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January 24 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Elgin Area League of Women Voters to host four candidate forums in February
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200123/elgin-area-league-of-women-voters-to-host-four-candidate-forums-in-february
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs paint Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200123/dist-203-defines-bias-encourages-community-to-unlearn-assumptions

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— First case of coronavirus confirmed in Chicago  The patient is a woman in her 60s who visited Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak, in December and returned to the U.S. on Jan. 13.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/first-case-coronavirus-confirmed-chicago

ABC7
— Trump, a late convert to cause, to join high-profile anti-abortion rally, becoming first sitting president to do so – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-a-late-convert-to-cause-to-join-anti-abortion-rally/5875672/
— Coronavirus outbreak: Chicago woman diagnosed, 2nd case in US
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-woman-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-2nd-case-in-us/5875738/

WGN TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Activist pushes pot peddlers licenses – MIKE LOWE
https://wgntv.com/2020/01/23/activist-pushes-pot-peddlers-licenses/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump, a late convert to cause, to join anti-abortion rally – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-a-late-convert-to-cause-to-join-anti-abortion-rally

WAND
— IL GOP calls for temporary halt to automatic voter registration system – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/gop-calls-for-temporary-halt-to-automatic-voter-registration-system/article_fff699da-3d6b-11ea-b7e3-1bc45e717689.html

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHO’S ON THE BALLOT? STATE SENATE, STATE HOUSE RACES IN MARCH 17 PRIMARY
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2020/01/whos-on-the-ballot-state-senate-state-house-races-in-march-17-primary/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Kendall GOP circuit clerk candidates talk modernizing the office – KATIE FINLON
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2020/01/21/kendall-gop-circuit-clerk-candidates-talk-modernizing-the-office/a4a0xyf/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOB
— Kane County Treasurer Dave Rickert Seeking to Replace Chris Lauzen as Board Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/24/kane-county-treasurer-dave-rickert-seeking-to-replace-chris-lauzen-as-board-chairman/ 
— Tobin Releases McHenry County Pension Data
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/24/tobin-releases-mchenry-county-pension-data/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— THE 1%: ILLINOIS’ PENSION MILLIONAIRES More than 129,000 Illinois public pensioners will see expected payouts of $1 million or more during retirement. – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors who so far have succeeded in forcing the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1,209,752 (268 months X $4,514) in today’s dollars. Why do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors?) 
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/the-1-illinois-pension-millionaires/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Media Misrepresents the Story of Christian School That Expelled Student – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/media-misrepresents-the-story-of-christian-school-that-expelled-student/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FACEBOOK NOW CLASSIFIES ‘DENYING EXISTENCE’ OF TRANSGENDER IDENTITIES AS ‘HATE SPEECH’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/facebook-now-classifies-denying-existence-of-transgender-identities-as-hate-speech.html
— PARENTS CHALLENGE ‘RADICAL’ LGBT CURRICULUM IN NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/parents-challenge-radical-lgbt-curriculum-in-new-jersey-schools.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A GOPUSA ILLINOIS email has go out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/24/reader-comments-closed-until-monday-12/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ready to fight: Trump looks beyond impeachment drama to reelection President knocks rivals, jockeys for campaign advantage – Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/23/donald-trump-looks-beyond-impeachment-reelection/
— Elizabeth Warren pledges to incorporate diversity into her Cabinet – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to promote diversity is to discriminate against those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/23/elizabeth-warren-pledges-incorporate-diversity-her/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Marches for Life – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/trump_marches_for_life.html
— How Hollywood-style propaganda can wreck a country – Bob Weir
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/how_hollywoodstyle_propaganda_can_wreck_a_country.html

DAILY CALLER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/23/joe-biden-daca-recipients-more-american/

COLLEGE FIX
— Calls for reparations hit Notre Dame amid allegations of harm, oppression against blacks, Native Americans – ELLIE GARDEY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/calls-for-reparations-hit-notre-dame-amid-allegations-of-harm-oppression-against-blacks-native-americans/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Doral Resort Spikes Its Room Rates Ahead Of His RNC Visit The doubling of rates may have increased taxpayer costs for housing Secret Service and other staff who traveled there ahead of the president’s trip. – S.V. Date
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-doral-room-rates_n_5e285b24c5b6779e9c2b6521

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, the worst national origin to have is German. What if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me as well as the fact that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and I lived in Crete 1948-1972. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/magazine/holocaust-remembrance-grandmother.html

USA TODAY
— Impeachment trial: Trump win shows anything can happen, even Senate conviction and removal Support for removal rose and Senate Republicans saw an election rushing toward them under a black cloud. That was Nixon, but it could also be Trump. – Scott Dworkin (DIERSEN: In 1974, during the Nixon impeachment, I was one an extremely few Republicans who worked for IRS in its Chicago office. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious at Nixon. To punish Nixon, they punished the extremely few Republicans in the office. They disallowed my travel vouchers ( SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866 ) and they got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1971, 1973, and 1974.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/24/trump-impeachment-trial-senate-removal-not-impossible-column/4533929002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Impeachment Trial Ramps Up Political Spending Trump campaign says fundraising has jumped; Planned Parenthood’s snub of Susan Collins likely marks its final break with GOP – Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-trial-ramps-up-political-spending-11579861800
— At the Largest Gun Show in the U.S., the Focus Is Women, First-Time Buyers Some states relax laws on concealed weapons, creating more demand for small firearms – Cameron McWhirter
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-the-largest-gun-show-in-the-u-s-the-focus-is-women-first-time-buyers-11579793661

BLOOMBERG
— Age Discrimination Is Bad — for the Bottom Line As workforces get older, employers still overwhelmingly prefer younger workers. -Leonid Bershidsky (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO organizations, companies, governments, and countries use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc. to get rid of older people, and especially to get rid of older people who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-24/age-discrimination-makes-no-economic-sense

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Why Employers Should Proceed With Caution Before Utilizing AI in Employment Decisions – Joseph O’Keefe (DIERSEN: In the federal government, all employment decisions are made a) to facilitate hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to facilitate not hiring, not retaining, not promoting, and getting rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did 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://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/insight-why-employers-should-proceed-with-caution-before-utilizing-ai-in-employment-decisions

LAW 360
— Capitol Hill’s Diversity Efforts Are Rubbing Off On Wall Street (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers officially announce that they will not hire, retain, or promote and that they will get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.law360.com/corporate/articles/1236980/capitol-hill-s-diversity-efforts-are-rubbing-off-on-wall-street

CAVALIER DAILY
— Demographics won’t be the death of conservatism Many trends indicate that Democrats won’t maintain a permanent electoral majority with minority voters – Audrey Fahlberg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will organizations, companies, governments, and countries officially announce that they will rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2020/01/fahlberg-demographics-wont-be-the-death-of-conservatism

WBAY
— Minn. church says it never asked older church members to leave – Ed Payne (DIERSEN: After my Democrat GAO superiors told me that they would assign me to work for my subordinates, that is, that they would constructively demote me and take other adverse actions against me if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they claimed that they did nothing to force me to take their early retirement “offer.”) 
https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Minn-church-says-it-never-asked-older-church-members-to-leave-567238661.html

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1020 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $930,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1020-S-Wheaton-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60189/4448323_zpid/

January 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Democrats appeal for GOP open minds as President Donald Trump impeachment arguments open – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/live-trump-impeachment-trial-opening-arguments-begin/5869796/
— Gov. JB Pritzker, GOP lawmakers call for probe after glitch leads to over 500 improperly registered voters – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/automatic-voter-registration-glitch-puts-heat-on-secretary-of-states-office/5870988/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois medical marijuana applications spike following recreational legalization – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/5871357/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump’s impeachment trial opens on fast track, Dems arguing for removal – Lisa Mascaro, Zeke Miller and Eric Tucker
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trumps-impeachment-trial-opens-on-fast-track-dems-arguing-for-removal
— Tulsi Gabbard suing Hillary Clinton for $50M in damages, alleging defamation – Megan Henney
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-suing-hillary-clinton-for-50m-in-damages-alleging-defamation

WGN TV
— Fallout continues after hundreds of non-citizens accidentally registered to vote in Illinois – TAHMAN BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2020/01/22/fallout-continues-after-hundreds-of-non-citizens-accidentally-registered-to-vote-in-illinois/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Senate begins hearing opening arguments in impeachment trial as Democrats appeal for GOP help to convict ‘corrupt’ Trump – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-impeachment-senate-trial-20200122-cuwxq3ximjahxhdj3krxxhvybu-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Dispensary gets OK to open state’s first marijuana consumption lounge in Springfield – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-legal-weed-lounge-springfield-20200122-tvhe2tvo45hmpant5pqzlsgph4-story.html
— Fire department to help Oswego police test drivers suspected of being under influence of marijuana – LINDA GIRARDI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-oswego-marijuana-st-0123-20200122-7usvznmlajczdbooyd32c2ncoi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Gordon (Jay) Kinzler, 6th Congressional District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include health care, addressing domestic and international terrorism and fighting Illinois corruption. – Editorial Board 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21055454/gordon-jay-kinzler-6th-district-congress-house-rep-republican-candidate-2020-primary-election
— Jerry Evans, 14th Congressional District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include help for small businesses, an abortion ban and an end to human trafficking. – Editorial Board
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21063153/jerry-evans-congress-14th-district-republican-primary-candidate-2020-election-house-rep
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: CHA relaxes no-pot policy, will now review offenses on case-by-case basis The CHA said it intends to “work with residents, participants, applicants and landlords to provide information and guidance in their efforts to exercise their rights under local law without jeopardizing their housing under federal law.” – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/22/21077457/cha-policy-pot-marijuana-housing-weed-cannabis
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/22/21077593/chicago-dispensaries-public-pot-consumption-illinois-supply-provisions-weed-springfield
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/22/21077776/illinois-legal-weed-cannabis-recreational-marijuana-peddlers
— Challenger Newman sees gain in Lipinski’s pain — third candidate ‘stunned’ by bad blood Rep. Dan Lipinski is still licking his wounds over Democratic challenger Marie Newman’s wish two years ago that he have a “painful” election night. Newman said Wednesday that she has one regret about the remark – that she didn’t say it to his face. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/1/22/21077286/challenger-newman-lipinski-pain-third-congressional-district-darwish
— When Illinois messes up and hands voting cards to non-citizens, conspiracy theories are going to fly The danger is not fixed elections — the numbers are too small for that — but the perception of fixed elections. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21077430/automatic-voter-registration-noncitizens-jesse-white-suntimes-editorial
— Randy Ramey, Illinois House 45th District Republican candidate profile His top priorities include property tax relief, the opioid crisis and changes to workers’ compensation laws. – Editorial Board 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21067552/randy-ramey-illinois-house-45th-district-republican-candidate-2020-primary-election-state-rep

DAILY HERALD
— Officials mum as probe about Bloomingdale Twp. highway commissioner continues
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200122/officials-mum-as-probe-about-bloomingdale-twp-highway-commissioner-continues

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Activist: Let people sell pot directly in their neighborhoods Former long-shot governor candidate Tio Hardiman sees it as a way to help more minorities get in on Illinois’ newly legalized cannabis market. – SARAH ZIMMERMAN 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/activist-let-people-sell-pot-directly-their-neighborhoods

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— OUTSTANDING: UI officials warn students that campus remains a no-toking zone – Alexandria Kobryn
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/university-illinois/ui-officials-warn-students-that-campus-remains-a-no-toking/article_70e60da1-8fb3-54ca-800d-311731e87225.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— New Law Gives Students Hall Pass To Vote – MIKE SMITH
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/new-law-gives-students-hall-pass-vote#stream/0

WGEM
— New machines make voting more secure in Pike County – Kara Biernat
https://wgem.com/2020/01/22/new-machines-make-voting-more-secure-in-pike-county/

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois lawmakers look to better regulate outside economic interests – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-lawmakers-look-to-better-regulate-outside-economic-interests/article_58c33366-4769-5adf-9a58-7746c35b4f81.html

PALATINE PATCH
— Palatine Township Republican Organization will hold an endorsement session for contested races across the state on Tuesday, January 28th. – Bill Pohlman
https://patch.com/illinois/palatine/palatine-township-republicans-hold-endorsement-session-1

ELMHURST PATCH
— Bar Lawmakers from Using Campaign Funds on Legal Fees State Rep. Mazzochi to File Legislation Barring Lawmakers from Using Campaign Funds on Legal Fees – Rep Deanne Mazzochi
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/mazzochi-bar-lawmakers-using-campaign-funds-legal-fees

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CURRAN CALLS FOR DEPORTATION OF THOSE NON-CITIZENS THAT ILLEGALLY VOTED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/curran-calls-for-deportation-of-those-that-illegally-voted-.html
— LOG CABIN REPUBLICANS OF ILLINOIS ENDORSE TOM TARTER FOR US SENATE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/log-cabin-republicans-of-illinois-endorse-tom-tarter-for-us-senate.html
— ANALYST SAYS TWO ARIZONA SCHOOL PROGRAMS DENOUNCE MEN, CHRISTIANITY, WHITE PEOPLE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/anti-white-anti-christian-hate-taught-in-schools.html
— “MOST PRO-LIFE PRESIDENT” PROMISES TO CONTINUE FIGHTING TO PROTECT THE UNBORN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/most-pro-life-president-promises-to-continue-fighting-to-protect-the-unborn.html
— THORNER/O’NEIL: TRUMP’S RE-ELECTION DEPENDS ON PATRIOTS TO SUCCEED AGAINST ALL OBSTACLES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/thorneroneil-trumps-re-election-depends-on-patriots-to-succeed-against-all-obstacles.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Just 6.8 percent of House Republicans have served longer than ten years
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/22/just-68-percent-of-house-republicans-have-served-longer-than-ten-years/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Very big’: Defiant Trump doubles down in second-term agenda – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/22/donald-trump-second-term-agenda-features-middle-cl/
— Illinois assesses damage from mistaken voter registrations – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/22/illinois-assesses-damage-from-mistaken-voter-regis/
— ‘Anti-government’ employee fatally stabs pro-Trump boss, police say – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/21/mason-toney-stabs-william-knight-pro-trump-boss-af/
— DHS warns of ‘violence and lawlessness’ in new migrant caravan – Stephen Dinan 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/22/dhs-warns-violence-and-lawlessness-new-migrant-car/

GOPUSA
— Diversity and Inclusion Insanity
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83315
— World leaders exploit child to boost climate change
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83345
— Pathological liar Elizabeth Warren thinks presidential candidates should tell truth
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83341

BREITBART
— 100,000 People Seeking Tickets to Trump’s ‘Keep America Great’ Rally in NJ – KATHERINE RODRIGUEZ
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/01/21/100000-people-seeking-tickets-trumps-keep-america-great-rally-nj/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Haters Should Prepare for Disappointment – Conrad Black
https://www.newsmax.com/conradblack/trump-disappointment-impeachment/2020/01/22/id/950863/

TOWNHALL
— Illegal Immigrant Caravans and Criminal Catholics – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2020/01/22/illegal-immigrant-caravans-and-criminal-catholics-n2559915

FOX BUSINESS
— AOC: ‘No one ever makes a billion dollars. You take a billion dollars’ ‘You sat on a couch while thousands of people were paid modern-day slave wages’ – Evie Fordham
https://www.foxbusiness.com/money/aoc-billionaires-ta-nehisi-coates-interview

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump to be first president to attend March for Life President Trump addressed the march via video in 2019.
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/breaking-trump-to-address-march-for-life

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Abortions in Illinois Increased 7 Percent after Law Expanding Taxpayer Funding – MAIREAD MCARDLE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/abortions-in-illinois-increased-7-percent-after-law-expanding-taxpayer-funding/
— Tulsi Gabbard Sues Hillary Clinton for Defamation over ‘Russian Asset’ Comments – TOBIAS HOONHOUT
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/tulsi-gabbard-sues-hillary-clinton-for-defamation-over-russian-asset-comments/

POLITICO
— Trump’s Removal Would Be Insane – RICH LOWRY
https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2020/01/22/removal-would-be-insane-102446

REUTERS
— SCOTUS focusing on impact of civil-service laws on federal workers’ age bias claims – Daniel Wiessner
https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-agebias/scotus-focusing-on-impact-of-civil-service-laws-on-federal-workers-age-bias-claims-idUSL1N29Q213

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Despite the GAO, Mr. Trump Broke No Rule The balanced framework of the Impoundment Control Act belies any conclusion that, with respect to federal budget rules, the president’s move to temporarily defer sending taxpayer dollars to Ukraine violates any legal rule. – Prof. Steve Charnovitz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/despite-the-gao-mr-trump-broke-no-rule-11579726123

FORBES
— The High Cost Of Rejecting Public Pension Reform In Illinois – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2020/01/22/the-high-cost-of-rejecting-public-pension-reform-in-illinois/#2fd61fa21908

CRAIN’S NEW YORK BUSINESS
— Bloomberg hits quarter-billion mark in campaign spending
https://www.crainsnewyork.com/politics/bloomberg-hits-quarter-billion-mark-campaign-spending

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— When It Makes Sense to Challenge Incumbents in Primaries – ROBERT KUTTNER
https://prospect.org/blogs/tap/when-it-makes-sense-to-challenge-incumbents-in-primaries/

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— Warren Pledges Major Overhaul of Federal Hiring and Ethics Laws The Democratic presidential contender pledges to use executive branch experience to rebuild the civil service. – ERIC KATZ (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.govexec.com/management/2020/01/warren-pledges-major-overhaul-federal-hiring-and-ethics-laws/162583/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Among her priorities, she said, would be ensuring agencies have full staffing. All but three Cabinet-level departments have shed jobs under Trump. “To implement the kind of big, structural changes I have proposed, we will need to address the substantial vacancies in career civil service positions left behind by the Trump administration,” Warren said, adding, “If our government doesn’t have good people, it can’t perform for the American people. The senator promised to empower the Office of Personnel Management to award direct hire authority more often, which allows agencies to skip the hoops they must normally jump through when recruiting. She would also direct agencies to use more expedited hiring for veterans and to bring back feds who had left government. Warren would task OPM with ensuring agencies use specific hiring authorities granted to them. The presidential candidate would also seek to increase diversity in the federal ranks by boosting recruiting at historically black colleges and universities, creating fellowships that target marginalized communities and creating pathways so more minority employees could climb to executive level positions. She noted the Senior Executive Service specifically has endured a significant number of departures since Trump took office, which drained “the agencies of long-held expertise and institutional knowledge.”)

FED WEEK
— GS Pay System May Hamper Reskilling Programs, MSPB Says (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. In 1980, when I was 31 years old, according to the Democrats who ran GAO, I was NOT qualified to transfer in from IRS as a GS-12 Step 5, currently $93,592/year. They insisted that I accept a downgrade to GS-9 Step 10, currently $76,274/year, a pay cut of $20,157/year (21%) in today’s dollars. They never would have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. I had worked for IRS 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 had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. Much of what I did for IRS was very similar to what I would be doing for GAO including interviewing, gathering data, summarizing data, analyzing data, report writing, and making recommendations.) 
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/gs-pay-system-may-hamper-reskilling-programs-mspb-says/

FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— Retirement tidal wave still coming, but when? – Mike Causey (DIERSEN: The longer that you work, the more money that you can spend in retirement. I have far less money to spend in my retirement because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old.) 
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/mike-causey-federal-report/2020/01/retirement-tidal-wave-still-coming-but-when/

January 22 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PJ MEDIA
— Progressives Treat the Unequal as Equal – PHILIP CARL SALZMAN (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/progressives-treat-the-unequal-as-equal/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the 21st century in America and elsewhere, self-described progressives strove to display virtue and gain power through advocating a maximalist position on equality. Equality of opportunity, still imperfectly implemented, was jettisoned in favor of equality of result or outcome. Any inequality, from whatever source, was deemed by progressive to be evil and requiring correction. This has led to the attempt by progressives to treat inequalities among parties as illegitimate, and imposed equality as obligatory. As a result, many new proposed equalities were specious. Here are some examples. Progressives, including most Democrats and most candidates for the Democratic nomination for president, now claim equality and equivalence between criminal illegal aliens who have entered the country by stealth, and legal immigrants who have been admitted by government procedures, and citizens. Progressives advocate open borders, allowing anyone who arrives to enter the country, and providing for them the same medical and welfare benefits given to legal immigrants and native-born citizens. One reason for supporting open borders is that progressives see America as an oppressive race hierarchy, and open borders would allow the intake of multitudes of people of color, thus displacing the evil American whites. Progressives do not think that illegal aliens, even criminals, should be expelled, and demand that the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency (ICE) be restricted or disbanded. Many Democrat-controlled jurisdictions have declared themselves sanctuaries for illegal immigrants, flouting laws passed by Congress.)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 21 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER 
— Film probes radical 1960s alliance – AP (DIERSEN: Individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are part of the Democrat Party alliance are: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Film-probes-radical-1960s-alliance-14991178.php

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

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

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

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

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

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

GOPUSA
— Is Mass Civil Disobedience Our Future? – Patrick J. Buchanan (DIERSEN: How successful have the following been in promoting civil disobedience in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county: those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? I should write a book about those who promote civil disobedience in my precinct, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83235

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 20 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 18 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

January 17 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Illinois Senate to Elect Next President in Sunday Vote Sens. Kimberly Lightford and Don Harmon, both Democrats and members of the chamber’s leadership, have emerged as the two most likely candidates – Shelby Bremer
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/illinois-senate-to-elect-next-president-in-sunday-vote/2203044/

CBS2
— A Look At Preparations For The 2020 Women’s March – Audrina Bigos (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers will be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/17/a-look-at-preparations-for-the-2020-womens-march/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Anti-Trump protests have shrunk. What’s it mean for 2020? – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/anti-trump-protests-have-shrunk-whats-it-mean-for-2020-1

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago Teachers Union Inc.: How the clout-heavy labor group spends its money   We examined how the CTU uses its considerable financial muscle and found nearly $1.5 million from its dues-funded budget went to politics and lobbying over 15 months. And a union foundation cut back sharply on charitable giving. – Lauren FitzPatrick and Nader Issa 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/17/21071027/chicago-teachers-union-ctu-spending-labor

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP Congressional candidate Jeanne Ives campaign flyer asks for donations of up to $80,000. The federal limit is $5,600 – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jeanne-ives-campaign-flyer-20200117-a5jpp4gb5fgh7o362up5s5t57a-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A spokeswoman for Ives, who is seeking the Republican nomination in the west and northwest suburban 6th Congressional District, said the solicited contribution amounts were “clearly (a) typo.” “We worked with this particular direct mail vendor once, and immediately severed ties with him because of errors like this,” Kathleen Murphy, communications director for Ives’ campaign, said in an email. “We are working with a professional compliance team and would never ask for a gift over the legal fundraising limit. And in fact, have returned contributions in excess of the limit already, as our (fourth quarter) filing will reflect,” Murphy said.)
— Talk show host Dan Proft shuts down 2 PACs, including one that was once a multimillion-dollar platform to push conservatives – RICK PEARSON and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dan-proft-shuts-down-pacs-20200117-7h4poqbpofcopmqgy6bspae6ke-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-marijuana-st-0121-20200117-j6q4vlstljbjlkyadcfkfrv2aq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that if you are not a Democrat, you are a racist.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-heidi-stevens-mlk-day-chicago-racial-healing-circles-0117-20200117-uqlezx6buzaa3hkqbg7fb3fkai-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot smokers and some pot pushers want lower taxes on pot. 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/think-marijuanas-expensive-now-wait-till-summer
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/marijuana-money-wafts-across-illinois-economy

HERALD & REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://herald-review.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-pot-rollout-as-pain-free-as-was-possible/article_b01f8b91-0fca-5346-8e40-de78a9acf006.html

DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://dailyegyptian.com/98893/news/city/legalized-weed-for-the-illinoisan/

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— Illinois Colleges Approach Legal Weed Differently, Even Though It’s Illegal Federally – Julian Hayda
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/2020/01/17/illinois-colleges-approach-legal-weed-differently-even-though-its-illegal-federally/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Mike Beuhler, GOP Candidate for McHenry County Board Chairman, Holds Fundraiser
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/17/mike-beuhlergop-candidate-for-mchenry-county-board-chairman-holds-fundraiser/ 
— Former LITH Sanitary District Trustee Tells County Board Members of Jack Franks’ Appointee’s Greed
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/17/former-lith-sanitary-district-trustee-tells-county-board-members-of-jack-franks-appointees-greed/
— U.S. Senate/IL-06/IL-14: Winfield Township Republicans Vote to Endorse in Primary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/17/u-s-senate-il-06-il-14-winfield-township-republicans-vote-to-endorse-in-primary/ 
— IL-14: First Debate Takes on Added Urgency to Derail Jim Oberweis Winning Nomination
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/17/il-14-mchenry-county-republicans-hosting-candidates-form-copy-2/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS SEC OF STATE “MISTAKENLY” REGISTERS OVER 500 NON-CITIZENS TO VOTE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/illinois-sec-of-state-mistakenly-registers-over-500-non-citizens-to-vote.html
— DUCKWORTH ABOUT TRUMP: OUR “TODDLER IN CHIEF”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/duckworth-about-trump-our-toddler-in-chief-.html
— TRUSSELL: NOTHING LIKE A BRIGHT RED TRUMP RALLY TO BEAT CHICAGO WINTER BLUES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/trussell-nothing-like-a-bright-red-trump-rally-to-beat-chicago-winter-blues.html
— SKILLICORN: ILLINOIS SHOULD REPEAL THEIR PART IN THE NATIONAL POPULAR VOTE MOVEMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/skillicorn-illinois-should-repeal-their-part-in-the-national-popular-vote-movement.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Proft shuts down both of his campaign committees
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/17/proft-shuts-down-both-of-his-campaign-committees/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Illegal immigrants blocked at border pray for Trump’s defeat, ‘I want Trump out’ – Paul Bedard (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes pray for more dependency on government, more dependency on charity, more LGBTQ activity, more mass/illegal immigration, more booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, more gun control, more patronage, more political affiliation discrimination, more reverse discrimination, more age discrimination, and more retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, government, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/illegal-immigrants-blocked-at-border-pray-for-trumps-defeat-i-want-trump-out

BREITBART
— Daniel Horowitz: Trump-Endorsed GOP Governors Betray President’s Immigration Agenda – ROBERT KRAYCHIK (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, conservative in name only (CINO) activists and Republican in name only (RINO) politicians dump conservatives and dump Republicans. I should write a book about CINO activists and RINO politicians in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. They have certainly dumped me. CINOs and RINOs fail/refuse a) to defend/advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform, that is, b) they promote 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 opposing the aforesaid. CINOs and RINOs do not want me to promote their events, attend their events, or report on their events.) 
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2020/01/17/daniel-horowitz-trump-endorsed-gop-governors-betray-presidents-immigration-agenda/

DAILY CALLER
— NYT’s Maggie Haberman Admits Media Gives ‘Instant Credibility’ To Anti-Trump Voices – VIRGINIA KRUTA (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes give instant credibility to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/17/maggie-haberman-media-instant-credibility-anti-trump/

GOPUSA
— Prince Harry, Meghan Markle move angers Canadians
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83051

NEWS BUSTERS
— Univision Doubles Down on Acting as a Liberal PAC with a Broadcast License – Kathleen Krumhansl 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/latino/kathleen-krumhansl/2020/01/17/univision-doubles-down-acting-liberal-pac-broadcast

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Can major conservative groups be trusted when liberal big money funds them? A disturbing amount of the ‘big money’ that funnels into some of the major conservative and pro-family organizations comes from wealthy groups that are neither conservative nor pro-family (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, and political consultants in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but that talk and/or act like they are funded by anti-religious, anti-conservative, and/or anti-Republican individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and/or countries.) 
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/can-major-conservative-groups-be-trusted-when-liberal-big-money-funds-them

THE HILL
— Poll: Most Canadian taxpayers don’t want to pay for Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s security costs – J. EDWARD MORENO
https://thehill.com/blogs/in-the-know/478858-poll-most-canadian-taxpayers-dont-want-to-pay-for-prince-harry-and-meghans

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Anti-Trump protests have shrunk. What’s it mean for 2020? – SARA BURNETT 
http://www.startribune.com/anti-trump-protests-have-shrunk-what-s-it-mean-for-2020/567085442/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Citing Murder, Top Trump Official Condemns N.Y. Sanctuary Policy “A phone call, one simple phone call, and Ms. Fuertes would be alive today,” the ICE head said, referring to a 92-year-old woman killed in Queens. – Annie Correal
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/nyregion/reeaz-khan-immigration-maria-fuertes.html

NEXTGOV
— GAO Calls Out IRS’ Taxpayer Experience Issues – Frank Konkel (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years. I worked for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years.)
https://www.nextgov.com/topic/irs/?oref=ng-article-topics

TIME
— How Ageism Negatively Affects Older People’s Health – ALICE PARK (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents have always promoted age discrimination big time. Nevertheless, so far, that has not stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.) 
https://time.com/5767265/ageism-health/

NEW REPUBLIC
— “Electability” Is a Poisonous Political Shibboleth If this recursive way of thinking about politics captures our imagination, it will imperil America’s future. – OSITA NWANEVU (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: 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://newrepublic.com/article/156241/electability-poisonous-political-shibboleth

LAWYERS
— 3 Types Of Age Discrimination That Are Depressingly Common And How Employers Get Away With It – Michael Patrick Murphy, Jr.
https://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/labor-and-employment/3-types-of-age-discrimination-that-are-depressingly-common-60235/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the Age Discrimination in Employment Act and other state and federal laws, it’s illegal for employers to discriminate against employees or job applicants because of their age. However, according to the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), approximately 60% of surveyed older workers claimed to have experienced or witnessed age discrimination in the workplace—and 90% of those respondents said it was a common occurrence. Even though age discrimination is illegal, employers have been taking increasingly creative measures to avoid complying with the law. Here are three different forms age discrimination can take. Refusing to Call It “Firing” Your employer probably won’t come out and tell you that they’re firing you because of your age. But employers do this all the time. One way they get away with it is by calling your firing a “job elimination.” They’re not actually firing you—just eliminating your job title. But a few weeks later, they’ve reinstated the job under a different title and filled the position with a younger worker. Layoffs can also serve as a tactic for employers to let older workers go. The law requires employers to release lists of employees who were both laid off and retained, along with their ages, to prove that the layoff decisions were not based on age. But employers may not list every worker—providing an incomplete picture of their layoff strategy. Or they may fire a few younger workers just to make the optics look better. Some employers might ask older workers to leave of their own free will, and sweeten the pot with offers for early retirement. These can be very tempting—but be careful, especially if the only alternative you have is to be fired. If that’s the case, you may be looking at age discrimination. Promotion-Based Discrimination When a highly qualified older worker is denied a promotion, which is then given to a younger worker with less experience—at a lower pay grade, naturally—it’s usually a fairly clear-cut case of age discrimination.)

HR DRIVE
— Employees earned record number of class certifications in 2019 – Jennifer Carsen (DIERSEN: In 1988, when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged my GAO superiors with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/employees-earned-record-number-of-class-certifications-in-2019/570498/
— House advances bill requiring accommodations for pregnant workers – Ryan Golden (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted at women a) that men have an unfair advantage over women because men cannot get pregnant and b) that those who do not have dependents have an unfair advantage over who have dependents. Further, they hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that a) those who are White, older, healthy, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, citizens of America, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time have an unfair advantage over those who are minority, younger, non-healthy, LGBTQ, not married, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, non-citizen, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. Further, they hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that a) those who earn more education, more professional certifications, and more professional licenses have an unfair advantage over those who earn less education, fewer professional certifications, and fewer professional licenses and b) those who acquire more work experience have an unfair advantage over those who acquire less work experience. Further, they hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that a) those who earn more money have an unfair advantage over those who earn less money and b) those who save for their retirement have an unfair advantage over those who do not save for their retirement.) 
https://www.hrdive.com/news/house-advances-bill-requiring-accommodations-for-pregnant-workers/570670/

MOTLEY FOOL
— 40% of Americans Risk Financial Struggles in Retirement for This Reason Banking too heavily on Social Security could upend your senior years. – Maurie Backman (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension. My CSRS pension is dramatically reduced because my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to retire early. My Democrat superiors in the federal government did what Democrat politicians wanted them to do. Democrat politicians did what Democrat voters wanted them to do.) 
https://www.fool.com/retirement/2020/01/17/40-of-americans-risk-financial-struggles-in-retire.aspx

January 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— ‘You called me a liar,’ Elizabeth Warren told Bernie Sanders post-Iowa debate – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/you-called-me-a-liar-warren-told-sanders-post-iowa-debate/5855252/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Audio released of post-debate exchange between Warren, Sanders: ‘I think you called me a liar on national TV’ – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/audio-released-of-post-debate-exchange-between-warren-sanders-i-think-you-called-me-a-liar-on-national-tv
— GAO: White House violated law in freezing Ukraine aid – AP (DIERSEN: Anyone who reads the documents that were filed in Diersen v. GAO would conclude that those who run GAO despise/hate Republicans, and that they especially despise/hate Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/white-house-violated-law-in-freezing-ukraine-aid-government-accountability-office

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pot taxes in Chicago could be as high as 41% by July as county moves forward with 3% levy The Cook County Board will vote on approving the Cannabis Retailers’ Occupation Tax on recreational pot sales on Thursday after a committee signed off on it. – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: The higher that taxes are on legal pot, the more illegal pot that will be sold.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/15/21067503/pot-taxes-in-chicago-could-be-as-high-as-41-by-july-as-county-moves-forward-with-3-levy

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘They should be scared.’ As Bernie Sanders rises in Iowa, his 2020 supporters slam establishment warnings he could lose to Donald Trump. – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-bernie-sanders-iowa-2020-presidential-election-20200116-w3erpxjtgnfwtbt5tj3f6bxwxm-story.html
— Government panel says FAA process that approved Boeing 737 Max is ‘rigorous, robust’ – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-boeing-737-max-faa-certification-20200116-o5okyfsfdvaynkxms4jbvewf7q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Preckwinkle urges businesses to help fight ‘cost of segregation’ – Toni Preckwinkle (DIERSEN: How many minorities lived in your hometown when you lived there? No minorities that I know of lived in Crete while I lived there 1948-1972. Of course, my RINO critics/opponents, their RINO operatives, and their RINO dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, and DuPage County use that to paint me as being a racist and even worse things. I should write a book about my RINO critics/opponents, their RINO operatives, and their RINO dupes in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, and DuPage County. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200115/preckwinkle-urges-businesses-to-help-fight-cost-of-segregation

NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/latest-retelling-trumps-term-smacks-prosecutors-courtroom-summation#stream/0

MDJ ONLINE
— Lack of uniform standards, shadow lobbying and loopholes: Illinois commission hears concern
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/lack-of-uniform-standards-shadow-lobbying-and-loopholes-illinois-commission/video_4834ae14-5215-57ea-8c07-2403001b58e7.html

OUR QUAD CITIES
— OUTSTANDING: Iowa Police aren’t changing their protocol about cannabis coming over the bridge – Ryan Risky
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/iowa-police-arent-changing-their-protocol-about-cannabis-coming-over-the-bridge/

ST. LOUIS BUSINESS JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.bizjournals.com/stlouis/news/2020/01/16/there-will-soon-be-another-place-in-the-metro-east.html

WJBC & KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL & ALTON TELEGRAPH & DAILY EGYPTIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
http://www.wjbc.com/2020/01/15/a-quarter-of-every-tax-dollar-from-recreational-cannabis-sales-in-illinois-will-go-to-nonprofit-groups/
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/illinois-pot-sales-booming/article_d5b2825e-37ff-11ea-a5af-f7495f0c6b85.html
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=297267#.XiB0NiN_OM8
https://dailyegyptian.com/98891/news/city/dispensaries-in-southern-illinois-thrive-with-new-legislation-as-supplies-run-short/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— LIGHTFOOT: ‘THE PIE IS BIG ENOUGH’ – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST (DIERSEN: The pie was NOT big enough at GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969. Because of budget constraints, to hire, retain, and promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females, GAO, IRS, and Post Office had to waste the careers of and get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who had not made 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.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2020/01/16/lightfoot-the-pie-is-big-enough-deval-patrick-wows-ray-lahood-dumps-trump-488086

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Who Sent Email Response to Jim Oberweis’ FEC Report for Year-end 2019?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/16/il-14-who-sent-email-response-to-jim-oberweis-fec-report-for-year-end-2019/ 
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis and Anthony Catella File Year-end reports with FEC
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/15/il-14-jim-oberweis-and-anthony-catella-file-year-end-reports-with-fec/ 
— Mike Madigan Helping Suzanne Ness State Rep. Candidacy
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/16/mike-madigan-helping-suzanne-ness-state-rep-candidacy/ 
— Abortion on Demand Group Endorses Sager and Ness
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/16/abortion-on-demand-group-endorses-sager-and-ness/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Appeasement, open borders harm – GEORGE GIFTOS, Boca Raton, Fla.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/15/letters-to-the-editor-appeasement-open-borders-har/

FOX NEWS
— ‘OK, Boomer’ uttered in Supreme Court for first time by Chief Justice Roberts in age discrimination lawsuit – Danielle Wallace (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. They especially promote age discrimination against those who are older and Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes succeed in getting the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party to stop those who are over age 40 from holding leadership positions unless they are minority and/or female?) 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ok-boomer-supreme-court-john-roberts-impeachment

AMERICAN THINKER
— Impeachment Is Not the Issue, It’s the 2020 Election – Bill Livingstone
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/impeachment_is_not_the_issue_its_the_2020_election.html
— Money and Debt without Limits – Jon N. Hall
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/money_and_debt_without_limits.html
— Now we know how confused Democrats are about who is and who is not an imminent threat to America – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/now_we_know_how_confused_democrats_are_about_who_is_and_who_is_not_an_imminent_threat_to_america.html

FEDERALIST
— 3 Kinds Of Women Democrats Refuse To Believe Exist
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/16/3-kinds-of-women-democrats-refuse-to-believe-exist/

NEWS BUSTERS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘Party of Five’ Reboot Defends Identity Fraud, Hiring Illegal Immigrants – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/culture/lindsay-kornick/2020/01/15/party-five-reboot-defends-identity-fraud-hiring-illegal

PJ MEDIA
— LGBT Activists Slander the Evangelicals for Trump Coalition – TYLER O’NEIL (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, LGBTQ activists will force LGBTQ elected officials and party leaders to get rid of those like me who do not promote LGBTQ activity.) 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/lgbt-activists-slander-the-evangelicals-for-trump-coalition/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On the third day of 2020, conservative Christian leaders met at a megachurch in Miami for an “Evangelicals for Trump” rally, launching a key part of the president’s re-election campaign. Shortly thereafter, LGBT activist groups and websites descended on the key figures of this coalition, attacking them as “hate group” leaders and “anti-LGBTQ extremists.” The LGBT magazine The Advocate dug up old statements and repeated the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) to smear the evangelicals involved, citing research compiled by the activist group GLAAD. “One of the best-known among them is Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council, designated a hate group by the Southern Poverty Law Center,” Trudy Ring wrote. The SPLC fired its co-founder last year after a racial discrimination and sexual harassment scandal that also revealed how former employees saw themselves as “part of the con,” exaggerating hate by padding the “hate group” list and “bilking northern liberals” to cut big checks. It has faced multiple defamation lawsuits and paid millions to settle them. As for FRC, a deranged shooter targeted the organization due to the SPLC’s “hate group” accusation, which is based on false and exaggerated claims.)

THE HILL
— GAO finds Trump administration broke law by withholding aid from Ukraine – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: Anyone who reads the documents that were filed in Diersen v. GAO would conclude that those who run GAO despise/hate Republicans, and that they especially despise/hate Republicans who are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/478557-gao-finds-trump-administration-broke-law-by-withholding-aid-from

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Reporters claim new rules will hinder impeachment coverage – ASHRAF KHALIL (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, and political consultants in Illinois, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who treat me and treat what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor as though they really are Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and/or RINOs. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://wtmj.com/national/2020/01/15/reporters-claim-new-rules-will-hinder-impeachment-coverage/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A preliminary security plan would greatly limit the movement of credentialed media members. Journalists would be restricted to a designated area and could only speak to senators who approached them. Under normal conditions, credentialed journalists can informally approach lawmakers in the hallways or on the way to the elevator or the Senate subway. “That’s the bread and butter of what we do here. That’s where you get that extra nugget of information,” Wire said in an interview with The Associated Press. Members of the press corps are also asking for a waiver of the traditional ban on laptops and cellphones, which would enable them to file breaking news updates from gallery seats inside the Senate chamber, but that request has apparently been rejected. The security plan would also place a magnetometer at the door of the gallery seats to scan journalists as they enter and prevent them from bringing in electronics.)

NEW YORK TIMES
— Bloomberg Makes Pitch to Women, Says He Regrets ‘Bawdy’ Jokes – Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/15/us/15reuters-usa-election-bloomberg.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Wealthy donors now allowed to give over half a million dollars each to support Trump’s reelection – Michelle Ye Hee Lee (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who talk and/or act like wealthy donors have given them lots of money 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://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/15/wealthy-donors-now-allowed-give-over-half-million-dollars-each-support-trumps-re-election/
— The chief justice wanted to know: Is ‘OK boomer’ ageist? (He may have been asking for a friend.) – Reis Thebault (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination. They especially promote age discrimination against those who are older and Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Will my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes succeed in getting the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party to stop those who are over age 40 from holding leadership positions unless they are minority and/or female?)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/15/supreme-court-ok-boomer/

USA TODAY
— Here’s the grade most Americans give themselves for retirement readiness – Jessica Menton
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/15/retirement-planning-americans-give-themselves-c-lower/4465141002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Warren, Sanders Spat Sparks Female Electability Debate – Ken Thomas and Tarini Parti
https://www.wsj.com/articles/warren-sanders-spat-sparks-female-electability-debate-11579124691

FORBES
— Was The Illinois Constitution’s Pensions Clause Meant To Be A Suicide Pact? Three Important Pieces Of Historical Context – Elizabeth Bauer
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ebauer/2020/01/15/was-the-illinois-constitutions-pensions-clause-meant-to-be-a-suicide-pact-three-important-pieces-of-historical-context/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarabrittanysomerset/2020/01/16/federal-marijuana-policy-hearing-makes-progress/

GREEN BAY PRESS GAZETTE
— Door County group aims to involve more women, people of color in local government – Sammy Gibbons (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will governments officially state that the more of the following that you are, the more that they want to get rid of you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/story/news/local/door-co/2020/01/15/door-county-group-aims-invite-more-women-people-color-govern/4467178002/

NEWSWEEK
— WISCONSIN BUSINESS DENIES FIRING EMPLOYEE FOR POSTING PRO-TRUMP COMMENTS ON SOCIAL MEDIA – EWAN PALMER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors who deny that they took adverse actions against me, including forcing me to retire, because I was an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation.)
https://www.newsweek.com/wisconsion-trump-supporter-fired-precision-dental-1482483

LAW 360
— OUTSTANDING: House OKs Easing Path For Age Discrimination Suits
https://www.law360.com/corporate/articles/1233779/house-oks-easing-path-for-age-discrimination-suits

WASHINGTON BLADE
— Will GOP moderate its anti-LGBTQ platform in 2020? – Chris Johnson (DIERSEN: Who will your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee appoint to serve on the IRP State Convention Platform and Resolutions Committee in June of this year? I have asked Bob Grogan, who represents the 6th Congressional District, to appoint me to serve on that committee like Ron Smith did in 2008. From what I see, the IRP is under tremendous pressure from Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs a) to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, and many other planks in its platform and b) to dump voters, organizations, companies, and governments that support those planks.) 
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/01/15/will-gop-moderate-its-anti-lgbtq-platform-in-2020/

January 13 Morning Edition

ABC7
— New program brings attention to crime, public safety across DuPage County
https://abc7chicago.com/new-dupage-county-program-brings-attention-to-crime-public-safety/5843308/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A new group in DuPage County is designed to raise awareness about crime and public safety. The group is called Safe DuPage and it was created by Naperville City Councilman Kevin Coyne. The group will hold town halls and rallies to discuss subjects including gun violence, social equity and marijuana stores. A website for the group is under construction.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 50,000 Cook County residents will lose food stamps if they don’t find work soon, and the clock is ticking – Alexia Elejalde Ruiz
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cook-county-work-requirements-food-stamps-20200110-bachqwln6bbq3kgcpfl5fqrh3a-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred of Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-nyt-anti-trump-echo-chamber-20200112-mpodx42xurcnjdiuztdqepvvva-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-cb-how-illinois-legal-weed-is-grown-20200113-bg544pchcve2djiti73zneatyq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage Hispanics to speak, to read, and to write Spanish. My ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s. They were less successful because they continued to speak, read, and write German. None of them earned a high school diploma until my father did in 1940. None of them earned a college degree until I did in 1970.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-depaulia-spanish-language-news-site-20200113-fqu5wzuy6jgcrey7zmdekww2xy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200113/pot-is-legal-in-illinois-but-dont-pack-it-for-your-next-airplane-ride

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Durbin: United State Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) will grow economy, support jobs in Illinois – Steven Spearie 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200112/durbin-usmca-will-grow-economy-support-jobs-in-illinois
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200112/pot-dispensary-to-suspend-recreational-sales-for-monday

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— NIU professor: Marijuana law offers benefits and ‘unanticipated consequences’ – Chris Green
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200112/niu-professor-marijuana-law-offers-benefits-and-unanticipated-consequences
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The only solid research we have on the effect of legalization is that it leads to increased usage,” he said. “This does present public health concerns. An increase in auto accidents and workplace safety issues are two of these concerns. Increased levels of addiction is another.”)

NORTHERN STAR
— A Smoke and Drug Free map provided by the university outlines all on-campus areas where adult-use and possession of cannabis will continue to be illegal despite changes in state law.
https://northernstar.info/news/map-illustrates-federal-law/article_f704b266-35ba-11ea-8697-075eb2ecc8f9.html

DAILY EASTERN NEWS
— University Police Department Chief Talks Legal Marijuana – Corryn Brock and Hannah Shillo
https://www.dailyeasternnews.com/2020/01/12/upd-chief-talks-legal-marijuana/

WAND
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wandtv.com/news/illinois-supply-and-provisions-temporarily-halts-adult-use-cannabis-sales/article_7afc3b2c-359b-11ea-a995-33cd10f7900a.html

KMOX
— Driving high is becoming an issue with legal marijuana in Illinois – Michael Calhoun
https://kmox.radio.com/media/audio-channel/driving-high-is-becoming-an-issue-with-legal-marijuana-in-illinois

DEPAULIA
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://depauliaonline.com/45321/news/chicagoans-swarm-dispensaries-in-first-week-of-recreational-cannabis-sales/

POLITICO
— FROM THE ARTICLE: “Among judicial candidates shelling out for their own campaigns: Richard Felice (DuPage County judge), $245,000”
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2020/01/13/the-self-funding-gamble-revelation-in-explosive-email-bloomberg-petitions-challenged-488049

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO ALDERMAN PROPOSES TAX ON CHILDBIRTH Amid Illinois’ population decline, Ald. Ray Lopez proposed taxing conception and licensing childbirth. – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-alderman-proposes-tax-on-childbirth/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Big Fat Lie of Leftists Who Sexually Integrate School Locker Rooms – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/the-big-fat-lie-of-leftists-who-sexually-integrate-school-locker-rooms/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats become first national party to hate the nation they wish to lead – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/democrats_become_first_national_party_to_hate_the_nation_they_wish_to_lead.html
— Is today’s Democratic Party deceiving the people? – K.S. Guardiola (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media a) promotes the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms and b) demonizes, denigrates, and condemns the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/is_todays_democratic_party_deceiving_the_people.html
— From ‘blue’ to ‘red’ – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/from_blue_to_red.html
— Hey, GOP! This is What Pushback Looks Like – Brian C Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/hey_gop_this_is_what_pushback_looks_like.html

BREITBART
— Illinois Sanctuary County (Cook County) Frees 1K Criminal Illegal Aliens into U.S. in 2019 – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/12/illinois-sanctuary-county-frees-1k-criminal-illegal-aliens-2019/
— Tom Steyer: Americans Must Provide Cheap Housing to Illegal Immigrants – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Wheaton voters, including many Wheaton’s West and East Districts, and especially in my precinct, believe that Democrats and RINOs want to build cheap housing for illegal immigrants in my precinct along the south side of Roosevelt Road between the Prairie Path and Main Street.)
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/01/13/tom-steyer-americans-must-provide-cheap-housing-to-illegal-immigrants/
— Majority of Britons Reject Amnesty for Illegal Aliens – VICTORIA FRIEDMAN
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/01/13/majority-britons-reject-amnesty-illegal-aliens/

BLAZE
— Powerful video shows Iranians demonstrating more respect for the US flag than Colin Kaepernick has Kaepernick was quick to attack America after the U.S. military killed Soleimani – Giancarlo Sopo
https://www.theblaze.com/news/iranian_protestors_respect_american_flag

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Repeatedly Betrayed Black Voters’: Sanders Co-Chair Rips Into Joe Biden – PETER HASSON (DIERSEN: To give preference to minorities, females, younger people, those who have less money, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, citizens of foreign countries, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc. is to discriminate against Whites, males, older people, those who have more money, Protestants, German Americans, citizens of America, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, etc.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/12/nina-turner-joe-biden-south-carolina-black-voters/
— Facebook Policy Against Regulating Political Ads Is A Win For Free Speech – JON SCHWEPPE
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/10/schweppe-facebook-political-ads/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Tents, Homelessness, and Misery: 9 Things I Saw in San Francisco – Katrina Trinko
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/01/13/tents-homeless-and-misery-9-things-i-saw-in-san-francisco/

DAILY HEADLINES
— The LGBT Mafia & Their Satanic Agenda Lead To More Global Corporations Tanking – Susan Duclos
http://dailyheadlines.net/the-lgbt-mafia-their-satanic-agenda-lead-to-more-global-corporations-tanking/

PJ MEDIA
— Arrogant Meghan Markle and Prince Harry Want to Move to LA… When Trump Is Gone – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/arrogant-meghan-markle-and-prince-harry-want-to-move-to-la-when-trump-is-gone/

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Always Choose America’s Enemies Over America – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/01/13/democrats-always-choose-americas-enemies-over-america-n2559371

PATRIOT POST
— Omar Represents the Anti-Americans This radical leftist appears to view the U.S. as the villain and Iran as the victim. (DIERSEN: What do you say to activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who a) 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, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid and/or b) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate?)
https://patriotpost.us/articles/67846-omar-represents-the-anti-americans-2020-01-13

LUTHERAN CHURCH CHARITIES
— What Are Your Goals? – Tim Hetzner (DIERSEN: What are your goals? My goals include helping elect candidates who can and will defend and advance the Republican Party platform. Those who work against me reject planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject 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 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, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. They focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://myemail.constantcontact.com/What-Are-Your-Goals—-LCC-Daily-Devotion-.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Immigration Hurts Low-Skilled Workers, Congressional Budget Office Says – MATTHEW VADUM (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, employers prefer hiring, retaining, and promoting citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America. If there had been more immigration during the 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, citizens of foreign countries may very well have gotten the jobs that I got. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://www.theepochtimes.com/immigration-hurts-low-skilled-workers-congressional-budget-office-says_3201871.html

CAMPUS REFORM
— Arizona State University prof: ‘Shut down’ Trump’s Twitter account to combat hate speech – Jesse Stiller (DIERSEN: How soon will those Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, and RINOs who dominate the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and/or Milton Township Republican Organization officially call for shutting down GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=14201

THE HILL
— A GOP-led edge: Red states see less unemployment, more economic growth – KRISTIN TATE
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/477923-a-gop-led-edge-red-states-see-less-unemployment-more-economic-growth
— Trump bemoans ‘stigma’ of impeachment – JUSTINE COLEMAN (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Which members of organizations are stigmatized the most? ANSWER: Those members who fail/refuse to serve as operatives or as dupes for those members who have the most clout. I should write a book about a) members who have/had the most clout and b) members who are/were stigmatized the most in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/477892-trump-bemoans-stigma-of-impeachment

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Ex-prisoners who can vote sought for Wisconsin 2020 election – SARA BURNETT (DIERSEN: Republican-haters hint/imply/argue/shout at ex-prisoners, and at everyone else, that Republicans impoverish people, and therefore, cause people to commit crime.) 
http://www.startribune.com/ex-prisoners-who-can-vote-sought-for-wisconsin-2020-election/566931692/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump-supporters, and especially against Trump-supporters who are 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. How successful have the Trump-haters been in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, and in your county? I should write a book about the success that Trump-haters have had in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/13/women-minorities-missing-from-trump-national-security-team-column/4447800002/

WINCHESTER STAR
— Media Coddles Thugs – L. Brent Bozell III
https://www.winchesterstar.com/winchester_star/bozell-media-coddles-thugs/article_f047f9f2-ac7f-5316-8198-310c35244a54.html

FAIRFIELD CONNECTICUT PATCH
— Fairfield Candidate Criticized For Political Consulting Work A Republican leader in Fairfield said Democrat Jennifer Leeper ‘failed to disclose that she is a paid Democratic political operative.’ – Anna Bybee-Schier (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. Of course, needless-to-say, I will sue any individual, any organization, any company, and any government that hints/implies/argues/shouts a) that I am paid for what I do as a journalist, that is, that I am paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor or b) that I a lobbyist, that is, someone who is paid to lobby.) 
https://patch.com/connecticut/fairfield/state-rep-candidate-criticized-political-consulting-work

NEW YORKER
— Have We Outgrown the Need for Affirmative Action? The past and the future of a long-embattled policy. – Louis Menand (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc. to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2020/01/20/have-we-outgrown-the-need-for-affirmative-action

AMERICAN LATINOS UNITED
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: American Latinos United Launches to Defeat President Trump New Political Action Committee Led by Former Los Angeles Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and Fernando Espuelas will Focus on Latino Voter Engagement in Key Swing States to Secure Electoral College Victory for the Democratic Nominee
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-latinos-united-launches-to-defeat-president-trump-300985328.html

AMERICAN PROSPECT
— Progressives Help Progressives—Across City Lines Local Progress, a nationwide network of left-leaning municipal elected officials, is fast becoming the strategic switchboard for America’s increasingly liberal cities. – RACHEL M. COHEN (DIERSEN: Who represents you in your municipality? Are they considering becoming a member of “Local Progress?” SEE: https://localprogress.org/ Are they a member of “Local Progress?” From what I see, members of “Local Progress” focus on a) 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, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid and b) destroying those who they cannot manipulate/dominate.)
https://prospect.org/politics/progressives-help-progressives-across-city-lines/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In the fall of 2017, a group of progressive city councilmembers across Texas decided to try a new strategy. Their Republican-controlled state legislature was a nightmare, preempting (and thereby repealing) every progressive ordinance that the cities enacted—but the legislature met only once every two years. What would happen if they worked together and collectively passed paid sick days while state politicians were out of session?. . .More recently, nearly 200 local elected officials from across the country signed a letter calling for the abolition of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), and applauded Representative Mark Pocan’s federal legislation to transfer ICE’s legitimate functions to other agencies. “Above all else, we are responsible for the safety of people in our communities,” the local officials wrote. “The presence of ICE in our neighborhoods, schools, workplaces, places of worship, and homes, makes this impossible.”)

FEDERAL TIMES
— The leader in federal work environment improvement – Andrew Eversden (DIERSEN: I should write a book about what the work environment was like for employees at GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969 who were Republican. The more of the following that you were, the more toxic that the work environment was: Republican, conservative, Protestant, German American, draft avoider, White, male, older, non-poor, if your ancestors had been in America for a long time, and if you had not made 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.federaltimes.com/home/2020/01/10/the-leader-in-federal-work-environment-improvement/

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— If you were me, what would you do to encourage religious, conservative, and Republican leaders in Illinois to promote reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails? Tragically, many of the aforesaid reject many planks in the Republican Party platform. Most commonly, they reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. They blacklist me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails because I support all of the aforesaid planks. Most commonly, they 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, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid. They focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate. I refuse to serve as anyone’s operative or dupe. I refuse to use GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to carry out anyone’s demands, for example, a) to elect a particular candidate in a contested Republican primary or b) to blacklist anyone. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

January 12 Evenung Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/12/21059426/chicago-dispensaries-key-takeaways-recreational-weed-sales-illinois

DAILY HERALD
— State Rep. Tom Morrison hosts ‘Coffee and Conversation’ Jan. 18 in Rolling Meadows
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200112/state-rep-tom-morrison-hosts-coffee-and-conversation-jan-18-in-rolling-meadows

ABC7
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Majority of Americans disapprove of how Trump handled Iran conflict.”
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/poll-most-americans-disapprove-of-how-trump-handled-iran-conflict/5841684/

NBC5
— Trump, Pelosi Square Off Ahead of Impeachment Trial Democrats are trying to put pressure on senators, particularly those up for reelection in 2020, to consider new testimony – Lisa Mascaro
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/pelosi-americans-want-fair-trial-on-trump-impeachment/2200084/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-updating-birth-certificates-for-transgender-dads/2200107/

CBS2
— Edgar Gonzalez Jr., Aide To Congressman Jesus ‘Chuy’ Garcia, Picked To Fill Vacant Illinois House Seat – AP
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/12/edgar-gonzalez-jr-aide-to-congressman-jesus-chuy-garcia-picked-to-fill-vacant-illinois-house-seat/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Soldier from Aurora killed in Afghanistan
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/soldier-from-aurora-killed-in-afghanistan

HERALD & REVIEW
— Property tax relief group recommends expanding Illinois sales tax. Gov. Pritzker says there has to be another way. – JAMIE MUNKS
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/property-tax-relief-group-recommends-expanding-illinois-sales-tax-gov/article_3d0e331b-8b5a-542f-8072-8ce5cf0e6d73.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Community activist Edgar Gonzalez Jr., 23, named to vacant Chicago-area state House post – AP
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Activist-23-named-to-vacant-Chicago-area-state-14969424.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Gonzalez, a recent Harvard University graduate, is president of a local ward political organization and serves as a member of Garcia’s constituent services staff, according to a Saturday news release.)

SUBURBAN LIFE
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Four more years!’ — Supporters of President Trump rally in Joliet Local demonstrators hold up signs, cheer for President Donald Trump – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2020/01/10/four-more-years-supporters-of-president-trump-rally-in-joliet/abrnsxs/

ST. LOUIS POST DISPATCH
— Shouldn’t marijuana buyers be working during the day? With the long lines to buy marijuana in Illinois during the work day, the question arises in my mind: Is this where our unemployment and welfare money goes? – Roger P. Bickel, St. Charles
https://www.stltoday.com/opinion/mailbag/letter-shouldn-t-marijuana-buyers-be-working-during-the-day/article_b55e10e1-ebcc-5b3c-8863-b008ac37a4fc.html

WQAD
— Sen. Anderson worries legal pot is overtaxed – JIM MERTENS
https://wqad.com/2020/01/12/this-week-sen-anderson-worries-legal-pot-is-overtaxed/

CHICAGO MORNING STAR
— The Mid-America Regional Bargaining Association has posted the legal issues related to cannabis and workplace safety. – Ivan Cease (DIERSEN: Of course, pot pushing Democrats, pot pushing Libertarians, pot pushing Greens, and pot pushing RINOs will do everything that they can to remove all restrictions on the sale and use of pot.) 
https://chicagomorningstar.com/marba-posts-legal-issues-regarding-cannabis-and-employment-status

BREITBART
— In Immigration Debate, Trump Says We Don’t Have Enough American Workers to Fill Skilled Labor Jobs – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/01/12/donald-trump-we-dont-have-enough-foreign-workers/
— 12 Shot, 5 Killed in Democrat-Controlled Baltimore – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/12/12-shot-5-killed-in-democrat-controlled-baltimore/

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Meghan Markle, from actress to duchess to slave descendant – Paul H. Yarbrough 
https://www.commdiginews.com/entertainment/meghan-markle-from-actress-duchess-to-slave-descendant-126150/

DAILY WIRE
— Shocking Number Of Young Americans Say Other Countries Are Better Than U.S. – Joseph Curl (DIERSEN: Trump-haters shout at young Americans, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/shocking-number-of-young-americans-say-other-countries-are-better-than-u-s

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: ICE says Cook county released over 1000 illegals with criminal records last year after refusing detainers – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/12/ice-says-cook-county-released-over-1000-illegals-with-criminal-records-last-year-after-refusing-detainers-875118

EPOCH TIMES
— Texas Is First State to Opt Out of Accepting Refugees in 2020 – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-is-first-state-to-opt-out-of-accepting-refugees-in-2020_3201721.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters shout at refugees, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. 
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/477914-one-of-texass-largest-newspapers-blasts-governor-for-choosing-to-reject

NEW YORK TIMES
— What if Democrats Tried Real Outreach? – Kristee Paschall (DIERSEN: What will the following do to maximize the number of March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballots cast in your precinct: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and/or country party organizations, c) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and d) the IRP officers? I will be a) hand-delivering sample ballots and campaign literature to the homes in my precinct that have one or more Republican or Independent voters and b) encouraging homeowners and businesses to display signs for the Republican candidates.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/09/opinion/voter-turnout-2020.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Pelosi says Trump ‘impeached for life’ despite McConnell’s ‘gamesmanship,’ ‘coverup’ – Elise Viebeck and Juliet Eilperin (DIERSEN: Which adverse actions do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupe stress that you will have “for life?” Mine stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office employee, etc. They stress how poorly many past and present Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, MTRO, Wheaton, WCC, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois leaders treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/pelosi-says-trump-impeached-for-life-despite-mcconnells-gamesmanship-coverup/2020/01/12/4e75531a-3544-11ea-9541-9107303481a4_story.html
— Why America’s suburbs could be so important in 2020, visualized A look at the closest precincts from four years ago. – Philip Bump 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/10/why-americas-suburbs-could-be-so-important-2020-visualized/
— Conservatives in deep-blue Maryland strategize and commiserate – Rebecca Tan (DIERSEN: What if the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) were as open about what they are doing as Maryland Republicans are? Those who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO talk and/or act like they do not want me to report anything about IRP, DCRCC, or MTRO meetings and events including a) who spoke at the meetings and events, b) how many attended, or c) names of the candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended. What will the following do to maximize the number of March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballots cast in your precinct: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and/or country party organizations, c) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, and d) the IRP officers? I will be a) hand-delivering sample ballots and campaign literature to the homes in my precinct that have one or more Republican or Independent voters and b) encouraging homeowners and businesses to display signs for the Republican candidates.)
https://www.greenwichtime.com/news/article/Conservatives-in-deep-blue-Maryland-strategize-14969852.php
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Maryland’s strong Democratic majority seemed far away this weekend at a conference near the State House, where Republicans discussed their priorities for 2020. During speeches Saturday by elected GOP officials and party leaders, attendees booed the costly education overhaul proposal being championed by the deep-blue General Assembly, cheered raucously for President Donald Trump and poked fun at candidates seeking the Democratic presidential nomination. In between panels about how to reduce gun-control restrictions and limit access to abortion, dozens of the party faithful exchanged business cards, snapped selfies and commiserated over being conservative in a state where Democrats outnumber Republicans 2 to 1 and have a veto-proof majority in both chambers of the legislature. Republican Gov. Larry Hogan, a moderate in his party who has frequently criticized Trump, was not present at the conference hosted by the conservative website Red Maryland. Hogan’s spokesman said the governor was invited but could not attend “because of his schedule.”)

DALLAS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters shout at refugees, and at everyone else, that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. 
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2020/01/12/presidential-contender-mike-bloomberg-calls-texas-gov-greg-abbotts-decision-on-refugees-outrageous/

CORSICANA DAILY SUN
— Navarro County Republicans discuss upcoming election – Mark Archibald (DIERSEN: What if the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) were as open about what they are doing as the Navarro County Republican Executive Committee is? Those who dominate the IRP, DCRCC, and MTRO talk and/or act like they do not want me to report anything about IRP, DCRCC, or MTRO meetings and events including a) who spoke at the meetings and events, b) how many attended, or c) names of the candidates, elected officials, and party leaders who attended. What will the following do to maximize the number of March 17, 2020 Republican primary ballots cast in your precinct: a) your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, b) the officers of your Republican township, ward, and/or country party organizations, c) your representative on the IRP State Central Committee, and d) the IRP officers? I will be a) hand-delivering sample ballots and campaign literature to the homes in my precinct that have one or more Republican or Independent voters and b) encouraging homeowners and businesses to display signs for the Republican candidates.)
https://www.corsicanadailysun.com/news/navarro-county-republicans-discuss-upcoming-election/article_40909998-33f1-11ea-8e90-1f2c41788c59.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Members of the Navarro County Republican Executive Committee heard from candidates in contested races at a regular meeting Tuesday at the group’s headquarters in Corsicana. Candidates for Navarro County Sheriff, Pct. 3 Commissioner, Justice of the Peace Pct. 2 and Navarro County District Attorney introduced themselves to those in attendance. Sheriff Elmer Tanner received the endorsement of Texas Representative Cody Harris, “I’m honored to receive Harris’s support,” he said, “Cody understands and respects the job that we do.” “Sheriff Tanner worked closely with me during the 86th Legislative session, making sure I understood how legislation would affect the people of Navarro County.” The Palestine Republican said, “without question, Elmer Tanner is the right man for the job.” Tanner will face David Foreman in the March 3 primary. Those in attendance approved the appointments of four precinct chairs who filled for office but faced no primary challenge. Precinct Chairs are instrumental helping the Republican Party get out the vote. Republicans now have 23 of 30 Navarro County precincts filled. “It’s time to get out there and shake up our precincts,” said Bobby Vickery who was appointed to Pct. 404 “It’s extremely important that we contact every Republican and make sure they get out to vote,” said Navarro County Republican Chairman Eric Meyers. “Nearly 1,000 people move to Texas every day, we need to make sure Texas stays red.” Meyers also alerted party faithful about important upcoming dates in the “consequential 2020 election year.” The last day to register to vote in the Texas primary is Feb. 3. Anyone interested may now request a ballot by mail from the Navarro County Elections Administration Office. Any requests must be returned to the Elections Office by Feb. 21. Early voting for the primary election is from Feb. 18 to 28 at the Navarro County Annex building, 601 N. 13th Street in Corsicana. The Texas primary will be March 3. Navarro County residents will have several opportunities to hear from candidates in upcoming forums, and meet and greets. The Conservative Society of Navarro County, in conjunction with the Republican Women and the Republican Party of Navarro County, will host a federal candidate meet and greet at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Jan. 21 at Republican Party Headquarters, 111 W. Third Ave. in Corsicana. The Republican Women will hold a candidate forum lunch at Republican Headquarters at 11:30 a.m. Tuesday, Jan. 28. The Corsicana Opry/ Silver Saddle Saloon will host the Republican Party of Navarro County Candidate Forum at 6:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 11. The group is finalizing plans for its March 6, Navarro County Reagan Day Dinner. The group also voted to hold the Precinct Convention at the Navarro County Courthouse on Saturday, March 14. The County Convention will be held the following week on Saturday, March 21. Republican delegates from each of Texas’s 254 counties will meet in Houston at the state convention the week of May 11-16. The Texas state Republican convention is expected to be larger than the National Republican gathering. The national convention will be in Charlotte, North Carolina in August. All other regular reports were adopted. The next meeting of the Navarro County Executive Committee will be at party headquarters in April.)

DESERET NEWS
— Unaffiliated Utah voters risk being shut out of the presidential primary — unless they do this – Sahalie Donaldson (DIERSEN: In your precinct, for the March 17 primary election, how Democrats will cast Republican ballots to do whatever damage they can to the Republican Party? Do not expect those Democrats to vote for unopposed Republican Precinct Committeemen.)
https://www.deseret.com/utah/2020/1/12/21055079/super-tuesday-unaffiliated-voters-presidential-primary-trump-biden-sanders

FORBES
— FEBRUARY 7, 2013 FLASHBACK: What To Do When A Co-Worker Tries To Sabotage Your Career – Jacquelyn Smith (DIERSEN: What have been the demographics most commonly shared by those who have worked the hardest against you? Most commonly, those who have worked the hardest against me either are or paint themselves as being 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. If I wrote a book about them, I would focus on those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout and b) who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jacquelynsmith/2013/02/07/what-to-do-when-a-co-worker-tries-to-sabotage-your-career/#e0359302f8cf