ABC7
— President Donald Trump lashes out as impeachment trial stuck in limbo – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-lashes-out-as-impeachment-trial-stuck-in-limbo/5786487/
— Lightfoot signs new consent letter, allowing refugees in Chicago after Trump
executive order
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/lightfoot-signs-new-consent-letter-allowing-refugees-in-chicago/5785872/
CBS2
— Mayor Lightfoot Issues Letter To U.S. State Department Authorizing Refugee
Resettlement In Chicago
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/12/24/mayor-lightfoot-issues-letter-to-u-s-state-department-authorizing-refugee-resettlement-in-chicago/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Impeachment vote will determine Underwood’s future – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-underwood-impeachment-vote-st-1226-20191225-4t2tid4enzc5vdom5tychbdqva-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot to State Department: Refugees still welcome in Chicago “… our
doors continue to remain open to refugees from around the world that are
seeking a new home for themselves and a new future in our great country,” Mayor
Lori Lightfoot said in a statement. – Sam Charles (DIERSEN: From what I see,
ever-increasingly, doors in Chicago are closed to individuals, organizations,
and companies that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic,
Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft
avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/12/24/21036959/lightfoot-refugees-chicago-state-department-trump-administration-letter-pritzker
— State regulators out to revoke video gambling kingpin Rick Heidner’s license
The Illinois Gaming Board claims Heidner made an “illegal inducement” to keep
his slot machines in a chain of gambling parlors. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/12/25/21032272/rick-heidner-gambling-license-illinois-gaming-board
DAILY HERALD
— Notable deaths: Remembering many who made a difference
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191225/notable-deaths-remembering-many-who-made-a-difference
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Barbara Murphy, who led the DuPage GOP when there was no stronger Republican
bastion in the country. . .Barbara Murphy, 81 The longtime DuPage County
Republican chairwoman never considered herself a trailblazer, but her
contemporaries did. Known for her sharp and analytical mind, she climbed to the
top of the then-male dominated leadership of the DuPage GOP at a time when the
county was one of the most reliably Republican places in the nation. She felt
the pinnacle of her career came in 1996 when she was elected as a delegate backing
presidential candidate Bob Dole.)
JOURNAL STANDARD
— Moral standards take a back seat to practical politics – Scott Reeder
(DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want me to use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails a) to
promote who/what they want me to promote and b) to harm who/what they want me
to harm. My critics/opponents harm me because I refuse to do that. I am no
one’s operative or dupe.)
https://www.journalstandard.com/opinion/20191225/moral-standards-take-back-seat-to-practical-politics
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— An Illinois Night Before Christmas
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/25/an-illinois-night-before-christmas/
— Christmas According to Kids
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/25/christmas-according-to-kids/
— Allen Skillicorn Challenges Jesse White’s Interpretation of Satanic Statue
as Being a “Holiday Symbol
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/25/allen-skillicorn-challenges-jesse-whites-interpretation-of-satanic-statue-as-being-a-holiday-symbol/
— Erik Sivertsen Gets Lump of Coal for Christmas
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/25/erik-sivertsen-gets-lump-of-coal-for-christmas/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Why states must address pension reform now, before it’s too late
Under-funded state pension obligations threaten fiscal solvency, depriving
others of needed resources – Keith Greinet and Seth Grove
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/25/why-states-must-address-pension-reform-now-before-/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Public employee pension payments in states like California, New York and
Illinois run so large and so generous they continually threaten a massive
reordering of spending priorities not to mention default. No one wants to see
any state go hat in hand to the feds for pension bailout, especially since it
will be impossible to say “No” after the first one is granted. So now, when the
money is coming in, is the time for a fix. . . As the Government Accountability
Office explained in testimony to the Joint Economic Committee, “The Pension
Protection Act of 2006 provided that large private-sector pension plans will be
considered at risk of defaulting on their liabilities if they have less than 80
percent funding ratios.”)
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and
RINOs use citizens of foreign countries to viciously demonize, to viciously
denigrate, and to viciously condemn Republicans.
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/heartsick-warren-uses-christmas-message-to-bash-trumps-cruel-border-policy
FOX NEWS
— Trump campaign offers online class in how to debate ‘snowflake’ relatives –
Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-camp-offers-online-class-in-how-to-debate-snowflake-relatives
DAILY WIRE
— Jill Biden Feeds Foreign Nationals In Mexico Before Christmas, Faces Intense
Backlash – Ryan Saavedra (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally
encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America
illegally.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-jill-biden-feeds-foreign-nationals-in-mexico-before-christmas-faces-intense-backlash
WASHINGTON POST
— Impasse over Senate impeachment trial likely to last weeks as both sides dig
in – John Wagner and Paul Kane
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/impasse-over-senate-impeachment-trial-likely-to-last-weeks-as-both-sides-dig-in/2019/12/23/73a696e6-25a7-11ea-ad73-2fd294520e97_story.html
MERIDIAN STAR
— Many blessings to be thankful for this Christmas – Mike Giles (DIERSEN: I
should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their
dupes. They viciously demonize me, viciously denigrate me, and viciously
condemn me for my not being thankful enough. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I
should be extremely thankful that they have not completely destroyed me
yet.)
https://www.meridianstar.com/sports/outdoors/mike-giles-many-blessings-to-be-thankful-for-this-christmas/article_a467979d-11e6-5a6f-9e49-c9b30f77dec5.html
NASDAQ
— 12 Reasons to Be Thankful for Social Security – Selena Maranjian (DIERSEN:
My Social Security is dramatically reduced because I get a Civil Service
Retirement System pension.)
https://www.nasdaq.com/articles/12-reasons-to-be-thankful-for-social-security-2019-12-25
FED WEEK
— Trump Thanks Federal Employees, Cites Raise, Parental Leave (DIERSEN: I was
a federal employee for almost 30 years. Many, if not most, of my past/present
critics/opponents despise, if not hate, past, present, and future federal
employees.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/trump-thanks-federal-employees-cites-raise-parental-leave/
— OPM Proposes Broadening Reinstatement Eligibility (DIERSEN: In 1980, I had
worked for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12
Step 1-5 levels, currently $93,592/year. I had passed the CPA examination on my
first attempt in 1979. I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s
degree in accounting from DePaul. I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976. GAO
audits IRS. In 1980, if I had been a Democrat, minority, and/or female, the
Democrats who ran GAO would have transferred me in as a GS-13 Step 1, currently
$98,198/year. Instead, disgustingly, outrageously, the Democrats who ran GAO
forced me to take a $19,568/year (21%) pay cut to transfer in, a downgrade to
GS-9 Step 10, currently $74,024/year. If I had been a Democrat, minority,
and/or female, the Democrats who ran GAO would have immediately assigned me to
audits of IRS, but disgustingly, outrageously, and wastefully, the Democrats
who ran GAO did not assign me to audits of IRS for 6 years and did not promote
me to GS-13 for 6 years. And they might not have done that if I had not earned
a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passed the Certified Internal Auditor
examination on my first attempt in 1981, and became a licensed CPA in 1981.)
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/opm-proposes-broadening-reinstatement-eligibility/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: OPM
wants to broaden reinstatement eligibility of those who leave federal
employment and then are seeking to return to the government by allowing them to
come back at a higher grade than the one they left. Proposed rules would give
agencies “greater flexibility in recruiting back to government service former
federal employees who have developed enhanced or higher-level skill-sets than
they had when they left government. Individuals seeking to rejoin the federal
workforce may do so more easily and at grade levels commensurate with the
skills and experience they actually possess (and be compensated at such grade
levels),” says a December 26 Federal Register notice.)
MARIJUANA MOMENT
— Elizabeth Warren’s Campaign Denies Claim It Rejected Job Applicant Over
Marijuana Offense – Kyle Jaeger (DIERSEN: Needless-to-say, activists,
candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political
consultants, individuals, organizations, companies, governments, etc. THAT
PROMOTE POT SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO HIRE, TO RETAIN, AND TO PROMOTE STONERS.)
https://www.marijuanamoment.net/elizabeth-warrens-campaign-denies-claim-it-rejected-job-applicant-over-marijuana-offense/