October 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago Strike: Negotiations continue for 8th day as CTU plans civil disobedience training
https://abc7chicago.com/education/teachers-strike-enters-8th-day-as-ctu-plans-civil-disobedience-training/5643109/
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago ranked most rat-infested city in US: Orkin
https://abc7chicago.com/pets-animals/chicago-named-rattiest-city-orkin/5640991/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Imagine a day without Republicans. It’s not hard, if you live in Chicago. – John Kass
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/john-kass/ct-john-kass-day-without-republicans-20191024-flmnrekthva3tf3tii44hkgepe-story.html
— OUTSTANDING: Oak Brook says no to marijuana related businesses – CHUCK FIELDMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-brook/ct-dob-marijuana-ban-tl-1031-20191023-xhybyucxtbcr3j4xdkrmiyllgq-story.html
— TRAGIC, DISGUSTING: Buffalo Grove votes to allow recreational marijuana sales – PHIL ROCKROHR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/buffalo-grove/ct-bgc-buffalo-grove-marijuana-tl-1031-20191023-kxjqhamsxvg3fo2mf3reywa45i-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-donald-trump-lynching-problem-20191024-lquzhxd5zja3lbta6qwhyycl6q-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2019/10/23/20929096/president-donald-trump-twitter-lynching-race-baiting-s-e-cupp

DAILY HERALD
— Facebook shouldn’t be political speech police – Byron York (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to police my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. But failing that, they want Facebook, Google, ABC7, NBC5, CBS2, Fox News Chicago, Chicago Tribune, Chicago Sun-Times, Daily Herald, Crain’s Chicago Business, Wheaton Leader, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, etc. to police my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails. They want me to stop promoting Trump and to stop me from promoting the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the IRP and Republican Party platforms. They want me to stop promoting the MTRCC resolution against video gambling. They want me to promote Walsh, Weld, Sanford, 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.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191024/facebook-shouldnt-be-political-speech-police

WTTW
— Federal Probe Circling Closer to Speaker Madigan – Amanda Vinicky
https://news.wttw.com/2019/10/23/spotlight-politics-federal-probe-circling-closer-speaker-madigan

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Illinois’ bill backlog could hit $19 billion by 2025 without changes – Doug Finke
https://www.sj-r.com/news/20191023/illinois-bill-backlog-could-hit-19-billion-by-2025-without-changes

HOMEWOOD FLOSSMOOR CHRONICLE
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Homewood approves recreational pot sales – David P. Funk
http://www.hfchronicle.com/article/2019/oct/23/homewood-approves-recreational-pot-sales

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Legal pot an ‘unnecessary risk to our community,’ Glen Carbon police chief says — city denies sales – Charles Bolinger
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Legal-pot-an-8216-unnecessary-risk-to-our-14557337.php

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Some Florida Republicans are nudging state Sen. Jim Oberweis to run for the congressional seat in the Sunshine state now held by Rep. Francis Rooney, who announced his retirement over the weekend. Oberweis has a home in Florida, so while far-fetched, the idea isn’t totally impossible. “There’s a push from Republicans in that district. All he’d have to do is move down there and he’d win,” Oberweis’ spokesman Travis Akin said. But Oberweis is focused on the Republican nomination for Illinois’ 14th Congressional District, the seat now held by Democratic Rep. Lauren Underwood. “Jim’s in good shape to win the primary,” said Akin, adding Oberweis sees Underwood as “a formidable candidate with a substantial war chest.” That primary may not be a piece of cake either. Oberweis faces state Sen. Sue Rezin, futures trader Ted Gradel, human resources manager Daniel Malouf, former Kendall County GOP Chairman James Marter and newcomer Catalina Lauf. In an interesting Florida twist, Oberweis will be at Maggiano’s in Oak Brook on Friday for a fundraiser with headliner Marco Rubio, the U.S. senator and former presidential candidate from FLORIDA. . .Vice President Mike Pence was in Waukegan on Wednesday, visiting the Uline packaging materials company founded by GOP donors Richard and Elizabeth Uihlein. Pence spoke at the event about the proposed U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement — aka NAFTA 2.0. The VP was supposed to have visited Michigan’s Upper Peninsula earlier in the day, but instead flew to Washington to stand by President Donald Trump for his statement on Syria where he lifted sanctions the U.S. imposed on Turkey just last week. Spotted at the Waukegan gathering: GOP Senate candidate Mark Curran and state Sen. Jim Oberweis (25th). – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2019/10/24/lightfoots-budget-bonanza-florida-gop-courts-oberweis-pences-pit-stop-487505

WIREPOINTS
— Lightfoot’s budget won’t stop Chicago’s downward spiral – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/lightfoots-budget-wont-arrest-chicagos-downward-spiral/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Key Takeaways from Mark Konkol’s Extended Interview with Catalina Lauf
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/24/il-14-key-takeaways-from-mark-konkols-extended-interview-with-catalina-lauf/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Dems, mainstream media miss the boat on Trump’s ‘lynching’ tweet Once again, taking the president out of context – Tim Young
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/23/dems-mainstream-media-miss-the-boat-on-trumps-lync/
— James Younger, 7, the next victim of LGBTQ insanity – Cheryl K. Chumley 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/24/james-younger-7-the-next-victim-of-lgbtq-insanity/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Poll: Majority of Americans Want First Amendment Rewritten 51 percent of Millennials want fines or jail time for ‘hate speech’ – Collin Anderson (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, hate speech is any speech that does not promote Democrats, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, citizens of foreign countries, poor people, non-Protestants, liberals, moderates, non-gun owners, non-German Americans, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.) 
https://freebeacon.com/issues/poll-majority-of-americans-want-first-amendment-rewritten/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Of Course President Trump Is Being Lynched – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/of_course_president_trump_is_being_lynched.html

BREITBART
— Democrats Decry Trump’s ‘Lynching’ Tweet, Ignore Their Party’s History of Lynchings – JEROME HUDSON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/hudson-democrats-decry-trumps-lynching-tweet-ignore-their-partys-history-of-lynchings/
— DACA Illegal Aliens Helped Draft Bernie Sanders’ 2020 Open Borders Plan – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/23/daca-illegal-aliens-helped-draft-bernie-sanders-2020-open-borders-plan/
— Cornel West: Biden ‘Disqualifies Himself’ from ‘Having Any Moral Authority’ with ‘Partisan Lynching’ Remarks – Tony Lee
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2019/10/23/cornel-west-biden-disqualifies-himself-from-having-any-moral-authority-with-partisan-lynching-remarks/

CHRISTIAN POST
— Thomas More Society calls on HHS to stop Illinois from forcing them to cover abortions Conservative group calls on HHS to stop Illinois from forcing them to cover abortions – Michael Grybosk
https://www.christianpost.com/news/conservative-group-calls-on-hhs-to-stop-illinois-from-forcing-them-to-cover-abortions.html

DAILY CALLER
— Rep Katie Hill Flees Reporters’ Questions, Calls Police On Reporter – HENRY RODGERS
https://dailycaller.com/2019/10/23/rep-katie-hill-flees-reporters-questions/

TOWNHALL
— Democratic Debate: 10 Questions Left on the Cutting Room Floor – Larry Elder
https://townhall.com/columnists/larryelder/2019/10/24/democratic-debate-10-questions-left-on-the-cutting-room-floor-n2555258

PJ MEDIA
— 10 Politicians Who Used ‘Lynching’ the Way Trump Did, and the Left Didn’t Care – TYLER O’NEIL
https://pjmedia.com/trending/10-politicians-who-used-lynching-the-way-trump-did-and-the-left-didnt-care/

LIFE NEWS
— Planned Parenthood Opens New $7 Million Abortion Biz Today to Kill More Babies in Abortion – CHERYL SULLENGER
https://www.lifenews.com/2019/10/23/planned-parenthood-opens-new-7-million-abortion-biz-today-to-kill-more-babies-in-abortion/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Democrats compared Clinton’s impeachment to lynching, now say Trump’s racist for doing the same – Mary Margaret Olohan
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/10/23/democrats-compared-clintons-impeachment-to-lynching-now-say-trumps-racist-for-doing-the-same-842846

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Trump’s War on the ‘Deep State’ Turns Against Him The impeachment inquiry is in some ways the culmination of a battle between the president and the government institutions he distrusted and disparaged. – Peter Baker, Lara Jakes, Julian E. Barnes, Sharon LaFraniere and Edward Wong (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government painted me as being a member of a Republican deep state. They blamed me for the problems that they had recruiting and retaining qualified young Democrat minorities and qualified young Democrat women. They blamed me for their problems in recruiting and retaining those who were non-Protestant, non-German American, and those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My Democrat GAO superiors painted me as being the leader of the Republican deep state in GAO’s Chicago office.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/23/us/politics/trump-deep-state-impeachment.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Republican rebels disrupt Trump impeachment probe for hours by storming into secure hearing room – MICHAEL MCAULIFF, DAVE GOLDINER and CHRIS SOMMERFELDT
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-republican-impeachment-cell-phone-20191023-lzot3ccjijauxa2ejgvsvx3nzm-story.html
— U.S. Jews blame Republicans more than Democrats for anti-Semitism, see far right as bigger ‘threat’ than liberals and Islamic radicals combined – Brian Niemietz (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who constantly reminded my many Jewish superiors and supervisors a) that I am Republican, b) that I am conservative, c) that I am 100% German national origin, d) that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, and f) that I was raised in Crete.) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-jews-republicans-democrats-antisemitism-jewish-clothes-dress-20191023-y2m64uorgrhjlkgfsaraiph6mi-story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Trump campaign trolls Biden camp’s Hispanic outreach effort – Ben Feuerherd
https://nypost.com/2019/10/23/trump-campaign-trolls-biden-camps-hispanic-outreach-effort/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Senate Blocks Democrats’ Attempt to Loosen Cap on State, Local Tax Deductions The vote, mostly along party lines, shows challenge on making changes to the SALT-deduction cap – Richard Rubin (DIERSEN: Trump should increase the $10,000 SALT cap to $20,000 for married filing jointly.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/senate-blocks-democrats-attempt-to-loosen-cap-on-state-local-tax-deductions-11571863494
— Trump Education Official to Resign and Call for Mass Student-Loan Forgiveness – Josh Mitchell (DIERSEN: Of course, the most pressure will be to forgive student loans for those who are Democrat, minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, veteran, non-Protestant, non-citizen, liberal, moderate, poor, non-gun owner, non-German American, ancestors have not been in America for a long time, 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/trump-education-official-to-resign-and-call-for-mass-student-loan-forgiveness-11571909400
— California’s Tax-the-Rich Boomerang A new study shows the 2012 tax hike drove high earners from the state. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/californias-tax-the-rich-boomerang-11571697967

SCALEUP USA
— Federal Career Accelerator College Students – Work with the Federal Government! Did you know that the US federal government is the largest employer in the US and funds the employment of over 9 million Americans? Yet, according to a recent federal survey, employees younger than 30 represent just 6 percent of the federal workforce! (DIERSEN: Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should be advised that the federal government will waste their careers and get rid of them 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 that extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines. Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should consider how the federal government wasted Dave Diersen’s career and a) wasted his job-related bachelor’s degree that he earned when he was 21 in 1970 and the job-related master’s degrees that he earned when he was 27, 31, and 48, b) wasted his job-related professional certifications that he earned when he was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, c) wasted his job-related professional license that he earned when he was 32, and d) wasted his knowledge of IRS that he gained working for IRS almost 9 years. Potential federal employees who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran should consider how the federal government forced Diersen to take early retirement in 1997 when he was 49 years old.) 
https://www.scaleupusa.xyz/pages/federal-career-accelerator-for-college-students

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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.