FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— GOP: Pritzker tying school funding to tax vote is ‘shameful’ – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/gop-pritzker-tying-school-funding-to-tax-vote-is-shameful
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Budget bully? Republicans accuse Pritzker of holding ‘funding to our schools
hostage’ to income tax plan Accusing the
governor of a “bullying tactic,” Assistant House Republican Leader Avery Bourne
said putting the $150 million in reserves was just a way to “push Pritzker’s
political agenda.” – Neal Earley
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/20/21146249/budget-bully-republicans-pritzker-education-funding-schools-graduated-income-tax-bourne
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/20/21078674/how-to-smoke-weed-illinois-legal-dispensaries
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2020/2/20/21146313/medical-pot-sales-topped-23-million-january-patient-count-eclipsed-100k
— Wheaton College students allowed to preach in Millennium Park, judge says In
a 32-page order issued Thursday, U.S. District Judge John Robert Blakey granted
an injunction to the college students — all members of Wheaton College’s
Chicago Evangelism Team — that will prohibit the city from restricting their
preaching in the sprawling downtown park. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/20/21146320/wheaton-college-students-allowed-preach-in-millennium-park-judge
— Sanders and Bloomberg leading Illinois primary: poll Among voters polled,
Bernie Sanders led Michael Bloomberg 22% to 17%. Former Vice President Joe
Biden had 14%, followed by Pete Buttigieg with 13% and Minnesota Sen. Amy
Klobuchar with 8%. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/20/21146183/sanders-bloomberg-leading-illinois-primary-poll-says
— Chicago gets new ‘giant iPad’-style electronic voting machines New machines
and practices were rolled out this week as early voting begins. – Ella Lee
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/2/20/21142904/illinois-elections-voting-chicago-electronic-voting-machines
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who is Jeanne Ives, Republican candidate for 6th Congressional District? –
Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-who-is-jeanne-ives-6th-congressional-district-candidate-20200306-e24e55yfgbbz7ljaxuv77nsgp4-story.html
— Meet the Illinois candidates for U.S. Congress
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-illinois-primary-meet-the-candidates-for-congress-20200219-34ioc4aprvalviwxagxmhubz3y-story.html
— How the Chinese Communist Party intimidates overseas Chinese citizens – FAN
WEI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-china-communist-party-fear-20200220-7chtaaz2xfcdnh2ofsqqdni7kq-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Randy Hultgren named president and CEO of the Illinois Bankers Association –
Debbie Jemison (DIERSEN: Outstandingly, Both Hultgren and Roskam endorsed me
when I first ran for DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct 9
Committeeman in Wheaton in 2000.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/submitted/20200220/randy-hultgren-named-president-and-ceo-of-the-illinois-bankers-association
— Senate candidate Peggy Hubbard backs away from her own claims she brought
gun into Hinsdale Central – Bob Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/senate-candidate-backs-away-from-her-own-claims-she-brought-gun-into-hinsdale-central
— How Republican opponents want to win back 6th Congressional District – Marie
Wilson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/how-republican-opponents-want-to-win-back-6th-congressional-district
— Avon Township board delays vote on censure of supervisor – Mick Zawislak
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/avon-township-board-delays-vote-on-censure-of-supervisor
— Casten distorts history of taxation – Roger Kempa, Plainfield
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200220/casten-distorts-history-of-taxation
— GOP: Tying school funding to tax vote ‘shameful’ – John O’Connor
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200220/gop-tying-school-funding-to-tax-vote-shameful
MCDONOUGH VOICE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.mcdonoughvoice.com/news/20200219/cannabis-in-curriculum
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Former State Senate Contender Indicted
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/former-state-senate-contender-indicted/
— Free Community College for Children of Families Earning Less than $45,000 in
Pritzker’s Budget
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/free-community-college-for-children-of-families-earning-less-than-45000-in-pritzkers-budget/
— IL-14: Anthony Catella Writes Letter to Republican Voters
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/il-14-anthony-catella-writes-letter-to-republican-voters/
— Precautionary Escort Requested for Franks in County Complex
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/20/precautionary-escort-requested-for-franks-in-county-complex/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— BLAGOJEVICH RETURNS TO AN ILLINOIS AS CORRUPT AS HE LEFT IT – Austin Berg
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/blagojevich-returns-to-an-illinois-as-corrupt-as-he-left-it/
ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Dick Durbin All-In for Ensuring Dead Babies – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/02/durbin-all-in-for-ensuring-dead-babies/
CAPITOL FAX
— Almost 60 people are banned from the capitol complex without law enforcement
escort
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/almost-60-people-are-banned-from-the-capitol-complex-without-law-enforcement-escort/
— Pritzker’s optimism on full display in budget address (DIERSEN: What
discourages you from being optimistic? For me, it is the success that Democrats
and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green
plants, and RINOs are having in driving conservatives out of a) Milton Township
Republican Organization, b) DuPage County Republican Central Committee, c)
Illinois Republican Party, d) Wheaton, e) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, f)
Milton Township, g) DuPage County, and h) Illinois.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/pritzkers-optimism-on-full-display-in-budget-address/
— Simon Poll: Pritzker job approval at 51/38, Trump at 39/58, Sanders leads
Dem field (DIERSEN: If this poll is accurate, the majority of voters in
Illinois are 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. To what
extent will those who run organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois
use the aforesaid polling results to further dump those who are Trump
supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White,
male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those
whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/simon-poll-pritzker-job-approval-at-5138-trump-at-3958-sanders-leads-dem-field/
— HGOPs say Pritzker’s budget vastly underestimated state’s minimum wage costs
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/20/hgops-say-pritzkers-budget-vastly-underestimated-states-minimum-wage-costs/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— How Black History Month, Hispanic Heritage Month and LGBT Pride Month only
polarize Americans – Lee Cohen
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/20/how-black-history-month-hispanic-heritage-month-an/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Highest number of independents to date approve of Trump: Poll – Anthony
Leonardi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/highest-number-of-independents-to-date-approve-of-trump-poll
GOPUSA
— Historically Low Black Unemployment Figures Not Good Enough For James
Clyburn; We Were Fully Employed During Slavery
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85062
— Buttigieg Questions How Christians Can Support Trump: ‘I Cannot Find Any
Compatibility’ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout
that GOD is a LGBTQer who sends heterosexuals straight to HELL.)
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=85090
FEDERALIST
— After Nearly Dying At The Hand Of A ‘Bernie Bro,’ Steve Scalise Attests To
Their Violence – Kylee Zempel
https://thefederalist.com/2020/02/20/after-nearly-dying-at-the-hand-of-a-bernie-bro-steve-scalise-attests-to-their-violence/
DAILY CALLER
— Rise Of Radicals Signals Democrat Downfall In November – CHARLIE KIRK
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/20/kirk-rise-of-radicals-signals-democrat-downfall-in-november/
PATRIOT POST
— Mayor Pete Attacks Evangelical Trump Supporters at CNN Town Hall – Todd
Starnes
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/68723-mayor-pete-attacks-evangelical-trump-supporters-at-cnn-town-hall-2020-02-20
PJ MEDIA
— Hispanic George Zimmerman Sues Two Presidential Candidates for Calling Him a
White Supremacist – VICTORIA TAFT (DIERSEN: To be called a White supremacist in
America today, is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s and
1940s.)
https://pjmedia.com/trending/hispanic-george-zimmerman-sues-two-presidential-candidates-for-calling-him-a-white-supremacist/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Notre Dame Plays Host to Transgender Ideology A Catholic university should
know better than to promote harmful pseudoscience dressed up as compassionate
care. – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/transgender-ideology-notre-dame-catholic-university-should-know-better/
THE HILL
— Poll: 62% of voters open to reelecting Trump, up from last year
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/483886-poll-more-voters-open-to-re-electing-trump-than-a-year-ago
CNBC
— Chevy’s new mid-engine Corvette needs Gen X and millennial buyers to succeed
– Michael Wayland (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their
operatives, and their dupes are anti-Corvette if not Corvette-haters.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/02/20/chevys-new-mid-engine-corvette-needs-gen-x-and-millennial-buyers-to-succeed.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— Sanders Suggests He Won’t Release Full Medical Records After he had a heart
attack in October, Bernie Sanders said he would release ‘comprehensive’ medical
records. But he has not done so. – Sydney Ember
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/us/politics/bernie-sanders-health.html
— Yes, Rich Cities Are Getting Richer. But That’s Not the Whole Story. Even
with widening geographic inequality, economic activity is less concentrated in
a few top metro areas than in the past. – Jed Kolko
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/upshot/rich-city-poor-city-population-growth.html
— Your Doorbell Camera Spied on You. Now What? Amazon’s popular Ring security
cameras have gaping security holes. Here’s how to protect yourself. – Brian X.
Chen
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/technology/personaltech/ring-doorbell-camera-spying.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: White-haters promote hatred of Whites.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/black-history-month-america.html
— Pull Yourself Up by Bootstraps? Go Ahead, Try It It’s impossible, and yet
the bootstraps narrative drives out good policy. – Nicholas Kristof (DIERSEN:
What did you do to pull yourself up by your bootstraps? I earned a) a
job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s
degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications
when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional
license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/19/opinion/economic-mobility.html
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A conservative-hater says “How conservatives learned
to wield power inside Facebook.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2020/02/20/facebook-republican-shift/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Millennials Show Loyalty to Employers Today’s youngest professionals aren’t
job hopping any more than the prior generation, despite the hot job market –
Kathryn Dill
https://www.wsj.com/articles/millennials-show-loyalty-to-employers-11582118467
— Without an Independent Watchdog, Who Will Audit the Auditors? Congress
should refuse Trump’s request to abolish the oversight board Sarbanes-Oxley
created. – Arthur Levitt
https://www.wsj.com/articles/without-an-independent-watchdog-who-will-audit-the-auditors-11582156537
— Banished in Beijing China expels three WSJ reporters to deflect from its
coronavirus woes. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/banished-in-beijing-11582157934
FORBES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lauraheller/2020/02/20/retailers-have-a-lot-to-learn-from-illinois-dispensaries-and-40b-in-cannabis-sales/
USA TODAY
— Barr, Wray and top security officials: Help us protect the 2020 elections
and your vote Our state-based system protects us from election disruption. You
can help by being on guard against social media disinformation and divisive
messages. – William Barr, Christopher Wray, Chad Wolf, Joseph Maguire and
Christopher Krebs
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/02/19/protect-our-elections-attorney-general-barr-fbi-director-wray-column/4779980002/
DENVER POST
— OUTSTANDING: Colorado won’t stop employers from firing workers for using
weed off the clock – TINEY RICCIARDI
https://www.denverpost.com/2020/02/19/colorado-legislature-marijuana-employees-fired-2/
GALLUP
— Trump Job Approval Steady at 49% – JEFFREY M. JONES
https://news.gallup.com/poll/286280/trump-job-approval-steady.aspx
FED SMITH
— Rewarding High Performers and Chopping Benefits – Ralph R. Smith (DIERSEN:
When will the federal government officially tell its employees and prospective
employees a) that if they are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran, the
federal government will waste their careers and get rid of them if they do not
make GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age
30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service
(currently $170,800) by age 40 and b) that extremely few federal employees make
the aforesaid deadlines?)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/02/20/rewarding-high-performers-chopping-benefits/
REASON
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To encourage illegal immigration is to encourage the
destruction of America.
https://reason.com/2020/02/20/the-first-amendment-right-to-encourage-illegal-immigration/
LAWYERS
— Job Recruiting Sites May Promote Employment Discrimination – Sidney L. Gold
(DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will employers, organizations, governments,
and countries officially post signs that say the following are NOT WELCOME:
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://blogs.lawyers.com/attorney/labor-and-employment/job-recruiting-sites-may-promote-employment-discrimination-60890/
HR DRIVE
— Lawmakers call out big banks for lack of leadership diversity “There is
no shortage of diverse people and businesses for banks to hire and
promote,” one congressman said — only a shortage of leaders “with the
will to make it happen.” – Sheryl Estrada (DIERSEN: Of course, the answer
is to get rid of all the old White men.)
https://www.hrdive.com/news/lawmakers-call-out-big-banks-for-lack-of-leadership-diversity/572593/
COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR SALE: 1239 Golf Lane, Wheaton – $425,000
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/1239-golf-ln/pid_34898289/
