July 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Oak Brook looks to ban marijuana-related businesses – CHUCK FIELDMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/ct-dob-marijuana-business-tl-0718-20190711-xlp6k4b45bgr7jqg4kkql22wam-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Budzikowski said Thursday that at the direction of the Village Board, an amendment to the village’s zoning ordinance will be drafted and delivered to the plan commission for review, likely in September. From there, the zoning board will hold a public hearing to review the amendment and provide a recommendation to the Village Board, which probably vote in October on the amendment, Budzikowski said. The Oak Brook Village Board unanimously approved a recommendation by Police Chief James Kruger in late May to oppose what at that time was proposed legislation by the General Assembly to legalize recreational marijuana. Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the legislation into law June 25. “Oak Brook spends a lot of effort trying to be a family-friendly community, and I don’t think a marijuana dispensary, or that type of business, fits with that,” Village Board member John Baar said Thursday. Baar also said he believes not allowing marijuana-related businesses in Oak Brook goes hand-in-hand with the village not permitting video gaming. Village President Gopal Lalmalani agreed. “We want to take the high road here, just like with video gaming,” Lalmalani said Thursday. “The board doesn’t’ believe recreational marijuana is a good thing. We can’t prohibit use that the state allows, but we do have the ability to opt out of having marijuana businesses in Oak Brook.”)

— TREASONOUS: As ICE raids loom, Chicago mayor vows to do ‘everything we can to push back against Trump administration’ – ELVIA MALAGÓN, GREGORY PRATT and MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-immigration-raids-ice-chicago-president-trump-20190711-hq62iempvnfmzffcyinuaxeoiq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against its citizens. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-mary-schmich-immigration-raid-protest-20190711-xay67d7yx5bevm7n4vkly7nwye-story.html
— ‘They died a horrible death.’ Animal cruelty charges filed against operator of DuPage kennel where 29 dogs perished in fire. – CLIFFORD WARD and ROBERT MCCOPPIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-charges-in-west-chicago-dog-kennel-fire-20190711-cpgqmebayrg3xatd76hfxh2czu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Americans “say Lightfoot isn’t doing enough to protect (ILLEGALS) from ICE” and “want Mayor Lori Lightfoot to issue an executive order barring all agencies under the Department of Homeland Security from accessing city databases.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20690498/immigrant-rights-groups-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-ice
— ‘Dirty tricks’ that ‘undermine’ candidates aren’t a crime, Madigan attorneys argue “Even if Plaintiff’s allegations were true, Defendants’ purported conduct would be protected by the First Amendment,” the filing says. In other words, dirty tricks count as free speech. – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/7/11/20691001/dirty-tricks-undermine-candidates-no-crime-madigan-attorneys-gonzales
— State blows first deadline in Chicago casino timeline: ‘Working through the process’ The new gambling expansion law had required a feasibility consultant be hired by Monday. Three days later, it still hasn’t happened. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/7/11/20690775/chicago-casino-study-feasibility-deadline-passed-gambling-expansion
— What’s in a name? A seat in the Illinois Legislature We have a long, unfortunate history in Chicago of treating vacant legislative seats like birthrights. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20686558/illinois-legislature-brad-stephens-john-mulroe-michael-mcauliffe-robert-martwick
— Trump loses big on census, but the damage is done People still will worry that completing a census form will lead to their deportation. It will be a no-brainer to ignore the form. – Marlen Garcia 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/7/11/20690460/2020-census-illinois-immigration-foreigners-undercount-president-donald-trump-marlen-garcia

ABC7
— ICE to begin nationwide immigration raids Sunday, NY Times reports; Chicago protests planned – Craig Wall and Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/ice-raids-to-begin-sunday-ny-times-reports;-chicago-protests-planned/5388807/
— Trump abandons bid to include citizenship question on census – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-abandons-bid-to-include-citizenship-question-on-census/5388813/

NBC5
— OUTRAGEOUS: Immigrant Advocate Details Rights, What to Do in ICE Raids
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ice-raids-press-conference_Chicago-512589362.html
— OUTRAGEOUS: ICE Raids: Advocacy Groups Offer Advice on What To Do if Agents Approach You
https://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/ice-raids-what-to-do-immigration-512591041.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage to update voter registration records ahead of 2020 primary – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Do you live in DuPage County? How much deadwood is there on the voter rolls in your precinct?)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/dupage-to-update-voter-registration-records-ahead-of-2020-primary
— VERY SAD: There won’t be a ban on new video gambling licenses in Lake County – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190711/there-wont-be-a-ban-on-new-video-gambling-licenses-in-lake-county
— State financial reporting consolidation overrun at $150M – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190711/news/307119901/
— How the Du Quoin State Fair went from a rural showcase to a clash of political cultures – Peter Hancock
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20190711/how-the-du-quoin-state-fair-went-from-a-rural-showcase-to-a-clash-of-political-cultures

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— CTU makes explicit threat to strike Chicago schools After weeks of sharpening rhetoric, the union says Mayor Lori Lightfoot “has a month to make good” on her promise to avoid a walkout. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/ctu-makes-explicit-threat-strike-chicago-schools

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Act now to protect your community – ANITA BEDELL, Executive Director, Illinois Church Action on Alcohol and Addiction Problems, Springfield
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/letter-to-the-editor-act-now-to-protect-your-community/article_65d2bd00-a35d-11e9-8327-20677ce06c14.html

ILLINOIS TIMES
— Municipalities not likely to receive pension bailout – Rich Miller
https://illinoistimes.com/article-21405-municipalities-not-likely-to-recieve-pension-bailout.html

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Foster wants to allow ‘Dreamers’ to serve in military – ALEX ORTIZ
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/07/03/foster-wants-to-allow-dreamers-to-serve-in-military/a4t805p/

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Madigan forces claim nothing wrong with placing ‘sham’ candidates on ballot to defeat Hispanic opponent – Dan Churney
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/512718099-madigan-forces-claim-nothing-wrong-with-placing-sham-candidates-on-ballot-to-defeat-hispanic-opponent

NORTH COOK NEWS
— Rep. Morrison looks to steer Illinois pension system away from ‘our tax-and-borrow policies’ – Hollie Ferguson
https://northcooknews.com/stories/512746236-rep-morrison-looks-to-steer-illinois-pension-system-away-from-our-tax-and-borrow-policies

CAPITOL FAX
— Madigan’s lawyers say it doesn’t legally matter if alleged sham candidates were sham candidates
https://capitolfax.com/2019/07/11/madigans-lawyers-say-it-doesnt-legally-matter-if-alleged-sham-candidates-were-sham-candidates/

FOX NEWS
— Trump hosts conservative firebrands for social media summit: ‘We’re not going to be silenced’ – Alex Pappas 
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-hosts-social-media-summit

GOPUSA
— Pelosi Disrespectful: Ocasio-Cortez plays the race card
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72455
— Trump urges supporters to fight back against liberals’ boycott of Home Depot
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=72469

BREITBART
— Book: Paul Ryan Slammed Trump for Calling Stormy Daniels ‘Horse Face’ – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/11/paul-ryan-trump-stormy-daniels-horse-face/
— UC Berkeley Sends ‘Message of Support’ to Illegal Aliens – TOM CICCOTTA
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/07/10/uc-berkeley-sends-message-of-support-to-illegal-aliens/
— Kevin McCarthy, 140 GOP Reps Vote for Democrat Plan to Outsource Jobs – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/07/10/kevin-mccarthy-140-gop-reps-vote-for-democrat-plan-to-outsource-jobs-to-indian-graduates/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Tucker Carlson Is Right, But Who Is Responsible For This Disaster? – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/30593

AMERICAN THINKER
— Spot the racists in the Democrats’ presidential field – Carol Greenwald
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/07/spot_the_racists_in_the_democrats_presidential_field.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Left-Wing Power Play of Banning America’s Symbols From the Betsy Ross flag to Thomas Jefferson monuments, self-anointed minders are erecting a moral hierarchy that comforts their fellow elites. – NICK PHILLIPS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/the-left-wing-power-play-of-banning-americas-symbols/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Democrats 2020: Trillions and Trillions and Trillions More – Ned Ryun (DIERSEN: Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://amgreatness.com/2019/07/10/democrats-2020-trillions-and-trillions-and-trillions-more/

DAILY CALLER
— Home Depot Founder Responds To Boycotts In Fiery Facebook Post: ‘It Angers Me’ – RACHEL STOLTZFOOS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/home-depot-founder-responds-to-boycotts-in-fiery-facebook-post-it-angers-me/
— Is Nike Helping Colin Kaepernick To Make Anti-Americanism Mainstream? – TERRY SCHILLING
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/10/schilling-nike-kaepernick/
— College Admissions Are Rigged In Favor Of Prominent Democrats – TUCKER CARLSON AND NEIL PATEL (DIERSEN: Notwithstanding the aforesaid, I earned a master’s degree from IIT in 1997, a master’s degree from DePaul in 1980, a master’s degree from Loyola in 1976, and a bachelor’s degree from NIU in 1970.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/college-admissions-are-rigged-in-favor-of-prominent-democrats/
— The Tucker Carlson-Ilhan Omar Brawl: What Do Immigrants Owe America? (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, immigrants owe us nothing and we owe them everything.)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/tucker-carlson-ilhan-omar-brawl-what-immigrants-owe-america/
— Ocasio-Cortez Attacks Biden’s Age – KYLE HOOTEN (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote age discrimination a) because they want to advance themselves by getting rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/07/11/cortez-attacks-biden-age/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump to Lean on Social Media Giants to Curb Censorship – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/07/11/trump-to-lean-on-social-media-giants-to-curb-censorship/

HANNITY
— OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE? Hillary Clinton Posts Instructions for Illegal Immigrants to Evade ICE Agents
https://hannity.com/media-room/obstruction-of-justice-hillary-clinton-posts-instructions-for-illegal-immigrants-to-evade-ice-agents/

TOWNHALL
— The Revolution Turns Inward: Democrats Now Blasting Each Other With Mindless Identity Politics Attacks – Guy Benson
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/guybenson/2019/07/11/the-revolution-turns-inward-democrats-now-savaging-each-other-with-mindless-identitiy-politics-attacks-n2549912

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The South Is a Pro-Life Stronghold – DAVID FRENCH
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/07/29/the-south-is-a-pro-life-stronghold/
— TREASONOUS: Pelosi Advises Illegal Immigrants on How to Avoid ICE – JACK CROWE
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/pelosi-advises-illegal-immigrants-on-how-to-avoid-ice/
— Congress Needs to Settle the Looming Cannabis-Regulation Fight – ILYA SHAPIRO & RANDALJOHN MEYER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/07/congress-must-settle-the-looming-cannabis-regulation-fight/

EPOCH TIMES
— Latino Trump Supporter Targeted With Racist Hate Mail After Moving to Pico Rivera Neighborhood – TOM OZIMEK (DIERSEN: Are you a Republican? How do the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois treat you?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/latino-trump-supporter-targeted-with-racist-hate-mail-after-moving-to-pico-rivera-neighborhood-report_2998226.html

ABC NEWS
— Amazon pledges to ‘upskill’ 100,000 workers by 2025 – SOO YOUN (DIERSEN: What did you do to upskill yourself? 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://abcnews.go.com/Business/amazon-pledges-upskill-100000-workers-2025/story?id=64264477

CNBC
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: US lawmakers look to legalize pot in ‘historic’ marijuana reform hearing – Angelica LaVito
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/10/us-lawmakers-look-to-legalize-pot-in-historic-marijuana-reform-hearing.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— White House Hosts Social Media Summit for Pro-Trump Digital Warriors – Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/07/11/us/politics/white-house-social-media-summit.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump accuses social media companies of ‘terrible bias’ at White House summit decried by critics – Tony Romm
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2019/07/11/we-will-not-let-them-get-away-with-it-trump-threatens-social-media-ahead-white-house-summit/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: What do you say to immigrants who despise if not hate America’s citizens who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time? 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/07/11/tucker-carlson-proposes-an-orwellian-test-immigrants-theyve-got-like-us-back/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Amazon to Retrain a Third of Its U.S. Workforce – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: What did you do to retrain yourself? In 1992, after my Democrat GAO superiors a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial industry regulators, I started taking graduate finance courses at IIT and earned a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/amazon-to-retrain-a-third-of-its-u-s-workforce-11562841120

ATLANTIC
— Many College Students Are Too Poor to Eat – ADAM HARRIS (DIERSEN: While you were in college, were you too poor to eat? I was not poor while I attended UIC 1966-1968, NIU 1969-1970, Loyola 1972-1976, DePaul 1976-1980, Roosevelt 1980-1981, and IIT 1992-1997 a) because my outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete 1966-1968, weekends during my first semester at NIU, and the summer of 1969 and b) because of the money I earned when I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.) 
https://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2019/07/lawmakers-introduce-bill-address-campus-hunger/593704/