Month: July 2021

ABC7
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago shootings: 70 shot, 12 fatally, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-gun-violence-police-weekend/10909776/
— IL school district resorts to hiring international teachers as schools struggle to fill vacancies – CNN (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://abc7chicago.com/education/il-schools-struggle-to-fill-teaching-vacancies-amid-teacher-shortage/10909299/

FOX32
— Dashcam video shows illegal immigrants pour out of smuggler’s car after Texas pursuit – Bill Melugin and Adam Shaw
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dashcam-video-shows-illegal-immigrants-pour-out-of-smugglers-car-after-texas-pursuit

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: 72 people hit by gunfire in Chicago over the weekend. At least 11 died, including 17-year-old. The teen was attacked while he and a 15-year-old were in the backyard of a home in the 6800 block of South Peoria Street.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/7/24/22591573/chicago-weekend-shootings-july-23-26-homicide-gun-violence
— ALL OF THE FRONT PAGE: AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Nearly a year into Lightfoot’s anti-violence plan, many of Chicago’s most dangerous neighborhoods are doing worse. The plan proposed flooding the 15 most violent community areas with resources. But gun violence is up in most of them, and the administration has yet to funnel extra help to neighborhoods with the most shootings. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/7/25/22557206/lightfoot-our-city-our-safety-gun-violence-chicago-plan

DAILY HERALD
— Sparked by pandemic fallout, homeschooling surges across US – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210726/news/307269992

WCIA
— Rabine opposes vaccine mandates, walks back anti-vaccine misinformation – Mark Maxwell
https://www.wcia.com/illinois-capitol-news/rabine-opposes-vaccine-mandates-walks-back-anti-vaccine-misinformation/

CHICAGO CITY WIRE
— Law allowing Illinois community colleges to develop affordable housing will keep students ‘more plugged-in’ – Karen Kidd (DIERSEN: I was less plugged-in while I attended UIC 1966-1968 because I commuted to classes from parents’ home in Crete and worked part-time for the Park Forest Post Office. I was less plugged-in during my first semester at NIU in 1969 because I went home weekends to work part-time for the Park Forest Post Office.)
https://chicagocitywire.com/stories/605885327-law-allowing-illinois-community-colleges-to-develop-affordable-housing-will-keep-students-more-plugged-in

CWB CHICAGO
— Suburban man buys car Friday, gets hijacked in the Loop Friday night (DIERSEN: My 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in 1971. My 1962 Chevy BelAir was stolen in Chicago in 1973.)
https://cwbchicago.com/2021/07/suburban-man-buys-car-friday-gets-hijacked-in-the-loop-friday-night.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— KINZINGER JOINS JAN. 6 PANEL – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/07/26/kinzinger-joins-jan-6-panel-raouls-hamilton-story-pritzker-team-takes-shape-493730
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I’m against [Kinzinger] being appointed by Speaker Pelosi,” said Republican state Sen. Darren Bailey, who is running for governor of Illinois and says Republicans should name Republicans to the committee, and Democrats, Democrats. “In Illinois, we know all too well what happens when you give a speaker this much power and it never ends well for the people. This behavior only leads more people to believe Pelosi is trying to manipulate this commission for political gain instead of having honest conversations to uncover the truth,” Bailey told Playbook in a statement. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the Illinois GOP did not respond to a request for comment. And an official with the party who would only speak on background, said he welcomed Kinzinger’s appointment because it will “drag the party back to being a law and order party.” That they wouldn’t speak on the record is an indication that the party is still grappling with how to juggle the far-right Trump supporters who tend to live downstate (like Bailey) with northern Republicans who, like Kinzinger, are appalled at the insurrectionists.)

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PELOSI NAMES FELLOW LEFTY ADAM KINZINGER TO JANUARY 6 PANEL
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/pelosi-names-fellow-lefty-adam-kinzinger-to-january-6-panel.html

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Stop using taxpayer money to give illegal immigrants free flights – Rep. Madison Cawthorn
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/stop-using-taxpayer-money-to-give-illegal-immigrants-free-flights

GOPUSA
— Rigged Selection: Pelosi Appoints GOP Trump Hater To Join Liz Cheney On Jan. 6 Committee
https://www.gopusa.com/rigged-selection-pelosi-appoints-gop-trump-hater-to-join-liz-cheney-on-jan-6-committee/
— ‘Very Frustrated’ Fauci Nags The Nation
https://www.gopusa.com/very-frustrated-fauci-nags-the-nation/
— Billionaire George Soros Donates $1million To Racial Justice Organization Seeking To Defund The Police
https://www.gopusa.com/billionaire-george-soros-donates-1million-to-racial-justice-organization-seeking-to-defund-the-police/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Hypocrisy, Thy Name is Progressive – Steve Feinstein
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/07/hypocrisy_thy_name_is_progressive.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— How Parents Should Talk About ‘White Privilege’ When dispelling the lie of white privilege for our children we must first break down the layers of false ideology which support this concept. – Robyn Riley
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/25/how-parents-should-talk-about-white-privilege/

BREITBART
— Gov. Abbott: Biden Admin’s Plan Is Catch and Release — Texas Plan Is Catch and Jail – TRENT BAKER
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/07/25/gov-abbott-biden-admins-plan-is-catch-and-release-texas-plan-is-catch-and-jail/

CENTER SQUARE
— New Left socialism is an urban legend – William Haupt III
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/op-ed-new-left-socialism-is-an-urban-legend/article_27249096-ee07-11eb-a417-3f475dd9ce5c.html

DAILY WIRE
— Dallas Democrats Blasted For Soliciting Care Packages For TX Dems Who Fled State: ‘Pathetic’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/dallas-democrats-blasted-for-soliciting-care-packages-for-tx-dems-who-fled-state-pathetic

TOWNHALL
— Let’s Stand Up for Our Kids Against Leftist Overreach, Indoctrination – Jane Timken
https://townhall.com/columnists/janetimken/2021/07/26/lets-stand-up-for-our-kids-against-leftist-overreach-indoctrination-n2593021
— Woke America Should Heed Chinese, Cuban Protestors Honoring Old Glory – Thomas Glessner
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomasglessner/2021/07/26/woke-america-should-heed-chinese-cuban-protestors-honoring-old-glory-n2593001

NEW AMERICAN
— Critical Race Theory: Marxist Poison Infecting America. Critical Race Theory, all the rage in America’s government schools, is just rehashed Marxist Critical Theory attempting to divide the country along racial lines. – Alex Newman
https://thenewamerican.com/critical-race-theory-marxist-poison-infecting-america/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “Children Are Being Weaponized” By Critical Race Curriculum. Providence Teacher Ramona Bessinger on Sky News Australia: “it’s going to feed the sort of anger and the racial division that is already coming to a boiling point and it’s going to make us all quite frankly, very unsafe.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/children-are-being-weaponized-by-critical-race-curriculum/

EPOCH TIMES
— Critical Race Theory Is a ‘Race to the Bottom’ – Shawn Steel
https://www.theepochtimes.com/critical-race-theory-is-a-race-to-the-bottom-shawn-steel_3917241.html

POLITICO
— ‘People are scared’: Democrats lose ground on school equity plans. Moderate and suburban voters share concerns about education changes and say national Democrats dismiss their arguments. – MAGGIE SEVERNS
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/26/democrats-school-critical-race-theory-500729

ABC NEWS
— Germans divided over restrictions for the unvaccinated. German politicians are deeply divided over a warning by Chancellor Angela Merkel’s chief of staff that restrictions for unvaccinated people may be necessary if COVID-19 infection numbers reach new heights in the coming months. – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/Health/wireStory/unvaccinated-face-restrictions-germany-official-79044578

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— University of Illinois to open offices in India to recruit students (DIERSEN: I earned degrees from the following, but none of them recruited me: NIU (BS, management,1970), Loyola (MBA, 1976), DePaul (MS, accounting,1980), and IIT (MS, finance, 1997).)
https://apnews.com/article/business-india-illinois-a24a9a90f161b6c2c01124fa7fc19ea7

CNN
— Growing group of GOP members wants McCarthy to punish Kinzinger and Cheney for joining January 6 committee – Ryan Nobles and Melanie Zanona (DIERSEN: Who should be punished for Republican losses? Since 2000, my critics/opponents have wanted the following to punish me for Republican losses: a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; b) the Republican leaders of Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; c) Republican elected officials who represent all or part of my precinct; d) the leaders of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter; e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct; f) the voters in my precinct, g) etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents and the success that they have had in getting the aforesaid to punish me.)
https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2021/07/25/politics/republicans-mccarthy-kinzinger-cheney-january-6-committee/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Pelosi Bars Trump Loyalists From Jan. 6 Inquiry, Prompting a G.O.P. Boycott. Democrats said Representatives Jim Banks and Jim Jordan, who amplified Donald J. Trump’s lies of a stolen election and opposed investigating the assault, could not be trusted to scrutinize it. – Luke Broadwater and Nicholas Fandos (DIERSEN: One could argue that Kinzinger and his supporters are the leading promoters of hatred against Trump and against Trump’s supporters.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/21/us/politics/pelosi-republican-boycott-capitol-riot.html
— Low-Wage Workers Now Have Options – Eduardo Porter (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) 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, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/20/business/economy/workers-wages-mobility.html
— Requests for U.S. college aid are down – Stephanie Saul (DIERSEN: I did not expect my parents to pay for my college expenses. I did not request college aid. Instead, I earned money for tuition and books at UIC 1966-1968 and for room and board, tuition, and books at NIU 1969-1970, and new cars to commute to/from classes by washing dishes 1964-1966; cleaning golf shoes, chipping slag, and pumping gasoline in 1966; delivering mail 1966-1969; and working on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/26/us/politics/college-aid-coronavirus.html
— Disinformation for Hire, a Shadow Industry, Is Quietly Booming – Max Fisher (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have done the most to destroy me because I refused to spread their disinformation. I would focus on political consultants and campaign managers for Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/world/europe/disinformation-social-media.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: The Delta Variant Is the Symptom of a Bigger Threat: Vaccine Refusal – Apoorva Mandavilli (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, a) will employers refuse to hire Republicans who are not vaccinated, b) will employers fire their Republican employees who are not vaccinated, c) will organizations not let unvaccinated Republicans join, d) will organizations terminate their unvaccinated Republican members, e) will governments refuse to let the unvaccinated Republicans seek or hold any kind of office including precinct committeeman, and f) will Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs take even stronger adverse actions against Republicans who are not vaccinated?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/25/health/coronavirus-vaccine-refusal.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— Trump wields power with endorsements, but some in GOP fear midterm damage – JANET HOOK (DIERSEN: Which candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in your precinct will a) seek/accept Trump’s endorsement or b) seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2021-07-25/mar-a-lago-primary-trump-wields-power-with-endorsements-but-some-fear-damage-to-gop

USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Exclusive poll finds Detroit residents far more worried about public safety than police reform – Susan Page, Dana Afana, Jasmin Barmore, Sam Fogel, and Janelle James
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/07/25/detroit-police-reform-public-safety-defund-suffolk-poll/8001468002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Make a Call on Quitting Your Job Without Any Regrets – Rachel Feintzeig (DIERSEN: I can forever ask myself what if I had refused to take my Democrat GAO superiors’ early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/quitting-your-job-resignation-11626975582

CBS WEST PALM BEACH
— Conservative PAC formed to protest people moving to Florida – Jay O’Brien (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, Democrats are far more welcome than conservatives. RINOs focus on destroying conservatives. I should write a book about RINO precinct committeemen, RINO candidates, RINO elected officials, RINO party leaders, RINO political consultants, RINO major donors, RINO fundraisers, RINO campaign managers, RINO campaign staff members, and RINO campaign volunteers who have done the most since 2000 to destroy the DuPage County Republican Central Committee and to destroy the Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://cbs12.com/news/local/conservative-pac-formed-to-protest-people-moving-to-florida
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A conservative political action committee (CPAC) is painting a picture for Florida voters, warning that out-of-staters are moving to the Sunshine State in numbers that could potentially flip the state from leaning red to solid blue. The Save Our Sunshine State PAC (SOSS), formed in May, is making the pitch that COVID-19 is bringing unprecedented numbers of Americans to Florida from places like New York. “Massive migration to a state or city has ALWAYS resulted in increased violence and property crime rates, inflation, higher taxes, lower standards of living,” the PAC’s website says. The PAC was created by conservative political activist Rich Logis, who cites internal data that he claims projects that Florida will see thousands of liberal voters move into the state in the coming years. “It isn’t a question of us saying to them ‘you’re not welcome,’ what it’s a question of is us saying to them that ‘we are going to outnumber you in the political process,'” Logis told CBS12 News. “That’s totally inaccurate,” State Rep. Anna Eskamani, who recently founded the progressive voter registration organization People Power for Florida, told the Sun Sentinel. “The governor is doing everything he can to entice more conservatives to come to Florida.” Additionally, Eskamani told the Sun Sentinel that the SOSS website’s language was “very problematic and grounded in a white supremacy type of perspective of the future of our state.” State Rep. Omari Hardy, a progressive Democrat running for Congress in Florida’s 20th House District, told CBS12 News he believes the PAC seeks to further divide Americans. “Pitting Americans against Americans. That’s basically what this is about,” he added. “It’s the logical endpoint of Trumpism. I half expect these folks to propose building a wall around Florida and making New Yorkers pay for it.” Meanwhile, Logis believes Florida voters have to act quickly in order to counteract Democratic voters moving into the state. He says his PAC — which has not yet raised any money, according to filing records — will support voter registration. “That is the solution to make sure that Florida does not become another New York or another California,” he said.)

FOX MUSKEGON
— No food for ‘RINOs’ at Muskegon GOP BBQ (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, RINOs blame Republicans for Republican losses. RINOs want the Republican Party a) to get rid of the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, immigration, and equal opportunity planks in the Republican Party platform; b) to get rid of Republican precinct committeemen/captains, activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, major donors, fundraisers, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, etc. who support the aforesaid planks; and c) to get rid of voters who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, 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.youtube.com/watch?v=HZoK6h5vdJo

MORNING CONSULT
— Democrats’ Drive to the Left Threatens Their Grip on Power – CAMERON EASLEY & MORGAN HALVORSEN (DIERSEN: The leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, your Republican county party organization, and your Republican township/ward party organization should be blasting Democrats for their promoting dependency on government, dependency on charity, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://morningconsult.com/2021/07/26/state-of-the-parties-ideology-extremes/

NATIONAL INTEREST
— Why America Needs Direct Democracy – Sumantra Maitra (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats use “democracy,” Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, CRT, 1619, reparations, etc. a) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and b) to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats.)
https://nationalinterest.org/feature/why-america-needs-direct-democracy-%C2%A0-190125