CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— You still can’t smoke weed and drive — but tests to prove impairment murky
The state law legalizing weed authorizes a study to find the best way to
enforce laws against driving while stoned. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/12/27/21038162/pot-recreational-marijuana-illinois-driving-dui-pot-cannabis-impaired-police
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: DIERSEN HEADLINE:
Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote illegal immigration, amnesty, and open
borders.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-family-reunification-holidays-20191228-6j4lckt2mzc7tgupsagyue7o7q-story.html
ALTON DAILY NEWS
— Census Will Show Illinois Population Decline – Cole Lauterbach
http://www.altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=296357#.Xgde5SN_OM8
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Young political activists dedicated to understanding residents’ needs – F.
AMANDA TUGADE
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/12/23/young-political-activists-dedicated-to-understanding-residents-needs/azbh1ey/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Cicero is an industrial neighborhood tucked at the border of Chicago’s West
Side. It’s home to more than 82,000 residents, and almost 90% of the population
is Latino. Rodriguez, 31, a Cicero native, said the town has undergone – and is
still going through – many changes, from economic development to its
demographics. And there are various issues that fall under these large
umbrellas.)
NPR ILLINOIS
— In A Month, Michael Bloomberg Has Spent More Than $100 Million On Campaign
Ads – ASMA KHALID
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/billionaires-bring-big-money-democratic-primary#stream/0
WJBC
— AAA: Driving high on marijuana is dangerous, illegal – Neil Doyle
http://www.wjbc.com/2019/12/27/aaa-driving-high-on-marijuana-is-dangerous-illegal/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Catalina Lauf Takes Aim at “deep swamp IL rivals”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/27/il-14-catalina-lauf-takes-aim-at-deep-swamp-il-rivals/
— IL-14: Final Days of 4th Quarter Fundraising
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/27/il-14-final-days-of-4th-quarter-fundraising/
— IL-06/IL-14: Democrats Protection Plan for Impeachment Votes
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/28/il-06-il-14-democrats-protection-plan-for-impeachment-votes/
— Bob Miller’s Reply to Interrogatories at Odds with Patrick Kenneally’s
Report
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/28/bob-millers-reply-to-interrogatories-at-odds-with-patrick-kenneallys-report/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Did You Know? Pro-Family Trump Administration Victories – David E.
Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/pro-family-trump-administration-victories/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Nearly all Illinois metro areas see lower unemployment – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/dec/28/nearly-all-illinois-metro-areas-see-lower-unemploy/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Elizabeth Warren’s fibbing is forming a pattern – Editorial
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/editorials/elizabeth-warrens-lies-are-a-pattern
— Michael Moore predicts 2020 Trump win because of ‘rabid’ supporters – John
Gage
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/michael-moore-predicts-2020-trump-win-because-of-rabid-supporters
FOX NEWS
— Pelosi keeps hold on impeachment articles in hopes of leveraging more
favorable terms in Senate trial
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pelosi-keeps-hold-impeachment-articles-154545245.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— Another lie: Elizabeth Warren called out by her own brother for claiming their
dad was ‘a janitor’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/12/another_lie_elizabeth_warren_called_out_by_her_own_brother_for_claiming_their_dad_was_a_janitor.html
— Fake News at the OK Corral – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/12/fake_news_at_the_ok_corral.html
ADDICTION CENTER
— General Drug Slang
https://www.addictioncenter.com/drugs/drug-alcohol-slang/
ASK HEALTH NEWS
— ‘Marijuana is not harmless’ – Mariyam Tanveer
https://askhealthnews.com/5671/marijuana-is-not-harmless-a-new-campaign-about-the-weld-county-health-department-to-raise-awareness-about-marijuana-usage/
POLICE ONE
— Illinois officers undergo drug recognition expertise training ahead of new
marijuana laws Specially trained officers, which make up 160 of the state’s
40,000 LEOs, use a 12-step evaluation process to detect intoxication not
measurable on tests like breathalyzers – Megan Jones
https://www.policeone.com/drug-interdiction-narcotics/articles/ill-officers-undergo-drug-recognition-expertise-training-ahead-of-new-marijuana-laws-pYfhNeHJCmSmJ7FB/
BREITBART
— Republican Outreach to Black Community Must Be New Year’s Resolution –
Charlie Kirk
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/12/27/charlie-kirk-republican-outreach-to-black-community-must-be-new-years-resolution/
PJ MEDIA
— Germans Think Trump Is More Dangerous Than Kim Jong-Un – RICK MORAN
(DIERSEN: Will anti-German Americans become less anti-German Americans because
of this?)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/poll-tds-infected-germans-think-trump-more-dangerous-than-kim-jong-un/
NEWS BUSTERS
— ‘New Yorker’ Editor: Evangelicals Back Trump Due to ‘Xenophobia’ and
‘Nativism’ – Ryan Foley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2019/12/27/new-yorker-editor-evangelicals-support-trump-because-shared-cultural
TPM
— The Evangelical War Over Impeachment Has Been A Long Time Coming – Nicole
Lafond
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/news/whats-going-on-evangelicals-impeachment-rift
NATIONAL REVIEW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump Isn’t a Nazi. He’s a
Failure.”
https://www.nationalreview.com/2019/12/trump-presidency-democrats-squander-case-against-him/
— Who Must Protect the Ukraine-Trump Whistleblower? – Stephen M. Kohn
(DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, I blew
the whistle on political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination,
age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat superiors took adverse actions
against me because they knew that I was not “protected.” They knew
that overwhelmingly, those who dominated the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) were
anti-conservative and favored political affiliation discrimination, reverse
discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book
about those who have dominated the IRP since 1966.)
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/who-must-protect-ukraine-trump-whistleblower
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
ICWPA anti-retaliation law is not limited simply to preventing whistleblowers
from being fired. The law defines the types of “adverse action” the President
must shield whistleblowers from, including “any change in working conditions.”
In the case of the Ukrainian “quid pro quo” whistleblower, the catastrophic
impact on the whistleblower’s ability to perform his or her job duties that
would be triggered by violating his right to confidentiality is obvious. This
would include undermining his or her ability to work oversees, be promoted to a
covert agent (if not one already), or effectively interact with employees in
the White House. Furthermore, breaching the confidentiality of whistleblowers
is well established as an “adverse action” under whistleblower law. Federal
courts and administrative agencies as divergent as the SEC and Department of
Labor have ruled that revealing the name of a whistleblower is an adverse
action. Anyone with experience working with whistleblowers knows that once
their identity is revealed, their working conditions will never be the same,
and they will have a target on their back for the rest of their careers.)
THE HILL
— House GOP vows to use impeachment to cut into Democratic majority –
JULIEGRACE BRUFKE
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/476037-house-gop-plans-to-use-impeachment-to-cut-into-democratic-majority
NEW YORK TIMES
— In the U.S., an Angioplasty Costs $32,000. Elsewhere? Maybe $6,400. A study
of international prices finds American patients pay much more across a wide
array of common services. – Margot Sanger-Katz
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/27/upshot/expensive-health-care-world-comparison.html
WASHINGTON POST
— America’s schools are more diverse than ever. But the teachers are still
mostly white. – Laura Meckler and Kate Rabinowitz
https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2019/local/education/teacher-diversity/
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want Latino evangelical voters to dump Trump.
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2019-12-27/latino-evangelical-voters-face-a-tug-of-war-in-the-trump-era
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— For the New Year, Say No to Negativity Bad experiences affect us much more
powerfully than good ones, but there are ways to deal with this destructive
bias and overcome it – John Tierney and Roy F. Baumeister
https://www.wsj.com/articles/for-the-new-year-say-no-to-negativity-11577464413
— Modern ‘Image Scrubbing’ Would Have Come in Handy in Centuries Past Too bad
historical figures couldn’t use Google to clean up their bad press – Joe Queenan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/modern-image-scrubbing-would-have-come-in-handy-in-centuries-past-11577383386
DENVER POST
— Weld County launches “marijuana is not harmless” campaign. – SAM TABACHNIK
(DIERSEN: When will your county, your township/ward, and/or your municipality
launch such a campaign?)
https://www.denverpost.com/2019/12/26/weld-county-marijuana-campaign/
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
County officials started brainstorming this summer after the health department
noticed youth marijuana and vaping rates were increasing along with car
crashes, Aakko said. Those factors, combined with what the county found to be a
lower perception of risk around marijuana, helped convince health officials
that something needed to be done. “We wanted to get out there that there are
consequences to heavy marijuana use and certainly when you get behind the wheel
and drive,” Aakko said. Marijuana industry experts said it’s true that there
are some harms and risks to marijuana.)
GALLUP
— How Much Does the World Trust Journalists? – ZACC RITTER (DIERSEN: According
to my critics/opponents, you can be a journalist or a reporter ONLY if you
claim to be non-partisan. However, beyond overwhelmingly, those journalist and
reporters who claim to be non-partisan promote the Democrat, Libertarian,
and/or Green party platforms.)
https://news.gallup.com/opinion/gallup/272999/world-trust-journalists.aspx
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Another potential source of distrust in journalists is
political polarization. In the United States, trust in the mass media, broadly,
has fallen from 68% in 1972 to 41% today. Similarly, a recent Gallup-Knight
report found that trust in U.S. local media declines for people who perceive a
large gap between their political ideology and the perceived ideology of local
news organizations. While trust in the media and trust in journalists differ,
the two concepts are related enough to suspect a relationship between political
polarization and trust in journalists may exist around the world. Political
polarization — measured as the extent to which differences of opinions on
major political issues in society exist by country-level experts and part of
the Varieties of Democracy project — is strongly associated with less trust in
journalists. As the graph shows, the more politically polarized a country is,
the less trust the public tends to have in journalists.)
