CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Anti-billionaire Bernie has billionaire Bloomberg to worry about Sanders,
campaigning in New Hampshire on Friday: “We are in a moment where billionaires
control not only our economy but our political life.” – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/2/7/21128772/bernie-sanders-billionaire-bloomberg-democratic-presidential-primary-new-hampshire
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push medical pot to push
recreational pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-medical-marijuana-priority-20200207-qikkgccwxffurnm3jopled2fae-story.html
— South suburban officials stress regional unity to advance legislative agenda
– TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-ssmma-legislative-priorities-st-0209-20200207-c7644naoqjbfbpmyzzjuhkv3hq-story.html
— Cook taxpayers — How the Pritzker Tax would increase your already alarming
SALT dosage – Editorial (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to
$20,000 for married filing jointly.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-exodus-jb-pritzker-salt-state-and-local-taxes-20200207-3jxijtwfo5e4vibu4257fs6fru-story.html
— Wake up, Democrats, Trump is spinning his way to a second term – Clarence
Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-trump-sotu-iowa-caucuses-page-20200207-upfjhzhnlbciziahtph6rqgif4-story.html
DAILY HERALD & WBEZ
— 6th Congressional District: Survey question: What do you want these three to
be talking about so you can make an informed vote as they compete for your
vote? (DIERSEN: Questions to ask candidates: If elected, how would the
following help you carry out your duties: a) your education, b) your political
experience and work experience, c) your professional certifications and
licenses, and d) length of time that you have lived in your municipality,
township, county, and Illinois? What have you done and what will you do if
elected to: a) discourage the sale and use of pot, b) discourage gambling, c)
discourage the sale and drinking of booze, d) promote traditional marriage and
the traditional family, e) promote homeownership, f) discourage abortion, g)
discourage mass/illegal immigration, h) discourage diminution of First and
Second Amendment rights, i) discourage patronage and political affiliation
discrimination, j) discourage reverse discrimination, k) discourage age
discrimination, l) encourage people to save for their retirement, m) discourage
dependency on government, and n) discourage dependency on charity?)
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/IL6thDistrict
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/illinois-tripled-weed-jobs-last-year
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR & STATELINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200207/second-rockford-marijuana-dispensary-opens-to-recreational-users
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/second-marijuana-dispensary-means-additional-tax-dollars-for-rockford/
EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Fair map won’t happen with current Illinois Supreme Court – Jim Nowlan
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/opinion/columns/jim-nowlan-guest-columnist-fair-map-won-t-happen-with/article_346a0c42-49f1-11ea-8263-03276efa41d0.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— As Trump celebrates acquittal, Democrats maintain impeachment was still
worth it – Stephen Loiaconi (DIERSEN: I did not celebrate GAO ruling in my
favor in Diersen v. IRS ( https://www.gao.gov/products/463866 ), but
my Democrat IRS superiors would maintain that it was worth it for them because
it ended my IRS career.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/as-trump-celebrates-acquittal-democrats-maintain-impeachment-was-still-worth-it
MEDILL REPORTS
— SIX CANDIDATES COMPETE IN 12TH DISTRICT PRIMARY AS COMMITTEE PLANS
APPOINTMENT – Joel Jacobs (DIERSEN: What if the Daily Herald had reported like
this on the candidates who sought appointment to fill Wheaton’s North and West
District City Council vacancies?)
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/six-candidates-compete-in-12th-district-primary-as-committee-plans-appointment/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Piece Attacking Jim Oberweis Hits Mail Boxes Financed by Greg Baise-run
SuperPac
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/piece-attacking-jim-oberweis-hits-mail-boxes/
— Gradel Mails Second Piece, Goes after Two Illinois and Two Congressional
Democrats
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/gradel-mails-second-piece-goes-after-two-illinois-and-two-congressional-democrats/
— State’sm Attorney Patrick Kenneally Participates in Human Trafficking Sting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/patrick-kenneally-participates-in-human-trafficking-sting/
— Joe Walsh Folds His Presidential Challenge to Donald Trump
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/07/joe-walsh-folds-his-presidential-challenge-to-donald-trump/
CAPITOL FAX
— Request denied
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/07/request-denied-2/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Dear
Mr. Miller: This email is to acknowledge the receipt of and to respond to your
FOIA request dated February 3, 2020. In that request, you ask the Secretary of
State to provide you with the following documents: “Under the Illinois Freedom
of Information Act, 5 ILCS 140, I am requesting the list of people who are
currently banned from entering the Illinois Statehouse and/or the Statehouse
complex. An electronic copy can be delivered as a reply to this email or
separately to capitolfax@gmail.com.” I have been directed to deny your
request.)
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump: Pelosi broke the law by ripping up State of Union speech – Dave Boyer
(DIERSEN: Just kidding, but do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and
their dupes who read my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails to get information to use
against me print the emails out so they can rip them up?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/7/trump-nancy-pelosi-broke-law-ripping-his-state-uni/
— Warren blames ‘legacy’ of U.S. racism for conditions that caused campaign
staff to quit – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/7/elizabeth-warren-blames-legacy-of-us-racism-for-co/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Elizabeth Warren’s new campaign racism scandal is just as hypocritical as
you’d expect – Brad Polumbo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/elizabeth-warrens-new-nevada-campaign-racism-scandal-just-as-hypocritical-as-youd-expect
— House Democrats pass bill allowing illegal immigrants to seek damages from
employers – Andrew Mark Miller (DIERSEN: Will this discourage employers from
hiring illegals?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-democrats-pass-bill-allowing-illegal-immigrants-to-seek-damages-from-employers-abolish-state-right-to-work-laws
DAILY CALLER
— ‘Looking Down At People’: Longtime Democratic Strategist Issues Warning To
His Party – WILLIAM DAVIS (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their
operatives, and all their dupes look down not only on me, they look down on
everyone. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives,
and their dupes. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government,
political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township,
DuPage County, and Illinois. I would focus on those who paint themselves as
being religious, conservative, and/or Republican. They do everything that they
can to destroy the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County
Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/07/james-carville-media-lsu-democrats/
— ‘The Most Radical Piece of Immigration Legislation’: Experts, GOP React To
Democratic ‘New Way Forward’ Bill – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/07/gop-experts-new-way-forward-immigration/
GOPUSA
— Andrew Yang blames Facebook for ‘disintegration’ of democracy, proposes
making fake political ads illegal (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents have always
demanded that I “take responsibility” for what others have posted on
their websites, that is, that I should NOT include links in GOPUSA ILLINOIS
emails to articles unless my critics/opponents wrote those articles or bless
those articles. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Rather than
attacking the authors of articles that they do not like, my critics/opponents
attack me. My critics/opponents treat me like they know that no one will come
to my defense. My critics/opponents see many examples in which those who could
and should have come to my defense, including Illinois Republican Party, DuPage
County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican
Organization (MTRO) leaders, but did not. My critics/opponent stress that I am
no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of
Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, MTRO webmaster, Illinois Center
Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political
Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, etc. My
critics/opponents stress those who could and should have come to my defense,
but did not.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=84372
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “The
fact that they don’t take responsibility for the truth of political ads on
their network is beyond me,” said Mr. Yang.)
TOWNHALL
— New Way Forward Act: Democrats Push ‘Most Radical Legislation Proposed’ in
US…And It’s Being Largely Ignored – Leah Barkoukis
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2020/02/07/new-way-forward-act-n2560930
CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Are Trump’s fans as tired of winning as Democrats are of losing? – Jeffrey
A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31897-assault-america-day-401-are-trump%E2%80%99s-fans-tired-winning-democrats-are-losing
CANADA FREE PRESS
— Trump confronts Democrats on sanctuary states, counties and cities – David
Singer
https://canadafreepress.com/article/trump-confronts-democrats-on-sanctuary-states-counties-and-cities
CNN
— Can a news organization avoid a discrimination claim by arguing that it was
exercising its First Amendment right to choose who writes the news? Court
Decides That CNN Producer’s Discrimination Claims Are Not “Fake News” (DIERSEN:
Since 1997, when I was 49 years old, and the Democrats who ran GAO succeeded in
forcing me to take their early retirement “offer,” mainstream news
organizations could have offered me jobs, but of course, they have not. They
have not offered me jobs because I am conservative, Republican, White, male,
old, draft avoider, Protestant, 100% German American, and my ancestors have
been in America since 1844.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/court-decides-that-cnn-producer-s-74376/
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump and against
Whites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/02/07/trumps-state-union-speech-was-white-supremacist-vision-america/
— Trump lambastes his critics as he moves to target perceived enemies over
impeachment – Josh Dawsey, Robert Costa and Greg Miller
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-lambastes-his-critics-as-he-considers-how-else-to-target-his-perceived-enemies-over-impeachment/2020/02/06/571003a0-4924-11ea-9475-535736e48788_story.html
— Trump fires Gordon Sondland, the second impeachment witness to be removed
from his post Friday – John Wagner and Reis Thebault
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-impeachment-live-updates/2020/02/07/8e7668a6-4998-11ea-bdbf-1dfb23249293_story.html
FEDERAL TIMES
— Lawmakers are looking at ways to cut fed pay – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: My
critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me,
denigrated me, and condemned me as being overpaid. I worked for the Post Office
when I was 18-20 years old, IRS when I was 22-31 years, and GAO when I was
31-49 years old. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree
when I was 21 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. My critics/opponents,
their operatives, and their dupes make it clear that they would never stoop to
take a federal job.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/pay-benefits/2020/02/07/republican-study-proposes-comprehensive-cuts-to-feds-pay-and-benefits/
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 47% of Users Under 40 Say Social Media Influences Their Politics
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2020/47_of_users_under_40_say_social_media_influences_their_politics