October 4 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago to hold community meetings on recreational marijuana sales
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/city-to-hold-community-meetings-on-recreational-marijuana-sales/5590687/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congress should treat gun violence as a public health crisis, witnesses testify at hearing – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-gun-violence-field-hearing-st-1004-20191003-sfs6o5rkrzhbtjisrtqmiapkva-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump fights off impeachment by flexing his stupidity muscle.”
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-trump-impeachment-china-ukraine-whistleblower-week-in-review-huppke-20191004-sor6rmbxavc2feesy4me7tmdvi-story.html
— Illegal vape name draws scrutiny as illness spreads – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–vaping-illnesses-outlaw-brand-20191004-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Springfield fixer upper? Pritzker digs deep to doll up governor’s digs The latest Springfield renovations include repairing tile on the first floor, remodeling guest bedrooms and bathrooms and “updating existing plumbing.” – Tina Sfondeles 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/3/20897731/springfield-fixer-upper-pritzker-governors-mansion-renovation
— Schiff at Northwestern calls Trump’s alleged Ukraine dealings ‘one of the most pernicious threats to our democracy’ The House Intelligence Committee chair who is leading the impeachment inquiry criticized President Donald Trump for allegedly attempting to influence a foreign leader to advance his political aspirations “in a way that damages America’s national security.” – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/10/3/20898133/donald-trump-adam-schiff-northwestern-blasts-alleged-ukraine-influence-pernicious-threats-democracy

DAILY HERALD
— Pension side of state’s financial picture still waiting for reform – Ralph Martire
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20191004/pension-side-of-states-financial-picture-still-waiting-for-reform

WBEZ
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/shows/wbez-news/where-could-recreational-weed-be-sold-in-chicago-come-january-answers-to-your-legal-weed-questions/8779cfa8-736b-4ae8-a26b-73e2486696cd

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— President slights Kinzinger – David Giuliani 
https://www.daily-journal.com/news/local/president-slights-kinzinger/article_60c73d72-e61a-11e9-91d7-83d1c94262a6.html

QUAD CITY TIMES
— Into the haze: how will legal marijuana affect employers and workers? – GRAHAM AMBROSE (DIERSEN: If you are employed, how stoned will your employer let a) you, b) your superiors, c) your supervisors, d) your coworkers, and e) your subordinates be? If you are a member of an organization, how stoned will that organization let a) you, b) its leaders, and c) its members be?)
https://qctimes.com/business/into-the-haze-how-will-legal-marijuana-affect-employers-and/article_49e16d2f-478c-5695-bbdb-2ad34b4ded00.html

WILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Illinois Democrats what poor minorities and poor women to be pot pushers.
https://will.illinois.edu/news/story/illinois-officials-post-application-for-cannabis-licenses-release-map-highlighting-areas-hardest-hit-by-war-on-drugs

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— CNN rejects 2 campaign ads from Trump, accepts 1 – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/cnn-rejects-2-campaign-ads-from-trump-accepts-1
— Nunes files $77M suit, alleging Iowa farm story defamed him – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/nunes-files-77m-suit-alleging-iowa-farm-story-defamed-him

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Evanston officials encourage Latinx representation on city boards – Melanie Lust (DIERSEN: In your municipality, too what extent do your municipality’s leaders share your demographics – race, gender, age, national origin, religion, political affiliation, income range, net worth range, etc.?) 
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/10/03/city/evanston-officials-encourage-latinx-representation-on-city-boards/

GAZETTE CHICAGO
— Protecting the public is a challenge in the new era of legal cannabis – Eva Hofmann (DIERSEN: Based on how they talk and/or how they act, starting January 1, 2020, how much pot do you predict that the following will use, that is, how stoned do you predict that the following will be: you, your brothers and sisters, your spouse, your children, your grandchildren, your parents, your grandparents, the rest of your relatives, your neighbors, those in your precinct, those in your municipality, those in your township/ward, those in your county, those in Illinois, those who run your municipality, those who run your township/ward, those who run your county, and those who run Illinois?) 
http://www.gazettechicago.com/index/2019/10/protecting-the-public-is-a-challenge-in-the-new-era-of-legal-cannabis/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Hospitalization increases. . .Vaping cannabis. . .Adolescent use. . .White knight or new opioid?. . .Crime. . .Safe travels. . .Environmental impacts)

NRA ILA
— Illinois: Committee Rules May Shut Down Gun Stores
https://www.nraila.org/articles/20191003/illinois-committee-rules-may-shut-down-gun-stores

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14/IL-06: New Rankings Lauren Underwood 2nd Most Liberal Freshman in Congress, Sean Casten Liberal Ranking Rises From 37th to 26th
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/10/04/il-14-il-06-new-rankings-lauren-underwood-2nd-most-liberal-freshman-in-congress-sean-casten-liberal-ranking-rises-from-37th-to-26th/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CTU DEMANDS ARE AN INSULT TO AVERAGE CHICAGO TAXPAYERS – Bill Reveille
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/ctu-demands-are-an-insult-to-average-chicago-taxpayers/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS COMMUNITIES UNPREPARED TO EMBRACE RECREATIONAL MARIJUANA
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/illinois-communities-unprepared-to-embrace-recreational-marijuana.html
— NEVINS: ARE GOPERS SO DESPERATE TO OUST DURBIN WE WON’T SCRUTINIZE CHALLENGERS?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2019/10/nevins-are-gopers-so-desperate-to-oust-durbin-we-wont-scrutinize-challengers-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Libertarians argue that nothing should be banned because bans do not work and because everyone should be free to do whatever they want unless it directly harms someone else.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/10/04/its-already-banned-and-the-ban-clearly-doesnt-work-well/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Impeachment in search of a high crime – Charles Hurt 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/oct/3/impeachment-in-search-of-a-high-crime/

GOPUSA
— CNN refuses to air Trump’s ‘Biden Corruption’ ad that also slams the network’s ‘media lapdogs’
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77108
— Rule of law replaced by hyperpartisanship
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76967
— Online retail leaves shopping malls as crumbling monuments to past
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=77075

AMERICAN THINKER
— Planned Parenthood builds giant secret supercenter for industrial-scale abortions – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/10/planned_parenthood_builds_giant_secret_supercenter_for_industrial_scale_abortions.html
— What is the Purpose of the GOP? – Richard Moss
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/10/what_is_the_purpose_of_the_gop.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Our “one party” system in Washington remains profoundly corrupt and self-serving. It consists of career politicians from both parties, special interests, donors, and lobbyists, all of whom agree on one thing: growing the size of government. The Republican Party, in its budgeting and voting, is a left-of-center party; it is, as I often referred to it as, the Republican wing of the Democratic Party. With an increasingly Marxist Democratic Party, and no serious conservative opposition from “soft-progressive” Republicans, the trajectory of the nation is all to the left: more spending, more programs, more socialism, and ultimately more tyranny.)

BREITBART
— Billionaire Donors: Florida Must Give Illegal Aliens U.S. Jobs, Driver’s Licenses – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/10/03/big-business-demands-florida-give-licenses-illegal-aliens/

DAILY SIGNAL
— New York City Will Fine You for Saying ‘Illegal Alien.’ That’s an Assault on the Constitution. – Hans von Spakovsky 
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/10/03/new-york-city-will-fine-you-for-saying-illegal-alien-thats-an-assault-on-the-constitution/

NOQ REPORT
— Trump campaign raised more since impeachment started than Biden raised all quarter – Carl Durrek
https://noqreport.com/2019/10/03/trump-campaign-raised-since-impeachment-started-biden-raised-quarter/

THE HILL
— Ocasio-Cortez hits Trump after he calls her a ‘wack job’ – RACHEL FRAZIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/464332-ocasio-cortez-hits-trump-after-he-calls-her-a-wack-job

POLITICO
— How Elizabeth Warren would boost labor rights – REBECCA RAINEY (DIERSEN: Employees should have the right to NOT promote planks in political party platforms, including the right to NOT promote LGBTQ activity, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, religious discrimination, national origin discrimination, etc.) 
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/10/03/how-elizabeth-warren-would-boost-labor-rights-024199

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Chicago to sue Jussie Smollett for costs of investigation
https://www.wrbl.com/entertainment-news/chicago-to-sue-jussie-smollett-for-costs-of-investigation/

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: To destroy Trump, Trump-haters are doing everything that they can to destroy America’s economy. Trump-haters are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/03/opinion/trump-economy.html
— How ICE Picks Its Targets in the Surveillance Age After two officers came to a Pacific Northwest community, longtime residents began to disappear — a testament to the agency’s quiet embrace of big data. – McKenzie Funk (DIERSEN: Are you a “positively contributing member of society?” According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am not. According to them, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are not only worthless, they are destructive. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.) 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/10/02/magazine/ice-surveillance-deportation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The goal of the Extreme Vetting Initiative was “determinations via automation,” ICE explained to the attendees. It sought partners whose algorithms could scan social media and other publicly available information and assess whether an immigrant was likely to become a “positively contributing member of society” — or whether he or she intended “to commit criminal or terrorist attacks.”)

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters want business to hate Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/its-time-for-americas-business-leaders-to-take-a-stand-on-trump/2019/10/03/a979e502-e52e-11e9-b403-f738899982d2_story.html
— Why Elizabeth Warren is getting such good press – David Byler 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/10/03/no-wonder-elizabeth-warren-is-getting-great-press-media-looks-like-her-base/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Women Slowly Shifting to Higher-Paying College Majors, Study Says What female students opt to study helps explain why gender pay gap persists but their choices are changing – David Harrison
https://www.wsj.com/articles/women-slowly-shifting-to-higher-paying-college-majors-study-says-11570179600
— Harvard’s Legal Discrimination A federal court upholds the university’s race-conscious admissions. – Editorial (DIERSEN: In Diersen v. GAO, GAO hinted/implied/argued that it treated me just like Congress wanted it to, that is, to get rid of its employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who GAO 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.) 
https://www.wsj.com/articles/harvards-legal-discrimination-11570143828
— The Streets of San Francisco The city made a choice to tolerate vagrancy and encourage drug use, with dire consequences. – Heather Mac Donald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-streets-of-san-francisco-11570143083

USA TODAY
— Employee recognition a vital part of workplace culture – Johnny C. Taylor Jr. (DIERSEN: In October of 1993, when I was 45 years old, I had 25 years of Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) credits, and therefore, I was eligible to take GAO’s $25,000 buyout offer and to take early retirement. Of course, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious about that. I had worked for GAO less than 14 years. I had earned almost 3 years of full-time CSRS credits while I had worked only part-time for the Post Office 1966-1969. I had earned almost 9 years of CSRS credits while I worked for IRS 1971-1980.) 
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/columnist/2019/09/10/honoring-employee-accomplishments-essential-workplace-culture/2147061001/

DESERT NEWS
— Should presidential candidates be able to keep medical records private? – Lois M. Collins and Sofia Jeremias
https://www.deseret.com/indepth/2019/10/3/20897717/bernie-sanders-health-candidates-hillary-clinton-medical-records-privacy

WORCESTER TELEGRAM
— Worcester City Council candidate profile: Owurakwaku Sarkodieh (DIERSEN: In your municipality, too what extent do your municipality’s leaders share your demographics – race, gender, age, national origin, religion, political affiliation, income, net worth, etc.?)
https://www.telegram.com/news/20191003/worcester-city-council-candidate-profile-owurakwaku-sarkodieh

SIMSBURY CONNECTICUT PATCH
— FROM THE ARTICLE: What are your priorities in life? – Karen Needham (DIERSEN: What are your priorities in life? My priorities in life include putting a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email together and sending it out each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://patch.com/connecticut/simsbury/what-does-take-charge-your-life-mean

NEWSWEEK
— REPUBLICAN JOE WALSH IMPLORES CONGRESSIONAL GOP TO SUPPORT TRUMP IMPEACHMENT: ‘PUT COUNTRY OVER PARTY’ – HUNTER MOYLER 
https://www.newsweek.com/joe-walsh-letter-house-republicans-impeachment-1463043

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.