September 4 Morning Edition

NAPERVILLE PATCH
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville Opts Out Of Recreational Marijuana Sales  The council voted 6 to 3 in favor of opting out of recreational cannabis sales. – Lisa Marie Farver (DIERSEN: At Wheaton’s City Council meeting yesterday evening, Lynn Robbins was appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy and I again urged Wheaton to ban the sale of recreational marijuana.)
https://patch.com/illinois/naperville/naperville-opts-out-recreational-marijuana-sales
(FROM THE ARTICLE: After weeks of debate, comments from residents, and anti-cannabis rallies, the Naperville City Council voted to opt out of recreational cannabis sales Tuesday. The City Council meeting brought close to 250 residents out to share their comments about the issue, which ended in a 6-3 vote in favor of opting out. . .The topic of recreational cannabis was discussed for more than three hours at Tuesday’s meeting, which was filled with dozens of residents sporting bright orange “Opt Out Naperville” t-shirts and pins. . .After the public comment portion of the meeting, City Council members had a chance to sound off on the issue. Council member Kevin Coyne said, “I think it’s a very clear and easy decision tonight.” He added that neighboring cities Wheaton and Bolingbrook will likely opt out and that he wanted to prevent Naperville from becoming the “marijuana capital of DuPage County.”)

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— OUTSTANDING: Naperville opts out of recreational marijuana sales – ERIN HEGARTY (DIERSEN: At Wheaton’s City Council meeting yesterday evening, Lynn Robbins was appointed to fill Wheaton’s West District City Council vacancy and I again urged Wheaton to ban the sale of recreational marijuana.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-recreational-marijuana-city-council-discussion-st-20190904-7wlrvez6gbhfpfwg5fwcsjzsma-story.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The decision to opt out of recreational pot sales came several hours after hundreds of people began packing the Naperville City Council chambers as residents and non-residents waited their turn to comment on the issue of whether to allow the retail sale of pot. The discussion on marijuana sales brought 238 people to sign up for public comment on the topic — a vast majority speaking in favor of opting out while wearing white and orange “opt out” shirts. Over the past couple weeks, the group was organized to rally and lobby city council members to keep recreational cannabis dispensaries out of Naperville. At the same time, residents in support of retail marijuana sales have circulated a survey on the issue. People who asked city council to opt out Tuesday night are concerned recreational pot dispensaries would lead to increased availability to children and would hurt the “family friendly” brand of Naperville.)
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE IN NAPERVILLE SUN: Thousands line streets for Naperville’s Labor Day parade – Suzanne Baker (DIERSEN: Republicans in the parade included Anderson, Carlyle, Collins, Ives, Keller, McCluskey, Ruhl, Sanguinetti, Veenstra, and Vician.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-labor-day-parade-st-0904-20190903-p4zte6blyrhpde33c3d5fihdwu-story.html
— U. of I. student charged with hate crime after noose found hanging in Urbana dorm elevator – ELIZA FAWCETT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-university-of-illinois-noose-20190903-otb7gdnw3bdrrobsvnetjnbscm-story.html
— Oakton Community College hosts solidarity vigil for victims of hate – PHIL ROCKROHR (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters promote hatred against those who do not hate Trump. They especially promote hatred against those who do not hate trump and are Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/skokie/ct-skr-oakton-unity-vigil-tl-0905-20190903-dhunykqqunekpfnklif5a6evdm-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats glorify and praise citizens of foreign countries who illegally come to America illegally and who illegally stay in America illegally. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/eric-zorn/ct-column-human-right-watch-poultry-workers-immigration-zorn-20190904-phgdmpgx2batbgg4ex7f6abzw4-story.html
— Political satirists Capitol Steps have plenty of material these days – ANNIE ALLEMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/ct-lns-ent-capitol-steps-0913-20190903-nvzqwf37ubfyznp7j2lvzinrwa-story.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Among young, a rise in depression – NARA SCHOENBERG (DIERSEN: What depresses you? For me, it is ever-increasingly seeing people who claim to be religious, conservative, and/or Republican who fail/refuse to defend/advance religious, conservative, and/or Republican principles. 
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-depression-in-your-20s-08282019-20190830-ytwlkblogzg2hffb5ac5itgsdy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— BEYOND DISGUSTING, BEYOND TRAGIC: Pot use booming among older Americans as Illinois prepares for legalization American baby boomers are now using marijuana at the same rate as kids ages 12 to 17, according to the most recent federal survey on drug use. – Tom Schuba 
https://chicago.suntimes.com/well/2019/9/3/20751031/pot-use-booming-older-americans-illinois-prepares-legalization
— Students, here’s what you are missing by not reading the paper It might come in useful someday. Really. – Neil Steinberg (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails together and sending them out and b) to stop everyone from reading those emails. They 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://chicago.suntimes.com/authors/neil-steinberg

DAILY HERALD
— House GOP leader should call for probe of possible misconduct – State Rep. David McSweeney
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190904/house-gop-leader-should-call-for-probe-of-possible-misconduct
— Departing FBI chief Jeffrey Sallet touts work against corrupt politicians (DIERSEN: Who works hard against you? My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in the Milton Township Republican Central Committee work against those who are Trump supporters, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owners, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. They work especially hard against those like me who support the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190830/departing-fbi-chief-touts-work-against-corrupt-politicians
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The more that you do to defend/advance the Republican Party platform, the more that Republican-haters call you an extremist.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20190904/ives-is-too-extreme-for-6th-district

WLS AM
— Chicago mayor to Ted Cruz over city shootings: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’
http://www.wlsam.com/news/chicago-mayor-to-ted-cruz-over-city-shootings-keep-our-name-out-of-your-mouth/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Anti-abortion group plans 40-day vigil at Bloomington site
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/anti-abortion-group-plans–day-vigil-at-bloomington-site/article_623a42e1-2c7f-5cae-85f7-91c72bdebb86.html

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Big fight for open 15th District Congressional seat – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorial-big-fight-for-open-seat/article_9ba12293-22ba-5601-8b0d-b731b842e157.html

GALESBURG REGISTER MAIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Galesburg votes 6-1 to allow cannabis businesses – Robert Connelly 
https://www.galesburg.com/news/20190903/galesburg-votes-6-1-to-allow-cannabis-businesses

WGIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: GALESBURG COUNCIL LAYS FRAMEWORK FOR COMMERCIAL CANNABIS
http://www.wgil.com/2019/09/04/galesburg-council-lays-framework-for-commercial-cannabis/

WILL
— ‘Nearly Every District Is Looking For Teachers’: Teacher Shortage Still A Struggle In Illinois – LEE V. GAINES (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://will.illinois.edu/news/story/nearly-every-district-is-looking-for-teachers-teacher-shortage-still-a-struggle-in-illinois

TRI STATES PUBLIC RADIO
— President Shouldn’t Expect Journalists to Play Favorites – RICH EGGER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents tell the following that they should expect favorable treatment from me in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails, and if I do not give it, they should viciously punish me: Republican activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, political consultants, etc.)
https://www.tspr.org/post/president-shouldnt-expect-journalists-play-favorites

LOYOLA PHOENIX
— Healthcare Experts Stress the Unknown Risks of Vaping – Madison Savedra
http://loyolaphoenix.com/2019/09/healthcare-experts-stress-the-unknown-risks-of-vaping/

CHICAGO NOW
— 14th Congressional District Republican Primary candidate Oberweis – Jeff Berkowitz
http://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2019/09/114th-cd-r-primary-cand-oberweis-airs-tonite-in-chicagos-n-in-aurora-rockford-evanston-rest-of-wk-cableweb/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Toxic Progressivism in Public Schools and at the Chicago Tribune – Laurie Higgins 
https://illinoisfamily.org/media/toxic-progressivism-in-public-schools-and-at-the-chicago-tribune/

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— US plans for fake social media run afoul of Facebook rules – Tami Abdollah
https://www.sfgate.com/business/technology/article/US-plans-for-fake-social-media-run-afoul-of-14410865.php

FEDERALIST
— What Is The Electability Debate Really About? – Warren Henry (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 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://thefederalist.com/2019/09/03/electability-debate-really/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Lori Lightfoot blames Chicago’s violence on guns from Texas Democrat blasts ‘coward Republicans’ for Windy City’s deadly shootings -Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2019/sep/3/lori-lightfoot-blames-chicago-violence-on-texas-gu/

BREITBART
— ‘Servant Class’ that Serves the Rich Among Fastest Growing U.S. Workforces – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, the top one percent wants cheap labor.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2019/09/03/servant-class-that-serves-the-rich-among-fastest-growing-u-s-workforces/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A “servant class” that serves the needs of the country’s top one percent is among one of the fastest-growing job markets in the United States, economic analysis finds. As about 1.2 million mostly low-skilled legal immigrants are admitted to the U.S. every year to take primarily low-wage jobs, an underclass of servants for the wealthy has boomed over the last decade compared with overall job growth.)

DAILY CALLER
— Hollywood Liberals Hate You, Never Forget That – DEREK HUNTER
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/04/hollywood-liberals-hate-you/
— Montgomery County Police And Prosecutors ‘Furious At Their Own Leadership’ – SCOTT MOREFIELD
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/04/vince-coglianese-montgomery-county-ms-13/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Even During Hurricane Coverage, MSNBC Can’t Stop Bashing Trump – Ryan Foley
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/ryan-foley/2019/09/03/even-during-hurricane-coverage-msnbc-cant-stop-bashing-trump

CNN
— Chicago mayor to Ted Cruz over city shootings: ‘Keep our name out of your mouth’ – Kate Sullivan
https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/03/politics/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-ted-cruz-shootings/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters call you White nationalist who should be gotten rid of once and for all if you are a Trump supporter, Protestant, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, non-poor, gun owner, draft avoider, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/opinion/conservatism-white-nationalism-.html

WASHINGTON POST
— A Trump-inspired history lesson: Here’s what the Nazis did to Poland 80 years ago – Gillian Brockell (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes stress to Polish-Americans that I am 100% German national origin. In my defense, a) all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, b) my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans during WWI, c) my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and d) my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/history/2019/09/03/this-is-what-trump-congratulated-poland/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Chicago mayor Lori Lightfoot scolds Ted Cruz on guns, tells him to keep her city ‘out of your mouth’ – Tim Balk
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-lori-lighfoot-ted-cruz-guns-twitter-20190904-jilcz6rdffhirp47iftw3lvdze-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— End the Media’s Campaign Privilege As journalism blurs into partisan politics, the rules governing the latter are becoming unjustifiable. – David B. Rivkin and Lee A. Casey (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who side with Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, and RINOs against me. They hint/imply/argue/shot that I am not a reporter or journalist a) because I do not claim to be nonpartisan, b) because I do not have a degree in journalism, c) because I am not paid for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor, d) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are free, e) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails contain no advertising, f) because GOPUSA ILLINOIS contain no pictures, g) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, h) because I refuse to glorify and praise them, i) because I refuse to give them money, and/or j) because I refuse to cover up their wrongdoing.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/end-the-medias-campaign-privilege-11567551611
— The Baffling Legal Gray Zone of Marijuana at the Airport The contradiction between federal and local laws can feel especially confusing to travelers in states where pot has been legalized – Scott McCartney
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-baffling-legal-gray-zone-of-marijuana-at-the-airport-11567589405

NEWSWEEK
— ILLINOIS STUDENTS CONDEMN ‘TRADITION OF WHITE SUPREMACY AND RACISM’ AT UNIVERSITY AFTER NOOSE FOUND IN ELEVATOR – EWAN PALMER
https://www.newsweek.com/noose-university-illinois-hate-crime-andrew-smith-1457557

KTXS
— El Paso City Council votes to hold special election for District 3 seat – Alyssa Bethencourt (DIERSEN: Are you disenfranchised? To what extent do those who represent you in your municipality, in your township/ward, in your county, in Illinois, and in the federal government represent you? Ever-increasingly, I am disenfranchised. Ever-increasingly, those who represent me in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, and America fail/refuse to defend and advance the traditional family, right to life, immigration, Second Amendment, illegal drugs, equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving), and other planks in the Illinois Republican Party platform and in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, they use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to disenfranchise Republicans like me.) 
https://ktxs.com/news/texas/district-3-seat-could-be-added-to-november-ballot
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “My constituents who are here today in the room are being disenfranchised of their representative. They have elected me to serve in this role. Now you have stripped me from my ability to vote on the matter. Calling this election sets a dangerous precedent,” she said.)

NEW NOW NEXT
— Woman’s Dream Job Teaching Rescinded Because She’s a Lesbian The principal presented the Catholic school as LGBTQ-inclusive in the interview, she says. – Jeff Taylor (DIERSEN: My dream job was rescinded because I am White. In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that Oldsmobile had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint.)
http://www.newnownext.com/lesbian-teacher-job-rescinded-illinois-catholic-school/09/2019/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Lauren White had long dreamed of becoming a teacher, and despite not holding a degree in education, it looked like she was about to see that dream come true. Then it was pulled away at the last minutes, because White is engaged to another woman. She was offered a job as a French teacher at Sacred Heart-Griffin, a Catholic high school in Springfield, Illinois. White, who is herself not a Catholic, tells NewNowNext she went into the interview with nerves, because she “kind of figured that since it was a Catholic school, it wouldn’t be the most inclusive space, obviously.”)

QUARTZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.
https://qz.com/work/1700884/diversity-is-about-more-than-gender-and-race/

INFO WARS
— TRUMP ADMINISTRATION CONSIDERING SOCIAL CREDIT SCORE SYSTEM TO DETERMINE WHO CAN BUY A GUN Would partner with Big Tech to use spy data from Amazon, Google and Apple. – Paul Joseph Watson
https://www.infowars.com/trump-administration-considering-social-credit-score-system-to-determine-who-can-buy-a-gun/

LAW 360
— 7th Circ. Saves Suit Saying Ford Weeds Out Latino Applicants (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.law360.com/articles/1193491/7th-circ-saves-suit-saying-ford-weeds-out-latino-applicants

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.