CYBER CIVICS
— Responsibilities of U.S. Citizens (DIERSEN: In my opinion, each and every
voter in Wheaton, and especially, each and every voter in Wheaton’s West
District and each and every Precinct Committeeman in the district should a)
learn everything that they can about the 10 candidates who are seeking to be
appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy, b) analyze that
information, c) decide who they believe the best candidate would be and why,
and d) communicate that to Wheaton’s City Council by email at
allcouncil@wheaton.il.us.)
http://www.civics.ks.gov/kansas/citizenship/responsibilities-of-citizens.html
(FROM THE POSTING:
Staying informed. Citizens have the responsibility to stay informed of the
issues affecting their communities, as well as national and international
issues, and to be active in the civic processes. This includes being well
informed about the issues and candidates before voting in an election, getting
involved in a political campaign or running for public office, or using their
right to address the government through activism.)
DAILY HERALD
— AUGUST 9, 2019 FLASHBACK: 10 want West District seat on Wheaton City Council
– Katlyn Smith (DIERSEN: The Daily Herald has published some information about
5 of the candidates (David Diersen, Robert McNeily, Lynn Robbins, Mark Kmiecik,
and Khizar Jafri), but what about the other 5: Nancy Harding, Edward Ahern,
Jeffrey Antonelli, Angela Blatner, and Krista Selvey? In my opinion, the Daily
Herald should obtain and publish at least the following information about all
10 candidates: How long they have lived in Wheaton, how long they have lived in
Wheaton’s West District, their work experience, their education, their
professional certifications and licenses, their memberships in professional
associations, why they want to be appointed to fill the vacancy, what they
believe the three most important issues are that Wheaton needs to address in
the next 2 years and how those issues those issues should be addressed, their
political affiliation and activities, their civic activities, if they would
vote for or against banning the sale of pot in Wheaton, what their position is
on Wheaton’s Roosevelt Road corridor, if they would vote for or against
requiring employers in Wheaton to use E-Verify, and what they have done that
demonstrates they can carry out typical city council functions.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190809/10-want-west-district-seat-on-wheaton-city-council
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Diersen
is the founder of the daily newsletter Gopillinois.com. McNeily lost his bid
for the West District seat in 2016 against incumbent Todd Scalzo. According to
his LinkedIn page, he is the Midwest regional manager of Turning Point USA, a
conservative group founded by Wheeling High School alum Charlie Kirk for
college and high school students. Robbins, a former Illinois Park and
Recreation Association board member, also ran unsuccessfully against Scalzo for
the West District seat in 2016. Kmiecik finished third in another three-way
race for the seat in 2009. Jafri, a finance and accounting consultant, lost to
Tim Elliott for a District 4 spot on the DuPage County Board in 2016. The
Democrat was seeking his first elected office at the time.)
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Does the Chicago area need another airport? Plans for a Peotone
airport are back, this time with an e-commerce spin. – Mary Wisniewski
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/transportation/ct-biz-peotone-airport-proposal-cargo-shipping-amazon-getting-around-20190812-nrhtcaku7rgvbmhkhtbtxyfz6u-story.html
WTTW
— Supporters Of Greater Gun Restrictions Rally In Chicago – ANDY DAHN
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/supporters-greater-gun-restrictions-rally-chicago
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— El Paso joins Morton in banning recreational-pot businesses – Nick Vlahos
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190812/nick-in-am-el-paso-joins-morton-in-banning-recreational-pot-businesses
QUAD CITY TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Karl Hickerson of Davenport promotes hatred against Trump
and against Trump’s supporters.
https://qctimes.com/opinion/letters/letter-blood-on-his-hands/article_de792b57-406d-5bcc-9703-6502ec296cdb.html
FOX ILLINOIS
— O’Rourke says he supports national gun licensing program – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/orourke-says-he-supports-national-gun-licensing-program-08-11-2019
WJOL
— Workplace Discrimination Protections Now Law in Illinois (DIERSEN: From what
I see, constructively, employers can discriminate against employees because
they are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican,
American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft
avoiders, and/or if their ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wjol.com/workplace-discrimination-protections-now-law-in-illinois/
WIRE POINTS
— Illinois’ shrinking tax base: Residents are leaving and taking their incomes
with them – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-shrinking-tax-base-residents-are-leaving-and-taking-their-incomes-with-them-part-1/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Bernie Sanders staffers manhandle press at Iowa State Fair – Joseph Simonson
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about how activists, candidates, elected
officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. who claim
to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican have treated me since 2000.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/bernie-sanders-staffers-manhandle-press-at-iowa-state-fair
GOPUSA
— Internet is silencing Conservative voices (DIERSEN: I should write a book
about those who want silence me.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=74152
— Elizabeth Warren will tax gun makers at 30% on firearms, 50% on ammunition
(DIERSEN: This would make it harder for poor people to defend themselves.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=74182
AMERICAN THINKER
— The Link between Today’s Leftists and Yesterday’s Nazis – Alexander Nussbaum
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/08/the_link_between_todays_leftists_and_yesterdays_nazis.html
— Where only wealthy liberals can exercise free speech – Ethel C. Fenig
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/08/where_only_wealthy_liberals_can_exercise_free_speech.html
BREITBART
— Illinois Governor Mandates LGBT History Curriculum for Public Schools –
ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2019/08/11/illinois-governor-mandates-lgbt-history-curriculum-for-public-schools/
— Illegal Alien Accused of Killing Mollie Tibbetts Claims ‘Constitutional
Rights’ Violated – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/08/11/illegal-alien-accused-murdering-claims-constitutional-rights-violated/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says ‘White Supremacists Think That Donald
Trump Is a White Supremacist’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/08/11/dem-rep-tim-ryan-white-supremacists-think-that-donald-trump-is-a-white-supremacist/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump’s 2020 Strategy Is
Attracting ‘Neo-Nazis and White Supremacists’
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2019/08/11/mcauliffe-trumps-2020-strategy-is-attracting-neo-nazis-and-white-supremacists/
DAILY CALLER
— The Epstein ‘Suicide’ Conspiracies Are Flying – DEREK HUNTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/08/12/epstein-suicide-conspiracies/
COLLEGE FIX
— Student defends wearing MAGA hat after professor cries ‘white supremacy’ –
JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/student-defends-wearing-maga-hat-after-professor-cries-white-supremacy/
THE HILL
— Trump administration releases new ‘public charge’ rule making it easier to
reject immigrants – CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/457077-trump-administration-releases-final-public-charge-rule?userid=3526
POLITICO
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.politico.com/story/2019/08/12/democrats-guns-white-supremacy-1458135
NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters say “Trump is losing ground in America’s
suburbs.”
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/trump-losing-ground-america-s-suburbs-n1041296
CNN
— Trump admin announces rule that could limit legal immigration – Priscilla
Alvarez, Geneva Sands and Tami Luhby
https://www.cnn.com/2019/08/12/politics/legal-immigration-public-charge/index.html
CNBC
— This Social Security rule cuts public workers’ benefits. Politicians want to
change that – Lorie Konish (DIERSEN: My Social Security is dramatically reduced
because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/08/05/new-bill-would-change-social-security-rule-on-public-workers-benefits.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Rule Targets Legal Immigrants Who Rely on Food Stamps and Other Aid –
Eileen Sullivan and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/12/us/politics/trump-immigration-policy.html
— Banning Assault Weapons Works That’s why, as president, I will push to ban
them again. – Joe Biden
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/11/opinion/joe-biden-ban-assault-weapons.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Trump administration to penalize immigrants who use or might use public
benefits, a move aimed at curbing legal immigration
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2019/08/12/trump-administration-to-penalize-immigrants-who-use-or-might-use-public-benefits-a-move-aimed-at-curbing-legal-immigration/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote those who hate Trump.
https://beta.washingtonpost.com/sports/2019/08/11/who-is-race-imboden-fencing-medalist-who-protested-over-trump-gun-control/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that
millennials have.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2019/08/12/conservative-pundits-owe-an-apology-millennials-actually-they-owe-many-apologies/
NEW YORK POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump supporters.
https://nypost.com/2019/08/11/democrats-have-demonized-every-trump-voter-as-a-deplorable/
— Memo to Biden: Being white doesn’t make you rich – Seth Barron (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 minorities. If I had been a minority, the federal government
would have promoted me into its Senior Executive Service long before I was 40
years old.)
https://nypost.com/2019/08/11/memo-to-biden-being-white-doesnt-make-you-rich/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— San Diego’s city attorney is taking away hundreds of guns from those who
shouldn’t have them – GEORGE SKELTON
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-08-11/skelton-gun-control-california-san-diego-city-attorney
BOSTON GLOBE
— Should Massachusetts cities and towns be allowed to extend the right to vote
in local elections to legal non-citizens? – Gladys Vega
https://www.bostonglobe.com/metro/globelocal/2019/08/09/should-massachusetts-cities-and-towns-allowed-extend-right-vote-local-elections-legal-non-citizens/AzcsMcsEVPtxhMo14mafLJ/story.html
MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
http://www.startribune.com/the-brand-label-that-stokes-trump-s-fury-racist/536014472/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In Boise and Grand Rapids, the Housing Market Looks Red Hot Many Midwestern
markets have heated up so quickly they are now experiencing shortages of
inventory and rising prices – Laura Kusisto and Likhitha Butchireddygari
(DIERSEN: How is the housing market doing in your neighborhood, in your
precinct, in your township/ward, and in your county? What attracts buyers and
what drives them away?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/in-boise-and-grand-rapids-the-housing-market-looks-red-hot-11565521202
— The Federal Minimum Wage Doesn’t Really Matter Anymore Only a tiny share of
civilian workers are paid at that rate – Eric Morath
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-federal-minimum-wage-doesnt-really-matter-anymore-11565515801
CALIFORNIA GLOBE
— Legalizing Marijuana Has Created a Black Market Plaguing Riverside County
Transnational crime organizations growing pot counties, and in residential
neighborhoods – Michelle Mears
https://californiaglobe.com/section-2/legalizing-marijuana-has-created-a-black-market-plaguing-a-california-community/
FOX SOUTHWEST FLORIDA
— Cape Coral City Council to vote on rezoning Four Corners lots – Anna Kohls
https://www.fox4now.com/news/local-news/cape-coral-city-council-to-vote-on-rezoning-four-corners-lots
LONG BEACH POST
— When it comes to elections, how important are endorsements from the
political establishment? – Jason Ruiz
https://lbpost.com/news/politics/elections-endorsements-political-establishment
TOLEDO BLADE
— Candidates for Toledo Council District 3 explain qualifications
https://www.toledoblade.com/opinion/columnists/2019/08/12/toledo-city-council-distrcit-3-candidates-robert-worthington-glen-cook-theresa-gadus/stories/20190811045
RICHMOND
— Employers need to tighten up on their hiring process to avoid discrimination
– KAREN MICHAEL (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.richmond.com/business/learning-center/labor-law-employers-need-to-tighten-up-on-their-hiring/article_9c132257-230a-5802-9dc2-d8e7740b783d.html
AIKEN STANDARD
— Candidate Forum: Residents hear from Aiken City Council candidates – Cindy
Kubovic
https://www.aikenstandard.com/sundays_best/candidate-forum-residents-hear-from-aiken-city-council-candidates/article_944ae3a8-b9e5-11e9-ad97-b31a6335ebc6.html
PARK RECORD
— Park City voters days away from eliminating a City Council candidate – Jay
Hamburger
https://www.parkrecord.com/news/park-city-voters-days-away-from-eliminating-a-city-council-candidate/
LITTLETON INDEPENDENT
— Next Gen committee chair announces council run Iftin Abshir, 28, says she
wants to keep Colorado from becoming California – David Gilbert
https://littletonindependent.net/stories/next-gen-committee-chair-announces-council-run,284795
ESTHERVILLE NEWS
— Heckard wins runoff for Ward 1 seat – David Swartz
http://www.esthervilledailynews.com/page/content.detail/id/534926/Heckard-wins-runoff-for-Ward-1-seat.html?nav=5003
PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump and against his
supporters.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/mass-shootings-have-latinos-worried-about-being-targets
HISCOX
— Hiscox Study Finds 1 in 5 US Workers Age 40 and Over Have Experienced Age
Discrimination in the Workplace 51 years old is the age at which workers
believe they are most likely to experience age discrimination in the workplace
https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/hiscox-study-finds-1-in-5-us-workers-age-40-and-over-have-experienced-age-discrimination-in-the-workplace-300899558.html