ABC7
— Delegation from Chicago traveling to Seattle for Amazon headquarters bid – Cate Cauguiran
http://abc7chicago.com/business/chicago-delegation-traveling-to-seattle-for-amazon-hq-bid/2431630/
— 5 Wheaton College football players accused of hazing teammate – Diane Pathieu
http://abc7chicago.com/5-wheaton-college-football-players-accused-of-hazing-teammate/2431685/
NBC5
— ‘It’s Real’: Former Top Cop Garry McCarthy Mayoral Exploratory Committee Confirmed – Mary Ann Ahern (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Emanuel call McCarthy a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things?)
http://www.nbcchicago.com/blogs/ward-room/Its-Real-Former-Top-Cops-Mayoral-Exploratory-Committee-Confirmed-445537233.html
— 5 Football Players Charged in 2016 Wheaton College Hazing Incident Prosecutors charged the five players with aggravated battery, mob action and unlawful restraint – Patrick Fazio
http://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wheaton-football-hazing-charges-445545223.html
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Illinois offering big tax breaks to lure Amazon HQ – Mike Flannery
http://www.fox32chicago.com/news/local/illinois-offering-big-tax-breaks-to-lure-amazon-hq
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— List to replace Attorney General Madigan grows
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/politics/ct-lisa-madigan-replacement-race-20170919-story.html
— Schaumburg village president Al Larson feels validated by being ranked 9th best place to live in U.S. – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/ct-schaumburg-best-places-to-live-20170918-story.html
— U.S.: Agents stop most attempts to cross border – Nick Miroff
https://www.pressreader.com/usa/chicago-tribune/20170919/281711204825271
— New report cites risks youths face when getting tattoos and body piercings – Kate Thayer
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/ct-tattoos-piercings-youth-study-met-20170918-story.html
— Political commentator Scottie Nell Hughes files lawsuit alleging she was raped by Fox Business host Charles Payne – Stephen Battaglio
http://www.chicagotribune.com/entertainment/tv/ct-scottie-nell-hughes-fox-news-lawsuit-20170918-story.html
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rauner, Rahm sending team to Amazon’s Seattle HQ — to look, not talk – Tina Sfondeles
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/rauner-rahm-sending-team-to-amazons-seattle-hq-to-look-not-talk/
— Chicago to host global summit on climate change – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/chicago-to-host-global-summit-on-climate-change/
— Berwyn grandmother of 10 facing deportation sues DHS over visa delay – Madeline Kenney (DIERSEN: Democrats always side with those who come to America illegally, who stay in America illegally, and who bring others to America illegally.)
http://chicago.suntimes.com/chicago-politics/berwyn-grandmother-of-10-facing-deportation-sues-dhs-over-visa-delay/
— At UN, Trump threatens ‘total destruction’ of North Korea – AP
http://chicago.suntimes.com/news/trump-the-america-first-president-goes-to-the-united-nations/
DAILY HERALD
— The Latest: Trump says US shouldn’t be taken advantage of – AP
http://www.dailyherald.com/article/20170919/news/309199939/
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Why chasing Amazon is a bad idea – TOM GIMBEL
http://www.chicagobusiness.com/article/20170919/OPINION/170919905/why-chasing-amazon-is-a-bad-idea
WTTW
— With Amazon in Sight, Rauner and Emanuel Political Foes No More – Brandis Friedman (DIERSEN: Will both Rauner and Emanuel stress to Amazon that Chicago is full of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors?)
http://chicagotonight.wttw.com/2017/09/18/amazon-sight-rauner-and-emanuel-political-foes-no-more
DNA INFO
— Chicago Emissions Drop 11% As Rahm Slaps Trump On Climate Change – Heather Cherone (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everything that is bad including bad weather.)
https://www.dnainfo.com/chicago/20170918/downtown/emissions-pollution-rahm-emanuel-climate-change-paris-agreement
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Combating toxicity in Illinois politics – Jim Nowlan (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have promoted toxicity with the 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, etc. The aforesaid toxicity promoters blame me for all the problems that the aforesaid organizations have had.)
http://www.pjstar.com/opinion/20170918/nowlan-combating-toxicity-in-illinois-politics
BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— New York Times journalist touts Constitution at ISU event – KEVIN BARLOW (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, the New York Times is proudly anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
http://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/education/new-york-times-journalist-touts-constitution-at-isu-event/article_9ccf48af-aad0-5079-9405-0218fa59da2f.html
JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Conservatives don’t like higher ed – Steve Hochstadt (DIERSEN: Democrats run education in America. Ever-increasingly, they focus on cranking out “good little Democrats” who are anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/114033/commentary-conservatives-dont-like-higher-ed
TIMES
— Barickman co-sponsored bill on cop recruiting now law (DIERSEN: Since the 1960s, the federal government has relaxed its hiring standards to help it hire young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
http://www.mywebtimes.com/news/local/barickman-co-sponsored-bill-on-cop-recruiting-now-law/article_4b062dbb-f88a-5e05-8d18-5465b2c315d7.html
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Trump says he won’t impose US values abroad (DIERSEN: Foreign countries are doing everything that they can to impose their values on America and anti-Trumps have no problem with that. Ever-increasingly, anti-Trumps make it clear that they are anti-American.)
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/trump-says-he-wont-impose-us-values-abroad/814215218
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Anti-Trumps say that Trump is “losing ground among several key groups.”
http://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/politics/polls-say-these-are-the-supporters-trump-is-losing/814126670
CHICAGO DAILY OBSERVER
— Who Can Beat Rauner in Illinois? – DON ROSE (DIERSEN: Those who want Rauner to lose advise him to a) dump those individuals, organizations, companies, and governments in Illinois that are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, Republican, American, White, male, older, rich, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time and b) promote dependency on government, promote dependency on charity, promote LGBTQ activity, promote abortion, promote mass/illegal immigration, promote booze, gambling, pot and other vices, promote patronage, promote political affiliation discrimination, promote reverse discrimination, promote age discrimination, and promote even worse things.)
http://www.cdobs.com/archive/featured/who-can-beat-rauner-in-illinois/
UPSTREAM IDEAS
— Durkin’s Politics Of Mediocrity
http://upstream-ideas.com/upstream-ideas/ideas/the-politics-of-mediocrity
LAKE COUNTY GAZETTE
— Court rejects Drury defamation case against Proft, Neerhoff – Caitlin Nordahl (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have said and done things against me “with malice.” I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
https://lakecountygazette.com/stories/511220119-court-rejects-drury-defamation-case-against-proft-neerhoff
NORTH COOK NEWS
— Morrison fought against Trust Act, says it interferes with lawful action – Caitlin Nordahl
https://northcooknews.com/stories/511220215-morrison-fought-against-trust-act-says-it-interferes-with-lawful-action
ILLINOIS NEWS NETWORK
— Rep. Brady: Conversation is not about raising gas tax, it’s about how high to raise it – Benjamin Yount and Greg Bishop
https://www.ilnews.org/news/state_politics/rep-brady-conversation-is-not-about-raising-gas-tax-it/article_577f36ea-9ca5-11e7-b434-ef8d71e8a8f7.html
ILLINOIS HOME PAGE
— Could Erika Harold draw a primary opponent? Candidates line up to replace Madigan – Mark Maxwel (DIERSEN: What are your connections with Erika Harold? She and I were members of a team led by Dan Proft to elect Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Illinois Republican gubernatorial primary. While she worked at Burke, Warren, MacKay & Serritella, we had a friend in common, Mark Stern.)
http://www.illinoishomepage.net/news/local-news/could-harold-draw-a-primary-opponent/814082818
(FROM THE ARTICLE: State Senator Jason Barickman, a Bloomington Republican, practices law at Meyer Capel, the same law firm that employs Harold. Barickman shot down rumors that he could run for the attorney general spot, saying, “Erika [Harold] is uniquely positioned in that she is electable statewide and she has great credentials for serving as Illinois’ top attorney. “She’ll be fine if she’s primaried,” Barickman added, “but I’m encouraging Republicans to rally around her now.” Another prominent Republican attorney Kirk Dillard halfway sidestepped direct questions if he might run for the opening. “I’m enjoying overseeing mass transit in Chicagoland where we move over two million riders daily and watching my teenage children grow up,” Dillard said. The former state senator and chairman of the DuPage County Republican Party now oversees the Regional Transportation Authority. He’s also a partner at Locke Lord law firm. “Harold’s chances are excellent,” Dillard said. “She is intelligent, personable and right out of central casting. She will give Democrats fits with her profile. [She] should be given a lot of deference by others because she stood up to run before (emphasis his) Lisa Madigan chose not to run for reelection. Dillard added, “It is also important for the Republicans to put forth a balanced geographic ticket.” While some Republicans are publicly supporting Harold, others are privately wondering if House Minority Leader Jim Durkin could run for the job. Durkin did not respond to questions about the race.)
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— JUDICIAL WATCH TO INVESTIGATE DC’S DEEP STATE. HOW ABOUT SPRINGFIELD’S?
http://illinoisreview.typepad.com/illinoisreview/2017/09/judicial-watch-to-investigate-dcs-deep-state-how-about-springfields-.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Rauner now undecided on HB40
https://capitolfax.com/2017/09/19/rauner-now-undecided-on-hb40/
GOPUSA
— U.S. Dreamers on returning to Mexico: ‘What would that look like?’ (DIERSEN: What if citizens of America illegally took their children to Mexico?)
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=30340
BLAZE
— Many government pension systems are on the verge of collapse — here’s how it could affect you – Leon Wolf
http://www.theblaze.com/news/2017/09/18/many-government-pension-systems-are-on-the-verge-of-collapse-heres-how-it-could-affect-you/
TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Broken Promises – George Mano
https://townhall.com/columnists/georgemano/2017/09/19/trumps-broken-promises-n2383036
DAILY CALLER
— Trudeau Government Is Silencing Critics Of Legal Pot, Says Watchdog Group (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://amp.dailycaller.com/2017/09/16/trudeau-government-is-silencing-critics-of-legal-pot-says-watchdog-group/
— Hillary Clinton Will Not Rule Out ‘Questioning The Legitimacy’ Of The 2016 Election – Liam Clancy (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always questioned the legitimacy of a) my being elected to the American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board in 2001 and reelected in 2002 and 2003, b) my being elected to the Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee in 2003 and reelected in 2004, 2005, and 2006, and c) my being elected TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman in 2005 and reelected in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011.)
http://dailycaller.com/2017/09/18/hillary-clinton-will-not-rule-out-questioning-the-legitimacy-of-the-2016-election/
COLLEGE FIX
— Brown University will offer segregated student dinners for black, Muslim students – COY WESTBROOK (DIERSEN: Democrats used to promote integration, but now they promote segregation.)
http://www.thecollegefix.com/post/36867/
THE HILL
— The danger of forsaking America’s civil service – BRIAN O’TOOLE
http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/351237-the-danger-of-forsaking-americas-civil-service
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The recent news that President Trump is cutting back on pay raises for U.S. government employees was just another of many slights to a civil service that has been under siege since Trump launched his campaign pledging to “drain the swamp.” Whether he and his ideological followers know it, or care, these dedicated professionals are not the swamp. What they are is economists, engineers, intelligence officers, lawyers, park rangers, trade negotiators, and countless others who signed up for government service not to work for one president and his or her policies, but to advance our great nation’s interests. I ought to know. I joined the Central Intelligence Agency in 2003 to work for an administration whose president I did not vote for and whose policies I often did not support. I did not think twice about doing it; it was fascinating work in service of my country, and in a post-September 11 world when service was celebrated and honorable. But now, I worry that those who would consider government service are thinking twice. After all, who would want to work for a president who has shown so little regard for the agencies in which they would work and whose supporters, including in the media, rail against a mythical “deep state?” We’re seeing the results of this assault already; Politico reported recently that applications in June for the State Department’s Foreign Service exam, once among the most sought-after opportunities in all of government, fell more than a quarter from the year before. I wonder how many currently in the government want to remain working while constantly being maligned. Good people are leaving the civil service, not in droves as political appointees do on Inauguration Day, but steadily and surely. Federal government employment has fallen by 11,000 this year, according to the Bureau of Labor statistics, and the administration clearly believes it to be a positive development. But this drip-drop exodus is draining Washington of the critical expertise and experience necessary to design and execute complex objectives, not of swamp creatures. During the 1990s, due to budget cuts and deprioritization of mission, the CIA lost significant numbers from its ranks; dedicated and talented civil servants who were told they were not needed. That exodus decimated its institutional capacity, especially in the middle ranks where much of the demanding, technical work of the U.S. government gets done, and from where so many are leaving government now.)
POLITICO
— Trump’s team gunning for potential 2020 reelection rivals Elizabeth Warren and Sherrod Brown are among the Democrats that Trump allies are looking to undermine or defeat. – GABRIEL DEBENEDETTI (DIERSEN: Who has undermined you? I should write a book about those who have undermined me. They stress that I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, a GAO employee, etc.)
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/09/18/trump-team-guns-for-2020-rivals-242781
NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Envisions a July 4 Parade Showing Off American Military Might – MICHAEL D. SHEAR
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/politics/trump-4th-of-july-military-parade.html
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: And the Prize Goes to Politics Shows With a Message Ruled the Emmys, but Does It Play Outside Hollywood? – John Koblin
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/business/media/emmy-winners-took-a-topical-and-political-route-to-the-prize.html
— How the Internet Kept Humming During 2 Hurricanes – JAMES GLANZ (DIERSEN: Neither power outages nor anything else has stopped me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out a) each and every morning since 2004 and b) also each and every evening since 2015.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/us/harvey-irma-internet.html
— FRONT PAGE: How Party Bosses, Not Voters, Pick Candidates in New York – SHANE GOLDMACHER
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/18/nyregion/new-york-politics-party-bosses.html
WASHINGTON POST
— Teens are not in a rush to date, drive or become adults, a new study finds – Tara Bahrampour (DIERSEN: What did you accomplish by the time you were 32? Shortly after I turned 16 in 1964, I got a drivers license, bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, and got a part-time job washing dishes. I bought my first new car when I was 17. I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I bought a new Corvette when I was 23. I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24. I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago when I was 25 and a one bedroom condo in that building when I was 27. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I got married when I was 29 and we bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/social-issues/neither-drinking-nor-driving-more-teens-are-putting-off-traditional-markers-of-adulthood/2017/09/18/b46027a0-93f1-11e7-8754-d478688d23b4_story.html
LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Before his bid to become California governor, John Cox took on some guy named Obama – Phil Willon (DIERSEN: Residents of my precinct and residents of the precincts to the east and west got to meet John Cox along with the other four announced Republican candidates for U.S. Senate – Chirinjeev Kathuria, Jim Oberweis, Andy McKenna, and Jack Ryan – on July 5, 2003 at a picnic in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct that I organized. Cox brought Jays Potato Chips. The 200+ attendees included now Congressman Randy Hultgren. Jack Ryan won the primary, but withdrew. His replacement, Alan Keyes lost to Barack Obama.)
http://www.latimes.com/politics/la-pol-john-cox-california-governor-race-20170919-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Cox went on to earn an accounting degree at the University of Illinois at Chicago and later graduated from the Illinois Institute of Technology’s Chicago-Kent College of Law. The Illinois law firm he founded in 1981 specializes in tax law, estate planning and corporate law, and is worth upward of $200 million, he says. In the mid-1990s, he was the chief financial officer of a Chicago snack food institution, Jays Foods, helping the family that started the company buy it back from food giant Borden Inc. and putting it back in the black, saving hundreds of jobs. “I’ve hired people, I’ve fired people. I fought the battle. I borrowed money. I dealt with agencies,” Cox said. “Now that doesn’t make me a saint. There’s tons of other people who have done the same thing. But it does give me certain skills that allow me to look at a situation like California is in right now, and say, ‘Hey, here’s the things we need to do.’” The silver-haired 62-year-old moved to the posh San Diego County enclave of Rancho Santa Fe about a decade ago, and now belongs to the New Majority, a group founded primarily by Orange County Republican business executives in order to nudge the state party away from social conservatives. In November, Cox voted for Libertarian Gary Johnson, the former governor of New Mexico, saying he harbored doubts about Donald Trump. Cox now says he backs Trump “100%.”)
NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Young immigrants shout down Democratic House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats shout at young immigrants that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things. Democrats want young immigrants to be anti-Trump, anti-Protestant, anti-conservative, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-rich people, anti-gun owners, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America longer than their ancestors.)
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/young-immigrants-shout-dem-leader-nancy-pelosi-article-1.3505729
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Higher Ed’s Latest Taboo Is ‘Bourgeois Norms’ An op-ed praising 1950s values provokes another campus meltdown— from the deans on down. – Heather Mac Donald (DIERSEN: When you were young, did you pursue “bourgeois norms?” Shortly after I turned 16 in 1964, I got a drivers license, bought a 1958 Chevy BelAir, and got a part-time job washing dishes. I bought my first new car when I was 17. I graduated debt-free from NIU with a bachelor’s degree in management when I was 21. I bought a new Corvette when I was 23. I bought a new town home in University Park when I was 24. I bought a studio condo in the Outer Drive East building in downtown Chicago when I was 25 and a one bedroom condo in that building when I was 27. I earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27 and a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt when I was 32. I became a licensed CPA when I was 32. I got married when I was 29 and we bought 1017 East Harrison in Wheaton when I was 29.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/higher-eds-latest-taboo-is-bourgeois-norms-1505774818
(FROM THE ARTICLE: To the list of forbidden ideas on American college campuses, add “bourgeois norms” — hard work, self-discipline, marriage and respect for authority. Last month, two law professors published an op-ed in the Philadelphia Inquirer calling for a revival of the “cultural script” that prevailed in the 1950s and still does among affluent Americans: “Get married before you have children and strive to stay married for their sake. Get the education you need for gainful employment, work hard, and avoid idleness. . . . Eschew substance abuse and crime.” The weakening of these traditional norms has contributed to today’s low rates of workforce participation, lagging educational levels and widespread opioid abuse, the professors argued. The op-ed triggered an immediate uproar at the University of Pennsylvania, where one of its authors, Amy Wax, teaches.)
USA TODAY
— Eighties throwback: Paper ballots are back in vogue thanks to Russian hacking fears – Elizabeth Weise
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/news/2017/09/19/russia-hacking-election-fears-prompts-states-to-switch-to-paper-ballots/666020001/
THE WEEK
— America’s coming campus conflagration – Damon Linker
http://theweek.com/articles/725233/americas-coming-campus-conflagration
UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA
— Cannabis use linked to gene mutation (DIERSEN: If you promote pot, you promote destruction.)
http://www.news.uwa.edu.au/201605248687/cannabis-linked-gene-mutation
