Tag: legal

October 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago to hold community meetings on recreational marijuana sales
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/city-to-hold-community-meetings-on-recreational-marijuana-sales/5590687/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congress should treat gun violence as a public health crisis, witnesses testify at hearing – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-gun-violence-field-hearing-st-1004-20191003-sfs6o5rkrzhbtjisrtqmiapkva-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump fights off impeachment by flexing his stupidity muscle.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-impeachment-china-ukraine-whistleblower-week-in-review-huppke-20191004-sor6rmbxavc2feesy4me7tmdvi-story.html
— Illegal vape name draws scrutiny as illness spreads – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–vaping-illnesses-outlaw-brand-20191004-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Springfield fixer upper? Pritzker digs deep to doll up governor’s digs The latest Springfield renovations include repairing tile on the first floor, remodeling guest bedrooms and bathrooms and “updating existing plumbing.” – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/3/20897731/springfield-fixer-upper-pritzker-governors-mansion-renovation
— Schiff at Northwestern calls Trump’s alleged Ukraine dealings ‘one of the most pernicious threats to our democracy’ The House Intelligence Committee chair who is leading the impeachment inquiry criticized President Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to influence a foreign leader to advance his political aspirations “in a way that damages America’s national security.” – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/3/20898133/donald-trump-adam-schiff-northwestern-blasts-alleged-ukraine-influence-pernicious-threats-democracy

DAILY HERALD
— Pension side of state’s financial picture still waiting for reform – Ralph Martire
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191004/pension-side-of-states-financial-picture-still-waiting-for-reform

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/where-could-recreational-weed-be-sold-in-chicago-come-january-answers-to-your-legal-weed-questions/8779cfa8-736b-4ae8-a26b-73e2486696cd

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— President slights Kinzinger – David Giuliani 
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/president-slights-kinzinger/article_60c73d72-e61a-11e9-91d7-83d1c94262a6.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Into the haze: how will legal marijuana affect employers and workers? – GRAHAM AMBROSE (DIERSEN: If you are employed, how stoned will your employer let a) you, b) your superiors, c) your supervisors, d) your coworkers, and e) your subordinates be? If you are a member of an organization, how stoned will that organization let a) you, b) its leaders, and c) its members be?)
https://qctimes.com/business/into-the-haze-how-will-legal-marijuana-affect-employers-and/article_49e16d2f-478c-5695-bbdb-2ad34b4ded00.html

WILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Democrats what poor minorities and poor women to be pot pushers.
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/illinois-officials-post-application-for-cannabis-licenses-release-map-highlighting-areas-hardest-hit-by-war-on-drugs

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— CNN rejects 2 campaign ads from Trump, accepts 1 – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/cnn-rejects-2-campaign-ads-from-trump-accepts-1
— Nunes files $77M suit, alleging Iowa farm story defamed him – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/nunes-files-77m-suit-alleging-iowa-farm-story-defamed-him

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston officials encourage Latinx representation on city boards – Melanie Lust (DIERSEN: In your municipality, too what extent do your municipality’s leaders share your demographics – race, gender, age, national origin, religion, political affiliation, income range, net worth range, etc.?) 
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/10/03/city/evanston-officials-encourage-latinx-representation-on-city-boards/

GAZETTE CHICAGO
— Protecting the public is a challenge in the new era of legal cannabis – Eva Hofmann (DIERSEN: Based on how they talk and/or how they act, starting January 1, 2020, how much pot do you predict that the following will use, that is, how stoned do you predict that the following will be: you, your brothers and sisters, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, the rest of your relatives, your neighbors, those in your precinct, those in your municipality, those in your township/ward, those in your county, those in Illinois, those who run your municipality, those who run your township/ward, those who run your county, and those who run Illinois?) 
http://www.gazettechicago.com/index/2019/10/protecting-the-public-is-a-challenge-in-the-new-era-of-legal-cannabis/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hospitalization increases. . .Vaping cannabis. . .Adolescent use. . .White knight or new opioid?. . .Crime. . .Safe travels. . .Environmental impacts)

NRA ILA
— Illinois: Committee Rules May Shut Down Gun Stores
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20191003/illinois-committee-rules-may-shut-down-gun-stores

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14/IL-06: New Rankings Lauren Underwood 2nd Most Liberal Freshman in Congress, Sean Casten Liberal Ranking Rises From 37th to 26th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/04/il-14-il-06-new-rankings-lauren-underwood-2nd-most-liberal-freshman-in-congress-sean-casten-liberal-ranking-rises-from-37th-to-26th/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CTU DEMANDS ARE AN INSULT TO AVERAGE CHICAGO TAXPAYERS – Bill Reveille
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/ctu-demands-are-an-insult-to-average-chicago-taxpayers/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES UNPREPARED TO EMBRACE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/illinois-communities-unprepared-to-embrace-recreational-marijuana.html
— NEVINS: ARE GOPERS SO DESPERATE TO OUST DURBIN WE WON’T SCRUTINIZE CHALLENGERS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/nevins-are-gopers-so-desperate-to-oust-durbin-we-wont-scrutinize-challengers-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Libertarians argue that nothing should be banned because bans do not work and because everyone should be free to do whatever they want unless it directly harms someone else.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/04/its-already-banned-and-the-ban-clearly-doesnt-work-well/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Impeachment in search of a high crime – Charles Hurt 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/3/impeachment-in-search-of-a-high-crime/

GOPUSA
— CNN refuses to air Trump’s ‘Biden Corruption’ ad that also slams the network’s ‘media lapdogs’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77108
— Rule of law replaced by hyperpartisanship
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76967
— Online retail leaves shopping malls as crumbling monuments to past
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77075

AMERICAN THINKER
— Planned Parenthood builds giant secret supercenter for industrial-scale abortions – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/planned_parenthood_builds_giant_secret_supercenter_for_industrial_scale_abortions.html
— What is the Purpose of the GOP? – Richard Moss
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/what_is_the_purpose_of_the_gop.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our “one party” system in Washington remains profoundly corrupt and self-serving. It consists of career politicians from both parties, special interests, donors, and lobbyists, all of whom agree on one thing: growing the size of government. The Republican Party, in its budgeting and voting, is a left-of-center party; it is, as I often referred to it as, the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. With an increasingly Marxist Democratic Party, and no serious conservative opposition from “soft-progressive” Republicans, the trajectory of the nation is all to the left: more spending, more programs, more socialism, and ultimately more tyranny.)

BREITBART
— Billionaire Donors: Florida Must Give Illegal Aliens U.S. Jobs, Driver’s Licenses – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/03/big-business-demands-florida-give-licenses-illegal-aliens/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New York City Will Fine You for Saying ‘Illegal Alien.’ That’s an Assault on the Constitution. – Hans von Spakovsky 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/03/new-york-city-will-fine-you-for-saying-illegal-alien-thats-an-assault-on-the-constitution/

NOQ REPORT
— Trump campaign raised more since impeachment started than Biden raised all quarter – Carl Durrek
https://noqreport.com/2019/10/03/trump-campaign-raised-since-impeachment-started-biden-raised-quarter/

THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez hits Trump after he calls her a ‘wack job’ – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/464332-ocasio-cortez-hits-trump-after-he-calls-her-a-wack-job

POLITICO
— How Elizabeth Warren would boost labor rights – REBECCA RAINEY (DIERSEN: Employees should have the right to NOT promote planks in political party platforms, including the right to NOT promote LGBTQ activity, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, etc.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/03/how-elizabeth-warren-would-boost-labor-rights-024199

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Chicago to sue Jussie Smollett for costs of investigation
https://www.wrbl.com/entertainment-news/chicago-to-sue-jussie-smollett-for-costs-of-investigation/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To destroy Trump, Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America’s economy. Trump-haters are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/opinion/trump-economy.html
— How ICE Picks Its Targets in the Surveillance Age After two officers came to a Pacific Northwest community, longtime residents began to disappear — a testament to the agency’s quiet embrace of big data. – McKenzie Funk (DIERSEN: Are you a “positively contributing member of society?” According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am not. According to them, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not only worthless, they are destructive. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/magazine/ice-surveillance-deportation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The goal of the Extreme Vetting Initiative was “determinations via automation,” ICE explained to the attendees. It sought partners whose algorithms could scan social media and other publicly available information and assess whether an immigrant was likely to become a “positively contributing member of society” — or whether he or she intended “to commit criminal or terrorist attacks.”)

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want business to hate Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/its-time-for-americas-business-leaders-to-take-a-stand-on-trump/2019/10/03/a979e502-e52e-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html
— Why Elizabeth Warren is getting such good press – David Byler 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/03/no-wonder-elizabeth-warren-is-getting-great-press-media-looks-like-her-base/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Women Slowly Shifting to Higher-Paying College Majors, Study Says What female students opt to study helps explain why gender pay gap persists but their choices are changing – David Harrison
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-slowly-shifting-to-higher-paying-college-majors-study-says-11570179600
— Harvard’s Legal Discrimination A federal court upholds the university’s race-conscious admissions. – Editorial (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO hinted/implied/argued that it treated me just like Congress wanted it to, that is, to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-legal-discrimination-11570143828
— The Streets of San Francisco The city made a choice to tolerate vagrancy and encourage drug use, with dire consequences. – Heather Mac Donald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-streets-of-san-francisco-11570143083

USA TODAY
— Employee recognition a vital part of workplace culture – Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (DIERSEN: In October of 1993, when I was 45 years old, I had 25 years of Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits, and therefore, I was eligible to take GAO’s $25,000 buyout offer and to take early retirement. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. I had worked for GAO less than 14 years. I had earned almost 3 years of full-time CSRS credits while I had worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969. I had earned almost 9 years of CSRS credits while I worked for IRS 1971-1980.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2019/09/10/honoring-employee-accomplishments-essential-workplace-culture/2147061001/

DESERT NEWS
— Should presidential candidates be able to keep medical records private? – Lois M. Collins and Sofia Jeremias
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/10/3/20897717/bernie-sanders-health-candidates-hillary-clinton-medical-records-privacy

WORCESTER TELEGRAM
— Worcester City Council candidate profile: Owurakwaku Sarkodieh (DIERSEN: In your municipality, too what extent do your municipality’s leaders share your demographics – race, gender, age, national origin, religion, political affiliation, income, net worth, etc.?)
https://www.telegram.com/news/20191003/worcester-city-council-candidate-profile-owurakwaku-sarkodieh

SIMSBURY CONNECTICUT PATCH
— FROM THE ARTICLE: What are your priorities in life? – Karen Needham (DIERSEN: What are your priorities in life? My priorities in life include putting a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending it out each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://patch.com/connecticut/simsbury/what-does-take-charge-your-life-mean

NEWSWEEK
— REPUBLICAN JOE WALSH IMPLORES CONGRESSIONAL GOP TO SUPPORT TRUMP IMPEACHMENT: ‘PUT COUNTRY OVER PARTY’ – HUNTER MOYLER 
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-walsh-letter-house-republicans-impeachment-1463043

September 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— World leaders (Trump and Modi) meet on Houston stage – Tom Abrahams
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/world-leaders-meet-on-houston-stage-/5543630/

FOX NEWS
— Kankakee requiring some city workers to sign confidentiality agreements – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/kankakee-requiring-some-city-workers-to-sign-confidentiality-agreements

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Beto O’Rourke wants to take away people’s AR-15 and AK-47 rifles. With about 16 million such weapons on the streets, is that even possible? – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-beto-orourke-guns-20190922-6mbf422un5fjjgzzcl3y6km4wm-story.html

WBBM
— South Suburban Mayors Say Gambling Bill Rigged Against Them – RACHEL PIERSON
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/south-suburban-mayors-say-gambling-bill-denies-them-casino
— The Demand For Drug-Case Expungements – CRAIG DELLIMORE (DIERSEN: What do you want your critics/opponents to expunge from your record? To start with, I want my Democrat superiors in the federal government to expunge from my employment record all the adverse actions that they took against me.)
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/issue-demand-drug-case-expungements

NORTHERN STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A pot pusher pushes pot in DeKalb. What percent of NIU students, faculty, and administrators are stoners now? What percent of NIU students, faculty, and administrators will be stoners next year? I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise stoners. 
https://northernstar.info/opinion/cannabis-market-could-aid-dekalb/article_444e103a-dd5f-11e9-8728-eb20ae32c6a0.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump touts Indian PM Narendra Modi as he courts voters in Houston – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/22/trump-touts-indian-pm-narendra-modi-as-he-courts-v/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Single-digit 2020 hopefuls loosen tones and intensify Trump attacks – Emily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/single-digit-2020-hopefuls-loosen-tones-and-intensify-trump-attacks

BREITBART
— Sen. Mike Lee’s America: Indian Firm in Chicago Paid Employees India-level Wages, Took Jobs from U.S. Graduates – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/22/indian-firm-chicago-paid-employees-india-level-wages-took-jobs-u-s-graduates/

PJ MEDIA
— AOC Excoriates Fellow Democrats for Not Impeaching ‘Lawless’ Trump – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/aoc-excoriates-fellow-democrats-for-not-impeaching-lawless-trump/

LIFE NEWS
— No Surprise Abortionist Didn’t Respect Aborted Babies, He Didn’t Respect Them When They Were Alive – FATHER FRANK PAVONE 
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/09/22/no-surprise-abortionist-didnt-respect-aborted-babies-he-didnt-respect-them-when-they-were-alive/

THE HILL
— Democrats go all out to court young voters for 2020 – JULIA MANCHESTER AND REBECCA KLAR

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/462414-democrats-go-all-out-to-court-young-voters-for-2020
— Sanders on what he admires about Trump: ‘I’m impressed by people who get up at 3 o’clock in the morning’ – ZACK BUDRYK 
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/462532-sanders-on-what-he-admires-about-trump-im-impressed-by-people

UPI
— Trump praises Indian PM Modi’s economic reforms in Houston rally – Daniel Uria
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2019/09/22/Trump-praises-Indian-PM-Modis-economic-reforms-in-Houston-rally/6251569178677/

CBS NEWS
— Trump pushes unity with India at “Howdy, Modi!” event in Houston – AP
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/howdy-modi-trump-rally-pushes-unity-prime-minister-narendra-modi-houston-texas-today-2019-09-22/

NBC NEWS
— These wealthy Democratic women have a plan to beat Trump at his own game The progressive group Way to Win was co-founded by an heiress to a Texas oil fortune. – Alex Seitz-Wald
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/these-wealthy-democratic-women-have-plan-beat-trump-his-own-n1057171

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, America-haters illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally.
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-09-21/african-migrants-stuck-in-southern-mexico-their-american-dream-on-hold

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Modi visit to Houston backdrop for one of the largest LNG deals in U.S. history – Sergio Chapa
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/article/Modi-visit-to-Houston-backdrop-for-one-of-the-14458413.php

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump and Modi Combine Road Shows for a Raucous Rally in Houston Event’s website reported having some 50,000 registered attendees – Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-and-modi-combine-road-shows-for-a-raucous-rally-in-houston-11569185615

KSBY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: California’s cannabis black market has eclipsed its legal one
https://www.ksby.com/californias-cannabis-black-market-has-eclipsed-its-legal-one?fbclid=IwAR2qRevF6KXv3xG9XD5mrL3V5v1tx31iTHp3sB-7XOp8V90XepZ8CgYzPV4

LAS CRUCES SUN NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.lcsun-news.com/story/opinion/2019/09/22/trump-not-welcome-in-new-mexico/2404427001/

NEWSWEEK
— ARIZONA GOP CANDIDATE PROPOSES ANNEXING MEXICO, SAYS ‘HALF THE COUNTRY’ WANTS TO BE US CITIZENS – BENJAMIN FEARNOW 
https://www.newsweek.com/arizona-republican-candidate-daniel-mccarthy-annex-mexico-proposal-apply-become-us-states-1460649

GUARDIAN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘Cannabis oasis’: Los Angeles cafe first in the US to offer dine-and-dab service – Sam Levin 
https://www.theguardian.com/society/2019/sep/21/cannabis-oasis-los-angeles-cafe-first-in-the-us-to-offer-dine-and-dab-service

August 25 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I urge all Wheaton residents who oppose the sale of recreational pot to speak during the public comment period at all Wheaton meetings against the sale of recreational pot in Wheaton. The next Wheaton meeting starts at 7:00 PM, tomorrow, Monday, August 26. I urge all DuPage County residents who oppose the sale of recreational pot to speak during the public comment period at all DuPage County meetings against the sale of recreational pot in the unincorporated areas of DuPage County. The next DuPage County meeting starts at 10:00 AM, Tuesday, August 27. At previous Wheaton City Council meetings, Bob Cherry, B. J. Slinger, Tim Whelan, and I have called for Wheaton to ban the sale of recreational pot in Wheaton. At previous DuPage County Board meetings, Dick Furstenau and I have called for DuPage County to ban the sale of recreational pot in the unincorporated areas of DuPage County. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— QUESTION: Why isn’t there a www.dncusa.com website like there is a www.gopusa.com website? ANSWER: Websites for the mainstream national newspapers, television stations, radio stations, etc. provide news and commentary from the Democrat point of view. QUESTION: Why isn’t there a www.dncillinois.com website like there is a www.gopillinois.com website? ANSWER: Websites for the mainstream Illinois newspapers, television stations, radio stations, etc. provide news and commentary from the Democrat point of view. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Voters Don’t Trust Political News, Say Most Reporters Want to Stop Trump (DIERSEN: As everyone in Illinois knows, I am one of the extremely few reporters in Illinois who do not want to stop Trump.)
http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2019/voters_don_t_trust_political_news_say_most_reporters_want_to_stop_trump

REPORTERS COMMITTEE FOR FREEDOM OF THE PRESS
— Reporters Committee: White House must restore Brian Karem’s credentials (DIERSEN: At its August 20, 2019 meeting, DuPage County revoked my GOPUSA press credentials. Because of me, because of what I do for you as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, and without any input from DuPage County voters, “DuPage County Board Chairman and County Board Staff” issued “DuPage County Media Guidelines” to justify revoking my GOPUSA press credentials. SEE: https://www.dupageco.org/CountyBoard/Docs/61283/  Should I sue DuPage County like Brian Karem has sued the White House? Would the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press file a friend-of-the-court brief in support of me? Would the Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, etc. file friend-of-the-court briefs in support of DuPage County? Which Republican DuPage County officials support me – Berlin, Bucholz, Cronin, DiCianni, Eckhoff, Elloitt, Grogan, Hart, Healy, Henry, Jorgensen, Kachiroubas, Krajewski, Larsen, Mendrick, Puchalski, Ruscitti, Tornatore, Zay? Which Democrat DuPage County officials support me – Chaplin, Covert, DeSart, Kaczmarek, Ozog, Renehan, Ruthledge, Seimon?) 
https://www.rcfp.org/rcfp-karem-amicus-brief/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: First Amendment and due process require the White House restore Playboy correspondent’s credentials, RCFP argues. On Aug. 20, journalist Brian Karem, the White House correspondent for Playboy, filed a lawsuit against President Donald Trump and White House Press Secretary Stephanie Grisham asking the federal district court in Washington, D.C., to vacate the White House’s 30-day suspension of his hard pass and order that it be immediately restored. Today, the Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press filed a friend-of-the-court brief in support of Karem, arguing that the White House must provide meaningful due process before denying, suspending, or revoking a journalist’s security credentials, and failure to do so in this case violates settled law in the D.C. Circuit and constitutional protections guaranteeing the flow of information to the public. “The White House cannot suspend or revoke journalists’ credentials without due process, based on vague standards that have never been publicly articulated,” said Bruce Brown, executive director of the Reporters Committee. “Under clear legal precedent, Mr. Karem’s credentials must be restored.” Before the White House had made its final determination to suspend Karem’s hard pass on Aug. 16, the Reporters Committee issued a statement expressing its concern over the “preliminary decision” to suspend his hard pass and reiterated its commitment to ensuring that journalists have the access needed to do their jobs effectively. In November 2018, the Reporters Committee also filed a friend-of the-court brief alongside Georgetown Law’s Institute for Constitutional Advocacy and Protection in support of a lawsuit brought by CNN and the network’s chief White House correspondent, Jim Acosta, after the White House revoked Acosta’s hard pass. On Nov. 16, a federal judge ordered the White House to reinstate Acosta’s credentials.)

WGN RADIO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://wgnradio.com/2019/08/25/its-crunch-time-for-the-marijuana-industry/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD IN THE NAPERVILLE SUN: Tuesday’s Naperville City Council pot meeting clocks in at city’s longest, draws some criticism – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-city-council-meeting-length-record-marijuana-st-20190825-5t35h5vhnbg5ploaaah77e3btm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters use slavery to demonize, denigrate, and condemn individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/ct-slave-ship-grossman-column-20190824-suhpqi72cbbyzmh4kum577tlsu-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters do everything that can a) to illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally and b) to get those illegals counted in the census. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190824/editorial-counting-everyone-in-the-2020-census
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Google didn’t manipulate 2016 election.”
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190824/facts-matter-google-didnt-manipulate-2016-election

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Speaker shouldn’t get a pass – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-speaker-shouldn-t-get-a-pass/article_cd78df28-63df-57ac-9d3c-f8b6b9c428c4.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Illinois Democrats crow about their success in illegally encouraging citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. 
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=289558#.XWKByph_OM8

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— How resilient are you? Does resiliency require economic, physical, mental and spiritual readiness, and then, perseverance? – John Borling
https://www.rrstar.com/opinion/20190824/third-degree-how-resilient-are-you

SOUTHERN
— Illinois hits regulatory snags in lead-up to legal cannabis sales – MOLLY PARKER
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/illinois-hits-regulatory-snags-in-lead-up-to-legal-cannabis/article_0aa6ed95-05c0-52c2-bcf4-e115a48025a2.html

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— One Out Of Five Managers Won’t Hire Trump Supporters – Jim Hoft (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.thegatewaypundit.com/2019/08/report-one-out-of-five-managers-wont-hire-trump-supporters/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Removing the press freedom of a real journalist April Ryan should check her elite progressive journalist privilege – Tim Young (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/aug/23/removing-press-freedom-journalist-charlie-kratovil/

FOX NEWS
— Liberal media critic slams April Ryan, CNN for hypocrisy – Brian Flood (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/liberal-media-critic-slams-april-ryan-cnn-for-hypocrisy
— NY Times launches propaganda campaign on race – Newt Gingrich 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/newt-gingrich-nyts-1619-project-examining-american-slavery-is-marred-by-its-own-implicit-racism
— Michigan city council candidate says city should be as white ‘as possible’ – AP (DIERSEN: It would be great if the three finalists to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy would get together and agree to participate in a candidate forum.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/michigan-candidate-says-city-should-be-as-white-as-possible

AMERICAN THINKER
— Rich part of Washington, D.C. goes tooth-and-claw to prevent new child-migrant shelter in its neighborhood – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/rich_part_of_washington_dc_puts_up_toothandclaw_resistance_to_new_childmigrant_shelter.html
— The Virtue-Signaling Hunger of the Smug Left – B. Klein
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/the_virtuesignaling_hunger_of_the_smug_left.html
— Political Forecast: Stormy Weather Ahead – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/political_forecast_stormy_weather_ahead.html
— Construction begins on border wall funded by $2.8 billion allowed by SCOTUS decision last month – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/construction_begins_on_border_wall_funded_by_28_billion_allowed_by_scotus_decision_last_month_.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— Democrat Governor Excludes Conservative News Service From Media List – Kevin Mooney (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.) 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/08/22/democrat-governor-excludes-conservative-news-service-from-media-list/

LIFEZETTE
— Rashida Tlaib Claims the President Is ‘Afraid of Women of Color’ Progressive Democrat from Michigan insists that Donald Trump, the commander-in-chief, fears both her and the socialist squad of four
https://www.lifezette.com/2019/08/rashida-tlaib-claims-the-president-is-afraid-of-women-of-color/

NOQ REPORT
— Desperate Beto O’Rourke repeats lie that Trump called KKK members ‘very fine people’ – Carl Durrek
https://noqreport.com/2019/08/25/desperate-beto-orourke-repeats-lie-trump-called-kkk-members-fine-people/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Do It ‘for the Children’: Pelosi Tells Democrats to ‘Be Ready to Throw a Punch’ in 2020 – Madison Summers
https://ijr.com/pelosi-tells-dems-be-ready-throw-punch-2020/

ROLL CALL
— Ranking the Net Worth of the 115th – Paul V. Fontelo and David Hawkings (DIERSEN: Shimkus is ranked 276, Roskam 304, Kinzinger 364, R. Davis 369, LaHood 411, Hultgren 425, and Bost 451.) 
https://www.rollcall.com/wealth-of-congress

THE HILL
— Joe Walsh announces Republican challenge to Trump – REGINA ZILBERMINTS (DIERSEN: Of course, those who want to elect Democrats will use everything that Walsh says against Trump to defeat Republicans.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/458720-joe-walsh-announces-republican-challenge-to-trump

CNN
— Joe Walsh to take on Trump in 2020 Republican primary – Caroline Kelly (DIERSEN: Of course, those who want to elect Democrats will use everything that Walsh says against Trump to defeat Republicans.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/25/politics/joe-walsh-take-on-trump-in-2020-republican-primary/index.html

ABC NEWS
— Joe Walsh announces Republican primary challenge against President Trump – WILL STEAKIN (DIERSEN: Of course, those who want to elect Democrats will use everything that Walsh says against Trump to defeat Republicans.)
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/exclusive-joe-walsh-announces-republican-primary-challenge-president/story?id=65122073

NEW YORK TIMES
— Joe Walsh Confirms He Will Challenge Trump for Republican Nomination Calling Mr. Trump ‘completely unfit,’ Mr. Walsh, a conservative radio host, will adopt a television-centric strategy to try to rattle a media-obsessed president. – Annie Karni (DIERSEN: Of course, those who want to elect Democrats will use everything that Walsh says against Trump to defeat Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/25/us/politics/joe-walsh-president.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Locked Out by Facebook, and Pounding on the Door – Kashmir Hill
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/22/business/reactivate-facebook-account.html
— How Guilty Should You Feel About Your Vacation? And what can you do about it? – Seth Kugel (DIERSEN: My wife and I have been married since 1978. We have never taken a real vacation. We took short vacations four times each year 1978-1992 after her business trips. But her income dropped in 1992 when she lost her job working for the U.S. League of Savings Institutions and my income dropped much more in 1997 when I lost my job working for GAO. I went on short vacations in 1969, 1970, 1971, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, and 1977.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/24/opinion/sunday/tourism-climate-flight-shaming.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Sheriff in conservative county defends free press – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/investigation-of-reporters-weekend-inquiries-stokes-ire/2019/08/21/b0b18da8-c430-11e9-8bf7-cde2d9e09055_story.html
— He went from hiking enthusiast to ‘on death’s door’ within days. Doctors blamed vaping. – Lena H. Sun
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/one-mans-near-death-experience-with-vaping-related-lung-failure/2019/08/24/ca8ce42c-c5b4-11e9-9986-1fb3e4397be4_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Journalist found dead in Mexico after criticizing local authorities – Reuters (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://nypost.com/2019/08/25/journalist-found-dead-in-mexico-after-criticizing-local-authorities/
— Bias has killed the ‘Gray Lady’ – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/08/24/bias-has-killed-the-gray-lady-and-dean-baquet-fired-the-fatal-shot/
— Bodyguard for CNN’s April Ryan charged with assault for forcibly removing journalist Charlie Kratovil from event – Chris Perez (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents would a) analogize April Ryan with Robert Sanchez and b) analogize Charlie Kratovil with me.)
https://nypost.com/2019/08/19/bodyguard-for-cnns-april-ryan-charged-with-assault-for-forcibly-removing-journalist-from-event/

WASHINGTON POST
— Former congressman Joe Walsh (R-Ill.) announces primary challenge against President Trump (DIERSEN: Of course, those who want to elect Democrats will use everything that Walsh says against Trump to defeat Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/08/25/former-congressman-joe-walsh-r-ill-announces-primary-challenge-against-president-trump/

USA TODAY
— Doubling down on racist comments, city council candidate says she opposes interracial marriage – Jackie Smith (DIERSEN: It would be great if the three finalists to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy would get together and agree to participate in a candidate forum.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/08/24/marysville-council-candidate-jean-cramer-makes-racist-comments-again/2109750001/

GAINESVILLE TIMES
— Who will make decisions about Gainesville’s future? Meet this year’s council candidates – Megan Reed (DIERSEN: It would be great if the Daily Herald published this kind of information about the three finalists to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy.)
https://www.gainesvilletimes.com/news/who-will-make-decisions-about-gainesvilles-future-meet-this-years-council-candidates/

GRAND RAPIDS HERALD REVIEW
— 10 THINGS WE OWE TODAY’S JOURNALISTS – Matt DeRienzo (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.grandrapidsmn.com/opinion/industry-insight-things-we-owe-today-s-journalists/article_104e6774-c5e2-11e9-8585-a76f1b6dd256.html

ROCKY MOUNT TELEGRAM
— Two vie for open Ward 4 seat (DIERSEN: It would be great if the three finalists to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy would get together and agree to participate in a candidate forum.)
http://www.rockymounttelegram.com/News/2019/08/25/Two-vie-for-Ward-4-seat.html

TELEGRAPH HERALD
— Bias at Facebook? Audit lists conservatives’ complaints – Levi Sumagaysay (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, my anti-conservative critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and the Illinois Republican Party paint themselves as being anti-conservative. Attend a MTRCC or DuPage County meeting and watch them in action.)
https://www.telegraphherald.com/news/business/article_8e855359-ece1-569f-8bad-950550bcddd6.html

HERALD BANNER
— Getting involved in city, county governments – Editorial (DIERSEN: Those who do not want me to get involved in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.)
https://www.heraldbanner.com/opinion/editorials/getting-involved-in-city-county-governments/article_ddd0d3fc-c60b-11e9-a685-4350fb648d15.html

ALICE ECHO NEWS JOURNAL
— Routine work of journalists trying to obtain information should not be seen as ‘criminal conduct’ – Doug Hensley
https://www.alicetx.com/news/20190825/hensley-routine-work-of-journalists-trying-to-obtain-information-should-not-be-seen-as-criminal-conduct

SUNBURY DAILY ITEM
— Facebook will use journalists to curate news, opening itself to more bias allegations – Jeff Bercovici
https://www.dailyitem.com/business/facebook-will-use-journalists-to-curate-news-opening-itself-to/article_40a2eba8-0d63-5944-b2e5-08eac1054700.html

MORNING CALL
— How well-off are the Lehigh Valley’s members of Congress? – Laura Olson
https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-congress-wealth-financial-disclosure-20190825-2ofioyxcknaotk4ldqoluqlqxi-story.html

DRUM
— Facebook bans ads from pro-Trump news outlet The Epoch Times – Cameron Clarke
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2019/08/25/facebook-bans-ads-pro-trump-news-outlet-the-epoch-times

BOWLING GREEN DAILY NEWS
— National Corvette Museum gearing up for 25th anniversary – DON SERGENT (DIERSEN: I have been National Corvette Museum member for 30 years.)
https://www.bgdailynews.com/news/corvette-museum-gearing-up-for-th-anniversary/article_8e62ecb5-1456-561e-b040-dd99b3d34725.html

INQUISTER
— U.S. Customs and Border Protection Agent Reportedly Stopped Journalist James Dyer At Airport And Accused Him Of Being ‘Fake News Media’ – Tyler MacDonald (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.inquisitr.com/5597766/cbp-james-dyer-fake-news/
— ‘I’m Going To Punch Him In The Face Every Single Day,’ Says Republican Joe Walsh Expected To Primary Donald Trump – Damir Mujezinovic
https://www.inquisitr.com/5598705/president-trump-walsh-republican-challenge/

NEWSWEEK
— JOURNALIST SAYS CBP AGENT STOPPED HIM AT AIRPORT, ACCUSED HIM OF BEING ‘FAKE NEWS MEDIA’ – ASHER STOCKLER (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have shouted the loudest since 2000 that I falsely claim to be a journalist. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.newsweek.com/james-dyer-immigration-los-angeles-cbp-fake-news-1455947

August 13 Morning Edition

GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— 120+ attend Wheaton City Council Roosevelt Road Corridor planning session Monday evening August 12, 2019. The 38 attendees who spoke included Jeffery Antonelli who is seeking to be appointed to fill the Wheaton West District City Council vacancy. Several speakers called for stopping any action toward rezoning until the vacancy is filled. 12 of the 38 who spoke were voters in my precinct. – Dave Diersen 
http://www.gopillinois.com

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Smaller township road districts face elimination after consolidation bill signed into law for Lake, McHenry counties – JIM NEWTON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-link-township-legislation-st-0813-20190812-5j67vkkb6veq7nweogrn34mibu-story.html
— Will Illinois law allow a proposed Chicago casino to make enough money? Mayor Lori Lightfoot isn’t sure – Juan Perez Jr.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-chicago-casino-feasability-study-remarks-20190813-e44d54n7drdcldyvnskxa6gvxy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use immigrants to promote hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/8/12/20802164/immigration-green-cards-visa-rule-trump-administration-sun-times-editorial
— Lightfoot cracks down on absenteeism and abuse of family leave among city workers In the coming months, Lightfoot said she plans to issue a new policy “that codifies and clarifies” the city’s policies. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat coworkers and Democrat subordinates took far more sick days than I did.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/8/12/20802628/chicago-absenteeism-family-leave-abuse-crackdown-mayor-lori-lightfoot

DAILY HERALD
— At least one Democrat wants to challenge Grant in House Dist. 42 – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190812/at-least-one-democrat-wants-to-challenge-grant-in-house-dist-42

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Solving suburbs’ vicious property tax cycle benefits all How to interrupt and ultimately reverse the pattern is a complex question. Here are two steps that would help. – ERIN ALEMAN
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/forum-ideas-housing/solving-suburbs-vicious-property-tax-cycle-benefits-all
— In suburbs, spiral of decline becomes homeowners’ burden Many in Chicago suburbs face collapsing home values and soaring property taxes. The predicament stems from years of business and job losses, globalization and strained municipal finances. – CASEY TONER
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/crains-forum-housing/suburbs-spiral-decline-becomes-homeowners-burden
— College consulting industry takes off despite scandals Recent incidents involving parents gaming the system to get aid and admissions for their college-bound students haven’t quelled the lucrative business. – LYNNE MAREK (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that degrees from non-Ivy League universities like NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT are worthless.) 
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/college-consulting-industry-takes-despite-scandals
— Illinois Democrats worry about state census count The local lawmakers in the U.S. congressional delegation signed a letter expressing concern that officials are relying on the internet rather than field staff to count hard-to-reach residents. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: How many illegals have Illinois Democrats and Illinois RINOs planted in your neighborhood, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-democrats-worry-about-state-census-count

WBBM
— Illinois Republican Party Does Not Want Commutation For Blagojevich – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/illinois-republican-party-does-not-want-commutation-blagojevich

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— McSweeney wants Illinois to reinstate the death penalty
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/state-legislator-wants-illinois-to-reinstate-the-death-penalty/article_df4dd9cf-33dc-5571-9d42-628b5d325050.html
— Bustos leading Democrats’ campaign committee feeling heat from within – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/feeling-the-heat-from-within/article_25f680b4-cdb7-5359-b485-0a59141f5016.html

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois adds chronic pain, migraines to qualifying conditions for medical marijuana – Dean Olsen (DIERSEN: Pot pushers push medical pot to push recreational pot.) 
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190812/illinois-adds-chronic-pain-migraines-to-qualifying-conditions-for-medical-marijuana

OUR QUAD CITIES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Marijuana industry growing in Rock Island – Grace Runkel
https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/local-news/marijuana-industry-growing-in-rock-island/

NORTHERN PUBLIC RADIO
— Winnebago County State’s Attorney Preparing For New Marijuana Law – GUY STEPHENS 
https://www.northernpublicradio.org/post/winnebago-county-states-attorney-preparing-new-marijuana-law

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Town of Normal leaders are drafting regulations for marijuana sales – Munashe Kwangwari
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/town-of-normal-leaders-are-drafting-regulations-for-marijuana-sales/

WSIL TV
— Williamson County Commissioner candidate pushes for 2nd Amendment sanctuary county – Elizabeth Taylor
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40907546/williamson-county-commissioner-candidate-pushes-for-2nd-amendment-sanctuary-county

KFVS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: New Ill. legislation allows registered students to take medical marijuana at or before school activities; adds to medical cannabis program – Amber Ruch
https://www.kfvs12.com/2019/08/12/new-ill-legislation-allows-registered-students-take-medical-marijuana-or-before-school-activities-adds-medical-cannabis-program/

FOX NEWS
— Hatred for Trump is what truly unites 2020 Democrats – But they’re playing a dangerous game – Arnon Mishkin
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/arnon-mishkin-trump-2020-democrats
— Top New York Times editor holds town hall tied to Trump headline drama – Joseph A. Wulfsohn 
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nyt-top-editor-publisher-hold-town-hall-meeting-to-calm-staff-after-trump-headline-drama-report

AMERICAN THINKER
— Illegal Immigration Hurts Black Workers Most – Spencer P. Morrison
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/illegal_immigration_hurts_black_workers_most.html
— Why Are You Relinquishing Your Birthright to the Democrats? – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/why_are_you_relinquishing_your_birthright_to_the_democrats.html
— The evidence is clear: Donald Trump is not a racist – Lauri B. Regan
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/the_evidence_is_clear_donald_trump_is_not_a_racist.html

BREITBART
— Jeff Bezos’ WaPo: ICE Raids Are ‘Cruel,’ Businesses Need Illegal Alien Workers – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/12/jeff-bezos-wapo-ice-raids-are-cruel-businesses-need-illegal-alien-workers/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Maybe It’s The Jews Next’: MSNBC Hosts Keep Comparing Trump To Hitler – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/12/msnbc-hosts-trump-hitler/

FEDERALIST
— Does The Statue Of Liberty Poem Invalidate U.S. Borders Or Require Giving Welfare To Non-Citizens? – Susanna Hoffman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use immigrants to destroy Republicans.)
https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/13/statue-liberty-poem-invalidate-u-s-borders-require-giving-welfare-non-citizens/
— Why Mass Illegal Immigration Probably Costs More Than You’ve Been Told Illegal immigration may look good for the economy on the surface, but a deeper look reveals exorbitant costs that disproportionately hurt some of the worst-off in America. – Willis L. Krumholz and Robert Delahunty
https://thefederalist.com/2019/08/13/mass-illegal-immigration-probably-costs-youve-told/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN’s Cuomo Threatens to Throw Trump Supporter Down Flight of Stairs – Nicholas Fondacaro 
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2019/08/12/video-cnns-cuomo-threatens-throw-trump-supporter-down-flight

THE HILL
— Suburbs spell trouble for Trump – NIALL STANAGE (DIERSEN: Do you live in a suburb? Who is speaking up for Trump in your suburb?) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/457176-the-memo-suburbs-spell-trouble-for-trump

POLITICO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot pushing journalists.
https://www.politicopro.com/federal/cannabis?cid=promkt_19q3_statepb_cannabis_launch

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/us/politics/trump-immigration-policy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s claim that he supports legal immigration turns out to be a lie.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-claim-that-he-supports-legal-immigration-turns-out-to-be-a-lie/2019/08/12/66f09920-bd32-11e9-b873-63ace636af08_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “The Trump administration ramps up its war on legal immigration.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/08/12/trump-administration-ramps-up-its-war-legal-immigration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against those who are Trump-supporters, citizens of America, White, male, older, non-poor, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/13/danger-vilifying-poor-immigrants/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/evangelicals-arent-turned-off-by-trumps-first-term–theyre-delighted-by-it/2019/08/11/3911bc88-a990-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Hate crimes are on the rise. What does it take to get state governments to respond? We were surprised by our findings.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/08/13/hate-crimes-are-rise-what-does-it-take-get-state-governments-respond/

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use immigrants to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/08/05/el-paso-shooting-open-season-on-hispanics-thanks-to-trump-column/1917590001/
— A criminal background doesn’t have to be a barrier to employment – Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, because of Democrats and because of RINOs, being the following are barriers to employment: 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.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2019/08/13/having-past-criminal-conviction-doesnt-have-barrier-ask-hr/1961013001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Primary Advantage: No Real Competition Lack of a serious primary-season challenge would allow the president to avoid the kind of bruising battle that has hurt other incumbents – Gerald Sein (DIERSEN: Republican incumbents should expect that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs who falsely claim to be Republican will recruit primary challengers who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-big-advantage-no-serious-challenge-from-within-11565618460
— ‘Stop Mugging Grandma’ Review: Defying the Boomer Bashers – Daniel Akst (DIERSEN: Are you a baby boomer? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, they focused on getting rid of GAO employees who were baby boomers, and especially those who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/stop-mugging-grandma-review-defying-the-boomer-bashers-11565651816

FORTUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, employers discriminate against their employees who do not promote LGBTQ activity.
https://fortune.com/2019/08/13/lgbt-workplace-discrimination-protections/

July 31 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Lake Zurich trustees undecided on allowing recreational marijuana sales, questioning tax benefits and effect on children – PHIL ROCKROHR (DIERSEN: Municipalities and counties that do not ban the sale of pot shout that they are not family friendly.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-zurich/ct-lzc-recreational-marijuana-reaction-tl-0808-20190731-cnzucefsw5d3vljb4ehkv67qta-story.html
— New law will bar Illinois employers from asking job applicants for pay history – Dan Petrella (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees more than it paid its male employees who had more job-related work experience, more job-related education, more job-related professional certifications, and/or more job-related professional licenses. GAO was under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-signs-no-salary-history-law-20190731-lfboppla3jcsloljlhwsg4s3t4-story.html
— Ratings agency calls Illinois’ financial outlook ‘stable’ – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-budget-stable-20190731-gkw5hoeagzbybkq47vjanlb5o4-story.html
— Wait and indict Trump when he’s out of office? No. Start impeachment inquiry now. – MIKE QUIGLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-mueller-trump-impeachment-mike-quigley-20190731-wfhys7i3dvatnpskrgpi4eivdu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— High places? Spouse of Illinois pot bill sponsor takes job in cannabis industry — but pol insists no conflict Candace Gingrich, who spent 23 years working for the Human Rights Campaign, will serve as vice president and head of business development for Revolution Florida, a sister company to Illinois-based Revolution Enterprises. Gingrich will also serve as the company’s ambassador to the LGBTQ community. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/7/31/20747754/marijuana-spouse-llinois-pot-bill-sponsor-kelly-cassidy-candace-gingrich-job-cannabis-revolution
— Senate confirms Mary Rowland for federal judge in Chicago: Pick of Durbin, Duckworth part of ‘Illinois deal’ Rowland is the first LGBTQ judge Trump has put on the bench. – Lynn Sweet 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/31/20749350/senate-confirms-mary-rowland-federal-judge-chicago-durbin-duckworth-illinois-deal
— Pity the poor rich. We expect them to pay their kids’ way through college Dozens of wealthy suburban Chicago parents have given up legal custody of their children just so they can qualify for financial aid. We need to close that loophole. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/31/20748686/pro-publica-college-tuition-lake-county-legal-guardianship-attorney-general-investigation
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/31/20748807/washington-national-cathedral-president-trump-joseph-mccarthy-hollerith-sun-times-editorial

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Wife of legal weed law sponsor takes big job with cannabis company State Rep. Kelly Cassidy says there’s no quid pro quo in her spouse, Candace Gingrich, becoming an executive at the Florida unit of Illinois-based grower and dispensary firm Revolution Enterprises. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/wife-legal-weed-law-sponsor-takes-big-job-cannabis-company
— Illinois finances get a jolt of good news from Fitch The ratings agency shifts its outlook from negative to stable, citing a balanced budget and predictability from a new labor contract. But it stops short of an actual upgrade. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/illinois-finances-get-jolt-good-news-fitch
— Law banning salary history will be life-changing for workers The law, signed today by Gov. J.B. Pritzker, is a tool to fight the wage gap, and to lift the entire economy up in the process. – CHERITA ELLENS and WENDY POLLACK (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would presented a jury with many examples in which GAO paid its female employees more than it paid its male employees who had more job-related work experience, more job-related education, more job-related professional certifications, and/or more job-related professional licenses. GAO was under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/law-banning-salary-history-will-be-life-changing-workers
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Questions about salary history are extremely common. A recent survey showed that of 15,000 people currently evaluating job offers, 43 percent had been asked for salary history during the interview process. Imagine the cumulative effects of being asked about previous wages when considering a new job over the course of a career. Salary history questions are a major contributing factor in both racial and gender wage gaps. And this is exacerbated for women of color, who, because of the realities of intersectionality, often face both. Black women working in the U.S. make just 61 cents to a white man’s dollar. For Native American women, it’s 58 cents. For Latinas, 53 cents. And when a potential employer asks for past wages, it allows that pay inequity to continue, impacting future wages and earning potential. Over a career, a woman of color can lose over $1 million to the wage gap, further widening the wealth gap. This loss of income has an impact on opportunities afforded to their families, support for their communities and the economy at large.)

NBC5
— Lake County Fair Steps Up Security After California Shooting Three people were killed at the Gilroy Garlic Festival earlier this week – Michelle Relerford
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/lake-county-fair-steps-up-security-after-california-shooting-513463901.html

CBS2
— Illinois State Police Crackdown On Gun Owners With Revoked FOID Cards: Has It Worked?
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/07/31/state-police-revoked-foid-progress/

WGN RADIO
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis Business Attorney David Ruskin on Illinois’ New Cannabis Law – BENANDER SONWGNAM
https://wgnradio.com/2019/07/31/cannabis-business-attorney-david-ruskin-on-illinois-new-cannabis-law/

EVANSTON NOW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want women and minorities to be pot pushers.
https://evanstonnow.com/story/government/bill-smith/2019-07-31/82384/cassidy-seeks-more-diversity-in-pot-business

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democrats Embrace Gun Control On Debate Stage; Researchers Question Policies’ Impact – LISA HAGEN, CHRIS HAXEL & BRETT NEELY 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/democrats-embrace-gun-control-debate-stage-researchers-question-policies-impact#stream/0

WPSD
— Durbin introduces marijuana research bill – Rebecca Gangemella
https://www.wpsdlocal6.com/2019/07/31/illinois-senator-introduces-marijuana-research-bill/

WGLT
— Normal Town Council Could Consider Marijuana Ordinance In September – CHARLIE SCHLENKER (DIERSEN: Municipalities and counties that do not ban the sale of pot shout that they are NOT family friendly.)
https://www.wglt.org/post/normal-town-council-could-consider-marijuana-ordinance-september#stream/0

CENTER SQUARE
— Was Rauner right about Madigan all along? – Dan McCaleb 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/op-ed-was-rauner-right-about-madigan-all-along/article_2ed71206-b384-11e9-be4d-cbb7e2e99087.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jay Kinzler May Join the Fight Against Sean Casten Making It a Three-Way Race
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/07/31/jay-kinzler-may-join-the-fight-against-sean-casten-making-it-a-three-way-race/

WILL COUNTY GAZETTE
— Rep. Batinick calls for politics to take a back seat on state’s simmering immigration issues – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: E-Verify should be required for all hiring.)
https://willcountygazette.com/stories/512808185-rep-batinick-calls-for-politics-to-take-a-back-seat-on-state-s-simmering-immigration-issues

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives’ campaign machine picks up where it left off – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512808070-ives-campaign-machine-picks-up-where-it-left-off
— Voters can help extinguish gerrymandering in Illinois, Sen. Oberweis says – Glenn Minnis (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015. I would focus on those responsible for the gerrymandering, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512808055-voters-can-help-extinguish-gerrymandering-in-illinois-sen-oberweis-says
— Ives Talks Politics with Elmhurst Small Business Owner and Customers
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512815726-ives-talks-politics-with-elmhurst-small-business-owner-and-customers
— Casten Outed as Climate Hypocrite
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512815739-casten-outed-as-climate-hypocrite

CHAMBANA SUN
— Rep. Caulkins questions motivation behind Democratic support for two new immigration laws – Glenn Minnis
https://chambanasun.com/stories/512808213-rep-caulkins-questions-motivation-behind-democratic-support-for-two-new-immigration-laws

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— CASTEN’S AN ENVIRONMENT HYPOCRITE, IVES SAYS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/casten-talks-out-of-both-sides-of-his-mouth-on-global-warming.html
— DEMOCRAT HOUSE UNANIMOUSLY OKS ‘GAY REPARATIONS’ BILL GIVING TAX REFUNDS TO SAME-SEX COUPLES (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/democrat-house-unanimously-oks-gay-reparations-bill-giving-tax-refunds-to-same-sex-couples.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, pot pushers demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who do not push pot. 
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/31/a-possible-work-around-of-the-bluenoses/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: “Over 4 million Illinoisans have an arrest or conviction record – that includes over 40 percent of our working age population,” said Governor JB Pritzker. What percent of those 4 million are Democrats? 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://capitolfax.com/2019/07/31/new-laws-4/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Edgar Fellows Class of 2019 includes David Carlin, Susanne Fitch, and Daniel Wagner.
https://capitolfax.com
— No ratings bump, but Fitch revises Illinois outlook from Negative to Stable
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/31/no-ratings-bump-but-fitch-revises-illinois-outlook-from-negative-to-stable/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters get religious leaders to promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/31/washington-national-cathedral-condemns-donald-trum/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump brushes off being labeled a racist: Pelosi’s own party called her a racist – Julio Rosas
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-brushes-off-being-labeled-a-racist-pelosis-own-party-called-her-a-racist

FOX NEWS
— African American faith leaders defend Trump after White House meeting: ‘He’s not a racist’ – Caleb Parke 
https://www.foxnews.com/faith-values/trump-pastors-african-american-leaders-not-racist-photo-op
— Tomi Lahren: ‘Russia card’ didn’t work out, now Dems back to ‘white supremacy’ claims
https://www.foxnews.com/media/tomi-lahren-dem-debate-trump-racist

BREITBART
— Kris Kobach: Democrats Offer Free Healthcare to Illegals While Americans Forced to Buy Obamacare – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/31/kris-kobach-democrats-offer-free-healthcare-to-illegals-while-americans-forced-to-buy-obamacare/
— Fact Check — TRUE: Free Health Care for Illegal Aliens Would Increase Illegal Immigration – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/30/fact-check-true-free-health-care-would-increase-illegal-immigration/
— Media Continue to Pretend Single-Digit Pete Buttigieg Is Top Tier Candidate – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2019/07/31/nolte-media-continue-to-pretend-single-digit-pete-buttigieg-is-top-tier-candidate/

TOWNHALL
— Don Lemon, as Debate Moderator, Suggests Trump Voters Are Racist. Trump Just Responded. – Cortney O’Brien
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/cortneyobrien/2019/07/31/don-lemon-asked-this-ridiculous-debate-question-last-night-n2550961
— Baltimore’s Murder Rate Is Higher Than Honduras, Guatemala, And El Salvador – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/31/baltimores-murder-rate-is-higher-than-honduras-guatemala-and-el-salvador-n2550959

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— Arizona sheriff says his county pays for cartel traffickers’ hospital bills – Daniel Horowitz ·
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/arizona-sheriff-says-county-pays-cartel-traffickers-hospital-bills/
— Rand Paul mourns ‘death’ of Tea Party, blasts both parties for budget ‘abomination’ on Senate floor – Nate Madden ·
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/rand-paul-mourns-death-tea-party-blasts-parties-budget-abomination-senate-floor/

CNS NEWS
— Pence: ‘Socialism Has Never Worked Before – It Doesn’t Work Now’ – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/pence-socialism-has-never-worked-it-doesnt-work-now

SEAN HANNITY
— CALL TO ARMS? Ocasio-Cortez Says Those in ‘Poverty in the US’ Should ‘Riot’ Like Palestinians
https://hannity.com/media-room/call-to-arms-aoc-says-palestinians-have-no-choice-but-to-riot-calls-on-americans-to-do-the-same/

GOPUSA
— Gallup says a plurality of Democrats now support reparations (DIERSEN: If Gallup polled the Democrats in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois on this, what percent would support reparations? Who would those Democrats want in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois a) to pay reparations and how much and b) to receive reparations and how much? What criteria would they use to make those determinations?)
http://www.gopusa.com/for-what-its-worth-gallup-says-a-plurality-of-democrats-now-support-reparations/
— Newsom laments lack of borders between states to stop weapons of ‘godd–ned mass destruction’
http://www.gopusa.com/newsom-laments-lack-of-borders-between-states-to-stop-weapons-of-godd-ned-mass-destruction/
— Even the peacekeepers aren’t safe in the Democrat stronghold of Chicago
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=73496

PJ MEDIA
— CNN Debate Moderator Don Lemon to Candidates: Hey, What About Trump’s Bigotry?! – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/cnn-debate-moderator-don-lemon-to-candidates-hey-what-about-president-trumps-bigotry/

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— President Trump: Democrats Obsessed With Illegals While Their Own Districts Rot
https://www.oann.com/president-trump-democrats-obsessed-with-illegals-while-their-own-districts-rot/

THE HILL
— O’Rourke calls El Paso the ‘Ellis Island of today’ – ZACK BUDRYK
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/455489-orourke-calls-el-paso-the-ellis-island-of-today

ROLL CALL
— Two GOP groups have tried — and failed — to censure Rep. Riggleman for officiating gay wedding Virginia freshman Republican was ‘happy to officiate’ the wedding, he said, earning the ire of some local party leaders – Griffin Connolly (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the attempt to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition to censure me at its 2006 Annual Convention for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. I would focus on those who led the attempt, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/two-local-gop-groups-have-tried-and-failed-to-censure-rep-riggleman-for-officiating-gay-wedding

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Charlotte Is Starting To Regret Hosting Trump’s Renomination Convention President Donald Trump’s racist and xenophobic statements have drawn official condemnation from a city that is now predominantly black and Latino.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/charlotte-trump-renomination-convention_n_5d4176bce4b0db8affb11614

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump hails ‘righteous cause of American self-government’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, members of Group A use “self-government” to get rid of members of Group B. Members of Group A 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 and members of Group B 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. I should write a book about members of Group A who have moved into my neighborhood, my precinct, Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America.)
https://www.apnews.com/bde0d590becf4d21a6601038ca828e3a

NBC NEWS
— Trump says Democrats would lead U.S. into ‘economic sinkhole’ – Daniella Silva
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/trump-says-democrats-would-lead-u-s-economic-sinkhole-n1037191

WASHINGTON POST
— Federal Reserve cuts interest rate a quarter point, the first rate cut in a decade – Heather Long (DIERSEN: Lower interest rates a) help borrowers who are generally younger and b) harm savers who generally older.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/07/31/federal-reserve-cuts-interest-rate-quarter-point-effort-keep-economy-track/
— House Oversight Committee seeks documents related to secret CBP Facebook groups that ridiculed migrants – Felicia Sonmez (DIERSEN: How many secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What do the members of those groups post about you?) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-panel-seeks-documents-related-to-secret-cbp-facebook-groups-that-ridiculed-migrants/2019/07/31/e6507d08-b39f-11e9-8949-5f36ff92706e_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— AOC says Palestinians have ‘no choice but to riot’ — and Americans could do the same – Mark Moore
https://nypost.com/2019/07/31/aoc-says-palestinians-have-no-choice-but-to-riot-and-americans-could-do-the-same/

NORTHERN CALIFORNIA RECORD
— Google to face California lawsuit of alleged hiring bias against conservatives and men – Rich Peters
https://norcalrecord.com/stories/512797835-google-to-face-california-lawsuit-of-alleged-hiring-bias-against-conservatives-and-men

24/7 WALL STREET
— These States Are Spending the Most to Fund Their Residents Retirement – Samuel Stebbins 
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2019/07/31/these-states-are-spending-the-most-to-fund-their-residents-retirement/

YAHOO FINANCE
— Moderate Democrats fading, far left runs the party – Stuart Varney
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/moderate-democrats-fading-far-left-163325976.html

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— GAO: Agencies Should Optimize Employee Recruitment, Retention Efforts – Matthew Nelson (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government’s top priority has been to hire, to retain, and to promote young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females.)
https://www.executivegov.com/2019/07/gao-agencies-should-optimize-employee-recruitment-retention-efforts/

July 19 Morning Edition

ILLINOIS MUNICIPAL LEAGUE
— OUTSTANDING: IML Publishes Adult-Use Cannabis Resources (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, someone needs to take the lead in each of Illinois’ 1,298 municipalities and in each of Illinois’ 102 counties to assure that the sale of pot is banned by the end of this year. Illinois Church Action on Alcohol & Addition urges you to “1. Contact your Mayor, Village Trustees, Aldermen, and County Board member to ask them to sponsor or support an ordinance to prohibit retail marijuana sales, dispensaries, and marijuana businesses. 2. Talk with churches/pastoral associations, local law enforcement, doctors, counselors, fire chief and emergency personnel, teachers, school administrators, activists, and others in the community and ask them to write letters and speak at a public hearing in support of a ban on marijuana sales. 3. Attend and speak at Municipal and County Board meetings.”) 
https://www.iml.org/page.cfm?key=22360&slide=380
(FROM THE POSTING: Municipal Cannabis Business Prohibition Illinois municipalities may prohibit cannabis business establishments from locating in their jurisdiction by adoption of a local ordinance. IML recommends a public hearing in advance of the adoption of such an ordinance to create a record that supports that determination. While local governments are required to allow medical cannabis dispensaries subject only to local zoning provisions, adult-use cannabis business establishments may be prohibited. The first state licenses for adult-use cannabis business establishments are anticipated to be issued to organizations operating existing medical dispensaries, authorizing retail sales of adult-use cannabis at those locations starting January 1, 2020. Municipalities with medical dispensaries operating in their jurisdiction may limit or prohibit adult-use cannabis business establishments through local ordinances, but may want to consider adopting those provisions in order to provide those existing dispensaries clear direction in advance of any application. Linked here is the model ordinance: Municipal Cannabis Business Prohibition.)

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— IVES puts on the gloves – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/07/19/ives-puts-on-the-gloves-lori-jabs-back-at-toni-4-cops-fired-in-laquan-mcdonald-case-459933
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former state Rep. JEANNE IVES, who waged a bitter challenge against then-Gov. Bruce Rauner in last year’s GOP gubernatorial primary, has thrown her hat in the ring for the 6th Congressional District. Ives’ bid to unseat Democrat Sean Casten assures fireworks. Republicans have identified the seat, which pulls from Chicago’s Western suburbs, as a battleground. Casten, and fellow freshman Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood, yanked their suburban seats from Republicans in 2018, and the GOP wants revenge. The GOP may have the perfect soldier in Ives, who isn’t afraid to get dirty in campaigning, but she first must face former Lt. Gov. Evelyn Sanguinetti in the primary. That’s some delicious political irony given Sanguinetti was on Rauner’s ticket when Ives battled for governor. Rauner only eked out a victory in the primary before going on to lose to Democrat J.B. Pritzker in November. If turnout for the 2020 primary is low, she would have a natural advantage in the race against Sanguinetti — who still has little name recognition even after being Rauner’s No. 2. “Ives has a knack for Trumpy divisiveness that will serve her well in the Republican primary, but absolutely doom her in a general election because voters kicked out the last member of Congress for being too close to Trump,” Tom Bowen, a Democratic political strategist, told Playbook. In the 2018 primary, Ives drew the ire of Democrats and some Republicans alike for running an ad that was denounced as anti-immigrant, racist, sexist and transphobic. Casten may be well-prepared to face the likes of Ives, having gone through a tough cycle in 2018 when he unseated former GOP Rep. Peter Roskam in a contentious and high-profile race. This time, Casten has the advantage of being an incumbent in a district that’s veering left of its traditional GOP stronghold. Casten also isn’t afraid to duke it out in debates or on social media, which could make this race a fun one to watch. Ives’ entry into the 6th District race comes days after second quarter financial reports showed Sanguinetti raised just $103,647 — a paltry sum compared to the $700,000-plus Casten has raised.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Winnetka approves resolution halting cannabis sales until officials can examine local ordinances – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/winnetka/ct-wtk-winnetka-red-flag-marijuana-resolution-tl-0725-20190718-52xwacchm5bczdvph24l7jh34y-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump and against his supporters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-send-her-home-rally-ilhan-omar-racist-huppke-20190718-ngjm4vqe3vdgrli3eb7kbkw6hy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters crow about their success in illegally getting citizens of foreign counties to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally. Illegals serve as cannon fodder for the Trump-haters’ war against America. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/7/18/20699461/donald-trump-immigration-border-crisis-twitter-2020-election
— Officer who lost Glen Ellyn job after slur about Mexicans now a cop in heavily Mexican American Melrose Park Soon after his department hired Frank Fazio III, Mayor Ron Serpico reported a $1,250 campaign contribution from someone with that name — which he now will donate to charity. – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/19/20698300/melrose-park-police-ethnic-slur-frank-fazio-iii-ron-serpico

DAILY HERALD
— Suburban Republicans object to Sterigenics settlement – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190718/suburban-republicans-object-to-sterigenics-settlement
— Residents decry letter from Elgin Twp. as endorsement of vendor – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190718/residents-decry-letter-from-elgin-twp-as-endorsement-of-vendor
— OUTSTANDING: Lake Barrington against recreational marijuana sales
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190718/lake-barrington-against-recreational-marijuana-sales

ABC7
— Backyard water dispute prompts action by DuPage County – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/home/backyard-water-dispute-prompts-action-by-dupage-county/5402104/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Illinois joins call for FDA oversight of cannabis-related products
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/illinois-joins-call-for-fda-oversight-of-cannabis-related-products/article_a8712860-be7b-5026-bf56-caad4c6931b6.html

SOUTHERN
— Employers learn about legal implications of new cannabis law – MARILYN HALSTEAD (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise a stoner.)
https://thesouthern.com/employers-learn-about-legal-implications-of-new-cannabis-law/article_22e5a3f9-c4bc-5d0f-a064-9bd9744a1557.html

PEORIA PUBLIC RADIO
— Will Recreational Cannabis Legalization Have A Big Impact on Teen Usage? – TIM SHELLEY (DIERSEN: Legalizing pot makes pot far more available, so of course, teens will use much more pot.) 
https://www.peoriapublicradio.org/post/will-recreational-cannabis-legalization-have-big-impact-teen-usage#stream/0

WREX
— Beloit Police push dangers of recreational marijuana at community meetings
https://wrex.com/category/2019/07/19/beloit-police-push-dangers-of-recreational-marijuana-at-community-meetings/

KFVS
— Southern Ill. government members figuring out weed regulations – Taylor Clark
https://www.kfvs12.com/2019/07/18/local-government-legal-weed-illinois/

LIBERTYVILLE PATCH
— Libertyville Discusses Possible Pot Regulations Village officials are deciding whether to prohibit or restrict where marijuana can be sold once it becomes legal for personal use on Jan. 1. – Amie Schaenzer 
https://patch.com/illinois/libertyville/libertyville-discusses-possible-pot-regulations

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— McSweeney to billionaires asking to be taxed more: why wait, write government a check – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512762788-mcsweeney-to-billionaires-asking-to-be-taxed-more-why-wait-write-government-a-check

MCHENRY TIMES
— GOP Reps. Skillicorn, Halbrook, Grant, Miller lead opposition of state’s ‘extreme’ abortion act – Glenn Minnis 
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/512770604-gop-reps-skillicorn-halbrook-grant-miller-lead-opposition-of-state-s-extreme-abortion-act

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives sets sights on GOP bid in 6th Congressional District – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512771612-ives-sets-sights-on-gop-bid-in-6th-congressional-district

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP slams Pritzker for going around federal gag rule
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/19/ilgop-slams-pritzker-for-going-around-federal-gag-rule/

GOPUSA
— 32% of Democrats say white politicians can’t criticize people of color (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Geens, and RINOs, members of the following groups should not only be criticized, they should be demonized, denigrated, and condemned: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, rich people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.gopusa.com/32-of-democrats-say-white-politicians-cant-criticize-people-of-color/
— Hypocrisy of the Media’s Immigration Crisis Coverage
http://www.gopusa.com/hypocrisy-of-the-medias-immigration-crisis-coverage/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— The limits and hurdles of issuing reparations for slavery America today is not a nation made up primarily of descendants of slave owners – Linda Chavez (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/18/limits-and-hurdles-issuing-reparations-slavery/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The problem is that reparations today would punish individuals who committed no wrongs while possibly rewarding some who suffered no harm. Justice requires individual culpability, not collective guilt. A people cannot be held accountable for the actions of their forebears—that path leads to endless cycles of violence, even genocide. But aside from the injustice of punishing offspring for their ancestors’ crimes, properly distributing reparations would be a very messy ordeal. Proponents frequently point to Germany’s payment of more than $70 billion in restitution to Holocaust victims since 1952 — but those victims or their immediate heirs are identifiable, as are the Japanese Americans interned in camps during World War II, whom Congress authorized to receive compensation of $20,000 each in the 1988 Civil Liberties Act. But as a recent New York Times article suggests, defining who might be eligible and how much compensation would be owed is difficult at best. America today is not a nation made up primarily of descendants of slave owners and former slaves. Of the 325 million people residing here now, only a fraction can trace their ancestry back to anyone living in the United States in 1860, the last decennial census before the Civil War and Emancipation.)
— Public grows fearful that America could lose its national identity – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/18/inside-the-beltway-fearful-that-america-could-lose/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The AP’s guidelines telling journalists to decide what’s ‘racist’ are already leading to disaster – Brian Ericson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/the-aps-guidelines-telling-journalists-to-decide-whats-racist-are-already-leading-to-disaster
— State lawmakers call on public universities to abolish segregated campus events – John Patrick 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/red-alert-politics/state-lawmakers-call-on-public-universities-to-abolish-segregated-campus-events

AMERICAN THINKER
— A word to the Squad on America: Love it or leave it – J. Marsolo
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/a_word_to_the_squad_on_america_love_it_or_leave_it.html
— The Left is following Communism’s playbook for revolution – Selwyn Duke
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/_the_left_is_following_communisms_playbook_for_revolution_.html

BREITBART
— Trump Rips AOC for Calling America ‘Garbage’: ‘I Think That’s Worse’ than ‘Deplorables’ – 
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/17/trump-rips-aoc-for-calling-america-garbage-i-think-thats-worse-than-deplorables/

CNS NEWS
— Sen. King: Trump, Like Obama, Is Moving to Enforce Immigration Law – Ilona Schumicky 
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/ilona-schumicky/sen-king-trump-obama-moving-enforce-immigration-law
— The Poor’s Greatest Enemy? Those Who Champion Their Cause – Bill Donohue
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/bill-donohue/poors-greatest-enemy-those-who-champion-their-cause
— Sen. Tester: Trump ‘Does’ Have a Constitutional Duty to Enforce the Immigration Laws – Liam Sigler 
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/liam-sigler/sen-tester-trump-does-have-constitutional-authority-enforce-immigration

DAILY CALLER
— Is Corporate America Selling Out Our Country? – TUCKER CARLSON AND NEIL PATEL (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, “Corporate America” paints itself 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, that is, ever-increasingly, “Corporate America” paints itself as being Democrat, Libertarian, Green, or RINO.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/18/corporate-america-selling-out-country/
— ‘Six Million Meals’: DHS Chief Breaks Down How Much Care Illegal Migrants Receive – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/18/dhs-democratic-narrative-illegals-care/

DAILY WIRE
— Lindsey Graham: An Immigrant In A MAGA Hat Would ‘Probably Have Dinner At The White House’ – MOLLY PRINCE
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49649/lindsey-graham-immigrant-maga-hat-would-probably-molly-prince

PATRIOT POST
— ‘The Squad’ Deserves Trump’s Ire That big debate continues to rage between Donald Trump and Democrats. – Nate Jackson 
https://patriotpost.us/articles/64362-the-squad-deserves-trumps-ire

PJ MEDIA
— Ridiculous: Pastor Declares ‘Every Single Trump Supporter Is Racist’ – MEGAN FOX 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/ridiculous-pastor-declares-every-single-trump-supporter-is-racist/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Trump blasts Dems for supporting infanticide, late-term abortion: ‘What happened to our values?’ – Follow Calvin
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/trump-condemns-dems-for-supporting-infanticide-what-happened-to-our-values

POWER LINE
— MEXICANS FAVOR DEPORTING ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS. ARE THEY RACIST? – PAUL MIRENGOFF
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2019/07/mexicans-favor-deporting-illegal-immigrants-are-they-racist.php

THE HILL
— Trump complains of ‘crazed’ media coverage over ‘send her back’ chants – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/453852-trump-complains-of-crazed-media-coverage-over-send-her-back-chants

POLITICO
— Trump officials pressing to slash refugee admissions to zero next year – TED HESSON
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/18/trump-officials-refugee-zero-1603503

ABC NEWS
— Ilhan Omar gets standing ovation at town hall after Trump attacks – BENJAMIN SIEGEL
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rep-ilhan-omar-returns-home-cheers-vows-nightmare/story?id=64402910

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/opinion/trump-rally-send-her-back.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/18/opinion/trump-america-election.html
— When the Law Says Using Marijuana Is O.K., but the Boss Disagrees – Dan Hyman (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervisor stoners, that is, those who impair themselves.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/19/business/marijuana-employer-drug-tests.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/in-trumps-vision-of-a-white-america-immigrants-should-be-grateful-and-servile/2019/07/18/0afb70c6-a8e3-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/18/trump-chooses-open-racism-what-does-his-party-choose/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2019/07/19/trump-wages-race-war-intellectual-nationalists-try-keep-pace/?utm_term=.45f4a86cc917
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/07/18/trump-didnt-introduce-racism-conservative-politics-hes-cultivated-amplified-it/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/george-wallace-would-have-been-proud-of-trumps-latest-rally/2019/07/18/cc76dc5e-a997-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/trumps-immigration-policies-speak-louder-than-his-racist-xenophobic-words/2019/07/18/e8309a76-a996-11e9-86dd-d7f0e60391e9_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-a-racist-tweet-became-a-trump-rally-chant-in-three-short-days/2019/07/18/bd81b798-a968-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-supporters-newest-rallying-cry–send-her-back-reverberates-across-a-nation-fraught-with-racial-tension/2019/07/18/6ee96ede-a99d-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats’ War Has Only Begun With his tweets, Trump provokes a cease-fire, but don’t expect it to last. – Ted Rall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-war-has-only-begun-11563490811
— When It Comes to Taxes, Sometimes It Pays to Say ‘I Don’t’ Committed couples who decide not to tie the knot can reap substantial tax savings – Laura Saunders (DIERSEN: My wife and I have paid the marriage penalty big time since we got married in 1978.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-it-comes-to-taxes-sometimes-it-pays-to-say-i-dont-11563528633
— Central American Migrants Are ‘Voting With Their Feet’ Despite U.S. Threats U.S. aid cuts to Northern Triangle countries aren’t slowing migration because the billions of dollars in remittances migrants in the U.S. send back home is much bigger – Robbie Whelan (DIERSEN: What do you say to countries that threaten to illegally send even more of their citizens illegally into the U.S. illegally if the U.S. does not send even more aid to those countries?) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/central-american-migrants-are-voting-with-their-feet-despite-u-s-threats-11563528602
— Trump Has Regrets The ‘send her back’ chant at his rally was an ugly political moment. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-has-regrets-11563492099

FORTUNE
— The Surprising Way Republicans Used to Use (LEGAL) Immigration to Boost the Economy – Bob Sellers
https://fortune.com/2019/07/18/republicans-immigration-policy-economy/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-voters-have-become-more-xenophobic-under-trump-2019-7

24/7 WALL STREET
— 25 Most Segregated Cities in America – Evan Comen (DIERSEN: Chicago-Naperville-Elgin is ranked 4th highest.)
https://247wallst.com/special-report/2019/07/18/25-most-segregated-cities-in-america/6/

PEW RESEARCH
— JANUARY 24, 2019 FLASHBACK: In 116th Congress, at least 13% of lawmakers are immigrants or the children of immigrants – A.W. GEIGER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the longer that your ancestors have been in America, the more that Democrats demonize, denigrate, and condemn you. The Democrat Party promotes those who want to get rid of those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. 
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2019/01/24/in-116th-congress-at-least-13-of-lawmakers-are-immigrants-or-the-children-of-immigrants/

MARKET WATCH
— Parents who use marijuana and alcohol are at a higher risk of ‘physical abuse’ at home Over 90% of parents who have used marijuana over the past year also reported using alcohol, according to a new study – Meera Jagannathan
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/despite-marijuanas-calming-benefits-parents-who-use-it-are-more-likely-to-discipline-their-kids-physically-2019-07-18

July 17 Evening Edition

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Community Opt-Out for Marijuana Dispensaries – David E. Smith 
https://illinoisfamily.org/marijuana-2/community-opt-out-for-marijuana-dispensaries/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Take ACTION: Ask your local mayor, village trustees, aldermen and county board members to pass an ordinance prohibiting marijuana dispensaries and marijuana businesses in your community. The Village of Morton in central Illinois is the first municipality to pass such an ordinance. Their ordinance can serve as a template for other communities: Click HERE for this sample ordinance. Once it is introduced, ask local pastors, local law enforcement officials, doctors, counselors, fire chief and emergency personnel, teachers, school administrators, activists and others in the community to write letters and speak at public hearings in support of a ban on marijuana sales. Cover this entire process in your prayers. Pray especially for the wisdom of local officials who must vote on this proposal. . .Furthermore, it is important to point out that six Republicans also supported this regressive policy to make our highways less safe and to enslave our neighbors to addiction and mental illness: Illinois State Senators Jason Barickman (Bloomington), Neil Anderson (Moline), Steve McClure (Jacksonville), and Illinois State Representatives Allen Skillicorn (Crystal Lake), Lindsay Parkhurst (Kankakee), and David Welter (Morris) voted in favor of this anti-family policy. In their desperation to find a new revenue source to fix the financial mess they created (and/or to promote a so-called “social justice” antidote), these lawmakers failed sorely in their job to protect Illinois citizens.)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville City Council takes first step toward opting out of the retail sale of recreational pot – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-retail-marijuana-sale-naperville-council-st-20190717-rb6gxuw4lzaetie2wupsb6vtfm-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The Naperville City Council appears ready to say no the selling recreational marijuana in the city. Members voted 5-4 Tuesday to direct staff to prepare the documentation needed to opt out of the retail sale of adult-use cannabis under the terms of the new state law, which goes into effect Jan. 1. The vote came after public comment from more than 15 people, including two businesses that want permission to sell pot in the city and representatives from behavioral health centers who are opposed to it. Council members Theresa Sullivan, Patty Gustin, Paul Hinterlong, Kevin Coyne and Patrick Kelly voted to opt out of allowing the retail sale of recreational cannabis. Those voting in favor were Benny White, Judy Brodhead, John Krummen and Mayor Steve Chirico. . .Residents and council members who spoke against the selling it in Naperville said it to approve it would be contrary to the city’s positive image, detrimental to public safety and potentially harmful to youth. “There is nothing family friendly about recreational marijuana. Family friendly is Naperville’s brand,” resident Jennifer Taylor said. . .Gustin reminded her fellow council members that while there may be benefits from a medical standpoint, the sale and use of marijuana is still against the law in the eyes of the U.S. government. “This is a federally illegal product,” Gustin said. “The federal government has not legalized marijuana because it’s a drug. Selling recreational marijuana will draw the nuisance to Naperville.” With Tuesday’s vote, city staff will prepare the necessary documents for an official council vote to opt out of the retail sale of recreational marijuana later in the year. . .Councilman Coyne said allowing recreational marijuana just because the city already sells alcohol and cigarettes doesn’t make sense. “We should allow and accept marijuana because alcohol is already here. We have one bad habit in town, so we should add another? I don’t buy into that,” Coyne said. Matt Quinn, community relations coordinator with Rosecrance, said teens perceive marijuana use as less risky than they did in the past. Quinn urged council to “not be naive” about the law requiring pot consumers to be 21 or older. Teens push boundaries, he said.)
— Snuff out the Peotone airport pipe dream – Kristen McQueary
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/kristen-mcqueary/ct-column-peotone-airport-pipe-dream-mcqueary-20190716-756he632y5aeznfu5f6jp2uvw4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-donald-trump-leave-america-tweet-20190716-owiu5qoufbaajdeie3wiwseyeu-story.html
— Soccer fans, activists rally at U.S. Soccer headquarters for equal pay – MARIE FAZIO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-us-womens-soccer-rally-equal-pay-20190716-y3mc5dkmqne3nj3giixevdyntu-story.html
— With both R. Kelly and Jeffrey Epstein, it takes a village. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-r-kelly-court-kass-20190717-fjedr5n5dffvtppber6cjot7ni-story.html
— Progressive single mom taking on Foster in Congressional primary – DENISE CROSBY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-ventura-st-0717-20190716-ri7gcfmalfftle2433l2uuxpkq-story.html
— Fair redistricting for Illinois – State Sen. Bill Brady, Senate Republican Leader, 44th District
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-071819-20190717-a4yw7kbxs5h2rkexzxac5ywp5m-story.html
— Illinois gun rights group sues over new firearms dealer law: ‘All this does is create more red tape’ – Stacy St. Clair
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-illinois-rifle-association-sues-over-gun-dealer-license-law-20190717-myo5rg67gfemrm5wcrjs66ylwi-story.html
— ‘Go back to where you came from’: Americans recall the racist taunts hurled at them – MAYA ELIAHOU (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-racist-taunts-trump-go-back-20190717-uzjcxnn7arb7xf26qxowcw54wi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville votes to ‘protect the brand,’ banning recreational pot sales – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190717/naperville-votes-to-protect-the-brand-banning-recreational-pot-sales
— Trump never takes a vacation from provocation – Michael Gerson
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190717/trump-never-takes-a-vacation-from-provocation
— How DuPage County’s ‘clean and lien’ program helps fix neighborhood eyesores – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190717/how-dupage-countys-clean-and-lien-program-helps-fix-neighborhood-eyesores

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Eric Trump says almost all Americans agree with his dad’s racist tweet “I love the tweet,” President Donald Trump’s son said during a Fox News interview. “If you don’t love our country, get out, leave.” (DIERSEN: Who agrees with Trump’s critics/opponents? Those who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/17/20698195/eric-trump-racist-tweet-americans
— 200,000 petition signatures demanding equal pay for women’s soccer team delivered to U.S. Soccer Federation The U.S. Women’s National Team has sued the U.S. Soccer Federation for gender and pay discrimination. – Cindy Hernandez 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/16/20696739/equal-pay-us-womens-soccer-team-petitions
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally promote illegal immigration. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/17/20698319/rev-jesse-jackson-urges-counterattack-attack-immigrants-raids-donald-trump

ABC7
— ‘America: Love or Leave it’ sign at Virginia Baptist church sparks controversy
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/church-sign-saying-america-love-or-leave-it-sparks-controversy/5401267/

NBC5
— Naperville Gas Station Clerk Suspended After Viral Video Carolina Buitron said she her family were victims of discrimination when they stopped at the gas station for chips
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/naperville-gas-station-mobil-buckeys-racism-immigration-512848291.html
— Lightfoot Announces 5 Potential Locations for New Chicago Casino Each of the sites had previously been considered for a prospective casino or major development in the past, according to Lightfoot
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/chicago-casino-possible-locations-512842321.html

CBS2
— Protesters Gather After Naperville Bucky’s Employee Says ‘Go Back To Their Country’ In Viral Video
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/video/4126651-protesters-gather-after-naperville-buckys-employee-says-go-back-to-their-country-in-viral-video/

WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: “Veterans, Lawmakers” promote LGBTQ activity.
https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/16/veterans-lawmakers-push-overturn-transgender-service-ban

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to pot pushers, legalizing pot, that is, making pot tremendously more available, discourages teens from using pot. 
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=287624#.XS-jYJh_OM8

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— Galesburg ponders cannabis sales – Robert Connelly
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20190717/galesburg-ponders-cannabis-sales

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Wheaton seeks applicants for vacant city council seat
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/07/17/wheaton-seeks-applicants-for-vacant-city-council-seat/ainxj1/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump in Downers Grove.
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/07/15/activists-denounce-migrant-detention-centers-during-downers-grove-vigil/a31v0ao/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— Senator Durbin slams Trump administration on asylum seekers (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you asked all those in the world who are not citizens of America and who lack education and/or lack job skills and/or who have financial, health, and/or other problems if they have claimed asylum in America or might claim asylum in America, 100% of them would say yes. Democrats promise those who claim asylum in America tremendous government assistance, otherwise known as welfare, including free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, jobs, a pathway to citizenship, etc. Of course, Democrats expect, if not demand, that those who claim asylum help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://newschannel20.com/news/connect-to-congress/senator-durbin-slams-trump-administration-on-asylum-seekers

CHICAGO PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you do something that is illegal, you demonstrate your disrespect for the rule of law. Your past predicts your future.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/770-000-reasons-legal-weed-states-should-be-more-illinois

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Sterigenics, state reach deal to end lawsuits over Willowbrook facility shutdown, emissions, allow plant to reopen
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512768502-sterigenics-state-reach-deal-to-end-lawsuits-over-willowbrook-facility-shutdown-emissions-allow-plant-to-reopen

ILLINOIS STATE RIFLE ASSOCIATION
— ISRA Challenges Law Requiring Gun Dealers To Obtain A State License
https://www.isra.org/News/TabId/1068/ArtMID/4612/ArticleID/40049/ISRA-Challenges-Law-Requiring-Gun-Dealers-To-Obtain-A-State-License.aspx

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— GOV’T DEPENDENCY PLUNGES UNDER TRUMP — WHY AREN’T WE CELEBRATING?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/govt-dependency-plunges-under-trump-why-arent-we-celebrating.html
— KINZINGER AND LAHOOD APPLAUD $35M FOR RURAL BROADBAND IN ILLINOIS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/kinzinger-and-lahood-applaud-35m-for-rural-broadband-in-illinois.html
— ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVES TO MEET UP AUGUST 24 IN BOLINGBROOK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/illinois-conservatives-to-meet-up-august-24-in-bolingbrook.html
— THORNER: MARK KIRK’S 10TH CD NOW A DEMOCRAT HAVEN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/going-into-the-lions-den-with-my-democrat-us-representative-and-hissupporters.html
— SIX YEARS LATER, NEW YORK FOLLOWS ILLINOIS TO ALLOW NON-CITIZENS DRIVERS LICENSES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/07/six-years-later-new-york-follows-illinois-to-allow-non-citizens-drivers-licenses.html

FOX NEWS
— Democrats are party of illegal immigration – Say Trump isn’t above law, but illegal immigrants are – Marc Thiessen 
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/marc-thiessen-democrats-say-no-one-is-above-the-law-except-illegal-immigrants

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Squad?’ Squanderers is more like it – Cheryl K. Chumley
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/17/squad-squanderers-more-it/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s asylum action will help ease the border crisis – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/trumps-asylum-action-will-help-ease-the-border-crisis

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Millennials: Stop Talking About ‘Adulting’ and Become Adults We’ve created a culture that suggests basic life skills are beyond the young’s comprehension. – JOANNA WILLIAMS 
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/millennials-stop-talking-about-adulting-and-become-adults/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Associated Press joins propaganda push: ‘Trump is a racist’ – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/associated_press_joins_propaganda_push_trump_is_a_racist.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Congresswoman Representing Somalia – George S. Bardmesser
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/16/the-congresswoman-representing-somalia/
— The American Left Is Racist, Not President Trump – Edward Ring (DIERSEN: To be on the left is to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/07/16/the-american-left-is-racist-not-president-trump/

BREITBART
— GOP Support for Trump Rises After Tweets Aimed at Democrat ‘Squad’ – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/17/nolte-gop-support-for-trump-rises-after-tweets-aimed-at-democrat-squad/
— List of Racist Statements by Members of the ‘Squad’ (So Far) – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/16/list-of-racist-statements-by-members-of-the-squad-so-far/
— Chicago Lawmaker La Shawn Ford Encourages Constituents to Arm Up for Self-Defense – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/16/chicago-lawmaker-encourages-constituents-arm-up-self-defense/
— RNC Spokesperson to Breitbart News: ‘Mitt Romney Should Know Better’ Than to Trash Trump – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2019/07/16/rnc-spokesperson-to-breitbart-news-mitt-romney-should-know-better-than-to-trash-trump/

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats And The Media Are Outraged, No One Else Is – Editorial
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/17/democrats-are-outraged/

DAILY WIRE
— Liz Cheney Rips Progressive Democrats: A ‘Callousness That’s Born Out Of Ignorance’ – MOLLY PRINCE
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49540/watch-liz-cheney-rips-progressive-democrats-molly-prince

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— LOCALITIES SHOULDN’T BE DICTATING (INTER-)NATIONAL POLICY – Seton Motley
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/localities-shouldnt-be-dictating-inter-national-policy

TOWNHALL
— Left-Wing Mother Jones: Let’s Face It, Democrats Actually Are Embracing Open Borders, After All – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/07/17/mother-jones-open-borders-n2550095

PATRIOT POST
— The Left’s Moderation of Conservative Media “They are relentless and use Gestapo tactics.” – Mark Alexander 
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/64342-the-lefts-moderation-of-conservative-media

ONE NEWS NOW
— Wake up, parents, to Left stealing your kids – Charlie Butts, Billy Davis 
https://onenewsnow.com/pro-life/2019/07/17/wake-up-parents-to-left-stealing-your-kids

PJ MEDIA
— Are Women of Color Above Reproach? – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/are-women-of-color-above-reproach/

FEDERALIST
— Democrats Shift From Supporting Legal Immigration To Urging Open Defiance Of U.S. Laws Hyperbole about routine procedures for illegal immigrants who have already received deportation orders goes beyond amnesty pleas. – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://thefederalist.com/2019/07/17/democrats-shift-supporting-legal-immigration-urging-open-defiance-u-s-laws/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Google Expert to Senator Cruz: 15 Million 2020 Votes At Risk – Corinne Weaver (DIERSEN: How many votes are at risk in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, in your municipality, and in your precinct?)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2019/07/17/google-expert-senator-cruz-15-million-2020-votes-risk
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Big Tech’s biggest threat to democracy isn’t censorship or privacy: it’s election manipulation. At a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, “Google and Censorship through Search Engines,” Dr. Robert Epstein, who researches the impact of Google, informed the hearing that “upwards of 15 million votes” were in jeopardy in the 2020 election. During his testimony, Epstein told Senator Ted Cruz (R-TX) that in 2016, Google gave at least 2.6 million votes to Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton, “through bias and search results.” He stressed that was the lowest number.)

NATIONAL REVIEW
— 2020 Will Be a Referendum on Who Qualifies as an American – JIM GERAGHTY (DIERSEN: Democrats have only one requirement, namely, that you will vote for Democrats. Overwhelmingly, those who vote for democrats a) have financial, health, and/or other problems, b) lack education and/or job skills, c) are minority, female, and/or younger, and/or d) 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.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/2020-will-be-a-referendum-on-who-qualifies-as-an-american/
— POLL: Majority of Mexicans Supports Deportation of Central American Migrants – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/poll-majority-of-mexicans-supports-deportation-of-central-american-migrants/

HOT AIR
— Kellyanne Conway To Reporter Who Asked Which Countries The Squad Should Go Back To: “What’s Your Ethnicity?”
https://hotair.com/archives/allahpundit/2019/07/16/kellyanne-conway-reporter-asked-countries-squad-go-back-whats-ethnicity/

CAMPUS REFORM
— Columbia offers illegal immigrant students free legal help, ‘stress management’ – Celine Ryan
https://www.campusreform.org/?ID=13457

THE HILL
— House votes to kill impeachment effort against Trump – CRISTINA MARCOS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/453596-green-forces-impeachment-vote-against-trump

REUTERS
— Republican support for Trump rises after racially charged tweets: Reuters/Ipsos poll – Chris Kahn
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-poll/republican-support-for-trump-rises-after-racially-charged-tweets-reuters-ipsos-poll-idUSKCN1UB2UD

NEW YORK TIMES
— House Votes to Kill Trump Impeachment Resolution – Julie Hirschfeld Davis and Nicholas Fandos
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/17/us/politics/house-impeachment-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— House votes to kill impeachment resolution against Trump, avoiding a direct vote on whether to oust the president – Rachael Bade and Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/powerpost/democrats-divided-as-house-to-vote-on-whether-to-consider-impeachment-of-trump/2019/07/17/dacd1c0e-a8a3-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who defend the squad 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/17/squads-defenders-represent-better-america-than-trump-does/

USA TODAY
— Bullies told me to go back to my country. At first it silenced me, now it spurs me on. – Elizabeth Cuna (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/07/16/trump-racist-tweet-immigrants-go-home-column/1742534001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Sanctuary Cities Get a Census Bonus Localities where migrants live—or are detained—will get a decadelong windfall of federal dollars. – Peter A. Morrison and David A. Swanson
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sanctuary-cities-get-a-census-bonus-11563318817
— Media Should Pay Trump to Tweet He delights in making us dance to tunes he wantonly types out in the wee hours. – Holman W. Jenkins Jr.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/media-should-pay-trump-to-tweet-11563317814
— No ethnic or religious group can expect to impose its view of American identity. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: Democrats promote groups that want to impose the following views: anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nationalism-doesnt-fit-the-american-nation-11563317835

USA TODAY
— Gen Z, millennials: It’s ’embarrassing’ to rely on parents for money after 27 – Dalvin Brown (DIERSEN: Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21. My mother never attended high school. What had you accomplished by the time you tuned 28? By the time I turned 28 in 1976, I had gotten promoted to GS-12 (currently $82,579/year) by IRS in Chicago (1974), earned more than 8 years of federal Civil Service Retirement Systems credits, earned 10 years of Social Security credits, bought a one bedroom (1976) and a studio (1974) condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago, bought a new town home in University Park (1972), started taking graduate accounting courses at DePaul, completed the requirements for an MBA from Loyola (1976), earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU (1970), and bought five new cars (1973, 1971, 1968, 1967, and 1966.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/16/savings-parents-say-its-embarrassing-to-rely-on-them-after-27/1705355001/

July 17 Morning Edition

CITY OF NAPERVILLE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: BEYOND OUTSTANDING: With a 5-4 vote, Naperville has directed its staff to prepare necessary documentation for the City to consider prohibiting (opting out) of allowing the local retail sale of adult-use cannabis. Hopefully, Wheaton, the rest of the municipalities in Illinois, DuPage County, and the rest of the counties in Illinois will soon do the same thing.
http://naperville.granicus.com/MediaPlayer.php?view_id=4&clip_id=1256 (Agenda Item: 19-689)

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Chicago cannabis firm to be acquired in $875 million deal Curaleaf is buying Grassroots Cannabis for cash and stock. – JOHN PLETZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/chicago-cannabis-firm-be-acquired-875-million-deal

SIDLEY
— Former U.S. Congressman Peter Roskam Joins Sidley (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have donated the most time and/or money to help elect and reelect Roskam.)
https://www.sidley.com/en/newslanding/newpressreleases/2019/07/former-us-congressman-peter-roskam-joins-sidley

ABC7
— Lemonade out of lemons: Naperville police donate to charity lemonade stand after money jar stolen
https://abc7chicago.com/community-events/naperville-police-donate-to-charity-lemonade-stand-after-money-jar-stolen/5401034/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/17/2019

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: After $9 was stolen from a Naperville girl’s lemonade stand, police and neighbors give her more than $300 – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-lemonade-stand-police-st-0717-20190716-bkvsgak3j5fl5bh6dq466pi4ci-story.html
— Cubs co-owner Todd Ricketts faces big property tax hike, even bigger bill for back taxes after Tribune review spurs new look at his designer Wilmette house – Hal Dardick (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have fought the hardest since 1984 to keep my home’s assessed valuation as high as possible.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-todd-ricketts-higher-assessment-20190717-4boqljiimrburdig454aezbhie-story.html
— Twice rejected, Maine Township official files lawsuit to take part in pension plan – JENNIFER JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Since I was 18 years old in 1966 and started working part-time for the Park Forest Post Office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have been beyond furious that I earned Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits. They are especially beyond furious that I during the almost 3 years that I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, I earned both full-time CSRS credits and full-time Social Security credits.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/park-ridge/ct-prh-krey-pension-tl-0718-20190715-v3g6vhirp5hpjbfilqrg5ek46q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage secures court order to disband Lombard-area sanitary district – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190716/dupage-secures-court-order-to-disband-lombard-area-sanitary-district
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred of Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190716/editorial-in-the-wake-of-trump-tweets-is-this-who-we-are

WTTW
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: What Illinois Offers Undocumented Immigrants – Amanda Vinicky 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/07/16/what-illinois-offers-undocumented-immigrants

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Gerrymandering: Let the people choose their representatives – Leader Bill Brady
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190716/leader-bill-brady-let-people-choose-their-representatives
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred not only against Trump, but against all Whites.
https://www.sj-r.com/opinion/20190716/ralph-martire-american-dream-should-be-accessible-to-all#new_tab
— Contract disputes continue to keep stations off DirecTV in Springfield area – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: In 2002, I successfully led an effort to get Comcast to start carrying Fox News Channel in Wheaton and in other west suburban municipalities.) 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190716/contract-disputes-continue-to-keep-stations-off-directv-in-springfield-area

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Area GOP congressmen say Trump’s tweets about Democratic women of color are wrong – JOSEPH BUSTOS
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article232727802.html

WSIL TV
— Local congressmen vote against resolution condemning Trump – Joe Ragusa
http://www.wsiltv.com/story/40797951/local-congressmen-vote-against-resolution-condemning-trump

FOX ILLINOIS
— As President Trump acts unilaterally, Congress at a standstill on immigration reform – KRISTINE FRAZAO 
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/as-president-trump-acts-unilaterally-congress-at-a-standstill-on-immigration-reform

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— ‘You’re In The Wrong Country:’ Racism At Naperville Gas Station The video, which has been viewed more than 100,000 times, shows a clerk threatening Latino customers that “ICE is coming.” – Lisa Marie Farver 
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/youre-wrong-country-racism-naperville-gas-station

CENTER SQUARE
— 313 leave Illinois every day for other states, 40 per day to Wisconsin – Bethany Blankley (DIERSEN: Who wants those who share your demographics to leave your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipality, your township/ward, your county, and/or Illinois? I should write a book about those who want those who share my demographics me to leave my neighborhood, my precinct, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and/or Illinois. They a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.) 
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/reports-leave-illinois-every-day-for-other-states-per-day/article_3a50b40a-a41d-11e9-9602-df9616fca1fa.html
— Illinois doesn’t tax retirement income, but still ranks near worst in country for retirees – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-doesn-t-tax-retirement-income-but-still-ranks-near/article_57f000de-a750-11e9-8b74-6fba7fcc3e20.html
— Illinois ranks 12th highest for dependence on property taxes
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/by-the-numbers-illinois-ranks-th-highest-for-dependence-on/article_6531b624-a661-11e9-9960-23fac53e2d5c.html

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Former Democratic senators demand higher salaries for Illinois legislators in lawsuit – Colin Froment 
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/512755238-former-democratic-senators-demand-higher-salaries-for-illinois-legislators-in-lawsuit

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joe Walsh sides with America-haters.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/joe-walsh-trumps-anti-american-remarks-about-minority-representatives-will-hurt-gop

HOT AIR
— Woke Assimilation: Teaching Our Politicians To Hate America
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/07/woke-assimilation-teaching-politicians-hate-america/

FOX NEWS
— Beto O’Rourke, Illhan Omar — The blame America first movement is alive and well and picking up steam – Rich Lowry
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/rich-lowry-beto-orourke-illhan-omar-white-supremacy

GOPUSA
— Defund Lutherans for Open Borders Now! – Michelle Malkin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party takes control of churches. Are you a member of a church? If/when that church formally declares war on America, what will you do?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72724

AMERICAN THINKER
— Jihadist Evil Unites with Leftist Evil – Eileen F. Toplansky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/jihadist_evil_unites_with_leftist_evil.html
— Beto should write a big check – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/beto_should_write_a_big_check.html
— Democrats Hold a Terrible Hand of Race Cards – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/07/democrats_hold_a_terrible_hand_of_race_cards.html
— The best places to retire tend conservative – Noel S. Williams (DIERSEN: In my opinion, the crime factor should have been given much more weight.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/the_best_places_to_retire_tend_conservative.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Bankrate.com just published its renowned ranking of the best and worst states for retirement. The categories rated, in order of weightings (in parentheses), include affordability (40%), wellness (25%), culture (15%), weather (15%), and crime (5%). Conspicuously, the top five states all have Republican governors, while most of the bottom states are run by Democrats. Moreover, much of the political machinery of the top states are Republican-run, allowing for coherent policies affecting affordability. The top five, in descending order, are: Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri, South Dakota, and Florida. No surprise that Florida scored very well on weather and culture, but the other four states all outperform in areas where policy can have a big impact—affordability, crime and wellness. While Missouri is below par on crime ratings, that was more than offset by its top rating in affordability. Conversely, the bottom states are mostly run by the real deplorables: pandering political guttersnipes who’d take from hard-working, salt of the earth Americans to ensure all manner of freebies for illegal aliens. Indeed, sanctuary states and cities are overrepresented in the liberal laggards.)

BREITBART
— Bedlam on House Floor: Pelosi Storms Off amid Boos from Members – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/16/bedlam-house-floor-pelosi-storms-amid-boos-members/
— Feds: Illegal Aliens Charged with Murder, Rape, Drunk Driving Released by Sanctuary State California – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/15/feds-illegal-aliens-charged-with-murder-rape-drunk-driving-released-by-sanctuary-state-california/
— Late-Night Hosts Defend The Squad by Comparing Trump to Hitler, KKK – JEROME HUDSON
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2019/07/16/late-night-hosts-defend-squad-comparing-trump-to-hitler-kkk/

BLAZE
— Minnesota city reinstates Pledge of Allegiance after overwhelming protests They regret ever having ended the tradition – Aaron Colen
https://www.theblaze.com/news/minnesota-city-reinstates-pledge-of-allegiance-after-overwhelming-protests

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Today’s warped Dems wish everyone was a needy illegal alien – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/30618-assault-america-day-195-today%E2%80%99s-warped-democrats-wish-everyone-was-needy-illegal-alien

CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— ICE as the guard against dangerous drunk driving – Daniel Horowitz 
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/ice-guard-dangerous-drunk-driving/

CHRISTIAN HEADLINES
— Franklin Graham Speaks Out against the Equality Act, Says it Will Have ‘Catastrophic Consequences’ – Amanda Casanova
https://www.christianheadlines.com/blog/franklin-graham-speaks-out-against-the-equality-act-says-it-will-have-catastrophic-consequences.html

CNS NEWS
— Trump: ‘Those Tweets Were NOT Racist’ – Susan Jones
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/susan-jones/trump-those-tweets-were-not-racist-i-dont-have-racist-bone-my-body

DAILY CALLER
— Flashback: Obama Said Crime And Poverty Are Not Qualifiers For Asylum – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/16/obama-poverty-not-claim-for-asylum/
— On Reparations, Will Beto O’Rourke Start With Himself? – PETER HASSON (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations. Democrats and RINOs make Republicans pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion. My Democrat superiors in the federal government made me pay the price of AA, Diversity, and Inclusion big time. 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 $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/16/on-reparations-will-beto-orourke-start-with-himself/

DAILY WIRE
— AOC’s ‘Squad’ Will Destroy Democrats In The 2020 Election – JOSH HAMMER
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49515/hammer-aocs-squad-will-destroy-democrats-2020-josh-hammer
— ‘ANARCHY’: GOP Releases Brutal New Campaign Ad Against ‘The Squad’ – RYAN SAAVEDRA
https://www.dailywire.com/news/49564/anarchy-gop-releases-brutal-new-campaign-ad-ryan-saavedra

FEDERALIST PAPERS
— Support For Trump Rises Among Republicans After Attacks on ‘The Squad’ – Reuters
https://thefederalistpapers.org/us/support-trump-rises-among-republicans-attacks-squad

FRONTPAGE MAGAZINE
— TRUMP TAKES ON ILLEGALS. . .And their leftist collaborators. – Lloyd Billingsley
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274313/trump-takes-illegals-lloyd-billingsley
— THE ANTI-TRUMP HOUSE DEMOCRAT RESOLUTION Democrats rally around the anti-American, Jew-hating squad. – Joseph Klein
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274326/anti-trump-house-democrat-resolution-joseph-klein
— AMERICAN-HATING AMERICANS ARE THE ULTIMATE INGRATES AND HYPOCRITES Once again, Trump stands up for Americans who love their country. – Bruce Thornton
https://www.frontpagemag.com/fpm/274320/american-hating-americans-are-ultimate-ingrates-bruce-thornton

TOWNHALL
— Socialists’ Main Target Is Destroying The Family – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/16/socialists-main-target-is-destroying-the-family-n2550084
— Flashback Bill Clinton: ‘We Won’t Tolerate Immigration By People Whose First Act Is To Break The Law’ – Timothy Meads
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/timothymeads/2019/07/16/flashback-bill-clinton-on-illegal-aliens–whether-theyre-innocent-or-guiltytheyre-still-here-illegally-and-should-be-deported-n2550114

PJ MEDIA
— Democrats Are One Hundred Percent Wrong about Racism – ROGER L. SIMON
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/democrats-one-hundred-percent-wrong-about-racism/

WORLD NET DAILY
— TRUMP DEMOLISHES THE ‘SQUAD’ Andy Schlafly: ‘It is not racist to try to Make America Great Again’
Read more at https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/trump-demolishes-the-squad/#TjucXKkF3sjqhlRY.99
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/trump-demolishes-the-squad/
— DEFUND LUTHERANS FOR OPEN BORDERS NOW! Michelle Malkin rips ‘subversive religious racket’ protesting ICE with taxpayer cash (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party takes control of churches. Are you a member of a church? If/when that church formally declares war on America, what will you do?)
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/defund-lutherans-for-open-borders-now/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If you were shocked by the images of the Mexican flag flying over an Aurora, Colorado, immigration detention center this weekend, you’ll be appalled at an even more disgusting spectacle: One of the top promoters of the so-called Lights for Liberty nationwide protests by Trump-hating, ICE-bashing radicals was a nonprofit religious organization known as the Lutheran Immigration and Refugee Service. As a designated “host,” LIRS played a key role in publicizing, organizing and participating in demonstrations against President Donald Trump’s deportation enforcement actions targeting some 2,000 illegal immigrants and their families who have ignored removal orders or skipped out on court hearings. Brazen hatred of cops, Border Patrol and ICE agents were on full display at the open borders protests fronted by LIRS and other left-wing groups, including Code Pink, CASA and CAIR. Marchers echoed the “Close the Concentration Camps” rhetoric of congressional brat pack Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y. They carried signs declaring “ICE=Gestapo” and “Free the People, Burn the Camps.” It’s not just idle rhetoric. Antifa thug Willem Van Spronsen, armed with a rifle and incendiary devices, attempted to set a Tacoma ICE facility on fire on Saturday before being shot dead. He has been hailed as a “hero” and a “martyr” by fellow “progressive” travelers, while sympathetic mainstream reporters and activists look the other way. The president and CEO of LIRS, Krishanti Vignarajah, is a Sri Lankan refugee and former Michelle Obama policy director who led the Lights for Liberty event in Washington, D.C. She argues that Americans are obligated to open the floodgates at the southern border (since she turned out so great) and vehemently opposes what she calls “militant border enforcement.” To these border-sabotaging radicals, of course, any border enforcement is “militant.” LIRS sounds like just the kind of extremist group you’d expect to be kept afloat by billionaire George Soros’ big bucks. But hold on to your wallets and your American flags, folks: In 2016, LIRS relied on $64.7 million in government subsidies from taxpayers – that’s you and me – to fund a whopping 96.2 percent of its budget. LIRS is one of nine agencies that receives tens of millions of dollars to resettle refugees from around the world. The organization brags that it is “a vital arm of the United States refugee admissions program” that has worked with the State Department to import “over 500,000 refugees” to our country. One of LIRS’ most famous clients? Somalian-born Minnesota Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar, whose immigration, marriage and tax fraud problems I reported on in my column last month. If only a fraction of LIRS clients share Omar’s contempt for our security and self-governance, you can see the trouble we’re in. And that’s just the caseload of one of the nine resettlement giants that together rake in an estimated $1 billion a year. In addition, the Lutheran nonprofit is one of two specially designated groups (the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops is the other) that is contracted by the government to provide social services and benefits (including “psycho-educational support” and “low-cost or pro bono immigration legal assistance”) to sponsor families hosting illegal immigrant children.)
— LINDSEY GRAHAM UNLOADS: 4 DEM LAWMAKERS ‘BUNCH OF COMMUNISTS’ Senator says focus of outrage shouldn’t be on Trump.
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/lindsey-graham-unloads-4-dem-lawmakers-bunch-of-communists/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Taxpayers would foot bill for ‘ghastly’ surgery on children – Bob Kellogg 
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/07/16/taxpayers-would-foot-bill-for-ghastly-surgery-on-children
— Lawless ‘traitors’ pulled down U.S. flag – Lawless ‘traitors’ pulled down U.S. flag – Chad Groening, Billy Davis
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2019/07/16/lawless-traitors-pulled-down-us-flag

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Selfish Actors of Illegal Immigration – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/illegal-immigration-many-selfish-actors-benefit/
— ‘Ilhan Omar Is Completely Assimilated’ – RICH LOWRY (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want immigrants to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/ilhan-omar-is-completely-assimilated/

EPOCH TIMES
— How Democratic Socialists Are Gaining Control of the Democratic Party – JOSHUA PHILIPP
https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-the-democratic-socialists-are-gaining-control-of-the-democratic-party_3004716.html

THE HILL
— The right to a perfect job match – LIVIA LAM (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://thehill.com/opinion/finance/453053-the-right-to-a-perfect-job-match
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The problem is, having a good job means more than just being matched to any job, and pushing workers to upskill won’t solve growing inequality. Even when unemployment peaked at 10.1 percent during the Great Recession, fingers also pointed to worker’s skill sets as falling short against employers’ desire for certain qualifications. But upholding a skills narrative that places the onus of employment on the shoulders of workers not only lacks relevance for those facing the greatest barriers to employment, but also limits mobility and risks exacerbating an already record-high economic inequality. To be clear, job outcomes that matter for workers include educational attainment. Research linking higher levels of education with higher earnings, better health and a longer life is well established. But because an individual’s ability to gain and maintain employment is also dependent on personal and social circumstances, systems that have a stake in both boosting workforce competitiveness and advancing equity must take into consideration these varying experiences.)

CBS NEWS
— Schumer announces support for bill to form committee on reparations – GRACE SEGERS (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? How much in reparations do the Democrats and the RINOs want you to pay?)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/reparations-bill-schumer-announces-support-for-legislation-establishing-commission-to-study-reparations/

WASHINGTON POST
— Unauthorized immigrants face public backlash in Mexico, survey finds – Kevin Sieff and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/the_americas/unauthorized-immigrants-face-public-backlash-in-mexico-survey-finds/2019/07/16/f7fc5d12-a75e-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html
— Democrats say no one is above the law — except on immigration – Marc A. Thiessen
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/16/democrats-say-no-one-is-above-law-except-illegal-immigrants/
— Trump administration tells federal agencies to use ‘rigorous’ performance standards in rating employees – Eric Yoder (DIERSEN: Democrats who run the federal government use the subjectivity in performance appraisals to get rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-tells-federal-agencies-to-use-rigorous-performance-standards-in-rating-employees/2019/07/17/c9d8ef48-a819-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— The ‘Squad’ aims to guillotine the Democratic old guard – Victor Davis Hanson
https://nypost.com/2019/07/16/the-squad-aims-to-guillotine-the-democratic-old-guard/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Race Card Has Gone Bust America has never been fairer or more integrated, yet politicians obsess over wiping out discrimination. – Jason L. Riley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at everyone that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-race-card-has-gone-bust-11563318876
— Little Change at U.S. Border Amid Confusion Over Trump Asylum Rules Facing Lawsuits Refusing asylum to most applicants would outstrip available resources; policy targeted by legal challenges – Alicia A. Caldwell and Brent Kendall
https://www.wsj.com/articles/civil-rights-and-immigration-groups-file-lawsuit-challenging-new-trump-limits-on-asylum-claims-11563310786

JD SURPA
— “Go Back to Your Country” Language as a Basis for Employment Discrimination Claims (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/go-back-to-your-country-language-as-a-28986/

HR DRIVE
— New York bans discrimination against employees with (PROTEST) hairstyles – Rosie Bradbury
https://www.hrdive.com/news/new-york-bans-discrimination-against-employees-with-natural-hairstyles/558791/

July 15 Morning Edition

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Where in Illinois will people be able to use marijuana? Local governments will decide – Joseph Bustos (DIERSEN: For a municipality or a county to allow the sale of recreational pot is to flush its “family friendly” status down the toilet. Each and every Illinois resident should urge their municipality and their county by email and at municipal and county meetings to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot ASAP. Each and every Wheaton resident should urge Wheaton’s Mayor and each of its City Council members by email (https://www.wheaton.il.us/544/City-Council) and at City Council meetings (the next one is today, Monday, July 15, at 7:00 PM) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in Wheaton ASAP. Similarly, each and every DuPage County resident should urge DuPage County’s Chairman and each of its board members by email (https://dupageco.org/CountyBoard/CountyBoardListing.aspx) and at board meetings (the next one is Tuesday, July 16) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP. Similarly, each and every Naperville resident should urge Naperville’s Mayor and each of its City Council members by email (https://www.naperville.il.us/government/meet-your-city-council/) and at City Council meetings (the next one is Tuesday, July 16) to vote to ban the sale of recreational pot in Naperville ASAP.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20190714/where-in-illinois-will-people-be-able-to-use-marijuana-local-governments-will-decide

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: ‘Staggering’ number of children exposed to violence in Chicago; new study says kid population greater in high-homicide areas – PETER NICKEAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-children-violence-homicide-trauma-20190715-4fp2kqtaprgjvht6cl6ihsply4-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: Despite residency rules, World Business Chicago VP, Wilmette school board president holds a key role in Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s orbit – JOHN BYRNE and JUAN PEREZ JR. (DIERSEN: How long have you lived in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? I have lived in my precinct and in Wheaton’s West District since 1984. I have lived in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County since 1978. I have lived in Illinois since 1948.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-administration-consultants-20190715-ph74stwvirf47cyw472pc22e6i-story.html

ABC7
— 41 shot, 9 fatally, in Chicago weekend shootings
https://abc7chicago.com/41-shot-9-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-shootings/5396327/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-7/15/2019

WGN RADIO
— RTA Chairman Kirk Dillard covers Capital Projects and improving mass transit – CASERA HEINING
https://wgnradio.com/2019/07/14/rta-chairman-kirk-dillard-covers-capital-projects-and-improving-mass-transit/

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— No reason anymore for most rural towns – Jim Nowlan 
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/nowlan-no-reason-anymore-for-most-rural-towns/article_1c09f20c-9af9-5dd8-a355-5a8cac9525f5.html

MDJ ONLINE
— State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland says opposing immigration enforcement unfair to legal migrants – Greg Bishop 
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/downstate-illinois-legislator-says-opposing-immigration-enforcement-unfair-to-legal/article_49754f6f-bcce-5b5f-b3be-67ee9b63be29.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Strange Bedfellows: Illegal Immigrants & America-Hating “Social Justice Warriors” – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/strange-bedfellows-illegal-immigrants-america-hating-social-justice-warriors/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ilhan Omar retweets article branding all Trump supporters as racists – Victor Morton 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/14/ilhan-omar-retweets-trump-supporters-are-racists-d/
— AOC fires back at Trump: ‘You cannot accept that we don’t fear you’- Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who want me to fear them. They are furious that they cannot take away my Civil Service Retirement System pension, my federally subsidized health insurance, or my Social Security. They are furious that I have the necessary time and money to put out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning and each and every evening.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/14/alexandria-ocasio-cortez-fires-back-trump-you-cann/
— Crisis at the border is a crisis of lawlessness- Ken Paxton 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/jul/14/crisis-at-the-border-is-a-crisis-of-lawlessness/

FOX NEWS
— AOC unloads on Trump after he tells progressive congresswomen to ‘go back’ to home countries – Gregg Re 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/aoc-unloads-on-trump-after-he-tells-progressive-congresswomen-to-go-back-to-home-countries
— Nikki Haley slams ‘disgusting’ silence from Dems after Mexican flag raised at ICE facility – Gregg Re 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nikki-haley-mexican-flag-ice-facility-democrats-disgusting-silence

GOPUSA
— Megan Rapinoe offers equal-pay solution: Big corporations ‘can just write the check’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72586
— O’Rourke says he had relative who owned slaves
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72593

FOX BUSINESS
— Secret deodorant donates $529G to US women’s soccer team to close gender pay gap – Katherine Lam (DIERSEN: What pay gaps have you suffered? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, they always paid higher salaries to my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, and/or female who had less work experience, less education, less professional certifications, and/or less professional licenses than I had.) 
https://www.foxbusiness.com/features/secret-deodorant-donates-529g-us-womens-soccer-team-gender-pay-gap

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— Today’s Democrats Openly Toss Blacks Overboard – Amanda Alverez
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/todays-democrats-openly-toss-blacks-overboard/

DAILY CALLER
— Facebook’s Recent Algorithm Changes Are Laying Waste To Conservative And Liberal Outlets – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/14/facebook-conservatives-big-tech/
— ICE Acting Director Rips Sanctuary City Mayors For Helping Illegal Aliens Avoid Arrest – Jason Hopkins
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/14/ice-director-hits-sanctuary-city-mayors/
— Twitter Users Defend Willem Van Spronsen After He Attacked Detention Facility, Died In Shootout With Police – AUDREY CONKLIN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/14/twitter-willem-van-spronsen-attack/
— Democrat Operatives Say Ocasio-Cortez Media Coverage Could Derail Party In 2020 – Chris White
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/14/ocasio-cortez-nancy-pelosi-2020/
— ICE Acting Director Rips Sanctuary City Mayors For Helping Illegal Aliens Avoid Arrest – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/14/ice-director-hits-sanctuary-city-mayors/

WORLD NET DAILY
— DEMOCRAT’S CIVIL WAR IS GOOD FOR AMERICA Jesse Lee Peterson applauds as leftists turn on each other
https://www.wnd.com/2019/07/democrats-civil-war-is-good-for-america/

PJ MEDIA
— AOC Accuses America of Mistreating Immigrant Children: ‘Left to Cough in Cages, Spread Lice’ – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/aoc-accuses-america-of-mistreating-immigrant-children-left-to-cough-in-cages-spread-lice/

INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Many Outraged After Protestors Take Down Old Glory at ICE Facility to Replace It With Mexican Flag – Houston Keene
https://ijr.com/us-flag-mexican-flag-ice-facility/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Peter Thiel Calls on FBI, CIA to Investigate Possible Chinese Infiltration of Google – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/peter-thiel-calls-on-fbi-cia-to-investigate-possible-chinese-infiltration-of-google/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— How liberals have become the driving force behind white supremacy in the United States – John Hawkins
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/14/how-liberals-have-become-the-driving-force-behind-white-supremacy-in-the-united-states-774522
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: An America-hater says “I probably love this country more than anyone that is naturally born. I’m bothered by its hypocrisy.”
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/14/omar-i-probably-love-this-country-more-than-anyone-that-is-naturally-born-im-bothered-by-its-hypocrisy-774824
— Entitled activist repeatedly screams demands at Warren for legalization of 11 million illegals ‘on day one’ – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/14/activist-repeatedly-screams-demands-at-warren-for-legalization-of-11-million-illegals-on-day-one-774915

EPOCH TIMES
— ICE Releases Report Highlighting Dangers of Sanctuary City Policies – BOWEN XIAO
https://www.theepochtimes.com/ice-releases-report-highlighting-dangers-of-sanctuary-city-policies_3001885.html

THE HILL
— Omar knocks Trump ‘go back’ tweet: ‘You are stoking white nationalism’ – REBECCA KLAR (DIERSEN: What do you say to those who want to a) turn America into their motherland, b) turn America into an Islamic country, and c) get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/453002-omar-knocks-trump-go-back-tweet-you-are-stoking-white-nationalism
— Trump to end asylum protections for most Central American migrants at US-Mexico border – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO 
https://thehill.com/latino/453050-trump-to-end-protections-for-central-american-migrants-at-us-mexico-border

HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says that Trump’s urging Democratic Congresswomen To ‘Go Back’ To Other Countries is a “Racist Rant.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-tells-congresswomen-to-leave-us_n_5d2b300fe4b0060b11ee0664

CNN
— Trump administration files regulation that could dramatically limit asylum claims – Priscilla Alvarez (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you asked all those in the world who are not citizens of America and who lack education and/or lack job skills and/or who have financial, health, and/or other problems if they have claimed asylum in America or might claim asylum in America, 100% of them would say yes. Democrats promise those who claim asylum in America tremendous government assistance, otherwise known as welfare, including free housing, free food, free clothing, free medical care, free education, free transportation, jobs, a pathway to citizenship, etc. Of course, Democrats expect, if not demand, that those who claim asylum help Democrats get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/07/15/politics/trump-administration-end-asylum-protections-central-america/index.html

ABC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Border conditions are because of illegal Democrat success in illegally getting citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally. 
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/border-conditions-congress-happen-acting-uscis-director/story?id=64316816

CBS NEWS
— Trump tells Democratic congresswomen of color to “go back” to their countries – JASON SILVERSTEIN (DIERSEN: Who has hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you should “go back?” I should write a book about Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs in DuPage County, Milton Township, Glen Ellyn, and Wheaton who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Crete. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to IRS. I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to Firestone Stores. I should write a book about my Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors, supervisors, and coworkers who hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should “go back” to washing dishes at S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-tweets-aoc-pelosi-slam-president-for-telling-democratic-congresswomen-to-go-back-to-their-countries/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/us/politics/trump-twitter-race.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/opinion/trump-twitter-racism.html
— U.S. Soccer Sponsor Enters Equal Pay Fight on Women’s Side Procter & Gamble urged the federation “to be on the right side of history,” and donated more than $500,000 to the team’s players association. – Andrew Das (DIERSEN: What pay gaps have you suffered? While I worked for the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997, IRS 1971-1980, and Post Office 1966-1969, they always paid higher salaries to my coworkers who were Democrat, minority, and/or female who had less work experience, less education, less professional certifications, and/or less professional licenses than I had.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/14/sports/soccer/uswnt-equal-pay-ad.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Constructively, Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot, and therefore, all those who voted for her, have officially declared war on America. Lightfoot puts Chicago’s 180,000 illegal aliens and their motherlands ahead of U.S. citizens and ahead of America.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/lori-lightfoot-why-chicago-police-will-not-assist-ice-in-its-raids/2019/07/14/dabbfff6-a63b-11e9-9214-246e594de5d5_story.html
— TREASONOUS: Want to provide sanctuary to an undocumented person? This is what it takes. – Rev. Randall Keeney
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/14/want-provide-sanctuary-an-undocumented-person-this-is-what-it-takes/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats now reject the whole concept of citizenship – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://nypost.com/2019/07/14/democrats-now-reject-the-whole-concept-of-citizenship/
— De Blasio’s hate is now mainstream for Dems and other commentary – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2019/07/14/de-blasios-hate-is-now-mainstream-for-dems-and-other-commentary/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-hating Megan Rapinoe says her squad has made America proud again.
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-team-usa-megan-rapinoe-20190714-xmwwttupureynalwpgwlhnjura-story.html

USA TODAY
— Actor Danny Glover: My parents proudly worked for the US Postal Service. Don’t destroy it. African Americans have the most to lose from Postal Service cuts and the most to gain from innovative reforms that help the poor, like postal banking. – Danny Glover (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, and/or a poor veteran in 1966 and b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran could have my job.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/07/11/danny-glover-postal-service-banking-reform-column/1692850001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mexico’s Economy Falters as U.S. Chugs Along The Latin American country’s slip toward recession marks the first time in 25 years the neighbors’ economic cycles have sharply diverged – Robbie Whelan and Anthony Harrup
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexicos-economy-falters-as-u-s-chugs-along-11563124077
— FRONT PAGE: Trump Targets Lawmakers (IN WHAT TRUMP-HATERS CALL) Racially Charged Tweets – Natalie Andrews and Michael C. Bender
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-group-of-democrats-all-minorities-should-go-back-where-they-came-from-11563124261
— FRONT PAGE: Two Economists Fuel Democratic Debate Over How Far Left to Go William Darity Jr. and Darrick Hamilton tout slavery reparations and guaranteed jobs to address racial wealth gap; questions about costs – Jacob M. Schlesinger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/two-economists-fuel-democratic-debate-over-how-far-left-to-go-11563125662
— Scooters, Segways and Skates: Latest Vehicles Try to Solve Your Last-Mile Problem – David Pierce (DIERSEN: I walked to work and to graduate evening classes 1974-1978. I walked to Wheaton train stations 1978-1997. My wife walked to Wheaton train stations 1978-2012 and 2014-2017.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/scooters-segways-and-skates-latest-vehicles-try-to-solve-your-last-mile-problem-11563109200
— For Decoding Labor Market, Unemployment Rate May Not Do the Job – David Harrison (DIERSEN: What percent of the following have given up looking for work that is appropriate for their work experience, education, professional certification, and/or professional license: those who are Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-decoding-labor-market-unemployment-rate-may-not-do-the-job-11563112800
— When Stress at Work Creates Drama at Home The spillover effect can jeopardize relationships—here’s what you can do if hard times on the job change how you behave during off-hours – Sue Shellenbarger (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government focused on promoting stress. 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 $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/when-stress-at-work-creates-drama-at-home-11563183015
— Kavanaugh Fight Was No ‘Win’ The left savaged a man’s reputation and America’s institutions—and paid no price for its indecency. – Mollie Hemingway and Carrie Severino
https://www.wsj.com/articles/kavanaugh-fight-was-no-win-11563136659

SLOAN REVIEW
— MEASURING CULTURE IN LEADING COMPANIES – DONALD SULL, CHARLES SULL, AND ANDREW CHAMBERLAIN (DIERSEN: I should write books about the past, present, and projected future cultures in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.) 
https://sloanreview.mit.edu/projects/measuring-culture-in-leading-companies/

NEWSWEEK
— LINDSEY GRAHAM SAYS IRAN, SYRIA TERRORISTS CAN ‘EASILY’ CROSS U.S. BORDER WITH CENTRAL AMERICAN MIGRANTS – BENJAMIN FEARNOW
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-terrorists-crossing-border-mexico-migrants-dna-testing-program-1449156

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in turning churches into America-haters.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2019-07-14/the-latest-chicago-aldermen-patrol-on-bikes-for-ice-agents

DAILY BEAST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “BIRDS OF A FEATHER Trump Is a Racist. If You Still Support Him, So Are You. The president keeps baring his ass, and the people talking about his clothing as he does so are part of the problem.”
https://www.thedailybeast.com/trump-is-a-racist-if-you-still-support-him-so-are-you

CONDUCTOR
— FEBRUARY 22, 2018 FLASHBACK: How to Identify Your Competitors in 6 Steps – Amy Biggart (DIERSEN: Things that differentiate my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails from what my direct competitors put out include: a) my emails highlight the sources, titles, authors, and links of articles posted on websites, b) they come out each and every morning and each and every evening, c) they include links only to articles that are less than 12 hours old with only rare exceptions, d) they contain no advertising, e) they are free, and f) they are not manipulated or dominated by any “major donors” because I donate all the time and money necessary to put them out. However, because I am a member of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), and therefore the DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), my critics/opponents do everything that they can to get MTRCC, DCRCC, and IRP to punish me. Previously, they did everything that they could to get TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter to punish me.) 
https://www.conductor.com/blog/2018/02/identify-competitors/

July 14 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Leave the US, Trump tells liberal Democratic congresswomen – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/leave-the-us-trump-tells-liberal-democratic-congresswomen/5394913/

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/Photos-Protest-Signs-Spotted-at-Chicago-Daley-Plaza-Rally-Against-ICE-512701851.html

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— ICE deportation raids in progress after overnight start in NYC, other areas
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/national/ice-deportation-raids-in-progress-after-overnight-start-in-nyc-other-areas
— Churches jump into action with threat of immigration sweeps – AP (DIERSEN: To provide sanctuary for illegals is to shout disrespect of: a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.) 
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/churches-jump-into-action-with-threat-of-immigration-sweeps
— Biden refuses to apologize for high deportation numbers during Obama years
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/biden-refuses-to-apologize-for-high-deportation-numbers-during-obama-years

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC, TREASONOUS: Volunteers ready to disrupt, document ICE deportation raids once they begin “The main thing we want to achieve is extreme delay,” said Anthony Joel Quezada, who works for Chicago Ald. Carlos Ramirez-Rosa (35th). – Mitch Dudek 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/14/20693814/volunteers-disrupt-document-ice-deportation-raid-immigration
— Fact-check: Pritzker’s claims about Downstate capital spending leave some unanswered questions Pritzker’s specific claim about where the rest of the funding will go under this plan is not yet possible to pin down based on our analysis. – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/14/20692223/fact-check-pritzkers-claims-downstate-capital-spending-politifact

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump tells Democratic congresswomen of color to ‘go back’ to countries they came from – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-democratic-congresswomen-20190714-trocrjld2vgo3iwtpd66ftt2ma-story.html
— No sign of raids for those fearing ICE sweeps in Chicago – Jessica Villagomez
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-ice-raids-chicago-20190714-h6txjw3qfndqri3agewbuc4gre-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Durbin sides with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-dick-durbin-immigration-trump-20190714-yp5k36dr4bb5he4jbjtyaaxu5q-story.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No notable opponent yet for Sen. Durbin – Tom Kacich (DIERSEN: On July 5, 2003, a mere 16 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, in Jeanne Ive’s precinct to the east, and in Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200 attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/tom-kacich-no-notable-opponent-yet-for-sen-durbin/article_8fde7efe-c6ea-5b36-ab45-00f74014fb46.html
— Railroad won’t chug to state fair – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-railroad-won-t-chug-to-state-fair/article_f6a39b1a-c617-5218-847a-56c7529f8a15.html

DANVILLE DAILY COMMERCIAL
— Democrats champion illegal migrants over U.S. citizens – Russ Sloan
https://www.dailycommercial.com/news/20190714/from-right-democrats-champion-illegal-migrants-over-us-citizens

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— A glimpse at who’s bankrolling Illinois political committees, so far, this year – Kerry Lester
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/a-glimpse-at-whos-bankrolling-illinois-political-committees-so-far-this-year

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— State Rep. Chris Miller, R-Oakland says opposing immigration enforcement unfair to legal migrants – Greg Bishop 
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/downstate-illinois-legislator-says-opposing-immigration-enforcement-unfair-to-legal/article_50888e64-9b3f-5288-8674-1d642ec9a270.html

DAILY CALLER
— 11 Highlights From Democrats’ Insult Fest Between Team Pelosi And Team Ocasio-Cortez – PETER HASSON
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/13/pelosi-ocasio-cortez-feud/

TOWNHALL
— The Impending ICE Raids: Legal, Necessary, and Bound to Misrepresented by the Left – Paul Curry
https://townhall.com/columnists/paulcurry/2019/07/14/the-impending-ice-raids-legal-necessary-and-bound-to-misrepresented-by-the-left-n2550018

FOX ILLINOIS
— 2nd Amendment Right’s activists push for gun sanctuaries in Illinois – Katie Bandish
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/2nd-amendment-rights-activists-push-for-gun-sanctuaries-in-illinois

AMERICAN THINKER
— Protestors tear down and defile American flag, raise Mexican flag at Colorado ICE detention facility – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/protestors_tear_down_and_defile_american_flag_raise_mexican_flag_at_colorado_ice_detention_facility.html
— Time Magazine unconsciously contributes to President Trump’s re-election effort – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/time_magazine_unconsciously_contributes_to_president_trumps_reelection_effort.html

AMERICAN FREE PRESS
— Americans for Legal Immigration Political Action Committee Keeps Hounding Trump
https://americanfreepress.net/watchdog-keeps-hounding-trump/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Here’s a list of Gheen’s grievances with Trump: Trump promised a wall . . . no wall. Trump promised to end Obama’s DACA Amnesty on his first day, . . . DACA is continued by Trump. Trump promised to end birthright citizenship by executive order. . . . He did not do it. Trump said illegals had to go home. . . . Now he says they can stay and he supports amnesty bills. Trump said he would build a new deportation force to send illegals home. . . . That has not happened. Trump said he would clean up our elections, including illegal alien voters, but folded and shut down the Elections Integrity Commission headed by Kris Kobach at the first sign of resistance. Then Trump said he ordered DHS to clean up our elections’ fraud problems . . . [but it] hasn’t happened. Trump has packed his administration with pro-Amnesty Bush faction operatives while leaving most anti-illegal immigration fighters out of his staff pool. Trump promised to end sanctuary cities for illegal aliens but has not. Trump said he was sending the U.S. military to the border and ordering DHS to repel the illegal alien caravans. He said there would be no more catch and release and that the caravans would not be let in nor would be kept in tent detention facilities near the borders. But instead he is letting the caravan illegals in, and most of them are roaming free here inside the U.S. at this time with government assistance.)

BREITBART
— Why the Democrats Would Rather Fight Each Other Than Trump – JAMES P. PINKERTON
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/07/14/pinkerton-why-the-democrats-would-rather-fight-each-other-than-fight-trump/

CONSERVATIVE DAILY NEWS
— ICE Acting Director Rips Sanctuary City Mayors For Helping Illegal Aliens Avoid Arrest – Jason Hopkins
https://www.conservativedailynews.com/2019/07/ice-acting-director-rips-sanctuary-city-mayors-for-helping-illegal-aliens-avoid-arrest/

PJ MEDIA
— Ilhan Omar: Americans Treat Illegal Aliens Worse than Dogs Because They’re Racist – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/ilhan-omar-americans-treat-illegal-aliens-worse-than-dogs-because-theyre-racist/
— Mark Zuckerberg Brags: We Didn’t Allow Pro-Life Groups to Advertise Before Ireland’s Abortion Vote – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/mark-zuckerberg-brags-we-didnt-allow-pro-life-groups-to-advertise-before-irelands-abortion-vote/
— America’s First Black Billionaire Gives Trump an ‘A+,’ Says Dems Are Moving ‘Too Far Left’ – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/americas-first-black-billionaire-gives-trump-an-a-says-dems-are-moving-too-far-left/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— De Blasio says ICE raids already underway, brags they are failing because of his obstruction – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/07/14/de-blasio-says-ice-raids-already-underway-brags-they-are-failing-because-of-his-obstruction-774720

BIPARTISAN PRESS
— Border Patrol Condemns Secret Facebook Group, but Reveals Few Specifics (DIERSEN: What private and secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What percent of them promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.thebipartisanpress.com/news/border-patrol-condemns-secret-facebook-group-but-reveals-few-specifics/

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS
— Concern rises over pot and psychosis Some experts call for limits on potency of legal marijuana – Robert McCoppin
https://www.winnipegfreepress.com/world/concern-rises-over-pot-and-psychosis-512696552.html

THE HILL
— Trump’s tweets unify a fractured Democratic Party – ZACK BUDRYK 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/452994-trumps-go-back-tweets-draw-swift-rebuke-from-democrats-on-the-left-and-center

POLITICO
— Trump tells Dem congresswomen: Go back where you came from – BIANCA QUILANTAN and DAVID COHEN (DIERSEN: While my Democrat superiors in the federal government did not tell me to go back to Germany, a) my Democrat GAO superiors 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 $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/07/14/trump-congress-go-back-where-they-came-from-1415692

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Churches promise sanctuary from migrant sweeps (DIERSEN: To provide sanctuary for illegals is to shout disrespect of: a) the rule of law, b) America, and c) America’s citizens.) 
https://www.newsday.com/news/region-state/the-latest-chicago-aldermen-patrol-on-bikes-for-ice-agents-1.33835630

CBS NEWS
— Durbin rips Trump’s “careless rhetoric” about Democratic congresswomen of color
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/dick-durbin-on-face-the-nation-trumps-careless-rhetoric-about-democratic-congresswomen-of-color/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump tells four liberal congresswomen to ‘go back’ to their countries, prompting Pelosi to defend them – Felicia Sonmez and Mike DeBonis (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put their motherlands ahead of America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-says-four-liberal-congresswomen-should-go-back-to-the-crime-infested-places-from-which-they-came/2019/07/14/b8bf140e-a638-11e9-a3a6-ab670962db05_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats and Republicans agree — Donald Trump will be re-elected – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2019/07/13/democrats-and-republicans-agree-donald-trump-will-be-re-elected/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Dear liberals: Your outrage helps Trump far more than it hurts him – SCOTT JENNINGS
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-jennings-trump-haters-20190714-story.html

CBS DETROIT
— Average Vehicle Age Is Almost 12 Years Old, And Rising
https://detroit.cbslocal.com/2019/06/27/average-vehicle-age-is-almost-12-years-old-and-rising/

DENVER POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who promote LGBTQ activity promote LGBTQ activity. 
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/07/14/tim-gill-colorado-lgbtq-rights/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump: Group of Democrats, All Minorities, Should ‘Go Back’ Where They Came From Democrats call Twitter messages racist as the president weighs in on intraparty tensions – Natalie Andrews and Michael C. Bender (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put their motherlands ahead of America.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-group-of-democrats-all-minorities-should-go-back-where-they-came-from-11563124261
— VERY SAD: Schools Relax Dress Codes in Bid to End Body Shaming Districts drop fingertip rule for shorts, allow hoodies and even cleavage – Tawnell D. Hobbs
https://www.wsj.com/articles/schools-relax-dress-codes-in-bid-to-end-body-shaming-11563010202

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
— Facebook says private groups are its future. Some are hubs for misinformation and hate. – Elizabeth Dwoskin (DIERSEN: What private and secret Facebook groups operate in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois? What percent of them promote hatred of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.heraldtribune.com/news/20190714/facebook-says-private-groups-are-its-future-some-are-hubs-for-misinformation-and-hate

LOWELL SUN
— Auditor resumés don’t add up Councilors trying to get more applications (DIERSEN: Should I apply? I worked for GAO for almost 18 years; my ending salary was $127,654 in today’s dollars. I worked for IRS for almost 9 years; my ending salary was $93,592 in today’s dollars. My certifications include CPA, Internal Auditor, Government Financial Manager, and Forensic Accountant.)
http://www.lowellsun.com/ci_32728299/column-auditor-resumes-dont-add-up
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NOT MUCH has changed in the nearly four years since the Lowell City Council was last on the hunt for a City Auditor. Councilors asked to pump up the pay and post the job in multiple languages this time around, but, with the three week application period now closed, several councilors were unsatisfied with the resumés that landed in their inbox. “We did raise the salary, but we’re not attracting the candidates,” said City Councilor Rodney Elliott. Is it déjà vu all over again? The council hired Bryan Perry in March 2016, after three rounds of candidates and six months. Perry got the gig with a $101,800 starting salary and $4,500 stipend for serving on the city’s Retirement Board. When he left the city for Wilmington on June 19, he was making $105,918 annually. The most recent posting for the job offers $100,000 to $113,000, plus the stipend. It’s the first posting for the job since Perry announced his departure. Should the city offer even more, some councilors wondered? Human Relations Manager Mary Callery listed the city auditor salaries for several other communities in the state. According to Callery, the auditor in Boston earns $140,000; in Cambridge, $110,000; in New Bedford, $120,000; in Quincy, $119,000; in Springfield, $109,000; in Worcester, $135,000; in Brockton, $114,000; in Arlington, $126,000. In Wilmington, Perry will be making $121,192.)