February 21 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— For Illinois House: Camerer, Skillicorn, Ellington-Snipes
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-house-endorsements-3-20200221-pvmpi77k4rfj7n3yofzg2qxgwe-story.html
— Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders leads new Illinois presidential poll, but survey’s methodology raises questions about its accuracy – RICK PEARSON and BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-illinois-presidential-race-poll-2020-20200221-zizt3h7sebc6dfept7bbrseoou-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: However, the poll, which has a margin of error of 4.5 percentage points among Democrats, relies on a methodology that raises questions about its accuracy. The survey does not weight its results based on the demographic makeup of Illinois voters, including by gender, geography or race. For example, of the poll’s 1,000 registered voters, 56% were identified as male and 44% female. The federal census, however, shows a majority of the state’s population is female while 2016 exit polling showed the state’s Democratic electorate was 54% female. The polling sample also did not accurately reflect the percentage of the vote that came from strongly Democratic Chicago compared with less Democratic suburbs and Downstate. Only a quarter of the poll’s Democratic results came from the city of Chicago, while actual voting in 2016 showed the city accounted for 35% of the state’s total Democratic primary turnout. In addition, the new survey skewed heavily toward older voters, compared with 2016 exit polling that showed roughly 40% of the Democratic electorate was under the age of 45. The new poll’s racial breakdown of 60% white, 24% black and 6% Latino tracked closer to Illinois voting demographics in the last presidential primary.)
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to get votes, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs disgustingly promote vices, including booze, gambling, and pot. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-booze-on-trains-prohibition-20200220-vegbdgqysfbc5kxtjbe62mw2ou-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pretrial detainees to vote at first polling place in Cook County Jail 42 voting machines will be brought in during the first two weekends in March — marking the first time in the country a polling place will be available for pretrial detainees. – Marin Scott 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/20/21141112/pretrial-detainees-to-vote-at-first-polling-place-in-cook-county-jail
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that the longer that your ancestors have been in America, a) the more that you have benefitted from their discrimination against minorities and their against women and b) the more that you should pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/20/21144684/jim-crow-racism-segregation-lynching-these-hands-black-history-month-natalie-moore

CBS2
— Blagojevich And Trump’s Relationship Goes Back Years – Megan Hickey (DIERSEN: Since 2000, my critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for all the losses that Republican candidates have suffered in Illinois. They especially blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails for the loss that Jim Ryan suffered in 2002 and for the loss that Judy Baar Topinka suffered in 2006.) 
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/18/blagojevich-trump-relationship-celebrity-apprentice-checkbook/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Trump personally donated $7,000 to Blagojevich’s campaigns ($5,000 in 2002 and $2,000 in 2007) before his conviction, and his hotel and casino organization donated another $2,000 in 2003. The records do not show any donations to Blagojevich’s Republican opponents – Jim Ryan in 2002 or Judy Baar Topinka in 2006.)

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: Police leaders say a new state law is leading to less training for officers – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: While I worked for IRS for almost 9 years and for GAO for almost 18 years, those agencies provided me with outstanding training. But the Democrats who ran those federal agencies wasted that training by wasting my career and by forcing me to take their early retirement “offer.”) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200221/police-leaders-say-a-new-state-law-is-leading-to-less-training-for-officers

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL 
— NAACP to host first of candidate forums – Chris Breach (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting candidate forums.)
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/naacp-to-host-first-of-candidate-forums/article_f526b7dc-534c-11ea-902a-471bd6d1fb76.html

PONTIAC DAILY LEADER
— It’s not the economy anymore, Stupid – Dave Simpson
https://www.pontiacdailyleader.com/news/20200221/its-not-economy-anymore-stupid

WIREPOINTS
— Governor Pritzker, It’s You Who’s in Fantasy Land About an Illinois Constitutional Amendment for Pension Reform – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/governor-pritzker-its-you-whos-in-fantasy-land-about-an-illinois-constitutional-amendment-for-pension-reform-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Tribune Picks Kane County Board Member Mo Iqbal Over Pro-Abortion-At-Any-Time Personal PAC Favorite Martha Paschke to Run Against Republican Don Ugaste
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/tribune-picks-kane-county-board-member-mo-iqbal-over-personal-pac-favorite-martha-paschke-to-run-against-republican-don-ugaste/ 
— Tribune Offers No Endorsement in Democratic Primary to Face Off Against Steve Reick
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/tribune-offers-no-endorsement-in-democratic-primary-to-face-off-against-steve-reick/ 
— Tribune Endorses Allen Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/tribune-endorses-allen-skillicorn/ 
— McHenry County Board Member Chuck Wheeler Does Not Call for Jack Franks to Resign
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/mchenry-county-board-member-chuck-wheeler-does-not-call-for-jack-franks-to-resign/ 
— IL-06: Daily Herald Endorses Dr. Jay Kinzler Over Jeanne Ives
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/21/il-06-daily-herald-endorses-dr-jay-kinzler-over-jeanne-ives/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— US SENATE GOP CANDIDATE REPORTED FOR CLAIMING TO CARRY FIREARM INTO HINSDALE HIGH SCHOOL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/us-senate-candidate-reported-for-claiming-to-carry-firearm-into-hinsdale-high-school-.html
— THE RIGHT SHOULD CHALLENGE TECH GIANTS TO SIDE WITH LIBERTY AND REJECT CENSORSHIP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest to censor me and censor my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/the-right-should-challenge-tech-giants-to-side-with-liberty-and-reject-censorship.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Rigged system’ benefits Sanders as Bloomberg botches debate debut – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: Those who want Republicans to lose want the Republican National Committee, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, etc. to rig their systems against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/20/bernie-sanders-benefits-rigged-system-michael-bloo/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tech companies victimized by bogus discrimination charges – Kevin Mooney (DIERSEN: Because my Democrat GAO superiors wanted my subordinates to charge me with discrimination, a) they assigned me to supervise virtually all of their employees who were minority, female, and/or disabled and b) they did everything that they could to turn them against me.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/tech-companies-victimized-by-bogus-discrimination-charges

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bloomberg shows how the Democrats have abandoned factory workers – J. Marsolo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/bloomberg_shows_how_the_democrats_have_abandoned_factory_workers.html
— New confirmation that Ilhan Omar married her brother in immigration fraud plan – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/new_confirmation_that_ilhan_omar_married_her_brother_in_immigration_fraud_plan.html

BREITBART
— HBO, David Simon Series Equates ‘America First’ with Jew Hatred – DAVID NG (DIERSEN: Government is nasty, politics is nasty, Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years 1966-1969 and 1971-1997, one or more of my superiors were Jewish. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did everything that they could to turn my Jewish superiors against me. They stressed that I was Republican. They stressed that I was conservative. They stressed that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. They stressed that I was 100% German American. They stressed that I lived in Crete 1948-1972. They stressed that I lived in Wheaton since 1978.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/02/20/hbo-david-simon-series-equates-america-first-with-jew-hatred/

DAILY CALLER
— Tucker Carlson Calls For Roger Stone Judge’s Impeachment: ‘Democratic Activist Wearing Robes’ (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. RINOs are nasty. My RINO critics/opponents a) stress that my Republican U.S. Senators and my Republican U.S. Representatives did NOT support me in Diersen v. GAO and b) hint/imply/argue/shout that they did NOT support me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist. Needless-to-say, I should sue my RINO critics/opponents.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/20/tucker-carlson-amy-berman-jackson-roger-stone/

TOWNHALL
— Another Corrosive Correspondents’ Dinner – Tim Graham
https://townhall.com/columnists/timgraham/2020/02/21/another-corrosive-correspondents-dinner-n2561666

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— CPAC 2020 To Take Aim At Creeping Socialism – Dan Schneider
https://www.oann.com/schneider-cpac-2020-to-take-aim-at-creeping-socialism/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump appoints openly gay LGBT activist to director of intelligence agencies Richard Grenell has built up impressive credentials among conservatives, but one pro-family group calls him ‘a gay activist first and a loyal Republican second.’ – Doug Mainwaring (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity, their operatives, and their dupes who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have always worked the hardest against me. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-appoints-openly-gay-lgbt-activist-to-director-of-intelligence-agencies

THE HILL
— Bloomberg gave $463.8 million to campaign – J. EDWARD MORENO 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483914-bloomberg-gave-4638-million-to-campaign
— Women bound by Bloomberg NDAs want to tell their stories but fear coming forward – J. EDWARD MORENO
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483941-women-bound-by-bloomberg-ndas-want-to-tell-their-stories-but-fear-coming
— Iowa Democratic Party chairman resigns – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the almost 7 years that served as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012. I would focus on those who blamed me for all the organization’s problems.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/482855-iowa-democratic-party-chairman-resigns
— Lawmakers paint different pictures of Trump’s ‘opportunity zone’ program – EMILY DISALVO (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in my precinct who believe that Wheaton politicians want to use rezoning and the opportunity zone program to a) demolish all the buildings on the south side of Roosevelt Road in my precinct, b) build public housing there, and c) fill that public housing with illegal aliens?)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/483900-lawmakers-paint-different-pictures-of-trumps-opportunity-zone-program

HUFFINGTON POST
— What Exactly Is An NDA? Here’s What Workers Need To Know Before They Sign. Nondisclosure agreements were a hot topic in Wednesday night’s presidential debate. They are everywhere else in America, too. – Monica Torres (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, employers want their employees to disclose, if not shout, that their employer 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.huffpost.com/entry/what-is-an-nda-nondisclosure-agreement_l_5e4ea360c5b6a7bfb4c21e7b

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump campaign, RNC to spend $10M on voting lawsuits
https://www.wral.com/trump-campaign-rnc-to-spend-10m-on-voting-lawsuits/18964045/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Black and Latino Voters Are Looking for ‘More Than Just Some Token Words’ – Jennifer Medina and Stephanie Saul (DIERSEN: To get votes from minorities, females, younger people, and LGBTQers, Democrat and RINO political consultants advise candidates to promise to use government a) to take income, assets, and opportunities away from those who are White, male, older, and/or heterosexual and b) to give that income, those assets, and those opportunities to those who are minority, female, younger, and/or LGBTQ.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/21/us/politics/nevada-south-carolina-2020.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: The Elephant in the Room: Electability – Giovanni Russonello (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs shout that to get elected, you have to be: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/20/us/politics/democrats-ask-who-can-beat-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Why China is picking on American journalists – Isaac Stone Fish (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have picked on me the most since I became the GOPUSA Illinois Editor in 2000. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/20/why-china-is-picking-american-journalists/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Illinois Democrats Split Over Trump’s Clemency for Rod Blagojevich Backers and critics of disgraced ex-governor express sympathy for his family – Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/illinois-democrats-split-over-trumps-clemency-for-rod-blagojevich-11582281001
— Bernie Sanders, Insider – Rahm Emanuel (DIERSEN: Operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents paint themselves as working for insiders.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernie-sanders-insider-11582243676
— Bernie’s Medical Stonewall He pledged to release his health records. Then he had a heart attack. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bernies-medical-stonewall-11582244614
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint themselves as being religious. I would focus on those who focus on promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thank-god-american-churches-are-dying-11582243546

WEEK
— Trump’s push to install people loyal to him in law enforcement, intelligence appears to be well underway (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party demand blind loyalty to them and to them only.)
https://theweek.com/speedreads/897175/trumps-push-install-people-loyal-law-enforcement-intelligence-appears-well-underway

VANITY FAIR
— NAUGHTY WHITE HOUSE CHIEF OF STAFF ADMITS IMMIGRANTS ARE A GOOD THING, U.S. NEEDS MORE OF THEM Mick Mulvaney has gone rogue. Stephen Miller will not be pleased. – BESS LEVIN (DIERSEN: Those who hate Trump hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/mick-mulvaney-immigration-needed

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Increased Voter Turnout Could Benefit Republicans Or Democrats In 2020 – Dhrumil Mehta (DIERSEN: From what I see, those who are members of the following groups are more likely to vote: 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://fivethirtyeight.com/features/increased-voter-turnout-could-benefit-republicans-or-democrats-in-2020/

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— Trump attacks Roger Stone jury for 19 minutes straight at event for prisoners – Oliver Willis (DIERSEN: What percent of those in the Chicago area jury pool 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://americanindependent.com/donald-trump-roger-stone-speech-prison-graduation-ceremony-white-house/

February 17 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Gun reform, flooding and the use of lobbyists are among the top issues being raised by Democrats seeking their party’s nomination for a District 4 seat on the DuPage County Board – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Democrats defend and advance their platform. If any of these candidates win on November 3, 2020, the Democrat Party will force them to do everything that they can a) to 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, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid and b) to drive individuals, organizations, and companies out of DuPage County District 4 that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, draft avoiders, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/firearms-floods-and-lobbyists-top-issues-in-county-board-primary
— Endorsement: Rezin for Republicans in House 14th District
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200215/endorsement-rezin-for-republicans-in-house-14th-district
— FRONT PAGE: Where the sidewalk ends might be far from your Metra station, study finds – Marni Pyke (DIERSEN: A major reason why my wife and I a) bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton in 1978 was that we could walk to the College Avenue train station on sidewalks and b) had 915 Cove Court built in Wheaton in 1984 was that we could walk to the Wheaton train station on sidewalks.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/where-the-sidewalk-ends-might-be-far-from-your-metra-station-study-finds
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PICTURE: How suburban police departments are courting minority recruits – Madhu Krishamurthy (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.dailyherald.com/news/20200217/how-suburban-police-departments-are-courting-minority-recruits

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage citizens of foreign countries to seek asylum in America. Democrats intend to use asylum seekers along with those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time to get rid of Republicans once and for all.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-immigrants-asylum-seekers-rejected-20200217-x7bczl2dqjef3bx4rvhyzxytda-story.html
— Can courts do more to force FOID card violators to give up their guns? Cook and DuPage counties considering how following Tribune report. – STACY ST. CLAIR, CECILIA REYES, ANNIE SWEENEY and SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-foid-revoke-illinois-gun-laws-courts-20200217-k3cjsh5xsfgfpeelzgc6yimkni-story.html

KCTC
— St. Louis police officer who said he was told to ‘tone down your gayness’ reaches $10M settlement, gets promoted – CNN (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government did not tell me to tone down my opposition to their political affiliation discrimination, their reverse discrimination, their age discrimination, and their retaliation. Instead, they took adverse actions against me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.) 
https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/st-louis-police-officer-who-said-he-was-told-to/article_0ab03400-3d7b-5a40-b6d9-c343ec021fc8.html

WGIL
— REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL CANDIDATE ESTHER JOY KING MAKING THE ROUNDS IN 17TH DISTRICT
https://www.wgil.com/2020/02/17/republican-congressional-candidate-making-the-rounds-in-17th-district/

DEPAULIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, non-veteran, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://depauliaonline.com/46501/news/depaul-faculty-diversity-upsets-but-doesnt-shock/

DAILY ILLINI
— Illinois FOID cards violate Second Amendment rights – MATTHEW KRAUTER
https://dailyillini.com/opinions/2020/02/17/foid-cards-violate-second-amendment-rights/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— ICE Arrests Man in Union Station That Illinois Department of Corrections Refuses To Turn Over Voluntarily, Blasts State Sanctuary Policy
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/16/ice-arrests-man-in-union-station-that-illinois-department-of-corrections-refuses-to-turn-over-voluntarily-blasts-state-sanctuary-policy/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS POLITICIANS MOVE TO REQUIRE $1M OF INSURANCE FOR FOID CARD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/illinois-politicians-move-to-require-1m-of-insurance-for-foid-card.html

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— New 1776 Project Aims to Counter ‘Lethal’ Narrative of 1619 Project – Cole Carnick (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats blame you, blame your parents, blame your grandparents, blame your great grandparents, and blame the rest of your ancestors for all the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.) 
https://freebeacon.com/issues/new-1776-project-aims-to-counter-lethal-narrative-of-1619-project/

BREITBART
— ‘I Have White Advantage, Male Advantage, Straight Advantage’ – Woke Archbishop Brands Own Church ‘Racist’ – JACK MONTGOMERY (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, and/or non-poor who demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, and/or non-poor to curry favor with those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, and/or poor?) 
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/02/16/i-have-white-advantage-male-advantage-straight-advantage-woke-archbishop-brands-own-church-institutionally-racist/

TOWNHALL
— Trump World Is Wrong To Criticize Mike Bloomberg On Stop And Frisk – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2020/02/17/trump-world-is-wrong-to-criticize-mike-bloomberg-on-stop-and-frisk-n2561414

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Thrills Daytona 500 Fans and Gives New Meaning to ‘Flyover Country’ – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-morning-briefing-trump-thrills-daytona-500-fans-and-gives-new-meaning-to-flyover-country/

THE HILL
— Sanders hits Bloomberg for trying ‘to buy the presidency’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/483330-sanders-hits-bloomberg-for-trying-to-buy-the-presidency

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN CHICAGO TRIBUNE: Democratic hopefuls now test strength among minority voters – AP (DIERSEN: To get votes from members of the following groups, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs promise to use government to give them preference: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.lowellsun.com/2020/02/16/democratic-hopefuls-now-test-strength-among-minority-voters/

YAHOO NEWS
— Sanders Highlights Jewish Faith in Video: Campaign Update – Emma Kinery (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government used against me the fact that I had been baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran. They also used against me the fact that I was 100% German American, conservative, Republican, White, male, born in 1948, non-poor, a gun owner, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.) 
https://news.yahoo.com/sanders-highlights-jewish-faith-video-022834513.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Black Families Came to Chicago by the Thousands. Why Are They Leaving? There is an exodus of African-Americans from Chicago. – Julie Bosman
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/16/us/black-families-leaving-chicago.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Democrats take aim at Bloomberg on stop-and-frisk, treatment of women – Felicia Sonmez, Robert Costa and Lena H. Sun 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/democrats-take-aim-at-bloomberg-on-stop-and-frisk-treatment-of-women/2020/02/16/453738a2-50d5-11ea-9e47-59804be1dcfb_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, non-veteran, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/diversity-is-the-democrats-strength–and-their-challenge/2020/02/16/abf84ca4-4f70-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Survivors of Church Shootings Run as Gun-Rights Candidates Three men in Texas are seeking public office in March’s Republican primaries – Elizabeth Findell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/survivors-of-church-shootings-run-as-gun-rights-candidates-11581849000
— The Agony of the Democrats Bernie Sanders is riding the intellectual currents that the party and its elites have nurtured. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/agony-of-the-democrats-11581723656
— Bloomberg Buys the Democratic Elite Putting dollar signs in the eyes of activists is not the same as catching fire with the voting public. – Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/bloomberg-buys-the-democratic-elite-11581717660

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— A second term for Trump seems more possible than ever. But what would it look like?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/donald-trump-second-term-predictions.html

FORBES
— 4 Ways Young Adults Can Make And Save Money During College – Robyn D. Shulman (DIERSEN: I worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office while I attended college. That enabled me to graduate debt-free from NIU in 1970 when I 21 years old owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robynshulman/2020/02/16/4-ways-young-adults-can-make-and-save-money-during-college/#605e1e543024
— How To Get Ahead In Your Career – Amy Blaschka (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on destroying everyone around them to get ahead. I would focus on those in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/amyblaschka/2020/02/17/how-to-get-ahead-in-your-career-by-letting-go/#2a5c04181697

BUSINESS WEEKLY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, non-veteran, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.fwbusiness.com/fwbusiness/article_103e5f72-f92e-5df1-93cc-7300320b2c3b.html

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Select Staffing to Pay $199,500 to Settle EEOC Sexual Harassment Suit (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/select-staffing-to-pay-199500-to-settle-eeoc-sexual-harassment-suit

PEOPLE MANAGEMENT
— Age biggest barrier to career progression, survey finds – Maggie Baska (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee who is Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, your career is over if you do not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.peoplemanagement.co.uk/news/articles/age-biggest-barrier-career-progression-survey-finds

YAHOO FINANCE
— The 3 biggest barriers to your dream job are all out of your control – Jessica Yun (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, at least in Illinois, being the following are “barriers:” Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://au.finance.yahoo.com/news/3-job-barriers-linkedin-010725525.html

February 14 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— More choices for U.S. House: Ives, Bansal, Rezin, Miller
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-us-house2-quigley-ives-davis-londrigan-rezin-20200214-hssynnayavdw7k3m3jfhblk6um-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Trump administration to deploy elite Border Patrol agents to sanctuary cities, including Chicago and New York – CAITLIN DICKERSON AND ZOLAN KANNO-YOUNGS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-nyt-elite-border-patrol-agents-sanctuary-cities-20200214-6ky533y57rd4lojo73p725i6me-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-legal-weed-addison-rolling-meadows-20200214-esbbzitaize2xoufaz4hvtqyza-story.html
— Attorney General William Barr’s declaration of independence from Trump – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-barr-trump-stone-mccabe-20200214-xwazrnlup5bzln4kiu2ymonv5q-story.html
— A man with a revoked gun license killed his 18-month-old son in Joliet. Here’s how he and thousands of others slipped through the system. – STACY ST. CLAIR, CECILIA REYES, ANNIE SWEENEY and SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-foid-revocations-henry-pratt-shooting-illinois-gun-laws-20200213-scqbb6tlencwdkv3r4p2ygrxde-story.html
— Amazon plan for Old Chicago site uncertain after longtime Bolingbrook mayor objects. Will e-commerce giant wait him out? – Ryan Ori
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ryan-ori/ct-biz-amazon-warehouse-bolingbrook-mayor-ryan-ori-20200214-gs46mw4qkzhizjzojtz7xu77di-story.html
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls on well-heeled City Club of Chicago audience to help fight poverty: ‘We the people must solve it’ – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: The Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms promote poverty and crime.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lightfoot-chicago-poverty-city-club-20200215-wttabmphffhcjcpk24ezlvvada-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Running for Cook County judge (but not so anyone would know it) The practice of putting up sham candidates, running not to win but to confuse voters to benefit the Democratic Party’s pick, goes back decades in Cook County politics. – John Seasly 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21137832/maureen-oleary-bonnie-mcgrath-cook-county-judge-democratic-party
— Madigan, Pritzker, Burke spent over $3M in campaign money on lawyers last year, and they’re not alone Illinois politicians paid $5.3 million in legal fees out of their political funds in 2019 for reasons including criminal investigations and litigation, records show. – Robert Herguth, Tim Novak, and Lauren FitzPatrick
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21136609/madigan-pritzker-burke-campaign-funds-legal-bills
— ENDORSEMENT: Pat O’Brien for state’s attorney in Cook County Republican primary O’Brien’s long resume and insider’s understanding of the office would make him a credible challenger to Kim Foxx even if Jussie Smollett had never set foot in our town.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/14/21128477/endorsement-patrick-obrien-cook-county-states-attorney-2020-republican-primary-election

DAILY HERALD
— McHenry Township votes to become a gun sanctuary – Nabiha Asim
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/mchenry-township-votes-to-become-a-gun-sanctuary
— Jeffrey Mack: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/jeffrey-mack-candidate-profile
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/recreational-pot-licenses-granted-to-addison-rolling-meadows-shops
— Democratic candidates say they will work with others on DuPage County Board – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/democratic-candidates-say-they-will-work-with-others-on-county-board-
— Kane County candidates differ on bridge toll plan, future pot dispensaries – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200214/kane-county-candidates-differ-on-bridge-toll-plan-future-pot-dispensaries

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New IRS migration numbers confirm flight of Illinois’ wealthy The governor says his “fair tax” is getting a great reception. Tell that to the Illinoisans leaving for Florida, Indiana, Texas and Wisconsin. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/new-irs-migration-numbers-confirm-flight-illinois-wealthy

ABC7
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot looks to housing programs in effort to wipe out poverty – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/mayor-lightfoot-lays-out-plan-to-end-poverty-in-chicago/5932199/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Disgusting, Tragic: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/14/two-more-same-site-dispensaries-approved-for-chicago-suburbs/

WTTW
— 2020 Voter Guide to the Primary Election
https://news.wttw.com/elections/voters-guide/2020

CENTER SQUARE
— Analysis details how Illinois Republicans lost ground in Illinois – Cole Lauterbach (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. Ever-increasingly, Illinois Republican Party (IRP) leaders fail/refuse to defend/advance the IRP platform and the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. Most commonly, they fail/refuse to oppose the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun control, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for complaining about the aforesaid. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/analysis-details-how-illinois-republicans-lost-ground-in-illinois/article_eb389b50-4e83-11ea-919c-235ecf9c7ef7.html

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— New filing: Assertion that Pritzker was never told of racial discrimination in his campaign organization ‘provably false’ – Scott Holland 
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/525075415-new-filing-assertion-that-pritzker-was-never-told-of-racial-discrimination-in-his-campaign-organization-provably-false

GLEN ELLYN LEAGUE OF WOMEN VOTERS
— Candidate Forum: Republican Candidates for Illinois 6th Congressional District
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Wrh10qIw6w&feature=youtu.be

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Defund Planned Parenthood
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/message-of-the-day-a-tee-shirt-241/ 
— IL-06/IL-14: House Votes to Eliminate ERA Ratification Date Restrictions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/il-06-il-14-house-votes-to-eliminate-era-ratification-date-restrictions/ 
— Democratic Party State Rep. Candidate Suzanne Ness (Skillicorn District) Gets Deeper into Mike Madigan’s Debt
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/democratic-party-state-rep-candidate-suzanne-ness-gets-deeper-into-mike-madigans-debt/ 
— U.S. News and World Report Picks Up Jack Franks Sexual Misconduct Story
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/u-s-news-and-world-report-picks-up-jack-franks-sexual-misconduct-story/ 
— Steve Reick Wants Local Control of DCFS Functions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/steve-reick-wants-local-control-of-dcfs-functions/
— Skillicorn Mailing Draws Schofield Response
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/skillicorn-mailing-draws-schofield-response/ 
— Judge Justin Hansen Gets Good Grades from Fellow Lawyers
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/judge-justin-hansen-gets-good-grades-from-fellow-lawyers/ 
— Jack Franks Declares He Has Done No Wrong
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/14/jack-franks-declares-he-has-done-no-wrong/

CAPITOL FAX
— Despite ISP’s post-Aurora shooting efforts, “revoked FOID cardholders who have not accounted for their guns rose 14 percent”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/14/despite-isps-post-aurora-shooting-efforts-revoked-foid-cardholders-who-have-not-accounted-for-their-guns-rose-14-percent/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How would you react to paid political advertisements on GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and on www.gopillinois.com ?
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/14/mike-invests-in-black-american-futures/

AMERICAN THINKER
— It was Obama, not Trump, who weaponized government against political opponents – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/it_was_obama_not_trump_who_weaponized_government_against_political_opponents.html

BREITBART
— Investors’ Report Admits Florida E-Verify Prods Employers to Raise Wages – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2020/02/14/investors-report-admits-florida-e-verify-prods-employers-to-raise-wages/

TOWNHALL
— The Coronavirus and Open Borders – John P. Warren
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnpwarren/2020/02/14/the-coronavirus-and-open-borders-n2561341

FEDERALIST
— Media Will Never Understand The Country So Long As They Keep Hating Trump Voters The mainstream media will spend a lot of effort this year reporting on Trump voters, but very little effort trying to understand or empathize with them. – John Daniel Davidson (DIERSEN: The mainstream media is overwhelmingly anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/14/media-will-never-understand-the-country-so-long-as-they-keep-hating-trump-voters/

PJ MEDIA
— Washington’s War on ‘Sanctuary States’ Intensifies – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/washingtons-war-on-sanctuary-states-intensifies/
— Media Is Complicit in Leftist Violence Against Trump Supporters – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/the-morning-briefing-media-is-complicit-in-leftist-violence-against-trump-supporters/

CANADA FREE PRESS
— Trump Demands Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities – Matthew Vadum
https://canadafreepress.com/article/trump-demands-justice-for-victims-of-sanctuary-cities

HILLSDALE COLLEGIAN
— Disinviting Romney from CPAC sows division among Republicans, Conservatives – Quin Colhour
http://hillsdalecollegian.com/2020/02/disinviting-romney-from-cpac-sows-division-among-republicans-conservatives/

THE HILL
— Support for government accountability shouldn’t be a casualty of impeachment drama – NILMINI RUBIN AND ZACH GRAVES (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the Democrats who have run GAO since 1980. I would focus on how they wasted my GAO career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. I would focus on how they used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budgeting, work assignment policies, performance expectation setting policies, performance appraisal policies, promotion policies, etc. to get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/483147-support-for-government-accountability-shouldnt-be-a-casualty-of-impeachment
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Government Accountability Office (GAO) usually works hard to avoid political controversy. But the agency’s recent legal decision vaulted the nonpartisan agency into the center of impeachment politics. The GAO asserted that the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) violated the law when it withheld millions in funding from the Department of Defense that Congress appropriated for security aid authorized by the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative (USAI). In the wake of the GAO’s legal decision, conservatives should resist the temptation to dismiss the GAO as another creature of the swamp. In fact, Congress’s watchdog is one of taxpayers’ best tools for holding a dysfunctional government accountable while addressing the nation’s long-term governance challenges.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Border Patrol Will Deploy Elite Tactical Agents to Sanctuary Cities Agents from a special tactical team that normally confronts smugglers on the border are being sent to sanctuary cities across the country. – Caitlin Dickerson and Zolan Kanno-Youngs (DIERSEN: Because of this, will the Democrats who run Chicago, Cook County, and Illinois officially declare war on America?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/14/us/Border-Patrol-ICE-Sanctuary-Cities.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump bucks Barr’s request to stop tweeting about Justice Dept., declaring a ‘legal right’ to seek intervention in criminal cases – Matt Zapotosky and John Wagner (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout that if my claims had merit, Republicans George Bush, Dennis Hastert, Peter Fitzgerald, and Henry Hyde would have intervened in Diersen v. GAO. GAO works for Congress. The Democrats who ran GAO wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My critics/opponents stress a) that Bush was President while my lawsuit against GAO was pending, b) that Fitzgerald, was my U.S. Senator while the lawsuit was pending, c) that Bush and Fitzgerald appointed the judge in the lawsuit and the attorney who represented GAO, d) that Hastert was the Speaker of the House while the lawsuit was pending, and e) that Hyde was my U.S. Representative while the lawsuit was pending. My critics/opponents ignore Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois and use the aforesaid to hint/imply/argue/shout that because Republican elected officials did not come to my defense, a) that my claims had no merit and b) that GAO wasted my career and got rid of me because I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things. In my defense, I stress that Bush, Hastert, Fitzgerald, and Hyde did little or nothing a) to defend or advance the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform or b) to show that they opposed patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, or retaliation.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-appears-to-escalate-standoff-with-attorney-general-and-justice-dept-declaring-on-twitter-a-legal-right-to-influence-criminal-cases/2020/02/14/8c152c36-4f2f-11ea-bf44-f5043eb3918a_story.html
— Roger Stone asks for new trial in sealed motion, one day after Trump accused jury forewoman of bias – Spencer S. Hsu and John Wagner (DIERSEN: What percent of the jury pool in Chicago 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.washingtonpost.com/local/legal-issues/roger-stone-asks-for-new-trial-in-sealed-motion-one-day-after-trump-accused-jury-forewoman-of-bias/2020/02/14/1e36e412-4f65-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Bloomberg Edges Ahead in Democratic Presidential Race
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/elections/election_2020/bloomberg_edges_ahead_in_democratic_presidential_race

WINDY CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How soon, if not already, will your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially banish all residents, organizations, companies, governments, etc. that do not promote LGBTQ activity?
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/March-7-fundraiser-set-for-Elgins-first-Pride-Parade-and-Festival/67955.html

LGBTQ NATION
— Donald Trump says he’d vote for a gay candidate like Pete Buttigieg – Alex Bollinger (DIERSEN: Of course, those who promote LGBTQ activity in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world are overjoyed about this. They will use this to get rid of once and for all those who do not promote LGBTQ activity in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, in Illinois, in America, and in the world.)
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/02/donald-trump-says-hed-vote-gay-candidate-like-pete-buttigieg/

February 11 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Jussie Smollett, former ‘Empire’ actor, indicted again in connection with alleged Chicago attack, clerk’s office says – Chuck Goudie and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/jussie-smollett-indicted-again-in-connection-with-alleged-chicago-attack-officials/5921989/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Western Illinois, Colorado State universities to offer cannabis-related degrees starting this fall – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/education/cannabis-degree-2-universities-offering-weed-related-programs-/5921746/

NBC5
— Jussie Smollett Case: ‘Empire’ Actor Indicted in Chicago, Special Prosecutor Says Smollett was charged on Feb. 20, 2019, with 16 counts of disorderly conduct for filing a false report, but in a surprising move, all charges against him were dropped by the Cook County State’s Attorney’s office
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/jussie-smollett-case-empire-actor-indicted-by-special-prosecutor-in-chicago/2217410/

CBS2
— Jussie Smollett Indicted On New Charges Related To Attack Police Called A Hoax – Todd Feurer
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/02/11/jussie-smollett-new-charges-special-prosecutor-dan-webb-cook-county-states-attorney-kim-foxx/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: The newest location to buy Girl Scout cookies in Chicago? Outside a recreational marijuana dispensary. – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-girl-scout-cookies-chicago-dispensary-20200210-5uclbpfjnfgefhwa7u74wtxs6u-story.html
— Actor Jussie Smollett faces new disorderly conduct charges in alleged fake attack – MEGAN CREPEAU and JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-jussie-smollett-charged-again-20200211-4yz44w3y35fghlehlrqd5q74ei-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers want all restrictions on growing, selling, and using pot to be removed.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/ct-re-marijuana-home-values-tt-20200211-5ddqjn3ewrdnnpckgomocetdfq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois primary election candidate endorsements
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/2/11/21126557/endorsements-illinois-primary-election-candidates
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Illinois farmers getting hosed by feds, who are unfairly giving more aid to red states.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/11/21133986/illinois-soybean-farmers-red-state-cotton-aid-usda

DAILY HERALD
— Jeanne Ives: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/jeanne-ives-candidate-profile
— Catalina Lauf: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/catalina-lauf-candidate-profile
— Carl Schultz: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/carl-schultz-candidate-profile
— Lake County Board approves 1-year moratorium on recreational pot permits – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200211/lake-county-board-approves-1-year-moratorium-on-recreational-pot-permits

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How much more reparations will the Democrats and the RINOs force you to pay? From what see, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that the Democrats and the RINOs will force you to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, heterosexual, married, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200211/georgetown-student-will-share-story-of-slave-ancestors-at-uis

NORTHWEST INDIANA TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Man caught smoking Illinois pot in vehicle with infants, Portage police say – Bob Kasarda 
https://www.nwitimes.com/news/local/crime-and-courts/man-caught-smoking-illinois-pot-in-vehicle-with-infants-portage/article_d5ee4a66-e327-5374-8248-4cf269ad88a6.html

WSIL TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Girl Scouts cash in selling cookies outside Chicago dispensary
https://wsiltv.com/2020/02/11/girl-scouts-cash-in-selling-cookies-outside-chicago-dispensary/

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How much more reparations will the Democrats and the RINOs force you to pay? From what see, the more of the following that you are, the more reparations that the Democrats and the RINOs will force you to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, heterosexual, married, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://evanstonroundtable.com/Content/City-News/City-News/Article/Reparations-Subcommittee-Sets-Agenda-to-Present-Recommendations-to-City-Council-on-June-5/15/26/17542

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— IFA Endorsements for the 2020 Primary Election – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/ifa-endorsements-for-the-2020-primary-election/

CAPITOL FAX
— Justice Thomas’ retirement allows the GOP to dodge a bullet and regroup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/11/justice-thomas-retirement-allows-the-gop-to-dodge-a-bullet-and-regroup/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sean Spicer and Reince Priebus return to Trumpworld with posts on White House fellows commission – Rob Crilly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/sean-spicer-and-reince-priebus-return-to-trumpworld-with-posts-on-white-house-fellows-commission

GOPUSA
— Karl Marx Quoted At Oscars — And It’s Not Even Surprising
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84662
— Consequences: De Blasio Furious At Union Leader Who Declared ‘War’ On Him (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have declared war on me. I would focus on past and present leaders of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.) 
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=84657

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Reality Check: There Is No Political Solution To Income Inequality That’s because under the rigged rules of our system, things are working more or less as they are supposed to. – Peter Van Buren (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/reality-check-theres-no-political-solution-to-income-inequality/

BREITBART
— Democrats Hold Hearing on ‘White Supremacy in the Military’ – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/11/watch-live-democrats-hold-hearing-on-white-supremacy-in-the-military/

DAILY CALLER
— 2020 Democrats’ Safety Net Plans Would Lower Wages For US Workers – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/11/democratic-plans-hurt-us-workers-wages/

FEDERALIST
— Once A Curiosity, Trump Rallies Are Now Joyous Celebrations The event felt less like a campaign rally and more like a curiosity. It’s not a curiosity anymore. Monday night’s rally was a celebration, and unlike any any political event I’ve ever experienced. – David Marcus
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/11/once-a-curiosity-trump-rallies-are-now-joyous-celebrations/

TOWNHALL
— While Democrats Think This Bill Will Increase Illegal Immigration, The Opposite Will Happen – John R. Lott, Jr.
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnrlottjr/2020/02/11/while-democrats-think-this-bill-will-increase-illegal-immigration-it-will-do-the-opposite-n2561126

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Illegal Immigration Costs Americans Hundreds Of Billions Of Dollars Every Year
https://www.oann.com/illegal-immigration-costs-americans-hundreds-of-billions-of-dollars-every-year/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump: “The Democrat Party Wants To Run Your Health Care, But They Can’t Even Run A Caucus In Iowa” – Ian Schwartz
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2020/02/10/trump_the_democrat_party_wants_to_run_your_health_care_but_they_cant_even_run_a_caucus_in_iowa.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Jussie Smollett Indicted by Special Prosecutor over Alleged Hate Crime Hoax – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/jussie-smollett-indicted-by-special-prosecutor-over-alleged-hate-crime-hoax/
— On Primary Eve, Bernie Sanders Draws a Huge Crowd — with Help from The Strokes
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/on-primary-eve-bernie-sanders-draws-a-huge-crowd-with-help-from-the-strokes/

THE HILL
— 60 percent of Americans have seen or been victim of discrimination at work – Anagha Srikanth (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, heterosexual, married, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://thehill.com/changing-america/respect/diversity-inclusion/482491-most-americans-have-seen-or-been-victim-to

REUTERS
— Trump and Bloomberg call each other racist as 2020 election fight heats up – Jason Lange (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, those who are called racists should sue those who call them racists.) 
https://www.reuters.com/article/usa-election-trump-bloomberg/trump-and-bloomberg-call-each-other-racist-as-2020-election-fight-heats-up-idUSL1N2AB0OJ

NEW YORK TIMES
— Jussie Smollett Is Indicted Again on Charges of Staging a Hate Crime The new charges were announced by a special prosecutor, Dan K. Webb, who was assigned to the case after a judge ruled that the local prosecutor had not properly handled it the first time. – Julia Jacobs
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/11/arts/television/jussie-smollett-indicted-chicago.html

WWL
— AARP finds age discrimination in want ads (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers post signs that say that members of the following groups are NOT WELCOME: older people, Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, heterosexual, married, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://wwl.radio.com/articles/aarp-finds-age-discrimination-in-want-ads

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Fires Defense Official for Refusing to Break the Law on His Behalf.”
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/02/trump-fires-defense-official-refusing-to-break-law-elaine-mccusker.html

JD SUPRA
— Zero Tolerance for Zero Tolerance Marijuana Policies? (DIERSEN: Pot pushers want all restrictions on growing, selling, and using pot to be removed.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/zero-tolerance-for-zero-tolerance-39965/

FED WEEK
— White House States Rationale for Proposed Benefit Cuts (DIERSEN: Rather than cut federal employee benefits, why not raise private sector employee benefits?) 
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/white-house-states-rationale-for-proposed-benefit-cuts/

FED SMITH
— Cutting Federal Benefits to Align With Private Sector – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: Rather than cut federal employee benefits, why not raise private sector employee benefits?) 
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/02/11/cutting-federal-benefits-align-private-sector/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 39% of Republicans Want to Expel Romney from GOP; 18% Undecided (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) members who would vote to expel me from the MTRO. They blame me for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems. They blame me for all losses that Republicans have suffered in Illinois since 2000.) 
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2020/39_of_republicans_want_to_expel_romney_from_gop_18_undecided

February 10 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: The newest location to buy Girl Scout cookies in Chicago? Outside of a recreational marijuana dispensary. – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-girl-scout-cookies-chicago-dispensary-20200210-5uclbpfjnfgefhwa7u74wtxs6u-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: State’s stoners help set pace for near-record pot sales – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-illinois-marijuana-sales-st-0211-20200210-girfk4ledngtxigjjtpcgeffme-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Former Bears kicker Thomas to retire from state Supreme Court, sparking GOP worries of turnover Thomas, elected to the Supreme Court’s Second District seat in 2000, will step down from the court on Feb. 29. He was a placekicker for the Chicago Bears for nine full seasons, and remains the team’s fourth-leading scorer. – Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/2/10/21131841/illinois-supreme-court-bob-thomas-retirement-chicago-bears-placekicker-judge
— State rep says rival candidate ‘put up’ by Ed Burke — she calls that ‘offensive’ Alicia Elena Martinez interned in Ald. Ed Burke’s 14th Ward office and helped Burke’s re-election campaign last year. And now she’s trying to win the state House seat held by state Rep. Aaron Ortiz, who ousted Burke’s brother two years ago. – Rachel Hinton 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/10/21132094/burke-ortiz-martinez-illinois-house-ward-committeeperson

DAILY HERALD
— Fundraising filings show different strategies in 6th Congressional District – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: How did you gain your knowledge about how the federal government operates? I worked for GAO as an Analyst for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year. I worked on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years, on audits of IRS for 3 years, and on audits of many other federal agencies, including Railroad Retirement Board, Department of Defense, U.S. Postal Service, Environmental Protection Agency, Department of Energy, Department of Transportation, Immigration and Naturalization Service, General Service Administration, Federal Highway Administration, Department of Labor, Federal Aviation Administration, Veteran Administration, Department of Housing and Urban Development, and Department of Health and Human Services, for almost 6 years. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. I worked for the Post Office as a part time carrier/clerk for almost 3 years at the GS-4 Step 1-3 levels, currently $16.64-$17.75/hour. I learned a lot about federal court procedures as an active member in a class action lawsuit and as the plaintiff in two lawsuits. I learned a lot about arbitration procedures as a grievant four grievances and as a Financial Regulatory Authority arbitrator since 1998). 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200210/fundraising-filings-show-different-strategies-in-6th-congressional-district
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Kinzler’s campaign employs two paid staff members. His team also is made up of “a bunch of loyal volunteers,” including a “kitchen cabinet” of 20 people handling duties such as campaign literature and high school outreach. He said this approach represents his view that politics shouldn’t be a long-term gig. “I believe that representing the people isn’t a career, it’s more of part-time honor that you do for a couple years,” Kinzler said. Ives said her campaign includes eight paid staff members and is “blessed to have over 300 self-identified volunteers.” She is involved in day-to-day decisions about data collection, fundraising, communications and strategy.)
— DuPage County District 5 Forest Preserve hopefuls (Wehrli and Schultz) talk about their differences – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200210/dupage-forest-preserve-hopefuls-talk-about-their-differences

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-conservatives want you to wear protest hairstyles.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/crown-act-proponents-hope-hair-love-gives-anti-hair-discrimination-legislation-momentum/5919070/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: WIU will offer cannabis minor.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/WIU-will-offer-cannabis-minor-15045112.php

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois poised to lose Shimkus seat after census
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/illinois-poised-to-lose-shimkus-seat-after-census/article_54601b5a-4b94-11ea-bcd6-6fc4bbf5b160.html

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— First Chief judge from DuPage County Bob Thomas announces retirement
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/first-chief-judge-from-dupage-county-announces-retirement

EVANSTON NOW
— Reparations panel hopes to finish work by June – Bill Smith (DIERSEN: Do those who run your municipal district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois want you to pay reparations, and if so, how much?)
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/equity/2020-02-10/84163/reparations-panel-hopes-to-finish-work-by-june

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Girl Scout Troop Selling Cookies Outside North Side Weed Dispensary – Joe Ward
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/02/10/girl-scout-troop-sets-up-outside-andersonvilles-dispensary33-selling-cookies-to-pot-customers/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Sue Rezin Releases First TV Commercial
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/10/il-14-sue-rezin-releases-first-tv-commercial/ 
— IL-14: Ted Gradel Releases New Video on Both Springfield & Washington Not Working
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/10/il-14-ted-gradel-releases-new-video-on-both-springfield-washington-not-working/ 
— Rep. Dan Ugaste Concentrating Agenda on Property Tax Relief
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/10/rep-dan-ugaste-concentrating-agenda-on-property-tax-relief/

CAPITOL FAX
— Supreme Court Justice Bob Thomas to retire and join law firm that represented him in defamation case
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/10/supreme-court-justice-bob-thomas-to-retire-and-join-law-firm-that-represented-him-in-defamation-case/
— Rep. Bailey says the quiet part out loud: Illinois separation is “not gonna happen”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/10/rep-bailey-says-the-quiet-part-out-loud-illinois-separation-is-not-gonna-happen/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Coming to America for a bigger house – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, immigrants vote for Democrats. Ever-increasingly, to get more and more and more citizens of foreign countries who are minority, female, and/or younger to immigrate to America, Democrats promise to give them more and more and more preference over citizens of America.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/10/coming-america-bigger-house/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Classical architecture is now racist because Trump – Madeline Fry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/classical-architecture-is-now-racist-because-of-trump

CNS NEWS
— Bernie Sanders: ‘We Have a Racist Society From Top to Bottom’; Warren: ‘We Need…Race-Conscious Laws’ – Susan Jones (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had been a minority or a female, discrimination against minorities and discrimination against females would have stopped me from earning a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile withdrew a job offer that I had accepted saying it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/national/susan-jones/bernie-sanders-we-have-racist-society-top-bottom-warren-we-needrace

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Klobuchar: Supporters of President Trump fail a ‘patriotism check’ – Frieda Powers (DIERSEN: According to Trump-haters, to be patriotic is to be: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/02/10/klobuchar-supporters-of-president-trump-fail-a-patriotism-check-885445

THE HILL
— Inclusion 101: The whiteness of higher education – LOURDES TORRES (DIERSEN: Will higher education follow GAO’s lead and get rid of those who are White, male, and/or older?) 
https://thehill.com/opinion/education/482355-inclusion-101-the-whiteness-of-higher-education

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal employee retirement benefits would be cut under Trump’s budget – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always wanted my Civil Service Retirement System pension and my Social Security to be cut.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-employee-retirement-benefits-would-be-cut-under-trumps-budget/2020/02/10/879ec19e-4c2d-11ea-9b5c-eac5b16dafaa_story.html

February 7 Morning Edition

ABC7
— After Iowa caucus results debacle, should Illinois primary be first presidential test in the nation? – Sarah Schulte (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois residents vote for candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://abc7chicago.com/5906809/

NBC5
— Bill Clinton Expressed Remorse, Donald Trump Celebrates Impeachment Win Two very different reactions to acquittal from the only modern-day presidents to face down Senate impeachment trials – Noreen O’Donnell
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/bill-clinton-expressed-remorse-donald-trump-celebrates-impeachment-win/2214369/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say: “Trump Repeats Falsehoods in Celebrating Acquittal. The president twisted the facts on the Russia investigation.”
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/fact-check-trump-repeats-falsehoods-in-celebrating-acquittal/2214835/
— Trump Celebrates Acquittal, Rails Against ‘Leakers and Liars’ Trump vented about his grievances against the impeachment process and reveled in the verdict delivered by the GOP-controlled Senate – Jonathan Lemire, Zeke Miller and Jill Colvin 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/trump-shows-off-impeachment-acquittal-headlines-at-national-prayer-breakfast/2214204/

WGN TV
— GOP presidential candidate Joe Walsh drops out of race – CNN
https://wgntv.com/2020/02/07/gop-presidential-candidate-joe-walsh-drops-out-of-race/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot gets unlikely assist with potential end-run around City Council on aldermanic prerogative DuPage County Republican State Rep. Deanne Mazzochi has introduced a bill to end the unwritten rule at the heart of so many aldermanic indictments over the years. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/2/6/21127063/aldermanic-prerogative-chicago-city-council-zoning-wards-deanne-mazzochi-lightfoot
— In New Hampshire, Buttigieg, Sanders try to cash in on strong Iowa performance Buttigieg: “New Hampshire is not the kind of place to let Iowa or anybody else tell you what to do.” – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/6/21127196/bernie-sanders-pete-buttigieg-new-hampshire-primary-strong-iowa-caucus-performance
— President’s Chicago tax appeal on Trump Tower is under investigation State inspector general, Pritzker administration are looking into allegation a Republican state agency head pressured staff to slash the $2.5M property taxes Donald Trump paid in 2012 to $1M. – Tim Novak (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the tax appeals that I filed on 915 Cove Court in Wheaton. Those who opposed my appeals had tremendous religious, government, political, and financial clout in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.) 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/7/21126855/donald-trump-tower-chicago-property-tax-appeal-investigation

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump crows on the hill of Schiff, and Democrats who can’t stop Bernie Sanders feel their heads exploding – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-donald-trump-crows-over-impeachment-kass-20200207-5t5j2ywrefeolnazvrdbefw4r4-story.html
— How Trump wins again – DAVID BROOKS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-david-brooks-trump-democrats-20200207-iow7nzzf4zbr3mworui67hipz4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-speech-iowa-democrats-caucus-impeach-week-in-review-huppke-20200207-jmzfmhbbqfa6bid3m6vwfaon7e-story.html
— Court monitor says anti-patronage efforts hampered by Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s ‘unproductive’ restrictions on communications with state agencies – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who promote patronage. They want only those who they can manipulate/dominate to be hired, retained, and promoted.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-patronage-report-20200207-kzcggbe3j5ah7gm4ka5junorjy-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, you should not go anywhere near where pot is sold or used.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-business-development-near-dispensaries-20200207-wtjluoq7yzg5hofurarm4ogq6m-story.html
— So the Chicago Auto Show is here, but how are cars doing? Do young people care about them? – ALLISON STEWART (DIERSEN: The cars that you own and that have owned say more about you than anything that you can say about yourself.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/autos/chicago-auto-show/ct-ott-chicago-auto-show-mustang-millennial-drivers-0207-20200206-ibtnrynjqrdjpcgzqb3knltsfa-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURES IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: More than 80 people gather in downtown Naperville to protest Senate’s failure to convict Trump in impeachment trial – ALICIA FABBRE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-reject-the-coverup-rally-naperville-st-0207-20200206-eiuu523p5bdeph5vzcc4ronp24-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, that is, race based preference giving, to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200206/mlks-daughter-calls-for-dismantling-disrupting-systemic-racism
— FRONT PAGE: Could carrying lifesaving drug cost first responders their life insurance? – Charles Keeshan and Susan Sarkauskas (DIERSEN: One could argue that the more things that you do to harm your health, like smoking pot, the higher the insurance premiums that you should pay.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200207/could-carrying-lifesaving-drug-cost-first-responders-their-life-insurance

WGN RADIO
— Should Illinois hold the first presidential primary? – PETER ZIMMERMAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois residents vote for candidates who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wgnradio.com/2020/02/06/should-illinois-hold-the-first-presidential-primary/

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Election time approaching state quickly – Editorial (DIERSEN: Early voting started yesterday, Thursday, February 6, 2020. Does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain know a) which offices are on the ballot for your precinct, b) who the Republican candidates are, and c) what referendums, if any, are on the ballot? How much does your Republican Committeeman/Captain know about each of the candidates and any referendums on the ballot? Have your Republican county/township/ward organizations provided your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain with candidates’ campaign literature and yard signs, envelopes, address labels, walk sheets, sample ballots, sample precinct letters, etc.?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/Editorial-Election-time-approaching-state-quickly-15037440.php
— Early voting begins in Madison County. Here’s what you need to know. – Scott Cousins (DIERSEN: Did anyone challenge Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente’s filing?)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Early-voting-for-March-17-primary-starts-15036381.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the Republican primary, Donald J. Trump and Roque “Rocky” De La Fuente are seeking the presidential nomination.)

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Southern Illinois could lose another congressman. Will rural voices still matter? – KELSEY LANDIS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats do everything that they can to drive out of Illinois those individuals, organizations, and companies that 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.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article239918233.html

HERALD NEWS
— Illinois state GOP leadership endorses Fricilone over Holocaust denier – ALEX ORTIZE
https://www.theherald-news.com/2020/02/06/illinois-state-gop-leadership-endorses-fricilone-over-holocaust-denier/a19t2a0/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Factory farms provide abundant food, but environment suffers (DIERSEN: I remember summer days during the 1950s when my grandfather and I walked through the fields of his farm in Grant Park pulling out weeds by hand.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/factory-farms-provide-abundant-food-but-environment-suffers/article_736bcb53-6fc3-548f-9280-8d68c0bf0aea.html

SOUTHERN
— Is bankruptcy the best option for Illinois? – Brett Rowland
https://thesouthern.com/opinion/columnists/opinion-brett-rowland-is-bankruptcy-the-best-option-for-illinois/article_e4a9e68f-863b-5c49-9c69-25ed73ad7123.html

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois Municipal League sees barrier to local government consolidation being job protection – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: GAO shrank all during the almost 18 years that I worked for it 1980-1997. The Democrats who ran GAO did everything that they could to protect the jobs of GAO employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran who they had promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. That, of course, because I am Republican, White, male, non-veteran, and forced to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO as a GS-9 Step 10 in 1980 when I was 31 years old, resulted in their wasting my career and getting rid of me.) 
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-municipal-league-sees-barrier-to-local-government-consolidation-being/video_1a165f74-e0ce-59c8-ae0f-c6a04a5fc613.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Giving Students Options Other Than 4 Year Colleges – SEAN CRAWFORD (DIERSEN: When you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material.” I was not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I just barely made into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease ).)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/statewide-giving-students-options-other-4-year-colleges-lowdown-coyotes#stream/0

KHQA
— Policing a “Legal High” in The Land of Lincoln – David Amelotti (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Why do people want to “get high?” ANSWER: They want to escape reality. Needless-to-say, no one who uses drugs to escape reality should be allowed to seek or hold any kind of government or political office.) 
https://khqa.com/news/local/policing-a-legal-high-in-the-land-of-lincoln

WCIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The higher the office that you seek, the more likely that your critics/opponents will throw negatives at you. 
https://www.wcia.com/news/congressional-candidates-wife-retracts-domestic-violence-report-made-to-police-in-2001/

MEDILL REPORTS
— CHICAGO YOUTH UNEMPLOYMENT HITS AFRICAN AMERICANS HARDEST, DRIVING POPULATION DECLINES – Alison Saldanha (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/chicago-youth-unemployment-hits-african-americans-hardest-driving-population-declines/#new_tab

CENTER SQUARE
— Biased political maps breed Illinois corruption – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: Who has the most political clout in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, and in your county? You can tell by the demographics of who is favored and who is disfavored. I am disfavored by clout-holders 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.thecentersquare.com/illinois/op-ed-biased-political-maps-breed-illinois-corruption/article_ce79bfe4-48f7-11ea-9584-472799673ae2.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: At the state level, former Democratic state Sen. Martin Sandoval first took his seat in Springfield thanks to the remap following the 2000 census and Madigan’s political clout. The speaker was seeking support from Hispanic political leaders for his daughter’s run for Illinois attorney general, so he ensured Sandoval faced no opponents in the 2002 Democratic primary for the newly drawn 12th Senate district on Chicago’s Southwest Side.)

WIRE POINTS
— Yes, the rich are fleeing Illinois and they’re taking billions with them – Mark Glennon and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/yes-the-rich-are-fleeing-illinois-and-theyre-taking-billions-with-them/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Joe Walsh Folds His Presidential Challenge to Donald Trump
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/joe-walsh-folds-his-presidential-challenge-to-donald-trump/ 
— The New Law Allowing High School Students Two Hours Off to Vote – Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/the-new-law-allowing-high-school-students-two-hours-off-to-vote/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COMING SOON: EMOJI DEPICTING GENDER-NEUTRAL SANTA, TRANSGENDER FLAG
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/02/coming-soon-emoji-depicting-gender-neutral-santa-transgender-flag.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump decries ‘evil’ impeachment drive, relishes acquittal Takes White House victory lap in front of GOP allies, Cabinet – Dave Boyer and Tom Howell Jr. 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/6/donald-trump-decries-evil-impeachment-drive-relish/
— Donald Trump Jr: Pelosi praying for president as likely as Satan quoting scripture – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/6/donald-trump-jr-pelosi-praying-president-likely-sa/

AMERICAN THINKER
— House Democrats work to open America’s doors to criminal foreigners – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/house_democrats_work_to_open_americas_doors_to_criminal_foreigners.html

BREITBART
— Iowa Caucus: Bernie Sanders Wins Nearly All Non-English Speaking Immigrant Voters – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: No one should be eligible to vote in America unless they are a citizen who speaks, reads, and writes English. What do you say to Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who shout that illegals are conservative capitalists?) 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/06/bernie-sanders-won-nearly-all-non-english-speaking-immigrants/
— Democrats Block Motion to Ban Illegal Aliens from Working with Labor Unions – SEAN MORAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/02/06/republicans-force-vote-to-ban-illegal-from-working-with-labor-unions/

CNS NEWS
— Trump: I Don’t Like ‘People Who Say I Pray for You When They Know That That’s Not So’ – Melanie Arter (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who make it very clear by their words and/or by their actions that they want GOD TO SEND ME STRAIGHT TO HELL. I would focus on those a) who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, b) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout, and c) who 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, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/trump-i-dont-people-who-say-i-pray-you-when-they-know-thats-not-so

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Nancy Pelosi continues her temper tantrum, the President fights back – Jacquie Kubin
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/nancy-pelosi-continues-her-temper-tantrum-the-president-fights-back-126928/

DAILY CALLER
— New Trump Budget Includes First Ever Chapter Defining Government Waste, Targets Programs To Eliminate Entirely – CHRISTIAN DATOC AND HENRY RODGERS (DIERSEN: The Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 wasted my career. The Democrats who ran IRS 1971-1980 wasted my career. The Democrats who ran the Post Office 1966-1969 wasted my career. RINO activists, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO major donors, and RINO political consultants have wasted my knowledge of GAO, IRS, and the Post Office since 1997.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/06/exclusive-new-white-house-budget-chapter-eliminate-government-waste/

FEDERALIST
— What Today’s Insanely Left Democratic Party Is Doing With Virginia Will Scare You Virginia Democrats mistake their legislative control as a mandate for extreme liberal social re-engineering — and it shows where the rest of the party is headed. – Ashley Bateman
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/07/what-todays-insanely-left-democratic-party-is-doing-with-virginia-will-scare-you/

NEWS BUSTERS
— They LOVE Mitt Now, But HATED His Guts In 2012 – Geoffrey Dickens
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/geoffrey-dickens/2020/02/06/they-love-mitt-now-hated-his-guts-2012

THE HILL
— Warren takes ‘full responsibility’ over report of women of color leaving campaign – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: To stop Democrat women of color from leaving, my Democrat superiors in the federal government a) gave them tremendous preference and b) wasted the careers of and got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/481964-warren-takes-full-responsibility-over-report-of-women-of-color-leaving

POLITICO
— ‘White male privilege’: Top N.H. women fume over Buttigieg’s Iowa speech Mayor Pete’s early declaration of victory put him in hot water with some Democrats in the first-in-the-nation primary state. – TRENT SPINER
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/02/06/buttigieg-iowa-new-hampshire-women-111746
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In their view, the 38-year-old mayor’s unexpected assertion — a calculated political statement delivered without any accompanying evidence at the time — smacked of “white male privilege,” “hubris” and a lack of equanimity that a female candidate would be criticized for.)

CNN
— Joe Walsh ends Republican primary challenge against Trump – Veronica Stracqualursi
https://www.cnn.com/2020/02/07/politics/joe-walsh-ends-campaign/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Lashes Out at Impeachment Foes and Pelosi Hits Back The president denounced the “corrupt people” who pushed for his impeachment. Speaker Nancy Pelosi said the president seemed “a little sedated” during his State of the Union address. – Peter Baker
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/us/politics/trump-prayer-impeachment.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, all those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that encourage illegal immigration should be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/07/opinion/international-world/mexico-migrants.html
— Mike Bloomberg: Fixing Inequality Is My Priority Right now, the rewards of the economy are far too concentrated at the top. – Michael R. Bloomberg (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, according to Democrats, the following people unfairly have too much money: those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/opinion/mike-bloomberg-tax-2020.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Sorry, liberals, you can’t claim Mitt now when you hated him then – SCOTT JENNINGS
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-02-06/mitt-romney-donald-trump

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Playing with fire: A theater company’s floated idea to see a play — charging whites higher ticket prices — is asking for trouble – Editorial (DIERSEN: Few, if any of my nasty vicious self-righteous pompous arrogant bombastic pandering White male critics/opponents, their operatives, or their dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, or DuPage County who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have paid the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, or Inclusion. They have lived a “sheltered life.” Few, if any of them have ever worked for hardcore Democrats, worked with hardcore Democrats, or supervised hardcore Democrats like I did 1964-1997. Because of the aforesaid, they fail/refuse to understand/acknowledge that hardcore Democrats use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid to destroy Republicans, and especially to destroy 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.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-edit-the-plays-the-thing-20200207-lsg2r7wbzzb5bfif3skmabyayy-story.html

USA TODAY
— Journalists hold the powerful accountable. In words and deeds. – Nicole Carroll (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the powerful who have worked the hardest to destroy me.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/07/state-union-fact-check-accountable-truth-journalism/4674214002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Primary Homes: Where Five Democratic Frontrunners Head After the Campaign Trail An overview of the real-estate portfolios of Pete Buttigieg, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Joe Biden and Michael Bloomberg – Katherine Clarke
https://www.wsj.com/articles/primary-homes-where-five-democratic-frontrunners-head-after-the-campaign-trail-11581015939

BLOOMBERG
— This Is What It Takes to Be in the 1% Around the World From Brazil to India, a breakdown of the richest of the rich.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2020-02-07/how-to-be-in-the-richest-1-around-the-world

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— House Republicans Unveil Plan to Boost Merit Pay and Slash Pensions Proposals would help rein in a “swamp monster” of a runaway bureaucracy, lawmakers say. – ERIC KATZ (DIERSEN: The Democrats who run the federal government use the subjectivity in merit pay a) to retain and promote their employees who are Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they did not promote to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2020/02/house-republicans-unveil-plan-boost-merit-pay-and-slash-pensions/162948/

(FROM THE ARTICLE: group consisting of three-quarters of House Republicans on Thursday released a new blueprint to overhaul the civil service, calling for easier firing, more merit-based bonuses and cuts to automatic pay raises. The Republican Study Committee and its 146 members praised the federal workforce overall, but said in its Government Efficiency, Accountability and Reform Task Force report that civil servants’ overall compensation is too high. The report repeated a long-running complaint that good applicants are too hard to hire and bad workers are too hard to fire, suggesting that some feds are intentionally undermining the Trump administration. At an event at the Capitol to unveil the reform plan, which featured several members of the committee as well as a man in a “swamp monster” costume, lawmakers said it would serve as a “playbook” for legislative changes once Republicans retake control of Congress.)

February 6 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Early voting starts today, Thursday, February 6, 2020. Does your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain know a) which offices will be on the ballot for your precinct, b) who the Republican candidates are, and c) what referendums, if any, are on the ballot? How much does your Republican Committeeman/Captain know about each of the candidates and any referendums on the Ballot? Has your Republican county/township/ward organizations provided your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain with candidates’ campaign literature and yard signs, envelopes, address labels, walk sheets, sample ballots, sample precinct letters, etc.? Who has declared their candidacy to serve as officers of your Republican county/township/ward organizations? – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The March 17, 2020 sample Republican primary ballot for your precinct is available. 
https://dupageco.org/VoterLookup/

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— EARLY VOTING FOR MARCH PRIMARY STARTS FEB. 6 IN KANE COUNTY
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2020/02/early-voting-for-march-primary-starts-feb-6-in-kane-county/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump impeachment backfires on Democrats, and Nancy Pelosi has a meltdown – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-donald-trump-impeachment-backfires-kass-20200206-5x55vtyihvbr3byvudg5cmai5y-story.html
— Groups protest Trump’s acquittal at Chicago’s Federal Plaza – MORGAN GREENE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-trump-acquittal-protest-chicago-20200206-ldmmdtsgrrdipbgpxaftfug6jm-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Representatives of groups including Common Cause, Arab American Family Services and the Illinois Coalition for Immigrant and Refugee Rights shared their dismay at the acquittal and the administration’s policies, and urged the crowd to focus on next steps. Among the speakers was ACLU of Illinois communications director Ed Yohnka.)
— Meijer opposition could block proposed site for Aurora marijuana dispensary on Route 59 – STEVE LORD and SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-0204-20200203-b363udllzrfr3maacgiuzecj6u-story.html
— CPS inspector general says Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot asked him to resign – Hannah Leone (DIERSEN: If I had taped what my Democrat GAO superiors said to me to force me to take their early retirement “offer,” I would have won Diersen v. GAO.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-public-schools-inspector-general-mayor-lori-lightfoot-20200205-4tx4h5enfbax3pjo43x4geb3fq-story.html
— Chicago firefighters protest promotion exam ‘debacle’: ‘We just want a fair shake’ – PETER NICKEAS (DIERSEN: Passing the CPA examination used to be required to get promoted at IRS and GAO, but that was dropped because it frustrated meeting Affirmative Action quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-chicago-firefighters-exam-protest-20200205-g6nrgmfijzg5hjmzjurpfuxz3a-story.html
— After the Iowa caucuses disaster, let’s bring back the smoke-filled room – Steve Chapman
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/steve-chapman/ct-column-iowa-caucuses-sanders-chapman-20200205-fs5pnqu6ejethoxykugi3fza4y-story.html
— Snubbing handshakes, as Trump did with Pelosi at State of the Union, more common as norms fall away – Jessica Villagomez (DIERSEN: Do you refuse to shake the hands of those who focus on destroying you? Should I refuse to shake the hands of those who focus on destroying me? I should write a book about those who focus on destroying me. Maybe I should sue them. Better yet, I should destroy them.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-hand-shaking-trump-pelosi-manners-20200205-xxugqxmekbayxfj7facvhhr3t4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against not only Trump, but against those who share his demographics including: Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-nancy-pelosi-rips-up-trump-speech-0205-20200205-razrddg2affbfapil2phe6u7ie-story.html
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to those who facilitate, that is, who encourage drug abuse?
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-heroin-safe-injection-site-20200206-fhcny545vzapxgblfqocobijzi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs demonize, denigrate, and condemn the traditional family.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/5/21125206/the-america-of-trumps-big-speech-sounds-good-but-its-a-deeply-incomplete-picture
— Fact-check: Ives a few months off in her claim about Casten’s call for Trump’s impeachment Casten did not announce his support for launching an impeachment inquiry until two months after Mueller’s report was made public. And, even then, he did not say he would vote yes on articles of impeachment until December. – BGA (DIERSEN: QUESTION: What qualifications do I have to be a fact checker? ANSWER: While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, the last 11 years of which at GS-13 Step 1-10 levels, currently $101,176-$131,532/year, I increasingly worked as a referencer, that is, as a fact checker. That work required assuring the accuracy and support for each and every word, number, table, graph, chart, conclusion, opinion, and recommendation in GAO reports. I worked for IRS 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year. My other fact checking qualifications include my becoming a Forensic Accountant in 1997, Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, licensed CPA in 1981, Certified Internal Auditor in 1981, and CPA in 1979.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/6/21125315/fact-check-ives-wrong-casten-trumps-impeachment-politifact

HERALD & REVIEW
— Macon County GOP chairman: Impeachment ‘a sham’ – Analisa Trofimuk
https://herald-review.com/macon-county-gop-chairman-impeachment-a-sham/article_df223602-73e3-53b3-ac70-2d7d69773d3f.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois should lead off presidential primaries – Editorial (DIERSEN: Pritzker argues that Illinois is “diverse.” I disagree. Based on how Illinois’ citizens have voted, Illinois is overwhelmingly anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20200205/editorial-illinois-should-lead-off-presidential-primaries

FOX ILLINOIS
— Democrats face setbacks as Trump celebrates victories in pivotal week of 2020 race – Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/democrats-face-setbacks-as-trump-celebrates-victories-in-pivotal-week-of-2020-race

NPR ILLINOIS
— Stories Of The Enslaved In Illinois – TARA MCCLELLAN MCANDREW (DIERSEN: When did your ancestors come to Illinois? Mine came to Chicago in 1844. Sooner or later, if not already, the longer that your ancestors have been in Illinois, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will demand that you pay more reparations, that is, that you pay more of the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion. Further, the more of the following that you are, that more reparations that they will demand you to pay: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, and draft avoider.) 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/stories-enslaved-illinois#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Contrary to what we’ve been told and taught, Illinois was not a free state. Slavery and indentured servitude —slavery by another name — were legal here from the early 1700s until 1863. Blacks (and Native Americans early on) were bought, sold, auctioned, kidnapped, indentured, punished, controlled, gifted and taxed as property in the Land of Lincoln.)

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred of law enforcement.
https://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/kidnapped-by-ice-deportation/Content?oid=77553954

POSITIVELY NAPERVILLE
— Naperville’s Pulse in Springfield – Another Task Force, Another Failure – Grant Wehrli
https://www.positivelynaperville.com/2020/02/05/napervilles-pulse-in-springfield-another-task-force-another-failure/109987

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— Town Hall – impact of legalization of recreational marijuana – Gina Jones
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/calendar/event/20200212/765101/town-hall-impact-of-legalization-of-recreational-marijuana

NORTHBROOK PATCH
— Business Roundtable: Cannabis in the Workplace – Northbrook Chamber of Commerce’s avatar (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who uses pot. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who were heavy drinkers. They favored their subordinates who drank with them and used Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, and up-or-out to destroy those like me who failed/refused to drink with them.) 
https://patch.com/illinois/northbrook/calendar/event/20200212/763163/business-roundtable-cannabis-in-the-workplace

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— The Boorish Women of the Democratic Party – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/the-boorish-women-of-the-democratic-party/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Mark Levin: Pelosi’s speech shredding displays Dems’ mutation into ‘Hate America First Party’ – Douglas Ernst 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/5/mark-levin-pelosis-speech-shredding-displays-dems-/

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/06/illinois-roll-out-ranked-second-per-capital-in-the-nation/

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FOX NEWS
— Can Mitt Romney actually be expelled from the Republican Party? – Tyler Olson (DIERSEN: In Illinois, the more planks in the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) platform that you support, the more likely that Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, and RINO party leaders will expel you.) 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/can-mitt-romney-actually-be-expelled-from-the-republican-party
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The U.S. political system may be run by two major parties, but compared with other countries, those parties have very little control over the positions espoused and votes cast by their members. The Republican National Committee has nothing in its rules about expelling an individual member from the party. In fact, while it is active as a campaign arm of the GOP and provides guidance to state parties and individual members on the general direction of the party, the RNC typically only has full control over the national party convention it hosts every four years. Most of its rules have to do with filling various party offices, delegate selection for the national convention and the procedure by which its convention runs. The only rule the RNC has regarding support for individual candidates bans it from supporting candidates in contested primaries and stipulates that someone running for another party’s nomination cannot be recognized as the GOP nominee. The Utah Republican Party does have a provision for expelling candidates from party membership, but it would not apply to Romney. A rule in the Utah GOP’s by-laws mandates that candidates running for office as a Republican have to sign an agreement saying they support the state party’s platform with a list of any platform stances they disagree with. Candidates who do not sign the agreement “will automatically forfeit their Party membership two days following the State designated candidate filing-period deadline.”)

GOPUSA
— Nancy hates all MAGA Americans, not just Donald Trump (DIERSEN: Who in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your municipal district demonstrates their hatred against Trump and against his supporters the most?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=84272
— Acquitted for Life: Democrats left in impeachment rubble as Trump’s approval ratings rise
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=84255
— Media blame Iowa caucus fiasco on state’s ‘whiteness’; Trump shines in State of the Union
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=84208
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot calls President Trump’s State of the Union address ‘offensive’ (DIERSEN: What will Lightfoot do to drive out of Chicago all individuals, all organizations, and all companies that 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?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=84237

AMERICAN THINKER
— Pelosi’s hissy-fit and the advances of feminism – Diana Mary Sitek
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/02/pelosis_hissyfit_and_the_advances_of_feminism.html

BLAZE
— Republicans take action against Nancy Pelosi for tearing up speech at State of the Union “Nobody is above the law. She must be held accountable.” – Carlos Garcia (DIERSEN: Who has torn up your speeches, constructively, if not literally? I should write a book about those who have constructively torn up my speeches.) 
https://www.theblaze.com/news/republicans-take-action-against-pelosi
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rep. Matt Gaetz (R-Fla.) tweeted that he had filed an ethics complaint against the Democratic leader. “Her conduct was beneath the dignity of the House, and a potential violation of law (18 USC 2071),” he tweeted. “Nobody is above the law. She must be held accountable.” And he wasn’t the only one. Rep. Kay Granger (R-Tex.) also introduced a resolution criticizing Pelosi for her act. “Speaker Pelosi’s actions last night were appalling and shameful,” read a statement from Granger. “Regardless of her personal feelings, she had a responsibility to conduct herself with civility as the presiding officer representing the House of Representatives. She is not the Speaker of the Democrats, but of the People’s House.” Rep. Paul Gosar (R-Ariz.) tweeted that he introduced a resolution to censure Pelosi.)

FEDERALIST
— Despite Voters’ Attitude Shift, Texas GOP Bars Gay Republican Group From Convention – Tristan Justice (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ activity focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/06/despite-voters-attitude-shift-texas-gop-bars-gay-republican-group-from-convention/

THE HILL
— Iowa caucuses stoke Democratic anxiety – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/481759-the-memo-iowa-caucuses-stoke-democratic-anxiety
— Gingrich calls on Pelosi to be censured: ‘Disgusted’ by ‘viciously partisan action’ – JOE CONCHA
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/481620-gingrich-calls-on-pelosi-to-be-censured-disgusted-by-viciously-partisan-action
— Pelosi-Trump relationship takes turn for the terrible – SCOTT WONG AND CRISTINA MARCOS 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/481733-pelosi-trump-relationship-takes-turn-for-the-terrible
— Trump hits Romney, Pelosi for invoking religion during impeachment – BRETT SAMUELS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters hint/imply/argue/shout that GOD hates Trump and hates all 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://thehill.com/homenews/administration/481800-trump-hits-romney-pelosi-for-invoking-religion-during-impeachment

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Whites, and especially against Whites who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/latino/critics-say-trump-s-state-union-celebrates-racist-america-n1131091

NEW YORK TIMES
— What Went Wrong for Joe Biden in Iowa His placement behind his leading rivals in the caucuses on Monday dealt a damaging blow to his campaign. Some party officials say it was a long time in the works. – Katie Glueck, Jonathan Martin and Thomas Kaplan (DIERSEN: Biden’s critics/opponents have already stressed, or will stress, that he is old, White, male, Christian, a draft avoider, a Corvette owner, and his ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/us/politics/joe-biden-iowa-caucus.html
— We May Be the First People to Receive Reparations for Slavery Georgetown sold our ancestors, and the school has decided how much money we’re owed. – DaVita Robinson, Valerie White and Maxine Crump (DIERSEN: In my defense, while my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany, they always stayed in northeast Illinois, in Crete and in Grant Park to be exact. They never owned slaves. They worked in a brick factory in Chicago, farmed in Crete and in Grant Park, operated a hardware store in Crete, and worked in the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/06/opinion/georgetown-reparations.html
— Epoch Times, Punished by Facebook, Gets a New Megaphone on YouTube – Kevin Roose (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who punish me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/technology/epoch-times-youtube.html
— The Trump Fans Who Think Impeachment Was ‘Exactly’ What His Base Needed At a State of the Union watch party in Michigan, the president’s most loyal supporters dug in their heels. – Elaina Plott
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/05/us/politics/trump-supporters-impeachment.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— A Bitter Impeachment Ends; Its Divisions May Live On The rancor between the GOP and Democrats may not be just an impediment for the rest of the year but for a long time to come – Gerald F. Seib (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I worked for the Democrats who ran IRS, they took Nixon’s resignation as proof a) that they were good and b) that I was bad.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-bitter-impeachment-ends-its-divisions-may-live-on-11580943661

BLOOMBERG
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-06/illinois-s-legalized-pot-sales-debut-beats-all-states-except-one

NEWSWEEK
— MARK R. FRERICHS OF LOMBARD KIDNAPPED BY TALIBAN GROUP IN AFGHANISTAN – JAMES LAPORTA, TOM O’CONNOR AND NAVEED JAMALI
https://www.newsweek.com/exclusive-us-citizen-kidnapped-afghanistan-1485439

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say that GAO is “nonpartisan,” but anyone who reads the filings in Diersen v. GAO would see that GAO functions as an arm of the Democrat Party. If I had been a Democrat, the Democrats who ran GAO a) would not have forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, b) would not have given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, c) would not have always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, d) would have promoted me beyond GS-13, e) would not have gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, f) would have assigned me to audits of IRS, and g) would not have forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.) 
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/ap-fact-check-trump-on-democrats-impeachment-and-cows

ATLANTIC
— The Billion-Dollar Disinformation Campaign to Reelect the President How new technologies and techniques pioneered by dictators will shape the 2020 election – McKay Coppins (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is disinformation except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. They focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that they cannot manipulate/dominate. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and in Illinois. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican to give them standing to destroy those who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2020/03/the-2020-disinformation-war/605530/

VANITY FAIR
— THE HEDGE FUND VAMPIRE THAT BLEEDS NEWSPAPERS DRY NOW HAS THE CHICAGO TRIBUNE BY THE THROAT In its mission to squeeze the last profits out of newspapers, Alden Global Capital has eliminated the jobs of scores of reporters and editors, and decimated journalism in cities all over the country: Denver, Boston, San Jose, Trenton, etc. Next up: Chicago, Baltimore, and the New York Daily News. – JOE POMPEO (DIERSEN: How has the Chicago Tribune treated those who share you demographics? The Chicago Tribune has treated the following extremely well: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2020/02/hedge-fund-vampire-alden-global-capital-that-bleeds-newspapers-dry-has-chicago-tribune-by-the-throat

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Proofread Everything – Paul Dempsey (DIERSEN: No one proofreads my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. Please accept my apologies for typos in the emails. Please bring typos in the emails to my attention so that I can correct them on the permanent copies of the emails at www.gopillinois.com. Thanks.) 
https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/call-action-marketing-and-communications-higher-education/proofread-everything

EDITOR & PUBLISHER
— Should Journalists Take Part in Political Movements? – Evelyn Mateos (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, you cannot be a journalist if you state that you are a Republican, let alone, serve as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. As everyone knows, virtually all journalists are Democrats, Libertarians, or Greens, but they fail/refuse to acknowledge that. I should write a book about my critics/opponents who a) glorify, praise, and pander to journalists who are Democrat, Libertarian, or Green and b) do everything that they can to discredit me, to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and to stop everyone from reading those emails.) 
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/critical-thinking-should-journalists-take-part-in-political-movements/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Tesla Now Has A Market Cap Larger Than The Big Three Combined – Shane McGlaun
https://fordauthority.com/2020/02/tesla-now-has-a-market-cap-larger-than-the-big-three-combined/

ECONOMIC TIMES
— Be careful of what you post on Facebook. Controversial opinions could cost a new job Recruiters are less likely to hire employees who post content suggestive of drug or alcohol use.
https://economictimes.indiatimes.com/magazines/panache/be-careful-of-what-you-post-on-facebook-controversial-opinions-could-cost-a-new-job/articleshow/73983570.cms

January 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Senate rejects efforts to call more witnesses in Trump impeachment trial – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/senate-rejects-allowing-witnesses-in-trump-impeachment-trial/5893937/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Senate rejects witnesses in Trump trial, ensuring acquittal – Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller and Eric Tucker
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/senate-rejects-witnesses-in-trump-trial-ensuring-acquittal

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago needs to license places where marijuana can be consumed on premises, mayor says “We’re hearing all sorts of stories about pop-up parties and traveling buses and vans,” the mayor said. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/31/21117255/marijuana-consumption-ordinance-chicago-license-on-premises
— Lightfoot to attend Trump State of Union address Mayor Lori Lightfoot will be in the House gallery Tuesday when President Donald Trump — on the verge Friday of being acquitted in his impeachment trial — addresses Congress. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/1/31/21116994/lori-lightfoot-trump-state-union-address
— What’s J.B. doing to keep me from leaving Illinois? – John Bleyaert, Downers Grove (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats want you to leave Illinois: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/31/21117156/illinois-economy-finances-j-b-pritzker-letters-gun-rally

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-impeachment-trump-witnesses-dershowitz-gop-week-in-review-huppke-20200131-j2geong7kreftk34qaucbaot2u-story.html
— In quest for ‘meaningful data,’ Lake County Board committee debates two-year delay on legal marijuana zoning for unincorporated areas – DAN MORAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-moran-lake-county-marijuana-moratorium-st-0201-20200131-7743rs5qvzb5tmj7smb4xpm7zy-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ex-Chicago top cop Garry McCarthy takes job as security consultant for local pot business – Robert McCoppin (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who sells or uses pot.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-garry-mccarthy-marijuana-security-consultant-20200201-vkrwvctnpnb2rerrrmq5eazlgq-story.html
— Illinois should partner with a red state to fight gerrymandering – Eric Zorn (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the 2015 gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-gerrymandering-ethics-state-of-the-union-zorn-20200201-r4tgg74ksnaxvosw3w2tv3hnqy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Could Glen Ellyn ask voters to weigh in on pot sales? – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200131/could-glen-ellyn-ask-voters-to-weigh-in-on-pot-sales

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— What was left unsaid in Pritzker’s speech spoke volumes The responsibility the governor won was to represent the interests of all Illinoisans, not just those who carry a union card. – Editorial
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/what-was-left-unsaid-pritzkers-speech-spoke-volumes

QUAD CITY TIMES
— ‘I love our president’: Des Moines Trump rally becomes center of MAGA universe days before caucus – Graham Ambrose
https://qctimes.com/news/local/i-love-our-president-des-moines-trump-rally-becomes-center/article_378fae90-8e9d-5863-af72-5d7100a9d202.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Slavery reparations may seem impossible, but in many places they’re already happening – Thai Jones (DIERSEN: The following are types of reparations: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, race based preference giving, gender based preference giving, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/opinion/article/Slavery-reparations-may-seem-impossible-but-in-15019747.php

SOUTH SUBURBAN GAZETTE
— Eric Wallace reacts to Pritzker’s “Woke and Broke” State of the State address
https://www.southsuburbangazette.com/post/eric-wallace-reacts-to-pritzker-s-woke-and-broke-state-of-the-state-address

WEEK
— Illinois ethics commission addresses conflicts of interest, closing the “revolving door” – Sheridan Swathwood
https://week.com/2020/01/30/illinois-ethics-commission-addresses-conflicts-of-interest-closing-the-revolving-door/

CHICAGO REPORTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that Trump does to protect America, the more that Trump-haters paint him as being a Nazi.
https://www.chicagoreporter.com/supreme-court-allows-public-charge-clause-that-kept-nazi-era-refugees-from-the-us/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL 14: Lopez Grades the GOP Congressional Debaters
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/31/il-14-lopez-grades-the-gop-congressional-debaters/
— Legislators Should Be Forced to Follow State Senator Barack Obama’s Example in Listing Law Clients
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/31/legislator-should-be-forced-to-follow-state-senator-barack-obamas-example-in-listing-law-clients/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS RIGHT TO LIFE ACTION RATES CURRAN MOST PROLIFE IN STATE’S US SENATE RACE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/illinois-right-to-life-action-rates-curran-most-prolife-in-states-us-senate-race.html
— GRETA HECTORS DAVOS: WHY ARE ELITISTS THRILLED TO BE LECTURED BY A CHILD WHO KNOWS NOTHING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/greta-hectors-davos-why-are-elitists-thrilled-to-be-lectured-by-a-child-who-knows-nothing.html
— DI LEO: IMMIGRATION, THE WELFARE STATE, AND THE PUBLIC CHARGE RULE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/immigration-the-welfare-state-and-the-public-charge-rule.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Casten, Underwood take heat over fentanyl ban vote
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/31/casten-underwood-take-heat-over-fentanyl-ban-vote/
— ISP sued over FOID backlog
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/31/isp-sued-over-foid-backlog/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Gaming, gaming, gaming
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/31/gaming-gaming-gaming/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Blacklist Valley: How Big Tech reshapes politics by censoring conservative ideas – Peter Hasson (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. I should write a book about those who do the blacklisting, those who are blacklisted, and why they are blacklisted in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/blacklist-valley
— Rand Paul: Election ‘chaos’ is goal of Democrats, ‘they hate the president so much’ – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/rand-paul-election-chaos-is-goal-of-democrats-they-hate-the-president-so-much
— Why Trump’s Des Moines rally should make Democrats nervous – Philip Klein
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/why-trumps-des-moines-rally-should-make-democrats-nervous
— The Equal Rights Amendment is not about equal rights – Madeline Fry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-equal-rights-amendment-is-not-about-equal-rights
— The culture war has come back to bite the media that made it – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-culture-war-has-come-back-to-bite-the-media-that-made-it

RUSH LIMAUGH
— CNN Says Trump’s Coronavirus Task Force Is Too White
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/01/31/cnn-says-trumps-coronavirus-task-force-is-too-white/

GOPUSA
— Does your mailman support socialist Bernie Sanders?
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83863

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Google censors conservatives to appease left-wing pressure, docs reveal A new book offers insights into the biased decision-making process. – Calvin Freiburger (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with the left and with Google against me, against www.gopillinois.com, and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/google-censors-conservatives-to-appease-left-wing-pressure-docs-reveal

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— How Mexico became a key ally in Trump’s immigration blockade – Elliot Spagat
https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Foreign-Policy/2020/0131/How-Mexico-became-a-key-ally-in-Trump-s-immigration-blockade

PJ MEDIA
— Academic Tests Prove Trump Supporters Are Smarter Than Clinton Supporters – MATT MARGOLIS (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government were Democrats. My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. Very few of my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates attempted to pass the aforesaid examinations, let alone pass them, let alone pass them on their first attempt.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/confirmed-trump-supporters-are-smarter-than-clinton-supporters/

THE HILL
— DNC drops donor requirement for debates, opening door for Bloomberg – JONATHAN EASLEY (DIERSEN: What requirements have kept doors closed for you? For me, those requirements have included being a Democrat, RINO, minority, female, veteran, younger, yes-man/woman, operative, dupe, non-Protestant, non-German American, and someone whose ancestors have not been in America fie a long time.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/480923-dnc-drops-donor-requirement-for-debates-opening-door-for-bloomberg

UPI
— Age discrimination affects people worldwide
https://www.upi.com/Health_News/2020/01/31/Age-discrimination-affects-people-worldwide/2441580502597/

WASHINGTON POST
— Impeachment trial live updates: Senate to vote Wednesday on whether to remove or acquit Trump on impeachment charges – John Wagner, Colby Itkowitz and Michael Brice-Saddler 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/impeachment-trial-live-updates/2020/01/31/9a853bbe-4415-11ea-b5fc-eefa848cde99_story.html

FORBES
— MARCH 27, 2019 FLASHBACK: 4 Predictors Of Career Success (Positive attitude, Willingness to learn, Curiosity, and Resilience) That Managers Like To See – Victor Lipman (DIERSEN: For qualified federal employees, the strongest predictors of career success are being a Democrat, minority, female, and/or yes-man/woman.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/victorlipman/2019/03/27/4-predictors-of-career-success-that-managers-like-to-see/#1c8af8276b0f

ATLANTIC
— The Dispatch Wants to Be the Anti-Breitbart – MCKAY COPPINS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who work hard at being anti-GOPUSA ILLINOISers.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/dispatch-tries-sell-real-news-right/605860/

January 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump, Bloomberg release Super Bowl ads that spotlight a contrast between them – Steve Johnson
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-trump-bloomberg-super-bowl-commercials-review-0131-20200130-m4kzk7quxzc5thrdgt5e3hovim-story.html
— Campaign finance reports show how much cash congressional candidates have raised, spent – TED SLOWIK (DIERSEN: What discourages you from giving money to candidates? For me, it is their failure/refusal to assure me that if elected, they will defend/advance the Republican Party platform, including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. For me, it is their failure/refusal to assure me that if elected, they will oppose the promotion of: dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-campaign-finance-congress-st-0131-20200130-aku6s4tpbfapfkdjavdkyo5amq-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Rush and Will County Board member Mike Fricilone of Homer Glen, a Republican running for the 3rd District seat, are the only two of 15 candidates in south suburban congressional races whose quarterly campaign finance reports due on Friday were submitted early enough to be viewed online Thursday. . .Fricilone reported receipts of $3,820 for the three months ending Dec. 31, expenses of $1,871 and cash on hand of $2,724. No information was on file for two other Republicans running in the 3rd District primary, Arthur Jones of Lyons and Catherine O’Shea of Oak Lawn. . .Her opponent in the Democratic primary, Marcus Lewis of Matteson, had no campaign finance information available from the FEC. Similarly, no data was reported for Republican contender Theresa Raborn of Midlothian.)

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Carter Page brings politically charged ‘Steele Dossier’ lawsuit to Chicago’s federal court The lawsuit claims the local office of a massive law firm played a key role in a national drama. – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/30/21115769/carter-page-steele-dossier-lawsuit-chicago-federal-court
— How to create a retirement ‘paycheck’ that will work for you Retirement includes so many important, potentially irreversible decisions that most people could benefit from a few sessions with a fee-only, fiduciary financial planner ideally at least 10 years before retirement. – NerdWallet (DIERSEN: My Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old. My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/31/21076158/retirement-financial-planning-social-security-paycheck

DAILY HERALD
— GOP congressional candidates for the 14th address illegal immigration – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200131/gop-congressional-candidates-for-the-14th-address-illegal-immigration

CBS2
— Election 2020: What Are The Iowa Caucuses? – Tim McNicholas
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/31/election-2020-what-are-the-iowa-caucuses/

WBEZ
— Report Links Chicago’s Black Population Loss To Rising Inequality- Natalie Moore (DIERSEN: Democrats drive Blacks out of Illinois who do not want to 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, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/report-links-chicagos-black-population-loss-to-rising-inequality/69e0b122-1dd9-4199-b155-56513b45f02b#new_tab

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— First 2020 primary candidate forum set (DIERSEN: If I was still the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, the organization would still be hosting primary candidate forums. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always opposed primary candidate forums.) 
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/first-primary-candidate-forum-set-tonight/article_20b45566-2b7a-52ec-a2b8-e947af8cfb2b.html
— Only the best for judicial posts – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-only-the-best-for-judicial-posts/article_1717f4e9-367a-500b-84ea-633bc27e2afd.html

FOX ST. LOUIS
— AAA releases marijuana crash report; Illinoisans weigh testing for driver impairment – ROCHE MADDEN
https://fox2now.com/2020/01/30/aaa-releases-marijuana-crash-report-illinoisans-weigh-testing-for-driver-impairment/

HOMEWOOD-FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot Pushers push pot.
https://www.hfchronicle.com/article/2020/jan/30/brisk-business-windy-city-cannabis-recreational-cannabis-law-goes-effect

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Politico Gets Burr Ridge Money? The mayor offers to spend public money on tickets for politician’s event, but later admits he made a mistake. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/politico-gets-burr-ridge-money

WIREPOINTS
— Illinoisans need more than optimism – Wirepoints’ reaction to Pritzker’s State of the State – Ted Dabrowski, Mark Glennon and John Klingner (DIERSEN: What frustrates your efforts to be optimistic? For me, it seeing fewer and fewer and fewer activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican defend and advance planks in the Republican Party platform including its traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks.) 
https://wirepoints.org/illinoisans-need-more-than-optimism-wirepoints-reaction-to-pritzkers-state-of-the-state/

MCHENRY COUNTY  BLOG

— IL-14: Second Congressional Debate Open Thread

 — Did Andrew Gasser Act in Bad Faith When He Fired Folks on His First Day in Office?

— IL 14: Observer Ranks GOP Debate Performance

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Rich Miller is running a Bloomberg ad at the top of his www.capitolfax.com website. If you were me, what would you do if candidates in contested Republican primaries in Illinois wanted to take out ads on www.gopillinois.com and in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://capitolfax.com//
— Pritzker says his threat to veto unfair maps will take care of the problem (DIERSEN: How does Pritzker define “fair?”)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/30/pritzker-says-his-threat-to-veto-unfair-maps-will-take-care-of-the-problem/

GOPUSA
— Fox refuses to run pro-life ad on Super Bowl broadcast
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83870
— Socialists like Bernie Sanders cash in big on ignorance (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you to know only what they tell you, no more, and no less.) 
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83735

AMERICAN THINKER
— California’s nightmare is spreading nationally – Lloyd Marcus (DIERSEN: One could say that in Illinois, Chicago’s nightmare is spreading statewide.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/californias_nightmare_is_spreading_nationally.html

PJ MEDIA
— Trump Turns Mexico Into a Willing Partner to Help Deal With Border Issues – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/trending/trump-turns-mexico-into-a-willing-partner-to-help-deal-with-border-issues/
— We’re the Media’s Editors Now, and They Hate It
https://pjmedia.com/trending/were-the-medias-editors-now-and-they-hate-it/

COLLEGE FIX
— Black Christian leaders push for slavery reparations, call on Christian colleges to hire more faculty of color – JEREMIAH POFF (DIERSEN: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile pulled a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/black-christian-leaders-push-for-slavery-reparations-call-on-christian-colleges-to-hire-more-faculty-of-color/

THE HILL
— Bloomberg unveils plan to boost housing affordability, tackle homelessness – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: What helped you afford the real estate that you bought? For me, it was the money that I earned when 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://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/480667-bloomberg-unveils-plan-to-boost-housing-affordability-tackle-homelessness

REUTERS
— AARP: Age bias costs U.S. economy $850 billion a year – AARP – Daniel Wiessner (DIERSEN: How old are you? All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes promote age discrimination.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-agebias/in-brief-age-bias-costs-us-economy-850-bln-a-year-aarp-idUSL1N29Z27Z

NEW YORK TIMES
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Virginia Opposed Gun Limits, but a Population Shift Is Changing Minds – Timothy Williams and Sabrina Tavernise (DIERSEN: When Democrats move in, poverty and crime increase.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/virginia-gun-limits.html
— ‘I’m a Democrat’: Biden Accuses Sanders of Not Being a Party Member – Katie Glueck and Lisa Lerer (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can/will defend/advance their platform. You are NOT a member of a political party to the extent that you fail/refuse to defend/advance that party’s platform. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who claim to be Republican, but who fail/refuse to defend/advance many planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/politics/pete-buttigieg-joe-biden-bernie-sanders.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Will party insiders push Biden to victory in the Democratic primaries? – SETH MASKET (DIERSEN: Of the candidates on the March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, which candidates do Republican “party insiders” favor and why? What do you say to Republican “party insiders” who destroy Republican candidates who they do not favor?) 
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-31/iowa-caucus-democratic-primaries-joe-biden-bernie-sanders

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— No One Is Safe From Biased Reporting – Michael Milken (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, since 2000, all the losses that their candidates have suffered have been caused by a) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails and b) my serving as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. What do you say to my critics/opponents about that?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/no-one-is-safe-from-biased-reporting-11580428578

USA TODAY
— In sickness and in health, but not in debt: Young Americans avoid ‘I do’ until student loans are paid off – Jessica Menton (DIERSEN: How old were you and how much debt did you have when you got married? I got married when I was 29 in 1978. I had a $38,000 mortgage on a one bedroom condo in the Outer Drive East building worth $61,000 and b) a $19,000 mortgage on a town home in University Park worth $26,000. I was renting out the town home.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/31/student-loans-more-millenials-gen-zers-delay-marriage-reduce-debt/4612295002/

INSIDER NEW JERSEY
— Iowa Is an 89% Match with U.S. Demographics & Predicts 70% of Democratic Nominees (DIERSEN: To what extent do the voters in your precinct, municipal district, municipality, township, and county match with U.S. demographics? What percent of the voters in your precinct, municipal district, municipality, township, and county 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.insidernj.com/press-release/iowa-89-match-u-s-demographics-predicts-70-democratic-nominees-wallethub-study/

CALIFORNIA AGGIE
— New public charge test should not equate wealth with worth – Editorial (DIERSEN: What stopped you from having more money? For me, it was the success that my Democrat superiors in the federal government had in wasting my career and getting rid of me. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,157 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.) 
https://theaggie.org/2020/01/30/new-public-charge-test-should-not-equate-wealth-with-worth/

NPR
— Why Many Progressives Say They’ve Come Back To Bernie Sanders – Asma Khalid
https://www.npr.org/2020/01/31/801321664/why-many-progressives-say-theyve-come-back-to-bernie-sanders

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— How Bernie Sanders Broke the Democratic Primary There’s something insidious about making promises you can’t keep. – David Edward Burke (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates promise that if elected, they will use government to get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/31/how-bernie-sanders-broke-the-democratic-primary/

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Poll: Jewish Voters Are Indifferent to Jewish Presidential Candidates – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2020/01/poll-jewish-voters-indifferent-to-jewish-candidates-in-2020.html

BROOKINGS
— Voters need help: How party insiders can make presidential primaries safer, fairer, and more democratic – Raymond J. La Raja and Jonathan Rauch (DIERSEN: Of the candidates on the March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballot in your precinct, which candidates do Republican “party insiders” favor and why? What do you say to Republican “party insiders” who destroy Republican candidates who they do not favor?)
https://www.brookings.edu/research/voters-need-help-how-party-insiders-can-make-presidential-primaries-safer-fairer-and-more-democratic/

CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION
— Elite-College Admissions Has an Image Problem. Would Ending Legacy Admissions Help? – Nell Gluckman (DIERSEN: What if your parents had college degrees? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. What if Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc., was only for those whose parents did not have college degrees?) 
https://www.chronicle.com/article/Elite-College-Admissions-Has/247944

GUARDIAN
— Trump rails against ‘deranged’ foes as Iowa rally clashes with impeachment trial Thursday night brought a surreal split screen as the president railed against foes in Iowa while the sombre trial continued – David Smith
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jan/30/trump-rally-iowa-impeachment-trial

January 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Impeachment trial: Trump’s defense shifts to not ‘impeachable’ even if true – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-defense-says-acts-to-help-reelection-not-impeachable/5891053/
— Sandoval fallout: Illinois politicians bailing on contributions from red light camera company – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-politicians-bailing-on-contributions-from-red-light-camera-company/5892444/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois election officials reveal more issues with automatic voter registration — this time with information from 16-year-olds being forwarded – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-automatic-voter-registration-16-year-olds-20200130-wqooin23vff23cqrldgp2rrcbe-story.html
— Senators pose final questions at Trump impeachment trial ahead of crucial vote on calling witnesses – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-senate-impeachment-trial-20200130-3aeapankwbglnd5b6vpcrzna7e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sues federal government to force Equal Rights Amendment ratification Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined AGs in Virginia and Nevada on the lawsuit, filed against the archivist of the United States. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/1/30/21115158/illinois-equal-rights-amendment-lawsuit-kwame-raoul
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/29/21114003/chicago-cannabis-resource-fair-uic-forum-lori-lightfoot-marijuana-jobs-careers-expungement

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote vices. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200130/constable-weed-is-profitable-but-sports-betting-has-higher-expectations
— Arlington Heights defends efforts to diversify police department, village workforce – Bob Susnjara (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs 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/news/20200130/arlington-heights-defends-efforts-to-diversify-police-department-village-workforce

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Cat-turned-federal rat out of the bag and on the prowl – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-cat-turned-federal-rat-out-of-the-bag/article_e21bba98-5188-5d95-b3d3-4a8a24938972.html

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Early primary voting starts Feb. 6 – Scott Cousins
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Early-primary-voting-starts-Feb-6-15018112.php

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Senators Ask for End to Automatic Voter Registration
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/gop-senators-ask-for-end-to-automatic-voter-registration/ 
— Skillicorn Town Hall on Budget Reform Saturday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/skillicorn-town-hall-on-budget-reform-saturday/ 
— Carolyn Schofield Launches SkilliCORN-on-the-Cob Microsite
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/carolyn-schofield-launches-skillicorn-on-the-cob-microsite/ 
— Skillicorn Mails First in the 66th GOP Primary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/skillicorn-mails-first-in-the-66th-gop-primary/ 
— Felon Martin Sandoval’s Deadend Subcommittee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/felon-martin-sandovals-deadend-subcommittee/ 
— Minimal State Aid to Education for McHenry County Under the New Formula
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/state-aid-to-education-for-mchenry-county-under-the-new-formula/ 
— Timing of Andrew Gasser’s Knowledge of Local 150 Contract Contents
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/timing-of-andrew-gassers-knowledge-of-local-150-contract-contents/

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— COD’s Cannabis Policy Vague and contradictory for something so important – Karla Villegas Pineda
https://codcourier.org/12785/opinion/cods-cannabis-policy/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Curran Caught Lying in Jailhouse Interview
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/video-u-s-senate-candidate-mark-curran-caught-lying-in-jailhouse-interview

GREATER GREATER WASHINGTON
— Our endorsement for DC Council in Ward 2: Patrick Kennedy (DIERSEN: If the Daily Herald had endorsed candidates to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies, which candidates would the Daily Herald have endorsed and why?)
https://ggwash.org/view/75901/our-endorsement-for-dc-council-in-ward-2-patrick-kennedy

GOPUSA
— Democrats’ un-American agenda appeases LGBTQ community
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83564

DAILY CALLER
— Gallup: Satisfaction With Race Relations Has Jumped 14% Since Trump Took Office – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/30/gallup-satisfaction-race-relations-jumped-donald-trump/
— Hillary Clinton Is Running From Tulsi Gabbard’s $50M Lawsuit — She’s ‘Intimidated,’ Says Attorney – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/30/report-tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-intimidated-50m-lawsuit/

BIZ PACK REVIEW
— New polls could spell doomsday for Dems as black voter approval of Trump doubles, race relations improve – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/30/new-polls-could-spell-doomsday-for-dems-as-black-voter-approval-of-trump-doubles-race-relations-improve-881189

CNN
— Coronavirus task force another example of Trump administration’s lack of diversity – Brandon Tensley (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs 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.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-diversity-obama/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Travels to Iowa to Energize Supporters for Caucuses Next Week Four Democratic presidential candidates hoping for success in the state remained in Washington for President Trump’s Senate trial. – Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/politics/trump-iowa.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Atlantic made Rahm Emanuel a contributing editor. Then, suddenly, he wasn’t. – Erik Wemple
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/30/atlantic-made-rahm-emanuel-contributing-editor-then-suddenly-he-wasnt/

USA TODAY
— Health experts fear more stoned drivers are taking the wheel following pot legalization – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/30/marijuana-legalization-may-increasing-number-stoned-drivers/4603105002/

JOPLIN GLOBE
— Hillary puts Bernie into her basket of deplorables – Patrick Buchanan (DIERSEN: Who puts you in their basket of deplorables? I should write about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who put me in their basket of deplorables. They reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving planks in the Republican Party platform.) 
https://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/columns/patrick-buchanan-hillary-puts-bernie-into-her-basket-of-deplorables/article_05d5cec1-4f16-5e8c-9bfd-396e4d65f869.html

FORBES
— Why More Employers Are Not Hiring Smokers And What To Do About It – Paul Hsieh (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, smoking, pot, and/or LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who drank lots of booze and smoked a lot.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2020/01/30/why-more-employers-are-not-hiring-smokers-and-what-to-do-about-it/