WHITE HOUSE
— President Donald J. Trump Announces Judicial Nominees
https://www.whitehouse.gov/presidential-actions/president-donald-j-trump-announces-judicial-nominees-3/
(FROM THE ANNOUNCEMENT:
John F. Kness of Illinois, to serve as Judge on the U.S. District Court for the
Northern District of Illinois. John Kness is the General Counsel of the College
of DuPage, where he oversees all legal matters at the second-largest
institution of higher learning in the State of Illinois. Prior to becoming
General Counsel, Mr. Kness served as an Assistant U.S. Attorney in the Northern
District of Illinois, with stints in the National Security and Cybercrimes,
Narcotics, and General Crimes Sections. Mr. Kness served as a law clerk to
Judge William H. Pryor, Jr., of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh
Circuit. Mr. Kness earned his B.A. and J.D., cum laude, from Northwestern
University. Mr. Kness also has experience in law enforcement, having served as
a patrol officer for the Oak Park Police Department prior to law school.)
ABC7
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weed-legalization-guide/5337346/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— South suburban towns are jockeying for a casino. ‘We all believe we have the
best site.’ – Ted Slowik
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-slowik-south-suburban-casino-locations-st-0612-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Trump taps Kness for federal bench: College of DuPage top lawyer Before law school, Kness was a patrol officer
for the Oak Park Police Department. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2019/6/11/18662122/donald-trump-taps-john-kness-federal-bench-college-of-dupage-top-lawyer
— New Illinois doesn’t sound any better than the old one Something you should
probably understand is that a lot of people are serious about this separation
business, even if most of us regard it as kooky. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/6/11/18662061/new-illinois-doesnt-sound-any-better-brad-halbrook-separatists
— What’s legal weed gonna cost in Illinois? A lot Both taxes and an expected
supply shortage could result in pricy recreational pot products when the drug
is fully legalized in Illinois at the start of next year. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/6/11/18660607/how-much-legal-pot-marijuana-cost-prices-recreational-prices-illinois
DAILY HERALD
— Top Kane prosecutor disappointed in recreational pot vote – Harry Hitzeman
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190611/top-kane-prosecutor-disappointed-in-recreational-pot-vote
— Fairgrounds supporters: Don’t ban circuses, animal shows – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190611/fairgrounds-supporters-dont-ban-circuses-animal-shows
— Rep. Omar filed joint tax returns before she married husband – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20190611/news/306119895/
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Gas tax hike will hurt Illinois families – Allen Skillicorn
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/06/11/skillicorn-gas-tax-hike-will-hurt-illinois-families/a9m4upz/
SUBURBAN LIFE
— Taxpayers left out of lawmakers’ celebration – Editorial
https://www.mysuburbanlife.com/2019/06/05/taxpayers-left-out-of-lawmakers-celebration/a5kncc6/
WSPY
— Grundy County Could Become a Sanctuary Gun County
http://www.wspynews.com/news/local/grundy-county-could-become-a-sanctuary-gun-county/article_4345ed70-8c60-11e9-8e40-c791d90de03f.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— CEOs Becoming More Active On Political Issues, Including Abortion – YUKI
NOGUCHI
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/ceos-becoming-more-active-political-issues-including-abortion#stream/0
CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/illinois-cannabis-industry-to-create-thousands-of-new-jobs/article_05e64747-8ef1-5fd2-adcc-829276c1d95a.html
CITY OF WHEATON
— Draft Wheaton City Council Session Minutes RE: May 28, 2019 Comprehensive
Plan/Market Study/Zoning Ordinance Update for the East Roosevelt Road Corridor
https://www.wheaton.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_06102019-1189?packet=true
GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— Rodney Davis and Adam Kinzinger at Sanguinetti Meet & Greet in
Washington, D.C. Wednesday, June 26, 2019. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Gay Pride Day in Woodstock
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/06/10/gay-pride-day-in-woodstock/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Voter rolls: Which precincts are Republican strongholds in DuPage County?
(DIERSEN: 10 of the top 25 are in Milton Township.)
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/512579133-voter-rolls-which-precincts-are-republican-strongholds-in-dupage-county
CAPITOL FAX
— Tribune editorial board member compares Republican legislative leaders to
Nazi collaborators
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/11/tribune-editorial-board-member-compares-republican-legislative-leaders-to-nazi-collaborators/
— Ideas Illinois poll shows support slipping for graduated income tax
https://capitolfax.com/2019/06/11/ideas-illinois-poll-shows-support-slipping-for-graduated-income-tax/
FOX NEWS
— GOP Rep clashes with House Dem after she reads letter calling Trump
supporters ‘racist,’ ‘dumb’ – Sam Dorman
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-rep-clashes-with-house-dem-after-she-reads-letter-calling-trump-supporters-racist-dumb
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump’s Mexico ‘deal’ isn’t an immigration fix, it’s a temporary Band-Aid
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/trumps-mexico-deal-isnt-an-immigration-fix-its-a-temporary-band-aid
— Gillibrand equates anti-abortion beliefs to racism – Grayce McCormick
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gillibrand-equates-anti-abortion-beliefs-to-racism
DAILY CALLER
— REVEALED: TWO MORE GOOGLE BLACKLISTS DESIGNED TO REMOVE ‘FRINGE DOMAINS’ AND
OP-EDS FROM SPECIAL SEARCH RESULTS – J. Arthur Bloom
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/11/revealed-two-google-blacklists-fringe-domains-special-search-results/
GOPUSA
— Majority of women still charmed by socialism
http://www.gopusa.com/majority-of-women-still-charmed-by-socialism/
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— K-12 Education Has Become Progressive Sunday School – Hezekiah Kantor
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/06/11/k-12-education-has-become-progressive-sunday-school/
FEDERALIST
— Mixing Kids With Drag Queens Sets Gay Rights Back Decades Promoting
adolescent boys as drag queens and setting up events in which adult
entertainers perform before children has reignited fears the LGBT community
spent 30 years fighting. – Chad Felix Greene
https://thefederalist.com/2019/06/11/putting-drag-queens-front-children-sets-cause-gay-rights-back-decades/
CONSERVATIVE REVIEW
— What if Mitch McConnell cared as much about the border as about pork
projects? – Daniel Horowitz
https://www.conservativereview.com/news/mitch-mcconnell-cared-much-border-pork-projects/
CHRISTIAN POST
— Twitter CEO, 180 other company leaders claim abortion bans are ‘bad for
business’ – Samuel Smith
https://www.christianpost.com/news/twitter-ceo-180-other-company-leaders-claim-abortion-bans-are-bad-for-business.html
LIFE NEWS
— Kirsten Gillibrand Says Opposing Abortion is Like Being a Racist – MICAIAH
BILGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/06/11/kirsten-gillibrand-says-opposing-abortion-is-like-being-a-racist/
NEWSMAX
— Our D.C. Overlords Couldn’t Care Less About Stopping Illegal Immigration –
Michael Reagan and Michael R. Shannon
https://www.newsmax.com/reagan/maryland-illegal-immigration/2019/06/11/id/919841/
— Gay Movement Should Separate From Extremist Fringe – Chris Freind
https://www.newsmax.com/freind/gay-rights-movement-pride-month-trans/2019/06/11/id/919897/
THE HILL
— Lawmakers clash after Dem reads letter on House floor calling Trump
supporters ‘racist,’ ‘dumb’ – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/447977-lawmakers-clash-after-dem-reads-letter-on-house-floor-calling-trump-supporters
— Gillibrand compares limiting abortion rights to racism – JULIA MANCHESTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/447956-gillibrand-compares-limiting-abortion-rights-to-racism
HUFFINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters call Steve King a “White
Supremacist.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/steve-king-donald-trump_n_5cffd66ee4b00a4c6abf952b
— Activists Want Baby Trump Blimp To Crash President’s July 4th Address Code
Pink organizers plan to bring a giant diaper-clad Trump to the president’s
Fourth of July rally in DC — but would rather the entire event gets canceled. –
David Moye
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/trump-baby-blimp-code-pink-july-4_n_5d000404e4b011df123c083a
ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Rep. King’s ‘Diamond and Silk
Act’ gets ripped by conservative pundits.”
https://www.rollcall.com/news/congress/conservatives-bashing-rep-steve-king-for-diamond-and-silk-act-gambit
WASHINGTON POST
— The New York Times cuts all political cartoons, and cartoonists are not
happy – Michael Cavna
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/06/11/new-york-times-cuts-all-political-cartoons-cartoonists-are-not-happy/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New Jersey Avoids Veto Override on PAC Transparency Bill Gov. Phil Murphy
will sign legislation requiring sources of contributions but asks for companion
measure – Joseph De Avila (DIERSEN: How transparent are a) your municipality,
b) your township/ward, and c) your county? When leadership vacancies occur, are
you given a) the applicants’ names, b) copies of what they submitted, and c)
the finalists’ names? What opportunity are you given to comment on the
applicants? Is your input sought on the applicants?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/new-jersey-avoids-veto-override-on-pac-transparency-bill-11560209589
DALLAS NEWS
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Save Chick-fil-A’ bill signed into law by Texas Gov. Greg
Abbott – Rebekah Allen and Lauren McGaughy
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/texas-legislature/2019/05/20/save-chick-fil-abill-approved-texas-house-despite-emotional-pleas-lgbt-members
HELEN INDEPENDENT RECORD
— Transparency and respect lacking in Helena’s city government – Amy Teegarden
and Gery Carpenter (DIERSEN: How transparent are a) your municipality, b) your
township/ward, and c) your county? When leadership vacancies occur, are you
given a) the applicants’ names, b) copies of what they submitted, and c) the
finalists’ names? What opportunity are you given to comment on the applicants?
Is your input sought on the applicants?)
https://helenair.com/opinion/columnists/transparency-and-respect-lacking-in-helena-s-city-government/article_06f5b3d3-88c2-5b44-a3f7-2d0cf5ee557b.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Where
is the transparency? Where is the respect? In less than six months, the Helena
City Commission has been able to weaken Helena’s city departments, processes
and strategic partnerships, resulting in a culture of distrust by hiring their
handpicked city manager to implement their agendas and clean house. We are
retired city employees who care about current employees and community groups
that we had the honor of serving with in a productive and respectful
environment. We retired before the new city manager was hired, and while it may
appear we have an “ax to grind,” we simply care about the future of this city
and staff. This letter strives to raise awareness and encourage Helena citizens
to get involved and stay engaged. The 2019 City Commission election filing
deadline is Monday. There are plenty of facts and documentation to support
these concerns. However, for the protection of staff, details will not be
disclosed in this format. Where is the community conversation? There appears to
be a lack of public process and participation related to recent recommendations
and decisions. City advisory boards are “informed” of decisions rather than
consulted in a collaborative effort, and their recommendations are ignored.
Longstanding and effective partnerships are dismissed and dismantled while
priority is given to the rhetoric of entitled special interest groups and
disgruntled individuals without any regard to the greater community benefit and
other legitimate user groups. Research and you will find that decisions are
made outside the framework of city ordinance and that contracts are being
awarded without following a competitive process. We are concerned there is a
total disregard for city code and legal processes. Is this transparency?)
WRAL
— Steve King not allowed on Air Force One for Trump’s trip to Iowa Tuesday –
CNN
https://www.wral.com/steve-king-not-allowed-on-air-force-one-for-trumps-trip-to-iowa-tuesday/18445564/
FED WEEK
— Discrimination, Retaliation Top List of Violations
https://www.fedweek.com/fedweek/discrimination-retaliation-top-list-of-violations/
