DAILY HERALD
— Naperville seeking ‘ample time’ for recreational pot sales debate – Marie
Wilson (DIERSEN: I urge everyone in Illinois to contact those who represent
them in their municipalities and in their counties and urge them to a) call for
a vote on the sale of pot ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot. I urge
Wheaton Mayor Phil Suess and Wheaton City Council members Michael Barbier,
Erica Bray-Parker, Suzanne Fitch, John K. Rutledge, and Todd Scalzo and the new
North District Council member (soon to be Christopher J. Zaruba) to a) call for
a vote on the sale of pot in Wheaton ASAP and b) vote NO on the sale of pot in
Wheaton. I urge DuPage County Chairman Dan Cronin and DuPage County Board
members Donald Puchalski, Ashley Selmon, Sam Tornatore, Elizabeth Chaplin,
Peter “Pete” DiCianni, Sean Noonan, Greg Hart, Brian Krajewski, Julie Renehan,
Grant Eckhoff, Tim Elliott, Mary FitzGerald Ozog, Sadia Covert, Dawn DeSart,
James Healy, Robert Larsen, Sheila Rutledge, and James Zay to a) call for a
vote on the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County ASAP and b) vote NO on
the sale of pot in unincorporated DuPage County.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190619/naperville-seeking-ample-time-for-recreational-pot-sales-debate
— Christopher Zaruba recommended for vacant Wheaton City Council seat – Katlyn
Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190619/christopher-zaruba-recommended-for-vacant-wheaton-city-council-seat-
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Though there are two other attorneys on the city council, Zaruba said he would
bring a unique perspective with his background in law enforcement and could
lend input as towns consider whether to allow retail shops to sell recreational
marijuana under a new state law or to opt out and prohibit sales. Zaruba said
the issue should be discussed not only among council members but also with
residents. Also on the horizon are conversations about a zoning study of the
East Roosevelt Road corridor and work to implement a five-year capital
improvement plan, Zaruba said.)
ABC7
— Drivers under influence of marijuana pose challenge for law enforcement
after Illinois weed legalization – Michelle Gallardo
https://abc7chicago.com/drivers-under-influence-of-weed-pose-challenge-for-law-enforcement-after-legalization/5353873/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weed-legalization-guide/5337346/
NBC5
— Group Expresses Concern About Road Safety After Marijuana Legalization More
than 15 million Americans admit to driving within an hour of using marijuana –
Charlie Wojciechowski
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/group-expresses-concern-about-road-safety-when-marijuana-becomes-legal-511543481.html
WGN TV
— Many drivers underestimate dangers of driving while high: AAA survey –
JULIAN CREWS AND MEBACH,
https://wgntv.com/2019/06/19/aaa-report-spurs-fears-about-driving-high/
WBBM 780
— Study Finds People Don’t Think They’ll Get Arrested For Driving High –
BERNIE TAFOYA
https://wbbm780.radio.com/study-driving-high-arrest
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Trump campaign rakes in stunning $25M in single day for re-election launch
http://www.fox32chicago.com/politics/trump-campaign-rakes-in-stunning-25m-in-single-day-for-re-election-launch
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker, Lightfoot vow to resist Trump’s call for mass deportations: ‘We
will continue to push back against hate’ Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday said
he intends “to protect” those in Illinois, despite the president this week
tweeting that there will be mass deportations of undocumented immigrants
beginning next week. – Tina Sfondeles and Fran Spielman (DIERSEN:
Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and side their
citizens against America and against its citizens.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/6/19/18691991/pritzker-lightfoot-resist-trump-hate-reject-mass-deportations-illegal-immigrants
— Reparations for slavery gets long overdue hearing 30 years after John
Conyers took up the cause A U.S. House committee heard all sides of the
reparations debate that is getting renewed attention. – Mary Mitchell (DIERSEN:
Who will the Democrats put in charge of determining how much reparations should
be paid by those in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality,
in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? My
critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay
lots of reparations because I am Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as
a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American,
White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German American,
draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/19/18692144/reparations-slavery-hearing-john-conyers-ta-nehisi-coates-mary-mitchell
— On Juneteenth, House panel debates idea of reparations for slavery Actor and
activist Danny Glover and writer Ta-Nehisi Coates are among the witnesses that
testified at a hearing Wednesday of a House Judiciary subcommittee. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/19/18691263/juneteenth-house-hearing-slavery-reparations-ta-nehisi-coates-danny-glover
— Opposition voices went silent, grew weary or were ignored — and gambling
roared in “Torching myself in the rotunda is the only thing that would have
gotten attention,” said the Rev. Tom Grey, 78, once the leader of Illinois’
loyal gambling opposition, now an interested observer living out-of-state. –
Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/19/18692053/gambling-opposition-voices-gone-casinos-racetracks-pritzker-grey-dobmeyer-bedell
— Rep. Schakowsky backs Trump impeachment inquiry Illinois sends 13 Democrats
to the House. Rep. Bobby Rush, through a spokesman, is the only other one
calling for impeachment. Reps. Mike Quigley, Jesus “Chuy” Garcia and Danny
Davis support launching an impeachment inquiry. Schakowsky and the other four
represent safe Democratic districts. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/19/18692218/rep-jan-schakowsky-backs-donald-trump-impeachment-inquiry
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker touts ‘rational, pragmatic, progressive’ approach in
speech to Chicago business elite – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-jb-pritzker-illinois-business-climate-20190619-v5lqsu4pbnh3pa537dnt2ziibq-story.html
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot on President Trump’s ICE tweet: ‘Sometimes it’s
better to ignore what’s going on in Washington’ – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-donald-trump-ice-raids-20190619-ewtf4sv75ndoxl573pwoskfmdm-story.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: A pot pusher pushes pot.
https://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20190619/mitchell-community-restoration-renovation-is-critical-to-cannabis-legalization
JOLIET PATCH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Joliet promotes LGBTQ activity.
https://patch.com/illinois/joliet/joliets-first-ever-pridefest-set-bicentennial-park
CITY OF WHEATON
— Wheaton North District Appointment at July 1 Council Meeting
https://www.wheaton.il.us/civicalerts.aspx?AID=256
(FROM THE PRESS RELEASE:
The Wheaton Mayor and City Council will be considering Christopher J. Zaruba to
fill the North District Wheaton City Council seat at the City Council’s July 1,
2019 meeting. If approved by the Mayor and City Council, Mr. Zaruba will be
filling the North District seat recently vacated as a result of North District
Councilman Philip J. Suess being elected Mayor in April 2019. The 2-year
appointment will expire May 2021. The Mayor and City Council were very
impressed with the number and qualifications of residents who applied for this
appointment.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— THORNER: EXTREMISM LEADS DEMOCRATS’ PATH TO COMMUNISM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/thorner-extremism-leads-democrats-path-to-communism-.html
— ROSSI: SHAMEFUL-600 AMERICAN COMPANIES PUT PROFITS AHEAD OF AMERICA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/06/rossi-shameful-600-american-companies-put-profits-ahead-of-america.html
CAPITOL FAX
— The hollowing out of state government
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/19/the-hollowing-out-of-state-government-7/
DAILY CALLER
— BERNIE CALLS TRUMP ‘RACIST,’ ‘SEXIST,’ ‘HOMOPHOBE,’ ‘XENOPHOBE’ AND
‘RELIGIOUS BIGOT’ AFTER ORLANDO RALLY – David Krayden
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/19/bernie-trump-racist-sexist-homophobe-xenophobe-religious-bigot-orlando-rally/
BREITBART
— ‘Racist, Sexist, Homophobe’: Bernie Sanders Responds to Trump’s 2020 Kickoff
– HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/19/racist-sexist-homophobe-bernie-sanders-response-to-trumps-2020-kickoff/
— NFL Legend Burgess Owens Says Democrats Should Pay Reparations – DYLAN GWINN
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/06/19/watch-nfl-legend-burgess-owens-says-democrats-should-pay-reparations/
— New York Law Gives Illegals ‘Ability to Vote’ After Obtaining Driver’s
License – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/19/new-york-law-gives-illegals-ability-to-vote-after-obtaining-drivers-license/
AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Don’t Go to College Too many young adults emerge from universities with so
little. Why not learn a trade instead? – MICHAEL WARREN DAVIS (DIERSEN: When
you were in high school, were you viewed as being “college material?” When I
was in high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” Neither of my
parents had attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn
a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school. I spent my junior
and senior years and the summer in between washing dishes for the minimum wage
in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights. I just barely made into
the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft
notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I
had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease).)
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/dont-go-to-college/
LIFE SITE NEWS
— Senator blasts ‘politically correct CEOs,’ ‘cultural elites’ for imposing
abortion extremism – Claire Chretien
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/senator-blasts-politically-correct-ceos-cultural-elites-for-imposing-abortion-extremism
THE HILL
— House GOP leader: Ocasio-Cortez ‘needs to apologize not only to the nation
but to the world’ – JOHN BOWDEN
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/449327-house-gop-leader-ocasio-cortez-needs-to-apologize-not-only-to-the-nation-but
NEW YORK TIMES
— 18 Questions. 21 Democrats. Here’s What They Said. (DIERSEN: What questions
do you want to ask candidates? I want to ask candidates what they would do if
elected a) to promote individual responsibility, that is, to discourage
dependency on government and to discourage dependency on charity, b) to promote
traditional marriage and traditional family, that is, to discourage LGBTQ
activity, c) to promote the right to life, that is, to discourage abortion, d)
to promote compliance with America’s immigration laws, that is, to discourage
illegal immigration, e) to promote conservative principles, that is, to
discourage booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, f) to promote Second
Amendment rights, that is, to discourage erosion of Second Amendment rights,
and g) to promote equal opportunity, that is, to discourage patronage,
political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age
discrimination, and retaliation for opposing the aforesaid? Those who do not
want me to ask the aforesaid questions do everything that they can to destroy
me.)
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/us/politics/2020-candidate-interviews.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration threatens furloughs, layoffs if Congress doesn’t let it
kill personnel agency – Lisa Rein (DIERSEN: Of course, Trump knowns that the
150 employees who would be gotten rid of will be Republican, White, male,
older, and/or non-veteran. Of course, during the 1990s, when Newt Gingrich cut
GAO’s budget dramatically, Gingrich knew that the employees who GAO would get
rid of would be Republican, White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me.
SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/federal-eye/post/when-congress-wiped-an-agency-off-the-map/2011/11/29/gIQAIt0J9N_blog.html and https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/posteverything/wp/2019/01/11/feature/why-is-congress-so-dumb/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-administration-threatens-furloughs-layoffs-if-congress-doesnt-let-it-kill-personnel-agency/2019/06/19/b7200fda-9135-11e9-b58a-a6a9afaa0e3e_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
Trump administration is threatening to furlough — and possibly lay off — 150
employees at the federal personnel agency if Congress blocks its plan to
eliminate the department. The Office of Personnel Management is preparing to
send the career employees home without pay starting on Oct. 1, according to an
internal briefing document obtained by The Washington Post. The employees could
formally be laid off after 30 days, administration officials confirmed. The
warning of staff cuts is the administration’s most dramatic move yet in an
escalating jujitsu between Trump officials and Congress over the fate of the
agency that manages the civilian federal workforce of 2.1 million.)
SALISBURY POST
— President redoubles efforts to ensure good jobs for all – Ivanka Trump and
Wilbur Ross (DIERSEN: How “good” were the jobs that you had?
According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, a) none
of the jobs that I had were good, b) they would never stoop to take the jobs
that I did, and c) I was grossly overpaid. 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.salisburypost.com/2019/06/18/ivanka-trump-wilbur-ross-president-redoubles-efforts-to-ensure-good-jobs-for-all/
NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Democrats Think Older White Man Is Best Bet to Beat Trump – Ed Kilgore
http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2019/06/democrats-think-old-white-man-is-best-bet-to-beat-trump.html
FED WEEK
— Field Employees Feeling Left Out, Report Says (DIERSEN: I was a “field
employee” while I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years.
Instead of Washington, D.C., I worked in Park Forest, Harvey, Joliet, and
Chicago.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/field-employees-feeling-left-out-report-says/