GOPUSA ILLINOIS
— I encourage Republican candidates on 2020 ballots in Wheaton to a) submit
your entry form (https://www.eventbrite.com/e/july-2019-independence-day-celebration-parade-entry-tickets-59341549171)
for Wheaton’s 2019 Independence Day Parade ASAP and b) help sponsor the
fireworks and parade. So far, the Republican parade entries are Bob Berlin, Amy
Grant, Evelyn Sanguinetti, Ann Celine Walsh, and Milton Township Republican
Central Committee. So far, $1,900 has been pledged toward the $2,500
“DuPage County Republicans” sponsorship commitment: $500 from Roger
Claar; $250 each from Berlin, Sanguinetti, Phil Suess, and Tim Whelan; and $100
each from Michael Barbier, Tim Elliott, Marty Keller, and Walsh. $600 is still
needed. Please phone me ASAP at 630-653-0462 or email me ASAP at diersen@aol.com if
you want to help sponsor the fireworks and parade. I will be hand-delivering
500 flyers to the residences and businesses on the parade route that include
the Republican entries in the parade, the sponsor’s names, and the amounts they
contributed. In addition, contributors are invited to be at the Republican
table at fireworks on July 3. – Dave Diersen
http://www.gopillinois.com
NORTHWEST HERALD
— Local officials discussing how new marijuana law would impact municipalities
Local municipalities to discuss local impacts of recreational pot – BRITTANY
KEEPERMAN (DIERSEN: Who is taking the lead to stop the sale of pot a) in your
municipality and b) in the unincorporated areas of your county? All of the
following should be lining up to speak out against pot at public hearings:
Republican activists, Republican candidates, Republican elected officials,
Republican party leaders, Republican major donors, Republican political
consultants, business leaders, religious leaders, healthcare leaders, education
leaders, law enforcement leaders, etc.)
https://www.nwherald.com/2019/06/06/local-officials-discussing-how-new-marijuana-law-would-impact-municipalities/ar36dcv/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: ‘We
have a lot of evaluating to do’ Local officials say they have been watching the
issue but it’s unclear how the legislation will impact McHenry County. Harvard
City Council likely will discuss the matter this month, City Administrator Dave
Nelson said. “If [council members] don’t have any issues with it, we don’t have
to do anything,” Nelson said. “In the event they get a client to retail here,
there is a tax on that, and that’s another discussion.” Municipalities can
impose a local tax on recreational marijuana, under the bill. They cannot ban
its use but can enact ordinances to regulate where the shops are allowed to
open. “A unit of local government, including a home-rule or non-home-rule
county within the unincorporated territory of the county may enact ordinances
to prohibit or significantly limit a cannabis business establishment’s
location,” according to a portion of the bill. Inquiries about launching a
marijuana business in Harvard have already come in, said Charles Eldredge,
director of the Harvard-Woodstock enterprise zone. He said several potential
growers had approached him about the possibilities and were looking at sites
within the enterprise zone. “The city of Harvard has expressed to me that they
would be very open to a grow facility located in the enterprise zone,” Eldredge
said. The Woodstock City Council discussed the matter at a recent workshop, but
a clear stance on the issue hasn’t yet emerged, City Manager Roscoe Stelford
said. “We have a lot of evaluating to do,” Stelford said. “My understanding of
the law is that you can’t ban the use. You can only ban the sale. There will be
communities that allow it because it’s now lawful, and you will see the impact
… but we still need to do more research. It’s still so new.”)
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mike Pence says banning pride flags at US embassies is ‘the right decision’
The Trump administration came under fire at the beginning of June for allegedly
banning U.S. embassies from flying the pride flag.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/11/18661135/mike-pence-pride-flag-ban-us-embassies
— FOP denounces Lightfoot-repeated rumor as ‘wholly false and offensive’ The
mayor tried to defuse the situation Monday: ‘What I said was, I heard a rumor
and I hope that’s not true. That piece of it hasn’t been picked up in the news
media.’ – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/6/10/18659945/fop-fraternal-order-police-kevin-graham-ightfoot-rumor-better-government-association
— So much was left undone by Gov. Pritzker And while there’s no disputing
Pritzker and lawmakers got loads done this spring, the way they went about it
was the same old, same old that needs to go. – Madeleine Doubek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/10/18660273/j-b-pritzker-illinois-legislature-michael-madigan-redistricting-reform-madeleine-doubek
— Bring troops home and send more kids to college It aids the ambitious
children of low-income families in rural and urban areas to lift themselves
above their circumstances. – Jesse Jackson (DIERSEN: I should write a book
about those who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned a) those who served
in Vietnam and b) those who did not serve in Vietnam.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/6/10/18660404/pell-grants-pell-donald-trump-cutting-pell-grants-student-loans-student-loan-debt-trump-tweets
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot responds to criticism for repeating rumor FOP
told officers to lay back over Memorial Day – John Byrne
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-met-lori-lightfoot-police-rumor-response-20190610-story.html
— A few pointers for the 60% of male managers who now say they’re uncomfortable
mentoring women – Heidi Stevens (DIERSEN: Government is nasty. Politics is
nasty. Democrats are nasty. While I worked for the federal government for
almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and
subordinates did everything that they could to turn my superiors, supervisors,
coworkers, and subordinates who were female against me. Similarly, they did
everything that they could to turn my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and
subordinates who were Democrat, minority, younger, veteran, liberal, moderate,
non-Protestant, non-German American, those who had financial, health, and/or
other problems, those whose spouses had no income, those who did not have
professional certifications or licenses, those who had no work experience when
GAO hired them, those whose ancestors had not been in America for a long time,
those who had children, those who drank a lot, those who gambled a lot, those
who golfed a lot, those who focused on spectator sports, those who owned dogs,
etc. against me. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/heidi-stevens/ct-life-stevens-monday-men-uncomfortable-mentoring-women-metoo-0610-story.html
— When women take group photos, why do they line up like Rockettes? – Leslee
Komaiko
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-perspec-women-group-photos-selfies-pose-20190610-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Responding to call for circus ban, group says
animals have been treated properly at DuPage fairgrounds – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190611/repsonding-to-call-for-circus-ban-group-says-animals-have-been-treated-properly-at-dupage-fairgrounds
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— 2020 candidates call out McDonald’s over sexual harassment In a letter being
sent Tuesday to CEO Steve Easterbrook, eight senators led by Tammy Duckworth of
Illinois decry “unsafe and intolerable” conditions and
“unacceptable” behavior in the chain’s restaurants. The group
includes 2020 contestants Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts,
Kamala Harris of California and Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota. – Bloomberg
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/consumer-products/2020-candidates-call-out-mcdonalds-over-sexual-harassment
WBBM
— Mayor Signals Support For ‘Fair Workweek’ Measure – CRAIG DELLIMORE
(DIERSEN: In September of 1969, even though I was available to work every
Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, and every day that NIU was not is session, my
Democrat Park Forest Post Office superiors forced me to resign my part-time job
saying that I was not available to work enough hours. They would not have done
that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/mayor-signals-support-fair-workweek-measure
KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Illinois, land of schmucks – Alan Webber
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/alan-webber-illinois-land-of-schmucks/article_f03992ba-8b7b-11e9-92ea-133ee8454d2a.html
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Pickleball, anyone? – Editorial
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/2019-06-11/editorial-pickleball-anyone.html
— Fair or foul? Campaigns fight for public opinion – Jim Dey
http://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/2019-06-11/jim-dey-fair-or-foul-campaigns-fight-public-opinion.html
NPR ILLINOIS
— Sexual Harassment Accuser Wants Pritzker To Ax Part of Measure – MAUREEN
FOERTSCH MCKINNEY
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/sexual-harassment-accuser-wants-pritzker-ax-part-measure#stream/0
WIRE POINTS
— Pritzker’s untruth: Illinois’ budget is billions out of balance – Ted
Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/pritzkers-untruth-illinois-budget-is-billions-out-of-balance/
ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— 2019 IFI Banquet Speaker Just Announced!: Rev. Franklin Graham – David E.
Smith
https://illinoisfamily.org/ifi_news/2019-ifi-banquet-speaker-just-announced/
GOPUSA
— Ocasio-Cortez doesn’t make enough, wants pay raises for Congress
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70830
— Are Abortion & Gay Rights American Values? – Patrick J. Buchanan
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70812
— No, the Boston Marathon bomber shouldn’t be allowed to vote (DIERSEN:
Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs want only the following to vote:
those who 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.)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=70802
FOX NEWS
— The Democratic Party does not love immigrants. They just want to control
them – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-the-democratic-party-does-not-love-immigrants-they-just-want-to-control-them
— Ingraham: Why are we helping illegal immigrants when we can’t help
ourselves? – Victor Garcia
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ingraham-why-are-we-helping-illegal-immigrants-when-we-cant-help-ourselves
AMERICAN THINKER
— Could bribes be involved in Congress’s refusal to seal the border? – Robert
Arvay (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, politicians talk and act like they are
taking bribes from Mexico and from other foreign countries.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/06/could_bribes_be_involved_in_congresss_refusal_to_seal_the_border.html
AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Paying Off the Many, At the Expense of the Middle – Jackson Scott
https://www.amgreatness.com/2019/06/10/paying-off-the-many-at-the-expense-of-the-middle/
BREITBART
— Pete Buttigieg Gave Special IDs to Illegal Immigrants in South Bend –
CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/10/pete-buttigieg-gave-special-ids-to-illegal-immigrants-in-south-bend/
— Globalist Front: Mass Immigration Necessary to Replace Dying Americans –
John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/10/globalist-front-mass-immigration-necessary-to-replace-dying-americans/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Those who want cheap labor and despise Americans who share
my demographics say “America Needs As Much Immigration as Economy Can
Take.” They look down on me because I did yard work and delivered
newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped
slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an
automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive
services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected
delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/10/watch-george-will-america-needs-as-much-immigration-as-economy-can-take/
— ‘Case for Reparations’ Author Praises Warren: ‘I Think She Means It’ – Tony
Lee (DIERSEN: Who will the Democrats put in charge of determining how much
reparations should be paid by those in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in
your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in
America? My critics/opponents have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I
should pay lots of reparations because I am Protestant (baptized, raised, and
confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran), conservative, patriotic, Republican,
American, White, male, old (born in 1948), non-poor, gun owner, 100% German
American, draft avoider, and my ancestors have been in America since
1844.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/06/10/case-for-reparations-author-praises-warren-i-think-she-means-it/
DAILY CALLER
— NEW YORK LAWMAKERS INTRODUCE DECRIMINALIZING SEX WORK – Mary Margaret Olohan
(DIERSEN: New York today, Illinois tomorrow?)
https://dailycaller.com/2019/06/10/new-york-sex-work/
TOWNHALL
— Mexico Put Their Money Where Their Mouth Is When It Comes To Illegals
Flocking To The U.S. – Beth Baumann
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bethbaumann/2019/06/10/mexican-military-started-rounding-up-illegals-riding-the-beast-train-to-the-united-states-n2547948
REUTERS
— Americans’ perception of LGBTQ rights under federal law largely incorrect –
Maria Caspani (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever increasingly, individuals,
organizations, companies, governments, and countries not only promote LGBTQ
activity, they get rid of individuals, organizations, companies, governments,
and countries that do not promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-lgbt-stonewall-equality/americans-perception-of-lgbtq-rights-under-federal-law-largely-incorrect-reuters-ipsos-idUSKCN1TC120
NEW YORK TIMES
— With Most States Under One Party’s Control, America Grows More Divided –
Timothy Williams
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/06/11/us/state-legislatures-partisan-polarized.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When
J.B. Pritzker took over as the governor of Illinois this year, Democratic
lawmakers, who had spent four years at an impasse with his Republican
predecessor, vowed that their party’s new grip on the State Capitol would bring
immediate change. The pace has been startling. In recent months, Illinois
legislators have moved sharply to the left, deeming abortion a fundamental
right for women no matter what the Supreme Court might decide, raising the
minimum wage, taking steps to legalize recreational marijuana and introducing a
graduated income tax. . .Alabama and Illinois — one overwhelmingly red, the
other blue — were more representative of this year’s tone, providing perhaps
the best examples of political parties moving to enact utterly different agendas.
After Alabama effectively banned abortion last month, female lawmakers in
Illinois responded almost immediately, pressing through a bill expanding
abortion rights in their state. (Abortion rights groups have sued to stop the
Alabama law from taking effect.) And while Illinois voted to allow sports
betting and to legalize recreational marijuana, Alabama failed to approve
either a state lottery or medical marijuana. . .In Illinois, Republicans were
in much the same position as Democrats in Alabama: Outnumbered and outflanked.
And like Alabama Democrats, Illinois Republicans lost nearly every vote of
significance. In addition to voting to raise the minimum wage to $15 by 2025,
the state legislature became the first in the nation to pass a bill legalizing
both the sale and possession of marijuana. (In other states, voters have
approved such laws through ballot initiatives.) Dale Righter, a Republican in
the Illinois Senate, said that without power, Republicans’ hopes relied on
conservative Democratic voters deciding that their lawmakers had gone too far.
“I have no doubt that there are Democratic voters saying, ‘Hey, this isn’t what
I signed up for,’” he said.)
WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Don’t pray for Trump. Protest
him.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/06/11/dont-pray-trump-protest-him/
NEW YORK POST
— Pence defends barring rainbow flag at US embassies during pride month – Lia
Eustachewich
https://nypost.com/2019/06/11/pence-defends-barring-rainbow-flag-at-us-embassies-during-pride-month/
— Why affluent millennials are ditching New York – Bernadette Hogan (DIERSEN:
When did you first start earning $100,000 in today’s dollars? I did in 1987
when I was 39 years old. By then, I had a) worked for GAO for almost 8 years,
b) worked for IRS for almost 9 years, c) passed the CPA and Certified Internal
Auditor examinations on my first attempt, d) earned a master’s degree in
accounting from DePaul, MBA from Loyola, and bachelor’s degree in management
from NIU, and e) became a licensed CPA.)
https://nypost.com/2019/06/10/why-affluent-millennials-are-ditching-new-york/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Some
4,867 under-35-year-olds with gross adjusted incomes of $100,000 or more fled
New York between 2015 and 2016, according to an analysis of IRS data by the Web
site SmartAsset. “That is more than twice the number of rich millennials
leaving Illinois, which has the second-largest decrease of rich millennials in
our study,” said company rep Kara Gibson. A majority of the well-heeled
millennials headed west to California and Washington state — 3,597 and 1,920,
respectively. Texas, Colorado and Florida rounded out the top five
destinations.)
WEEK
— How the Democratic Party internalized libertarianism – Matthew Walther
(DIERSEN: There are tremendous conflicts between the Libertarian and Republican
party platforms. I should write a book about Libertarians a) who falsely claim
to be Republican and b) who do everything that they can destroy me.)
https://theweek.com/articles/846330/how-democratic-party-internalized-libertarianism
ANNISTON STAR
— Jacksonville council approves Harrell resignation, seeks replacement –
Daniel Mayes (DIERSEN: Why hasn’t the Daily Herald reported on Wheaton’s
filling its North District vacancy?)
https://www.annistonstar.com/news/jacksonville/jacksonville-council-approves-harrell-resignation-seeks-replacement/article_7feb3da4-8beb-11e9-b50f-ab2281518c04.html
NEWSWEEK
— ‘U.S.A.’ SPRAY-PAINTED ON CARS OUTSIDE CALIFORNIA HOME, FAMILY SAYS IT WAS
OVER MEXICAN FLAG FLYING IN DRIVEWAY – CALLUM PATON
https://www.newsweek.com/us-spray-painted-california-home-mexican-flag-1443332
HIGH TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Nevada Prohibits Employment Discrimination Based on
Cannabis Use Those who legally use cannabis in Nevada can breathe a bit easier.
– A.J. Herrington (DIERSEN: Because stoners are impaired, I would not want to
work for, work with, or supervise stoners. I should write a book about my
superiors in the federal government who were heavy drinkers. They favored their
employees who were heavy drinkers like they were. They got rid of those like me
who did not drink.)
https://hightimes.com/news/nevada-prohibits-employment-discrimination-based-cannabis-use/
