January 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Impeachment trial: Trump’s defense shifts to not ‘impeachable’ even if true – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-defense-says-acts-to-help-reelection-not-impeachable/5891053/
— Sandoval fallout: Illinois politicians bailing on contributions from red light camera company – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-politicians-bailing-on-contributions-from-red-light-camera-company/5892444/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois election officials reveal more issues with automatic voter registration — this time with information from 16-year-olds being forwarded – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-automatic-voter-registration-16-year-olds-20200130-wqooin23vff23cqrldgp2rrcbe-story.html
— Senators pose final questions at Trump impeachment trial ahead of crucial vote on calling witnesses – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-senate-impeachment-trial-20200130-3aeapankwbglnd5b6vpcrzna7e-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois sues federal government to force Equal Rights Amendment ratification Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul joined AGs in Virginia and Nevada on the lawsuit, filed against the archivist of the United States. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/1/30/21115158/illinois-equal-rights-amendment-lawsuit-kwame-raoul
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/29/21114003/chicago-cannabis-resource-fair-uic-forum-lori-lightfoot-marijuana-jobs-careers-expungement

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote vices. 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200130/constable-weed-is-profitable-but-sports-betting-has-higher-expectations
— Arlington Heights defends efforts to diversify police department, village workforce – Bob Susnjara (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200130/arlington-heights-defends-efforts-to-diversify-police-department-village-workforce

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Cat-turned-federal rat out of the bag and on the prowl – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-cat-turned-federal-rat-out-of-the-bag/article_e21bba98-5188-5d95-b3d3-4a8a24938972.html

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Early primary voting starts Feb. 6 – Scott Cousins
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Early-primary-voting-starts-Feb-6-15018112.php

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— GOP Senators Ask for End to Automatic Voter Registration
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/gop-senators-ask-for-end-to-automatic-voter-registration/ 
— Skillicorn Town Hall on Budget Reform Saturday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/skillicorn-town-hall-on-budget-reform-saturday/ 
— Carolyn Schofield Launches SkilliCORN-on-the-Cob Microsite
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/carolyn-schofield-launches-skillicorn-on-the-cob-microsite/ 
— Skillicorn Mails First in the 66th GOP Primary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/skillicorn-mails-first-in-the-66th-gop-primary/ 
— Felon Martin Sandoval’s Deadend Subcommittee
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/felon-martin-sandovals-deadend-subcommittee/ 
— Minimal State Aid to Education for McHenry County Under the New Formula
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/state-aid-to-education-for-mchenry-county-under-the-new-formula/ 
— Timing of Andrew Gasser’s Knowledge of Local 150 Contract Contents
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/30/timing-of-andrew-gassers-knowledge-of-local-150-contract-contents/

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— COD’s Cannabis Policy Vague and contradictory for something so important – Karla Villegas Pineda
https://codcourier.org/12785/opinion/cods-cannabis-policy/

WILLIAM J KELLY
— U.S. Senate Candidate Mark Curran Caught Lying in Jailhouse Interview
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/video-u-s-senate-candidate-mark-curran-caught-lying-in-jailhouse-interview

GREATER GREATER WASHINGTON
— Our endorsement for DC Council in Ward 2: Patrick Kennedy (DIERSEN: If the Daily Herald had endorsed candidates to fill Wheaton’s North and West City Council vacancies, which candidates would the Daily Herald have endorsed and why?)
https://ggwash.org/view/75901/our-endorsement-for-dc-council-in-ward-2-patrick-kennedy

GOPUSA
— Democrats’ un-American agenda appeases LGBTQ community
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83564

DAILY CALLER
— Gallup: Satisfaction With Race Relations Has Jumped 14% Since Trump Took Office – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/30/gallup-satisfaction-race-relations-jumped-donald-trump/
— Hillary Clinton Is Running From Tulsi Gabbard’s $50M Lawsuit — She’s ‘Intimidated,’ Says Attorney – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/30/report-tulsi-gabbard-hillary-clinton-intimidated-50m-lawsuit/

BIZ PACK REVIEW
— New polls could spell doomsday for Dems as black voter approval of Trump doubles, race relations improve – Frieda Powers
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/30/new-polls-could-spell-doomsday-for-dems-as-black-voter-approval-of-trump-doubles-race-relations-improve-881189

CNN
— Coronavirus task force another example of Trump administration’s lack of diversity – Brandon Tensley (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/30/politics/donald-trump-coronavirus-diversity-obama/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Travels to Iowa to Energize Supporters for Caucuses Next Week Four Democratic presidential candidates hoping for success in the state remained in Washington for President Trump’s Senate trial. – Annie Karni
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/30/us/politics/trump-iowa.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The Atlantic made Rahm Emanuel a contributing editor. Then, suddenly, he wasn’t. – Erik Wemple
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/30/atlantic-made-rahm-emanuel-contributing-editor-then-suddenly-he-wasnt/

USA TODAY
— Health experts fear more stoned drivers are taking the wheel following pot legalization – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2020/01/30/marijuana-legalization-may-increasing-number-stoned-drivers/4603105002/

JOPLIN GLOBE
— Hillary puts Bernie into her basket of deplorables – Patrick Buchanan (DIERSEN: Who puts you in their basket of deplorables? I should write about those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who put me in their basket of deplorables. They reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving planks in the Republican Party platform.) 
https://www.joplinglobe.com/opinion/columns/patrick-buchanan-hillary-puts-bernie-into-her-basket-of-deplorables/article_05d5cec1-4f16-5e8c-9bfd-396e4d65f869.html

FORBES
— Why More Employers Are Not Hiring Smokers And What To Do About It – Paul Hsieh (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, smoking, pot, and/or LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who drank lots of booze and smoked a lot.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/paulhsieh/2020/01/30/why-more-employers-are-not-hiring-smokers-and-what-to-do-about-it/

January 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/business/city-to-announce-lineup-for-cannabis-resource-fair/5887582/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: The number of homeless kids in Chicago grows.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/28/21112098/chicago-public-schools-homeless-students-teachers-contract-ctu-chicago-union
— Cresco Labs faces questions over potential for crime, public pot use during community meeting on proposed downtown dispensary  The packed meeting at a Maggiano’s restaurant located a block from Cresco’s proposed location was the first held in the city after a slew of cannabis firms began applying to open the first round of standalone recreational pot stores. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/28/21112911/cresco-labs-faces-questions-crime-public-pot-use-community-meeting-on-proposed-downtown-dispensary

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who promote LGBTQ activity promote those who promote LGBTQ activity.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-rush-hospital-new-lgbtq-services-tt-01192020-20200121-hgw5g3pwuzfu3ezvwhaxd6btqu-story.html
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters blame Trump-supporters for hate crimes. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-met-chicago-hate-crimes-20200129-wkpdsscambbvpfum3i7ghojkuy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage towns asking state to restore funding – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200128/dupage-towns-asking-state-to-restore-funding
— 14th District GOP candidates share plans to save, revamp Social Security – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200129/14th-district-gop-candidates-share-plans-to-save-revamp-social-security
— 11th District Republican candidates aligned on several key issues – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200129/11th-district-republican-candidates-aligned-on-several-key-issues
— Automatic voter registration glitch needs attention – Brett Rowland
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200129/automatic-voter-registration-glitch-needs-attention
— 11th District Democratic hopefuls debate the wealth gap – Madhu Krishnamurthy (DIERSEN: According to your critics/opponents, why do you have more money? According to my critics/opponents, I have more money a) because I, my parents, my grandparents, and the rest of my ancestors unfairly benefitted from discrimination against minorities and against females, b) because I have unfairly had good health, c) because I unfairly avoided the draft, d) because the federal government unfairly grossly overpaid me, e) because I unfairly married someone who has income and savings, and f) because we unfairly gave up trying to have children, we unfairly did not adopt, and we unfairly did not become foster parents.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200129/11th-district-democratic-hopefuls-debate-the-wealth-gap

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Democrats. 
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200128/londrigan-on-democrat-list-to-flip-house-seat-from-red-to-blue

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Winnebago County’s former HR chief sues County Board for wrongful termination – Isaac Guerrero
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20200128/winnebago-countys-former-hr-chief-sues-county-board-for-wrongful-termination

LASALLE NEWS TRIBUNE
— ‘I want to see merit-based immigration’ US Senate candidate Hubbard speaks to La Salle County Tea Party – Michael Urbanec
https://www.newstrib.com/2020/01/29/i-want-to-see-merit-based-immigration/a5n53at/

NEWS CHANNEL 20 & WEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/recreational-marijuana-sales-still-booming-after-one-month
https://week.com/2020/01/28/cannabis-growers-community-investment/

CHICAGO NOW
— Case Shiller: Chicago Area Falls To Last Place In Home Price Growth – Gary Lucido
http://www.chicagonow.com/getting-real/2020/01/case-shiller-chicago-area-falls-to-last-place-in-home-price-growth/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Ted Gradel Posts Comparison Piece
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/28/il-14-ted-gradel-posts-comparison-piece/ 
— “Balls to the Wall” Red Light Camera Protection Racket in State Senate Admitted
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/28/balls-to-the-wall-red-light-camera-protection-racket-in-state-senate-admitted/ 
— Write-In Candidates for Precinct Committeeperson
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/28/write-in-candidates-for-precinct-committeeperson/ 
— IL-14: Second Congressional Candidates Forum Thursday Night
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/28/il-06-il-14-mchenry-county-candidates-forums-schedule-from-league-of-women-voters/ 
— IL-14: Sue Rezin’s First Mailer with Discernment
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/28/il-14-sue-rezins-first-mailer-with-discernment/ 
— Another Democratic Party Crook Off to Prison
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/28/another-democratic-party-crook-off-to-prison/ 
— Attorney General Says DCFS Denial of Request for Disciplinary Records for AJ Caseworkers Carlos Acosta and Andrew Polovi Worthy of “Further Action”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/28/attorney-general-says-dcfs-denial-of-request-for-disciplinary-records-for-aj-caseworkers-worthy-of-further-action/
— Red Light Camera Opponent Former State Senator Dan Duffy Weighs In
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/29/red-light-camera-opponent-former-state-senator-dan-duffy-weighs-in/ 
— Percentage of Municipal Property Taxes Taken by Employee Pensions (DIERSEN: What percent of federal income taxes are taken by federal pensions?)
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/29/percentage-of-municipal-property-taxes-taken-by-employee-pensions/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Anti-Trump protesters plan to ‘light a political fire’ outside Senate impeachment trial – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/28/refuse-fascism-plans-anti-trump-protest-outside-se/
— New Jersey, latest pro-Trump hot spot, voted for Hillary Clinton by 14 points in 2016 – Cheryl K. Chumley (DIERSEN: How far is the nearest pro-Trump hot spot to where you live?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/29/new-jersey-latest-pro-trump-hot-spot-voted-hillary/
— How the Trump impeachment sets a precedent that will burden future presidents Washington’s acute bickering and commonplace paralysis – Dennis Lennox
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/28/how-the-trump-impeachment-sets-a-precedent-that-wi/
— Trump rally rouses New Jersey shore town to life – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/28/trump-rally-rouses-new-jersey-shore-town-to-life/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Warren, Sanders Endorsed By Labor Leader Accused of Race, Age Discrimination – Collin Anderson
https://freebeacon.com/politics/warren-sanders-endorsed-by-labor-leader-accused-of-race-age-discrimination/

BREITBART
— CNN Segment Ridicules Trump Supporters as Illiterate ‘Rubes’ – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/01/28/nolte-cnn-segment-ridicules-trump-supporters-as-illiterate-rubes/

TOWNHALL
— Hillary Puts Bernie Into Her Basket of Deplorables – Pat Buchanan (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents treat me like I am a deplorable. I should write a book about them. 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 hypocritically paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2020/01/24/hillary-puts-bernie-into-her-basket-of-deplorables-n2560015
— Coronavirus Spreads Through Globalism – John and Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2020/01/29/draft-n2560270
— Red China’s Infection of US Classrooms – Michelle Malkin
https://townhall.com/columnists/michellemalkin/2020/01/29/red-chinas-infection-of-us-classrooms-n2560290

HOT AIR
— Trump Rally Data Shows A Clear Winning Coalition In 2020
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/01/trump-rally-data-shows-clear-winning-coalition-2020/

MCCLATCHY DC
— ‘He can win all across the country:’ Biden pushes for late electability surge in Iowa – ALEX ROARTY (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/politics-government/election/article239729593.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Are Democratic Voters Truly Divided by Ideology? – Lynn Vavreck and Chris Tausanovitch (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to vote for a Democrat is to shout that you hate and that you want to get rid of once and for all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/29/upshot/democratic-voters-ideology-common-opinions.html
— A Primary From the Right? Not in Trump’s G.O.P. With Republicans now unified, it is difficult to find a district where a challenger can credibly claim that the incumbent has been insufficiently supportive of the president. – Elaina Plott
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/28/us/politics/pennsylvania-republicans-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘Why We’re Polarized’ shows how media, emotion, politicians and more are dividing Americans Ezra Klein explains the political science for you. – Dan Hopkins (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on dividing the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, churches, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. They focus on turning those who are members of Group A against those who are 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, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/01/29/why-were-polarized-shows-how-media-emotion-politicians-more-are-dividing-americans/

THE CITY
— DOES YOUR COMMUNITY BOARD REFLECT YOU AND YOUR NEIGHBORS? – Rachel Holliday Smith, Ann Choi, and Clifford Michel (DIERSEN: What are the demographics (political affiliation, conservative/moderate/liberal, race, gender, sexual orientation, age, education, religion, national origin, income, net worth, gun ownership, health status, veteran status, length of time you have been in your precinct, municipal district, municipality, township/ward, county, and Illinois and length of time your ancestors have been in America, etc.) of your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county? To what extent do those who represent you reflect the demographics of those in your precinct, your municipal district, your municipality, your township/ward, and your county?)
https://thecity.nyc/2020/01/does-your-community-board-reflect-you-and-your-neighbors.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: U.S. National Debt Will Rise to 98% of GDP by 2030, CBO Projects Deficits will exceed $1 trillion a year for at least 11 years, budget office says – Richard Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/u-s-national-debt-will-rise-to-98-of-gdp-by-2030-cbo-projects-11580238089
— The Electric-Vehicle Road Test Eight Reporters, Three Continents, and Hours and Hours of Charging
https://www.wsj.com/
— Tech Giants’ New Appeal to Governments: Please Regulate Us Facing probes and growing public backlash, top leaders at Microsoft, Apple, Google and Facebook call publicly for new laws – Sebastian Herrera (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want laws, like Affirmative Action, that they can use to destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/tech-giants-new-appeal-to-governments-please-regulate-us-11580126502

FORTUNE
— Debates weren’t enough, so Fortune and Time’s Up asked the 2020 candidates about gender equality – EMMA HINCHLIFFE (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. Virtually all my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government had spouses and/or children to support. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted that employees who had dependents should get preference over employees like me who never had dependents.)
https://fortune.com/2020/01/29/debates-werent-enough-so-fortune-and-times-up-asked-the-2020-candidates-about-gender-equality/

FORBES
— Undocumented Employees: What Franchise Owners Need To Know About Hiring – Don Daszkowski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesbusinesscouncil/2020/01/29/undocumented-employees-what-franchise-owners-need-to-know-about-hiring/

NEW REPUBLIC
— The Eternally Unvetted Bernie Sanders No matter how much his record has been covered by the media and his ideas attacked, his opponents persist in claiming he has escaped scrutiny. – DAVID SESSIONS (DIERSEN: If you have ever painted yourself as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican, the higher the office that you run for, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will scrutinize you. Sooner or later, they will publish everything that you have done that a religious person, conservative person, and/or Republican person would not have done.)
https://newrepublic.com/article/156333/eternally-unvetted-bernie-sanders

January 27 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Impeachment trial of President Donald Trump continues in Senate
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/live-impeachment-trial-of-president-trump-continues/5882082/

NBC5
— Ex-Sen. Martin Sandoval Charged With Bribery, Filing False Tax Return – Shelby Bremer 
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/ex-sen-martin-sandoval-charged-with-bribery-filing-false-tax-return/2208119/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois to continue voter registration program after error, Gov. Pritzker says – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-to-continue-voter-registration-program-after-error-gov-pritzker-says

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— From arrows to ovals and ‘giant iPads,’ voters in Chicago and Cook County will see new voting machines at the polls – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-elections-voting-20200127-pzhyfh57vndctmcu5qrgyhf74q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker sees ‘no reason’ to pause program that registered non-citizens to vote: ‘The glitch has been fixed’ GOP lawmakers sent a letter last week to Speaker of the House Michael Madigan, demanding that Secretary of State Jesse White explain how 545 non-U.S. citizens were mistakenly registered to vote. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/1/27/21083846/illinois-automatic-voter-registration-program-election-security-vote-fraud-ballot
— If only 1 in 4 kids are ready for kindergarten, then Illinois is not ready at all Investing in high-quality early childhood care and preschool is the best way to ensure that children are fully ready for kindergarten. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/27/21078689/illinois-kindergartners-school-readiness-early-childhood-education-cps-kindergarten-elementary
— Don’t be fooled — most independents are partisans, too Only about 10% of Americans are “pure independents.” The vast majority lean heavily toward one party or the other, whether they like to admit it or not. – Christopher Devine
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/27/21110762/democrats-republican-independents-christopher-devine-political-identity

DAILY HERALD
— Judge orders Elk Grove term limits question be placed on ballot – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200127/judge-orders-elk-grove-term-limits-question-be-placed-on-ballot

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Former state senator faces federal tax charge Martin Sandoval “corruptly solicited, demanded, agreed to accept, and accepted things of value” in exchange for his “continued support for the operation of red-light cameras in the State of Illinois,” the U.S. Attorney alleges. – A.D. QUIG and GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/former-state-senator-faces-federal-tax-charge

CHAMPAIGN URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— The madness of election season is nearly upon us – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/tom-kacich-the-madness-of-election-season-is-nearly-upon/article_c4899089-df39-5e84-97d6-a9fd27010df7.html

WESTERN SPRINGS PATCH
— Madigan And Durkin Rarely Speak Western Springs Republican Jim Durkin says he can go three or four months without speaking to his Democratic counterpart. – David Giulian
https://patch.com/illinois/westernsprings/madigan-durkin-rarely-speak

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Property Taxes The Focus: Local Lawmaker After Rauner experience, House GOP Leader Jim Durkin and fellow Republicans say relatively little about cutting state income tax. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/property-taxes-focus-local-lawmaker

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Proposal Could Give Jack Franks Still Another Republican to Appoint to County Board
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/pritzker-proposal-could-give-jack-franks-still-another-republican-to-appoint-to-county-board/ 
— Judge Justin Hansen Plans Cary Fundraiser at Cary Ale House January 29th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/judge-justin-hansen-plans-cary-fundraiser-at-cary-ale-house-january-29th/ 
— Tribune Puts Illinois Abortions in Perspective
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/tribune-puts-illinois-abortions-in-perspective/ 
— Expect Trouble Getting Through to Legislators Through State Switchboard
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/expect-trouble-getting-through-to-legislators-through-state-switchboard/
— IL-14: Jerry Evans Releases Healthcare/Prescription Drug Prices Policy Statement
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/il-14-jerry-evans-releases-healthcare-prescription-drug-prices-policy-statement/ 
— Marty McLaughlin Sets Barrington Fundraiser for February 6th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/il-14-jerry-evans-releases-healthcare-prescription-drug-prices-policy-statement/ 
— IL-14: Ted Gradel Releases Healthcare Video
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/il-14-ted-gradel-releases-healthcare-video/ 
— Oberweis Sends Vote by Mail Applications
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/oberweis-sends-vote-by-mail-applications/ 
— IL-14: Sue Rezin Endorsed by Republican Main Street Partnership PAC
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/il-14-sue-rezin-endorsed-by-republican-main-street-partnership-pac/ 
— Pro-Life Group Endorses Allen Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/27/pro-life-groupendorsed-allen-skillicorn/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FEDS INDICT CHAMPION OF ILLINOIS GAS TAX HIKE, ‘FAIR TAX’ ON TAX FRAUD AND BRIBERY – Vincent Caruso
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/feds-indict-champion-of-illinois-gas-tax-hike-fair-tax-on-tax-fraud-and-bribery/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DEMOCRATS: DESTROYING AMERICA TO ‘SAVE’ IT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/democrats-destroying-america-to-save-it.html

CAPITOL FAX
— ILGOP chairman wonders aloud if SoS “glitch” was “done on purpose”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/27/ilgop-chairman-wonders-aloud-if-sos-glitch-was-done-on-purpose/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Pew: Fox News most trusted news source of Republicans, CNN most trusted by Democrats – Don Irvine (DIERSEN: In Illinois, Rich Miller and his Capitol Fax is the most trusted news source of Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs and Dave Diersen and his GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails is the most trusted news source of Republicans.) 
https://www.aim.org/don-irvine-blog/pew-fox-news-most-trusted-news-source-of-republicans-cnn-most-trusted-by-democrats/

FOX NEWS
— Impeachment already becoming political weapon in 2020 congressional races – Fred Lucas
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/impeachment-already-becoming-political-weapon-in-2020-congressional-races

TOWNHALL
— Trump Rally Data Shows a Clear Winning Coalition in 2020 – Brad Parscale
https://townhall.com/columnists/bradparscale/2020/01/27/trump-rally-data-show-a-clear-winning-coalition-in-2020-n2560202

PJ MEDIA
— Americans Hate Overreach: Impeachment Is Helping Trump – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/americans-hate-overreach-impeachment-is-helping-trump/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Elizabeth Warren vows to include ‘non-binary’ people in White House Cabinet if she wins ‘Starting on day one. I will build a Cabinet and senior leadership team that reflects the full diversity of America,’ she said. – Doug Mainwaring (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs make it clear that the more of the following that you are, the more that they want to get rid of you once and for all: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/elizabeth-warren-vows-to-include-non-binary-people-in-white-house-cabinet-if-she-wins

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Supreme Court Allows Trump Admin to Implement ‘Public Charge’ Test for Immigrants – ZACHARY EVANS
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/supreme-court-allows-trump-admin-to-implement-public-charge-test-for-immigrants/

EPOCH TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Conservative Group’s Suit Against Southern Poverty Law Center to Go Ahead – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/conservative-groups-suit-against-southern-poverty-law-center-to-go-ahead_3218120.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/480121-sanders-calls-for-movement-to-reject-hate-and-division-on-auschwitz

ABC NEWS 
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters get Holocaust survivors to promote hatred against Trump. Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters paint illegals as being Jews and Republicans as being Nazis.
https://abcnews.go.com/US/holocaust-survivors-speak-immigration-crisis-us-mexico-border/story?id=68561653

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Can an ailing church attract new congregants without alienating the old? – JENNY JARVIE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, society expects people who are White and/or male to give up and to go away if they are not successful enough.) 
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2020-01-27/can-an-ailing-church-attract-new-congregants-without-alienating-the-old

UNION JOURNAL
— OUTSTANDING: Supreme Court Allows Trump to Restrict Green Cards For Immigrants Abusing Welfare Benefits – Carlos Christian
https://theunionjournal.com/supreme-court-allows-trump-to-restrict-green-cards-for-immigrants-abusing-welfare-benefits/

SARASOTA HERALD TRIBUNE
— Less than half of Americans feel that reducing economic inequality is a top priority – Ernest Werlin (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. Further, I took “bad” jobs that others would not take. 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. Further, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am extremely stupid and lazy, so therefore, anyone should be able to do at least what I did.)
https://www.heraldtribune.com/business/20200127/less-than-half-of-americans-feel-that-reducing-economic-inequality-is-top-priority

MONTCLAIR NEW JERSEY PATCH
— Huge Protest Planned For Trump’s NJ Rally: ‘Not Welcome Here’ There are a lot of people who plan on attending President Donald Trump’s rally in Wildwood, NJ. But not all of them will be cheering. – Eric Kiefer (DIERSEN: If Trump would hold a rally in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, or in Illinois, a) how many Trump supporters would attend the rally, b) who would organize a protest, and c) how many would attend the protest?) 
https://patch.com/new-jersey/montclair/huge-protest-planned-trumps-nj-rally-not-welcome-here

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that more moderates and liberals would become Republicans if the Republican Party drove more conservatives out of the Republican Party. 
https://www.newsweek.com/ileftthegop-twitter-republican-donald-trump-1484204
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote citizens of foreign countries who hate Trump.
https://www.newsweek.com/thousands-sign-petition-stop-donald-trump-ally-franklin-graham-speaking-london-1484246
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to Democrats, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you are a public charge or will be a public charge: minority, female, younger, citizen of a foreign country, have health problems, have financial problems, lack education, lack job skills, etc. 
https://www.newsweek.com/ocasio-cortez-swalwell-other-democrats-rail-against-public-charge-decision-its-racist-1484282
— THESE FOX NEWS CONTRIBUTORS WILL CAMPAIGN FOR TRUMP IN IOWA DESPITE NETWORK’S WARNINGS AGAINST POLITICAL PARTICIPATION – AILA SLISCO
https://www.newsweek.com/these-fox-news-contributors-will-campaign-trump-iowa-despite-networks-warnings-against-political-1484291

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Supreme Court Allows Trump to Implement Income-Based Restrictions on Immigration Regulations expand the pool of people who could be considered a likely ‘public charge’ in the U.S. – Brent Kendall and Michelle Hackman (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. Further, I took “bad” jobs that others would not take. 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. Further, according to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am extremely stupid and lazy, so therefore, anyone should be able to do at least what I did.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/supreme-court-allows-trump-administration-to-implement-immigration-rules-denying-residency-over-public-assistance-11580150172

FORBES
— Inching To Close The Gender Pay Gap: Three Actions Employers Can Take Right Now – Tony Butler-Sims (DIERSEN: If I had not been denied my 7th Amendment rights in Diersen v. GAO, I would have presented a jury with facts that show that my Democrat GAO superiors overwhelmingly and disproportionately gave bigger pay increases, bonuses, and promotions to their employees who were Democrat, minority, female, and/or younger.) 
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2020/01/27/inching-to-close-the-gender-pay-gap-three-actions-employers-can-take-right-now/#5ac11245da62
https://www.newsweek.com/supreme-court-allows-trumps-wealth-test-restrict-legal-immigration-tactic-used-keep-out-1484279

FED SMITH
— Federal Employees, Unions and Political Donations – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN: If I had been a Democrat, the federal government would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40 years old in 1988 notwithstanding the fact that I am While, male, non-veteran, Protestant, 100% German American, Crete resident 1948-1972, Wheaton resident since 1978, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844. 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://www.fedsmith.com/2020/01/27/federal-employees-unions-political-donations/

January 27 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Bryant’s Helicopter Flew in Fog That Grounded Other Choppers The cause of the crash was unknown, but conditions at the time were such that the Los Angeles Police Department and the county sheriff’s department grounded their helicopters. – Stefanie Dazio
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/bryants-helicopter-flew-in-fog-that-grounded-other-choppers/2207862/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Ethics reform in Illinois? Go after party leaders or go home – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-corruption-ethics-reform-20200127-w5yumhxvd5f7niduehsnmkr3ya-story.html
— A lesson for Holocaust Remembrance Day: Anti-Semitism never died — it just lay dormant – Ron Grossman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/ct-anti-semitism-holocaust-remembrance-day-20200127-xrv4udeh6fd2pgmutvmbckzbhq-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200126/news/301269998

MEDILL REPORTS
— CHICAGO POLICE PLANS TO TAP CITY-WIDE LGBT LIAISON – Adam Rhodes (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrats who run Chicago officially get rid of all individuals, all organizations, and all companies that do not promote LGBTQ activity?) 
https://news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/chicago-police-plans-to-tap-city-wide-lgbt-liaison/

NORTHWEST HERALD
— Helicopter in crash that killed Kobe Bryant previously owned by state of Illinois Sold in 2015 to save costs – Ben Orner
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/01/27/helicopter-in-crash-that-killed-kobe-bryant-previously-owned-by-state-of-illinois/asmoyob/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Special prosecutor to review allegations against Urbana legislator – Mary Schenk
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/courts-police-fire/special-prosecutor-to-review-allegations-against-urbana-legislator/article_c9f37c40-4924-528f-a2fa-d54a633854c7.html

FOX ST. LOUIS
— East St. Louis official facing major fines runs as write-in – AP

DEPAULIA
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://depauliaonline.com/45845/news/states-attorney-kim-foxx-talks-expungement-after-illinois-cannabis-bill/

WIREPOINTS
— Stonewalled Again on Savings Claimed from Illinois Pension Buyout Program – Wirepoints Original – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/put-up-or-shut-up-on-savings-claimed-from-illinois-pension-buyout-program-wirepoints-original/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— TO KEEP AFRICAN AMERICANS SAFE, TARGET CRIMINALS, NOT POLICE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/to-keep-african-americans-safe-target-criminals-not-police.html
— HOW TO END WHITE PRIVILEGE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/how-to-end-white-privilege.html

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Northwestern University Student Government Votes Against Free Speech Resolution – Matthew Pinna (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs make it clear that they want to abolish the First Amendment and get rid of all individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time once and for all.) 
https://freebeacon.com/issues/northwestern-student-government-votes-against-free-speech-resolution/

GOPUSA
— Democrats like Hillary fight cleaning up voter rolls to remove dead or departed persons
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83548
— Joe Biden shines spotlight on left’s insane love for illegal aliens – Cheryl Chumley
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83477

TOWNHALL
— Why It’s Safe to Declare Trump Victory Over the 2019 Migrant Crisis. But Violent Caravans Aim to Take It Away – Todd Bensman
https://townhall.com/columnists/toddbensman/2020/01/27/why-its-safe-to-declare-trump-victory-over-the-2019-migrant-crisis-but-violent-caravans-aim-to-take-it-away-n2560113
— Will Democrats Take Up Arms To Remove ‘Dictator’ Trump Or Are They All Talk? – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/01/27/will-democrats-take-up-arms-to-remove-dictator-trump-or-are-they-all-talk-n2560115

FEDERALIST
— If Bernie Sanders Is a Sexist, So Is Everyone Else Is civil conversation possible—or even worth having—when words like ‘sexist’ have lost all their meaning? – Caroline D’Agati (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that not just Republicans, but everyone else is a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/27/if-bernie-sanders-is-a-sexist-so-is-everyone-else/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘White House and white people’: CNN’s Jeffrey Toobin diversity-checks Trump’s legal team – Tom Tillison (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2020/01/26/white-house-and-white-people-cnns-jeffrey-toobin-diversity-checks-trumps-legal-team-879656

NATIONAL REVIEW
— What Does It Mean to ‘Stand Together’? – JIM GERAGHTY
https://www.nationalreview.com/the-morning-jolt/lets-talk-about-unity-less-and-act-on-it-more/

CBS NEWS
— Mike Bloomberg rallies Jewish voters with speech decrying nativism – TIM PERRY (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/mike-bloomberg-rallies-jewish-voters-with-speech-decrying-nativism/

NBC NEWS
— What Iowa caucus voters reveal about the Democratic Party If Iowa Caucus demographics look like 2016, that’s a very good sign for Bernie Sanders or Elizabeth Warren. – Dante Chinni
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/what-iowa-caucus-voters-reveal-about-democratic-party-n1123221

NEW YORK TIMES
— Iowa Should Never Go First Again The current system is a form of white privilege that warps the process. – David Leonhardt (DIERSEN: What are the demographics of those who live in your precinct? Do they understand that the higher the percentage of those who live in your precinct who are White, male, older, non-poor, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, the more that Democrats paint your precinct as being full of White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/opinion/iowa-new-hampshire-primary.html
— Worried Reporters Make a Plea: Please Buy Our Paper As hedge funds take a greater role in newspaper chains, journalists at the Chicago Tribune and elsewhere are sending out an S.O.S. – Marc Tracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/business/media/newspaper-reporters-hedge-funds.html
— Bloomberg Warns of Anti-Semitism ‘Rearing Its Ugly Head’ Speaking at a prominent synagogue near Miami, the former New York City mayor spoke of his Jewish heritage and his support for Israel. – Rebecca R. Ruiz and Elizabeth Dias (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/26/us/bloomberg-anti-semitism.html
— Pope Asks Catholics to Say ‘Never Again’ to the Holocaust – Reuters (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/01/26/world/middleeast/26reuters-holocaust-memorial-auschwitz-pope.html
— How the G.O.P. Became the Party of the Left Behind Dayton, Ohio, typifies the forces that have pushed those hurt by economic change toward the Republicans, while affluent places become more Democratic. – Eduardo Porter
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/27/business/economy/republican-party-voters-income.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Social Skills Often Take a Whole Lifetime to Master – Eric Ravenscraft (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present leaders, employees, members, etc. in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc. who focused/focus on getting rid of those who share my demographics.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/smarter-living/adults-guide-to-social-skills.html
— Does Personal Finance Still Work in Our Changing Economy? With a financial system so drastically shifting, what can we do about money? – Kristin Wong (DIERSEN: Virtually all the operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents have severe financial, health, and/or other problems.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/smarter-living/does-personal-finance-still-work-in-our-changing-economy.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Bloomberg’s surprising speech on anti-Semitism, Israel and Iran – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/26/bloombergs-surprising-speech/

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats only strategy on impeachment is to make it take as long as possible – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2020/01/26/democrats-only-strategy-on-impeachment-is-to-make-it-take-as-long-as-possible/

PITTSBURGH POST GAZETTE
— Conservative divide pits anti-left against anti-state Does top-down planning from the right work any better than it does from the left? – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.post-gazette.com/opinion/Op-Ed/2020/01/27/Jonah-Goldberg-Conservative-divide-pits-anti-left-against-anti-state/stories/202001270008

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTION: Who promotes voter fraud? ANSWER: 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, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/news/investigations/2020/01/22/errors-ohio-voter-registration-purge-prompt-call-change/4490821002/
— More Americans are choosing cremation over traditional burials, survey finds – Jazmin Goodwin
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2020/01/21/more-americans-choose-cremation-over-traditional-burials-survey-finds/4530268002/

DETROIT NEWS
— Condemn cancerous anti-Semitism – Deedee Coleman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/opinion/2020/01/27/opinion-condemn-cancerous-anti-semitism/4499259002/

BOSTON GLOBE
— Anti-Semitism preceded Auschwitz — and outlived it Hatred of Jews has a long and versatile history, easily adapting to new circumstances. Its effectiveness is such that it doesn’t even require Jews. – Sara J. Bloomfield (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.bostonglobe.com/2020/01/27/opinion/anti-semitism-preceded-auschwitz-outlived-it/

NEWSWEEK
— ANTI-SEMITISM IS WORSE TODAY THAN DURING HITLER’S RISE, SAYS GRANDSON OF GERMAN DIARIST WHO DEFIED NAZIS – BRENDAN COLE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/holocaust-hitler-antisemitism-friedrich-kellner-1484061
— INTERNATIONAL HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY: SURVIVOR WARNS WESTERN LEADERS HAVE ADOPTED ‘HATE’ AS ‘THEIR SLOGAN’ – DAVID BRENNAN (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage anti-Semites to come to America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/holocaust-survivor-sidney-zoltak-warns-western-leaders-adopted-hate-slogan-1484164

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE: So Long, California? Goodbye, Texas? Taxpayers Decide Some States Aren’t Worth It After new tax law made it costlier to own a house in many high-price areas, some residents are pulling up stakes – Ben Eisen and Laura Kusisto
https://www.wsj.com/articles/so-long-california-goodbye-texas-taxpayers-decide-some-states-arent-worth-it-11579948200
— The Tax Increases to Come Even Joe Biden would raise the top marginal rate on work to over 50%. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-tax-increases-to-come-11580075160

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Ethical College Admissions: Harvard’s Preferences Jim Jump reviews a paper on how the university treats athletes, legacies and others. (DIERSEN: In the organizations that you are a member of, which groups get preference? In the municipality, township/ward, and county that you live in, which groups get preference? I should write a book about groups that get preference in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County. According to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, members of the following groups should get preference: those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, RINO, liberal, moderate, minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, non-German American, those who have less money than others, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.) 
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2020/01/27/paper-reveals-advantages-harvard-gives-some-groups-admissions-opinion

HR DRIVE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs who run your municipality, your township/ward, your county, Illinois, America, and the world get rid of you.
https://www.hrdive.com/news/record-number-of-companies-named-best-place-to-work-for-lgbtq-equality/571072/

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— The Hardest Part with Digital Subscriptions is Keeping Them – Matt DeRienzo (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want everyone to read/see only what they post/bless on Facebook.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/columns/industry-insight-the-hardest-part-with-digital-subscriptions-is-keeping-them/

January 24 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Elgin Area League of Women Voters to host four candidate forums in February
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200123/elgin-area-league-of-women-voters-to-host-four-candidate-forums-in-february
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs paint Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse thing who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200123/dist-203-defines-bias-encourages-community-to-unlearn-assumptions

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— First case of coronavirus confirmed in Chicago  The patient is a woman in her 60s who visited Wuhan, the Chinese city at the center of the outbreak, in December and returned to the U.S. on Jan. 13.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/first-case-coronavirus-confirmed-chicago

ABC7
— Trump, a late convert to cause, to join high-profile anti-abortion rally, becoming first sitting president to do so – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-a-late-convert-to-cause-to-join-anti-abortion-rally/5875672/
— Coronavirus outbreak: Chicago woman diagnosed, 2nd case in US
https://abc7chicago.com/health/chicago-woman-diagnosed-with-coronavirus-2nd-case-in-us/5875738/

WGN TV
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Activist pushes pot peddlers licenses – MIKE LOWE
https://wgntv.com/2020/01/23/activist-pushes-pot-peddlers-licenses/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump, a late convert to cause, to join anti-abortion rally – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-a-late-convert-to-cause-to-join-anti-abortion-rally

WAND
— IL GOP calls for temporary halt to automatic voter registration system – Doug Wolfe
https://www.wandtv.com/news/gop-calls-for-temporary-halt-to-automatic-voter-registration-system/article_fff699da-3d6b-11ea-b7e3-1bc45e717689.html

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— WHO’S ON THE BALLOT? STATE SENATE, STATE HOUSE RACES IN MARCH 17 PRIMARY
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2020/01/whos-on-the-ballot-state-senate-state-house-races-in-march-17-primary/

KENDALL COUNTY NOW
— Kendall GOP circuit clerk candidates talk modernizing the office – KATIE FINLON
https://www.kendallcountynow.com/2020/01/21/kendall-gop-circuit-clerk-candidates-talk-modernizing-the-office/a4a0xyf/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOB
— Kane County Treasurer Dave Rickert Seeking to Replace Chris Lauzen as Board Chairman
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/24/kane-county-treasurer-dave-rickert-seeking-to-replace-chris-lauzen-as-board-chairman/ 
— Tobin Releases McHenry County Pension Data
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/24/tobin-releases-mchenry-county-pension-data/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— THE 1%: ILLINOIS’ PENSION MILLIONAIRES More than 129,000 Illinois public pensioners will see expected payouts of $1 million or more during retirement. – Austin Berg (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors who so far have succeeded in forcing the Civil Service Retirement System to pay me $1,209,752 (268 months X $4,514) in today’s dollars. Why do my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes side with my Democrat GAO superiors?) 
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/the-1-illinois-pension-millionaires/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Media Misrepresents the Story of Christian School That Expelled Student – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/media-misrepresents-the-story-of-christian-school-that-expelled-student/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FACEBOOK NOW CLASSIFIES ‘DENYING EXISTENCE’ OF TRANSGENDER IDENTITIES AS ‘HATE SPEECH’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/facebook-now-classifies-denying-existence-of-transgender-identities-as-hate-speech.html
— PARENTS CHALLENGE ‘RADICAL’ LGBT CURRICULUM IN NEW JERSEY SCHOOLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/01/parents-challenge-radical-lgbt-curriculum-in-new-jersey-schools.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A GOPUSA ILLINOIS email has go out each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/24/reader-comments-closed-until-monday-12/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Ready to fight: Trump looks beyond impeachment drama to reelection President knocks rivals, jockeys for campaign advantage – Tom Howell Jr. and Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/23/donald-trump-looks-beyond-impeachment-reelection/
— Elizabeth Warren pledges to incorporate diversity into her Cabinet – David Sherfinski (DIERSEN: As everyone knows, to promote diversity is to discriminate against those individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/23/elizabeth-warren-pledges-incorporate-diversity-her/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump Marches for Life – Daniel John Sobieski
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2020/01/trump_marches_for_life.html
— How Hollywood-style propaganda can wreck a country – Bob Weir
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/how_hollywoodstyle_propaganda_can_wreck_a_country.html

DAILY CALLER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats put citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America.
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/23/joe-biden-daca-recipients-more-american/

COLLEGE FIX
— Calls for reparations hit Notre Dame amid allegations of harm, oppression against blacks, Native Americans – ELLIE GARDEY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/calls-for-reparations-hit-notre-dame-amid-allegations-of-harm-oppression-against-blacks-native-americans/

HUFFINGTON POST
— Trump’s Doral Resort Spikes Its Room Rates Ahead Of His RNC Visit The doubling of rates may have increased taxpayer costs for housing Secret Service and other staff who traveled there ahead of the president’s trip. – S.V. Date
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-doral-room-rates_n_5e285b24c5b6779e9c2b6521

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Needless-to-say, the worst national origin to have is German. What if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry? During the 1840s and 1850s, all my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois from what is now Germany. Of course, needless-to-say, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always used that against me as well as the fact that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran and I lived in Crete 1948-1972. In my defense, I stress that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Further, according to http://dna.ancestry.com, my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece. Again, what if I had lied and successfully claimed Swedish ancestry?
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/23/magazine/holocaust-remembrance-grandmother.html

USA TODAY
— Impeachment trial: Trump win shows anything can happen, even Senate conviction and removal Support for removal rose and Senate Republicans saw an election rushing toward them under a black cloud. That was Nixon, but it could also be Trump. – Scott Dworkin (DIERSEN: In 1974, during the Nixon impeachment, I was one an extremely few Republicans who worked for IRS in its Chicago office. My Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious at Nixon. To punish Nixon, they punished the extremely few Republicans in the office. They disallowed my travel vouchers ( SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/463866 ) and they got rid of the IRS manager who had promoted me in 1971, 1973, and 1974.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/01/24/trump-impeachment-trial-senate-removal-not-impossible-column/4533929002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Impeachment Trial Ramps Up Political Spending Trump campaign says fundraising has jumped; Planned Parenthood’s snub of Susan Collins likely marks its final break with GOP – Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-trial-ramps-up-political-spending-11579861800
— At the Largest Gun Show in the U.S., the Focus Is Women, First-Time Buyers Some states relax laws on concealed weapons, creating more demand for small firearms – Cameron McWhirter
https://www.wsj.com/articles/at-the-largest-gun-show-in-the-u-s-the-focus-is-women-first-time-buyers-11579793661

BLOOMBERG
— Age Discrimination Is Bad — for the Bottom Line As workforces get older, employers still overwhelmingly prefer younger workers. -Leonid Bershidsky (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Democrat and RINO organizations, companies, governments, and countries use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, etc. to get rid of older people, and especially to get rid of older people who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2020-01-24/age-discrimination-makes-no-economic-sense

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Why Employers Should Proceed With Caution Before Utilizing AI in Employment Decisions – Joseph O’Keefe (DIERSEN: In the federal government, all employment decisions are made a) to facilitate hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females and b) to facilitate not hiring, not retaining, not promoting, and getting rid of employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who did not make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.) 
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/insight-why-employers-should-proceed-with-caution-before-utilizing-ai-in-employment-decisions

LAW 360
— Capitol Hill’s Diversity Efforts Are Rubbing Off On Wall Street (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers officially announce that they will not hire, retain, or promote and that they will get rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.law360.com/corporate/articles/1236980/capitol-hill-s-diversity-efforts-are-rubbing-off-on-wall-street

CAVALIER DAILY
— Demographics won’t be the death of conservatism Many trends indicate that Democrats won’t maintain a permanent electoral majority with minority voters – Audrey Fahlberg (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will organizations, companies, governments, and countries officially announce that they will rid of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?) 
https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2020/01/fahlberg-demographics-wont-be-the-death-of-conservatism

WBAY
— Minn. church says it never asked older church members to leave – Ed Payne (DIERSEN: After my Democrat GAO superiors told me that they would assign me to work for my subordinates, that is, that they would constructively demote me and take other adverse actions against me if I did not take their early retirement “offer,” they claimed that they did nothing to force me to take their early retirement “offer.”) 
https://www.wbay.com/content/news/Minn-church-says-it-never-asked-older-church-members-to-leave-567238661.html

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 1020 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $930,000
https://www.zillow.com/homedetails/1020-S-Wheaton-Ave-Wheaton-IL-60189/4448323_zpid/

January 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Wheaton man allegedly high on weed arrested for DUI after head-on crash in Lisle: police
https://abc7chicago.com/man-allegedly-high-on-marijuana-arrested-after-head-on-crash-in-lisle-police/5867855/
— President Donald Trump impeachment trial: McConnell abruptly backs off proposed rules – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-impeachment-trial-mcconnell-abruptly-backs-off-proposed-rules/5866905/

NBC5
— Programming Error Allowed Non-US Citizens to Register to Vote in Ill.: Secretary of State The office noted that while some of the people included in the list weren’t citizens at the time of their application, they may be citizens now (ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider statement: “The recent reports of non-citizens voting in Illinois is simply unacceptable. The Secretary of State’s failure to competently administer the Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) process in Illinois compromises the integrity of our entire election system. Mistakes are made, but when it comes to voting, it simply is inexcusable that non-citizens voted in Illinois and potentially affected the outcome of elections across the state. Those in the Secretary of State’s Office who allowed this to happen should be terminated from their employment with the State. Public hearings in the General Assembly should commence immediately, and the AVR program should be temporarily suspended until we get answers. Voting is a right and a privilege reserved only for U.S. citizens. The American people need to know that their government is upholding, not undermining, that right.”)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/programming-error-allowed-non-us-citizens-to-register-to-vote-in-ill-secretary-of-states-office/2204767/

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Man Charged With Driving While High On Pot After Head-On Crash In Lisle
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/21/lisle-pot-dui-crash-marijuana-driving-under-the-influence-cole-dixon-charged/
— Want To Make $255? Here’s How To Become An Election Judge – Lauren Victory
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/01/21/inside-the-process-of-becoming-an-election-judge/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois: Error registered a possible 545 noncitizen voters – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-error-registered-a-possible-545-noncitizen-voters-4
— Hillary Clinton unleashes on Bernie Sanders in new documentary: ‘Nobody likes him’ – Tyler Olson
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/hillary-clinton-unleashes-on-bernie-sanders-in-new-documentary-nobody-likes-him

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Republicans — and one Democrat — demand answers from Jesse White on non-citizen voter registrations “This is an absurd lack of compliance with state law, surfacing less than three weeks from the opening of early voting for our state’s 2020 general primary election,” the Republicans wrote. “Given this, we are requesting an immediate hearing of the House Executive Committee.” – Peter Hancock
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/1/21/21076259/republicans-democrat-demand-answers-jesse-white-non-citizen-voter-registrations
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Driver was high on weed when he crashed in Lisle: police Cole Dixon “showed heavy impairment” in a field sobriety test — the same given to suspected drunken drivers — and was arrested. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/1/21/21075850/cole-dixon-lisle-crash-route-53-dui-marijuana-cannabis-weed
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Torch-wielding burglar stole $200K from pot shop’s safe, used employee key card to get inside: police report After creeping inside MOCA, 2847 W. Fullerton, the suspect got into the vault and used a torch to break into a safe and steal $200,000 in cash. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/21/21076048/chicago-dispensaries-moca-modern-cannabis-burglary
— Why bosses should let employees surf the web at work Cyberloafing may not be a waste of time after all. Research shows it can help workers cope with an exceptionally stressful work environment. – Stephanie Andel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/21/21075668/cyberloafing-workplace-morale-stephanie-andel-internet-surfing

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wehrli adds $50K to campaign chest while his possible Dem challenger gets $25K from House majority leader for polling – ERIN HEGARTY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-grant-wehrli-election-campaign-funding-st-20200122-hhvgfigmzbcjvgcafylcyznrtu-story.html
— Lake County Board moves to counter spike in hate crime – CHARLES SELLE (DIERSEN: According to Trump-haters, the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you commit hate crimes: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-board-condemns-hate-st-0122-20200121-ing3sgjvubhfla74dxrmwjuaea-story.html
— Rush welcomes LGBTQ patients, steps up efforts with new program: ‘They were just immediately comfortable, affirming and helpful’ – Nara Schoenberg
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-rush-hospital-new-lgbtq-services-tt-01192020-20200121-hgw5g3pwuzfu3ezvwhaxd6btqu-story.html
— Construction unions among top donors to south suburban state lawmakers, filings show – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-campaign-finance-reports-st-0122-20200121-vtcmu6ljorhb5ijympa2f2iham-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Applications for medical marijuana cards are up – Ally Marotti 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-medical-marijuana-card-increase-20200121-wicskyxhh5gj7jdna77qk7bxpm-story.html
— Vote by mail applications are available in Illinois. Here’s what you need to know about voting in the upcoming primary. – Sophie Sherry
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-cb-illinois-primary-voting-how-to-20200121-wycfccxflfecniykuykjjdz22q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Bloomingdale Township highway commissioner under federal investigation
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/bloomingdale-township-highway-commissioner-under-federal-investigation
— Illinois House Republicans seek investigation of noncitizens voting – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/illinois-house-republicans-seek-investigation-of-noncitizens-voting
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Lisle police: Driver was high on marijuana at time of crash – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/lisle-police-driver-was-high-on-marijuana-at-time-of-crash
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Everyone should discourage the sale and use of pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/arlington-heights-library-hosting-panel-discussion-on-pot-legalization
— Algonquin Township GOP chairman’s comments on MLK Day draw harsh criticism – Drew Zimmerman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200121/algonquin-township-gop-chairmans-comments-on-mlk-day-draw-harsh-criticism

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20200121/parking-traffic-headaches-persist-near-pot-dispensary

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Impeachment Trial Recap: Republicans Balk At McConnell Over Session Rules – DEIRDRE WALSH & PHILIP EWING
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-impeachment-trial-recap-republicans-balk-mcconnell-over-session-rules#stream/0

BURR RIDGE PATCH
— Property Tax Issue Reignites Burr Ridge Feud The Burr Ridge mayor and a trustee debated a policy that the mayor says would hamper the village’s ability to raise taxes. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/burrridge/property-tax-issue-reignites-burr-ridge-feud

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Michael Bloomberg Sure Is Spending a Lot in Illinois He’s put $4.4 million into advertising in a state that associates him with Preckwinkle’s soda tax and Garry McCarthy’s CPD. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND (DIERSEN: What problems do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes associate you with? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes associate me with their problems, with your problems, with my problems, and with everyone’s problems.)
http://www.chicagomag.com/city-life/January-2020/Michael-Bloomberg-Sure-Is-Spending-a-Lot-on-Illinois/

HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— JUDGES ORDER GOVERNMENT SPENDING WITHOUT REPRESENTATION IN ILLINOIS – dward N. Tiesenga, Carl A. Miller, and Sophia Pethokoukis
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/judges-order-government-spending-without-representation-in-illinois

CAPITOL FAX
— Breakdown by county – 16 voted, but questions remain *** Some green card-holders appear to have voted after SoS computer glitch automatically registered them to vote
https://capitolfax.com/2020/01/21/some-green-card-holders-appear-to-have-voted-after-sos-computer-glitch-automatically-registered-them-to-vote/

BREITBART
— Joe Biden Promises Sanctuary for Drunk-Driving Illegals – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/21/joe-biden-promises-sanctuary-for-drunk-driving-illegals/
— Illinois State Board of Elections Confirms Non-Citizens Voted in 2018 – JOHN BINDER (ILGOP Chairman Tim Schneider statement: “The recent reports of non-citizens voting in Illinois is simply unacceptable. The Secretary of State’s failure to competently administer the Automatic Voter Registration (AVR) process in Illinois compromises the integrity of our entire election system. Mistakes are made, but when it comes to voting, it simply is inexcusable that non-citizens voted in Illinois and potentially affected the outcome of elections across the state. Those in the Secretary of State’s Office who allowed this to happen should be terminated from their employment with the State. Public hearings in the General Assembly should commence immediately, and the AVR program should be temporarily suspended until we get answers. Voting is a right and a privilege reserved only for U.S. citizens. The American people need to know that their government is upholding, not undermining, that right.”)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/21/illinois-state-board-of-elections-confirms-non-citizens-voted-in-2018/
— Project Veritas: Bernie Sanders Campaigner Says ‘Guillotine the Rich’ – JOSHUA CAPLAN
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/01/21/project-veritas-bernie-sanders-campaigner-says-guillotine-the-rich/
— Taylor Swift Hopes Her New Music Can ‘Stoke Fires Politically’ Against ‘Sinister’ Republican Policies – DAVID NG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/01/21/taylor-swift-hopes-her-new-music-can-stoke-fires-politically-against-sinister-republican-policies/

DAILY CALLER
— Sanders Says He ‘Might’ Be Open To Deportation Of Illegal Aliens Convicted Of A ‘Terrible, Terrible Crime’ – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/21/bernie-sanders-illegal-aliens-terrible-crime/
— Joe Biden Says ICE Shouldn’t Deport Drunk Driving Illegal Aliens – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/21/joe-biden-ice-deport-illegal-aliens-drunk-driving/

DAILY WIRE
— AOC Demonizes Business Owners: They’re Lazy Slave Owners, Employees ‘Literally Dying’- Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/aoc-demonizes-business-owners-theyre-lazy-slave-owners-employees-literally-dying

FEDERALIST
— New York Times Endorsement Virtue Signals Between Two Far-Left Female Senators – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/01/21/new-york-times-endorsement-virtue-signals-between-two-far-left-female-senators/

CENTER FOR FAMILY & HUMAN RIGHTS
— What does “unintended pregnancy” really mean and why does it matter? – Rebecca Oas, Ph.D. 
https://c-fam.org/definitions/what-does-unintended-pregnancy-really-mean-and-why-does-it-matter/

NBC NEWS
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Even when sober, frequent marijuana users are dangerous drivers, report finds Researchers tested participants in a driving simulator. – Linda Carroll
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/even-when-sober-frequent-marijuana-users-are-worse-drivers-report-n1115681

NEW YORK POST
— GAO report will be ‘big part’ of Dems’ case in Trump impeachment trial – Aaron Feis
https://nypost.com/2020/01/21/gao-report-will-be-big-part-of-dems-case-in-trump-impeachment-trial/

FORBES
— Cannabis Taking A Larger Share Of Alcohol Industry Amid Concern Over Calories And Hangovers – Douglas Yu
https://www.forbes.com/sites/douglasyu/2020/01/21/cannabis-taking-a-larger-share-of-beverage-industry-amid-calories-and-hangovers-concern/
— Meet America’s Best Employers For Diversity 2020 – Ruth Umoh (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be hired, retained, or promoted: 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.forbes.com/sites/ruthumoh/2020/01/21/meet-americas-best-employers-for-diversity-2020/#771d255a5739

January 18 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Women’s March Chicago draws thousands to Grant Park in support of women’s right and civil liberties (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers were 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://abc7chicago.com/politics/womens-march-chicago-brings-renewed-purpose-through-gallery-of-issues-/5860406/

NBC5
— Thousands Turn Out For Chicago Women’s March Demonstrations took place in Chicago and across the country to raise awareness of several issues
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/thousands-turn-out-for-chicago-womens-march/2203522/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Scenes from the 2020 Chicago Women’s March Thousands of women braved unfavorable weather Saturday to converge downtown with leaders including Lori Lightfoot, Kim Foxx and Toni Preckwinkle.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/1/18/21070962/2020-chicago-womens-march-photos

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘We cannot rest on our laurels,’ says Mayor Lori Lightfoot in Grant Park as another Women’s March Chicago is in the books after hiatus in 2019 – ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS and MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-womens-march-chicago-saturday-morning-20200117-flkr7wstu5ejtkbzfq6mn5ifeu-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-shortage-forecast-20200118-ghjx5i73pffb7adlqy6u2t5nwi-story.html
— House outlines impeachment case, and Trump’s team has fiery response – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-impeachment-trial-arguments-20200118-5ijlq6wdyfew7oacrpjw2t77cy-story.html
— Deceased Republican operative’s gerrymander files posted online by estranged daughter: ‘Redistricting is one of the most profitable and businesslike investment(s) that the GOP can make’ – AP (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the Gerrymandering of my DuPage County Milton Township Precinct 9 in Wheaton in 2015.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/midwest/ct-thomas-hofeller-gerrymandering-documents-20200118-n36mq3ld5zarfev6as6rpozehe-story.html
— Repeating: Democrats, it’s time for Madigan to go. – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-illinois-democrats-michael-madigan-corruption-scandal-20200118-a6foyvt7lvcfpbnigl3ux7nzhi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200118/after-felony-convictions-elgin-man-now-has-chance-to-become-a-marijuana-craft-grower
— ‘We want change’: Hundreds rally in Geneva for Fox Valley Women’s March – Lauren Rohr (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers were 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.dailyherald.com/news/20200118/we-want-change-hundreds-rally-in-geneva-for-fox-valley-womens-march

PEKIN TIMES
— Lightford, Harmon frontrunners to replace Cullerton as Senate president – Doug Finke 
https://www.pekintimes.com/news/20200118/lightford-harmon-frontrunners-to-replace-cullerton-as-senate-president

HERALD & REVIEW
— What presidential candidates do Illinois delegates support? Here’s how it works.
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/what-presidential-candidates-do-illinois-delegates-support-here-s-how/article_50768f55-5143-51c1-aa55-4a3714810d91.html

ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Ethics Task Force Focuses on Lobbying – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Those who work against me talk and/or act like they are paid to do that.) 
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=297335#.XiOZ1CN_OM8

SOUTHERN
— Delegate votes in primaries can be ‘super important,’ party leader says – JERRY NOWICKI
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/delegate-votes-in-primaries-can-be-super-important-party-leader/article_a0397c17-86d6-5a7f-b5cd-50af1b950329.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Central Illinois Republican & Democratic leaders split on progressive income tax plan – Darronté Matthews
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/central-illinois-republican-democratic-leaders-split-on-progressive-income-tax-plan/

WGLT
— Republican State Officials: Democrats Will Come After Middle Class With ‘Fair’ Income Tax – BREANNA GROW
https://www.wglt.org/post/republican-state-officials-democrats-will-come-after-middle-class-fair-income-tax#stream/0

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Naperville Homeowners Confederation Host Roundtable
https://www.nctv17.com/news/nap-homeowners-confederation-host-roundtable/

CHICAGO READER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: QUESTIONS: Who promotes tattoos? ANSWER: 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://www.chicagoreader.com/chicago/emily-kempf-julia-campione-sema-graham-women-nonbinary-tattoo-artists/Content

CHICAGO CRUSADER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicagocrusader.com/acc-of-illinois-will-hold-a-dispensary-agent-hiring-and-training-event/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Denver Post columnist accuses newspaper of firing him for insisting ‘there are only two sexes’ Independence Institute president Jon Caldara had penned column since 2016 – Valerie Richardson (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs get rid of you.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/fired-denver-post-columnist-says-he-was-canned-ins/
— Dems respect the Constitution only when it suits them Pelosi’s Constitution and rule of law – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/democrats-respect-the-us-constitution-only-when-it/
— Trump slams Virginia Gov. Northam for ‘very serious attack’ on 2nd Amendment ‘That’s what happens when you vote for Democrats, they will take your guns away’ – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/18/trump-says-second-amendment-under-very-serious-att/

BREITBART
— Populist Dick Durbin Says Donald Trump Betrays American Workers – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2020/01/17/populist-dick-durbin-says-donald-trump-betrays-american-workers/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘I Want Trump Out!’: Migrants Plan To Cross US Border Once Trump Leaves Office – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/17/migrants-hoping-trump-loses-election/

NEWSMAX
— Anatomy of the GAO Trump Smear – Scot Faulkner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who side with the Democrats who ran GAO 1980-1997 against me. I would focus on those who a) have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and b) paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.) 
https://www.newsmax.com/scotfaulkner/government-accountability-office-trump-report-ukraine/2020/01/17/id/950282/

PJ MEDIA
— Illegal Immigrants Are Gambling on Trump Losing Election So They Can Cross Border – MATT MARGOLIS
https://pjmedia.com/trending/illegal-immigrants-are-gambling-on-trump-losing-election-so-they-can-cross-border/
— There Are No ‘Moderate’ Democrats Anymore (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrats, Libertarian, Green, or RINO, 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 (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/there-are-no-moderate-democrats-anymore/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Impeachment: Salon Compares Republican Senators to Jim Crow Jury – P.J. Gladnick (DIERSEN: What if Diersen v.GAO had gone to a jury? The jury pool in Chicago is overwhelmingly anti-federal employee, 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.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2020/01/17/impeachment-salon-compares-republican-senators-jim-crow-jury

LIVE ACTION
— New report shows Illinois has become ‘the abortion dumping ground of the Midwest’ – Kristi Burton Brown
https://www.liveaction.org/news/report-illinois-abortion-dumping-ground-midwest/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The GAO’s Report – RAMESH PONNURU
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/trump-impeachment-gao-report-concludes-trump-administration-broke-law-in-freezing-aid-to-ukraine/

POLITICO
— Never Trumpers flame out Joe Walsh and Bill Weld have failed to file in many of the states where GOP presidential primaries will be held this year. – ALEX ISENSTADT
https://www.politico.com/news/2020/01/18/never-trump-2020-walsh-weld-100665

THE HILL
— Trump lawyers attack House impeachment as ‘brazen and unlawful’ effort to overturn 2016 results – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/478942-trump-lawyers-attack-house-impeachment-as-brazen-and-unlawful-effort
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478945-democrats-file-brief-against-trump-the-founders-worst-nightmare

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against anyone who does not hate Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/18/opinion/sunday/republicans-trump-impeachment.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/house-democrats-say-senate-must-eliminate-the-threat-that-the-president-poses-to-americas-national-security/2020/01/18/c845ec04-3a03-11ea-bb7b-265f4554af6d_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Mexican Forces Clash With Migrants at Border With Guatemala Government wants to stop caravan of 1500 people, mostly Hondurans, from entering Mexico as it tries to reach the U.S. – Juan Montes and José de Córdoba
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mexican-forces-clash-with-migrants-at-border-with-guatemala-11579387934

UNION JOURNAL
— Government Accountability Office Throws a Hail Mary to Undermine Trump – Carlos Christian
https://theunionjournal.com/government-accountability-office-throws-a-hail-mary-to-undermine-trump/

WEST CENTRAL TRIBUNE
— Best path to a younger flock? Church asks older members to worship elsewhere – Bob Shaw (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always promoted age discrimination. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.wctrib.com/lifestyle/faith/4871798-Best-path-to-a-younger-flock-Church-asks-older-members-to-worship-elsewhere

LOS ANGELES PROGRESSIVE
— How Discrimination Lawyers Assess Discrimination Cases (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the less likely that discrimination lawyers will represent you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, past/present government employee, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.laprogressive.com/discrimination-cases/

January 11 Evening Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: At least 1,000 anti-abortion marchers rally in the Loop – MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-march-for-life-chicago-20200111-5fd3dnswwvdhlntly4cxu3ofjy-story.html
— While Nazi sympathizer Arthur Jones protests, Orland Park residents turn out to talk social justice – JESSE WRIGHT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-newman-jones-events-st-0112-20200111-bo2gi7w5zndq3fg24wisudcpg4-story.html
— Seeking to give residents a break on property tax, legislative task force recommends expanding sales tax. Gov. J.B. Pritzker, who’s pushing a graduated income tax, says there’s got to be another way. – JAMIE MUNKS and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-property-tax-task-force-20200111-pwbldyzyt5afpjdm3catlklnwu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot ‘has the votes’ to pass marijuana consumption ordinance, puts kibosh on 606 development freeze “We have to have places for people to be able to legally consume marijuana,” Lightfoot says. – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/1/10/21060658/lori-lightfoot-marijuana-consumption-ordinance-606-development-freeze
— Cullerton predicts Lightfoot will get casino gambling fix, graduated real estate transfer tax during spring session Retiring Illinois Senate President John Cullerton says Lori Lightfoot is “on a learning curve” in Springfield, unlike his wily friend Rahm Emanuel, who majored in political arm-twisting – Fran Spielman 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2020/1/10/21060325/cullerton-lightfoot-casino-gambling-real-estate-transfer-tax-spring-session

DAILY HERALD
— Madigan’s latest scandal, Springfield’s latest outrage – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200111/editorial-madigans-latest-scandal-springfields-latest-outrage
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200111/meet-mark-galli-the-wheaton-evangelical-who-called-out-trump

NBC5
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Suggests She May be Open to Lowering Recreational Cannabis Taxes Of the 11 states where recreational marijuana has been legalized, Illinois’ taxes are second only to Washington state – Phil Rogers
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/mayor-lori-lightfoot-says-she-may-be-open-to-lowering-recreational-cannabis-taxes/2199489/

HERALD & REVIEW
— How will Decatur-area employers handle workers who smoke marijuana? A look at the legal issues surrounding cannabis. – Analisa Trofimuk (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise pot smokers.)
https://herald-review.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/how-will-decatur-area-employers-handle-workers-who-smoke-marijuana/article_eaf7d210-d937-5f26-bb1e-2a2fe4400639.html

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinois taxing itself into irrelevancy – Editorial
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/editorials/illinois-taxing-itself-into-irrelevancy/article_0328b94e-33b2-11ea-b8b5-5ba49a8a96eb.html

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— City’s Reparations Subcommittee Members Give Preliminary Views on Form of Reparations – Larry Gavin (DIERSEN: Do those who represent you on your city council favor or oppose reparations? If they favor reparations, how much reparations do they want you to pay? Overwhelmingly, those who favor reparations want those who have the following demographics to pay the most reparations: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://evanstonroundtable.com/Content/City-News/City-News/Article/City-s-Reparations-Subcommittee-Members-Give-Preliminary-Views-on-Form-of-Reparations/15/26/17406

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: All Candidates Will Participate in MCC Debate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/11/il-14-all-candidates-will-participate-in-mcc-debate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Former press secretaries of both parties urge White House to resume briefings – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/11/white-house-urged-by-former-spokesmen-to-resume-re/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— The Insanity Of Transgenderism – Rod Dreher
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/dreher/the-insanity-of-transgenderism/

TOWNHALL
— UNACCEPTABLE: NY Law Automatically Registers Illegal Aliens to Vote – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/01/10/ny-law-will-automatically-register-illegal-aliens-to-vote-n2559325

CBN NEWS
— Surge in ER Visits After New Marijuana Laws Take Effect – Lorie Johnson
https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/health/2020/january/surge-in-er-visits-after-new-marijuana-laws-take-effect

CNN
— Many millennials are worse off than their parents — a first in American history – Tami Luhby
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/11/politics/millennials-income-stalled-upward-mobility-us/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump hater says: ‘A national disgrace’: As impeachment hung over a president’s head, he went on a wild rally tour.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2020/01/11/national-disgrace-impeachment-hung-over-presidents-head-he-went-wild-rally-tour/

24/7 WALL STREET
— Black Unemployment Rates Nearly 70% Higher Than National Average – Douglas A. McIntyre 
https://247wallst.com/jobs/2020/01/11/black-unemployment-rates-nearly-70-higher-than-national-average/

January 5 Morning Edition

NORTHWEST HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Pro-Trump rally in Algonquin – CASSIE BUCHMAN (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county, township, and ward party organizations should be organizing Trump rallies in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and throughout Illinois.) 
https://www.nwherald.com/2020/01/04/pro-trump-rally-in-algonquin/au76juj/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Buttigieg fails to muster delegates in all Illinois districts — unlike Biden, Sanders and Warren Late-to-the-race Mike Bloomberg filed for the March Illinois primary ballot but did not put together slates – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/1/3/21049043/illinois-presidential-primary-delegate-slates-buttigieg-biden-sanders-warren-bloomberg-walsh

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Electric trucks, a factory launch and a massive merger: Illinois auto industry travels new roads in 2020 – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-auto-plants-20200102-netovg57qbe6te2lc2mg6uoo4y-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters encourage Blacks to hate Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-trump-black-voters-2020-page-20200103-gdwqvt5zkzayji2qdidb6r7piy-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH TWO BIG COLOR PICTURES IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Naperville employment fair draws nearly 1,000 people, many looking for their first job – DIANE MOCA (DIERSEN: What was your first job? Mine was washing dishes for the minimum wage in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights part-time during my junior and senior years at Crete-Monee High School 1964-1966 and full-time during the summer of 1965. I used the money that I earned to buy a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint in May of 1966. I used that car to commute to/from my parents’ home in Crete and a) jobs cleaning golf shoes in Flossmoor and chipping slag and pumping gasoline in Chicago Heights during the summer of 1966; b) Park Forest where I delivered mail; and c) UIC where I took courses until I sold it and bought a new 1968 Oldsmobile 442 in December of 1967.) 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-job-fair-st-0105-20200104-yipmcrwczfat5kcyx4f6uzn7da-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Objection to Elk Grove Village referendum question heads to court – Madhu Krishnamurthy
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200104/news/200109693

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Rep. Darin LaHood responds to the airstrike that killed Iran general Soleimani – Austin Schick
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/rep-darin-lahood-responds-to-the-airstrike-that-killed-iran-general-soleimani/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Evangelicals Rally For Trump – TOM GJELTEN 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/evangelicals-rally-trump#stream/0

CATHOLIC CITIZENS ILLINOIS
— Illinois lights up legally but not all are cheering – Chris Woodward
https://catholiccitizens.org/issues/marijuana-legal-recreational/90434/illinois-lights-up-legally-but-not-all-are-cheeringfriday-january-3-2020/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Fallout from Qassem Soleimani Death and Left Attempts to Rein In President Trump with New Legislation *UPDATE: McSweeney Slams Underwood Statement*
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/04/il-14-fallout-from-qassem-soleimani-death-and-left-attempts-to-rein-in-president-trump-with-new-legislation/
— Joe Walsh Gets Best Coverage in Tribune Presidential Candidate Story…But
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/05/joe-walsh-gets-best-coverage-in-tribune-presidential-candidate-story-but/ 
— Taxes on Legal Marijuana Huge
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/05/taxes-on-legal-marijuana-huge/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden starts 2020 as the biggest threat to Trump – Katherine Doyle 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/biden-starts-2020-as-the-biggest-threat-to-trump
— Trump repeatedly claimed Obama would take U.S. to war with Iran to win re-election ‘Our president will start a war with Iran because he has absolutely no ability to negotiate’ – Andrew Blake 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/4/donald-trump-repeatedly-claimed-obama-would-take-u/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The Left’s growing hatred for conservative Cuban Americans exposed – Giancarlo Sopo
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cnn-screed-exposes-progressives-growing-hatred-for-conservative-cuban-americans-like-marco-rubio

BREITBART
— Five Signs Black Americans Are ‘Awakening’ to a Break with the Democrat Party – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/04/five-signs-black-americans-are-awakening-to-a-break-with-the-democrat-party/

DAILY CALLER
— Republican AGs Say Bloomberg Is Secretly Embedding An Army Of Anti-Trump Attorneys Inside State Offices – CHRIS WHITE (DIERSEN: How many anti-Trumps are embedded in the Illinois Republican Party and in your Republican county, township, and ward party organizations?)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/01/04/michael-bloomberg-donald-trump/

TOWNHALL
— The Left Will Resist President Trump at All Costs, Even for Terrorists – John Dempsey
https://townhall.com/columnists/johndempsey/2020/01/05/the-left-will-resist-president-trump-at-all-costs-even-for-terrorists-n2558952

NEWS BUSTERS
— NOVEMBER 10, 2006 FLASHBACK: If The GOP Isn’t A Conservative Party, It Isn’t A Viable Party – Edward L. Daley (DIERSEN: Who hints/implies/argues/shouts that you are “too conservative?” I should write a book about those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am too conservative. I would focus on those who 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.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/edward-l-daley/2006/11/10/if-gop-isnt-conservative-party-it-isnt-viable-party

THE HILL
— Poll: Majority of women say male candidates have advantage running for public office (DIERSEN: How bad are your demographics? Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs shout at everyone that the more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will lose if you seek a government office or a political office: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if ancestors have been in America for a long time. I am all of the aforesaid. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who ever-increasingly do everything that they can to discourage me and discourage those who share my demographics from seeking a government office or a political office. I would focus on past and present a) Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders; b) Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; and c) those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois.) 
https://thehill.com/hilltv/rising/476553-poll-majority-of-women-say-male-candidates-have-advantage-running-for-public-office
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters report that: Iranian official labels Trump a ‘terrorist in a suit’
https://thehill.com/policy/international/476808-iran-labels-trump-a-terrorist-in-a-suit

ABC NEWS
— Jewish communities face ‘enduring threat’ in the US, federal authorities warn – Josh Margolin, Ella Torres, and Luke Barr (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors in the federal government who focused on getting my many Jewish Democrat superiors to take adverse actions against me. They stressed that I was a Republican, that I was 100% German national origin, that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and that I had lived in Crete 1948-1972. My many Democrat Jewish superiors in the federal government played a major role in all the adverse actions that the federal government took against me. 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 $20,157 (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://abcnews.go.com/US/jewish-communities-face-enduring-threat-us-federal-authorities/story?id=68066362

CNN
— It’s not just the polls that show Biden and Sanders leading the primary – Harry Enten
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/05/politics/bernie-sanders-joe-biden-money-endorsements-analysis/index.html
— JUNE 22, 2004 FLASHBACK: Ex-wife of GOP Senate candidate Jack Ryan alleged sex club forays (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, candidates should fully disclose all the skeletons that they have in their closets BEFORE they enter primaries. SEE Jack Ryan at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(politician) ) 
http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/06/22/ryan.divorce/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Iraqi Lawmakers Vote to Expel U.S. Troops as Iran Mourns a Slain General – Alissa J. Rubin, Steven Erlanger and Farnaz Fassihi
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/05/world/middleeast/iran-general-soleimani-iraq.html

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats still delusional about Trump even after Qassem Soleimani death – Michael Goodwin
https://nypost.com/2020/01/04/democrats-still-delusional-about-trump-even-after-qassem-soleimani-death-goodwin/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Why Republicans will stick with Trump in 2020 — even if they don’t love his behavior – SCOTT JENNINGS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters, that is, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs, make clear that they want to use government to get rid of once and for all individuals, organizations, governments, and countries that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2020-01-05/why-republicans-will-stick-with-trump-in-2020

ENTERTAINMENT WEEKLY
— JANUARY 9, 2008 FLASHBACK: How a ‘Star Trek’ actress Jeri Ryan changed the course of history – Amy Ryan (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, candidates should fully disclose all the skeletons that they have in their closets BEFORE they enter primaries. SEE Jack Ryan at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(politician) ) 
https://ew.com/article/2008/01/09/obama-jeri-ryan/

BOSTON HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: According to this article, “Democrats often react badly to negative campaigning.” If you have any skeletons in your closet, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican. Democrats want those Republican candidates to win primary elections who have the biggest skeletons in their closets. The bigger the skeletons that candidates have in their closets, the easier that it is to defeat those candidates in general elections. If you were a Republican candidate and your primary opponent hinted/implied/argued/shouted that you were a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, and/or bigot, how would you respond? Would you stress the skeletons that your opponent has in his/her closets that the Democrats would use to defeat your primary opponent in the general election? 
https://www.bostonherald.com/2020/01/05/what-to-watch-as-the-iowa-caucuses-hit-home-stretch/

NORTHFORK PATCH
— FEBRUARY 26, 2019 FLASHBACK: Southold GOP Unveils Slate Of Candidates For Election A nominating convention was held Monday; see who will be on the GOP ballot in the upcoming November election. – Lisa Finn (DIERSEN: What if the Illinois Republican Party and your Republican county, township, and/or ward party organizations held nominating conventions? How would that have impacted those who are running to be on the a) March 17, 2020 Republican primary election ballot in your precinct, and therefore, b) the November 3, 2020 general election ballot in your precinct? Who would have the right to vote at such nominating conventions and how would their votes be weighted?)
https://patch.com/new-york/northfork/southold-gop-unveils-slate-candidates-election

COMMON DREAMS
— A Federal Job Guarantee Is a Crucial Tool to Fight Inequality A new campaign is building support for proposals to ensure that everyone who wants to work can have a good, living wage job. – Angela Glover Blackwell, Sarah Treuhaft (DIERSEN: Since 1966 when I was 18 years old, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that in 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, 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, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a poor Democrat, a poor minority, a poor female, a poor younger person, and/or a poor veteran in 1986, and g) that GAO should have 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 and my preferred corner office. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who paint government as being the employer of “last resort” that employs failed disgusting lazy stupid losers who are rejected/dumped by other employers.) 
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2020/01/04/federal-job-guarantee-crucial-tool-fight-inequality

January 4 Evening Edition

DAILY HERALD
— OUTSTANDING: Hundreds of Trump supporters rally in Algonquin – Joe Lewnard
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200104/hundreds-of-trump-supporters-rally-in-algonquin
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Burt Constable discusses using pot. I have never used an illegal drug and I never will. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old and I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981. Only about 20 percent of those who take those examinations pass them on their first attempt.  I wonder what percent of the 80 percent of those who failed to pass those examinations on their first attempt were booze drinkers and/or pot smokers.) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200104/constable-after-decades-of-abstinence-i-gave-pot-a-try
— How to get marijuana convictions expunged – Barbara Vitello (DIERSEN: If you smoked pot in the past, you demonstrated your disrespect for the rule of law. Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200104/how-to-get-marijuana-convictions-expunged
— Past marijuana convictions can be erased, but it could take years And it might depend on where you live – Barbara Vitello (DIERSEN: If you smoked pot in the past, you demonstrated your disrespect for the rule of law. Your past predicts your future.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200104/past-marijuana-convictions-can-be-erased-but-it-could-take-years

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ activity.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/1/4/21048772/transgender-childen-kimberly-lightford-heather-steans-laura-washington

NBC5
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats glorify and praise Pritzker.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/chicago-politics/after-successful-debut-pritzker-has-work-on-ethics-taxes/2196452/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use Trump’s action in Iran to promote hatred against Trump. 
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/thousands-protest-in-chicago-and-across-country-against-trumps-actions-in-iran
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-threatens-to-destroy-52-iranian-locations-including-cultural-sites-if-iran-retaliates

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. If you want to destroy an individual, organization, company, government, or country, push pot on that individual, organization, company, government, or country.
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Illinois-shops-excited-to-sell-bongs-as-pot-law-14949278.php

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— ‘Don’t drive while high’: Illinois officials ramping up cannabis education with billboards, social media advice
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20200103/dont-drive-while-high-illinois-officials-ramping-up-cannabis-education-with-billboards-social-media-advice

PEKIN TIMES
— State law now requires workplace harassment-prevention training – Abdel Jimenez (DIERSEN: What about training to prevent harassment of those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, past/present union members, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.pekintimes.com/news/20200104/state-law-now-requires-workplace-harassment-prevention-training

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— Be careful if, when you consume – Bloomington Pantagraph 
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/guest-editorial-be-careful-if-when-you-consume/article_e15ac0f4-2e2b-11ea-85e9-af355ebfbac3.html

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Health departments remind public about health effects of marijuana – Mark Busch
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/01/03/health-departments-remind-public-about-health-effects-of-marijuana/az0fud1/

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Immigration attorneys urge caution with new marijuana law – AP
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/immigration-attorneys-urge-caution-with-new-marijuana-law/article_73acc29c-da2a-5410-8315-0eaa359784ab.html
— Black market impact – John Dykstra
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/black-market-impact/article_744cd334-2bf7-11ea-bc34-034ac3583740.html
— Pot is now legal, but ramifications still exist – Lee Provost
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/pot-is-now-legal-but-ramifications-still-exist/article_1726313e-2d7b-11ea-82da-4f87348e40d7.html
— Know your limits when it comes to driving and cannabis – Jeff Bonty
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/know-your-limits-when-it-comes-to-driving-and-cannabis/article_3a6693c8-2b55-11ea-94c4-fb91a52f0a2f.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. If you want to destroy an individual, organization, company, government, or country, push pot on that individual, organization, company, government, or country.
https://www.daily-journal.com/guide-to-illinois-dispensaries/article_f73b5270-2e59-11ea-a2d9-affcb768d6cf.html

KCRG
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: With recreational marijuana legal, Iowans wasting no time traveling to Illinois – Aaron Scheinblum
https://www.kcrg.com/content/news/With-recreational-marijuana-legal-Iowans-wasting-no-time-traveling-to-Illinois-566700321.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Estimated 500 at Algonquin Trump Rally
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/04/estimate-500-at-algonquin-trump-rally/ 
— Shallow Thinking Evident about School Consolidation in Property Tax Relief Draft Report
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/04/shallow-thinking-evident-about-school-consolidation-in-property-tax-relief-draft-report/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— What is the future of the Republican Party? Republicans dismiss Trump’s resurrection of the party at their peril – Dennis Lennox (DIERSEN: How supportive of Trump are the Republican leaders in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality?) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/4/where-will-republicans-with-or-without-trump-go-th/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Why was it OK for Obama to kill so many with drones? – Jack Hellner
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/why_was_it_ok_for_obama_to_kill_so_many_with_drones.html
— The death of decorum – Dexter Wright (DIERSEN: The more of the following that you are, the more that Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn you: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/the_death_of_decorum_.html

THE HILL
— Trump threatens hit of Iranian sites if country retaliates for Soleimani killing – BRETT SAMUELS 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/476794-trump-threatens-to-hit-iranian-sites-if-it-retaliates-over-soleimani

CBS NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters use an “Iran expert” to promote hatred against Trump. 
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qassem-soleimani-iran-expert-calls-strike-that-killed-iranian-general-stunningly-stupid-and-counterproductive-2020/

WASHINGTON POST
— JUNE 6, 2019 FLASHBACK: In Va. GOP primary for legislature, a candidate’s criminal past becomes an issue – Laura Vozzella (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, candidates should fully disclose all the skeletons that they have in their closets BEFORE they enter primaries. SEE Jack Ryan at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Ryan_(politician) )
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/virginia-politics/in-va-gop-primary-for-legislature-a-candidates-criminal-past-becomes-an-issue/2019/06/06/51c83ab0-87c4-11e9-98c1-e945ae5db8fb_story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Stafford County supervisor Paul Milde, who is challenging Del. Robert M. Thomas Jr. in Tuesday’s Republican primary, has a criminal record that hasn’t stopped voters from electing him three times in the past. But it has emerged as an issue in the hotly contested race between Milde and Thomas in the 28th District, which includes parts of Fredericksburg and Stafford County. In 1986, when he was 18, Milde was convicted of possession of cocaine with the intent to distribute — a felony — in Prince William County. He was sentenced to six years in prison, with five years suspended. Nine years later, Milde pleaded guilty to being an accessory after the fact to an attempted burglary in Fairfax County — a misdemeanor for which he was sentenced to 360 days, all but 20 suspended. . .Milde has responded with a flier with a photo of a skeleton looming behind a rack of dress shirts. “Bob Thomas says I have skeletons in my closet,” it begins. In it, he explains his cocaine conviction, though not the burglary. He suggests voters should care more about recent behavior, including Thomas’s decision in early 2018 to vote with Democrats to expand Medicaid under the Affordable Care Act. Thomas had run for office on a pledge to oppose expansion.)

FORTUNE
— Amazon Is on a Collision Course With Employee Activists Outraged by the Climate Crisis – Alyssa Newcomb
https://fortune.com/2020/01/04/amazon-employee-activist-climate-crisis/