September 16 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD

— One person was stabbed during a suspected gang fight at Aurora’s Fiestas Patrias festival Sunday.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190916/one-stabbed-during-suspected-gang-fight-at-aurora-festival
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: DuPage board member Elizabeth Chaplin wants ballot question on abolishing recorder’s office – Robert Sanchez (DIERSEN: Babette Holder-Youngberg and Ronald Almiron are running for this office.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190916/dupage-board-member-wants-ballot-question-on-abolishing-recorders-office

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater promotes hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-sean-spicer-neiu-protests-20190912-z3ialf73l5f7rlvevcspv2lxhy-story.html
— Disgraced former Ald. Daniel Solis collecting nearly $95K annual city pension, could keep receiving taxpayer-funded payments for life – Gregory Pratt (DIERSEN: Who calls you disgraced? I should write a book about those who call me disgraced. I would focus on those who paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-daniel-solis-pension-city-hall-20190916-tuw4tb6d6bbo5p54p7aezq4ika-story.html
— ‘SNL’ deserves the Shane Gillis backlash. It’s been courting liberals for years – LORRAINE ALI
https://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-ent-snl-shane-gillis-backlash-comment-20190915-ot5rbusltraohlykhozemmqp4a-story.html

WTTW
— Obesity Rates Rising in Illinois, Across the Country – Kristen Thometz 
https://news.wttw.com/2019/09/12/report-obesity-rates-rising-illinois-across-country

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “RNC suppressing fellow party members.” 
https://qconline.com/opinion/letters/letter-rnc-suppressing-fellow-party-members/article_2c9ce5f9-20c3-5467-9acd-c7ba29b729f0.html
(FROM THE LETTER: The RNC will say that primaries were scrapped under Ronald Reagan, George Bush, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama (their favorite target). But, the major difference between these former presidents and the current occupier of the White House is, they had NO opponents! Trump has three.)

NOQ REPORT
— Democrats turn Mexican Independence Day celebration in Chicago into political statement against Trump – CQ Livingston
https://noqreport.com/2019/09/16/democrats-turn-mexican-independence-day-celebration-chicago-political-statement-trump/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lincoln Chafee and the Libertarian Party are sadly made for each other – Remso Martinez (DIERSEN: If you push pot, you are not a Republican, you are a Libertarian, Democrat, or Green.) 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/9/lincoln-chafee-and-libertarian-party-are-sadly-mad/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump defends Kavanaugh against ‘Radical Left Democrats’ and urges him to ‘start suing’ – Hunter Lovell (DIERSEN: Who does NOT defend you? The following do NOT defend me: those who a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the Illinois Republican Party platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling and work against those like me who support that resolution, c) focus on destroying those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, d) were defendants in lawsuits that I have filed, and/or e) are operatives or dupes for the aforesaid.) 
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-defends-kavanaugh-against-radical-left-democrats-and-urges-him-to-start-suing

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Marriage in America Is a Luxury Analysis: Survey data capture major disparities in who gets to marry – Charles Fain Lehman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, a) Democrats discourage traditional marriage and b) RINOs fail/refuse to defend/promote traditional marriage.)
https://freebeacon.com/issues/marriage-in-america-is-a-luxury/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Republicans must stem the tide of illegal immigration or be obliterated – Joshua Foxworth (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs encourage illegal immigration.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/republicans_must_stem_the_tide_of_illegal_immigration_or_be_obliterated.html
— Yes, Justice Kavanaugh should sue! – Silvio Canto, Jr. (DIERSEN: Generally, you do not sue a person if you cannot collect a judgment against that person. My critics/opponents have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout. But they have their operatives and their dupes who have little or no money defame and slander me. They hint/imply/argue/shout a) that I am fraudulently claiming to be a journalist and b) that I am illegally failing/refusing to register as a lobbyist. I should sue those who hint/imply/argue/shout that I fraudulently claim to be a journalist. They stress a) that I do not have a degree in journalism, b) that I am not paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, c) that I do not claim to be nonpartisan, d) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free, e) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no advertising, f) that GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no pictures, g) that I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman, and h) the times that activists, organizations (including the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party), companies (including Google, Daily Herald, Chicago Tribune, Wheaton Leader, and Naperville Sun), governments (including Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois), candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc. have treated me like a am not a journalist.) 
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/yes_justice_kavanaugh_should_sue.html

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Why Identity Politics Kills Democracy A true politics unites disparate people under a single label: citizen. Not so for our current multiculturalism. – ADAM ELLWANGER (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are extremely divisive. They a) want minorities to put their race ahead of everything else, b) want women to put their gender ahead of everything else, c) want younger people to put their age ahead of everything else, d) want LGBTQers to put their LGBTQ status ahead everything else, f) want non-Protestants to put their religion ahead of everything else, g) Democrats to put their political affiliation ahead of everything else, h) non-German Americans to put their national origin ahead of everything else, and i) want veterans to put their military status ahead of everything else.) 
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/why-identity-politics-kills-democracy/

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Local GOP Committee Strikes Back – Votes To Censure RINO Congressman
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31011-local-gop-committee-strikes-back-%E2%80%93-votes-censure-rino-congressman
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to a motion read at the meeting, and reported by rappnews.com, there were “two main reasons” for the censure involving the freshman lawmaker, including “repeated votes for massive increases in the alphabet soup of visas for the importation of foreign workers (from low to high skilled) which reduce job opportunities for U.S. citizens and depress their wages across the board.)
— Mark Sanford run the epitome of a #NeverTrump fool’s errand – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/31010-assault-america-day-257-mark-sanford-run-epitome-nevertrump-fool%E2%80%99s-errand

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Bankruptcy: Pain With Gain for Chicago – Richard Porter
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2019/09/13/bankruptcy_pain_with_gain_for_chicago__141257.html
— CNN’s Aisha Moodie-Mills: Biden Is “A White Man Of A Certain Era,” Shows “Racial Paternalism” – Tim Hains (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, and Second Amendment planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform? How strongly do they defend and advance the illegal drugs and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? How strongly do they defend and advance the Milton Township Republican Central Committee resolution against video gambling?) 
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2019/09/15/cnns_aisha_moodie-mills_biden_is_a_white_man_of_a_certain_era_shows_racial_paternalism.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: He served with segregationists who he revered. He comes from a school of thought frankly served with Moynihan who wrote a report that suggested that what is wrong with black people and black communities has everything to do with them. As opposed to the systemic challenges and frankly structural racism that has created the poverty and that has disenfranchised and suppressed black people since the beginning of time.)

EPOCH TIMES
— Gabbard Campaign Sues Google Over Suspending Ads, Suppressing Free Speech – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gabbard-campaign-sues-google-over-suspending-ads-suppressing-free-speech_3082839.html

LIBERTY NATION
— Jorge Ramos’ Race Baiting In The Houston Debate: A Win For Trump Univision anchor’s open-borders interrogation further defined the Dem field as full of lightweights. – Joe Schaeffer
https://www.libertynation.com/jorge-ramos-race-baiting-in-the-houston-debate-a-win-for-trump/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— What’s Next for the GOP on Immigration? – RAMESH PONNURU
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2019/09/30/whats-next-for-the-gop-on-immigration/

THE HILL
— Progressive tax-the-rich push gains momentum – NAOMI JAGODA (DIERSEN: Democrats hint/imply/argue/shout that anyone not on welfare is rich.) 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/461368-progressive-tax-the-rich-push-gains-momentum
— Why does Trump fear GOP voters? – JUAN WILLIAMS (DIERSEN: Who will the Trump-haters vote for in the March 17, 2020 primary? Will they cast a Republican ballot and vote for Weld, Walsh, or Sanford or will they cast a Democrat ballot and vote for a Democrat candidate?)

https://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/461504-juan-williams-why-does-trump-fear-gop-voters

ROLL CALL
— Joe Biden is old. Who cares? – Patricia Murphy (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.rollcall.com/news/opinion/joe-biden-is-old-who-cares

CNN
— New Kavanaugh claims detonate in heat of 2020 election – Stephen Collinson
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/16/politics/brett-kavanaugh-donald-trump-supreme-court-democrats-2020-election/index.html

NBC NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Weld, Walsh, and Sanford
https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/donald-trump-claimed-primaries-were-rigged-2016-now-he-s-ncna1054391

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump-haters promote Deborah Ramirez and her charges against Brett Kavanaugh.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/14/sunday-review/brett-kavanaugh-deborah-ramirez-yale.html
— Purdue Pharma Files for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy – Jan Hoffman and Mary Williams Walsh
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/15/health/purdue-pharma-bankruptcy-opioids-settlement.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at minorities a) that Whites caused all their problems, b) that Whites are causing all their problems, and c) that Whites will forever cause all their problems. 
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/racism-hasnt-been-relegated-to-history-biden-says-on-anniversary-of-1963-church-bombing/2019/09/15/e8a5afaa-d49d-11e9-9610-fb56c5522e1c_story.html
— Nearly 50,000 General Motors employees go on strike after union talks break down – Deanna Paul and Alex Horton
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2019/09/15/nearly-general-motors-employees-plan-walk-off-job-after-union-talks-break-down/
— Purdue Pharma, drugmaker accused of fueling the opioid epidemic, files for bankruptcy – Christopher Rowland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/purdue-pharma-drugmaker-accused-of-fueling-the-opioid-epidemic-files-for-bankruptcy/2019/09/15/dbba6ec6-d7f3-11e9-a688-303693fb4b0b_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— The New York Times puts activism first – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2019/09/15/the-times-puts-activism-first-and-other-commentary/

ORLANDO SENTINEL
— 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.orlandosentinel.com/sns-bc-us–poor-peoples-campaign-20190909-story.html

PALM BEACH POST
— Arguments over electability are an annoying diversion – Leonard Pitts (DIERSEN: Are you electable? Ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party act like they are taking the advice of political consultants who say that the more of the following that you are, the less electable that you are: Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, gun owner, German American, draft avoider, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.palmbeachpost.com/opinion/20190915/leonard-pitts-arguments-over-electability-are-annoying-diversion

SALT LAKE TRIBUNE
— JULY 24, 2012 FLASHBACK: Utah political ‘reporter’ Aaron Browning wears more than one hat – Paul Rolly (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents defame and slander me as being a clone of Browning. But unlike Browning, I fully disclose everything about me.) 
https://archive.sltrib.com/article.php?id=54542787&itype=CMSID

MANCHESTER INK LINK
— City Primary Voters’ Guide: Alderman At-Large – Laura Aronson (DIERSEN: How much do you know about those who represent you on your city council? What do those who represent you on your city council think of you?)
https://manchesterinklink.com/city-primary-voters-guide-alderman-at-large/

MONDAQ
— Combatting Generational Stereotypes In A Multigenerational Workforce – Scott Fanning (DIERSEN: To help them get rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who had not made 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, my Democrat superiors and supervisors in the federal government promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.) 
http://www.mondaq.com/unitedstates/x/845400/Discrimination+Disability+Sexual+Harassment/Combatting+Generational+Stereotypes+In+A+Multigenerational+Workforce

THRIVE GLOBAL
— 5 Proven Methods to Reduce Stress and Improve Your Quality of Life   Not only can stress have a huge impact on your quality of life and sense of well-being, unmanaged stress can cause a whole variety of physical ailments as well. Read on to learn 5 ways to manage your stress effectively. – Jerica Glasper
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/5-proven-methods-to-reduce-stress-and-improve-your-quality-of-life/

— These 8 Tips Will Help You Avoid Burnout   Committed people who are too involved in their work are the ones who get affected by workout and it is bad news as this may cause irritation, exhaustion, lack of focus and decreased productivity. Burnouts typically affect the way you eat and sleep and also your relationships hence we have listed here a few tips […] – Nataliya
https://thriveglobal.com/stories/these-8-tips-will-help-you-avoid-burnout/

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.