September 14 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump administration puts tough new asylum rule into effect – JULIE WATSON AND CEDAR ATTANASIO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sns-bc-us–immigration-asylum-seekers-20190912-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Haymarket drug and alcohol treatment center proposal for Itasca loses more support – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190913/haymarket-drug-and-alcohol-treatment-center-proposal-for-itasca-loses-more-support
— Big money on both sides of Elk Grove term limits issue – Christopher Placek
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190913/big-money-on-both-sides-of-elk-grove-term-limits-issue
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Jane Cox of Wheaton demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Trump.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190914/lexicon-of-leadership

WBBM 780
— Jeanne Ives Says A Trans Judge Gives Her No Qualms, Despite Controversial TV Ad – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/issue-jeanne-ives

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Black Americans are doing great under Trump – Star Parker
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/columnists/star-parker-black-americans-are-doing-great-under-trump/article_c44b1dde-d4b1-11e9-849b-cf7ea29b5f53.html

SAUK VALLEY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Planning for pot: Rock Falls working out where marijuana shops can be located – PAM EGGEMEIER
https://www.saukvalley.com/2019/09/13/planning-for-pot-rock-falls-working-out-where-marijuana-shops-can-be-located/ald0m5x/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Democratic Presidential Candidates Disagree On Mandatory Gun Buyback – MARTIN KASTE 
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/democratic-presidential-candidates-disagree-mandatory-gun-buyback#stream/0

NAPERVILLE TV
— Coyne Running for County Board
https://www.nctv17.com/nctv17-news-update/coyne-running-for-county-board-buttonwood-park-police-storytime/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP primary challengers band together to accuse Trump of ‘pitting everyday Americans against one another’ – Carlin Becker (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/gop-primary-challengers-band-together-to-accuse-trump-of-pitting-everyday-americans-against-one-another

FOX NEWS
— ‘Cowards run from fights’: GOP challengers to Trump blast state parties for canceling primaries, caucuses – Louis Casiano (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/joe-walsh-mark-sanford-bill-weld-washington-post-op-ed-trump-2020-primaries-caucuses

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Democrat debate was terrifying. Who are these people? – Patricia McCarthy
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/the_democrat_debate_was_terrifying_who_are_these_people.html

THE HILL
— Trump challengers pen joint op-ed blasting states that canceled primaries – TAL AXELROD (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/461392-trump-challengers-pen-joint-op-ed-blasting-states-that-canceled-primaries
— Trump defends push to ban flavored e-cigarettes: Let’s ‘keep young children from Vaping!’ – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/461381-trump-defends-push-to-ban-flavored-e-cigarettes-lets-keep-young

CNN
— GOP Trump challengers slam canceled primaries: ‘Only the weak fear competition’ – Caroline Kelly (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/13/politics/republican-2020-challengers-op-ed-canceled-primaries/index.html

CNBC
— Legal pot efforts have turned states from narcs to pushers – Jake Novak (DIERSEN: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, government promotes vice.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/10/legal-pot-efforts-have-turned-states-from-narcs-to-pushers.html

CBS NEWS
— Teen with vape-related lung illness sues e-cigarette maker Juul Labs
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/teen-with-vape-related-lung-illness-sues-e-cigarette-maker-juul-labs-today-2019-09-13/

NEW YORK TIMES
— It Will Take More Than Cheap Shots to Knock Off Biden Ageism was on display in a debate where Democrats tried their hardest to dent Joe Biden’s enduring appeal. – Timothy Egan (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/opinion/joe-biden-debate.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want immigrants because immigrants vote for Democrats. RINOs want immigrants because RINOs want cheap labor.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/13/opinion/refugees-trump-america.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Opportunity Zones Knock Where They’re Needed Least Places like Chapel Hill are poor areas on paper because they’re filled with jobless college kids. – Tony Mecia
https://www.wsj.com/articles/opportunity-zones-knock-where-theyre-needed-least-11568412633
— Introducing: Das Monopoly The game you love, now with discussions of race, sex and privilege. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/introducing-das-monopoly-11568415779

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Poor People’s Campaign will begin touring more than 20 states later this month to bring together residents of disenfranchised communities and help them register to vote. – MARTHA WAGGONER (DIERSEN: How disenfranchised are the voters who share your demographics in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in America? If you are a Republican, how strongly do those who represent you defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? How strongly do they defend and advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?) 
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/sns-bc-us–poor-peoples-campaign-20190909-story.html

LACROSSE TRIBUNE
— Wisconsin Republican Party chairman: no plans to scrap presidential primary – RILEY VETTERKIND
https://lacrossetribune.com/news/state-and-regional/wi/republican-party-chairman-no-plans-to-scrap-presidential-primary/article_b5d7a54f-aa1b-55c4-ba3d-13e6a2df0b94.html

GAZETTE
— LGBTQ presidential forum in Cedar Rapids a ‘sign of progress’ But much at stake in 2020 election, GLAAD official says (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you are a LGBTQer and you hold a government office or a political office, LBGTQ activists will force you to use your office to get rid of non-LGBTQers.)
https://www.thegazette.com/subject/news/zeke-stokes-glaad-iowa-gay-lesbian-bisexual-transgender-presidential-forum-20190913

LAFAYETTE JOURNAL COURIER
— Purdue stands by Chick-fil-A, despite protests from faculty, student body president – Dave Bangert (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you are a LGBTQer and you hold a government office or a political office, LBGTQ activists will force you to use your office to get rid of non-LGBTQers.)
https://www.jconline.com/story/news/2019/09/13/purdue-stands-chick-fil-a-despite-protests-faculty-student-body-president/2310772001/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— ‘Cowards run from fights’: 3 Republican presidential candidates join forces to blast Trump and RNC for shutting them out of primaries – David Choi (DIERSEN: How strongly will the Trump-haters in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your county, and in Illinois support Trump’s challengers?)
https://www.businessinsider.com/republican-primaries-cancel-sanford-walsh-weld-oped-2019-9

MARKET WATCH
— Was Joe Biden the victim of an ageist attack at the Democratic debate? The problem with ageism is that it’s ingrained in society – Alessandra Malito (DIERSEN: All my critics/opponents, all their operatives, and all their dupes have always promoted age discrimination a) because they want to get rid of those who are older than they are and/or b) because they want to curry favor with those who promote age discrimination.)
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/was-joe-biden-the-victim-of-an-ageist-attack-at-the-democratic-debate-2019-09-13

BUSINESS NEWS DAILY
— 6 Ways to Get a Job Without Industry Experience – Skye Schooley (DIERSEN: GAO audits IRS. I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates viciously demonized, viciously denigrated, and viciously condemned what I had learned a) working for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $82,579-$93,592/year; b) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979; c) almost completing the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul; d) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976; and e) earning a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. Much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, but they viciously rejected that. They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.) 
https://www.businessnewsdaily.com/15277-get-a-job-without-experience.html

NEWSWEEK
— PRIESTS POUR 18 GALLONS OF HOLY WATER OVER RUSSIAN CITY TO STOP ‘ALCOHOL CONSUMPTION, DRUGS AND FORNICATION’ – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-orthodox-priests-holy-water-tver-1459128

ATLANTIC
— JULY 13, 2016 FLASHBACK: Do Party Platforms Still Matter? – DANIEL DISALVO and JAMES W. CEASER (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Because of that, should I a) stop promoting or b) work against “Republicans” who work against the Republican Party platform?)
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/07/party-platform-national-convention/491147/

RAW STORY
— Biden challenged a reporter to a wrestling match after being asked about releasing his medical records: report – Bob Brigham (DIERSEN: What do you stress to defend your health? I stress the fact that nothing has stopped me from putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email each and every morning since 2004 and each and every evening too since 2015.) 
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/09/biden-challenged-a-reporter-to-a-wrestling-match-after-being-asked-about-releasing-his-medical-records-report/

WASHINGTON BLADE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/09/13/cannabis-culture-31/
— Will Trump appoint the first gay national security adviser? (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you are a LGBTQer and you hold a government office or a political office, LBGTQ activists will force you to use your office to get rid of non-LGBTQers.)
https://www.washingtonblade.com/2019/09/13/will-trump-appoint-the-first-gay-national-security-adviser/

CONVERSATION
— Brexit: how the people are using ‘news avoidance’ to escape the post-truth world of politics (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want you and everyone else to practice “news avoidance,” that is, to stop reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
http://theconversation.com/brexit-how-the-people-are-using-news-avoidance-to-escape-the-post-truth-world-of-politics-123218

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.