November 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— OUTSTANDING: Marijuana banned from Chicago public housing – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/society/marijuana-banned-from-public-housing-despite-new-law-taking-effect-january/5679213/
— Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson announces retirement – Craig Wall, Sarah Schulte and Chuck Goudie
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/cpd-supt-eddie-johnson-announces-retirement-/5678497/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Michael Bloomberg opens door to 2020 presidential campaign – AP
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/michael-bloomberg-opens-door-to-2020-presidential-campaign

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPD Supt. Eddie Johnson retiring says it’s ‘time for someone else to pin these four stars to their shoulders’ “I know this city. I grew up surrounded by blue-collar families that are the lifeblood of this blue-collar town,” said Johnson, who will serve through the end of the year. – Sam Charles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2019/11/7/20953230/chicago-police-superintendent-eddie-johnson-announce-retirement

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Wheaton College student evangelist and a radio host testify in First Amendment case, saying city of Chicago keeps them from spreading their messages in Millennium Park – Dan Hinkel
https://www.chicagotribune.com/investigations/ct-met-millennium-park-hearing-20191107-l6uci5xqbncg7hfkzo2j55i6xe-story.html
— Democrats set to fill Senate seat vacated by Hutchinson for pot czar post – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-state-senate-40th-district-st-1108-20191107-rcha5dwu75hrpip3y7tjdl5eg4-story.html
— Illinois House Republicans push ethics proposals in response to ongoing federal corruption probe – Dan Petrella
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-house-republicans-ethics-proposals-20191107-wnpo3ntppvfwbf3kajw3uaigna-story.html
— Chicago teachers can bank a lot more sick days in their new contract. Why? Because they were absent much more under the old plan. – Eric Zorn
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-sick-pay-teachers-ctu-zorn-20191108-l5x4a76pfvhdfdomrwxbnt2tvm-story.html

WBBM 780
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to engage in LGBTQ activity.
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/school-revokes-author-invitation-over-homophobia

CENTER SQUARE
— Illinois Republicans push for tighter ethics laws, reduced majority control over bills – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-republicans-push-for-tighter-ethics-laws-reduced-majority-control/article_87cf1cb2-018d-11ea-9584-d3283c8b92f7.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Republican Candidates for U.S. Senate, Congress and County Board Chairman Appearing in Huntley
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/07/republican-candidates-for-u-s-senate-congress-and-county-board-chairman-appearing-in-huntley/
— Republican Candidates for U.S. Senate, Congress and County Board Chairman Appearing in Huntley
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/07/republican-candidates-for-u-s-senate-congress-and-county-board-chairman-appearing-in-huntley/ 
— Want to Control Township Government Where There Are More Than 5,000 People
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/11/07/want-to-control-township-government-in-algonquin-dorr-grafton-mchenry-and-nunda-townships/

CAPITOL FAX
— While Chicago hotels boomed, one (Trump International Hotel & Tower Chicago) suffered a steep decline
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/07/while-chicago-hotels-boomed-one-suffered-a-steep-decline/
— Corruption roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/07/corruption-roundup-5/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cannabis roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/07/cannabis-roundup-15/
— Pritzker again talks about forcing lobbyists to disclose what they’re being paid
https://capitolfax.com/2019/11/07/pritzker-again-talks-about-forcing-lobbyists-to-disclose-what-theyre-being-paid/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Alleged whistleblower Eric Ciaramella was Biden guest at State Department banquet – Daniel Chaitin & Jerry Dunleavy (DIERSEN: I was a GS-13 Step 1-10 GAO employee 1986-1997, currently $98,198-$127,654. Technically, I was a “Band II” GAO employee 1989-1997 because in 1989, GAO merged its GS-13 and GS-14 employees into a “Band II.”)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/alleged-whistleblower-eric-ciaramella-was-biden-guest-at-state-department-banquet
(FROM THE ARTICLE: RealClearInvestigations named Ciaramella as the whistleblower last week. The report cites U.S. officials who said the invite to Ciaramella, “a relatively low-level GS-13 federal employee, was unusual and signaled he was politically connected inside the Obama White House.”)

GOPUSA
— What Michelle Obama Leaves Out About ‘White Flight’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=79019

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Nancy Pelosi’s Party: Billionaires and Drag Queens The life-long pol espouses a combination of economic neoliberalism and progressive radicalism. But she also knows what wins. – JAMES P. PINKERTON
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/nancy-pelosis-party-billionaires-and-drag-queens/

BREITBART
— Bernie Immigration Plan: Stop ‘Racist and Ineffective’ Wall, Freeze Deportations, Extend Entitlement Benefits to Illegal Aliens – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/11/07/bernie-immigration-plan-stop-racist-and-ineffective-wall-freeze-deportations-extend-entitlement-benefits-to-illegal-aliens/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Trump Fuels Rise Of Black Conservatives – George Rasley
http://www.conservativehq.com/node/31355

NEWSMAX
— President Trump Should Declare War on the Mexican Drug Cartels – Wayne Allyn Root
https://www.newsmax.com/wayneallynroot/trump-mexico-cartels-mormon-family/2019/11/07/id/940645/
— Sanders Calls for Decriminalizing Illegal Border Crossings
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/sanders-decriminalize-illegal-immigration/2019/11/07/id/940540/

PJ MEDIA
— White Suburban Women: Get Over Trump’s Rough Edges, America Needs Him – MARK ELLIS
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/white-suburban-college-educated-women-listen-up/
— Democrats’ Huge Wins in Philly Suburbs Should Set Off GOP Alarm Bells – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/trending/democrats-huge-wins-in-philly-suburbs-should-set-off-gop-alarm-bells/

NEWS BUSTERS
— CNN Frets: Trump Success Keeping Illegal Immigrants in Mexico – Brad Wilmouth
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/brad-wilmouth/2019/11/07/cnn-frets-trump-success-keeping-illegal-immigrants-mexico

PATRIOT POST
— Media Malfeasance – Gary Bauer
https://patriotpost.us/opinion/66638-media-malfeasance-2019-11-07

HOT AIR
— Sick: Boston Hospital Staff Protest Melania Trump’s Visit – KAREN TOWNSEND
https://hotair.com/archives/karen-townsend/2019/11/07/sick-boston-hospital-staff-protest-melania-trumps-visit/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— ‘All You Americans Are Fired’ — Blacks First? – PETER KIRSANOW
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/all-you-americans-are-fired-blacks-first/

FORBES
— 6 Ways To Be The Ideal Worker Employers Want To Hire – Robin Ryan (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/robinryan/2019/11/07/6-tips-on-how-to-be-the-ideal-worker-employers-want-to-hire/
— A Federal Appeals Court Rejects Evidence of Age Discrimination By U.S. Army – Patricia Barnes
https://www.forbes.com/sites/patriciagbarnes/2019/11/07/a-federal-appeals-court-rejects-evidence-of-age-discrimination-by-us-army/

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.