CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: OUTSTANDING: Chicago hotels say no to pot
Out-of-staters planning ganja getaways at the start of next year may not have
anywhere to legally get stoned as many hotels are sticking by their strict
no-smoking policies. – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: What do you say to people who
hint/imply/argue/shout that getting stoned as much and as often as possible is
their top priority in life?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/11/26/20976906/chicago-hotels-marijuana-recreational-cannabis-airbnb
— City Council approves Lightfoot’s $11.6 billion budget — with 11 ‘no’ votes
“There are always gonna be critics,” the mayor said after the vote. “But what I
know is, we needed 26 votes and we got 39.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/11/26/20983774/chicago-city-council-lightfoot-budget-vote
— All aboard: Relatives of embattled state Sen. Martin Sandoval hitch a ride
on CTA payroll While Sandoval held significant power over transit agencies as
the chairman of the Illinois Senate’s Transportation Committee, his daughter
and daughter-in-law were hired by the CTA — after his son was hired by another
transit agency, the Pace bus system. – Robert Herguth
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2019/11/27/20984780/state-senator-martin-sandoval-relatives-cta-payroll-pace-transit-federal-investigation
WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Can Illinois Spread The Wealth With Weed? – Hunter
Clauss (DIERSEN: Pot brings down everyone and everything around it.)
https://www.wbez.org/shows/the-rundown-wbezs-daily-newsletter/newsletter-can-illinois-spread-the-wealth-with-weed/f784c5e7-5300-4de7-ad2b-03b9ef45b49a
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Opportunity in recreational marijuana sales, Cannabis
Career Fair attracts potential candidates – Treasure Roberts
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/opportunity-in-recreational-marijuana-sales-cannabis-career-fair-attracts-potential-candidates/
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Illinois family brings together 60-plus relatives for Thanksgiving – Phil
Luciano (DIERSEN: There used to be large family reunions every summer in Crete
on my father’s side and in Grant Park on mother’s side. But that ended during
the 1960s largely because of the split between Missouri Synod Lutherans and
Wisconsin Synod Lutherans.)
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20191126/illinois-family-brings-together-60-plus-relatives-for-thanksgiving
FOX ILLINOIS
— Bloomberg: US would benefit from ‘an awful lot more immigrants’ – AP
(DIERSEN: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats.
RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/bloomberg-us-would-benefit-from-an-awful-lot-more-immigrants
WHEATON PATCH
— Pro-Life Groups Promise Major Expansion of March for Life Chicago 2020 March
Focus…”Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman” – Lori Solyom
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/pro-life-groups-promise-major-expansion-march-life-chicago
CENTER SQUARE
— Poll finds Illinois voters aren’t optimistic about businesses growth under
progressive income tax – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/poll-finds-illinois-voters-aren-t-optimistic-about-businesses-growth/article_b74b7a02-1084-11ea-a116-dbc4752ca0e5.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Illinois Republican National Committeewoman Endorsed Jeanne Ives for
Congress
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/26/illinois-repubican-national-committeewoman-endorsed-jeanne-ives-for-congress/
ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO’S 2020 BUDGET PROPOSAL WAS NEVER TRULY BALANCED – Adam Schuster and
Bill Reveille
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicagos-2020-budget-proposal-was-never-truly-balanced/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WIS. ELECTIONS PANEL SUED FOR NOT CLEANING UP VOTER ROLLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/11/wis-elections-panel-sued-for-not-cleaning-up-voter-rolls.html
AMERICAN THINKER
— President Trump Scoring with Black Voters, and Dems Are Terrified – Fletch
Daniels
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/11/president_trump_scoring_with_black_voters_and_dems_are_terrified.html
DAILY SIGNAL
— David Limbaugh on New Far Left: Americans Must Resist ‘Tyrannical Bullying’
– Rachel del Guidice
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/11/27/david-limbaugh-on-new-far-left-americans-must-resist-tyrannical-bullying/
TOWNHALL
— Don’t Impeach Trump. He Puts America, Not Ukraine, First. – Betsy McCaughey
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2019/11/27/dont-impeach-trump-he-puts-america-not-ukraine-first-n2557117
HEARTLAND INSTITUTE
— 80 PERCENT OF VAPING-RELATED ILLNESSES ATTRIBUTABLE TO THC – Lindsey Stroud
https://www.heartland.org/publications-resources/publications/research–commentary-centers-for-disease-control-and-prevention-find-over-80-percent-of-vaping-related-illnesses-attributable-to-thc
EPOCH TIMES
— Star Parker on Trump and America’s ‘Culture War’ – IRENE LUO AND JAN
JEKIELEK
https://www.theepochtimes.com/star-parker-on-trump-and-americas-culture-war_3157541.html
NATIONAL REVIEW
— U.S. Fertility Rate Falls for Fourth Consecutive Year in 2018, Reaching
Record Low – ZACHARY EVANS (DIERSEN: Even with Trump’s efforts, the future
looks ever-increasing bleak for children in America who are White, male, German
American, Protestant, conservative, Republican, and those whose ancestors have
been in America for a long time. Sooner or later, anti-Republicans will force
all children in America to speak, read, and write Spanish.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/u-s-fertility-rate-falls-for-fourth-consecutive-year-in-2018-reaching-record-low/
CNN
— Sacha Baron Cohen calls social media ‘the greatest propaganda machine in
history’ – Elizabeth Wolfe and Brian Ries (DIERSEN: According to my
critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is
propaganda except for the government and political news and commentary that
they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/11/22/business/sacha-baron-cohen-speech-social-media-propaganda-trnd/index.html
ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Trump campaign, GOP groups attack Google’s new ad policy – KEVIN FREKING
https://www.sentinelandenterprise.com/2019/11/26/trump-campaign-gop-groups-attack-googles-new-ad-policy/
NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, to be a Democrat, is to be someone who
promotes dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity,
abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second
Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political
affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination,
retaliation, and even worse things.
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/new-race-same-homophobia-roy-moore-harks-back-moral-times-n1091851
CNBC
— 42% of American workers say they have fought about politics at work—and you
can expect it to continue – Abigail Hess (DIERSEN: While my Democrat superiors
in the federal government discriminated against me because I am a Republican,
if I had worked for Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, or Wheaton, my
RINO superiors would have discriminated against me because I am “too
conservative” and I am not a yes-man.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/11/13/42percent-of-american-workers-say-they-have-fought-about-politics-at-work.html
NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and
RINOs make it clear that they want to destroy traditional marriage and the traditional
family.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/27/opinion/barr-liberals-family.html
— To Take on the Religious Right, We Need a Religious Left My faith shapes my
progressive politics. I wish this were true of more liberals. – Bianca Vivion
Brooks (DIERSEN: I should write a book about activists, candidates, elected
officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. in Wheaton,
in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois who claim
to be religious and have lots of religious, government, political, and/or
financial clout, but who fail/refuse to speak out against Democrat efforts to
promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ activity,
abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second
Amendments, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, patronage, political
affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination,
retaliation, and even worse things.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/21/opinion/church-religion-2020-democrats.html
— FRONT PAGE: It’s Not Just Poor White People Driving a Decline in Life
Expectancy A new study shows that death rates increased for middle-aged people
of all racial and ethnic groups. – Gina Kolata and Sabrina Tavernise
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/11/26/health/life-expectancy-rate-usa.html
WASHINGTON POST
— NRA boosted executive pay while cutting funding for key programs, filing shows
– Beth Reinhard
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/nra-boosted-executive-pay-while-cutting-funding-for-key-programs-filing-shows/2019/11/26/da4f3f60-0c61-11ea-a49f-9066f51640f6_story.html
USA TODAY
— Salvation Army commander: Yes, we are faith-based charity. But we serve and
love everyone. Regardless of sexual or gender identity, we love and welcome all
— the programs we offer prove it. Hate and misinformation puts that support at
risk. – David Hudson
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2019/11/22/salvation-army-lgbt-backlash-poverty-gay-marriage-column/4269694002/
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: ‘A distinctly American phenomenon’: Our workforce is
dying faster than any other wealthy country, study shows – Jorge L. Ortiz
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/11/26/us-life-expectancy-downward-spiral-study/4303700002/
BOSTON HERALD
— No one wins when Chick-fil-A caves to the left – BEN SHAPIRO
https://www.bostonherald.com/2019/11/24/no-one-wins-when-chick-fil-a-caves-to-the-left/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Can Republicans Win in the Suburbs? There’s a Class for That. At ‘Suburban
Candidate School,’ GOP hopefuls are learning how to court women voters and how
to answer potentially difficult questions about President Trump – Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/articles/can-republicans-win-in-the-suburbs-theres-a-class-for-that-11574771400
— Why Are College Students So Afraid of Me? Because adults at places like
Bucknell and Holy Cross have convinced them they are oppressed. – Heather Mac
Donald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/why-are-college-students-so-afraid-of-me-11574812050
— What Happens if SAT Scores Consider Adversity? Find Your School The Wall
Street Journal obtained the list, and it offers a glimpse of the effects on
test scores – Douglas Belkin (DIERSEN: What might have increased your adversity
score? For me, it might have included that a) neither of my outstanding parents
attended college, b) my father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high
school diploma, c) my mother never attended high school, and d) I washed dishes
for the minimum wage 24 hours a week during my junior and senior years in high
school and 40 hours a week during the summer in between. Further, when I was in
high school, I was not viewed as being “college material.” I just barely made
into the upper 20% of my class. My ACT score was only 24. I was 1-A for draft
notwithstanding the fact that my eyesight could not be corrected to 20/20, I
had partial red/green color blindness, and I had Osgood-Schlatter disease
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osgood%E2%80%93Schlatter_disease ).)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/what-happens-if-sat-scores-consider-adversity-11574773201
BLOOMBERG
— Chicago Votes to Phase in $15 Minimum Wage by 2021 – Stephen Joyce
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/daily-labor-report/chicago-votes-to-phase-in-15-minimum-wage-by-2021#new_tab
GRAND FORKS HERALD
— Caving in to the cultural left – Ben Shapiro (DIERSEN: What do you say those
who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican, but who cave in to
the cultural left?)
https://www.grandforksherald.com/opinion/columns/4782994-Ben-Shapiro-Caving-in-to-the-cultural-left
NEWSWEEK
— WHY DEMOCRATS REFUSE TO CENSURE RATHER THAN IMPEACH TRUMP: ‘THERE HAS NEVER
BEEN A STRONGER CASE’ – RAMSEY TOUCHBERRY (DIERSEN: I should write a book about
a) those who want me to be censured, b) what organizations they want to censure
me, and c) why they want me to be censured.)
https://www.newsweek.com/why-democrats-refuse-censure-rather-impeach-trump-there-has-never-been-stronger-case-1474227
REPRESENTATIVE ERIC SWALWELL, [D-CA-15]
— H.R.1684 – Journalist Protection Act (DIERSEN: I should write a book about
those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I am not a journalist.)
https://www.congress.gov/bill/116th-congress/house-bill/1684/text
(FROM THE BILL: “(2)
JOURNALIST.—The term ‘journalist’ means an individual who— “(A) is an employee,
independent contractor, or agent of an entity or service that disseminates news
or information— “(i) by means of a newspaper, nonfiction book, wire service,
news agency, news website, mobile application or other news or information
service (whether distributed digitally or otherwise), news program, magazine,
or other periodical (whether in print, electronic, or other format); or “(ii)
through a television broadcast, radio broadcast, multichannel video programming
distributor (as defined in section 602 of the Communications Act of 1934 (47
U.S.C. 522)), or motion picture for public showing; and “(B) engages in
newsgathering with the primary intent to investigate an event or procure
material in order to disseminate to the public news or information concerning a
local, national, or international event or other matter of public interest.
“(3) NEWSGATHERING.—The term ‘newsgathering’ means engaging in regular
gathering, preparation, collection, photographing, recording, writing, editing,
reporting, or publishing concerning a local, national, or international event
or other matter of public interest.)
LADDERS
— What NOT to talk about in a job interview (political affiliation) –
Christina Brennan (DIERSEN: If I had been active in Republican politics a) the
Post Office would NOT have offered me a job in 1966, b) IRS would NOT have
offered me a job in 1971 or promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974, and c) GAO
would NOT have offered me a job in 1980 or promoted me in 1986. Further,
because they view me as being “too conservative” and as NOT being a
yes-man, when Republicans ran Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and
Illinois, they would NOT have offered me a job either.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/what-not-to-talk-about-in-a-job-interview
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Political affiliation Being politically engaged is very important. Unless
you’re in politics or your primary volunteer experience is related, stay away
from discussing your beliefs or affiliations. If you do have professional or
volunteer experience, be sure to focus on the outcomes and lessons you learned
that can be applied in the role you’re interviewing for, rather than advocating
for a politician, party or issue.)
— What NOT to talk about in a job interview (family plans) – Christina Brennan
(DIERSEN: Government is nasty, politics is nasty, Democrats are nasty. My
Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates knew from
Money Magazine’s February 1978 4-page article on my wife and I that we planned
to have children. After my wife and I gave up trying to have children, after we
did not adopt, and after we did not become foster parents, they
hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had lied about our family plans and that I
should be punished severely for that. While virtually all of my coworkers
viewed travel assignments positively and requested travel assignments, I had
not requested travel assignments because my wife and I were trying to start a
family. In 1989, to punish me for giving up trying to start a family, my
Democrat GAO superiors threw me off audits of IRS and assigned me a 6-month
travel assignment in Rock Island.)
https://www.theladders.com/career-advice/what-not-to-talk-about-in-a-job-interview
(FROM THE ARTICLE:
Family plans While pregnancy or parenthood discrimination is illegal and
interviewers can’t ask if you’re in a relationship or have kids, you may still
find yourself weaving these personal details into a story or talking about your
future. Unfortunately, expressing future family plans can still create red
flags, especially for women.)
FAMILY HANDYMAN
— 15 Ways You Can Be a Good Neighbor – Nick Gerhardt
https://www.familyhandyman.com/smart-homeowner/15-ways-you-can-be-a-good-neighbor/
DAILY MAIL
— AUGUST 20, 2018 FLASHBACK: Chinese scholar proposes ‘no child tax’ on
childless citizens to encourage couples to have more babies – KELSEY CHENG
(DIERSEN: Virtually all my Democrat superiors in the federal government were
married and a) had children and/or b) had a spouse who had little or no income.
Virtually all of them were anti-DINK (dual income, no kids). Prior to 1978 when
I got married, they were furious that I did not have a spouse or children to
support like they did. After 1978, they were even more furious that my wife had
a good job, we gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did
not become foster parents.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6078635/Chinese-scholar-proposes-no-child-tax-childless-citizens-encourage-couples-kids.html
