December 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago cops will be monitoring dispensaries on Jan. 1 — but they won’t be looking to bust people for getting high outside Beat cops and narcotics officers will instead be on the lookout for individuals looking to rob dispensary patrons braving long lines to get their first taste of legal pot. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/12/30/21043651/legal-weed-chicago-cpd-dispensaries-recreational-marijuana
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Republican-haters promote hatred of Republicans. 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/12/30/21043268/emancipation-proclamation-voting-rights-act-poll-taxes-jesse-jackson

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New census numbers show another Illinois Exodus. Will a 6th year of population loss jolt voters? – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-illinois-population-exodus-census-loss-taxes-20191230-qrkr3ud2unedzjva6uw4anwziy-story.html
— Year in review: A look back at 2019’s top stories in Hinsdale, Clarendon Hills, Oak Brook and Burr Ridge – CHUCK FIELDMAN and KIMBERLY FORNEK (DIERSEN: I should an article about the top government and political stories of 2019 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/hinsdale/ct-dhd-year-in-review-tl-0102-20191230-6g2vacalo5edjmykbc6tckumfy-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-marijuana-shortages-illinois-20191230-oq3n67tdmza65fixtth2rrltce-story.html
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-biz-recreational-marijuana-stores-delayed-20191231-27vcdcfxjfcz7h2sgx3lv6ikkq-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Libertarians would say let them drink booze, let them gamble, let them smoke pot, let them harm themselves.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-legal-weed-parenting-12302109-20191231-qfdzaxuopfcu3lq6poz6qg6mbe-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Top stories in the Northwest Suburbs — 2019 (DIERSEN: I should an article about the top government and political stories of 2019 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20191230/top-stories-in-the-northwest-suburbs-x2014-2019
— A look back at 2019’s biggest news stories in the Fox Valley (DIERSEN: I should an article about the top government and political stories of 2019 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191230/a-look-back-at-2019s-biggest-news-stories-in-the-fox-valley

— Old enough to vote, not old enough to smoke – Debra J. Saunders (DIERSEN: Libertarians would say let them drink booze, let them gamble, let them smoke pot, let them harm themselves.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191231/old-enough-to-vote-not-old-enough-to-smoke

ABC7
— The news stories that captivated Chicago in 2019 – Craig Wall (DIERSEN: I should an article about the top government and political stories of 2019 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/the-news-stories-that-captivated-chicago-in-2019-/5799708/
— Governor JB Pritzker issues 11K pardons for marijuana convictions – Jesse Kirsch (DIERSEN: To do things that are against the law is to demonstrate your disrespect for the rule of law. Your past predicts your future.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/gov-pritzker-issues-11k-pardons-for-marijuana-convictions/5801970/

WGN TV
— Pritzker to pardon thousands with low-level cannabis convictions Tuesday – NANCY LOO (DIERSEN: To do things that are against the law is to demonstrate your disrespect for the rule of law. Your past predicts your future.)
https://wgntv.com/2019/12/31/pritzker-to-pardon-thousands-with-low-level-cannabis-convictions-on-eve-of-recreational-legalization/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— How did county’s GOP go MIA? – Tom Kacich
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/politics/tom-kacich-how-did-county-s-gop-go-mia/article_747ceb43-47b3-5037-b814-bacf5a1b6bfe.html

SOUTHERN
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/planning-to-buy-pot-in-southern-illinois-on-wednesday-here/article_3141ba5d-5f48-57c7-a65d-034ae79aa94e.html

KEWANEE STAR COURIER
— Pot law brings uncertainty to employers, employees – Susan DeVilder
https://www.starcourier.com/news/20191231/pot-law-brings-uncertainty–to-employers-employees

SUBURBAN LIFE
— Passing the Eye Test: Democrats assess presidential candidates during debate watch party – Kierra Frazier
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/12/31/passing-the-eye-test-democrats-assess-presidential-candidates-during-debate-watch-party/afjiuk2/

NEWS CHANNEL 20
— FROM THE ARTICLE: If you choose to purchase cannabis, whether recreational or medicinal, you will be put in a database of people who are not allowed to get FOID cards.
https://newschannel20.com/news/local/using-recreational-marijuana-could-come-with-unique-consequence

MILWAUKEE SENTINEL
— Trump to host campaign rally Jan. 14 in downtown Milwaukee on the same night as the next Democratic debate – Patrick Marley
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/2019/12/30/trump-plans-milwaukee-rally-uwm-panther-arena/2776281001/

WIREPOINTS
— Happy New Year? New Census data shows Illinois lost population for the sixth year in a row – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner (DIERSEN: I should write a book about individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois that claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but that ever-increasingly make it clear that they want individuals, organizations, companies that are the following to leave Illinois: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.) 
https://wirepoints.org/happy-new-year-new-census-data-shows-illinois-lost-population-for-the-sixth-year-in-a-row/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-06/IL-14: Last Day of Q419 Fundraising
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/31/il-06-il-14-final-two-days-of-q419-fundraising-copy/ 
— Whose Salt Did Bob Miller Give the Illinois Railway Museum?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/12/31/whose-salt-did-bob-miller-give-the-illinois-railway-museum-2/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Military Honors Pederast Harvey Milk – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/military-honors-pederast-harvey-milk/

DAILY CALLER
— Joe Biden Suggests Coal Miners Should Learn To Code – PETER HASSON (DIERSEN: What did you do to acquire new job skills? After my Democrat GAO superiors a) made it clear that they would never again assign me to audits of IRS and b) assigned me to audits of federal financial regulators, I earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. My Democrat GAO superiors wasted the knowledge of IRS that I had gained a) by working for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/years and b) by working for GAO on audits of IRS for 3 years. Then, my Democrat GAO superiors wasted the knowledge of federal financial industry regulators that I had gained a) by working on audits of federal financial industry regulators for almost 9 years and b) by earning a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran.) 
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/30/joe-biden-coal-miners-learn-to-code/
— A Wind Turbine’s Blades Fly Off In New York City, Crushing A Billboard And Vehicle – CHRIS WHITE
https://dailycaller.com/2019/12/30/wind-turbine-new-york-billboard-car/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Why Congress Should Reject Amnesty for Illegal Agricultural Workers – Daren Bakst 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/12/30/why-congress-should-reject-amnesty-for-illegal-agricultural-workers/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The amnesty plan starts by creating something called “certified agricultural worker status.” If you are working in agriculture and want to stay in the U.S., you are much better off if you are illegally in the country, as opposed to the “suckers” who decided to follow the law. This is because the new certified agricultural-worker status is generally only available to illegal agricultural workers. Once illegal agricultural workers secure certified agricultural worker status, they can stay in the country for at least 5-1/2 years and have begun their pathway to citizenship. It’s important to recognize that the amnesty provisions are so extreme that they don’t simply allow these illegal workers to change to H-2A status like legal agricultural workers currently in the country. No, they actually get a lot more than that through this special pathway. Certified agricultural workers can easily renew this special new status on an indefinite basis. They are also eligible to be lawful permanent residents (i.e., get their green cards) in a fairly quick manner.)

DAILY WIRE
— New Census Data Suggests Previous Report Wrong, Republican States Gaining Seats In Congress – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/new-census-data-suggests-previous-report-wrong-republican-states-gaining-seats-in-congress

TOWNHALL
— Top Conservatives of 2019 – John and Andy Schlafly (DIERSEN: QUESTION: Who are the top conservatives of 2019 in Illinois, in your county, in your township/ward, and in your municipality? ANSWER: Those who defended the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform and especially those who opposed the promotion of LGBTQ activity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of Second Amendment rights, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write an article about the top conservatives of 2019 in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.) 
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2019/12/31/top-conservatives-of-2019-n2558720
— Greta Thunberg: A Living Explanation of the Left – Dennis Prager
https://townhall.com/columnists/dennisprager/2019/12/31/greta-thunberg-a-living-explanation-of-the-left-n2558728

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Trump’s Top 10 Achievements for 2019 – Steve Cortes
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/12/31/trumps_top_10_achievements_for_2019_142047.html

EPOCH TIMES
— 40 Million New Democrat Voters: Will the ‘State Power Caucus’ Destroy America? – Trevor Loudon
https://www.theepochtimes.com/40-million-new-democrat-voters-will-the-state-power-caucus-destroy-america_3187673.html

NOQ REPORTS
— Joe Biden said he would consider Republican VP. Leftists rage. – CQ Livingston (DIERSEN: Of course, Biden would pick a RINO who is anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://noqreport.com/2019/12/30/joe-biden-said-consider-republican-vp-leftists-rage/

AOL
— Rudy Giuliani blames NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio for wave of anti-Semitic attacks – MARY PAPENFUSS
https://www.aol.com/article/news/2019/12/30/rudy-giuliani-blames-nyc-mayor-bill-de-blasio-for-wave-of-anti-semitic-attacks/23889800/

CNN
— Anti-Semitic attacks show a society at risk of falling apart – Frida Ghitis (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you support Trump, and especially if you are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, Trump-haters will call you an anti-Semite, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. ) 
https://www.cnn.com/2019/12/30/opinions/new-york-antisemitism-is-a-warning-ghitis/index.html

CBS NEWS
— 2019: The year Trump “effectively” shut off asylum at the border and restricted immigration – CAMILO MONTOYA-GALVEZ
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/immigration-2019-the-year-trump-restricted-legal-immigration-and-effectively-shut-off-asylum-at-the-border/

NEW YORK TIMES
— After Another Year of Trump Attacks, ‘Ominous Signs’ for the American Press Threats of ‘retribution,’ more accusations of ‘fake news’ and the end of the White House briefing made 2019 the darkest yet for journalists in the Trump era. – Michael M. Grynbaum (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream news media makes it clear that it exists to get rid of Trump and to get rid of his supporters once and for all. How soon, if not already, will Trump-hating individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries display “TRUMP SUPPORTERS NOT WELCOME” signs?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/business/media/trump-media-2019.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats crow about their success in demonizing, denigrating, and condemning Republicans as being White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/31/opinion/republican-party-women.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Recognize Anti-Semitism As an Epidemic – Nita Lowey and David Harris (DIERSEN: According to Trump-haters, the more of the following that you are, the more of an anti-Semite that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, non-poor, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government and a) their efforts to paint me as being an anti-Semite and b) their efforts to turn my many Jewish Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/opinion/monsey-new-york-attack.html
— Countering Extremism One Click at a Time When people search for hate-filled material online, a new de-radicalization effort sends them in another direction. – Neil MacFarquhar (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Google Alerts are to non-credible articles on non-credible websites written by non-credible authors that promote hatred against individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.nytimes.com/2019/12/30/us/white-supremacy-moonshot-google-ads.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump highlights Fox News guest who says ‘all the hate in New York is coming from the left’ – John Wagner
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-highlights-fox-news-guest-who-says-all-the-hate-in-new-york-is-coming-from-the-left/2019/12/30/4982415c-2b16-11ea-bcb3-ac6482c4a92f_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Anti-Semitic hate fuels more fears (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, if not already, if you support Trump, and especially if you are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time, Trump-haters will call you an anti-Semite, White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. )
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2019-12-30/anti-semitic-attacks-newsletter

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Juul Finds It Is Tough to Quit Vaping in the Office E-cigarette maker tries to snuff out a habit from its early days: use of its own product at headquarters – Jennifer Maloney (DIERSEN: Of course, because governments get tax revenue from booze and from gambling and will get tax revenue from pot, governments want their employees, and everyone else, a) to drink lots of booze, b) to gamble away lots of money, and c) to smoke lots of pot. Of course, because the mainstream news media gets lots of advertising revenue from booze and from gambling and will get lots of advertising revenue from pot, the mainstream news media wants its employees, and everyone else, a) to drink lots of booze, b) to gamble away lots of money, and c) to smoke lots of pot.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/juul-finds-it-is-tough-to-quit-vaping-in-the-office-11577701801
— Presidential Candidates Use Spanish Ads, Events to Court Latinos in Primary Race Hispanics could surpass black voters as largest minority voting bloc in U.S. next year – Sabrina Siddiqui in Washington and Emily Glazer (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs a) want Republican candidates to lose and b) want Republican candidates to dump the following voting blocs: Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older people, non-poor people, gun owners, German Americans, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/presidential-candidates-use-spanish-ads-events-to-court-latinos-in-primary-race-11577788201
— Will Recession Strike in 2020? Even the best indicators of downturns are unreliable, but investors can take steps to prepare either way. – Burton G. Malkiel and Atanu Saha (DIERSEN: Of course, to defeat Trump, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs will do everything that they can to destroy America’s economy.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/will-recession-strike-in-2020-11577751097

USA TODAY
— Workplace culture a prominent issue in 2019 – Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the cultures of the following: Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO, IRS, Post Office, etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/careers/2019/12/31/ineffective-people-management-biggest-workplace-issue-2019-ask-hr/2751689001/
— A decade in review: The surprisingly good news about American family life — for kids Despite pop culture depictions of marriage in decline and not worth the effort, the story of the death of marriage in America is greatly exaggerated. – W. Bradford Wilcox and Alysse ElHage
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/12/29/divorce-rate-united-states-family-children-marriage-decade-column/2750612001/

FORBES
— Is Illinois Ready For Adult Use Cannabis? – Sara Brittany Somerset (DIERSEN: NO.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/sarabrittanysomerset/2020/12/31/is-illinois-ready-for-adult-use-cannabis/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats blame Republicans for problems that LGBTQers have in the south.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/dawnstaceyennis/2020/12/30/the-poorest-among-us-1-in-4-lgbt-southerners-live-in-poverty/
— The Future Of Work Is Already Here — Is Your Company Prepared? – Lisa Sterling (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, organizations, companies, governments, and countries “prepare for the future” by getting rid of those who 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://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2019/12/30/the-future-of-work-is-already-here-is-your-company-prepared/

PSYCHOLOGY TODAY
— MARCH 29, 2018 FLASHBACK: Feminizing Boys as We Masculinize Girls – Mark Sherman Ph.D. (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats feminize boys and masculinize girls.)
https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/real-men-dont-write-blogs/201803/feminizing-boys-we-masculinize-girls

GUARDIAN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump-supporters.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/dec/31/trump-era-america-jews-lloyd-green

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.