s handling of crime. It’s no wonder Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said he’ll boycott Monday’s speech. He might consider wandering over to the Illinois Institute of Technology campus to watch crews preparing for the Obama Foundation Summit that starts Tuesday. Oh yeah, the Obamas are expected to be in town Monday, too. – Shia Kapos 
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/10/25/weve-got-your-big-crowd-trump-back-to-school-monday-eerie-similarity-to-2012-487517

CHRONICLE ILLINOIS
— Congressman Casten fights back against claim town halls are ‘invite only’ – Kevin Beese
https://chronicleillinois.com/government/congressman-casten-fights-back-against-claim-town-halls-are-invite-only/

CENTER SQUARE
— Veto session could begin with effort to ban flavored vape, tobacco products – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Why not ban pot?)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/veto-session-could-begin-with-effort-to-ban-flavored-vape/article_bb61c3b6-f690-11e9-9a44-a32466fbf047.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Catalina Lauf’s First Faux Pas in Social Media
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/24/il-14-catalina-laufs-first-faux-pas-in-social-media/ 
— Weeping Angels, Russian Interference in Elections and the Wi-Fi
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/24/weeping-angels-russian-interference-in-elections-and-the-wi-fi/ 
— U.S. Attorney Outlines What Office Has Done to Fight Non-Political Crime
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/24/u-s-attorney-outlines-what-office-has-done-to-fight-non-political-crime/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Court’s showing of news report on fetal body parts harvesting hurts Planned Parenthood’s case, lawyers say – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/515270748-court-s-showing-of-news-report-on-fetal-body-parts-harvesting-hurts-planned-parenthood-s-case-lawyers-say

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘We’re at this peak moment’: Rising pro-life movement fights to expand gains under Trump – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/24/marjorie-dannenfelser-susan-b-anthony-list-lead-fi/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: SBA List has not shied away from throwing elbows in the early stages of various 2020 primary races. In Illinois’ 6th Congressional District last month, the group endorsed Jeanne Ives over former Illinois Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti in a Republican primary. Amid funding woes, Ms. Sanguinetti dropped out within a month of SBA List’s endorsement of her opponent, who previously lost a primary challenge to then-Illinois Gov. Bruce Rauner in 2018.)
— Strategic or fake? News media ramps up impeachment urgency – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/24/inside-the-beltway-news-media-ramps-up-impeachment/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Lori Lightfoot’s Chicago budget is an alarm bell against Democratic governance – Tom Rogan
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/lori-lightfoots-chicago-budget-is-an-alarm-bell-against-democratic-governance

AMERICAN THINKER
— In the age of leftism – Valerie Sobel
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/in_the_age_of_leftism.html

GOPUSA
— Cornel West: It’s time to ‘go to jail’ fighting ‘vanilla brother’ Trump in ‘the streets’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78332
— You’ve heard of gun buybacks, Schumer promises a car swap with taxpayer money
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78349

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Conservatives Confront The Trump Era – David Franke
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31273-conservatives-confront-trump-era

DAILY CALLER
— FLASHBACK: NYT Op-Ed Writers Used ‘Lynching’ To Describe Clinton Impeachment – CHRIS WHITE
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/24/new-york-times-lynching-trump-clinton/

NEWSMAX
— Bernie Sanders: Illegals Will Get ‘Immediate Legal Status’ – Todd Beamon (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats join with citizens of foreign countries to get rid of those who do not vote for Democrats once and for all.) 
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/bernie-sanders-illegals-open-borders-legal-status/2019/10/24/id/938620/

TOWNHALL
— Freedom in the Crosshairs: Why Religious Liberty Must Prevail – Kerri Toloczko (DIERSEN: Ever-increasing, Democrats make it clear that they want to destroy churches that do not promote socialism, class warfare, redistribution of wealth, 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, patriotism, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, retaliation, the rest of the Democrat Party platform, and even worse things. How much success have the Democrats had in destroying the churches in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the churches in Wheaton want to get rid of me.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kerritoloczko/2019/10/25/freedom-in-the-crosshairs-why-religious-liberty-must-prevail-n2555289

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Malzberg: CBS Reporter That Asked AOC Why She Endorsed “Old White Guy” Sanders Is Racist – Ian Schwartz (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote hated against those who 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.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/24/malzberg_cbs_reporter_that_asked_aoc_why_she_endorsed_old_white_guy_sanders_is_racist.html

THE HILL
— Missing from 2020: A real Midwest jobs strategy – JOHN AUSTIN
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/467355-missing-from-2020-a-real-midwest-jobs-strategy

YAHOO NEWS
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: How Bernie Sanders would legalize marijuana – Mona Zhang
https://news.yahoo.com/bernie-sanders-legalize-marijuana-202742792.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Student Vote Is Surging. So Are Efforts to Suppress It.”

— Trump Golf Club May Lose Liquor License Over Fatal Car Crash The New Jersey attorney general sent a letter to President Trump’s club in Colts Neck giving it 30 days to contest being stripped of its liquor license. – Ed Shanahan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/24/nyregion/trump-liquor-license-colts-neck-nj.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Republicans are increasingly flailing while defending Trump from impeachment inquiry.” https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/daily-202/2019/10/25/daily-202-republicans-are-increasingly-flailing-while-defending-trump-from-impeachment-inquiry/5db28a0d602ff10cf14f9777/
— Schumer vows to take 63 million gas-powered cars off the road as part of climate plan – Dino Grandoni 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/powerpost/paloma/the-energy-202/2019/10/25/the-energy-202-schumer-vows-to-take-63-million-gas-powered-cars-off-the-road-as-part-of-climate-plan/5db1d0cc88e0fa5ad928da5b/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump to Tell Federal Agencies to Cut New York Times, Washington Post Subscriptions White House plans to direct government staffers to not renew orders with the newspapers, whose coverage he has disparaged as ‘fake’ – Andrew Restuccia (DIERSEN: I should survey those Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should ask them if the following encourage them to read the emails, and if not, why not: a) officers of their Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) their representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) IRP officers, and d) IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman. Better yet, I should survey the aforesaid leaders and ask them if they encourage Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not. What if Trump encouraged the aforesaid leaders to encourage Illinois Republicans to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-to-tell-federal-agencies-to-cut-new-york-times-washington-post-subscriptions-11571937831
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mr. Trump is an avid consumer of the news, and he regularly reads the Times and the Post, according to aides who privately acknowledged that they expect him to continue doing so despite the directive. “I have no doubt the hard-working reporters of the New York Times and Washington Post will continue to do quality journalism regardless of whether the president acknowledges he reads them,” said Jonathan Karl, the president of the White House Correspondents’ Association and chief White House correspondent for ABC News. “Pretending to ignore the work of a free press won’t make the news go away or stop reporters from informing the public and holding those in power accountable,” Mr. Karl added.)
— Home-Improvement Boom Is Forecast to Fizzle Renovation and maintenance spending—a barometer of the housing market—are expected to decline for the first time in a decade – Ryan Dezember (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension being only 42% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars had caused my wife and I to defer maintenance on our home. But this year we dipped into our savings and home equity line of credit and had our driveway, gazebo roof, six large trees, etc. replaced.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/home-improvement-boom-is-forecast-to-fizzle-11571918400

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, if you live/work in Illinois, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats who run Illinois, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, you will be gotten rid of.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2019/10/25/analysis-shows-most-states-lack-legal-protections-for-lgbtq-workers/#7794ae9c2d07

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Doctor Who Kept Fetuses Is Vilified in Life and Death Questions about what motivated an abortion doctor to keep over 2,000 sets of fetal remains at his Chicago-area home may never be fully answered. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2019-10-25/doctor-who-kept-fetuses-is-vilified-in-life-and-death

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Democrats abandon rural American values – Scott Jennings
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/10/15/democratic-presidential-candidates-declared-war-rural-america-column/3985607002/

LAS VEGAS REVIEW JOURNAL
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Las Vegas is now a sanctuary city – Victor Joecks
https://www.reviewjournal.com/opinion/opinion-columns/victor-joecks/victor-joecks-las-vegas-is-now-a-sanctuary-city-1878127/

DAILY POLITICAL NEWS WIRE
— CNN President Says He’s Interested in Another Fox News Reject – Mike Vance
https://dailypoliticalnewswire.com/cnn-president-says-hes-interested-in-another-fox-news-reject/
— Asian-American Conservative at University of Michigan Labeled as ‘White Supremacist’ – Mike Vance
https://dailypoliticalnewswire.com/asian-american-conservative-at-university-of-michigan-labeled-as-white-supremacist/

DAILY BEAST
— Trump Cuts Out Media That Doesn’t ‘Make Him Feel Beautiful’ It’s a comfort mechanism for the president that intensifies whenever he feels under siege and when scandal swirls. – Asawin Suebsaeng
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-cuts-out-media-that-doesnt-make-him-feel-beautiful-for-impeachment-re-election-fight

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Google Is Profiting From Notorious Hate Group’s Ads The tech giant appears to only be enforcing part of its hate speech ad policy when it comes to anti-immigrant hate group FAIR. – ALEX KOTCH
https://prospect.org/power/google-is-profiting-from-notorious-hate-groups-ads/

WORDPRESS
— Your Email Newsletter Strategy: Five Key Components of Success – Aaron von Frank (DIERSEN: I should survey those Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains in Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I should ask them if the following encourage them to read the emails, and if not, why not: a) officers of their Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) their representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, c) IRP officers, and d) IRP National Committeeman and Committeewoman. Better yet, I should survey the aforesaid leaders and ask them if they encourage Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not. What if Trump encouraged the aforesaid leaders to encourage Illinois Republicans to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://wordpress.com/go/digital-marketing/your-email-newsletter-strategy-5-key-components-of-success/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— What survey questions should I ask GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readers? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
– Does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not?
– Do the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not?
– Does your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not?
– Do the Republican elected officials in your municipality read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not?
– Do the Republican elected officials in your township/ward read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not?
– Do the Republican elected officials in your county read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if not, why not?
– What do believe the main reasons are why those in Illinois who state that they are religious do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?
– What do believe the main reasons are why those in Illinois who state that they are conservative do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?
– What do believe the main reasons are why those in Illinois who state that they are Republican do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?
– What do you say to those who blame GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for their problems?
– What do you say to those who blame GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for your problems?
– What do you say to those who blame GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for my problems?
– What do you say to those who blame GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for everyone’s problems?
– What do you say to those who blame GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that promote Trump?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that promote the traditional family planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that promote the right to life planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that promote the immigration planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that promote the Second Amendment planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that promote the illegal drugs plank in the Republican Party platform?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that promote the illegal equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that oppose patronage?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that oppose political affiliation discrimination?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that oppose reverse discrimination?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that oppose age discrimination?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that oppose religious discrimination?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that oppose national origin discrimination?
– What do you say to those who do not want me to include links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that the IRP, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee have not approved?
– What do you say to those who blacklist me and blacklist my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because I refuse to carry out their blacklist orders? 
– Should I write articles about those who do the most to discourage me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?
– Should I write articles about those who do the most to discourage everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?
– In your opinion, what could and should I do to increase GOPUSA ILLINOIS email readership?

October 24 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago Strike: CPS cancels classes Friday, negotiations continued Thursday as CTU holds civil disobedience training
https://abc7chicago.com/education/cps-cancels-classes-friday-ctu-holds-civil-disobedience-training-as-negotiations-continue/5643109/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— City to collect $3.5M in recreational weed taxes next year, but not starting until next September: mayor The modest outlook doesn’t mean that pot legalization will ultimately be a buzzkill: studies estimate sales could eventually generate up to $676 million statewide. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/10/24/20930296/recreational-weed-taxes-city-budget-lightfoot-pot
— Strike taking a toll on family finances, workers say — and things are about to get worse Even though they are dipping into savings or looking for 2nd jobs, teachers and staff said they still strongly support the goals of the walkout. – Mitch Dudek and Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/23/20928968/chicago-teachers-strike-missed-paychecks
— As teachers strike, the grim reality of Chicago’s finances sets in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s budget includes no property tax increase, but only because she is banking on help from state lawmakers. It also counts on new revenue and savings from cuts and efficiencies that — with all respect, mayor — we’ll believe when we see. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/23/20929165/lori-lightfoot-mayor-budget-property-tax-increase-springfield-jb-pritzker-taxes-2020-address
— County to offer citizens ballots in more languages to ensure ‘their voices be heard at the polls’ The pilot program will begin with the March primary, when ballots will be offered in Korean and Tagalog. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/24/20931017/cook-county-ballots-languages-korean-tagalog-voting-rights
— Chicago-area congressional candidate’s remarks about Jews, Israel spark questions Rush Darwish’s main rivals are Rep. Dan Lipinski and Marie Newman. He’s running to be the first Palestinian-American and Muslim elected to Congress from Illinois. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/24/20930886/darwish-palestinan-american-3rd-district-congress-illinois-lipinski-newman-muslim-sweet

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot defends police Superintendent Eddie Johnson’s tenure as he faces investigation – Gregory Pratt
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-defends-eddie-johnson-20191024-4bsm7cbesffk3js66mkcfzvstu-story.html
— Why Chicago teachers won’t take ‘yes’ for an answer – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-teacher-strike-lori-lightfoot-sharkey-20191024-wup5srdwmbcqfl6khlvrahn4om-story.html
— Why a teachers strike is bad for Chicago – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-lori-lightfoot-teachers-strike-8-20191024-zg4otz6hhffojgw46ta3febd3i-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— What’s on the agenda for the fall legislative session – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191024/whats-on-the-agenda-for-the-fall-legislative-session
— Could DuPage County Board end health insurance perk for board members? – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191024/could-dupage-county-board-end-health-insurance-perk-for-board-members
— DuPage County to ask its towns to help pay for new traffic court in Woodridge – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191024/dupage-county-to-ask-its-towns-to-help-pay-for-new-traffic-court-in-woodridge

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Probes jeopardize Exelon’s Springfield agenda With spotlight on Madigan, Pritzker holds the key to the latest nuke bailout and rate legislation. – STEVE DANIELS 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/utilities/probes-jeopardize-exelons-springfield-agenda

WTTW
— Pressure Mounts on Facebook to Vet Political Content – Paul Caine
https://news.wttw.com/2019/10/24/pressure-mounts-facebook-vet-political-content
— 2nd Illinois Resident Dies from Vaping-Related Illness – Kristen Thometz
https://news.wttw.com/2019/10/24/2nd-illinois-resident-dies-vaping-related-illness

MDJ ONLINE
— National Safety Council warns employers about sensitive jobs as Illinois prepares for legal cannabis – Jim Moran
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/national-safety-council-warns-employers-about-sensitive-jobs-as-illinois/article_75485ff7-2c7d-53cb-9c7b-113a715eff4e.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Graduated income tax will appear on 2020 ballot – Noelle Forde
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/graduated-income-tax-will-appear-on-2020-ballot

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— President Trump’s Battle of Agincourt – DOUG E. IBENDAHL 
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=14922

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives not surprised that Exelon, ComEd, Madigan are key figures in federal corruption probe – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/515113254-ives-not-surprised-that-exelon-comed-madigan-are-key-figures-in-federal-corruption-probe

CAPITOL FAX
— No, calls are not suddenly growing for taxing retirement income
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/24/no-calls-are-not-suddenly-growing-for-taxing-retirement-income/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump to double down on immigration in 2020, ‘dial it up to the maximum’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/trump-to-double-down-on-immigration-in-2020-dial-it-up-to-the-maximum

GOPUSA
— Maxine Waters chastises Facebook’s Zuckerberg for providing a ‘platform to lie, mislead and misinform the American people’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78273
— Rule of law undermined in the United States – Richard W. Rahn
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78200
— Gutter politics prevail
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78247
— Ocasio-Cortez dings ‘predominantly white’ areas for hurricanes that killed minorities
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78286
— GOP senators float bill to move 90% of jobs in 10 federal departments outside D.C. (DIERSEN: I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO’s Chicago office 1980-1997. I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office 1971-1980.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78270

BREITBART
— The Left Is at War with Conservative Minorities on Campus – Rob Smith
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/10/24/rob-smith-the-left-is-at-war-with-conservative-minorities-on-campus/
— Feds: Sanctuary Los Angeles Releases 100 Criminal Illegal Aliens Every Day – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/24/feds-sanctuary-los-angeles-releases-100-criminal-illegal-aliens-every-day/

DAILY CALLER
— Fox Correspondent Hits Back At CNN’s President After He Said Outlet Isn’t A News Organization – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/24/fox-news-correspondent-cnn-president-jeff-zucker/

DAILY SIGNAL
— The Left’s Dangerous Assault on Free Speech – Arthur Milikh (DIERSEN: As the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC) member with the best meeting and fundraiser attendance record by far since 1999, from what I see, ever-increasingly, the overwhelming majority of MTRCC members want the MTRCC officers to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and failing that, stop everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. What does that say about the overwhelming majority of MTRCC members?) 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/24/the-lefts-dangerous-assault-on-free-speech/

TOWNHALL
— Chicago Business Operators Federally Charged After Hiring Illegal Aliens – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/10/24/chicago-manufacturing-operators-charged-with-employing-illegal-aliens-n2555242
— Hypocrites and Liars: Democrats’ History With The Word ‘Lynching’ – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2019/10/24/hypocrites-and-liars-democrats-history-with-the-word-lynching-n2555217

THE HILL
— White House: Trump ‘happy’ to see GOP storm impeachment hearing – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/467255-white-house-trump-happy-to-see-gop-storm-impeachment-hearing
— GOP senators frustrated with Romney jabs at Trump – ALEXANDER BOLTON 
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/467217-gop-senators-frustrated-with-romney-jabs-at-trump
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs pander to voters 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://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/467247-buttigieg-releases-plan-to-build-power-for-women

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Trump Impeachment Inquiry: Latest Updates (DIERSEN: Have you ever been “under investigation?” To get rid of me, my Democrat IRS superiors had me “under investigation” 1974-1977. SEE GAO DECISION: http://www.gao.gov/products/463866 During the 1970s, IRS purposely kept its definition of “commuting area” vague so that it could use it to punish or to reward its employees. When my IRS Democrat superiors succeeded in getting rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974, they used a narrow definition of “commuting area” to disallow my partial day per diem claims. They hinted/implied/argued that my partial day per diem claims were fraudulent. Needless-to-say, that ended my IRS career. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, a minority, a female, or a veteran.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/us/politics/trump-impeachment-news.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanders Campaign Says Winning Democratic Nomination Requires New Voters Vermont senator’s team is focused on demographics that generally vote at lower rates than older, wealthier, white voters – Eliza Collins (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at “new voters” 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. Democrats shout at “new voters” that Democrats use government a) to take money and opportunities away from the following and b) to give that money and those opportunities to “new voters:” those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanders-campaign-says-winning-democratic-nomination-requires-new-voters-11571851516

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Facebook clarifies Zuckerberg remarks on false political ads – AP
http://www.startribune.com/facebook-defends-policy-allowing-false-political-ads/563804512/

October 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago Strike: Negotiations continue for 8th day as CTU plans civil disobedience training
https://abc7chicago.com/education/teachers-strike-enters-8th-day-as-ctu-plans-civil-disobedience-training/5643109/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago ranked most rat-infested city in US: Orkin
https://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/chicago-named-rattiest-city-orkin/5640991/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Imagine a day without Republicans. It’s not hard, if you live in Chicago. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-john-kass-day-without-republicans-20191024-flmnrekthva3tf3tii44hkgepe-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Oak Brook says no to marijuana related businesses – CHUCK FIELDMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/ct-dob-marijuana-ban-tl-1031-20191023-xhybyucxtbcr3j4xdkrmiyllgq-story.html
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Buffalo Grove votes to allow recreational marijuana sales – PHIL ROCKROHR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-bgc-buffalo-grove-marijuana-tl-1031-20191023-kxjqhamsxvg3fo2mf3reywa45i-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-donald-trump-lynching-problem-20191024-lquzhxd5zja3lbta6qwhyycl6q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/23/20929096/president-donald-trump-twitter-lynching-race-baiting-s-e-cupp

DAILY HERALD
— Facebook shouldn’t be political speech police – Byron York (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to police my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. But failing that, they want Facebook, Google, ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, Wheaton Leader, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc. to police my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They want me to stop promoting Trump and to stop me from promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms. They want me to stop promoting the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. They want me to promote Walsh, Weld, Sanford, dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191024/facebook-shouldnt-be-political-speech-police

WTTW
— Federal Probe Circling Closer to Speaker Madigan – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/10/23/spotlight-politics-federal-probe-circling-closer-speaker-madigan

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois’ bill backlog could hit $19 billion by 2025 without changes – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191023/illinois-bill-backlog-could-hit-19-billion-by-2025-without-changes

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Homewood approves recreational pot sales – David P. Funk
http://www.hfchronicle.com/article/2019/oct/23/homewood-approves-recreational-pot-sales

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Legal pot an ‘unnecessary risk to our community,’ Glen Carbon police chief says — city denies sales – Charles Bolinger
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Legal-pot-an-8216-unnecessary-risk-to-our-14557337.php

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Some Florida Republicans are nudging state Sen. Jim Oberweis to run for the congressional seat in the Sunshine state now held by Rep. Francis Rooney, who announced his retirement over the weekend. Oberweis has a home in Florida, so while far-fetched, the idea isn’t totally impossible. “There’s a push from Republicans in that district. All he’d have to do is move down there and he’d win,” Oberweis’ spokesman Travis Akin said. But Oberweis is focused on the Republican nomination for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood. “Jim’s in good shape to win the primary,” said Akin, adding Oberweis sees Underwood as “a formidable candidate with a substantial war chest.” That primary may not be a piece of cake either. Oberweis faces state Sen. Sue Rezin, futures trader Ted Gradel, human resources manager Daniel Malouf, former Kendall County GOP Chairman James Marter and newcomer Catalina Lauf. In an interesting Florida twist, Oberweis will be at Maggiano’s in Oak Brook on Friday for a fundraiser with headliner Marco Rubio, the U.S. senator and former presidential candidate from FLORIDA. . .Vice President Mike Pence was in Waukegan on Wednesday, visiting the Uline packaging materials company founded by GOP donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein. Pence spoke at the event about the proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement — aka NAFTA 2.0. The VP was supposed to have visited Michigan’s Upper Peninsula earlier in the day, but instead flew to Washington to stand by President Donald Trump for his statement on Syria where he lifted sanctions the U.S. imposed on Turkey just last week. Spotted at the Waukegan gathering: GOP Senate candidate Mark Curran and state Sen. Jim Oberweis (25th). – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/10/24/lightfoots-budget-bonanza-florida-gop-courts-oberweis-pences-pit-stop-487505

WIREPOINTS
— Lightfoot’s budget won’t stop Chicago’s downward spiral – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/lightfoots-budget-wont-arrest-chicagos-downward-spiral/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Key Takeaways from Mark Konkol’s Extended Interview with Catalina Lauf
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/24/il-14-key-takeaways-from-mark-konkols-extended-interview-with-catalina-lauf/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dems, mainstream media miss the boat on Trump’s ‘lynching’ tweet Once again, taking the president out of context – Tim Young
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/23/dems-mainstream-media-miss-the-boat-on-trumps-lync/
— James Younger, 7, the next victim of LGBTQ insanity – Cheryl K. Chumley 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/24/james-younger-7-the-next-victim-of-lgbtq-insanity/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Poll: Majority of Americans Want First Amendment Rewritten 51 percent of Millennials want fines or jail time for ‘hate speech’ – Collin Anderson (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, hate speech is any speech that does not promote Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, citizens of foreign countries, poor people, non-Protestants, liberals, moderates, non-gun owners, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.) 
https://freebeacon.com/issues/poll-majority-of-americans-want-first-amendment-rewritten/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Of Course President Trump Is Being Lynched – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/of_course_president_trump_is_being_lynched.html

BREITBART
— Democrats Decry Trump’s ‘Lynching’ Tweet, Ignore Their Party’s History of Lynchings – JEROME HUDSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/hudson-democrats-decry-trumps-lynching-tweet-ignore-their-partys-history-of-lynchings/
— DACA Illegal Aliens Helped Draft Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Open Borders Plan – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/daca-illegal-aliens-helped-draft-bernie-sanders-2020-open-borders-plan/
— Cornel West: Biden ‘Disqualifies Himself’ from ‘Having Any Moral Authority’ with ‘Partisan Lynching’ Remarks – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/10/23/cornel-west-biden-disqualifies-himself-from-having-any-moral-authority-with-partisan-lynching-remarks/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Thomas More Society calls on HHS to stop Illinois from forcing them to cover abortions Conservative group calls on HHS to stop Illinois from forcing them to cover abortions – Michael Grybosk
https://www.christianpost.com/news/conservative-group-calls-on-hhs-to-stop-illinois-from-forcing-them-to-cover-abortions.html

DAILY CALLER
— Rep Katie Hill Flees Reporters’ Questions, Calls Police On Reporter – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/23/rep-katie-hill-flees-reporters-questions/

TOWNHALL
— Democratic Debate: 10 Questions Left on the Cutting Room Floor – Larry Elder
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2019/10/24/democratic-debate-10-questions-left-on-the-cutting-room-floor-n2555258

PJ MEDIA
— 10 Politicians Who Used ‘Lynching’ the Way Trump Did, and the Left Didn’t Care – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/10-politicians-who-used-lynching-the-way-trump-did-and-the-left-didnt-care/

LIFE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood Opens New $7 Million Abortion Biz Today to Kill More Babies in Abortion – CHERYL SULLENGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/10/23/planned-parenthood-opens-new-7-million-abortion-biz-today-to-kill-more-babies-in-abortion/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Democrats compared Clinton’s impeachment to lynching, now say Trump’s racist for doing the same – Mary Margaret Olohan
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/23/democrats-compared-clintons-impeachment-to-lynching-now-say-trumps-racist-for-doing-the-same-842846

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s War on the ‘Deep State’ Turns Against Him The impeachment inquiry is in some ways the culmination of a battle between the president and the government institutions he distrusted and disparaged. – Peter Baker, Lara Jakes, Julian E. Barnes, Sharon LaFraniere and Edward Wong (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government painted me as being a member of a Republican deep state. They blamed me for the problems that they had recruiting and retaining qualified young Democrat minorities and qualified young Democrat women. They blamed me for their problems in recruiting and retaining those who were non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors painted me as being the leader of the Republican deep state in GAO’s Chicago office.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/us/politics/trump-deep-state-impeachment.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Republican rebels disrupt Trump impeachment probe for hours by storming into secure hearing room – MICHAEL MCAULIFF, DAVE GOLDINER and CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-republican-impeachment-cell-phone-20191023-lzot3ccjijauxa2ejgvsvx3nzm-story.html
— U.S. Jews blame Republicans more than Democrats for anti-Semitism, see far right as bigger ‘threat’ than liberals and Islamic radicals combined – Brian Niemietz (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who constantly reminded my many Jewish superiors and supervisors a) that I am Republican, b) that I am conservative, c) that I am 100% German national origin, d) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and f) that I was raised in Crete.) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-jews-republicans-democrats-antisemitism-jewish-clothes-dress-20191023-y2m64uorgrhjlkgfsaraiph6mi-story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump campaign trolls Biden camp’s Hispanic outreach effort – Ben Feuerherd
https://nypost.com/2019/10/23/trump-campaign-trolls-biden-camps-hispanic-outreach-effort/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Senate Blocks Democrats’ Attempt to Loosen Cap on State, Local Tax Deductions The vote, mostly along party lines, shows challenge on making changes to the SALT-deduction cap – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-blocks-democrats-attempt-to-loosen-cap-on-state-local-tax-deductions-11571863494
— Trump Education Official to Resign and Call for Mass Student-Loan Forgiveness – Josh Mitchell (DIERSEN: Of course, the most pressure will be to forgive student loans for those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, veteran, non-Protestant, non-citizen, liberal, moderate, poor, non-gun owner, non-German American, ancestors have not been in America for a long time, 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/trump-education-official-to-resign-and-call-for-mass-student-loan-forgiveness-11571909400
— California’s Tax-the-Rich Boomerang A new study shows the 2012 tax hike drove high earners from the state. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-tax-the-rich-boomerang-11571697967

SCALEUP USA
— Federal Career Accelerator College Students – Work with the Federal Government! Did you know that the US federal government is the largest employer in the US and funds the employment of over 9 million Americans? Yet, according to a recent federal survey, employees younger than 30 represent just 6 percent of the federal workforce! (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that the federal government will waste their careers and get rid of them if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40 and that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should consider how the federal government wasted Dave Diersen’s career and a) wasted his job-related bachelor’s degree that he earned when he was 21 in 1970 and the job-related master’s degrees that he earned when he was 27, 31, and 48, b) wasted his job-related professional certifications that he earned when he was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, c) wasted his job-related professional license that he earned when he was 32, and d) wasted his knowledge of IRS that he gained working for IRS almost 9 years. Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should consider how the federal government forced Diersen to take early retirement in 1997 when he was 49 years old.) 
https://www.scaleupusa.xyz/pages/federal-career-accelerator-for-college-students

FOR SALE
— FOR SALE: 204 West Elm Street, Wheaton – $399,900
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/204-W-Elm-St-Wheaton-IL-60189/4448423_zpid/

October 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Clarendon Hills votes to prohibit marijuana-related businesses – CHUCK FIELDMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/clarendon-hills/ct-dch-marijuana-vote-tl-1024-20191022-7xparwab4jhjnhb7hheas52lgi-story.html
— Parents of ex-Northwestern student plead guilty in college admissions scandal – DAWN RHODES and KATHERINE ROSENBERG-DOUGLAS (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, your college degree is worthless unless you got it from an Ivy League university.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-college-admissions-scandal-northwestern-guilty-plea-20191022-wop5xa7udzhb7ouwrzeotrvyq4-story.html
— Most teachers in CPS strike never benefit from pensions that strangle the system — and taxpayers. There’s a better way. – DANIEL DISALVO (DIERSEN: To get a full Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension, federal employees have to be 55 and have at least 30 years of federal service. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and suffer a major reduction of my pension.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-chicago-teacher-pensions-vesting-strike-20191023-20191022-pvsekkyczjctpdnkmb3rvhe5ki-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On average, to earn a full pension, a teacher must remain in the same state or district for 25 years — a condition that less than half of teachers nationally will meet. In Illinois, where the vesting period for the pension system is 10 years of employment, only half of new teachers will ever vest in the system. And only 1 out of 5 teachers in Illinois will ever break even from their pension plan. Everyone else either quits teaching or changes school districts before earning a full pension, often walking away with less than they contributed to the system.)
— Jews increasingly see discrimination and danger in U.S. culture. The rest of America must listen. – DANIEL ELBAUM (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who constantly reminded my many Jewish superiors and supervisors a) that I was 100% German national origin, b) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and c) that I was raised in Crete.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-jews-anti-semitism-survey-20191023-20191023-evd2csz3g5enbdb5wrs72rawwa-story.html
— You’re tired, I’m tired, we’re all exhausted. Thanks, Washington. – DONNA VICKROY (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, you will be much happier if you do not read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and instead, drink booze, gamble, and smoke pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-vickroy-exhausted-st-1021-20191021-p6kxjg7k7zbeljlm3ykp2rzc5q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— U.S. in moral decline – Walter E. Williams (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote 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, retaliation, and even worse things.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191023/us-in-moral-decline

WBEZ
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago’s Mayor Increases Homeless Funding; Critics Say It’s Not Enough – Natalie Moore
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/chicagos-mayor-increases-homeless-funding-critics-say-its-not-enough/9610da6a-eae6-4476-9ea9-9e51eb53c26c
— Illinois Tollway Leader Cancels City Club Speech As Corruption Probe Broadens – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/illinois-tollway-leader-cancels-city-club-speech-as-corruption-probe-broadens/4f6c88fc-10a6-4000-a9f6-c38592f2e45f

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Safety nonprofit urges employers to ban marijuana use for those in sensitive jobs – Lisa Schencker (DIERSEN: Those who use pot should be banned from a) selling pot, b) driving any kind vehicle, c) operating any kind of equipment, d) holding any kind of government or political office, e) etc.)
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191022/safety-nonprofit-urges-employers-to-ban-marijuana-use-for-those-in-sensitive-jobs
(DIERSEN: The group said research has shown that cannabis can affect psychomotor skills and cognitive ability. Safety sensitive positions might include workers in health care, transportation, law enforcement or those who work with certain chemicals, said Jane Terry, vice president of government affairs for the council. Currently, there is no physical test for impairment due to marijuana, making any amount of use by workers in those jobs inadvisable, Terry said. “Do you want those types of individuals to be in a position where maybe you can’t tell if they’re impaired or not?” Terry asked. “We hope this position will give some guidance to employers and really give some idea of how to think about this to policymakers as well.”)

OAK PARK
— Oak Park trustee feels heat over radio spot Community members slam Moroney at Monday’s village board meeting – Stacey Sheridan (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They blacklist me and blacklist all individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that do not blacklist me. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the many millions of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they blacklist.)
https://www.oakpark.com/News/Articles/10-22-2019/Oak-Park-trustee-feels-heat-over-radio-spot/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Oak Park trustee Dan Moroney faced community ire over his recent appearance on “Morning Answer with Dan Proft & Amy Jacobson,” a right-wing radio show (WIND-AM) where he discussed fellow Trustee Susan Buchanan’s recent board meeting rant, which caused Buchanan to become a target of vitriolic internet harassment. In front of a packed board room, 18 people addressed the board — Moroney in particular — in non-agenda public comments at the Oct. 21 meeting. Only one comment was made in his defense. Many called on Moroney to resign, while others demanded he apologize for appearing on the show and further stoking the national attention Buchanan’s outburst generated.)

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— OUTSTANDING: Glen Carbon denies adult-use cannabis sales – Charles Bolinger
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Glen-Carbon-denies-adult-use-cannabis-sales-14554950.php

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— OUTSTANDING: Woodford County Zoning Board bans recreational cannabis sale – Brittni Clemons, Darronté Matthews
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/woodford-county-discusses-the-probable-ban-of-recreational-cannabis-sale/

WGEM
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Herbal Remedies begins construction on adult-use cannabis shop
https://wgem.com/2019/10/22/herbal-remedies-begins-construction-on-adult-use-cannabis-shop/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Mark Zuckerberg Offers A Choice: The Facebook Way Or The China Way – SHANNON BOND (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the China way. They want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the emails. Failing that, they want the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. to get rid of those who read the emails.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/mark-zuckerberg-offers-choice-facebook-way-or-china-way#stream/0

CRYSTAL LAKE PATCH
— ‘Anti-AOC’ Candidate Catalina Lauf’s Rise To Republican Stardom Lauf, 26, is a “woman minority with a lot of spunk” some say has better chance win to 14th Congressional District than an “old white guy.” – Mark Konkol (DIERSEN: How soon will political parties officially ban those who are White, male, and/or over age 40? 35? 30? 25? from seeking or holding any kind of government or political office?) 
https://patch.com/illinois/crystallake/anti-aoc-candidate-catalina-laufs-rise-republican-stardom

AURORA PATCH

— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Aurora Opts In To Recreational Cannabis Sales City council members voted 9 to 1 in favor of recreational cannabis businesses. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/aurora/aurora-opts-recreational-cannabis-sales

WHEATON PATCH
— Whittier Elementary School, Wheaton, Illinois – Marco Amidei (DIERSEN: Since the 2015 gerrymandering, Whittier has been in my precinct along with Edison Middle School, and School District 200 Administration Building.) 
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/whittier-elementary-school-wheaton-illinois-october-2019
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Whittier Elementary School is a K-5 school in District 200, and is located at 218 W Park Avenue in Wheaton, Illinois. There are currently 35 homes for sale ranging from $259,900 to $1,750,000.)

ST. CHARLES PATCH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: St. Charles OKs Adult Use Pot Sales The city council has approved allowing one cannabis retailer on the west side of the Fox River and another on the east side. – Amie Schaenzer 
https://patch.com/illinois/stcharles-il/st-charles-oks-adult-use-pot-sales

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Definitive Article about 14th District Congressional Candidate Catalina Lauf on Patch
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/23/definitive-article-about-14th-district-congressional-candidate-catalina-lauf-on-patch/ 
— IL-14: Leftists Plan to Protest Marco Rubio at Jim Oberweis Fundraiser on Friday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/22/il-14-leftists-plan-to-protest-marco-rubio-at-jim-oberweis-fundraiser-on-friday/ 
— IL-14: Catalina Lauf Visits Northern Illinois Recovery Center, Paying Attention to the Third Millennial and Video from The Chad Prather Show
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/22/il-14-catalina-lauf-visits-northern-illinois-recovery-center-paying-attention-to-the-third-millenial-and-video-from-the-chad-prather-show/

WIREPOINTS
— People of every age and income group are fleeing Illinois – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/people-of-every-age-and-income-group-are-fleeing-illinois/
— “Nobody is defending ordinary Chicagoans. These new taxes will be very punishing on them.” – Ted on Chicago Tonight
https://wirepoints.org/these-new-taxes-will-be-very-punishing-on-ordinary-chicagoans-nobody-is-defending-them-ted-on-chicago-tonight/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— ILLINOIS’ HOUSING RECOVERY STILL TRAILS REST OF NATION – Orphe Divounguy
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/illinois-housing-recovery-still-trails-rest-of-nation/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOP CANDIDATE EMERGES IN IL’S 15TH CD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/gop-candidate-emerges-in-ils-15th-cd-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Legislator who voted against funding road and bridge projects “excited to announce major road and bridge projects”
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/22/legislator-who-voted-against-funding-road-and-bridge-projects-excited-to-announce-major-road-and-bridge-projects/
— “I run a couple of newspapers. What do you do?” (DIERSEN: I spend 10+ hours each and every day putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening. Since 2004, those emails have included links to more than 348,600 articles and information on many upcoming events. I should write a book about past and present Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), etc. leaders who a) discourage me from sending those emails out and b) discourage everyone from reading those emails. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC 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.) 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/22/i-run-a-couple-of-newspapers-what-do-you-do/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Why Christians must defend President Trump Choosing the path to prosperity – Todd Starnes
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/22/why-christians-must-defend-president-trump/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Leading civil groups urge Facebook’s Zuckerberg to prioritize protection of civil rights – Melissa Quinn (DIERSEN: Of course, these “leading civil rights groups” and my critics/opponents want Facebook, Google, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, 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. a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. Everyone in Illinois sees the extent that “leading civil rights groups” and my critics/opponents have been successful. My critics/opponents paint themselves as being champions of those who are minority, female, younger, poor, veteran, moderate, liberal, non-Protestant, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, boozers, gamblers, stoners, etc.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/groups-urge-facebooks-zuckerberg-to-prioritize-protection-of-civil-rights

GOPUSA
— Mainstream media blames itself for Hillary’s 2016 loss (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have blamed me for all of the losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois. They especially blame me for all of the losses that Republicans on ballots in my precinct have suffered. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party leaders.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78170

AMERICAN THINKER
— The return of the political race-hustler – A. Castellitto
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/the_return_of_the_political_race_hustler.html
— Dems form lynch mob, the GOP holds the rope – J.R. Dunn
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/dems_form_lynch_mob_the_gop_holds_the_rope.html

DAILY CALLER
— Trump: ‘Vicious’ Democrats ‘Stick Together,’ Don’t Have ‘The Mitt Romneys Of The World’ To Deal With – DAVID KRAYDEN (DIERSEN: RINOs are vicious. They stick together to get rid of conservatives. I should write a book about past and present RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/22/donald-trump-vicious-democrats-stick-together-mitt-romney/
— Democrats Compared Clinton’s Impeachment To Lynching, Now Say Trump’s Racist For Doing The Same – MARY MARGARET OLOHAN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/22/democrats-impeachment-lynching-bill-clinton/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Veteran pollster: Don’t believe the skewed, biased polling – Billy Davis (DIERSEN: During the last 7 years that I worked for GAO 1990-1997, I gained extensive survey experience. SEE: OTC DERIVATIVES Additional Oversight Could Reduce Costly Sales Practice Disputes GAO/GGD-98-5 at https://www.gao.gov/assets/160/156011.pdf and FINANCIAL DERIVATIVES Actions Needed to Protect the Financial System GAO/GGD-94-133 at  https://www.gao.gov/assets/160/154342.pdf .  I played a major role in the construction, administration, summary, analysis, and reporting of the many surveys that were sent out for each report.)
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/10/22/veteran-pollster-dont-believe-the-skewed-biased-polling

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— When Someone Attacks You – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who have had their operatives and their dupes attack me. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellen, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who 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, and/or d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.) 
http://devotions.lccharities.org/2019/10/23/when-someone-attacks-you/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Universities Breed Anger, Ignorance, and Ingratitude – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/10/universities-breed-anger-ignorance-ingratitude/
— Hawley to Introduce Bill Moving Federal Agencies out of Washington D.C. to Economically Stagnant Areas – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/hawley-to-introduce-bill-moving-federal-agencies-out-of-washington-d-c-to-economically-stagnant-areas/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Why the ‘Woke’ Corporations Back China – Daniel Greenfield
https://canadafreepress.com/article/why-the-woke-corporations-back-china

POLITICO
— Republicans quit trying to rein in Trump after ‘lynching’ tweet Some GOP lawmakers defended the president, while others simply declined to criticize him. – MELANIE ZANONA, BURGESS EVERETT and MARIANNE LEVINE
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/22/congress-reaction-trump-lynching-tweet-054387

YAHOO NEWS
— Pelosi releases ‘fact sheet’ revealing how Trump ‘betrayed oath of office’ (DIERSEN: It would be great if my critics/opponents would get together and release a fact sheet that would reveal why they want to a) stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) stop everyone from reading those emails. I would love the opportunity to respond.) 
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pelosi-releases-fact-sheet-revealing-142109629.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— As Russian Money Poured Into Cannabis, Giuliani Allies Scrambled to Partake Russian investors have flocked to the U.S. cannabis industry in recent years. One venture involving associates of Rudy Giuliani drew the scrutiny of federal investigators. – Mike Baker and William K. Rashbaum (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that a) claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican but b) promote pot?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/us/kukushkin-giuliani-russia-cannabis-marijuana.html

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD is a Democrat who hates individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/opinion/democrats-2020-religion.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Just in time for skating season, Trump’s company scrubs his name from N.Y. ice rinks – Philip Bump and David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/just-in-time-for-skating-season-trumps-company-scrubs-his-name-from-ny-ice-rinks/2019/10/22/e53e69ec-f4f0-11e9-ad8b-85e2aa00b5ce_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Major donor who played both sides of the aisle charged with campaign violations and fraud – JOEL RUBIN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians, their operatives, and their dupes who talk and/or act like they have taken money from major donors a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails.)
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-22/major-donor-charged-campaign-violations-fraud

NEW YORK POST
— The ‘have-nots’ of the world are over the wealth gap – Maureen Callahan (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were class warriors. They demonized, denigrated, and condemned those who had more money than they had and especially those who were Protestant, conservative, Republican, White, male, older, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://nypost.com/2019/10/22/the-have-nots-of-the-world-are-over-the-wealth-gap/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Chicago’s New Mayor Grapples With Nation’s Worst Pension Debt Lori Lightfoot vows to avoid excessive parking fees and other nickel-and-dime strategies – Heather Gillers
https://www.wsj.com/articles/chicagos-new-mayor-grapples-with-nations-worst-pension-debt-11571755765
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Trump’s Rallies Aren’t a Sideshow. They Are the Campaign. The president is banking on base-pleasing campaign events to counter impeachment and power his 2020 reelection bid – Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-rallies-arent-just-part-of-his-campaign-they-are-the-campaign-11571753199
— The Picket Line Makes a Comeback Enraged by Trump and energized by the Janus ruling, unions turn to an old familiar tactic. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Do you know anyone who is/was a union member? I was a union member for almost 12 years.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-picket-line-makes-a-comeback-11571784134
— Parents in College-Admissions Cheating Case Face Additional Charges New federal program bribery allegation could lead to tougher sentences if they are found guilty – Melissa Korn and Jennifer Levitz (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, your college degree is worthless unless you got it from an Ivy League university.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parents-in-college-admissions-cheating-case-face-additional-charges-11571771608
— Does Oregon Have the Answer to High Housing Costs? New zoning laws spur more apartments and some objections as state tries to fight nationwide problem – Will Parker (DIERSEN: Members of Wheaton’s “Preserve Neighborhoods – Rethink Rezoning” group continue to fear Roosevelt Road rezoning that would adversely impact their property values. SEE: https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190529/why-neighbors-have-concerns-about-plans-for-roosevelt-road-corridor.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-oregon-have-the-answer-to-high-housing-costs-11571823001
— In Flagrante Delecto: Mitt Romney Is Latest Unmasked Internet Lurker The Republican senator, writing as Pierre Delecto, joins a host of others caught in the pseudonymous act – Gabriel T. Rubin and Sarah E. Needleman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mitt-romney-employs-secret-twitter-account-to-push-back-against-trump-11571669654
— Online Influencers Tell You What to Buy, Advertisers Wonder Who’s Listening – Suzanne Kapner and Sharon Terlep (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes do not want me to be an “online influencer.” They 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, and/or d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/online-influencers-tell-you-what-to-buy-advertisers-wonder-whos-listening-11571594003

FORBES
— Facebook Throws $1 Billion At California’s Housing Catastrophe – Kori Hale
https://www.forbes.com/sites/korihale/2019/10/23/facebook-throws-1-billion-at-californias-housing-catastrophe/#48b6944dbb8b

USA TODAY
— If you’re saving for retirement, remember this: It’s really just 20 years of unemployment – Nancy Tengler (DIERSEN: Because of my Democrat superiors in the federal government, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/10/22/retirement-savings-view-life-after-work-20-years-unemployment/4056915002/

FISCAL TIMES
— Senate Dems to Force Vote on IRS SALT Cap Rules – Yuval Rosenberg (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
http://www.thefiscaltimes.com/2019/10/22/Senate-Dems-Force-Vote-IRS-SALT-Cap-Rules

ACCOUNTING TODAY
— Democrats find few Republican allies to dull sting of SALT tax – Laura Davison (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.accountingtoday.com/articles/democrats-find-few-republican-allies-to-dull-sting-of-salt-tax

NEWSWEEK
— JOE BIDEN CALLS TRUMP’S LYNCHING COMMENT ‘ABHORRENT’ AS VIDEO SURFACES OF HIM USING EXACT SAME LANGUAGE – MARIKA MALAEA
https://www.newsweek.com/biden-calls-lynching-comment-abhorrent-video-surfaces-him-using-exact-same-language-1467103

TIMES BULLETIN
— Can trust be restored in politics? People Make The Difference – Byron McNutt
https://timesbulletin.com/Content/News/Opinion/Article/Can-trust-be-restored-in-politics-/2/1169/222577

FEDERAL RETIREMENT
— Federal Employee Pay Raises vs. Retiree COLAs – Chris Kowalik (DIERSEN: I was a federal employee 1966-1969 and 1971-1997. I have been a federal retiree since 1997.)
https://www.myfederalretirement.com/pay-vs-colas-2/

FED SMITH
— Senator Wants to Kick ‘Creeps’ Out of the Federal Workforce – Ian Smith (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted since 1997 that I must be a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things because GAO forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Better yet, I should sue my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/10/22/senator-wants-kick-creeps-out-federal-workforce/

EDUCATION WEEK
— Supreme Court Hears Three Cases on Rights Of LGBT Employees – Mark Walsh (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, politicians flush you down the toilet.) 
https://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2019/10/23/supreme-court-hears-three-cases-on-rights.html

SALON
— Will the GOP become the party of blue-collar conservatism? The GOP policy under Trump is gravitating toward the old positions of the AFL/CIO on both trade and immigration – MARSHALL AUERBACK (DIERSEN: I should write a book about RINOs in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and/or other planks in the Republican Party platform. These RINOs focus on destroying those like me who support the aforesaid planks and talk and/or act like they are Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, or Green plants.)
https://www.salon.com/2019/10/23/will-the-gop-become-the-party-of-blue-collar-conservatism_partner/

RAW STORY
— Trump promotes (Turning Point USA) – David Badash (DIERSEN: What if Trump encouraged the following to promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organization(s), c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) the IRP officers, IRP National Committeeman, and IRP National Committeewoman, e) Republicans who represent you in your municipality, f) Republicans who represent you in your township/ward, g) Republicans who represent you in your county, and h) Republicans who represent you in Illinois?)
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/10/trump-promotes-far-right-student-organization-accused-of-racial-bias-and-supporting-extremism/

WASHINGTON INFORMER
— The Washington Informer Readership Survey is Open (DIERSEN: Should I conduct a GOPUSA ILLINOIS readership survey? Questions might include: Do the following read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and encourage others to read the emails, and if not, why not: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township/ward/county party organization(s), c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, d) the IRP officers, IRP National Committeeman, and IRP National Committeewoman, e) Republicans who represent you in your municipality, f) Republicans who represent you in your township/ward, g) Republicans who represent you in your county, and h) Republicans who represent you in Illinois?) 
https://washingtoninformer.com/the-washington-informer-readership-survey-is-open/

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October 22 Evening Edition

DUPAGE COUNTY
— OUTSTANDING: DuPage County Votes to Prohibit Sale of Recreational Cannabis
https://www.dupageco.org/Content.aspx?id=61551
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE: The DuPage County Board voted 10-8 on Tuesday to prohibit the sale of recreational cannabis in unincorporated areas. The Illinois Cannabis Regulation and Tax Act, which Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed on June 25, allows the County to pass an ordinance prohibiting the location of cannabis businesses. The Board determined the operation of cannabis businesses presents adverse impacts on the health, safety, and welfare of residents and additional costs and burdens on law enforcement and the judiciary system. The Board did vote, however, to assess the maximum permitted 3 percent sales tax on cannabis sales made at businesses located in DuPage County municipalities in order to help offset increased public safety costs.)

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: DuPage prohibits recreational pot sales in unincorporated areas – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191022/dupage-prohibits-recreational-pot-sales-in-unincorporated-areas
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “My opposition to this really comes from public health reasons,” board member Tim Elliott said. “The public health data is clear.” The Glen Ellyn Republican said marijuana legalization will create a variety of problems, including increased cannabis use and addiction. He said the county shouldn’t profit from such sales. Elliott said Illinois lawmakers who supported legalizing marijuana “want county boards to take a share of their responsibility” by allowing such sales. “Springfield is offering us a piece of the action in exchange for our share of responsibility for what I’m certain is going to be a public health problem,” he said. “Let’s not be a party to this.” Still, six of the county board’s seven Democrats and two (Hart and Healy) and of its 11 Republicans voted against the prohibition and in favor of the sale.)

— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191022/debates-over-allowing-legal-cannabis-stores-show-new-law-is-working

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: DuPage County Board says no to recreational pot sales, the first county in Illinois to do so – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-county-bans-pot-sales-st-1023-20191022-uavgoorplneajc4de5fqr7gcwq-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The state of Illinois has made it a choice,” said Robert Larsen, R-Wheaton. “The state of Illinois has made a lot of bad choices over the years but we here in DuPage County have made better choices. “We can’t control the fact that they have chosen to legalize this drug everywhere in the state, but we can send the message to our constituents that we don’t want more sales of this in our county.” . . . “If you really believe that legalization is not going to result in greater accessibility and greater illicit use for underage users, please come see me because I have a bridge to sell you,” board member Tim Elliot, R-Glen Ellyn said. “These public health issues are going to happen … and yet we’re considering becoming part of this. Why?” . . . DuPage County Board Chairman Dan Cronin did not vote on this issue, but after the meeting said he likely would have sided with the ban were it necessary for him to make a choice. “We had a healthy, robust debate and the majority says, you know, not now,” Cronin said.)
— President Trump to speak at international police chief’s conference in Chicago – Lisa Donovan
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-trump-to-address-international-chiefs-police-conference-chicago-20191022-cdkuqkhnkven7eas6tbk4ik7we-story.html
— The U. of I., stung by a #MeToo investigation, is now leaning on Title IX to muzzle reporters – DAVID GREISING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-rachel-otwell-university-illinois-greising-20191017-2d2uin3z2vea5ilj2jv5e5qrba-story.html
— Illinois U.S. Rep. Bobby Rush asks ‘what the hell is wrong with you?’ after Trump tweets that impeachment inquiry is like a ‘lynching’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-nw-donald-trump-impeachment-lynching-bobby-rush-20191022-yu5vycorsrez5k6zkxzz6wqmdy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump to speak to police chiefs group in Chicago Monday; CPD Supt. Johnson to boycott speech Trump, for years a critic of Chicago’s handling of crime, slammed the city in a speech to the police chiefs group at its annual conference last year in Orlando. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/22/20926663/president-donald-trump-speak-police-chiefs-group-chicago
— Pence to visit company run by Lake Forest GOP mega-donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein After landing at Waukegan National Airport on Wednesday, Pence will travel to the Uline headquarters in Pleasant Prairie, Wisconsin, just across the border. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/22/20926609/mike-pence-megadonors-richard-elizabeth-uihlein-uline
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want minorities and women to be pot pushers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/22/20927133/illinois-recreational-cannabis-pot-marijuana-minority-ownership-hb1438-richard-wallace
— Meet the billionaires and millionaires who want a wealth tax The chief argument from these tycoons, financiers and scions is that the government could spend their money more effectively than they could on their own by improving schools, upgrading infrastructure and protecting the environment. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/22/20927160/meet-the-billionaires-and-millionaires-who-want-a-wealth-tax

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
– Warren’s ill-timed insult to Chicago’s new mayor The Democratic presidential hopeful comes to Chicago to preach the gospel of free stuff for the CTU—and sticks Lori Lightfoot with the bill, Greg Hinz writes. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/warrens-ill-timed-insult-chicagos-new-mayor
— Remember Peotone? Pritzker wants to spend $206 million on it Tucked into the governor’s big new transportation plan is spending to build roads through what are now farm fields, to access an airport that may never get built. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/remember-peotone-pritzker-wants-spend-206-million-it

ABC7
— Chicago Teachers Strike: Elizabeth Warren joins Chicago Teachers Union rally as teachers say mayor ‘dashed’ hopes for resolution
https://abc7chicago.com/education/elizabeth-warren-joins-chicago-teachers-rally-on-6th-day-of-strike/5637471/
— President Donald Trump likens impeachment inquiry to ‘a lynching’
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/president-trump-likens-impeachment-inquiry-to-a-lynching/5637889/
— Chicago Teachers Strike: Elizabeth Warren joins Chicago Teachers Union rally, CPS cancels classes Wednesday
https://abc7chicago.com/education/cps-cancels-class-wednesday-chicago-teachers-strike-continues-live-update/5637471/
— Damning testimony against President Trump as he ignites ‘lynching’ storm – Chuck Goudie and Christine Tressel
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/damning-testimony-against-president-trump-as-he-ignites-lynching-storm/5639113/

NBC5
— Chicago’s Top Cop Won’t Attend Trump’s Speech at Police Chief Conference Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson said he looks forward “to hosting America’s police chiefs and collaborating on the best ways to keep our cities safe in the upcoming week,” but he will not hear the president’s speech
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/eddie-johnson-donald-trump-chicago-police-563648651.html

WBBM
— No Amount Of Pot Safe For People In Some Jobs: Safety Group – NANCY HARTY
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/no-amount-pot-safe-people-some-jobs-safety-group

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Republicans here weigh in on Kinzinger’s criticism of Trump – Ken DeCoster
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20191022/republicans-here-weigh-in-on-kinzingers-criticism-of-trump

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican should discourage pot.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-legal-weed-on-the-horizon/article_b71410d5-678a-58de-83a2-50a666b9103a.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Where You’re Born Even Within A Country Still Matters – PIEN HUANG (DIERSEN: Where were you born and raised? I was born in Chicago Heights and raised in Crete.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/where-youre-born-even-within-country-still-matters#stream/0

MADISON RECORD
— AARP poll: 79 percent know people looking to leave Illinois for lower taxes, better run government – Greg Bishop
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/515113290-aarp-poll-79-percent-know-people-looking-to-leave-illinois-for-lower-taxes-better-run-government

WHEATON PATCH
— OUTSTANDING: DuPage County Bans Recreational Pot In Unincorporated Areas The board also approved a 3 percent cannabis sales tax for municipalities that opt in. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-bans-recreational-pot-unincorporated-areas

BGA
— University of Illinois Tries to Silence Reporters After Being Stung by #MeToo Investigation Forcing a reporter to identify sources reporting harassment is like a journalistic stop work order. The move by U of I asks employees to surrender First Amendment rights, and appears to misuse Title IX protections. – David Greising
https://www.bettergov.org/news/greising-university-of-illinois-tries-to-silence-reporters-after-being-stung-by-metoo/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Bobby Rush: “I was a part-time dishwasher right there,” he said, pointing to the corner of 63rd and Halsted streets. (DIERSEN: Two things that Rush and I have in common: We both were part-time dish washers and we both worked at 63rd & Halsted.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/10/22/chicagos-commercial-property-tax-puzzle-warren-stopping-in-chicago-pritzkers-road-map-487478

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Maybe the Newcomers Should Produce Copies of their Primary Voting Records
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/22/il-14-maybe-the-newcomers-should-produce-copies-of-their-primary-voting-records/ 
— Com Ed Favors for Votes
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/22/com-ed-favors-for-votes/ 
— Jeanne Ives Voted Against Com Ed Legislation Feds Exploring
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/22/jeanne-ives-voted-against-com-ed-legislation-feds-exploring/ 
— IL-14: James Marter Issues Position Paper on Veterans Affairs, but Not Sure He Knows It
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/21/il-14-james-marter-issues-position-paper-on-veterans-affairs-but-not-sure-he-knows-it/ 
— Tribune Reports DCFS Inspector General Recommends Carlos Acosta’s, Two Others’ Firing
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/21/tribune-reports-dcfs-inspector-general-recommends-carlos-acostas-firing/
— IL-14/IL-06: Sue Rezin and Catalina Lauf Added to “Women to Watch” List of Elevate PAC, Jeanne Ives Being Tracked
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/22/il-14-il-06-sue-rezin-and-catalina-lauf-added-to-women-to-watch-list-of-elevate-pac-jeanne-ives-being-tracked/ 
— Petition for Precinct Committeeperson – No, Really, That’s the New Title
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/22/petition-for-precinct-committeeperson/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago teachers strike: Why is no one talking about pensions? – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-teachers-strike-why-is-no-one-talking-about-pensions/

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois unemployment rate drops to lowest level on record – Jim Moran
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-unemployment-rate-drops-to-lowest-level-on-record/article_adea6cd2-f420-11e9-beb3-476f159f6d19.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Thomas More Society challenges RHA in federal complaint
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/22/anti-abortion-group-challenges-rha-in-federal-complaint/

GOPUSA
— This is journalism? CNN’s Anderson Cooper mocks White House press secretary
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=78096

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chick-Fil-A expelled from England – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/chickfila_expelled_from_england.html

BREITBART
— Jeb! Bush Takes Aim at President Trump: ‘He’s Not a Victim’ – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/22/jeb-bush-takes-aim-at-president-trump-hes-not-a-victim/

NEWSMAX
— Durbin: GOP Leaders ‘Fed Up for a Long Time’ With Trump – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/dick-durbin-republicans/2019/10/22/id/938185/
— Are Federal-Jobs Benefits as Great as They Should Be? – Mario Henry 
https://www.newsmax.com/finance/mariohenry/federal-jobs-benefits-fber/2019/10/22/id/938223/

ONE NEWS NOW
— LaBarbera: Lies can’t redefine truth The LGBT movement has suffered another setback in its bid to normalize sinful behavior. – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/10/22/labarbera-lies-cant-redefine-truth

NATIONAL REVIEW
— A License to Discriminate – PETER KIRSANOW (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to give preference to young Democrat minorities and to young Democrat females, that is, to discriminate against old White males.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/a-license-to-discriminate/

THE HILL
— Sanctuary city policies are a threat to decent people – KEN BLACKWELL
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/466977-sanctuary-city-policies-are-a-threat-to-decent-people
— Trump compares impeachment inquiry to a ‘lynching’ – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466832-trump-compares-impeachment-inquiry-to-a-lynching

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Target Slashes Employees’ Hours After Raising Its Minimum Wage to $15 An Hour – Bradley Cortright
https://ijr.com/target-slashes-employees-hours-after-raising-its-starting-wage-to-15-an-hour/

October 22 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Midwest’s first LGBTQ-only addiction treatment program opens in northwest suburbs
https://abc7chicago.com/health/midwests-first-lgbtq-only-addiction-treatment-program-opens/5635579/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Research shows the LGBTQ+ community experiences higher rates of substance abuse than the general population. Between 20-30 percent of gay and transgender people battle a substance use disorder, according to the Center for American Progress. For the general population, that number is about nine percent.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump blasts critics who pushed him not to host G-7 summit at his golf club: ‘You people with this phony emoluments clause’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-phony-emoluments-clause-20191022-qlzekr3grrd7fee4idlfbqvwsu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Buffalo Grove trustees hear recreational pot outcry past midnight, then vote to allow sales – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191022/buffalo-grove-trustees-hear-recreational-pot-outcry-past-midnight-then-vote-to-allow-sales
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: St. Charles to allow two recreational marijuana shops, one on each side of Fox River – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191022/st-charles-to-allow-two-recreational-marijuana-shops-one-on-each-side-of-fox-river

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Warrenville businessman becomes 8th GOP candidate to challenge Underwood – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/10/21/warrenville-businessman-becomes-8th-gop-candidate-to-challenge-underwood/aoky72p/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s Insults: The Male and the Female of It – Christopher Chantrill
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/trumps_insults_the_male_and_the_female_of_it.html

DAILY CALLER
— GOP Congressmen Send Letter To CNN’s Jeff Zucker For Refusing To Air Trump Campaign Ads – HENRY RODGERS (DIERSEN: What if I offered the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee, etc. lots of money to promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/21/republicans-duncan-meadows-letter-cnn-jeff-zucker-trump-campaign-ads/

DAILY WIRE
— Beto O’Rourke Defends His Repeated Trump-Hitler Comparisons On CNN – Molly Prince (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters call those who do not hate Trump White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. What should those who do not hate Trump do to defend themselves?)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-beto-orourke-defends-his-repeated-trump-hitler-comparisons-on-cnn

FEDERALIST
— These Health Violations At Illinois Abortion Facilities Will Make You Sick What if the reality is that abortion facilities operating right now, in full legality, are being consistently cited for health code violations for things that can endanger the lives of women? – Holly Scheer
https://thefederalist.com/2019/10/22/these-health-violations-at-illinois-abortion-facilities-will-make-you-sick/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: Democrats Are “Vicious” And Stick Together, “They Don’t Have A Mitt Romney In Their Midst” – Ian Schwartz 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/21/trump_democrats_are_vicious_and_stick_together_they_dont_have_a_mitt_romney_in_their_midst.html

CITY WATCH
— Want Good Government? Get Rid of Group Rights and Identity Politics – RICHARD LEE ABRAMS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats give minorities, women, LGBTQers, and non-citizens “rights” over Whites, over men, over heterosexuals, and over citizens.)
https://www.citywatchla.com/index.php/2016-01-01-13-17-00/los-angeles/18691-want-good-government-get-rid-of-group-rights-and-identity-politics

THE HILL
— Steve Bannon: ‘Focused’ Pelosi will impeach Trump in the next six weeks – JOE CONCHA 
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/466709-steve-bannon-focused-pelosi-will-impeach-trump-in-the-next-six-weeks
— Pelosi releases ‘fact sheet’ saying Trump has ‘betrayed his oath of office’ – CRISTINA MARCOS 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/466766-pelosi-releases-fact-sheet-saying-trump-has-betrayed-his-oath-of-office
— Trump urges Democrats to vote to censure Schiff – ZACK BUDRYK 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/466680-trump-urges-dems-to-vote-to-censure-schiff
— Gingrich calls for eliminating White House press corps in wake of Mulvaney briefing – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: Of course, already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that all the losses that Republican candidates will suffer in Illinois in 2020 will be caused by my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2000, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused all the losses that Republicans candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466797-gingrich-calls-for-eliminating-white-house-press-corps-in-wake-of
— House rejects GOP measure censuring Schiff – JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/466776-house-rejects-gop-measure-censuring-schiff

CBS NEWS
— Facebook unveils multi-pronged effort to protect 2020 election process – EMILY TILLETT (DIERSEN: Of course, already, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that all the losses that Republican candidates will suffer in Illinois in 2020 will be caused by my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Since 2000, they have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails have caused all the losses that Republicans candidates have suffered in Illinois since 2000.) 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/facebook-unveils-multi-pronged-effort-to-protect-2020-election-process/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump urges GOP to ‘get tougher and fight’ impeachment – JILL COLVIN and MATTHEW DALY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who claim to be Republican, but who focus on destroying Republicans like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms.) 
https://www.apnews.com/4cbe0140836e414a8cc4666d8c14fc0a

NEW YORK TIMES
— New Illinois Abortion Clinic Anticipates Post-Roe World A regional clinic across the river from Missouri reflects how both sides of the abortion divide are looking toward a landscape in which some states might ban abortions outright. – Sabrina Tavernise (DIERSEN: If you are a Republican, the higher the government or political office that you seek, the more that Democrats will stress your “slave ties.”)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/22/us/missouri-illinois-planned-parenthood.html
— $27 Million for Reparations Over Slave Ties Pledged by Seminary The Princeton Theological Seminary said it was committed to “telling the truth” about its ties to slavery. Black students don’t think it goes far enough. – Ed Shanahan
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/nyregion/princeton-seminary-slavery-reparations.html
— Facebook Finds New Disinformation Campaigns and Braces for 2020 Torrent – Mike Isaac
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/technology/facebook-disinformation-russia-iran.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/opinion/trump-protests.html
— Local News Is Dying. New York May Try to Pass a Law to Save It. Legislators are proposing a first-in-the-nation bill to force cable companies to offer independent local news. – Vivian Wang
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/21/nyregion/verizon-news-cable-ny.html

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Liberals and moderates promote anti-conservative hairstyles.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/10/14/black-hair-laws-passed-stop-natural-hair-discrimination-across-us/3850402002/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Democrats, Republicans and the New Politics of Hate In a deeply divided nation, Democrats and Republicans don’t just disagree, they hate each other. – Susan Milligan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who promote hatred against those who 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. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout.) 
https://www.usnews.com/news/elections/articles/2019-10-21/democrats-republicans-and-the-new-politics-of-hate
— For Generation Juul, Nicotine Addiction Happens Fast and Is Hard to Shake The national wave of lung illnesses won’t stop many teens from vaping.
https://www.usnews.com/news/healthiest-communities/articles/2019-10-21/for-generation-juul-nicotine-addiction-happens-fast-is-hard-to-shake

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mexico’s Soaring Murder Rate Proves Gun Control Is Deadly Its laws are among the world’s least permissive. And most criminals don’t get weapons from the U.S. – John R. Lott Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-soaring-murder-rate-proves-gun-control-is-deadly-11571696723

FORTUNE
— Donald Trump Jr. on the Hustings: Energizing His Father’s Loyalists – AP
https://fortune.com/2019/10/21/donald-trump-jr-and-kimberly-guilfoyle-campaigning-trump-2020-energizing-his-fathers-loyalists/

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and Libertarians want Hispanics to blame Republicans for drug problems. 
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/10/22/hispanics-continue-to-bear-the-brunt-of-us-drug-policies/

October 21 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Sen. Elizabeth Warren to Join Striking Teachers at Chicago Event
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/senator-elizabeth-warren-to-join-striking-teachers-at-chicago-event-563580541.html

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis certificate program at Oakton Community College trains students to work in medical marijuana industry – Zach Ben-Amots
https://abc7chicago.com/education/first-college-cannabis-program-in-illinois-trains-students-for-weed-industry/5635741/
— Chicago Teachers Strike: CPS cancels classes Tuesday, Elizabeth Warren to rally with Chicago Teachers Union
https://abc7chicago.com/education/elizabeth-warren-to-rally-with-ctu-tuesday-cps-cancels-classes-for-4th-day/5634644/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Should doctors and factory workers be allowed to use weed when it’s legal? Safety nonprofit urges employers to ban marijuana use for those in sensitive jobs. – LISA SCHENCKER (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who has used pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-marijuana-legal-workplace-safety-illinois-council-20191021-aso4xps5f5fgxhuddyjvyj4ffq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County poised to vote on recreational pot sales in unincorporated areas – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191021/dupage-county-poised-to-vote-on-recreational-pot-sales-in-unincorporated-areas
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Larsen said he would be “shocked” if the board rejects the 3% tax on sales in municipalities. “I would expect everyone to support that,” he said. “We might as well get the revenue from it if we’re going to be dealing with the consequences of it.” Larsen said DuPage is expected to have increased law enforcement costs and other expenses as a result of the state legalizing recreational marijuana. “This is the only place we can get revenue to help deal with those costs,” he said. Last month, State’s Attorney Robert Berlin talked about issues other states faced after legalizing marijuana. He pointed to statistics showing Colorado experienced increases in property crime and violent crime. There also was an increase in the number of traffic fatalities with drivers testing positive for marijuana. County health department officials, meanwhile, said the availability of recreational marijuana is expected to increase use among adults and youths and hurt the health of residents. As a result, they are anticipating increased demand for public health services in DuPage.)
— Number of overdoses in Illinois drops for first time in five years – Rebecca Anzel
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191021/number-of-overdoses-in-illinois-drops-for-first-time-in-five-years
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, 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.dailyherald.com/article/20191021/news/310219900/

HERALD NEWS
— Foster up, Lipinski behind in quarterly fundraising – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.theherald-news.com/2019/10/21/foster-up-lipinski-behind-in-quarterly-fundraising/a2hdx5c/

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Warrenville businessman Jerry Evans becomes 8th GOP candidate to challenge Underwood – DREW ZIMMERM
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/10/21/warrenville-businessman-becomes-8th-gop-candidate-to-challenge-underwood/aoky72p/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Romney confirms secret Twitter account ‘Pierre Delecto’ – McKenzie Stauffer
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/romney-confirms-secret-twitter-account-pierre-delecto

ARLINGTON HEIGHTS PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in promoting LGBTQ activity.
https://patch.com/illinois/arlingtonheights/building-glbtq-allies-communities-nw-suburbs

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: First Impressions of Newly Minted Republican Candidate Jerry Evans
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/21/il-14-first-impressions-of-newly-minted-republican-candidate-jerry-evans/ 
— Ugaste Reports
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/21/ugaste-reports-2/

MCHENRY TIMES
— Rep. Skillicorn supports Florida legislation allowing school staff to carry concealed weapons – Glenn Minnis 
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/515105476-rep-skillicorn-supports-florida-legislation-allowing-school-staff-to-carry-concealed-weapons

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Rep. Grant holds property tax seminar for DuPage County residents – Glenn Minnis 
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/515105575-rep-grant-holds-property-tax-seminar-for-dupage-county-residents
— Madigan, ComEd and Illinois’ Bi-Partisan Combine Under Fire
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/515112926-madigan-comed-and-illinois-bi-partisan-combine-under-fire

CAPITOL FAX
— Despite narrow win last year, Rodney Davis continues going all-in for the president (DIERSEN: Trump-haters want Republicans to dump Trump.)
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/21/despite-narrow-win-last-year-rodney-davis-continues-going-all-in-for-the-president/
— ISRA plans veto session lobby day
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/21/isra-plans-veto-session-lobby-day/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— CAIR, SPLC pressure Mar-a-Lago to drop ‘hate group’ events as conservatives push back – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/21/cair-splc-pressure-mar-lago-drop-hate-group-event-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— ‘Find me a better analogy’: Beto O’Rourke refuses to back down on Trump-Hitler comparison – Madison Dibble
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/find-me-a-better-analogy-beto-orourke-refuses-to-back-down-on-trump-hitler-comparison

BREITBART
— Donald Trump: Democrats Do Not Have a Mitt Romney; ‘They Stick Together’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/21/donald-trump-democrats-do-not-have-mitt-romney-stick-together/
— Elizabeth Warren Education Plan: Protect Illegal Aliens, End Parental Choice – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/21/elizabeth-warren-education-plan-protect-illegal-aliens-end-parental-choice/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Beware Of Democrats ‘Speaking Evangelical’ – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31237

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Unloads On Romney For Basically Being Worse Than A Democrat – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/trump-unloads-on-romney-for-basically-being-worse-than-a-democrat

TOWNHALL
— Police Organizations Torch 2020 Democrat’s Gun Confiscation Plan As ‘Asinine, Ridiculous, and Likely Unconstitutional’ – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/21/police-organizations-torch-2020-democrats-gun-confiscation-plan-as-asinine-rid-n2555097

HOT AIR
— Poll: The American Melting Pot Isn’t Quite So Melty Anymore (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats discourage assimilation. Ever-increasingly, Democrats paint themselves as being anti-White.)
https://hotair.com/archives/jazz-shaw/2019/10/21/poll-american-melting-pot-isnt-quite-melty-anymore/

OPEN SECRETS
— Democratic donors, Trump critics fund president’s Republican primary challengers – Yue Stella Yu (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, which individuals, organizations, and companies would fund your opponent(s)? Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs would fund my opponents(s).) 
https://www.opensecrets.org/news/2019/10/republican-primary-challengers-funding2020/

THE HILL
— Trump urges GOP to defend him more strongly on impeachment – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: My critics/opponent stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. They stress those who could have come to my defense but did not.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466735-trump-urges-gop-to-defend-him-more-strongly-on-impeachment

POLITICO
— House takes up controversial effort to combat online extremism – TIM STARKS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents who call me an extremist. In my defense, I would stress those who demonize me, denigrate me, and condemn me for my not doing more to defend/advance a) Trump, b) other Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, c) Republican organizations, and d) the traditional family, right to live, immigration, Second Amendment, and illegal drugs planks in the Illinois Republican Party and Republican Party platforms. My critics/opponents blame me for a) their problems, b) your problems, c) my problems, d) everyone’s problems, e) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois’ problems, f) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce’s problems, g) Milton Township Republican Central Committee’s problems, h) Illinois Center Right Coalition’s problems, i) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter’s problems, j) GAO’s problems, k) etc. They blame me for all the losses the Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-cybersecurity/2019/10/21/house-takes-up-controversial-effort-to-combat-online-extremism-781047

CBS NEWS
— NEWT GINGRICH: I WOULDN’T ALLOW REPORTERS IN THE WHITE HOUSE
https://www.wcbi.com/newt-gingrich-i-wouldnt-allow-reporters-in-the-white-house/

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Workplace Laws Your Employer May Be Violating Here are some of the employee rights your boss may be breaking, either intentionally or inadvertently. – Maryalene LaPonsie
https://money.usnews.com/careers/articles/workplace-laws-your-employer-may-be-violating

NEWSWEEK
— PERCENTAGE OF AMERICANS SAYING GOVERNMENT AND LEADERSHIP IS TOP PROBLEM RISES SHARPLY AMID IMPEACHMENT PROBE – DANIEL MORITZ-RABSON
https://www.newsweek.com/percentage-americans-saying-government-leadership-top-problem-rises-sharply-amid-impeachment-1466696

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Facebook Reaches Deal With Wall Street Journal Publisher, Others for News Section News organizations including News Corp will be paid a licensing fee to supply headlines in news tab – Lukas I. Alpert
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-reaches-deal-with-wall-street-journal-publisher-others-for-news-section-11571431387
— White House Personnel Director Tells Trump Top DHS Secretary Picks Ineligible for Job Sean Doocey said neither Ken Cuccinelli nor Mark Morgan are qualified under federal vacancies law – Michelle Hackman and Andrew Restuccia (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/white-house-personnel-director-told-trump-that-top-candidates-for-acting-dhs-secretary-aren-t-eligible-11571683702

FORBES
— 3 Steps To Prevent Employee Turnover – Falon Fatemi (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that they will be gotten rid of if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40 and that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/falonfatemi/2019/10/21/3-steps-to-prevent-employee-turnover/

BLOOMBERG
— Portrait of an Inessential Government Worker Glory isn’t part of the deal when you go to work for the federal government. – Michael Lewis (DIERSEN: My current crop of critics/opponents would never stoop to even try to be a federal employee. But nevertheless, they hint/imply/argue/shout that if they were a federal employee, they would be deemed “essential” even though virtually all of them would be rejected a) because they lack required education, work experience, professional certifications, and/or professional licenses, b) because they cannot pass an employment examination, c) because they cannot pass a background investigation, and/or d) because they cannot pass a physical examination.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2019-10-15/lifesaving-coast-guard-scientist-reflects-on-government-service?utm_source=pocket-newtab
— Facebook’s Zuckerberg Privately Recommended Potential Campaign Hires to Buttigieg
https://www.yahoo.com/news/facebooks-zuckerberg-privately-recommended-potential-183803448.html

HARVARD BUSINESS REVIEW
— Why Your Company Needs to Implement Pay Equity Audits Now – Robert Sheen (DIERSEN: If a pay equity audit of the federal government was done, it would show that it pays its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger more than it pays its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older who have comparable work experience, education, and/or professional certifications and licenses. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, GAO always paid its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger more than it paid its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older who had comparable work experience, education, and/or professional certifications and licenses. GAO audits IRS. When GAO hired me in 1980, I had almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree from DePaul. Much of what I did for IRS, including interviewing, data gathering, summary, and analysis, report writing, and making recommendations was similar to what I would be doing for GAO. NEVERTHELESS, the Democrats who ran GAO required me to take a $19,568 pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10) to transfer. They would NOT have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female.) 
https://hbr.org/sponsored/2019/10/why-your-company-needs-to-implement-pay-equity-audits-now

FED SMITH
— Presidential Power Versus Employees’ Constitutional Rights: Interpreting the Executive Orders Affecting Federal Workers – Mathew B. Tully, Esq. (DIERSEN: Constructively, federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran are deemed to be “poor performers” if they do not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/10/21/presidential-power-versus-employees-constitutional-rights-interpreting-executive-orders-affecting-federal-workers/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: Terminating Employees Deemed “Poor Performers” First off, there is a smaller timeframe in which to improve poor performance. The executive order to streamline removal procedures for federal employees decreases the amount of time that employees are subject to Performance Improvement Plans (PIPs)—that provide employees a chance to improve their job performance following a poor evaluation or reprimand—to 30 days, government-wide. That window previously lasted between 60 and 120 days and was up to agency discretion as to the length of the PIP and/or extensions of the PIP. Federal employees should be aware of additional provisions in the executive order, which direct that:)

October 20 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Respect, not silence’ is answer to political discourse – DENISE CROSBY (DIERSEN: What void do you fill? I fill the tremendous communications void created by, continued by, and aggravated by the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Republican county party organizations in Illinois including the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Republican township/ward party organizations in Illinois including the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. The IRP should send out emails similar to GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that focus on statewide government and political issues. Republican county party organizations should send out emails similar to GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that focus on countywide government and political issues. Republican township/ward party organizations should send out emails similar to GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that focus on township/ward government and political issues. However, I acknowledge that paying people to do the aforesaid would cost a tremendous amount of money. To get someone who is qualified to do what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, they would have to be paid at least $500,000 a year.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-political-relationships-st-1020-20191020-rorqviqip5eqho6bmzcknv63be-story.html
— Naperville North to team with 2013 grad on pilot program to get all 18-year-old students registered to vote – SUZANNE BAKER (DIERSEN: What percent of students have teachers 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.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-north-vote-pilot-st-1018-20191018-wu6oppw36nd7tgrtsbiyjgu7ee-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Why Intel is going to share gender, racial pay data most companies conceal – Bloomberg (DIERSEN: If the federal government shared such pay data, it would show that it pays its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger more than it pays its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older who have comparable work experience, education, and/or professional certifications and licenses. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, GAO always paid its employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger more than it paid its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or older who had comparable work experience, education, and/or professional certifications and licenses. GAO audits IRS. When GAO hired me in 1980, I had almost 9 years experience working for IRS, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree from DePaul. Much of what I did for IRS, including interviewing, data gathering, summary, and analysis, report writing, and making recommendations was similar to what I would be doing for GAO. NEVERTHELESS, the Democrats who ran GAO required me to take a $19,568 pay cut in today’s dollars (a downgrade from GS-12 Step 5 to GS-9 Step 10) to transfer. They would NOT have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20191020/why-intel-is-going-to-share-gender-racial-pay-data-most-companies-conceal

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Corporate PAC $$ argument continues in 13th – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: If you ran for an office, which PACs would contribute to your campaign? If I ran for an office, I would hope that PACs that promote the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform would contribute to my campaign.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20191019/bernard-schoenburg-corporate-pac–argument-continues-in-13th

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Devilish details threaten plan for quick pension action – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-devilish-details-threaten-plan-for-quick-pension-action/article_f4a3971b-39ac-595a-8fcf-0832579f0606.html
— Be wary of Cullerton’s ‘informed’ decisions – Brett Rowland
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/brett-rowland-be-wary-of-cullerton-s-informed-decisions/article_83edd7b0-7c27-5430-84c2-f9de8f4a0ae7.html

SOUTHERN
— More Southern Illinois high schools are drug testing. Does it work as a deterrent for students? – GABRIEL NEELY-STREIT
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/education/more-southern-illinois-high-schools-are-drug-testing-does-it/article_bd22200b-d43b-5b84-b853-5f874b810b75.html

WAND
— Census dollars awarded in Illinois (DIERSEN: How many illegals are there in Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, your precinct, and your neighborhood? Which individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries encourage them to come to and/or to stay in Illinois, your county, your township/ward, your municipality, your precinct, and your neighborhood?) 
https://www.wandtv.com/news/census-dollars-awarded-in-illinois/article_15c33896-f32e-11e9-ac86-87caa3747e1b.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Lauren Underwood DC Roommate Katie Hill Broke U.S. House Rules & Posed Security Risks Due to Two Extramarital Affairs in Past Year
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/20/il-14-lauren-underwood-dc-roommate-katie-hill-broke-u-s-house-rules-posed-security-risks-due-to-two-extramarital-affairs-in-past-year/ 
— Oberweis Campaign Sponsoring Pizza Parties for Petition Passers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/20/oberweis-campaign-sponsoring-pizza-parties-for-petition-passers/ 
— Skillicorn Rolls Out October Walk Piece
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/20/skillicorn-rolls-out-october-walk-piece/ 
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis DC Fundraiser Cohost Announces Retirement from Congress
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/20/il-14-jim-oberweis-dc-fundraiser-cohost-announces-retirement-from-congress/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Pecatonica Township critic taken away in the dark of night for attending meeting – JOHN KRAFT 
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2019/10/pecatonica-township-critic-taken-away-in-the-dark-of-night-for-attending-meeting/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump tells Republicans to ‘stick together’ as he promotes Romney attack ad – John Gage (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most divisive past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter, etc. They focused/focus on driving conservatives out of the IRP, DCRCC, MTRCC, TAPROOT, WCC, ICRC, AAPC, etc.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-tells-republicans-to-stick-together-as-he-promotes-romney-attack-ad

FOX NEWS
— Bye Democratic Party – You’re being transformed into an anti-American engine of radical change – Newt Gingrich
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newt-gingrich-rip-democratic-party-youre-being-transformed-into-an-anti-american-engine-of-radical-change

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chelsea Clinton calls America ‘not the country I want my kids to grow up in’ – Monica Showalter (DIERSEN: Where and when did you grow up? I grew up in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, and DuPage County who promote hatred of those who grew up in Crete during the 1940s, 1950s, and 1960s. These hate-promoters 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.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/chelsea_clinton_calls_america_not_the_country_i_want_my_kids_to_grow_up_in.html
— Fat black professor of gender studies blames Trump for black female obesity – Thomas Lifson (DIERSEN: Are you obese? I am. What do I blame my obesity on? I blame it on my sitting 10+ hours a day 7 days a week putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out. I blame it on my not getting enough exercise, on my eating too much food, on my eating too much bad food, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/fat_black_professor_of_gender_studies_blames_trump_for_black_female_obesity.html

BREITBART
— Uber Lays Off 400 U.S. Employees, Imports Hundreds of Foreign Workers – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/10/18/uber-lays-off-400-u-s-employees-imports-hundreds-of-foreign-workers/
— Bernie Sanders Rally: ‘Lock Him Up’ Chant Erupts as San Juan Mayor Attacks Trump – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/10/19/bernie-sanders-rally-lock-him-up-chants-erupt-as-san-juan-mayor-attacks-trump/

TOWNHALL
— Snit Romney – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2019/10/20/snit-romney-n2555047

PJ MEDIA
— ‘Moderate’ Joe Biden Bragged About the Political Hit Job on Robert Bork – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/moderate-joe-biden-bragged-about-the-political-hit-job-on-robert-bork/

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Opposes Free Speech When Trump Uses It, Plays Defense for Dems – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2019/10/18/new-york-times-opposes-free-speech-when-trump-uses-it-plays-defense

CANADA FREE PRESS
— The Skewed Polls of Fox News and Their Contributor Donna Brazile – Judi McLeod
https://canadafreepress.com/article/the-skewed-polls-of-fox-news-and-their-contributor-donna-brazile

THE HILL
— Trump embarks on Twitter spree amid impeachment inquiry, Syria outrage – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: Just kidding, but what if Trump tweeted that the Illinois Republican Party and all Republican county, township, and ward organizations in Illinois should promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/466595-trump-embarks-on-twitter-spree-amid-impeachment-inquiry-syria-outrage

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— If political talk disrupts a workplace, bosses must step in – JOYCE M. ROSENBERG
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/business/article_7b5bf3c1-7793-51c7-91dd-71578ed118e4.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters argue against enforcing America’s immigration laws.
http://www.kten.com/story/41197150/border-patrols-growing-presence-at-hospitals-raises-fears

CNBC
— Tell? Don’t tell? How much should you let your company know about your plans to retire early? – Jill Cornfield
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/10/16/what-to-tell-your-employer-if-you-want-to-retire-in-your-30s-or-40s.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— As more than 2,000 newspapers across the country have closed or merged, student journalists from Michigan to Arizona have stepped in to fill the void. – Dan Levin (DIERSEN: What void do you fill? I fill the tremendous communications void created by, continued by, and aggravated by the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Republican county party organizations in Illinois including the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Republican township/ward party organizations in Illinois including the Milton Township Republican Central Committee. The IRP should send out emails similar to GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that focus on statewide government and political issues. Republican county party organizations should send out emails similar to GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that focus on countywide government and political issues. Republican township/ward party organizations should send out emails similar to GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails that focus on township/ward government and political issues. However, I acknowledge that paying people to do the aforesaid would cost a tremendous amount of money. To get someone who is qualified to do what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, they would have to be paid at least $500,000 a year.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/us/news-desert-ann-arbor-michigan.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump Campaign Floods Web With Ads, Raking In Cash as Democrats Struggle – Matthew Rosenberg and Kevin Roose
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/20/us/elections/trump-campaign-ads-democrats.html
— Why Don’t Rich People Just Stop Working? Are the wealthy addicted to money, competition, or just feeling important? Yes. – Alex Williams
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/17/style/rich-people-things.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ promoters promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/18/opinion/sunday/gender-transition-death-grief.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate older people say “Our democracy today is dominated by the old, and young people are getting a bad deal.” All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination. 
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/18/opinion/old-age-president-2020.html
— The Chinese Threat to American Speech American companies have an obligation to defend the freedom of expression, even at the risk of angering China. – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do you say to individuals, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. that put China ahead of America? I should write a book about the aforesaid in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/opinion/sunday/china-nba.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters a) glorify and praise immigrants and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/upshot/Immigrants-reviving-cities.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: In a Strong Economy, Why Are So Many Workers on Strike? – Noam Scheiber
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/19/business/economy/workers-strike-economy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump says his Doral golf resort will no longer host next year’s G-7 summit, bowing to criticism – Philip Rucker and David A. Fahrenthold
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-announces-that-his-doral-golf-resort-in-miami-will-no-longer-host-next-years-g-7-summit-after-criticism/2019/10/19/857361d0-f2dd-11e9-8693-f487e46784aa_story.html

LOS ANGLES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn Republicans as being 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.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-20/race-trump-election-campaign
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-20/trump-failures-outrages
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2019-10-20/beating-donald-trump-the-2020-election
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-10-19/trump-presidential-executive-orders

NEW YORK POST
— Why Bernie Sanders’ socialism hurts the poor as much as the rich – Rand Paul
https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/rand-paul-why-sanders-socialism-hurts-the-poor-as-much-as-the-rich/
— Why Mark Zuckerberg wants to recruit outside the Ivy League liberal bubble – Salena Zito
https://nypost.com/2019/10/19/why-mark-zuckerberg-wants-to-recruit-outside-the-ivy-league-liberal-bubble/

MIAMI HERALD
— Politicians are lying to us, but Facebook is happy to let them do it – Editorial
https://www.miamiherald.com/opinion/editorials/article236421608.html

COLUMBUS DISPATCH
— Swipes at supporters of traditional marriage could be trouble for Democrats
https://www.dispatch.com/article/20191020/NEWS/191029908

HERALD AND NEWS
— LGBTQ agenda is greatest threat to religious liberty – James A. Farmer, Merrill
https://www.heraldandnews.com/members/forum/letters/lgbtq-agenda-is-greatest-threat-to-religious-liberty/article_297197f3-b770-5268-8627-436e6e3035ae.html

ATLANTIC
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Romney. Who do the Trump-haters promote the most in your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, county, and Illinois?
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2019/10/mitt-romney-middle-impeachment-fight/600373/

COLORADO POLITICS
— Colorado politicos launch new site for conservatives – Joey Bunch (DIERSEN: How many conservatives are there in your neighborhood, precinct, municipality, township/ward, and county? Who speaks for them? Whose emails do they read?)
https://www.coloradopolitics.com/news/colorado-politicos-launch-new-site-for-conservatives/article_1f0733a0-f133-11e9-aa6f-8fd1f41644c8.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I pulled up a map for a friend of mine to illustrate how many conservatives were in his neighborhood; he had no idea,” Knoedler said. “He then told me that if only he’d known he was not alone on his street, he would have felt emboldened to put a candidate’s yard sign in front of his house.” Fuller said, “Conservatives are naturally less vocal about our political views, but having a community where we can encourage each other and organize to get involved in our communities will help members feel less alone.” Colorado is a launching group, but Fuller and Knoedler hope to expand to a national site.)

QUARTZ
— What two centuries of book publishing tell us about the “good old days” – Natasha Frost (DIERSEN: When were your “good old days?” My “good old days” include a) 1972, 1973, and 1974 when IRS promoted me from GS-7 to GS-12 (from $46,554/year to $82,579/year in today’s dollars) and b) 1986, 1987, and 1988 when GAO assigned me to audits of IRS and promoted me to GS-13 ($98,198/year in today’s dollars). My “good old years” include 1970 when I earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, 1971 when I bought a new 1972 Corvette, 1972 when I bought a new town home, 1974 when I bought a studio condo, 1976 when I earned an MBA from Loyola and bought a one bedroom condo, 1978 when I got married and we bought a home, 1978 through 1992 when my wife and I went on many short vacations, 1979 when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, 1980 when I earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, 1981 when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA, 1984 when my wife and I had a home built, 1990 when I became a Certified Fraud Examiner, 1994 when I became a Certified Government Financial Manager, 1996 when I became a Certified Financial Services Auditor, and 1997 when I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT and became a Forensic Accountant.) 
https://qz.com/1727775/when-were-the-good-old-days-new-research-uses-200-years-of-books-to-find-out/

LADDERS
— Early retirement wisdom from 50+ top finance writers
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/early-retirement-wisdom-from-50-top-finance-writers

EXPRESS
— Pension: Will you be able to afford a comfortable retirement? Costs of lifestyle revealed (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my 1997 salary was in today’s dollars.) 
https://www.express.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/1191871/pension-uk-state-retirement-amount-how-much

October 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago Teachers Strike: Thousands of teachers hit picket lines across city, CPS classes canceled
https://abc7chicago.com/education/thousands-picket-rally-march-on-1st-day-of-chicago-teachers-strike/5625169/

CBS2
— School Canceled For Friday; No Deal As Teachers’ Strike Continues But CTU Says There Has Been Progress – Dana Kozlov
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/10/17/chicago-teachers-head-to-picket-line-for-day-1-of-strike/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— RNC raises record-setting $27.3 million in September, amid impeachment push
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/rnc-raises-record-setting-27-3-million-in-september-amid-impeachment-push

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— President Trump using Chicago fundraiser to lure donors with chance for free trip, picture and to meet him: ‘I’ve saved two seats at lunch for YOU and a guest. Will you accept my invitation?’ – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-president-trump-chicago-fundraiser-offers-free-trip-picture-20191017-ji6xmamggzgmfagi5hwme3i37y-story.html
— Americans now need at least $500,000 a year to enter top 1% – ALEX TANZI AND BEN STEVERMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-tns-bc-pfp-income-onepercent-20191017-story.html
— Long-delayed meeting on proposed Itasca drug rehab center brings suspicion, rancor but few answers – John Keilman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-itasca-haymarket-meeting-vigil-20191017-mtnozcjacvha5bxq4jvtchlw5u-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago’s first recreational marijuana store just got OK’d – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-cresco-recreational-marijuana-dispensaries-20191016-cqom7aefzngqnhyli5lhfkygdi-story.html
— By show of hands at meeting, Lincolnshire residents and stakeholders say ‘no’ to cannabis dispensaries in town: ‘We should prohibit it because it is uncharted territory’ – STEVE SADIN (DIERSEN: It is public record which people who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican DID OR DID NOT SPEAK AGAINST POT at municipal and county meetings.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lincolnshire/ct-lsr-village-board-cannabis-dispensaries-tl-1024-20191017-gmhgixejgnccbjr2ew2sxsmtpa-story.html
— Why a teachers strike is bad for Chicago: A miniseries, Episode 1 – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-chicago-teacher-strike-lori-lightfoot-20191017-fxlnutcmija6jcsoznjngqaaea-story.html
— The U. of I., stung by a #MeToo investigation, is now leaning on Title IX to muzzle reporters – DAVID GREISING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-rachel-otwell-university-illinois-greising-20191017-2d2uin3z2vea5ilj2jv5e5qrba-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Teachers strike is on — and Lightfoot’s political honeymoon is over A Chicago Teachers Union that was among Toni Preckwinkle’s strongest supporters followed through on its threat of a strike that seemed pre-ordained since the day Lori Lightfoot swept all 50 wards. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/10/17/20919567/cps-ctu-teachers-union-strike-schools-lightfoot-political-honeymoon-over
— Changes won’t be made to state pot law to meet equity concerns from black aldermen, the bill’s sponsors say The law’s authors say it includes important provisions to increase the number of people of color working in the industry. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/10/17/20918358/recreational-pot-legalization-marijuana-black-equity-diversity

DAILY HERALD
— Questions remain after Itasca’s first hearing on Haymarket proposal – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191017/questions-remain-after-itascas-first-hearing-on-haymarket-proposal
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Mundelein approves grant for pot store
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191017/mundelein-approves-grant-for-pot-store
— Report: Illinois ranks among Top 10 nationally in academic growth, bottom third in proficiency – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191017/report-illinois-ranks-among-top-10-nationally-in-academic-growth-bottom-third-in-proficiency

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Is Illinois in decline? This economist has a contrary view. A DePaul economist’s analysis concludes dire perceptions about the state’s economy and growth are overblown. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-decline-economist-has-contrary-view

WTTW
— Illinois Leads Nation with 137 Vaping-Related Illnesses – Kristen Thometz
https://news.wttw.com/2019/10/17/illinois-leads-nation-137-vaping-related-illnesses

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Marco Rubio to headline Oberweis campaign fundraiser Lunch is $150; lunch, photo with Rubio is $2,800 – BRENDA SCHORY
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/10/16/marco-rubio-to-headline-oberweis-campaign-fundraiser/avrweu5/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: East St. Louis among areas that could get preferential treatment for marijuana licenses – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/article235892407.html

WQAD
— GOP presidential candidate, former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh says Trump should be impeached – HANNAH RODRIGUEZ
https://wqad.com/2019/10/17/gop-presidential-candidate-former-illinois-congressman-joe-walsh-says-trump-should-be-impeached/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Claims of unfairness pop up following Democratic presidential debate – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/claims-of-unfairness-during-democratic-presidential-debate

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Texas Congressman Steps Up Support of Jeanne Ives in Her Quest to Unseat Sean Casten
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/17/texas-congressman-steps-up-support-of-jeanne-ives-in-her-quest-to-unseat-sean-casten/ 
— IL-14: Danny Malouf Backs President Trump’s Withdrawal of Troops from Syria
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/17/il-14-danny-malouf-backs-president-trumps-withdrawal-of-troops-from-syria/ 
— *UPDATE: Crenshaw Tweets “Flip the Seat!”* IL-06: Jeanne Ives Continues to Apply Heat on Sean Casten in Light of Slur Against Dan Crenshaw
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/17/il-06-jeanne-ives-continues-to-apply-heat-on-sean-casten-in-light-of-slur-against-dan-crenshaw/

CENTER SQUARE
— Study finds higher teacher pay, smaller classrooms, more support staff, hindered by legacy costs – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, by forcing me to retire, my Democrat GAO superiors turned me from being a productive employee into a “legacy cost.” I had almost 18 years of experience working for GAO. I had almost 9 years of experience working for IRS. I had 3 job-related master’s degrees and a job-related bachelor’s degree. I had 6 job-related professional certifications. I had a job-related professional license.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/study-finds-higher-teacher-pay-smaller-classrooms-more-support-staff/article_0d4619fe-f10d-11e9-9287-af99a0cf30ed.html
— Illinois’ Congressional delegation warns tech companies: ‘moderate content or we will’ – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Anti-Republicans want the following to not only “moderate” GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, they want the following to stop me from sending out the emails, and if not that, stop everyone from reading the emails: Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP). Everyone can see that the MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP do not promote GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/illinois-congressional-delegation-warns-tech-companies-moderate-content-or-we/article_822769b6-f05f-11e9-8733-97fefda5a8ac.html

JEANNE FOR CONGRESS
— Dan Crenshaw Puts Ives on the National Map with an Exclamation Point
https://mailchi.mp/65e9b31802cf/dan-crenshaw-puts-ives-on-the-national-map-with-an-exclamation-point

REPUBLICAN NEWS WATCH
— Run for Republican Ward Committeeperson in Chicago
http://republicannewswatch.com/wp/?p=11470

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— 200+ attend Judge Jim McCluskey campaign kickoff at IBEW #701 Wednesday evening, October 16, 2019. Attendees included Judges Rohm, Athanikar, Brennan, Walsh, O’Toole, Jacobs, Kleeman, Telander, Felice, Orel, Cody, Hayes, Dieden, Skerin, Marchese, Else, and Cornelius (Will County); Retired Judges Ron Sutter, William Ferguson, and Tony Iosco (Cook County); and many others including John Curran, Berlin, Grogan, Dabrowski, Czernak, Fisher, McGowan, Hanzelin, Puchalski, Noonan, Zay, Schillerstrom, Coyne, Healy, Valle, Kordick, Kachiroubas, Mendrick, Patty Smith (Aurora), Veenstra, Hanson, Hovde, and Greg Abbott. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

CAPITOL FAX
— Durbin has $3.8 million vs. all GOP candidates’ $140K
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/17/durbin-has-38-million-vs-all-gop-candidates-140k/

FOX NEWS
— Trump headlines Dallas rally as scrutiny over Ukraine intensifies – Gregg ReBy
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-dallas-rally-ukraine-scrutiny-intensifies

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— 1 person showed up to Mark Sanford 2020 campaign launch — a Democrat with no plans to vote – Ellie Bufkin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/mark-sanford-kicks-off-presidential-campaign-against-trump-only-one-person-showed-up

BREITBART
— Mollie Tibbetts Murder Trial: Taxpayers Billed $18K for Illegal Alien’s Expert Witnesses – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/mollie-tibbetts-murder-trial-taxpayers-billed-18k-for-illegal-aliens-expert-witnesses/
— Open Border Activists Demand 95,000 Refugees Be Admitted to U.S. in 2020 – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/17/open-border-activists-demand-95000-refugees-be-admitted-to-u-s-in-2020/

DAILY CALLER
— Pelosi Is So Strong She Ran Away From The White House, Or Something – DEREK HUNTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/17/democrats-leave-white-house/
— Sen. Ernst Introduces ‘CREEPS Act’ To Get Sexual Assaulters Out Of The Federal Workforce – LUKE ROSIAK (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. My critics/opponents are nasty. They would hint/imply/argue/shout that because GAO threw me out when I was 49 even though I had a) earned 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, I MUST HAVE BEEN FAR WORSE THAN A SEXUAL ASSAULTER.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/17/ernst-creeps-act-sexual-assault/

TOWNHALL
— CNN: I Hope Trump Dies Soon – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/17/this-is-cnn-i-hope-trump-dies-soon-n2554919
— WSJ Columnist: This Is When The Deep State Felt They Got The Green Light To Defy Trump – Matt Vespa (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government never charged me with defying their Affirmative Action, Diversity, or Inclusion orders. Virtually all of the employees who they assigned to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, and/or disabled.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/17/wsj-columnist-this-is-when-the-deep-state-felt-they-got-the-green-light-to-defy-n2554747

CAMPUS REFORM
— Berkeley promotes prof bashing Trump’s border wall – Chris Trick (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run IRS got rid of the IRS manager who promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. The Democrats who run GAO got rid of the GAO manager who hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986.)
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=13875

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities and women to be pot pushers.
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/chicago-black-leaders-equity-concerns-new-illinois-marijuana-law_n_5da8ec56e4b0e0f03788fb90

WASHINGTON POST
— Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says in interview he fears “erosion of truth” but defends allowing politicians to lie in ads – Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/17/facebook-ceo-mark-zuckerberg-says-interview-he-fears-erosion-truth-defends-allowing-politicians-lie-ads/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats, California 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, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How soon will California leave the United States and become part of Mexico?
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-15/prop-187-this-is-california-battle-podcast

SINCLAIR BROADCAST GROUP
— BEYOND OUTRAGEOUS: DHS leader says 22 million illegals in U.S., double of previous estimates – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://local12.com/news/nation-world/dhs-leader-says-22-million-illegals-in-us-double-of-previous-estimates

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities and women to be pot pushers. 
https://www.newsweek.com/state-local-governments-trying-make-cannabis-industry-less-racist-1466077
— TWITTER IS GIVING TRUMP ‘SPECIAL TREATMENT’ DESPITE NEW RULES FOR WORLD LEADERS, SAYS FREE SPEECH EXPERT – DAVID BRENNAN
https://www.newsweek.com/twitter-giving-donald-trump-special-treatment-new-rules-world-leaders-free-speech-expert-1465663

MONEY
— White Workers Have a Disproportionate Share of Good Jobs in the Labor Market – KAITLIN MULHERE (DIERSEN: What jobs have you had? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I had. 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.) 
http://money.com/money/5660043/job-market-white-workers-black-workers/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— NTEU Blasts ‘Nonsensical’ Proposed OPM Rule Easing Firing of Feds The federal employee union accused the Trump administration of forcing managers to focus on firing employees, rather than helping them succeed in their positions. – ERICH WAGNER (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did NOT want their employees to succeed who were the following: those who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. Further, far too many of my Democrat superiors in the federal government did not want their employees to succeed who did not share their national origin, religion, and/or veteran status.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2019/10/nteu-blasts-nonsensical-proposed-opm-rule-easing-firing-feds/160682/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Shake up government with an agile organization and workforce – Jeff Neal (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs want the federal government to get rid of all its employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/commentary/2019/10/shake-up-government-with-an-agile-organization-and-workforce/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Americans Agree Religion Is Under Punishing Assault (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a Democrat a) who promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things and b) 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/general_lifestyle/october_2019/americans_agree_religion_is_under_punishing_assault

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Record 32 million Hispanics could vote in 2020  (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at Hispanics 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.worldtribune.com/record-32-million-hispanics-could-vote-in-2020-12-million-illegals-make-that-22-million/

October 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democratic debate distilled: Eat the billionaires, take Trump’s Twitter, free stuff for all! – Rex Huppke
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-democratic-debate-warren-sanders-biden-trump-huppke-20191016-ewhj7hrifbb23hhhgzldbocp4a-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Referendum question on selling recreational pot in Naperville to be on March 2020 ballot – ERIN HEGARTY (DIERSEN: What do you say to people who want to “feel good” and/or “escape reality” by “getting high?”)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-marijuana-referendum-naperville-ballot-question-st-20191016-bcf3l3zve5amtf3sx3ourgce2y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Who would ever be a cop? – William Choslovsky (DIERSEN: What jobs have you had? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois have made it very clear that they would never stoop to take the jobs that I had. 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://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/16/20917566/aaron-dean-atatiana-jefferson-amber-guyger-botham-jean-william-choslovsky-sun-times-op-ed

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Large crowd packs Itasca hearing on Haymarket addiction treatment center plan – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191016/large-crowd-packs-itasca-hearing-on-haymarket-addiction-treatment-center-plan
— Abbott inks partnership for diabetes system (DIERSEN: I have Type 2 diabetes. Stress drives up your blood sugar level. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have worked the hardest to cause me stress.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20191016/abbott-inks-partnership-for-diabetes-system
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Under the partnership, Omada Health will offer the Freestyle Libre system to employers and health plans. People diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes who are eligible will undergo an online physician consultation, which will allow them to obtain a prescription and delivery of a welcome kit, which includes the Abbott product and a wireless scale. Users of the Freestyle Libre system can get real-time readings through a sensor worn on the back of the upper arm, which transmits the information to a smartphone. Abbott officials said the system will give Omada real-time glucose data that can help participants to better manage their diabetes.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs a) glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries and b) demonize, denigrate, and condemn citizens of America, and especially those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191017/hamilton-we-are-enriched-as-a-nation-of-immigrants

NBC5
— Aldermen Spend Tens of Thousands in Not-Itemized Expenses Time to change the law, says David Orr – Carol Marin and Don Moseley
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/Aldermen-Spend-Tens-of-Thousands-in-Not-Itemized-Expenses-563150051.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Embattled former alderman Danny Solis uses loophole to double pension – Dane Placko (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate were beyond furious that I could and did retroactively purchase for very little money almost 3 years of full-time Civil Service Retirement System credits for when I worked only part-time for the Park Forest Post office 1966-1969. They were already furious that when I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 days of unused sick days.) 
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/embattled-former-alderman-uses-loophole-to-double-pension
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, they also informed Solis of a sweetener only available to elected officials in Chicago, allowing them to purchase pension credits retroactively. So in January, Solis wrote two checks to the pension fund totaling a little more than $128,000. That allowed Solis to more than double his pension payout to $7,900 a month and $94,000 a year. Zettler says Solis’ pension boost will pay off that $128,000 investment in just two and a half years, and also put another $1.3 million in Solis’ pocket if he lives another 15 years, which is 10 times the initial investment. “It’s a can’t-lose situation for the people involved,” said Zettler. Amazingly, Solis was able to buy retroactive pension credits for his three-month stint working for the Chicago Public Library in the 1960s when he was 17 and have it paid out based on his six-figure aldermanic salary.)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The rich are different — especially their income-tax returns – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-the-rich-are-different-especially-their-income-tax/article_9e431804-d26d-5995-ae81-ea482524efbf.html

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield cancer surgeon TOM TARTER, who is among people running for the GOP nomination for U.S. Senate, has loaned $50,000 to his own campaign and is also getting some help from Sangamon County GOP Chair ROSEMARIE LONG. – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20191017/bernard-schoenburg-no-endorsement-yet-but-tarter-gets-help-from-party-leader
— Rep. McCombie says ‘cost of corruption is too high to ignore’ – Peter Hancock
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191016/rep-mccombie-says-cost-of-corruption-is-too-high-to-ignore

WSPY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats promote LGBTQ activity. How soon will Illinois Democrats make it officially illegal to educate, hire, elect, etc. those who do not promote LGBTQ activity? 
http://www.wspynews.com/news/wcsjnews/state-officials-are-recognizing-lgbtq-month-in-illinois/article_794367f1-1352-56e0-8842-4fde71cd4f08.html

WSIL TV
— Sheriff to would-be thieves: ‘Hemp does not get you high’ – Elizabeth Taylor (DIERSEN: What do you say to people who want to “feel good” and/or “escape reality” by “getting high?”)
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/41192566/sheriff-to-would-be-thieves-hemp-does-not-get-you-high

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Bloomington Police Department officers are concerned about what recreational cannabis will mean for the community
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/bpd-officers-are-concerned-about-what-recreational-cannabis-will-mean-for-the-community/

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— Diversity Program Prepares College Students Interested in Accounting (DIERSEN: If I could do it over, I would have majored in accounting. While I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt, I was “too old” by then, I was 30 years old.) 
https://chicagocrusader.com/diversity-program-prepares-college-students-interested-in-accounting/

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston City Council refocuses on racial equity in training, new proposals – Andrea Bian (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Evanston officially banish Whites who fail/refuse to demonize, denigrate, and condemn Whites as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/10/16/city/city-council-refocuses-on-racial-equity-in-training-new-proposals/

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Glen Ellyn To Consider Cannabis Zoning Amendments The village said it favored waiting to see how cannabis sales impact other communities, but will review zoning amendments as well. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/downersgrove/glen-ellyn-consider-cannabis-zoning-amendments

WIREPOINTS
— The Chicago Teachers Union strike is on: 13 things that matter – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-chicago-teachers-union-strike-is-on-13-things-that-matter/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— New Planned Parenthood mega-clinic ‘preying on pregnant women in Illinois and Missouri,’ group says – Glenn Minnis
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/514831545-new-planned-parenthood-mega-clinic-preying-on-pregnant-women-in-illinois-and-missouri-group-says

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— PENSION CRISIS FORCES FIREHOUSE CLOSURE, 9 FIREFIGHTER LAYOFFS IN EAST ST. LOUIS – Brad Weisenstein
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/pension-crisis-forces-firehouse-closure-9-firefighter-layoffs-in-east-st-louis/

GOPUSA
— Ocasio-Cortez turned 30 this week, none the wiser 
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77815

BREITBART
— Ahead of 2020, Facebook ensnared in heated political climate – AP (DIERSEN: If Zukerberg would meet with Illinois conservative leaders, who would he meet with? Who speaks for Illinois conservatives? Conservative leaders speak out against promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, etc.)
https://www.breitbart.com/news/ahead-of-2020-fb-ensnared-in-heated-political-climate/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Mark Zuckerberg defended meetings he’s reportedly had with conservative leaders after #DeleteFacebook began trending on social media. Politico reported this week that the Facebook CEO held private meetings with, among others, Fox News’ Tucker Carlson and conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt. Conservatives have long accused Facebook of suppressing conservative political view and the company has tried to dispel that belief.)

DAILY CALLER
— Megyn Kelly Goes After The Media For Active Bias – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/16/megyn-kelly-media-bias/
— Elizabeth Warren Deletes Tweet Bragging About Native American DNA – WILLIAM DAVIS (DIERSEN: Who hates German Americans the most in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs are nasty. I should write a book about a) how my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used and b) how my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois use my 100% German national origin against me. They constantly foist negative German stereotypes on me. I would focus on those who are German American, but who demonize, denigrate, and condemn me to curry favor with those who hate German Americans. They paint themselves as being “good” German Americans who go around destroying “bad” German Americans like me. In my defense, I stress that they all my ancestors immigrated way back during the 1840s and 1850s, 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 if he had not been 4-F, my father would have fought the Germans during WWII. If DNA information had been available back when I worked for the federal government, I would have stressed that. 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.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/16/elizabeth-warren-deletes-tweet-native-american-dna/

TOWNHALL
— Memo to A.G. Bill Barr: Without the Rule of Law, a Nation’s Wall Is Worthless – Cliff Nichols
https://townhall.com/columnists/cliffnichols/2019/10/17/memo-to-ag-bill-barr-without-the-rule-of-law-a-nations-wall-is-worthless-n2554886

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: I’m Embarrassed To Say How Many Countries The U.S. Military Is In, It Is So Foolish – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/10/16/trump_im_embarrassed_to_say_how_many_countries_the_us_military_is_in_it_is_so_foolish.html

THE HILL
— Why Joe Biden is the best candidate for black voters – VIVIAN BISHOP (DIERSEN: Who is the best candidate for voters who are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/466134-why-joe-biden-is-the-best-candidate-for-black-voters-across-the-country

CNN
— Chicago teachers strike – Brian Ries
https://www.cnn.com/us/live-news/chicago-teachers-strike-10-19/index.html
— Twitter tells Kamala Harris why it won’t suspend Trump’s account – Donie O’Sullivan (DIERSEN: Who wants you to be suspended and why? I should write a book about those who want me to be suspended and why.) 
https://www.wral.com/twitter-tells-kamala-harris-why-it-wont-suspend-trumps-account/18703383/

MSN
— Americans now need at least $500,000 a year to enter the top 1% – Alex Tanzi and Ben Steverman
https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/americans-now-need-at-least-dollar500000-a-year-to-enter-the-top-1percent/ar-AAISU5z

NEW YORK TIMES
— Republicans, Defiant After Debate, Throw Punches on Impeachment and Economy – Jeremy W. Peters
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/us/politics/republicans-democratic-debate.html
— Holding internet platforms liable for certain content would harm internet users. – Elliot Harmon (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes what to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading the emails, but failing that, they want to stop me from including links in the emails to articles they do not like. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/16/opinion/section-230-freedom-speech.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Years after Obama used Facebook to help him win the presidency, Silicon Valley is under Democratic fire Tuesday’s debate makes it clear that Big Tech faces difficult times whoever wins – Craig Timberg, Isaac Stanley-Becker and Tony Romm 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/10/16/years-after-obama-used-facebook-help-him-win-presidency-silicon-valley-is-under-democratic-fire/

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats push reparations. How much reparations do the Democrats want you to pay? Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/nation/2019/10/16/black-history-slavery-reporter-uncovers-genealogy-1619-project/3847926002/

BOSTON HERALD
— Democrats put immigrants before needy Americans – BETSY MCCAUGHEY
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/10/17/democrats-put-immigrants-before-needy-americans/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sheryl Sandberg Faults ‘Broken Rung’ on Corporate Ladder Over Work Inequities Facebook’s COO and other executives say leadership gaps for women, people of color won’t narrow unless companies focus on first promotions – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: From what I saw working for the Post Office for almost 3 years, working for IRS for almost 9 years, and working for GAO for almost 18 years, if you are White, male, and/or non-veteran, to get promoted beyond GS-4 at the Post Office, GS-12 at IRS, or GS-13 at GAO, you had to a) be a Democrat, b) not only paint yourself as being a yes-man, but actually be one, and c) help your superiors get rid of their employees who were White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sheryl-sandberg-faults-broken-rung-on-corporate-ladder-over-work-inequities-11571264170

THRIVE GLOBAL
— How to recognize the signs of stress and how to manage it! – Hayley Austin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have worked the hardest to cause me stress.)
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-to-recognise-the-signs-of-stress-and-how-to-manage-it/

GOVERNING
— Weed Breathalyzer May Reassure Policymakers With a projected 2020 debut, the Hound will detect alcohol and marijuana, making marijuana DUIs more feasible to catch. The new technology assures police and policymakers of regulations that hadn’t before been possible. – SAM WOOD (DIERSEN: What do you say to people who want to “feel good” and/or “escape reality” by “getting high?”)
https://www.governing.com/news/headlines/Weed-Breathalyzer-May-Reassure-Policymakers.html

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— In U.S., Decline of Christianity Continues at Rapid Pace (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that Jesus is a Democrat a) who promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things and b) 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.pewforum.org/2019/10/17/in-u-s-decline-of-christianity-continues-at-rapid-pace/