CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: If you want to destroy a municipality, destroy a county, destroy a state, or destroy a country, you push pot on that municipality, on that county, on that state, or on that country.
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/joe-cahill-business/how-long-can-pot-resisting-towns-hold-out
DAILY HERALD
— Endorsement: Byrnes in GOP primary for McHenry County coroner
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200225/endorsement-byrnes-in-gop-primary-for-mchenry-county-coroner
— Years of largesse give Bloomberg his own political machine – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200225/news/302259990/
— Law license at stake, Blagojevich skips hearing – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200225/law-license-at-stake-blagojevich-skips-hearing–
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FROM THE ARTICLE: Ives still confident about GOP primary win, releases new
ad with eye on the prize
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-will-lightfoot-endorse-illinois-primary-obama-center-housing-spin-20200225-74hxky6hjvgh3hycrzl7vitk2m-story.html
— Rod Blagojevich accused of ‘moral turpitude’ at hearing on his law license –
JASON MEISNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-rod-blagojevich-commuted-ardc-hearing-20200225-tiz262xxlrfj5b322bvjuz6l7e-story.html
— 2020 Illinois Democratic presidential candidate endorsements – BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-2020-illinois-presidential-endorsements-20200225-v7jk22zikjezffdyyxnzacpfrq-story.html
— The Bernie Sanders dilemma: Are Dems pining for the days of smoke-filled rooms?
– Clarence Page
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-sanders-democrats-smoke-filled-rooms-page-20200225-n7lm3m4d65cglafxe2q3rbp544-story.html
— American oligarchs used to quietly bankroll pols. Now they’re becoming them.
– JEFFREY A. WINTERS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-michael-bloomberg-american-oligarchs-politics-20200225-zmvezhoed5gynplbj6shjatvx4-story.html
— GOP primary in Kane County District 10 sees incumbent against former Batavia
alderman – DAVID SHAROS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-kane-county-district-10-st-0226-20200225-fvfkpnisbnddfkp3ptontvps2y-story.html
— DuPage expungement clinic – ALICIA FABBRE (DIERSEN: What do you say to those
who hint/imply/argue/shout that I have had an unfair advantage in life because
I have never been arrested? They hint/imply/argue/shout that because of
discrimination against minorities, if I had been a minority, I would have been
arrested, if not convicted of a crime.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-dupage-expungment-clinic-misdemeanors-st-0223-20200226-bomskmeu6janbo4xoghwuc2vgm-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Blago a no-show as state Supreme Court agency aims to yank his law license
for ‘moral turpitude’ A week after his release from federal prison, disgraced
ex-Gov. Rod Blagojevich is still looking for a job — and it doesn’t like he’ll
find one in a courtroom any time soon. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/25/21153133/blagojevich-disbar-illinois-attorneys-commutation-trump
— Diversity on the docket in state Supreme Court race How important is racial
diversity on the state’s top court? James Montgomery Sr. thinks it’s crucial.
The veteran lawyer was corporation counsel under Mayor Harold Washington, the
city’s first black mayor. – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already,
will the Democrat, Republican, Libertarian, Green, and other political parties
in Illinois officially announce that the more of the following that candidates
are, the less support that those candidates will get from the party: Trump
supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, gun owner,
German American, draft avoider, and/or if their ancestors have been in America
for a long time?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/2/25/21151572/state-supreme-court-freeman-neville-howse-harris-reyes-mcbride-epstein-cobbs
— Firefighters making renewed push for pension bill that could saddle city
with $30M in annual costs It would remove the “birth date restriction” that
prohibited 2,200 active and retired firefighters born after Jan. 1, 1966 from
receiving a 3% annual cost of living increase. Instead, they get half that
amount — an annual increase of 1.5% that is not compounded. – Fran Spielman
(DIERSEN: Cost of living adjustments have always been less than
inflation.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/2/25/21153449/firefighters-renewed-push-pension-bill-30-million-annual-costs
— Illinois sheriffs: Violent felons facing deportation released into
communities Sheriff Mike Downey of Kankakee County said the Illinois Sheriffs’
Association was not given a reason for a recent policy switch, which Downey
said is akin to giving the ex-inmates a “head start to evade federal law.” – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/25/21153503/illinois-violent-felons-ice-sheriffs
ABC7
— Pompeo accuses China and Iran of censoring information about coronavirus
outbreaks – Conor Finnegan
https://abc7chicago.com/pompeo-accuses-china-and-iran-of-censoring-information-about-coronavirus-outbreaks-/5966883/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Violent felons who had faced deportation are being released into Illinois
communities, sheriffs say – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/violent-felons-who-had-faced-deportation-are-being-released-into-illinois-communities-sheriffs-say
— Trump defends Modi, refuses to weigh in on citizenship law – Jonathan Lemire
and Jill Colvin (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen
Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of religious,
government, political, and/or financial clout and who look down on, if not
discriminate against, not only those who are Missouri Synod Lutheran, but those
who are German American, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican,
American, White, male, older, gun owners, and/or those whose ancestors have
been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-defends-modi-refuses-to-weigh-in-on-citizenship-law
WTTW
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot. To encourage a
person to use pot is to try to destroy that person.
https://news.wttw.com/2020/02/24/can-chicago-fix-problem-marijuana-so-male
ALTON DAILY NEWS
— House Committee to Consider Representative’s Qualifications – Greg Bishop
(DIERSEN: When vacancies occur, I call for special elections to be held to fill
those vacancies. If special elections had been held to fill the Wheaton City
Council North and West City Council vacancies, which candidates would have won?
If a special election had been held to fill the recent Illinois Republican
Party 8th Congressional District State Central Committee vacancy, which
candidate would have won?)
http://altondailynews.com/news/details.cfm?clientid=17&id=299397#.XlW0-WhKiM8
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State
Rep. Anne Stava-Murray, D-Naperville, said she served Delgado a petition on
Jan. 29 that called into question the new state representative’s
qualifications. Stava-Murray said in her petition that Delgado’s husband was
appointed to a “position of influence” with the Latino Caucus. “[T]he process
and subsequent appointment created by that process indicated the political sway
that a person alleged to have engaged in brazenly clear bribery (and known
amongst House colleagues to repeatedly ask ‘what’s in it for me?’) retained
even while vacating the House seat to which he had been elected,” Stava-Murray
said in the petition. Earlier this month, House Minority Leader Jim Durkin,
R-Western Springs, filed a petition that laid out the timeline of Arroyo’s
charges and subsequent resignation, and the questions around Arroyo giving his
local party votes to someone else to cast for his replacement. “Mr. Arroyo gave
his proxy votes to Alderman [Ariel] Reboyras to be used towards choosing Ms.
Delgado,” Durkin said. “Although Mr. Arroyo was not present for the actual
vote, his decision to give his votes to be voted by proxy had the same effect
as if he was present at the actual vote to fill the vacancy.”)
GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Poll: Sanders leads Democratic presidential field in
Illinois – Bernard Schoenburg (DIERSEN: To vote for Sanders is to shout that
you are not only anti-Trump, but that you are 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://www.galesburg.com/news/20200225/poll-sanders-leads-democratic-presidential-field-in-illinois
RIVERSIDE BROOKFIELD LANDMARK
— GOPers talk immigration, climate change at forum 3rd District congressional
hopefuls draw sparse crowd at LTHS – Bob Skolnik
https://www.rblandmark.com/News/Articles/2-25-2020/GOPers-talk-immigration,-climate-change-at-forum/
FOX ILLINOIS
— With time running out to stop Sanders, Dems set to debate in South Carolina
– Stephen Loiaconi
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/with-time-running-out-to-stop-sanders-dems-set-to-debate-in-south-carolina
NPR ILLINOIS
— OUTRAGEOUS: Pets Allowed: Proposed State Measure Would Allow Critters In
Public Housing – OLIVIA MITCHELL
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/pets-allowed-proposed-state-measure-would-allow-critters-public-housing#stream/0
TRI STATES PUBLIC RADIO
— State Senator Steve McClure, a Springfield Republican, Wants Harsher
Punishments For Harming Domesticated Animals – MIKE SMITH
https://www.tspr.org/post/lawmaker-wants-harsher-punishments-harming-domesticated-animals
CENTER SQUARE
— Law enforcement group objects to release of non-citizens from prison without
notification – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/law-enforcement-group-objects-to-release-of-non-citizens-from/article_216f99c2-5806-11ea-8cd2-d72eb5798006.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— McHenry Township Consolidation Cost-Benefit Study Summary
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/mchenry-township-consolidation-cost-benefit/
— Gasser Responds to Commenter’s Critique
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/gasser-responds-to-commenting-critique/
— IL-14: Left Trying to Redefine Socialism and Distinguish “Democratic
Socialism”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/il-14-left-trying-to-redefine-socialism-and-distinguish-democratic-socialism/
IL-14: Jim Marter Makes Appeal
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/il-14-jim-marter-makes-appeal/
— Jack Franks ad hoc Committee Selections Mirror Those of Mike Madigan
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/jack-franks-ad-hoc-committee-selections-mirror-those-of-mike-madigan/
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Endorsed by DuPage Conservatives and Al Salvi
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/il-14-jim-oberweis-endorsed-by-dupage-conservatives-and-al-salvi/
— Tribune Endorses Byrnes for Coroner, Hansen for Judge
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/02/25/tribune-endorses-byrnes-for-coroner-hansen-for-judge/
CAPITOL FAX
— Gaming roundup: No betting on Illini/DePaul tournament games; Indiana’s
troubles; Harmon’s video gaming gusher; Sweepstakes issues
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/25/gaming-roundup-no-betting-on-illinidepaul-tournament-games-indianas-troubles-harmons-video-gaming-gusher-sweepstakes-issues/
— Coronavirus roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/02/25/coronavirus-roundup/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Devout Catholics side with Trump – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/inside-the-beltway-power-devout-catholics-side-wit/
— Illinois lawyers say Blagojevich should be disbarred – AP
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/feb/25/illinois-lawyers-say-blagojevich-should-be-disbarr/
FOX NEWS
— CPAC 2020: Who’s speaking at this year’s conservative conference – Brooke
Singman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cpac-2020-whos-speaking-at-this-years-conservative-conference
— Cruz scorches Sotomayor over court critique, turns tables on her dissent –
Ronn Blitzer
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cruz-scorches-sotomayor-over-court-critique-turns-tables-on-her-dissent
DAILY CALLER
— Bernie Sanders Promoted Article Saying American Dream ‘More Apt To Be
Realized’ In Venezuela – PETER HASSON (DIERSEN: People with what demographics
get preference in Venezuela?)
https://dailycaller.com/2020/02/25/bernie-sanders-venezuela-american-dream/
DAILY SIGNAL
— Judge Rules Chicago Can’t Ban Christian Students From Evangelizing – Tony
Perkins
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/02/25/judge-rules-chicago-cant-ban-christian-students-from-evangelizing/
NATIONAL REVIEW
— Our Laws Protect Animals but Not Human Beings – ALEXANDRA DESANCTIS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/pain-capable-unborn-child-protection-act-our-laws-protect-animals-but-not-human-beings/
— Blagojevich’s Release Is a Chance to Tackle Corruption in Illinois – BRAD
WEISENSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/02/blagojevich-release-is-a-chance-to-tackle-corruption-in-illinois/
THE HILL
— Surging Sanders puts House in range for Republicans – JOHN FEEHERY
https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/484437-feehery-surging-sanders-puts-house-in-range-for-republicans
— Twitter falling short on pledge to verify primary candidates – EMILY
BIRNBAUM AND CHRIS MILLS RODRIGO
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/484453-twitter-falling-short-on-pledge-to-verify-primary-candidates
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Says Liberal Supreme Court Justices Ginsburg, Sotomayor Should Recuse
– Reuters
https://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2020/02/25/world/asia/25reuters-usa-court-trump.html
— Stocks Tumble Again as Fears of Coronavirus Grip Markets The spread of the
new coronavirus has rattled investors in both the stock and bond markets. –
Matt Phillips
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/25/business/stock-markets-covid-19.html
NEWSWEEK
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: FORMER TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL OPPONENT JOE WALSH BACKS
BERNIE SANDERS, TELLS GOP ‘I’D RATHER HAVE A SOCIALIST THAN A CON MAN’ –
BENJAMIN FEARNOW
https://www.newsweek.com/former-trump-presidential-opponent-joe-walsh-backs-bernie-sanders-tells-gop-id-rather-have-1489069
WINDY CITY TIMES
— Victory Fund hosts fundraiser for endorsed Illinois LGBTQ candidates –
Carrie Maxwell
http://www.windycitymediagroup.com/lgbt/-Victory-Fund-hosts-fundraiser-for-endorsed-Illinois-LGBTQ-candidates/68032.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A
Victory Fund hosted fundraiser for the organization’s endorsed candidates—Cook
County Circuit Court Clerk candidate Jacob Meister; state representative
candidates Yoni Pizer ( 12th District ), Ken Meija-Beal ( 42nd District ) and
Maggie Trevor ( 54th District ); and Cook County Circuit Court judicial
candidates Levander Smith Jr., Jill Rose Quinn, Mary Cay Marubio and Brad
Trowbridge—took place Feb. 17 at Wood in Boystown. . .”This endorsement gives
me a sense of joy and accomplishment,” said Meija-Beal. “I am from
DuPage County and there is not a lot of LGBTQ representation there. The fact
that the Victory Fund found this race and my candidacy worthy means the world
to me.”)
VAULT
— 6 Skills You Need on Your Resume to Get Hired in 2020 – Sarah Daren
(DIERSEN: Democrats want to hire, retain, and promote a) young Democrat
minorities, b) young Democrat females, and c) those who can and will get rid of
Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, Protestant,
conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German
American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a
long time.)
https://www.vault.com/blogs/resumes-cover-letters/6-skills-you-need-on-your-resume-to-get-hired-in-2020
RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Call for Presidential Candidates’ Medical Records
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/february_2020/most_call_for_presidential_candidates_medical_records
