ABC7
— Lawmakers square off after President Trump’s Ukraine call transcript
released, Illinois politicians weigh in – Will Jones
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/illinois-politicians-weigh-in-after-president-trumps-ukraine-call-transcript-released/5568750/
— Gun violence rally draws hundreds of Chicagoans to US Capitol – Jesse R
Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dc-gun-violence-rally-draws-hundreds-of-chicagoans/5567803/
FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Washington plunges into Trump impeachment probe
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/washington-plunges-into-trump-impeachment-probe
WGN TV
— Chicago groups travel to DC for national anti-violence rally – TAHMAN
BRADLEY
https://wgntv.com/2019/09/25/chicago-groups-travel-to-dc-for-national-anti-violence-rally/
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Who are the Republicans challenging Donald Trump in the 2020 primaries? (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates for a) Trump v. Walsh v. Weld v. Sanford; b) Curran v. Hubbard v. Marshall v. Tarter v. Kelly; c) Sanguinetti v. Ives v. Kinzler; d) Almiron v. Holder; e) O’Toole v. Veenstra; f) etc. Walsh, Sanguinetti, and Ives have spoken at TAPROOT events.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-nw-trump-republican-primary-challengers-20190925-bqtxbktzdvexbmfjdyzvziwhyu-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Cresco Labs has won permission to move its medical marijuana dispensary into the John Barleycorn building near Wrigley Field – Ally Marotti
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-medmar-lakeview-move-to-wrigleyville-20190925-5tj5hvv4unaktgzr5lssc4ftjq-story.html
— Get ready for a nasty fight. Impeachment is a battle Donald Trump can’t afford to lose. – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-donald-trump-impeachment-supporters-20190925-qddm4os3trb5xjlsbrdonsgska-story.html
— No surprise — response to impeachment inquiry from local Congressmen and their political opponents falls along party lines – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-impeachment-inquiry-reaction-st-0927-20190925-pwhvfxfmdvaibhnroirvgnxug4-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: US House passes bill giving pot businesses access to banking – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-bc-us–marijuana-banking-20190925-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: DuPage to discuss repealing video gambling ban – Robert
Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190925/dupage-to-discuss-repealing-video-gambling-ban
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Kane County may implement lower pot sales tax to attract
more businesses – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190925/kane-county-may-implement-lower-pot-sales-tax-to-attract-more-businesses
ROCKFORD REGISTER STAR
— Members of Congress from Illinois react to impeachment inquiry
https://www.rrstar.com/news/20190924/members-of-congress-from-illinois-react-to-impeachment-inquiry
CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— No matter the opponent, politics is a contact sport – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/jim-dey-no-matter-the-opponent-politics-is-a-contact/article_53a11210-99ec-5c35-b3b1-34a75fae7624.html
PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Illinois pot offenders hope to clear their records – Robert McCoppin
(DIERSEN: Your past predicts your future. Your disrespecting the rule of law in
the past predicts that you will disrespect the rule of law in the future.)
https://www.pjstar.com/news/20190925/illinois-pot-offenders-hope-to-clear-their-records
NPR ILLINOIS
— Is Politics Stressing You Out? – RHITU CHATTERJEE (DIERSEN: Sadly, putting
GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out is extremely stressful. Sadly, I
fully acknowledge that reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS can be extremely stressful.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/politics-stressing-you-out-heres-how-keep-caring-without-losing-your-cool#stream/0
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The
political headlines have been relentless lately. Calls for impeaching the
President. Debates over health care, immigration and gun control. Fights over
who tweeted what. Discussions of these issues can quickly get heated and toxic.
They can affect relationships and even your health, according to a study
published Wednesday in the journal PLOS ONE. It seems that Americans “are
suffering some pretty negative consequences because of their attention to and
engagement in politics,” says author Kevin Smith, a political scientist at
the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, discussing the survey results. . .Nearly
40% of respondents said that politics was a cause of stress in their lives.
About 20% reported losing sleep, feeling fatigued, or being depressed due to
politics. Between 10% and 30% of the respondents said that politics took an
emotional toll on them, by causing anger, frustration, hate,or guilt, or caused
them to make comments they later regretted. And about 20% reported that
politics had damaged their friendships. And, says Smith, “16% say that
politics has made my home life less pleasant.” . . . In 2017, the APA
annual survey on stress levels of Americans found that 57% of respondents said
that they were stressed by the current political climate, whereas 63% said that
the future of the nation was a cause of stress for them. Sixty percent said
they thought that the country was its lowest point in history. And over half of
the respondents said that while they like to stay informed about news and
politics, doing so stresses them out. . .For now, Bufka says, the new study
suggests that political engagement comes at an emotional cost. And that in turn
could affect politics. “In a democracy, it’s really important that people
want to be engaged,” she says. “It would be really discouraging if
people felt [so] stressed and negatively impacted by the political discourse of
the day, that … they disengage from politics.”)
DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Illinois politicians favor impeachment proceedings – Samantha Handler
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2019/09/24/city/illinois-politicians-favor-impeachment-proceedings/
CHICAGO PATCH
— Trump Impeachment Inquiry: What Could Be Next? A Local Expert Weighs In
“I’m directing our six committees to proceed with their investigations
under that umbrella of impeachment inquiry,” Pelosi said.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/trump-impeachment-inquiry-what-could-be-next-local-expert-weighs
NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Breaking Down DuPage County’s 2020 Budget
https://www.nctv17.com/news/breaking-down-dupage-countys-2020-budget/
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: Anthony Catella Files with FEC; DCCC, Daily Kos Use McHenry County
Blog
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/25/il-14-anthony-catella-files-with-fec-dccc-daily-kos-use-mchenry-county-blog/
— IL-06: Congressman Sean Casten’s Impeachment Town Hall in Downers Grove
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/25/il-06-congressman-sean-castens-impeachment-town-hall-in-downers-grove/
— Message of the Day – A Bumper Sticker: Impeach Underwood
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/25/message-of-the-day-a-bumper-sticker-41/
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Sanguinetti resurrects ‘ludicrous’ Ives/Madigan connection from Rauner days
– W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513843778-sanguinetti-resurrects-ludicrous-ives-madigan-connection-from-rauner-days
— Ives Response to Democrat Impeachment Inquiry
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513846787-ives-response-to-democrat-impeachment-inquiry
CAPITOL FAX
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://capitolfax.com/2019/09/25/question-of-the-day-2951/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— The death of American citizenship What happens when the undocumented are
legally indistinguishable from American citizens – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/25/the-death-of-american-citizenship/
GOPUSA
— How do other countries handle illegal aliens? With prison, labor camps,
caning
http://www.gopusa.com/?p=76541
DAILY CALLER
— Drone Airdrops Marijuana And A Cellphone Into Illinois Jail Yard – KYLE
HOOTEN
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/25/drone-drops-drugs-cellphone-jailyard/
FEDERALIST
— New Poll: 64 Percent Of Democrats Now Support Socialism – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2019/09/25/new-poll-64-percent-of-democrats-now-support-socialism/
INDEPENDENT JOURNAL REVIEW
— Gabbard Distances Herself From Other 2020 Dems, Says Impeachment ‘Would Be
Terribly Divisive’ – Madison Summers (DIERSEN: How will impeachment impact the Trump-haters
in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipality, in your
township/ward, and in your county?)
https://ijr.com/gabbard-distances-other-2020-dems-impeachment/
— Two of Trump’s Republican Challengers Support Impeachment Effort – Reuters
https://ijr.com/trumps-republican-challengers-support-impeachment-effort/
THE HILL
— MSNBC cuts from Trump speech: ‘We hate to do this, but the president isn’t
telling the truth’ – REBECCA KLAR
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/463084-msnbc-cuts-from-trump-speech-we-hate-to-do-this-but-the-president-isnt-telling
REUTERS
— EEOC: Facebook job ads from Capital One, others may have violated age bias
law – Daniel Wiessner (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, not only do
employers not want older workers, they do not want workers who are Trump supporters,
Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male,
non-poor, gun owners, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been
in America for a long time.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/employment-jobads/facebook-job-ads-from-capital-one-others-may-have-violated-age-bias-law-eeoc-idUSL2N26G1XO
— Rights advocates call Trump’s pledge to decriminalize gay sex ‘a lie’ –
Rachel Savage (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ advocates force all
individuals, all organizations, all companies, governments, and all countries
to promote LGBTQ activity.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/united-nations-lgbt-usa/rallights-advocates-call-trumps-pledge-to-decriminalize-gay-sex-a-lie-idUSL5N26G5ZK
WASHINGTON POST
— Federal agents are enforcing E-Verify against employees — but not businesses
– Editorial
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/federal-agents-are-enforcing-e-verify-against-employees–but-not-businesses/2019/09/25/8b1ba7c6-dbf6-11e9-ac63-3016711543fe_story.html
NEW YORK POST
— Trump defends nationalism, American sovereignty in rousing UN speech – Bob
Fredericks, Mark Moore and Nolan Hicks
https://nypost.com/2019/09/24/trump-defends-nationalism-american-sovereignty-in-rousing-un-speech/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— New York City Employers Who Say ‘Go Back to Your Country’ Could Face Fines
New guidelines specify what threats against undocumented immigrants violate law
– Tyler Blint-Welsh (DIERSEN: Who wants you to go back to your hometown? Those
in Wheaton and Glen Ellyn who want me to go back to my hometown of Crete a)
promote LGBTQ activity, b) promote abortion, c) promote mass/illegal
immigration, d) promote booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, e) promote
patronage, f) promote political affiliation discrimination, g) promote reverse
discrimination, h) promote age discrimination, and i) promote even worse
things. They are 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/new-york-city-employers-who-say-go-back-to-your-country-could-face-fines-11569438201
— Impeachment Move Focuses House’s Trump Probes Launch of official inquiry
gives Democrats’ existing investigations a place to funnel their work – Siobhan
Hughes and Natalie Andrews
https://www.wsj.com/articles/impeachment-move-focuses-houses-trump-probes-11569442177
FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM sets deadline for agencies to streamline employee dismissal – Jessie Bur
(DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who are the most overjoyed that my
Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement
“offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old. Previously, my Democrat GAO
superiors gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked
me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not
promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of
IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me
to take a $19,568 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO
in 1980.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2019/09/25/opm-sets-deadline-for-agencies-to-streamline-employee-dismissal/
FEDERAL NEWS NETWORK
— NTEU says bar set too high in proving age discrimination – Eric White
https://federalnewsnetwork.com/federal-newscast/2019/09/nteu-says-bar-set-too-high-in-proving-age-discrimination/
— OPM tells agencies to review, streamline performance management,
disciplinary policies – Nicole Ogrysko (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal
government. Their personnel policies are designed to help them get rid of their
employees a) who are Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and b) who
they did not promote 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://federalnewsnetwork.com/workforce/2019/09/opm-tells-agencies-to-review-streamline-performance-management-disciplinary-policies/
GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— How to Recruit the Next Generation of Feds: Better Pay, Benefits – ERICH
WAGNER (DIERSEN: 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.)
https://www.govexec.com/pay-benefits/2019/09/how-recruit-next-generation-feds-better-pay-benefits/160151/
GUARDIAN
— Republican 2020 debate: a two-man battle for who hates Trump most Former Illinois congressman Joe Walsh and former Massachusetts governor Bill Weld tried to outdo each other with slams of Trump – Adam Gabbatt (DIERSEN: If I was still the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, the organization would be hosting debates for a) Trump v. Walsh v. Weld v. Sanford; b) Curran v. Hubbard v. Marshall v. Tarter v. Kelly; Sanguinetti v. Ives v. Kinzler; d) Almiron v. Holder; e) O’Toole v. Veenstra; f) etc. Walsh, Sanguinetti, and Ives have spoken at TAPROOT events.)
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/sep/25/republican-2020-debate-joe-walsh-bill-weld-two-man-battle-for-who-hates-trump-most
