September 30 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Trump needs his supporters to believe impeachment is an attempt by radical socialists to take over the country – Dahleen Glanton
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/dahleen-glanton/ct-dahleen-glanton-donald-trump-impeachment-partisan-fight-20190930-f27dcgelwnfixffiwbtn7s2cwu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Sanders: “49% of all new income goes to the top 1%” – BGA
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2019/9/29/20887700/fact-check-bernie-sanders-chicago-teachers-new-income-ctu

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PHOTOS OF CHAPLIN AND CRONIN: DuPage County board member Elizabeth Chaplin wants voters to decide fate of recorder’s office – Robert Sanchez
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190930/dupage-county-board-member-wants-voters-to-decide-fate-of-recorders-office

WLS AM
— How the impeachment battle changes everything for 2020
http://www.wlsam.com/news/how-the-impeachment-battle-changes-everything-for-2020/

LINCOLN COURIER
— Public’s divided viewpoint on marijuana legalization – Dan Tackett
https://www.lincolncourier.com/news/20190929/publics-divided-viewpoint-on-marijuana-legalization

WQAD
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers want women to be pot pushers.
https://wqad.com/2019/09/30/how-more-women-are-getting-involved-in-the-cannabis-industry-monday-night/

DEPAULIA
— Upcoming marijuana legalization won’t affect DePaul – Madison Bradley
https://depauliaonline.com/42983/news/upcoming-marijuana-legalization-wont-affect-depaul/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Catalina Lauf Congressional Fundraiser Monday at Bull Valley Country Club
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/29/catalina-fundraiser-monday-at-bull-valley-country-club/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Candidate Ives attacks Rep. Casten’s predilection for ‘politically motivated smear campaigns’ – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513710109-candidate-ives-attacks-rep-casten-s-predilection-for-politically-motivated-smear-campaigns
— Ives is familiar with the ‘lies, desperation’ driving GOP primary opponent Sanguinetti’s campaign – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/513841250-ives-is-familiar-with-the-lies-desperation-driving-gop-primary-opponent-sanguinetti-s-campaign

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump blasts ‘secondhand’ whistleblower complaint – Tom Howell Jr. 
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/29/donald-trump-blasts-secondhand-whistleblower-compl/

FOX NEWS
— Pelosi ‘abusing’ her role as House speaker with impeachment inquiry, failing to give Trump due process, Collins says – Frank Miles
https://www.foxnews.com/media/nancy-pelosi-doug-collins-house-speaker-abuse-trump-ukraine

AMERICAN THINKER
— Time to Set the Record Straight on Slavery – James Simpson
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2019/09/time_to_set_the_record_straight_on_slavery.html

BREITBART
— Investor Lobbyists, Senators Demand More Imported Workers – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Democrats want imported workers because importer workers vote for Democrats. RINOs want imported workers because RINOs want cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/29/investor-lobbyists-senators-demand-more-imported-workers/
— Elizabeth Warren: Amnesty for All Illegal Aliens Is ‘Good’ for American Workers – John Binder
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/29/warren-us-workers-amnesty-good/

DAILY WIRE
— L.A. Paid $1.3 Billion In Taxpayer Money To Illegal Aliens Via Welfare – Joseph Curl
https://www.dailywire.com/news/l-a-paid-1-3-billion-in-taxpayer-money-to-illegal-aliens-via-welfare

THE HILL
— Why impeachment obsession could help keep President Trump in office – KRISTIN TATE
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/463576-why-impeachment-obsession-could-help-keep-president-trump-in-office
— Impeachment fight poses wildcard for Trump economy – SYLVAN LANE 
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/463474-impeachment-fight-poses-wildcard-for-trump-economy

POLITICO
— How impeachment could shape the Trump economy In 1998, a booming economy came to the president’s rescue. In 2019, impeachment threats are competing with economic threats. – BEN WHITE
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/30/trump-impeachment-american-economy-011053
— Trump demands to meet whistleblower and leakers of his Ukraine call – RISHIKA DUGYALA
https://www.politico.com/news/2019/09/29/trump-ukraine-whistleblower-schiff-011137

CNBC
— How Facebook, Twitter and Google are working to prevent deepfakes from fooling you – Katie Schoolov
https://www.cnbc.com/2019/09/29/how-facebook-twitter-and-google-work-to-detect-and-prevent-deepfakes.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Ahead of 2020, Facebook Falls Short on Plan to Share Data on Disinformation – Davey Alba
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/29/technology/facebook-disinformation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— ‘The president of the United States is the whistleblower,’ Stephen Miller says – Felicia Sonmez, Mike DeBonis and Christopher Rowland
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/the-president-of-the-united-states-is-the-whistleblower-stephen-miller-says/2019/09/29/e1e400bc-e2c2-11e9-a6e8-8759c5c7f608_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump’s Middle-Class Economic Progress A new study indicates median incomes are rising far faster than they did under Bush or Obama. – Stephen Moore
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trumps-middle-class-economic-progress-11569786435
— FRONT PAGE: DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/does-getting-stoned-help-you-get-toned-gym-rats-embrace-marijuana-11569777229

BLOOMBERG
— Trump Calls for Treason Inquiry Into House Impeachment Leader – Justin Sink
https://www.bloombergquint.com/politics/trump-calls-for-treason-inquiry-into-house-impeachment-leader

FCW
— Unionized federal employees rally with Hill Democrats – Lia Russell (DIERSEN: I was a union member for almost 12 of the almost 30 years that I worked for the federal government. Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes despise, if not hate, unions and union members.)
https://fcw.com/articles/2019/09/24/federal-unions-rally-russell.aspx

NPR
— ‘The Campaign Is The Amplifier’: How Trump Plans To Fight Impeachment Push – TAMARA KEITH
https://www.npr.org/2019/09/30/765201025/the-campaign-is-the-amplifier-how-trump-plans-to-fight-impeachment-push

NEWSWEEK
— KINZINGER SLAMS TRUMP FOR QUOTING PASTOR’S WARNING OF ‘CIVIL WAR LIKE FRACTURE’: ‘BEYOND REPUGNANT’ – CHRISTINA ZHAO
https://www.newsweek.com/gop-congressman-slams-trump-quoting-pastors-warning-civil-war-like-fracture-beyond-repugnant-1461982

DAILY KOS
— Republican Congressman Kinzinger Calls Trump Retweet “Beyond Repugnant”
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/9/29/1888903/-Republican-Congressman-Kinzinger-Calls-Trump-Retweet-Beyond-Repugnant

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.