ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: 2 groups push to get more minority business owners
involved in Illinois’ recreational marijuana industry – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/business/program-aims-to-get-more-people-of-color-involved-in-illinois-marijuana-industry/5704068/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who will bear the burden of CTU’s generous new contract? Take a guess. –
Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-teacher-contract-property-taxes-lightfoot-20191118-rukatukbbvgtbnkwooxwouboam-story.html
— Fairer fares for the poor? Advocates want reduced Metra, CTA fares for
low-income riders, but the costs would be high for transit agencies. – Mary
Wisniewski (DIERSEN: The inevitable extension of this is that the less money
that you have, the less money you should have to pay for everything: housing,
food, clothing, health care, transportation, education, entertainment, booze,
gambling, pot, etc. Of course, the aforesaid discourages people from taking
care of their health, complying with laws, getting an education, getting a job,
saving for retirement, etc., that is, it discourages individual responsibility,
that is, it discourages prosperity.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-transit-low-income-reduced-fare-proposal-20191118-vvy36fecfbcnfngihr2juzs7ge-story.html
— Buttigieg touts military service, wary of overstating role – AP (DIERSEN:
What work experience do you tout? I tout the experience that I gained a)
working GAO for almost 18 years, the last 11 years of which at the GS-13 Step
1-10 levels, currently $98,198-$127,654/year and b) working for IRS for almost
9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently
$82,579-$93,592/year. I tout what learned passing the CPA and Certified
Internal Auditor examinations on my fist attempt. I tout what I learned earning
master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance. I tout what I have
learned serving as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor for 19 years.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–election-2020-buttigieg-military-20191118-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Like
candidates from the time of George Washington, the South Bend, Indiana, mayor
is leaning hard on his seven-month deployment as an intelligence officer in
Afghanistan as a powerful credential. As he does, he walks a narrow path
between giving his wartime service its due and overstating it. He is careful
not to call himself a combat veteran even as he notes the danger he faced. One
of his former competitors for the Democratic nomination, Rep. Seth Moulton of
Massachusetts, has drawn a sharp contrast between his four combat tours in Iraq
and Buttigieg’s service. And a former commanding officer, who said he thinks
Buttigieg would be within his rights to say he is a combat veteran, nonetheless
questions the use of a rifle in his ads. As support for his campaign grows,
Buttigieg can expect more intense scrutiny of his military record in a
political climate where military service is far from sacred, as past attacks on
the records of Republican John McCain and Democrat John Kerry show.)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Reps. Quigley, Krishnamoorthi: Trump impeachment state of play The
issue of real-time witness intimidation from President Donald Trump is on the
table. Whether this rises to becoming an impeachable offense remains to be
seen. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/11/17/20969903/illinois-reps-quigley-krishnamoorthi-trump-impeachment-hearings-state-of-play
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The Law Q&A: Legalized marijuana equals workplace buzz – Brett Kepley
(DIERSEN: If you are an employee, how stoned will your employer allow its
employees to be? If you are a member of an organization, how stoned will your
organization allow its members to be? One should expect that Democrat,
Libertarian, Green, and RINO employers and organizations will allow their
employees and members to be far more stoned than Republican employers and
organizations.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/business/legalized-marijuana-equals-workplace-buzz/article_a6046503-ec80-5879-8f27-b393cda002dc.html
— Democratic donors still ‘feeling the Bern’ in C-U area – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/tom-kacich-democratic-donors-still-feeling-the-bern-in-c/article_fb14b6e3-7a92-58d0-8997-370113f17491.html
RIVER CITIES READER
— Illinois Senate President John Cullerton’s Looming Retirement Creates a
Vacuum into Which State Senators are Diving – Rich Miller
https://www.rcreader.com/commentary/illinois-senate-president-john-cullerton%E2%80%99s-looming-retirement-creates-vacuum-which-state
WGLT
— McLean County GOP Chair Talks 2020 Elections, Complacency, And Why Trump Has
‘Not Crossed The Line’ – RYAN DENHAM
https://www.wglt.org/post/gop-chair-talks-2020-elections-complacency-and-why-trump-has-not-crossed-line#stream/0
NPR ILLINOIS
— News Outlets Call University Of Illinois Policy A Reporter Gag Order –
VIVIAN MCCALL (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want a gag order on me. They want
to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, but failing that, they want
to stop everyone from reading the emails, but failing that, they want to stop
me from including links in the emails to articles that they did not write or
bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/news-outlets-call-university-illinois-policy-reporter-gag-order#stream/0
ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— Illinois Democrat Crime Ring
https://demcorruption.com/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The SPLC Goes After Franklin Graham and IFI – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: I
should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and
governments that have gone after me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/the-splc-goes-after-franklin-graham-and-ifi/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Liberal judge unjustly rules against pro-life journalist David Daleiden –
Rebecca Hagelin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/17/liberal-judge-unjustly-rules-against-pro-life-jour/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Tough Trump asylum policy prompts migrants to enter US and then flee to
Canada – Anna Giaritelli
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/tough-trump-asylum-policy-prompts-migrants-to-enter-us-and-then-flee-to-canada
BREITBART
— NY Times: Refugees Needed to Fill ‘Void of Cultural Diversity’ in White
Towns – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/31/ny-times-refugees-needed-to-fill-void-of-cultural-diversity-in-white-towns/
TOWNHALL
— Are We Headed Toward a Second Civil War? – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/columnists/scottmorefield/2019/11/18/are-we-headed-toward-a-second-civil-war-n2556627
POLITICO
— Don Jr. is on a mission to recruit Trump culture warriors He’s working to
translate the combative, anti-liberal MAGA ethos for internet-savvy nonboomers.
– TINA NGUYEN
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/11/17/donald-jr-culture-warrior-trump-071176
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters argue for open borders.
https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2019/11/17/migrants-stuck-in-lawless-limbo-within-sight-of-america/
NEW YORK TIMES
— Iran Blocks Nearly All Internet Access – Farnaz Fassihi (DIERSEN: Of course,
my critics/opponents want to block all internet access except to their Facebook
pages.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/17/world/middleeast/iran-protest-rouhani.html
— The White Nationalist Websites Cited by Stephen Miller – Katie Rogers and
Jason DeParle (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, the Southern Poverty Law Center
blacklists websites that do NOT promote hated 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.nytimes.com/2019/11/18/us/politics/stephen-miller-white-nationalism.html
NEW YORK POST
— Democrats to Israel: Go to Hell – Karol Markowicz
https://nypost.com/2019/11/17/democrats-to-israel-go-to-hell/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Older Workers Have a Big Secret: Their Age Afraid of being rejected by
younger managers and colleagues, they hide things that might reveal their true
age – Carol Hymowitz (DIERSEN: If you are a federal employee, all your
superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates know how old you are.
Federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should
know that their superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who are
Democrat will use their age against big time if they do not make GS-13
(currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15
(currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently
$165,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees meet the aforesaid
promotion deadlines.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/older-workers-have-a-big-secret-their-age-11574046301
— The Revealing Words People Use to Describe Retirement – Joseph F. Coughlin
and Chaiwoo Lee
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-revealing-words-people-use-to-describe-retirement-11574046240
— The Best Books About Retirement and Aging of 2019 – Diane Cole
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-best-books-about-retirement-and-aging-of-2019-11573743746
— How to Decide Whether to Move or Stay in Your House in Retirement – Glenn
Ruffenach
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-decide-whether-to-move-or-stay-in-your-house-in-retirement-11573745765
FORBES
— Momentum Is Building For Workplace Gender Parity: Here’s Why And How –
Kathleen Duffy Ybarra (DIERSEN: How soon will the federal government announce
that it will immediately terminate its male employees who fail to make GS-13
(currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15
(currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently
$165,500) by age 40? Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid
promotion deadlines.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2019/11/18/momentum-is-building-for-workplace-gender-parity-heres-why-and-how/
SAN DIEGO UNION TRIBUNE
— Cori Schumacher announces candidacy for Carlsbad City Council vacancy – PHIL
DIEHL (DIERSEN: What if Wheaton’s recent West District City Council vacancy had
been filled by a special election? What if the Daily Herald had published lots
of information on the 10 candidates including their demographics, how long they
lived in the West District and in Wheaton, their work experience, their
education, their professional certifications and licenses, etc.? What if there
had been candidate forums?)
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/communities/north-county/carlsbad/story/2019-11-12/cori-schumacher-announces-candidacy-for-carlsbad-city-council
NEWSWEEK
— JOE BIDEN COMES OUT AGAINST LEGALIZING WEED, SAYS IT’S POTENTIALLY A
‘GATEWAY DRUG’ — ALEXANDRIA OCASIO-CORTEZ DISAGREES – CHRISTINA ZHAO (DIERSEN:
Of course, because of this, those who a) smoked pot, b) smoke pot, c) want to
smoke pot, d) want to make money selling pot, and/or d) want government to take
in lots of tax revenue from the sale of pot WILL NOT VOTE FOR BIDEN.)
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-biden-comes-out-against-legalizing-weed-says-its-potentially-gateway-drugalexandria-1472297
— WALMART CHANGES DISABLED WORKERS REASSIGNMENT POLICY AFTER SETTLING
DISCRIMINATION LAWSUIT – EWAN PALMER (DIERSEN: While 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://www.newsweek.com/walmart-disabled-worker-lawsuit-eeoc-1472346
AXIOS
— How online ad targeting weaponizes political misinformation – Scott
Rosenberg (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and
political news and commentary is misinformation except for the government and
political news and commentary that they put out or bless. What percent of
GOPUSA ILLINOIS email reader are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative,
patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun
owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for
a long time? What percent of GOPUSA ILLINOIS email reader 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America
for a long time?)
https://www.axios.com/online-ad-targeting-political-misinformation-3fac586c-2412-4c2b-a9c9-cbd2d47de6f8.html
QUARTZ
— The unique role corporations played in the fight for LGBTQ rights – Nick Lehr
(DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasing. if you do not promote LGBTQ
activity, you will not be hired and you will be gotten rid of.)
https://qz.com/work/1749446/the-unique-role-corporations-played-in-the-fight-for-lgbtq-rights/
FED SMITH
— 80% Disparity for Fed Benefits Says Report – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/11/15/80-disparity-fed-benefits-says-report/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In
2018 federal workers enjoyed average annual benefits of $41,508, which compared
to average benefits in the private sector of just $12,075. That large
difference stems from more federal workers receiving certain types of benefits
than private workers, and from particular federal benefits being more generous
than those provided in the private sector.)
GUARDIAN
— New York Times editor says Trump has put his reporters’ lives at risk Dean
Baquet decries abuse of journalists – Jim Waterson (DIERSEN: I should write a
book about those a) who paint themselves as being spokespersons for the leaders
of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee,
Milton Township Republican Central Committee, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton
Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, etc. and b) who demonize me,
denigrate me, and condemn me and my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2019/nov/18/new-york-times-editor-says-trump-has-put-his-reporters-lives-at-risk
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The executive editor of the New York Times has accused
Donald Trump of putting his reporters’ lives at risk by subjecting them to
personal abuse and describing them as “enemies of the people”. Dean Baquet, who
has led the news outlet during one of the most tumultuous periods in its
history, said the US president’s history of verbal attacks on journalists such
as the New York Times’s political reporter Maggie Haberman was “appalling” and
risked having serious consequences. “I think his personal attacks on reporters,
including Maggie, are pretty awful and pretty unpresidential,” he said. “I
think personal attacks on journalists, when he calls them names, I think he
puts their lives at risk. “I think that when he actually calls reporters names,
says they’re un-American, says they’re enemies of the people … that phrase
has a deep history. I think when he says that, it is an appalling attack on the
press.” Baquet’s comments in an interview with the Guardian reflect Trump’s
lengthy history of abuse towards journalists in general and the New York Times
in particular. They echo comments from the newspaper’s publisher, AG
Sulzberger, who has also clashed with Trump over his treatment of the media.
Last year Sulzberger said he had told Trump in a meeting that “this
inflammatory language is contributing to a rise in threats against journalists
and will lead to violence”.)