CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A Senate impeachment trial of President Trump is expected, but how it’ll
work is very uncertain – LAURA KING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-senate-trump-impeachment-trial-20191215-etlvscxhzndithgftmtpjczg4y-story.html
— As Mayor Lightfoot demands answers from ComEd over federal probe, her
security chief’s wife lists the utility as a lobbying client – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-houlihan-smith-lobbyist-20191216-44mp2fgvdnh5pfx2fr3eonyyqi-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-seven-point-marijuana-license-tl-1219-20191215-ckk7o5e5ircfbdgr4jfrkqovjq-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Fact-check: Would Chicago’s casino tax plan raise city’s take? State Sen.
Dave Syverson said a proposal to lower the effective tax rate on Chicago’s
future casino would require the state to reduce its cut while allowing the city
to raise taxes. That doesn’t quite square with the bill’s language. – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/12/15/21021519/chicago-casino-tax-plan-syverson-taxes-lightfoot-gambling-politifact
— House to impeach Trump next week: Takeaways as vote and Senate trial looms
To dilute GOP “coastal elite” charges, Speaker Pelosi wants geographic
diversity in her House prosecutor picks, putting Illinois Democrat Raja
Krishnamoorthi in play. – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Henry Hyde was my Congressman
1978-2007. GAO works for Congress. I can always ask myself what more my
Democrat GAO superiors would have done to me if I had not taken their early retirement
“offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/12/13/21021152/trump-impeachment-house-prosecutors-senate-trial-pelosi-raja-sweet
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
prosecutors in the Senate are called House managers. They will be selected by
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi. The U.S. Constitution is silent on the number of
managers. There were 13 House managers for President Bill Clinton’s 1999 Senate
trial, led by House Judiciary Chairman Henry Hyde, the Illinois Republican who
died in 2007.)
DAILY HERALD
— Washington bracing for impeachment as battle lines harden – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20191215/news/312159941/
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: Schaumburg adopts rules for video gambling
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191215/schaumburg-adopts-rules-for-video-gambling
— Special session needed to show urgency of fighting corruption – State Rep.
Allen Skillicorn
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191215/special-session-needed-to-show-urgency-of-fighting-corruption
ABC7
— Bill Clinton Impeachment: Looking back to December 1998 as Washington braces
for President Trump’s impeachment vote (DIERSEN: Democrats are nasty. Henry
Hyde was my Congressman 1978-2007. GAO works for Congress. I can always ask
myself what more my Democrat GAO superiors would have done to me if I had not
taken their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.
They had given me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, had always
ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes,
had not promoted me beyond GS-13, had gotten rid of my mentor in 1987, had kept
me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for
GAO, and had forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to
transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/clinton-impeachment-looking-back-at-1998-hearings/5694474/
— Hallmark Channel pulls wedding ad showing lesbian couple kissing
https://abc7chicago.com/society/hallmark-channel-pulls-wedding-ad-showing-gay-couple-kissing/5756842/
NBC5
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/cannabis-in-illinois-what-to-know-when-weed-becomes-legal-jan-1/2186746/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Some colleges and students moving to repay descendants of slaves – AP
(DIERSEN: From what I see, the more of the following that you are, the more
reparations that Democrats will make you pay: 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.fox32chicago.com/news/some-colleges-and-students-moving-to-repay-descendants-of-slaves
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No-contest election contests – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-no-contest-election-contests/article_d94351ac-5dc9-56d1-8459-6cbc091aa606.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
candidate filing period has come and gone, and here are the dispiriting results
for the 118 seats up for election in the Illinois House and the 20 seats up for
the Illinois Senate. Of the 118 House districts, 54 feature just one candidate
running. Of the 20 Senate seats, 12 contests will provide voters only one
choice. What happened to the concept of competitive elections, the engine that
makes the democratic process run? In Illinois, they appear to be an
afterthought, at least as far as the state legislature goes. But appearances
can be deceiving, and what in this case could be perceived as indifference or
apathy actually is the product of careful design.)
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20191215/ascend-illinois-cultivation-center-gears-up-for-recreational-pot-sales
NPR ILLINOIS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters want the Democrat,
Republican, Liberation, and Green parties to dump individuals, dump
organizations, dump companies, dump governments, and dump countries 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. Ever-increasingly,
Trump-haters want members of the aforesaid groups to form a new political
party.
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/iowa-grows-more-diverse-democratic-candidates-are-taking-notice#stream/0
BREITBART
— Megan Rapinoe Slams ‘Sports Illustrated’ for ‘Lack of Diversity’ in Award
Speech – WARNER TODD HUSTON
https://www.breitbart.com/sports/2019/12/11/megan-rapinoe-slams-sports-illustrated-for-lack-of-diversity-award-speech/
THE HILL
— 2020 Democratic tensions burst to surface – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/474548-the-memo-2020-democratic-tensions-burst-to-surface
NEW YORK TIMES
— Anti-Semitism or Free Speech? College Students Cheer and Fear Trump Order
Students across America wondered whether an executive order targeting
anti-Semitism would “backfire” on Jewish students. – Myah Ward and Dan Levin
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/15/us/trump-anti-semitism-order-college-students.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— To this impeachment ‘connoisseur,’ Trump’s case looks familiar – DOYLE
MCMANUS (DIERSEN: Henry Hyde was my Congressman 1978-2007. GAO works for
Congress. I can always ask myself what more my Democrat GAO superiors would
have done to me if I had not taken their early retirement “offer” in
1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-15/this-is-impeachment-3-for-me-ouch
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In
1998, when House Republicans set out to impeach President Bill Clinton for
lying about sex, they claimed lofty ambitions. “This has to be a bipartisan
exercise,” Rep. Henry J. Hyde of Illinois, then chairman of the House Judiciary
Committee, told me back then. He failed. His committee produced four articles
of impeachment, all but one on strict party lines. The full House approved only
two: perjury and obstruction of justice. The Republican-led Senate acquitted
Clinton of both charges; no one in the president’s party voted against him.
History repeated itself last week in mirror image.)
STANDARD EXAMINER
— Ogden IRS hiring 1,900 positions for upcoming tax season – JESSICA KOKESH
(DIERSEN: IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat,
minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.standard.net/news/local/community-briefs-ogden-irs-hiring-positions-for-upcoming-tax-season/article_74c9ba97-8f51-5c61-a776-86c0b94ebcdf.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
IRS is an equal opportunity employer and applicants must be a US citizen. All
employees must pass an FBI fingerprint check and tax compliance verification as
well as meet basic qualification requirements for education and/or experience.)
BUSINESS INSIDER
— Bernie Sanders wants to end at-will employment, and that’s a truly bad idea
that would increase unemployment – Ryan Bourne (DIERSEN: Democrats run the
federal government. Those Democrats a) determine what civil service protections
federal employees have; b) falsely tell federal employees who are Republican,
White, male, older, and/or non-veteran that they will not retaliate against
them because they complain about discrimination, file a charge of
discrimination, or participate in an employment discrimination investigation or
lawsuit; and c) get rid of federal employees who are Republican, White, male,
and/or non-veteran who they do not promote to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age
25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35,
and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/bernie-sanders-plan-end-at-will-employment-bad-increase-unemployment-2019-12
