November 12 Morning Edition

CBS2
— Glen Ellyn Board Members To Vote On Temporary Ban Of Marijuana Shops
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2019/11/12/glen-ellyn-board-members-to-vote-on-temporary-ban-of-marijuana-shops/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who is testifying in public impeachment hearings this week? Meet the witnesses. – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-trump-impeachment-hearings-witnesses-20191112-o6ysycfoyfgwhncokpqllf6lwq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— How Trump impeachment hearing is different than those against Clinton, Nixon Even if the two most recent impeachment proceedings offer instructive clues about the path ahead, there are notable differences in the case surrounding Trump. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/11/12/20961177/trump-impeachment-hearing-different-clinton-nixon

DAILY HERALD
— How businesses are preparing before recreational marijuana use begins – Marie Wilson and Elena Ferrarin (DIERSEN: Of course, sooner or later, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO pot pushers will succeed in getting courts to abolish all limitations pot usage. Pot will conquer America like vodka conquered the Soviet Union. SEE: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/how-alcohol-conquered-russia/279965/ ) 
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20191110/how-businesses-are-preparing-before-recreational-marijuana-use-begins
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Testing shows increasing marijuana use before legalization – Marie Wilson (DIERSEN: Of course, sooner or later, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and RINO pot pushers will succeed in getting courts to abolish all limitations pot usage. Pot will conquer America like vodka conquered the Soviet Union. SEE: https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2013/09/how-alcohol-conquered-russia/279965/ )
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20191110/testing-shows-increasing-marijuana-use-before-legalization

ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Uncertainty looms over Winnebago County chairman’s job – Isaac Guerrero
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20191111/uncertainty-looms-over-winnebago-county-chairmans-job

NPR ILLINOIS
— Merger Urger: State Senator Dan McConchie (R-Lake Zurich) Pushes Consolidation – DUSTY RHODES 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/merger-urger-state-senator-pushes-consolidation#stream/0

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— Dan Webb The power lawyer and former U.S. attorney, 74, on turning down Trump, taking on Reagan, and more – MIKE THOMAS
http://www.chicagomag.com/Chicago-Magazine/December-2019/Why-Dan-Webb-Turned-Down-Trump/

ROBERT FEDER
— Daily Northwestern has nothing to apologize for — except its apology
https://www.robertfeder.com/2019/11/12/daily-northwestern-nothing-apologize-except-apology/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP’s small-fry fundraising – SHIA KAPOS and ADRIENNE HURST
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/11/12/gops-small-fry-fundraising-madigan-hammers-arroyo-deval-patrick-eyes-white-house-run-487650
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Since his exit from politics, the GOP has had to change direction. The party hopes its grassroots fundraising campaign, called Lincoln Legion, will raise funds the old-fashioned way. Hackler says 92 percent of all donations in 2019 have been of $100 or less. How it’s playing out: The party raised $36,405 during the most recent reporting period that ended Sept. 30, according to the State Board of Elections. That’s up from $19,000 in donations the previous three months. Republicans have $106,369 cash on hand — up from $88,412 at the end of June. The House Republican Organization has $417,006 cash on hand; the Republican State Senate Campaign Committee has $214,986 cash on hand; and House Minority Leader Jim Durkin has $1.1 million on hand. Those are small-fry numbers compared to the Democratic Party of Illinois, which has $819,289 cash on hand. Sure, there are more Dems in Illinois, but the differences are stark. Friends of Michael Madigan has $7.1 million, the Democratic Majority has $4 million, and the 13th Ward Organization, where Madigan holds sway, has $1.8 million. Pritzker isn’t the only reason Dem fundraising outpaces the GOP. There’s been an eroding of Republican support in the affluent suburbs. Call it the Trump effect, says Democratic political consultant Scott Kennedy. “The 2018 Democratic fundraising success has largely been attributed to a higher level of enthusiasm among Democratic voters but the number of check-writing affluent suburbanites who switched from Republican to Democrat in the Trump era likely also played a role,” he told Playbook. “If Illinois Republicans are going to rebound, they’ll need to reverse that trend.”)

WIREPOINTS
— US stock markets up 200%, yet Illinois pension hole deepens 75% – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/us-stock-markets-up-200-yet-illinois-pension-hole-deepens-75/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Algonquin Township Trustee David Chapman Says He Will Suggest Township Abolition Be 2025
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/12/algonquin-township-trustee-david-chapman-says-he-will-suggest-township-abolition-be-2025/ 
— IL-14: Ted Gradel Releases New Video on Veterans Day
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/12/il-14-ted-gradel-releases-new-video-on-veterans-day/ 
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Releases New Video & Pledge to Veterans
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/12/il-14-jim-oberweis-releases-new-video-pledge-to-veterans/ 
— U.S. Senate: More Went On in Lake County GOP HQ than Fake Endorsement of Jim Oberweis on November 2nd
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/11/u-s-senate-more-went-on-in-lake-county-gop-hq-than-fake-endorsement-of-jim-oberweis-on-november-2nd/ 
— IL-06/IL-14: Salute to the Veterans Running for Congress
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/11/il-06-il-14-salute-to-the-veterans-running-for-congress/

PRAIRIE STATE WIRE
— In Springfield, family ties bind lobbyists, lawmakers – W.J. Kennedy
https://prairiestatewire.com/stories/520006925-in-springfield-family-ties-bind-lobbyists-lawmakers

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— A Kindler, Gentler Anti-Christian SPLC? – Laurie Higgins (DIERSEN: By their words and/or by their actions, my critics/opponents make it clear that they side with the SPLC.)
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/a-kindler-gentler-anti-christian-splc/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Alabama man who destroyed ‘Baby Trump’ balloon raises $42,000 for defense – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/nov/11/hoyt-hutchinson-baby-trump-balloon-stabber-raises-/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Julian Castro: First primary states should be more reflective of American diversity – Eric Utter (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat Party is the party of individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that 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.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/11/julian_castro_first_primary_states_should_be_more_reflective_of_american_diversity.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Direct Mail: The Only Media The Left Can’t Control – Richard A Viguerie
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31382

TOWNHALL
— Bernie Leads His Party to Open Borders – Pat Buchanan
https://townhall.com/columnists/patbuchanan/2019/11/12/bernie-leads-his-party-to-open-borders-n2556311

PJ MEDIA
— Gay Pro-Trump Recording Artist Blacklisted by Music Industry Influencers – MEGAN FOX (DIERSEN: LGBTQ activists have made it very clear that they will destroy any LGBTQer who does not destroy Republicans.)
https://pjmedia.com/lifestyle/gay-pro-trump-recording-artist-blacklisted-by-music-industry-influencers/
— Don Jr. Tells Jeanine Pirro: The Establishment Hates Trump Because He Proves They’re Useless – MICHAEL VAN DER GALIEN (DIERSEN: What do you say to Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Central Committee leaders who make it very clear a) that they do not want Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains to any more or any less then what they are told to do and b) that they do not want anyone to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails?) 
https://pjmedia.com/trending/don-jr-tells-jeanine-pirro-the-establishment-hates-trump-because-he-proves-theyre-useless/

HOT AIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: It is a Crime To Encourage Illegal Immigration.
https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2019/11/crime-encourage-illegal-immigration-supreme-court-will-decide/

ONE NEWS NOW
— D.C. shrugging off trillion-dollar issue: national debt – Chris Woodward
https://onenewsnow.com/politics-govt/2019/11/11/dc-shrugging-off-trillion-dollar-issue-national-debt

COLLEGE FIX
— ‘Shameful,’ ‘irresponsible’: University moves conservative speaker’s event due to ‘security concerns’ – DANIEL PAYNE 
https://www.thecollegefix.com/shameful-irresponsible-university-moves-conservative-speakers-event-due-to-security-concerns/

THE HILL
— Tillerson denies Haley’s claims of taking actions to undermine Trump – JUSTIN WISE (DIERSEN: I should write a book about past and present underminers in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Central Committee, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.) 
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/469994-tillerson-denies-haleys-claims-of-taking-actions-to-undermine-trump
— The worst thing about Trump’s ‘fake news’ warning – BERNARD GOLDBERG (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is fake except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/469408-the-worst-thing-about-trumps-fake-news-warning

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats write a big anti-Trump article about Illinois’ 6th Congressional District without any quotes from a) Bob Grogan who represents the district on the Illinois Republican Party State Central Committee, b) Jeanne Ives who is running to represent the district, c) Jay Kinzler who is running to represent the district, d) Marty Keller who is the Chairman of the DuPage County Republican Central Committee, e) Chris LeVan who is the Chairman of the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, f) etc. I have lived in the 6th Congressional District since 1978, for more than 41 years. 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/us/politics/impeachment-voters.html
— Five Polling Results That May Change the Way You Think About Electability – Nate Cohn (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the Democrat, Libertarian, Green, and Republican parties hint/imply/argue/shout that the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. How soon will a new “Conservative” party be formed to represent the aforesaid?) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/upshot/12up-surprising-results-poll-battleground-state-voters-2020-election.html
— Late Night Asks if We Really Need More Rich Guys in the 2020 Race – Trish Bendix (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who have lots of money. When candidates and party leaders ask them for money, they say “Only if you get rid of Diersen.”) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/12/arts/television/late-night-bloomberg-election-2020.html
— Facebook’s New Role as News Publisher Brings New Scrutiny – Marc Tracy
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/business/campbell-brown-facebook-news.html
— Bursting the Billionaire Bubble No, America isn’t waiting for a tycoon savior. – Paul Krugman (DIERSEN: I should write a book about operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents who have lots of money.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/opinion/michael-bloomberg-billionaires.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats work very hard to unite Backs and Hispanics against Republicans.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/11/opinion/african-americans-latinos-trump.html?searchResultPosition=1

WASHINGTON POST
— Neil Young was honest on his U.S. citizenship application — but says his pot use is holding things up – Michael Brice-Saddler (DIERSEN: To use pot is to shout your disrespect for the rule of law.) 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/11/11/neil-young-was-honest-his-us-citizenship-app-says-his-weed-smoking-is-holding-things-up/
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs equate Dreamers with slaves. Sooner or later, courts will not only allow, courts will force employers to get rid of their employees who are citizens of America and replace them with Dreamers. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/congress-stop-ducking-free-the-dreamers/2019/11/11/9908e854-04cc-11ea-8292-c46ee8cb3dce_story.html
— Career federal employees take risky and rare role in impeachment drama – Lisa Rein 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/career-federal-employees-take-risky-and-rare-role-in-impeachment-drama/2019/11/11/cdc76240-00d6-11ea-8bab-0fc209e065a8_story.html

USA TODAY
— Bloomberg + Sanders + Biden + Trump + Warren = 374. What’s wrong with this 2020 picture? Research shows older adults are slower to conceptualize problems and make changes when circumstances shift. How would that work in the Situation Room? – Peter Funt (DIERSEN: How old are you? I am 71. I should write a book about those in Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who promote age discrimination. They focus on promoting discrimination against those who older and Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They certainly did not want Wheaton’s City Council to pick me to fill its West District vacancy.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2019/11/10/bloomberg-trump-biden-sanders-warren-over-70-too-old-column/2531529001/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Florida’s Sunshine and Tax Benefits Beckon Billionaires Trump is joining the tradition of wealthy people abandoning New York, New Jersey and Connecticut – Juliet Chung and Joseph De Avila
https://www.wsj.com/articles/floridas-sunshine-and-tax-benefits-beckon-billionaires-11573473614
— Boomers Want to Stay Home. Senior Housing Now Faces a Budding Glut Aging-in-place technology trend marks a challenge to builders of living facilities for seniors – Peter Grant
https://www.wsj.com/articles/boomers-want-to-stay-home-senior-housing-now-faces-a-budding-glut-11573554601
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor. To vote for Democrats is to shout that you 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. 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-court-and-the-dreamer-pawns-11573517389

BLOOMBERG
— Richest 1% of Americans Close to Surpassing Wealth of Middle Class – Alexandre Tanzi and Michael Sasso
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-11-09/one-percenters-close-to-surpassing-wealth-of-u-s-middle-class

FORBES
— Reasons Marijuana Legalization Seems To Be Failing – Mike Adams
https://www.forbes.com/sites/mikeadams/2019/11/05/reasons-marijuana-legalization-seems-to-be-failing/

HERALD NET
— What’s worse than a lie? Not caring you’ve been lied to – Tom Burke (DIERSEN: Who lied to you? My Democrat superiors in the federal government lied to me. They swore that they would enforce Civil Service protections, but they did not.) 
https://www.heraldnet.com/opinion/burke-whats-worse-than-a-lie-not-caring-youve-been-lied-to/

REASON
— The Daily Northwestern Apologizes to Students for Reporting News That Triggered Them A newspaper staffed by the country’s most famous journalism school says it shouldn’t have covered a Jeff Sessions event. – ROBBY SOAVE
https://reason.com/2019/11/11/daily-northwestern-jeff-sessions-editorial-triggered-students/#new_tab

FEEDSPOT
— GOPUSA Illinois in Feedspot Top 200 Political Blogs (#88)
https://blog.feedspot.com/political_blogs/

NATIONAL LAW REVIEW
— Supreme Court Won’t Overturn $1.3 Million Age Discrimination Verdict (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government knew full-well that it was illegal to discriminate because of political affiliation, race, gender, veteran status, age, national origin, religion, etc. So therefore, they used the subjectivity in job assignments, performance expectations, performance appraisals to discriminate against federal employee who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $98,198) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $116,040) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $136,495) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $165,500) by age 40. It is called pretext.) 
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/supreme-court-won-t-overturn-13-million-age-discrimination-verdict

(FROM THE ARTICLE: In response, a plaintiff can show by preponderance of the evidence that the legitimate reasons offered by the defendant were not its true reason, but were a pretext for discrimination.)

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.