GOPUSA Illinois

ABC7

— Chicago police vaccine mandate: Officers being sent home without pay for non-compliance – Diane Pathieu and Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/police-officers-violating-vaccine-mandate-being-sent-home-without-pay/11139232/

CBS2
— Chicago Police Union President Estimates More Than 3,000 Officers Defying City’s Vaccine Reporting Mandate – Mugo Odigwe
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/18/chicago-police-union-fop-vaccine-reporting-mandate-mayor-lori-lightfoot/
— Magnificent Mile: More Trouble For Area That Was Once A Crown Jewel Of American Retail – Tara Molina
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/18/michigan-avenue-magnificent-mile-crime/

WGN9
— If needed, suburban police asked to volunteer to help Chicago – Ben Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/if-needed-suburban-police-asked-to-volunteer-to-help-chicago/

FOX32
— ‘This is a crisis’: Chicago violence spreading to all neighborhoods, aldermen warn
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/this-is-a-crisis-chicago-violence-spreading-to-all-neighborhoods-aldermen-warn

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker drops nearly $7 million on campaign advertising — more than four times total spending of his four GOP rivals. The Democratic governor, who is self-funding his campaign, ended the fundraising quarter with nearly $25 million in the bank. Republican Jesse Sullivan came the closest, with $10,035,739.68 on hand at the end of September. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/10/18/22733254/pritzker-campaign-spending-fundraising-jesse-sullivan-darren-bailey-gary-rabine-paul-schimpf
— A few questions for those conservatives so eager to cut the pensions of government employees. If all you’re doing is cutting costs at the expense of lives and futures, I don’t see public sector workers accepting that. Nor would it have my support. – Jeffrey Taylor, Irving Park (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at those who have financial, health, and/or other problems a) that I have had a Civil Service Retirement System (CSRS) pension and subsidized health, dental, and vision insurance since I was 49 years old in 1997 and b) that the aforesaid are far too generous. In my defense, a) I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, b) I earned a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, c) I earned job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and d) I earned a job-related professional license when I was 32. Further, my Social Security is only 1/3 of what it should be because I get a CSRS pension.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/17/22727550/public-employee-pensions-illinois-policy-institute-letters-school-mask-mandate-j-b-pritzker

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Congressional maps at center of Illinois legislature’s fall session but action also possible on abortion notification, vaccine mandates – RICK PEARSON, JEREMY GORNER and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-congressional-maps-20211019-xitiacvqlnfwzbqunh7dte5acq-story.html
— Oak Park Library hires anti-racism director; supporters herald him as example of redemption after a criminal past – BOB CHIARITO (COMMENT: 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.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/oak-park/ct-oak-library-equity-director-tl-1014-20211018-jqozzhvdgnagtbpkcy6cxzkkba-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Oregon illegal pot grows: More calls to send National Guard. – ANDREW SELSKY (COMMENT: To promote legal pot is to promote illegal pot.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/amp-article/20211018/news/310189866/
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote Islam.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211018/muslim-police-officer-is-breaking-barriers-in-bartlett

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Springfield, Sangamon County officials differ on impact of proposed congressional maps – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/10/18/illinois-veto-session-begin-congressional-maps-top-list/8506174002/

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Illinois is the first state to pass media and news literacy bill – Shepard Price (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, the mainstream media promotes the Democrat, Libertarian, and Green party platforms.)
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Illinois-is-the-first-state-to-pass-media-and-16542123.php

ST. LOUIS PUBLIC RADIO
— Ending the racial wealth gap through reparations: Local policies or federal payments? – Chad Davis (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will the leaders of your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America officially call for taking income and net worth away from Republicans and giving that income and that net worth not only to Blacks, but to Hispanics, Asians, Native Americans, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, Trump-haters, those who have less money than others, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, those who are not married, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those who in America illegally, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.?)
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/government-politics-issues/2021-10-19/reparations-local-policies-federal-payments

WMAY
— Springfield School Board Authorizing Firings Of Teachers Over Vaccine-Testing Requirement
https://www.wmay.com/2021/10/18/springfield-school-board-authorizing-firings-of-teachers-over-vaccine-testing-requirement/

WROK
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois Is Selling More Than $100 Million In Weed Every Month
https://1440wrok.com/illinois-is-selling-more-than-100-million-in-weed-every-month/

HINSDALE PATCH
— COMMENT: Clarendon Hills promotes LGBTQ.
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/calendar/event/20211018/1432433/making-change-lgbtq-activism-since-the-1950s

NORTHBROOK PATCH
— COMMENT: Northbrook promotes LGBTQ.
https://patch.com/illinois/northbrook/calendar/event/20211027/1455054/lgbtq-community-conversations-virtual

CENTER SQUARE
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Proposed legislation would ban companies from refusing to hire cannabis users – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/proposed-legislation-would-ban-companies-from-refusing-to-hire-cannabis-users/article_9cce83d0-3036-11ec-afe9-eb8eff066181.html

WIREPOINTS
— Washington Dems want more extreme gerrymandering in Illinois Congressional map – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/washington-dems-want-more-extreme-gerrymandering-in-illinois-congressional-map-wirepoints-quickpoint/
— 33 states don’t require children to mask in schools and eight have banned school mask mandates
https://wirepoints.org/33-states-dont-require-children-to-mask-in-schools-and-eight-have-banned-mask-mandates-outright-wirepoints-joins-the-bruce-st-james-show-on-wls/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Andrew Sullivan blasts ‘neo-Marxist’ critical race theory, gender ideology – Sean Salai
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/18/andrew-sullivan-blasts-neo-marxist-critical-race-t/

DAILY CALLER
— Wokeness In The Military Might Stall The Development Of A Crucial American Weapon System – Bob Barr (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO employees officially refuse to work for, work with, or supervise Republican employees? How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO members of organizations officially refuse to be led by, work with, or lead Republican members? How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO government leaders officially get rid of their constituents who are Republican? How soon, if not already, will Democrat and RINO leaders of Republican organizations officially get rid of their members who are Republican?)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/18/barr-wokeness-in-the-military-might-stall-the-development-of-a-crucial-american-weapon-system/
— Despite Afghanistan, The US Will Come To Taiwan’s Defense If China Invaded, Experts Say – SEBASTIAN HUGHES
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/18/joe-biden-xi-jinping-taiwan-china-nikki-haley-afghanistan/

DAILY SIGNAL
— US Isn’t Alone in Support of Taiwan – Walter Lohman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/18/us-isnt-alone-in-support-of-taiwan/

FEDERALIST
— Media Fawn Over Teen Activists As Long As They Boost The Left. Media coverage that lionizes activist kids serves the same narcissistic purposes as social media and evening television, teaching them that viral moments give life meaning. – Casey Chalk (COMMENT: The media fawn over RINO politicians who promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of First and Second Amendment rights, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I should write a book about how the media fawn over RINO politicians in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton who have taken adverse actions a) against me, b) against my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, c) against TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and d) against the Illinois Center Right Coalition.)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/18/media-fawn-over-teen-activists-as-long-as-they-boost-the-left/

NEWSMAX
— The ‘Patriot Act’ Shouldn’t Apply to Patriotic Parents Protesting Racist, Anti-American Curricula – Larry Bell
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/crt-critical-race-theory/2021/10/18/id/1040896/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— One Brave Professor Calls CRT Marxism – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/one-brave-professor-calls-crt-marxism/
— Chicago Mayor Seen Maskless at WNBA Game, Violating Mandates – Brittany Bernstein
https://news.yahoo.com/chicago-mayor-seen-maskless-wnba-120356582.html
— Federal Bailouts Won’t Save Lightfoot’s Sinking Chicago – ADAM SCHUSTER
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/federal-bailouts-wont-save-lightfoots-sinking-chicago/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Equity Elementary: “Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion” Staff in Public Schools – Jay Greene, Ph.D. and James Paul (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will the following have Chief Diversity Officers: your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, and the governments that you are under?)
https://www.heritage.org/education/report/equity-elementary-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-staff-public-schools
(FROM THE ARTICLE: An analysis of student test-score data shows that employing a chief diversity officer (CDO) in K–12 school districts does not contribute to closing achievement gaps and is even likely to exacerbate those gaps. If CDOs are not accomplishing their stated goals, what is accomplished by creating these positions? CDOs may be best understood as political activists who articulate and enforce an ideological orthodoxy within school districts. They help to mobilize and strengthen the political influence of one side. The creation of CDOs tilts the political playing field against parent and teacher efforts to remove the radical ideology of critical race theory and other illiberal ideals from school curricula and practices.)

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— The new three R’s – Michael Matteo
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/10/18/michael-matteo-the-new-three-rs-1150044/

THE HILL
— Trump goes after Cassidy after saying he wouldn’t support him for president in 2024 – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/577325-trump-goes-after-cassidy-after-saying-he-wouldnt-support-him-for-president-in
— America can end poverty among its elderly citizens – DAVID WEAVER (COMMENT: My Social Security is only 1/3 of what it should be because I get a Civil Service Retirement System pension.)
https://thehill.com/opinion/finance/577155-america-can-end-poverty-among-its-elderly-citizens

CBS NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote CRT.
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/virginia-governor-race-school-boards/

CNN
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Colin Powell to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/politics/republican-party-colin-powell-donald-trump/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— University of North Carolina Can Keep Affirmative Action, Judge Rules (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/politics/affirmative-action-university-of-north-carolina-court.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote CRT.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/10/18/youngkin-critical-race-theory-phony/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump lashes out at ‘Wacky’ Sen. Bill Cassidy over interview criticism – Samuel Chamberlain
https://nypost.com/2021/10/18/trump-lashes-out-at-wacky-bill-cassidy-over-interview-criticism/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican haters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2021-10-19/journalists-start-treating-the-gop-like-bigoted-cult

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘Woke Racism’ by John McWhorter. For the left, antiracism is the new religion, and ‘pious, unempirical virtue signaling’ is a form of political activism. – Tunku Varadarajan (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-woke-racism-by-john-mcwhorter-11634596283
— The American Principle of Local Education (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, public schools are arms of the Democrat Party.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/school-board-local-fight-education-crt-virginia-busing-11634567633
— COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs will use the North Carolina Chapel Hill Supreme Court decision to get rid of Republicans, and especially Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/university-of-north-carolina-at-chapel-hill-wins-in-admissions-discrimination-suit-11634593135

NEW YORK POST
— NYC Board of Health declares racism a public health crisis – Carl Campanile (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://nypost.com/2021/10/18/nyc-board-of-health-declares-racism-a-public-health-crisis/
— Introducing America’s latest hero: Woke Superman
https://nypost.com/2021/10/18/introducing-americas-latest-hero-woke-superman/
— Why the COVID-19 vaccine didn’t protect Colin Powell – Jorge Fitz-Gibbon
https://nypost.com/2021/10/18/why-the-covid-19-vaccine-didnt-protect-colin-powell/

PENNSYLVANIA POST GAZETTE
— Senate panel advances bill requiring schools to post course information online – JAN MURPHY
https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2021/10/18/pa-bill-schools-post-courses-information-online-pennsylvania-state-senate-education-committee-critical-race-theory/stories/202110180144

MORNING CALL
— Pennsylvania Republican lawmakers advance bill to have school textbook names, course summaries posted online – FORD TURNER
https://www.mcall.com/news/pennsylvania/capitol-ideas/mc-nws-pa-course-postings-online-20211018-65sk4oe6gbcg3n7u7e47lai46a-story.html

PRESS HERALD
— COMMENT: A house divided against itself cannot stand. Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. Ever-increasingly, the Republican Party lets those who reject some, most, if not all of its platform, that is, it lets Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs a) serve as Republican Precinct Committeemen/Captains, b) hold leadership positions in Republican township/ward/county/state organizations, and c) run for government offices. Most commonly, they reject the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. I should write a book about the aforesaid in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who had their operatives and their dupes a) stop me from raising funds from DuPage County Republicans so that DuPage County Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks, b) end my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship in 2012, c) end my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership in 2011, d) end my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service in 2010 and 2004, e) end my Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee membership in 2007, f) try to get ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters in 2006, and g) end my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership in 2004.)
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/10/19/commentary-healthy-democracies-cant-discriminate-against-independent-candidates-voters/

WSOC TV
— ‘Just shocked’: Butler HS cheerleaders display ‘privilege’ banner at football game – Tina Terry
https://www.wsoctv.com/news/local/butler-hs-cheerleaders-display-sign-about-white-privilege-football-game/5YUC7EE4SBCSTBJMTGEHJWVX4I/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: On Friday, Charlotte Catholic hosted a game against Butler High School. During the game, Butler’s cheerleaders held up a sign that read, “Sniff, sniff. You smell that? $Privilege$,” with the word privilege painted in white.)

BLOOMBERG
— Texas Passes New Limits on Transgender High School Athletes
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-18/texas-passes-new-limits-on-transgender-high-school-athletes

COMMITTEE TO PROTECT JOURNALISTS
— Breitbart reporter Gerry Aranda found dead in Mexico
https://cpj.org/2021/10/breitbart-reporter-gerry-aranda-found-dead-in-mexico/

NATION
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote CRT.
https://www.thenation.com/article/society/talk-about-race/

NEWSWEEK
— Every State is Now a Border State – JOSH MANDEL
https://www.newsweek.com/every-state-now-border-state-opinion-1639951

NPR
— Why Are So Many Americans Quitting Their Jobs? – GREG ROSALSKY (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly Democrat elected officials hint/imply/argue/shout that if you elect Democrats, you will not have to take bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, all the jobs that I took were bad jobs that they would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.npr.org/sections/money/2021/10/19/1047032996/why-are-so-many-americans-quitting-their-jobs

REASON
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.
https://reason.com/2021/10/18/americans-want-racial-diversity-more-than-ever-before/
— Put the Whole Department of Transportation on Paternity Leave. Pete Buttigieg attracted some criticism for taking time off. But it’s telling that no one initially realized he was gone. – IRA STOLL
https://reason.com/2021/10/18/department-of-transportation-pete-buttigieg-paternity-leave/

DAILY MAIL
— NYC city officials WILL remove statue of Thomas Jefferson from city hall after 100 years after black workers said it makes them ‘uncomfortable’ because the former president owned slaves – TOMMY TAYLOR and CHRISTINA COULTER
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10105095/NYC-city-officials-remove-statue-Thomas-Jefferson-city-hall-100-years.html