ABC7
— Chicago teachers strike starts Thursday, Chicago Public School classes
canceled – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/education/chicago-teachers-on-strike-starting-thursday/5622396/
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Chicago City Council passes recreational marijuana sales
ordinance – Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/chicago-city-council-passes-recreational-marijuana-sales-ordinance/5623907/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois House Republicans, Democrats unite to condemn Trump yanking troops
from Syria All 5 Illinois Republicans supported the bipartisan House
resolution. – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: Illinois Trump-haters are overjoyed.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/16/20918175/illinois-house-republicans-democrats-unite-condemn-trump-yanking-troops-syria
— DISGUSTING TRAGIC: 6 more medical pot shops granted licenses to sell
recreational marijuana Five of the licenses were issued to dispensaries
operated by Cresco Labs, a major River North-based pot firm that operates in
multiple states. – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2019/10/16/20917839/medical-pot-shops-licenses-sell-recreational-marijuana
— Mike Madigan’s troubles a boon to lawyers — legal bills exceed $1.5 million
Madigan’s legal headaches heated up in February 2018 when political consultant
Alaina Hampton accused one of his longtime political aides of sending her
unwanted texts. – Tina Sfondeles
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/16/20917991/mike-madigan-troubles-lawyers-legal-fees-million
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s rules for recreational marijuana sales in Chicago
pass City Council despite controversy – JOHN BYRNE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-city-council-october-meeting-20191016-x6spmx65pfafdfcfyko454vjha-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Pot pushers push pot in Winthrop Harbor.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-winthrop-harbor-marijuana-approved-st-1017-20191016-adxm5jeuojfvxc3pn3witirfua-story.html
— United Airlines posts $1 billion profit, reports healthy travel demand —
though weakness in China – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-united-airlines-third-quarter-profit-20191015-cm6k4bzu2fg4tg7ajwvcxadv3y-story.html
— Breathalyzer for weed could be a ‘game changer’ for legalization efforts –
SAM WOOD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-tns-bc-cpt-breathalyzer-cannabis-20191016-story.html
— Companies are recruiting employees for start of recreational marijuana sales
in Illinois. ‘I don’t know how my parents will take it.’ – ABDEL JIMENEZ
(DIERSEN: Wherever pot is sold, it brings down everything and everyone around
it. If you promote pot, by definition, you are not a productive member of
society. The presumption is that if you sell pot, you use pot. I would not want
to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who uses pot. What is the average
THC level of those in the pot business?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-cannabis-job-fair-at-oakton-college-20191016-267cmj64afefhmw5za75zwys6m-story.html
— Des Plaines uses Rivers Casino revenues to improve the city. As gambling
spreads to other towns, it’s worried. – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-casino-des-plaines-economic-benefit-20191016-ydh65blg3nbhbcjo3ldufldqti-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— Walsh campaign low on cash, but finds a friend in Kellyanne Conway’s husband
– Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191016/walsh-campaign-low-on-cash-but-finds-a-friend-in-kellyanne-conways-husband
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Schaumburg plans on allowing up to 5 marijuana shops in
town – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191016/schaumburg-plans-on-allowing-up-to-5-marijuana-shops-in-town
— Aunt Martha’s clinics awarded additional federal family planning money –
Rebecca Anzel
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191016/aunt-marthas-clinics-awarded-additional-federal-family-planning-money
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot in Schaumburg.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191015/cannabis-summit-in-schaumburg-offers-pot-business-lessons-heres-whos-interested-in-them
— March for Life planned for Saturday in Palatine
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20191016/march-for-life-planned-for-saturday-in-palatine
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago teachers on strike The union has voted to walk off the job tomorrow
at Chicago Public Schools. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/education/chicago-teachers-strike
— City Council OKs new no-toke-zone map But the Black Caucus is still pushing
to delay pot sales until July 1. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/government/city-council-oks-new-no-toke-zone-map
WGN RADIO
— R.I.P. GOP Author Stanley Greenberg
https://wgnradio.com/2019/10/15/r-i-p-gop-author-stanley-greenberg-the-color-purple-at-drury-lane-theatre-chicago-international-film-festival-and-navy-piers-pier-pumpkin-lights/
JOURNAL & TOPICS
— Palatine Republican Committeeman Helping Organize Chicago Trump Fundraiser
Del Mar To Serve As Delegate For Trump At 2020 Republican National Convention –
Tom Robb
https://www.journal-topics.com/articles/palatine-republican-committeeman-helping-organize-chicago-trump-fundraiser/
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Underwood leads in third quarter contributions over GOP challengers Oberweis
leads GOP candidates in campaign finances – DREW ZIMMERMAN
https://www.kcchronicle.com/2019/10/16/underwood-leads-in-third-quarter-contributions-over-gop-challengers/azc7o2b/
ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Twitter restates that world leaders don’t always have to follow rules – Tony
Romm and Isaac Stanley-Becker
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Twitter-restates-that-world-leaders-don-t-always-14537164.php
ILLINOIS SUPREME COURT
— Effective November 4, 2019, and terminating December 7, 2020, Richard D.
Felice is appointed Circuit Judge of the Eighteenth Judicial Circuit, at Large,
to the position formerly held by the Honorable Patrick J. O’Shea.
https://courts.illinois.gov/SupremeCourt/Announce/2019/101119.pdf
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— IVES JOINS CRENSHAW IN RESPONSE TO CASTEN’S ‘RACIST’ ATTACK
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/dan-crenshaw-hits-back-after-illinois-congressman-labels-him-a-racist.html
— DAN CRENSHAW HITS BACK AFTER ILLINOIS CONGRESSMAN LABELS HIM A ‘RACIST’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/dan-crenshaw-hits-back-after-illinois-congressman-labels-him-a-racist.html
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— The fallout over the Trump-media video reveals the need for decency in
politics – Kimberly Ross
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/the-fallout-over-the-fake-trump-media-video-reveals-the-need-for-decency-in-politics
— Surge: Ken Cuccinelli cites 22 million illegal immigrants, nearly twice
previous tally – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/surge-top-fed-cites-22-million-illegal-immigrants-nearly-twice-previous-tally
FOX NEWS
— Chick-fil-A opens ‘pilot’ location in England, while LGBT group announces
protest – Janine Puhak
https://www.foxnews.com/food-drink/chick-fil-a-pilot-location
— Trump policies, racism may cause some black women’s weight problems,
professor says – Dom Calicchio (DIERSEN: My Democrat GAO superiors
hinted/implied/argued/shouted that when their employees who were Democrat,
minority, female, and/or younger had performance problems, it was because of
their employees who were Republican, White, and/or male 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. Virtually all the employees who my GAOs
superior assigned me to supervise were Democrat, minority, female, and/or
disabled.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-policies-racism-may-cause-some-black-womens-weight-problems-professor-says
BREITBART
— Ann Coulter: Democrats’ Mass Immigration Agenda Proves They ‘Hate the Middle
Class’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/16/exclusive-ann-coulter-democrats-mass-immigration-agenda-proves-they-hate-the-middle-class/
CNS NEWS
— Trump: ‘Let Them Fight Their Own Wars’ – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/news/article/melanie-arter/trump-let-them-fight-their-own-wars
DAILY CALLER
— Trump Blasts ABC For Trying To Pass Off Kentucky Gun Range Footage As From
Syria – AMBER ATHEY
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/16/trump-abc-kentucky-gun-range-syria-footage/
TOWNHALL
— Oh, So That’s Why CNN Doesn’t Cover Shootings In Places Like Chicago – Matt
Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2019/10/16/cnn-racial-bias-n2554850
MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Media Slam Zuckerberg for Meeting with Conservatives – Corinne Weaver
(DIERSEN: If Zukerberg would meet with Illinois conservatives, who would he
meet with? Who speaks for Illinois conservatives?)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/techwatch/corinne-weaver/2019/10/15/media-slam-zuckerberg-meeting-conservatives
LIFE SITE NEWS
— Most teachers quite disturbed about their unions’ push for sexualization and
indoctrination of school children – Doug Mainwaring
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/most-teachers-quite-disturbed-about-their-unions-push-for-sexualization-and-indoctrination-of-school-children
LIFE NEWS
— San Francisco Bans Employees From Traveling to 22 States That are Pro-Life
on Abortion – MICAIAH BILGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/10/16/san-francisco-bans-employees-from-traveling-to-22-states-that-are-pro-life-on-abortion/
EPOCH TIMES
— States Should Be Allowed to Prosecute Illegal Aliens for Identity Theft,
Supreme Court Told – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/states-should-be-allowed-to-prosecute-illegal-aliens-for-identity-theft-supreme-court-told_3118781.html
— Democrat Backlash Builds Against Democrats’ ‘Sanctuary’ Stance – Christopher
C. Hull
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrat-backlash-builds-against-democrats-sanctuary-stance_3118493.html
WORLD TRIBUNE
— Impeachment strategy is simple: Permanently stigmatize Trump ASAP
https://www.worldtribune.com/impeachment-strategy-is-simple-permanently-stigmatize-trump-asap/
THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want refugees because refugees vote for
Democrats. RINOs want refugees because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/466091-pennsylvania-governor-tells-trump-his-state-will-keep-welcoming-refugees
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Democrats’ Big Chill Another debate shows the race is frozen in place
with far too many candidates. – Karl Rove
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-democrats-big-chill-11571264179
— Political Correctness Is Bad for Kids Liberals deny that traditional
marriage is ideal for children. – Erica Komisar (DIERSEN: The same
anti-Christians, anti-conservatives, and anti-Republicans who shout that I had
unfair advantages in life because I was raised in a traditional family
disgustingly, outrageously, and hypocritically a) demonize, denigrate, and condemn
the traditional family and b) promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/political-correctness-is-bad-for-kids-11571264113
ORLANDO SENTINEL
— Breathalyzer for weed could be a ‘game changer’ for legalization efforts –
SAM WOOD
https://www.orlandosentinel.com/sns-tns-bc-cpt-breathalyzer-cannabis-20191016-story.html
READING CHRONICLE
— Reading Pride organizing protest against Chick Fil-A surrounding homophobic
claims – Alice Knight
https://www.readingchronicle.co.uk/news/17970514.reading-pride-organising-protest-chick-fil-a-surrounding-homophobic-claims/
WILKES BARRE TIMES LEADER
— Higher education discriminates against conservatives – Richard E. Vatz
https://www.timesleader.com/opinion/op-ed/759013/their-view-higher-education-discriminates-against-conservatives
BRYAN COLLEGE STATION EAGLE
— Hate the other side’s media? You still need to watch it and read it. – Gary
Abernathy (DIERSEN: The only legitimate reason to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails
is to get information to help elect Republican candidates who can and will
defend and advance the Illinois Republican Party platform and the Republican
Party platform. What do you say to those who read the emails for other
reasons?)
https://www.theeagle.com/opinion/columnists/hate-the-other-side-s-media-you-still-need-to/article_792bac5a-3f78-5c3f-be15-1b198bc06569.html
FLEET OWNER
— How to deter drivers from using marijuana (and other drugs) More than 1 in 5
Americans smoke marijuana. Fleets are finding new ways to make sure their
drivers aren’t among them as science finds a way to test for marijuana
intoxication. – Josh Fisher (DIERSEN: I would not want to work for, work with,
or supervise anyone who uses pot.)
https://www.fleetowner.com/safety/how-deter-drivers-using-marijuana-and-other-drugs
THRIVE GLOBAL
— How to be more proactive at work – John Turner (DIERSEN: While I worked for
GAO 1980-1997, I encouraged my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and
subordinates to join the Association of Government Accountants (AGA) Chicago
Chapter. I served on the AGA Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996. I
recruited Bill Jacklin and Jim Rasins to join AGA.)
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/how-to-be-more-proactive-at-work/
— 5 ways to avoid stress in the workplace – Amy Hargreaves (DIERSEN: I should
write a book about those who have worked the hardest to cause me stress. I
would focus on past and present Milton Township Republican Central Committee,
DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, TAPROOT
Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right
Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, GAO,
IRS, Post Office, Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, and
Illinois leaders, members, employees, etc. I would focus on those who have lots
of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. I would focus on
those who I have sued.)
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/5-ways-to-avoid-stress-in-the-workplace/
PHYS
— How partisan hate leads people to believe falsehoods – Jeff Grabmeier
(DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and
Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, and RINOs promote hatred against
Republicans.)
https://phys.org/news/2019-10-partisan-people-falsehoods.html
FED SMITH
— How Much Money Do I Need to Retire? – Randy Silvey (DIERSEN: My Civil
Service Retirement System pension is only 42% of what my salary was in 1997 in
today’s dollars.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2019/10/16/how-much-money-need-retire/
FED MANAGER
— Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton Announces Legislative Plan To Recruit More
Federal Employees (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican,
White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised a) that their careers will be
wasted and they will be gotten rid of if they do not make 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 and b) that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion
deadlines.)
https://www.fedmanager.com/columns/from-the-hill/del-eleanor-holmes-norton-announces-legislative-plan-to-recruit-more-federal-employees
— Federal Whistleblowers – A Partnership To Protect (DIERSEN: I was a federal
whistleblower. I blew the whistle on political affiliation discrimination,
reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Obviously I was
not protected. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was
49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always
ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes,
did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off
audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and
forced me to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from
IRS to GAO in 1980. My Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12,
disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and
disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974. My Democrat Post Office
superiors forced me resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in
1969 and 1968.)
https://www.fedmanager.com/columns/manager-matters/federal-whistleblowers-a-partnership-to-protect
