January 18 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Crowds at Women’s March Chicago on Saturday expected to close parts of downtown to traffic; city plans warming buses for participants – Angie Leventis Lourgos (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers will be 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?)
By ANGIE LEVENTIS LOURGOS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-womens-march-chicago-preview-20200117-vo5wwkcvczdornblvtvmejn6ie-story.html
— Why is Kim Foxx sticking taxpayers with a bill for her Jussie Smollett mess? – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-jussie-smollett-kim-foxx-kass-20200118-23bsbc3ipvhfbmvzxcfnbnrzom-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Let marijuana consumption ordinance go up in smoke The Chicago City Council doesn’t need to send more customers into tobacco shops. Focus instead on keeping the air clear and smoke free for all Chicagoans. – Joel Africk, Wilmette
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/18/21070661/marijuana-consumption-ordinance-delay-mayor-lori-lightfoot-suntimes-letters

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago doubling down on dangerous ‘securitized bonds’ The losers in Chicago’s bond scheme may end up being taxpayers, service recipients, public pensioners and everybody else except the muni bond community—bondholders, underwriters, bankers and lawyers. – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/opinion/chicago-doubling-down-dangerous-securitized-bonds

NBC5
— Significant Turnout Expected at Women’s March Despite Cold Temps in Chicago (DIERSEN: What percent of the marchers will be 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://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/significant-turnout-expected-at-womens-march-despite-cold-temps-in-chicago/2203417/

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against America’s citizens. 
https://www.wbez.org/shows/reset/conditions-worsen-for-migrants-seeking-asylum-at-usmexico-border/1f1c8396-5d33-4eaf-bed9-8ca2137a0e3f

WBBM 780
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers. To push pot on a person is to destroy that person.
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/preckwinkle-skeptical-minorities-will-get-access-to-weed-biz

WQAD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://wqad.com/2020/01/18/cities-in-the-qca-eligible-for-grants-funded-by-recreational-marijuana-taxes/

WGLT
— Sen. Bill Brady On Property Tax Relief And Making The Case Against A Graduated Income Tax – RYAN DENHAM
https://www.wglt.org/post/sen-bill-brady-property-tax-relief-and-making-case-against-graduated-income-tax#stream/0

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— Senate GOP Leader Bill Brady said to have voiced private support for abortion funding, gun control legislation – W.J. Kennedy (DIERSEN: If you do not defend and advance the Republican Party platform, you should not seek or hold any kind of government or political office as a Republican. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can will defend and advance their platform.)
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/523657795-senate-gop-leader-bill-brady-said-to-have-voiced-private-support-for-abortion-funding-gun-control-legislation

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis and Catalina Lauf Wrong on Lauren Underwood Record
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/18/il-14-jim-oberweis-and-catalina-lauf-wrong-on-lauren-underwood-record/ 
— Campaign Rape Cover-Up Ripples Keep Spreading
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/01/17/campaign-rape-ripples-keep-spreading/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Chicago Tribune: Shill for Human Slaughter
https://illinoisfamily.org/podcast/podcast-chicago-tribune-shill-for-human-slaughter/
— Marriage and the “Success Sequence” – Micah Clark (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious when I got married in 1978. They knew that my wife would give me even more reasons for living and even more motivation a) to pass the CPA examination on my first attempt like I did in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul like I did in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt like I did in 1981, and d) become a licensed CPA like I did in 1981. They knew that because of her salary, we could afford my suffering a $20,147/year (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO like I did in 1980.) 
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/marriage-and-the-success-sequence/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants lying in wait for Trump to lose election – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/jan/17/illegal-immigrants-lying-wait-trump-lose-election/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— With its dubious finding on impoundment, GAO passed the buck – Nathaniel Cogley
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/with-its-dubious-finding-on-impoundment-gao-passed-the-buck
— Democrats go to Mexico and blast Trump over border tent cities – Anna Giaritelli (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats side with foreign countries and with their citizens against America and against America’s citizens.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/democrats-go-to-mexico-and-blast-trump-over-border-tent-cities
— ICE: New York City has declined 7,526 ‘detainers,’ murderers let go – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/ice-new-york-city-has-declined-7-526-detainers-murderers-let-go

GOPUSA
— In defense of Christian nationalism
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83119
— Georgetown students: America not the greatest country (DIERSEN: If not America is not the greatest country, why do so many come to America and stay in America?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=83116

AMERICAN THINKER
— The plight of the unwoke – Lynne Lechter (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes paint themselves as being very woke. I should write a book about them. They paint me as being someone who has unfairly benefitted from my being White, male, Missouri Synod Lutheran, German American, conservative, Republican, American, raised in Crete, raised by a stay-at-home mother, having good health, having ancestors who have been in America for a long time, earning college degrees, earning professional certifications, earning a professional license, working for the federal government for almost 30 years, getting married, and not having children.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2020/01/the_plight_of_the_unwoke.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Urban slang defines a person being “woke” or “wokeness” as someone being cognizant of “social justice.” Social justice, in this worldview, encompasses racism, feminism, gender fluidity, inequality, and “undocumented visitors” (illegal aliens). The very word connotes a superior state of being in which any opposing opinion is perceived as a personal affront, or even attack, and triggers the necessity for safe spaces. Opposing viewpoints are bludgeoned on college campuses and in the mainstream media as racist, sexist, homophobic, xenophobic, gun-toting, and Bible-thumping idiocies. Oh, the elitism — and blindness! The woke are really the unwoke — those with no sense of self-awareness of the hypocritical and self-aggrandizing images they actually project to the rest of us. Examples abound.)

BREITBART
— Two More Venues Cancel Michelle Malkin Lecture in Maine – TOM CICCOTTA
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/01/17/two-more-venues-cancel-michelle-malkin-lecture-in-maine/
— Seven Times the GAO Found the Obama Administration Violated Federal Law – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/16/seven-times-the-gao-found-the-obama-administration-violated-federal-law/
— Poll: 12-in-13 Black Americans Have Never Experienced Voter Suppression – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/01/17/poll-12-in-13-black-americans-have-never-experienced-voter-suppression/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Has Squeezed Two Terms’ Worth of Wins Into 3 Years as President – Deroy Murdock
https://www.newsmax.com/murdock/trump-economy-unemployment-foreign-policy/2020/01/17/id/950260/

TOWNHALL
— NowThis Isn’t Journalism – Adam Guillette
https://townhall.com/columnists/adamguillette/2020/01/18/now-this-isnt-journalism-n2559692
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NowThis and its allies are so desperate to smear President Donald Trump that they’re resorting to lies about the Holocaust. In one of the outlet’s latest propaganda pieces, NowThis sat down with a radical leftwing group of campus Jews and Palestinians and gave them an opportunity to promote their extremist views. While it’s nice to see Jews and Arabs sitting together in peace, the bloom comes off the rose when we learn that they have only come together to promote lies and hate. Perhaps the biggest lie perpetuated in the video occurred when one member of the group compared the plight of immigrants on the American border to that of Anne Frank.)

HOT AIR
— The Real “Marriage Story” Is A Lot Brighter Than Hollywood Is Letting On (DIERSEN: Many, if not most of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, and especially those who fail/refuse to defend/advance the traditional family plank in the Illinois Republican Party platform, have never been married, are divorced, have serious marital problems, were not raised by a stay-at-home mother, have parents who are divorced, and/or are LGBTQers.) 
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2020/01/real-marriage-story-lot-brighter-hollywood-letting/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood launches $45 million campaign to defeat Trump ‘If they’ve got $45m laying around, why exactly do they need taxpayer dollars?’ – Calvin Freiburger
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/planned-parenthood-launches-45-million-push-against-trump-gop

THE HILL
— Pelosi offers message to Trump on Bill Maher show: ‘You are impeached forever’ – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: Which of your “negatives” do your critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress about you? Mine stress that I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Firestone Stores employee, Post Office employee, etc. They stress the adverse actions that my employers took against me. They stress that I am a Trump supporter, Protestant (baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, old (born in 1948), gun owner, German American, draft avoider, former union member, federal retiree, and my ancestors have been in America since 1844.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/478906-pelosi-offers-message-to-trump-on-bill-maher-show-you-are-impeached-forever

REUTERS
— Ahead of tinder box Virginia gun rally, Trump says Constitution under attack – Brad Brooks
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-guns-rally/ahead-of-tinder-box-virginia-gun-rally-trump-says-constitution-under-attack-idUSKBN1ZH09W

NEW YORK TIMES
— For Shrinking Cities (including Decatur), an Aggressive Way to Dodge the Census Bullet Places where the population is declining know it could cost them money after the 2020 head count is taken. The solution: Expand their borders to add more residents. – Mitch Smith
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/17/us/census-annexation-illinois.html
— Facebook Political Ads: Which States Are 2020 Democrats Betting On? – Nick Corasaniti and Quoctrung Bui
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2020/01/17/us/politics/democrats-political-facebook-ads.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Hannity and Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/01/17/hannity-previews-trumps-final-defense-so-what-if-hes-guilty/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Do Political Campaigns Change Voters’ Minds? – Hugo Mercier (DIERSEN: What would be the pros and cons if GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contained ads? Of course, I would only seek/accept ads that promoted a) planks the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican Party platform and b) conservative Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, political organizations, and companies.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/do-political-campaigns-change-voters-minds-11579282258
— Opinion: The GAO’s Legal Conclusion is Wrong
https://www.wsj.com/video/opinion-the-gao-legal-conclusion-is-wrong/70BCEB53-88B7-4BA6-9677-5EF7D6F67CC3.html
— New York Tries Again to Muzzle Pro-Life Groups The state’s new ‘boss bill’ defies the spirit of a 2018 Supreme Court ruling in favor of a pregnancy center. – Nicole Ault
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-york-tries-again-to-muzzle-pro-life-groups-11579304211
— ‘The Age of Entitlement’ Review: The Dividing Line The political tribalism of today has its roots in the debates and reforms of the 1960s. – Richard Aldous
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-age-of-entitlement-review-the-dividing-line-11579281287
— ‘Elderhood’ Review: The Way We Age Now   In 1900, the average life expectancy for an American was 46 years; these days it is 79. But what will those later years be like, and how should we make the most of them? – Joseph Epstein (DIERSEN: What do plan to do with your time and money when you retire? If you are retired already, what are you doing with your time and money? I spend 10+ hours each and every day and thousands of dollars each and every year putting together and sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails each and every morning and each and every evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elderhood-review-the-way-we-age-now-11579281407
— Parenting Isn’t Over When Kids Grow Up With so many young adults still relying on parents for support, the challenge is how to help them without undermining their independence – Mark McConville (DIERSEN: My outstanding father died suddenly in 1969 when he was 47 and I was 21 and my brother was 16. My outstanding mother never attended high school and had never worked outside of the home.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/parenting-isnt-over-when-kids-grow-up-11579323660
— After Stretch IRAs, What Retirement Breaks Could Congress Chop Next? A handful of proposals on limiting retirement tax breaks have been circulating in Washington for years – Laura Saunders
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-stretch-iras-what-retirement-breaks-could-congress-chop-next-11579257004
(FROM THE ARTICLE: • Require annual payouts from Roth IRAs. Current law requires annual withdrawals from traditional IRAs for savers who are age 72 and older, but it doesn’t require them for Roth IRA owners. Ed Slott, an IRA specialist and certified public accountant, says this proposal would take away one of the biggest draws of a Roth IRA, which is payout flexibility. He also worries that it could open the door to indirect taxes, in the same way that tax-free municipal-bond income is included when calculating Social Security taxes and Medicare premiums.)

SENTINEL SOURCE
— Smokers need not apply: Fairness of no-nicotine hiring policies questioned – Blake Farmer (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, smoking, pot, and/or LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who drank lots of booze and smoked a lot.)
https://www.sentinelsource.com/news/economy/smokers-need-not-apply-fairness-of-no-nicotine-hiring-policies/article_182fc306-2aea-5ae7-ad69-73d0a4b05a43.html

SCOUT SOMERVILLE
— OCTOBER 24, 2019 FLASHBACK: 2019 Candidate Survey: Councilor-At-Large (DIERSEN Questions to ask candidates: If elected, how would the following help you carry out your duties: a) your education, b) your political experience and work experience, c) your professional certifications and licenses, and d) length of time that you have lived in your municipality, township/county, county, and Illinois? What have you done and what will you do if elected to: a) discourage the sale and use of pot, b) discourage gambling, c) discourage the sale and drinking of booze, d) promote traditional marriage and the traditional family, e) promote homeownership, f) discourage abortion, g) discourage mass/illegal immigration, h) discourage diminution of First and Second Amendment rights, i) discourage patronage and political affiliation discrimination, j) discourage reverse discrimination, k) discourage age discrimination, l) encourage people to save for their retirement, m) discourage dependency on government, and n) discourage dependency on charity?) 
https://scoutsomerville.com/2019-candidate-survey-councilor-at-large/

NPR
— Is It Fair To Refuse To Hire People Who Use Nicotine? (DIERSEN: Most, if not virtually all of my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes promote booze, gambling, smoking, pot, and/or LGBTQ activity. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government who drank lots of booze and smoked a lot.) 
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2020/01/09/794685174/u-hauls-nicotine-free-hiring-rule-reflects-a-trend-that-troubles-workers-advocat

WASHINGTON MONTHLY
— Who, Exactly, Makes Up the Democratic Base? – David Edward Burke (DIERSEN: From what I see, the Democratic base 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 (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://washingtonmonthly.com/2020/01/17/who-exactly-makes-up-the-democratic-base/

ATLANTIC
— Has the Women’s March Accomplished Anything? – EMMA GREEN (DIERSEN: The marches 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.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2020/01/womens-march-2020/605095/

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— Trump May Be Even More Unpopular Than His Approval Rating Shows – Peter K. Enns and Jonathon P. Schuldt (DIERSEN: Who are you unpopular with, that is, who despises/hates you? The following despise/hate me and despise/hate those who share my demographics: Those who despise/hate those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, those who have more or less money than they do, past/present government employees, government retirees, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/trump-may-be-even-more-unpopular-than-his-approval-rating-shows/

MEDIA MATTERS
— Reince Priebus says Trump lawyer is “very close to Laura Ingraham” and her show reflects his views Preibus: “If you want to know, kind of, where Pat [Cipollone]’s head is at, listen to Laura on Fox News”
https://www.mediamatters.org/trump-impeachment-inquiry/reince-priebus-says-trump-lawyer-very-close-laura-ingraham-and-her-show

JD SUPRA
— GAO Reminds Offerors that It’s Important to Substantiate Key Personnel’s Experience (DIERSEN: GAO wasted my experience. GAO audits IRS and many federal agencies including financial institution regulators. The Democrats who ran GAO during the 1980s and 1990s wasted the experience that I gained a) working for IRS for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,084-$96,431/year, b) working on audits on many federal agencies for almost 6 years 1980-1985 and 1989, c) working on audits of IRS for 3 years 1986-1988, d) working on audits of federal financial institution regulators for almost 9 years 1984 and 1990-1997, e) earning job-related professional certifications in 1979 and 1981, f) earning job-related graduate degrees in 1976, 1980, and 1997, and g) serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996.) 
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/gao-reminds-offerors-that-it-s-20604/

JERUSALEM POST
— Joe Biden mocks Donald Trump’s claim to speak against antisemitism – RON KAMPEAS (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is nasty. Democrats are nasty. I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who focused on turning my Jewish superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates against me. They stressed that I was a) Republican, b) conservative, c) 100% German national origin , d) baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, e) a Crete resident 1948-1972, and f) a Wheaton resident since 1978.) 
https://www.jpost.com/American-Politics/Biden-mocks-Trumps-claim-to-speak-against-antisemitism-614519