October 15 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot in Schaumburg. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-marijuana-illinois-startups-seminar-20191015-kqhmqhfoqbhqneovvegugyfocm-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Trump coming to Chicago for fundraiser, where some seats will cost $100K – Bob Susnjara
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191014/trump-coming-to-chicago-for-fundraiser-where-some-seats-will-cost-100k
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Plan to allow recreational pot sales in Mundelein edges forward – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191015/plan-to-allow-recreational-pot-sales-in-mundelein-edges-forward
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD COLOR PHOTO: Top Glendale Heights administrator Raquel Becerra charged with DUI in hit-and-run crash – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191014/top-glendale-heights-administrator-charged-with-dui-in-hit-and-run-crash
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF CONROY AND PRUYN: Itasca mayor Jeff Pruyn asks lawmaker Deb Conroy not to seek state funds for Haymarket addiction treatment center – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191014/itasca-mayor-asks-lawmaker-not-to-seek-state-funds-for-haymarket-addiction-treatment-center
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Naperville to talk timing, wording of recreational pot referendum – Marie Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191014/naperville-to-talk-timing-wording-of-recreational-pot-referendum

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON SPRINGFIELD TIGHTENS: City places portable toilet by library for homeless – Bernard Schoenburg
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191014/city-places-portable-toilet-by-library-for-homeless

QUAD CITY TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Rock Island approves ordinances to govern cannabis businesses – SARAH HAYDEN
https://qctimes.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/rock-island-approves-ordinances-to-govern-cannabis-businesses/article_e3ed2934-e3c6-5f59-abca-f3a7ebdab49d.html

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who hate the United States say “The United States should decriminalize illegal immigration.”
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/10/14/opinion/opening-remarks-the-united-states-should-decriminalize-illegal-immigration/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Environmentalists Target 6th and 14th Congressional Districts
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/15/environmentalists-target-6th-and-14th-congressional-districts/ 
— IL-14: Danny Malouf Cites James Marter as Only Other Candidate with “Actual Content” on Campaign Webpage
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/15/il-14-danny-malouf-cites-james-marter-as-only-other-candidate-with-actual-content-on-campaign-webpage/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Illinois School District “LGBT” Activists Call K-8 Indoctrination “Equity” – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/evanston-skokie-il-progagandists-call-k-8-indoctrination-equity/

FOX NEWS
— Ellen DeGeneres and George W. Bush show us how to be tolerant, respectful and kind – Adriana Cohen (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the most intolerant, disrespectful, and unkind people in my neighborhood, in my precinct, in Wheaton’s West District, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and Illinois. They talk and/or act like they hate 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.foxnews.com/opinion/adriana-cohen-ellen-degeneres-practices-tolerance

AMERICAN THINKER
— Political correctness versus common sense – Robert Curry
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/political_correctness_versus_common_sense.html
— 2020 Dems Selling Shots of Hemlock Tea – Geoffrey P. Hunt
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/2020_dems_selling_shots_of_hemlock_tea.html
— The left’s imagined valor – Randy Boudreaux
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/the_lefts_imagined_valor.html

BREITBART
— CNN Failed to Mention that Elizabeth Warren Questioner at LGBT Town Hall Was a Max Donor – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/14/cnn-failed-to-mention-that-elizabeth-warren-questioner-at-lgbt-town-hall-was-a-max-donor/
— Soros-Funded ACLU Demands Trump Free Pregnant Migrants into U.S. to Deliver Anchor Babies – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/14/soros-funded-aclu-demands-trump-free-pregnant-migrants-into-u-s-to-deliver-anchor-babies/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— 12 Democrats on one debate stage equals more trouble for liberals – Jeffrey A. Rendall 
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31199-assault-america-day-286-12-democrats-one-debate-stage-equals-more-trouble-liberals

DAILY CALLER
— Columbus Day Fight Breaks Out In DC
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/14/columbus-day-fight-dc/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Jury riveted by testimony on abortion industry horrors in Planned Parenthood body parts civil trial – Lianne Laurence
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/jury-riveted-by-testimony-on-abortion-industry-horrors-in-planned-parenthood-body-parts-civil-trial

ONE NEWS NOW
— Sexual integration coming to high school locker rooms Illinois’ largest public school district is caving to the LGBTQ crowd by moving to implement a policy to give unrestricted bathroom and locker room usage to transgenders. – Bob Kellogg
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2019/10/15/sexual-integration-coming-to-high-school-locker-rooms

NOQ REPORT
— Gavin Newsom’s agenda for illegal immigrants will spread across America if he’s not stopped – JD Rucker
https://noqreport.com/2019/10/15/gavin-newsoms-agenda-illegal-immigrants-will-spread-across-america-hes-not-stopped/

PUBLIUS FORUM
— It’s Happy Columbus Day, not ‘Indigenous People’s Day’ – Warner Todd Huston
http://www.publiusforum.com/2019/10/14/its-happy-columbus-day-not-indigenous-peoples-day/

ROLL CALL
— Will Trump go negative? Just kidding … – Stuart Rothenberg (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc., their operatives, and their dupes who have gone the most negative on me. I would focus on those who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican. I would focus on 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.) 
https://www.rollcall.com/news/campaigns/will-trump-go-negative-just-kidding

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, to get hired, to be trained, and/or to be promoted, you have to promote LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, retaliation, and even worse things.
http://www.startribune.com/ap-analysis-wide-gaps-in-legal-protection-of-lgbt-workers/563116222/

REUTERS
— Americans divided: Neighbors turn enemies over Trump in swing-vote Michigan suburbs – Tim Reid (DIERSEN: What do you say to those in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, and in Illinois who promote hatred against Trump?)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-whistleblower-battleground/americans-divided-neighbors-turn-enemies-over-trump-in-swing-vote-michigan-suburbs-idUSKBN1WU1AZ

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook Political Ads: What the 2020 Candidates’ Campaign Spending Reveals The 12 Democrats who qualified for Tuesday’s debate are trying to reach specific voters with Facebook ads. – Shane Goldmacher and Quoctrung Bui
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2019/10/14/us/politics/democrats-political-facebook-ads.html
— Violent Video Was Product of Right-Wing Provocateurs and Trump Allies The White House said President Trump condemned a fake video depicting him killing rivals and members of the news media. But Mr. Trump never mentioned it. – Annie Karni, Kevin Roose and Katie Rogers
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/14/us/politics/trump-shooting-media-video.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats oppose Medicaid work requirements.
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2019-10-14/hiltzik-medicaid-work-requirements-cost

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Despite confusing cannabis laws, America has its first smoking cafe. Are more coming? – Carly Mallenbaum
https://www.usatoday.com/story/life/2019/10/15/cannabis-cafe-lowell-more-weed-smoking-restaurants-coming-to-us/3936738002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Elite M.B.A. Programs Report Steep Drop in Applications – Chip Cutter (DIERSEN: I earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976 when I was 27 years old. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always badmouthed Loyola and its MBA program.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elite-m-b-a-programs-report-steep-drop-in-applications-11571130001
— Where Women Fall Behind at Work: The First Step Into Management Well before the glass ceiling, women run into obstacles to advancement. Evening the odds early in their careers would have a huge impact. – Vanessa Fuhrmans (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to give preference to their female employees who were Democrat and specially to those who were also minority and/or younger.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/where-women-fall-behind-at-work-the-first-step-into-management-11571112361
— So You Make $100,000? It Still Might Not Be Enough to Buy a Home. A record number of six-figure-income families rent, as student debt and meager savings cloud their financial future – Ryan Dezember, Laura Kusisto and Shane Shiflett (DIERSEN: When did you first start earning $100,000 in today’s dollars? I did in 1987 when I was 39 years old. By then, I had a) worked for GAO for almost 8 years, b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul, MBA from Loyola, and bachelor’s degree in management from NIU, and e) became a licensed CPA.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/so-you-make-100-000-it-still-might-not-be-enough-to-buy-a-home-11571149819
— The Military Offers Women Pay Equity and Opportunity, but Few Still Make Top Ranks Though the armed services tout themselves as a meritocracy, for women the promise remains elusive – Nancy A. Youssef (DIERSEN: Working for GAO, I made it only to GS-13, the military equivalent of a Major.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-military-is-more-open-to-women-than-in-the-past-but-obstacles-remain-11570959001

BUSINESS INSIDER
— The 20 cities in the Midwest that Americans are escaping in droves – Andy Kiersz (DIERSEN: The list includes Bloomington; Carbondale-Marion; Chicago-Naperville-Elgin, Illinois-Indiana-Wisconsin; Danville; Decatur; Kankakee; Peoria; Rockford; and Springfield.) 
https://amp.businessinsider.com/cities-in-the-midwest-americans-are-fleeing

CORVSPORT
— 1972 Corvette (DIERSEN: Yesterday, 48 years ago, I took delivery of my 1972 Corvette Coupe. Options are Steel Cities Gray paint, Black leather interior, Air Conditioning, Turbo-Hydro-matic Automatic Transmission, Power Steering, White Letter Tires, AM-FM Stereo Radio, and Heavy Duty Battery. It has only 5,141 miles on it. I might never have bought a Corvette if my 1969 Dodge Charger SE had not been stolen in Chicago in 1971. I stored it in my mother’s garage in Crete 1971-1984, in my garage at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton since 1984, and up on a hydraulic lift in that garage since 1995.)
https://www.corvsport.com/1972-c3-corvette/

October 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot holds first meeting on recreational marijuana sales (DIERSEN: Where pot is sold, it brings down everything and everyone around it. The more pot that is sold in Chicago, the sooner that Chicago will file for bankruptcy.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/city-holds-first-meeting-on-recreational-marijuana-sales/5604472/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Black market pot — not vaping — appears to be to blame for lung disease outbreak Even as evidence mounted that vaping-related lung diseases overwhelmingly involved cannabis, officials have warned of the hazards of vaping and e-cigarettes. – Jacob Sullum
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/8/20905306/vaping-lung-disease-juul-njoy-jacob-sullum

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, if you do not promote LGBTQ activity, the Democrats and RINOs get rid of you. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/mary-schmich/ct-met-mary-schmich-supreme-court-gay-transgender-cases-20191009-xkfhktag4bdstoqcbzxdnzos2y-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— College bribery scandal trials should be just the beginning – Andrew Trees
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191009/college-bribery-scandal-trials-should-be-just-the-beginning

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Non-residents would face $750 emergency service fee under proposal – Brenden Moore
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191008/non-residents-would-face-750-emergency-service-fee-under-proposal

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats promote Pritzker.
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-governor-makes-good-impression/article_b7ee9c17-f7e2-57ea-9413-bd1248600c40.html

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: St. Charles moves closer to allowing retail sale of marijuana – ERIC SCHELKOPF
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/10/09/st-charles-moves-closer-to-allowing-retail-sale-of-marijuana/ab1hocb/

SOUTHERN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Carbondale endorses cannabis sales in city limits – MOLLY PARKER
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/state-and-regional/carbondale-endorses-cannabis-sales-in-city-limits-agrees-to-sales/article_d9cb104d-2de1-5bc5-9467-3615e1a4aae8.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump’s Minneapolis rally on despite $530,000 security costs dispute – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/trumps-minneapolis-rally-on-despite-security-costs-dispute

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump: Immigrants must prove they won’t burden US healthcare system The Trump administration said legal immigrants must obtain healthcare before entering the United States – Alexandra Limon
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/trump-immigrants-must-prove-they-wont-burden-us-healthcare-system/
— OUTSTANDING: Trump gives Medal of Freedom to former Attorney General Edwin Meese – Brie Jackson
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/washington/washington-dc/trump-gives-medal-of-freedom-to-former-attorney-general-edwin-meese-2/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Peoria City Council one step closer to making a decision regarding recreational marijuana sales – Treasure Roberts, Brittni Clemons
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/peoria-city-council-discusses-recreational-marijuana-regulations/

WGEM
— Illinois State protests prompts meeting on campus atmosphere – AP
https://wgem.com/2019/10/08/illinois-state-protests-prompts-meeting-on-campus-atmosphere/

BREITBART
— Economists: America’s Elite Pay Lower Tax Rate Than All Other Americans – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/08/economists-americas-elite-pay-lower-tax-rate-than-all-other-americans/
— Trump Campaign Claims Victory in Battle with Leftist Mayor Over Minneapolis Rally Expenses – MICHAEL PATRICK LEAHY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/08/trump-campaign-claims-victory-in-battle-with-leftist-mayor-over-minneapolis-rally-expenses/

DAILY CALLER
— Julian Castro Leads LGBT Migrants To US Border – JASON HOPKINS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/08/julian-castro-led-lgbt-migrants-to-border/
— Trump Officials Say The Administration Is Prioritizing Religious Liberty. Here’s How – MARY MARGARET OLOHAN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/08/trump-administration-religious-liberty/
— Behind The Network Of Outside, Left-Wing Groups Pushing Racial Policies In Cities, Counties Across America – LUKE ROSIAK
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/08/liberal-network-racial-equity-policies/

PJ MEDIA
— Not Even Mar-a-Lago Is Safe: Trump Org Bows to Far-Left Demand to Cancel Conservative Event – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/not-even-mar-a-lago-is-safe-trump-org-bows-to-far-left-demand-to-cancel-conservative-event/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump’s Mar-a-Lago banned event because CAIR, SPLC, leftist media called it ‘extreme’ – Michelle Malkin
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/09/michelle-malkin-trumps-mar-a-lago-banned-event-because-cair-splc-leftist-media-called-it-extreme-836643

COLLEGE FIX
— ‘Feminism is the most self-defeating movement of our time,’ says cultural critic – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/feminism-is-the-most-self-defeating-movement-of-our-time-says-cultural-critic/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Facebook’s Hands-Off Approach to Political Speech Gets Impeachment Test – Cecilia Kang
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/technology/facebook-trump-biden-ad.html
— Beware of Automated Hiring It won’t end employment discrimination. In fact, it could make it worse. – Ifeoma Ajunwa (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/opinion/ai-hiring-discrimination.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Sexually Transmitted Disease Cases Rise to Record High, C.D.C. Says Cases of syphilis, gonorrhea and chlamydia in the United States jumped last year, and an alarming number of newborn deaths were linked to congenital syphilis. – Liam Stack
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/08/science/cdc-std-study.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/video/politics/these-gop-challengers-are-fighting-to-disrupt-trumps-reelection-campaign/2019/10/08/6b994a19-71b5-4884-af96-4d26069b31ba_video.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A White-hater promotes hatred against Whites. White-haters also hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/10/09/impeachment-is-latest-chapter-battle-between-democracy-vs-white-supremacy/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Trump-haters.
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-10-09/trump-immigration-violence-latinos

DALLAS NEWS
— Is the GOP trying to hide the fact that Trump has primary challengers? 37 states tightened their rules to keep anti-Trump delegates out of next summer’s GOP convention – Carl P. Leubsdorf
https://www.dallasnews.com/opinion/commentary/2019/10/09/is-the-gop-trying-to-hide-the-fact-that-trump-has-primary-challengers/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Turkey Has Legitimate Grievances Against the U.S. Trump is right to pull back from supporting PKK-affiliated Kurds in northern Syria. – Michael Doran and Michael A. Reynolds (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all my critics/opponents have legitimate grievances against me and against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/turkey-has-legitimate-grievances-against-the-u-s-11570576128
— Harvard’s Asian Quotas Repeat an Ugly History Jews, long disfavored by elite universities, might find Judge Burroughs’s reasoning familiar. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-asian-quotas-repeat-an-ugly-history-11570575962

USA TODAY
— 4 reasons the corporate pension is on its deathbed – Nathan Bomey (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, those who are in line to get a pension and those who are getting a pension are viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/10/07/ge-pension-freeze-reasons-defined-benefit-plans-are-dead/3898630002/

CPA PRACTICE ADVISOR
— Illinois CPA Society Seeks College Student Applicants for Diversity Program (DIERSEN: What if such programs were for those whose parents did not have a college degree? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.cpapracticeadvisor.com/accounting-audit/news/21109457/illinois-cpa-society-seeks-college-student-applicants-for-diversity-program