September 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Fact-checking Congressman Sean Casten’s statement on climate change – Rachel Davis
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/weekend-watch-fact-checking-rep-sean-castens-statement-on-climate-change/5522267/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— America’s outbreak of vaping illness and its most vulnerable victims — teens – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-vaping-illness-epidemic-vitamin-e-acetate-20190906-6dyc4z72afcxlgwdpibnqza5n4-story.html
— Top 5 cannabis industry scandals – DEBRA BORCHARDT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/sns-tft-cannabis-industry-scandals-20190906-2nlxpij5sncqdokdnhiel2wpty-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Legal pot is coming, and suburban police want more drug recognition experts – Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20190907/legal-pot-is-coming-and-suburban-police-want-more-drug-recognition-experts

KANKAKEE DAILY JOURNAL
— Towns should opt out on marijuana – Kathy Valente, Director of Operations, Illinois Family Institute
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/letters/voice-of-the-people-towns-should-opt-out-on-marijuana/article_965b8868-d0ac-11e9-8f3e-537d84168c46.html

MADISON RECORD
— State Sen. Paul Schimpf won’t seek re-election amid speculation of federal judgeship – John Breslin
https://madisonrecord.com/stories/513459800-state-sen-schimpf-won-t-seek-re-election-amid-speculation-of-federal-judgeship

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Redistricting effort marshaling forces – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/article/Redistricting-effort-marshaling-forces-14421724.php

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— IL-14: First Weekend to Circulate Candidate Petitions, Party Time! UPDATED 1X
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/07/il-14-first-weekend-to-circulate-candidate-petitions-party-time/ 
— Kenneally Correct about LaSalle County Time Card Prosecution
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/07/kenneally-correct-about-lasalle-county-time-card-prosecution/ 
— Appellate Court Considers Several Issues of First Impression in Algonquin Township Road District v. Local 150 Unionization Case
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2019/09/06/appellate-court-considers-several-issues-of-first-impression-in-algonquin-township-road-district-v-local-150-case/

FRANK NAPOLITANO
— Precinct Committeeman
https://www.franknapolitano.com/precinct-committeeman

FOX NEWS
— Hannity: Trump vs. the Radical Left
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-trump-vs-the-radical-left

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chick-fil-A opens first international store as eager customers step over bodies of ‘die-in’ protestors – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2019/09/chickfila_opens_first_international_store_as_eager_customers_step_over_bodies_of_diein_protestors.html

NEWSMAX
— Treating Depression Can Help People With Diabetes Live Longer (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who focus on making me feel depressed. They focus on a) stopping me from putting GOPUSA ILLINOIS together and sending them out and b) stopping everyone from reading GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.) 
https://www.newsmax.com/health/health-news/health-depression-diabetes/2019/07/04/id/923317/

DAILY CALLER
— David Hogg Blames America’s ‘History Of White Supremacy’ For Gun Violence – JUSTIN CARUSO
https://dailycaller.com/2019/09/07/david-hogg-gun-violence-racism/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Here’s Why We Aren’t—and Never Should Be—a Pure Democracy – Jarrett Stepman (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, those elected/appointed to represent share fewer and fewer of my demographics, values, and/or beliefs.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2019/08/29/heres-why-we-arent-and-never-should-be-a-pure-democracy/

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— Trump’s Real Opponent in 2020: The Liberal Media – Jeffrey Lord
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/jeffrey-lord/2019/09/07/trumps-real-opponent-2020-liberal-media

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Chick-fil-A’s Canada opening stormed by protesters – Vivek Saxena 
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2019/09/07/chick-fil-as-canada-opening-stormed-by-long-lines-protesters-820378

THE HILL
— Durbin tells FDA chief to ‘stop this vaping epidemic’ or resign – NATHANIEL WEIXEL
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/460304-durbin-tells-fda-chief-to-stop-vaping-epidemic-or-resign

USA TODAY
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Presidential pot: Why 2020 Democrats are ready to legalize marijuana – Trevor Hughes
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2019/09/07/2020-what-biden-warren-and-sanders-said-marijuana-legalization/2079187001/

COLORADO SPRINGS GAZETTE
— Michelle Malkin, the conservative pundit of El Paso County, isn’t going silent – Debbie Kelley
https://gazette.com/news/michelle-malkin-the-conservative-pundit-of-el-paso-county-isn/article_004a9dfc-d0d2-11e9-aa58-1f125a3ce51f.html

DAILY BEAST
— Donald Trump Suggests Two Washington Post Reporters be Banned From White House Grounds – Barbie Latza Nadeau (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who talk and/or act like they want to ban me from all Milton Township Republican Central Committee (MTRCC), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party (IRP), Wheaton, Glen Ellyn, DuPage County, and Illinois meetings and events. They reject a) reject planks in the Republican Party platform and/or the IRP platform and work against those like me who support those planks, b) reject the MTRCC 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.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-suggests-two-washington-post-reporters-be-banned-from-white-house-grounds

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.