Month: October 2021

October 21 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,146 cases, 36 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-update-idph-coronavirus-il-19-cases/11151968/
— House votes to hold Trump ally Steve Bannon in contempt – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/steve-bannon-contempt-subpoena-january-6-capitol-insurrection/11152252/
— Trump social media app launched in effort to rival Big Tech companies – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/truth-social-media-trump-platform/11151753/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— As judge urges Chicago and its police union to lower ‘the flames’ over vaccine mandate spat, Indiana officials invite CPD officers to apply for jobs there – ALICE YIN and GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/vaccine/ct-chicago-police-vaccine-mandate-standoff-20211021-2ylbuv7ycbgnratzxxkfriazti-story.html
— Will County Board delays remap vote, giving time for possible compromise – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-will-county-remap-vote-st-1022-20211021-whymnz7s65ayvptkg67t26wovu-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Judge scolds city, police union over vax mandate legal battle: ‘Everybody that’s involved here is in public service’ As the vaccine mandate standoff continues, the police union’s City Council allies are flexing their legislative muscle. – Mitch Dudek and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/10/21/22738705/vaccine-mandate-legal-battle-judge-scolds-city-police-union-fop-city-council-allies-flex-muscle
— Cook County gun, ammunition taxes shot down by state’s top court State Supreme Court Justice Mary Jane Theis wrote that the taxes violate the constitution’s uniformity clause and “impose a burden on the exercise of a fundamental right protected by the second amendment.” – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/10/21/22739075/cook-county-gun-ammunition-taxes-illinois-state-supreme-court-theis-preckwinkle
— COMMENT: From what I see, ever-increasingly, in Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, the more of the following that you are, the less welcome that you are: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/21/22738570/photographers-exhibit-black-brown-youth-reflect-how-can-feel-unwelcome

DAILY HERALD
— What are the next steps toward vaccinating younger children? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211021/what-are-the-next-steps-toward-vaccinating-younger-children

KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE
— Advocate Aurora Health fires more than 400 employees who refused COVID-19 vaccines – Aimee Barrows
https://www.shawlocal.com/kane-county-chronicle/news/local/2021/10/20/advocate-aurora-health-fires-more-than-400-employees-who-refused-covid-19-vaccines/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Here’s a copy of the lawsuit parents in 145 IL school districts filed over masking rules – MEGAN VALLEY
https://www.bnd.com/news/local/education/article255177577.html

AXIOS CHICAGO
— Illinois GOP size up run against Pritzker – Justin Kaufmann
https://www.axios.com/local/chicago/2021/10/21/illinois-gop-size-up-run-against-pritzker

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— After Pritzker’s ‘grifter’ comment, attorney considers defamation case – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/after-pritzker-s-grifter-comment-attorney-considers-defamation-case/article_6424adfc-328e-11ec-867d-f33a24d9e3ce.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Border crisis front and center this week on Capitol Hill – KRISTINE FRAZAO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/border-crisis-front-and-center-this-week-on-capitol-hill
— 17 GOP AGs accuse federal government of intimidating parents at school board meetings – ANN DAILEY MORENO
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/17-gop-ags-accuse-federal-government-of-intimidating-parents-at-school-board-meetings

ILLINOIS REPUBLICAN PARTY
— ILGOP Chairman Announces New Election Integrity Committee
https://illinois.gop/ilgop-chairman-announces-new-election-integrity-committee/

CAPITOL FAX
— Remap roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/21/remap-roundup-6/
— Illinois unemployment rate 2 points higher than national rate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/21/illinois-unemployment-rate-2-points-higher-than-national-rate/
— DeVore threatens lawsuit *** Pritzker calls DeVore a “grifter”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/21/pritzker-calls-devore-a-grifter/
— Illinois Supreme Court shoots down Cook County’s tax on firearms and ammo
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/21/illinois-supreme-court-shoots-down-cook-countys-tax-on-firearms-and-ammo/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Media takes pot shots at Trump’s ‘Truth’ – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/21/inside-beltway-media-takes-pot-shots-trumps-truth/

FOX NEWS
— Suburban Chicago police chiefs back bill to ‘override’ Kim Foxx’s lax charging decisions GOP Rep. Jim Durkin said criminals are winning the war on crime in Chicago – Danielle Wallace
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-police-override-kim-foxx
— White House press corps member pleads for Biden to take more questions Deputy press secretary insists Biden ‘takes questions all the time’ – Kyle Morris
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/white-house-press-corps-begs-biden-to-take-more-questions-from-reporters

GOPUSA
— ‘Moderate’ Joe Biden Has Become A Socialist Tyrant
https://www.gopusa.com/moderate-joe-biden-has-become-a-socialist-tyrant/
— Ted Cruz Touts Cambridge, Nantucket And Martha’s Vineyard As Immigrant Ports Of Entry Under New Plan
https://www.gopusa.com/ted-cruz-touts-cambridge-nantucket-and-marthas-vineyard-as-immigrant-ports-of-entry-under-new-plan/
— Liz Cheney Continues Assault On Republicans As She Assists Pelosi’s Jan. 6 Witch Hunt
https://www.gopusa.com/liz-cheney-continues-assault-on-republicans-as-she-assists-pelosis-jan-6-witch-hunt/
— Who’s Choking Off Your Children? – Michelle Malkin
https://www.gopusa.com/whos-choking-off-your-children/
— Smug Jen Psaki Is What Joe Biden Calls Transparent
https://www.gopusa.com/smug-jen-psaki-is-what-joe-biden-calls-transparent/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Virginia Voters, Beware the Weaponization of Teachers – S. Ernie Walton
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/virginia_voters_beware_the_weaponization_of_teachers.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Why Is Biden Moving Refugees Under Cover of Darkness? If Americans supported allowing unchecked numbers of foreigners into the country, this kind of subterfuge would not be necessary. – Brian Lonergan
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/20/why-is-biden-moving-refugees-under-cover-of-darkness/

NEWSMAX
— Texas, Missouri AGs Sue Biden to Finish Border Wall – Jack Gournell
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/border-wall-texas-missouri-ken-paxton/2021/10/21/id/1041517/

PJ MEDIA
— UC Berkeley Students Happily Pledge Money to Help the Taliban Kill Americans Inside the U.S. – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/culture/robert-spencer/2021/10/21/uc-berkeley-students-happily-pledge-money-to-help-the-taliban-kill-americans-inside-the-u-s-n1525684

TOWNHALL
— CRT, Anti-racism, BLM: Legacies Of A Slave Mentality – Will Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/willalexander/2021/10/21/crt-antiracism-blm-legacies-of-a-slave-mentality-n2597788
— The Existential Threat of CRT: State-Sponsored Racism – Ken Blackwell (COMMENT: GAO works for Congress. In Diersen v. GAO, my Democrat GAO superiors hinted/implied/argued/shouted that they treated me just like Congress want them to treat GAO employees who complained about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and who had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. My Democrat GAO superiors forced me to retire in 1997 when I was 49 years old, gave me unfair performance expectations and appraisals, always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, did not promote me beyond GS-13, got rid of my mentor in 1987, kept me off audits of IRS for all but 3 of the almost 18 years that I worked for GAO, and forced me to take a $20,361 (21%) pay cut in today’s dollars to transfer from IRS to GAO in 1980.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2021/10/21/the-existential-threat-of-crt-statesponsored-racism-n2597765

EPOCH TIMES
— Condoleezza Rice Denounces Critical Race Theory Curriculums Being Taught in Schools – Masooma Haq
https://www.theepochtimes.com/condoleezza-rice-denounces-critical-race-theory-curriculums-being-taught-in-schools_4061703.html

CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR
— Hourly workers in US say no to weekends and late nights – AP (COMMENT: I worked evenings and Saturdays washing dishes for the minimum wage during my junior and senior years in high school 1964-1966. I worked evenings and weekends pumping gasoline during the summer of 1966. I worked evenings, Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays delivering mail 1966-1969. I worked evenings and Saturdays selling tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971. I worked evenings and Saturdays pumping gasoline 1971-1972.)
https://www.csmonitor.com/Business/2021/1021/Hourly-workers-in-US-say-no-to-weekends-and-late-nights

THE HILL
— Kinzinger ‘certainly willing’ to subpoena Trump in Jan. 6 probe: ‘He’s not off limits’ – MONIQUE BEALS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/577769-kinzinger-certainly-willing-to-subpoena-trump-in-jan-6-probe-hes-not-off

FORBES
— Jobless Claims Hit New Pandemic Low As Number Of Americans Receiving Unemployment Benefits Falls To 3.3 Million – Jonathan Ponciano
https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/10/21/jobless-claims-hit-new-pandemic-low-as-number-of-americans-receiving-unemployment-benefits-falls-to-33-million/

October 21 Morning Edition

WGN9

— Chicago on pace to lose more than 1,000 officers due to resignation, retirement – Andrew Schroedter
https://wgntv.com/news/wgn-investigates/chicago-on-pace-to-lose-more-than-1000-officers-due-to-resignation-retirement/

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH COLOR PHOTO: Former DuPage judge Patrick J. O’Shea facing gun-related charges again – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211020/former-dupage-judge-facing-gun-related-charges-again

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— The fight against extremism in Illinois – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/10/20/the-fight-against-extremism-in-illinois/

EDWARDSVILLE INTELLIGENCER
— Sen. Plummer opposes changes to Parental Notice of Abortion Act
https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/Sen-Plummer-opposes-changes-to-Parental-Notice-16548799.php

CHALK BEAT CHICAGO
— Illinois to make teacher evaluations optional for second year – Samantha Smylie (COMMENT: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors used the subjectivity in evaluations a) to promote their Democrat employees, and especially those who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to get rid of their Republican employees, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://chicago.chalkbeat.org/2021/10/20/22737434/illinois-teacher-evaluations-reopening-covid

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Republicans continue to demand lawmakers check governor’s COVID authority – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/republicans-continue-to-demand-lawmakers-check-governor-s-covid-authority/article_85f4aecc-31db-11ec-980d-af82e2b317cd.html
— GOP lawmakers say Democrats are rejecting anti-crime measures – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/gop-lawmakers-say-democrats-are-rejecting-anti-crime-measures/article_cb2a66da-31d1-11ec-a0e3-4b26d20fe660.html

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Oberlin College Student Exposes Transinsanity – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/homosexuality/oberlin-college-student-exposes-transinsanity/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— A pandemic of woke indoctrination. Excerpts from Sean Spicer’s book ‘Radical Nation’ – Kelly Sadler
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/20/a-pandemic-of-woke-indoctrination/
— Democrats bully parents as they push radical curriculum on our kids – Tommy Hicks Jr.
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/20/democrats-bully-parents-they-push-radical-curricul/

FOX NEWS
— Missouri AG: Biden admin wants to criminalize dissent, muzzle parents. Seventeen states ask Biden, Garland to stop intimidating parents into silence at school board meetings.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/schmitt-biden-admin-want-to-criminalize-dissent-muzzle-parents
— Tucker: As quality of life declines, you’re instructed not to notice
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6277924921001
— Meghan McCain warns of ‘oppressive climate of judgment’ in exclusive excerpt of new memoir ‘Bad Republican’ McCain sympathized with Beto O’Rourke after gaffe about his wife raising their children ‘sometimes with my help’ – Brian Flood (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mccain-bad-republican-exclusive-excerpt
— Author on park association’s equity guide: ‘Eventually you disappear the idea of being an American’ The National Recreation and Park Association is advising individuals against using the word ‘Americans’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/author-on-park-associations-equity-guide-eventually-you-disappear-the-idea-of-being-an-american

FOX BUSINESS
— Walmart stands by CRT training as ‘thought provoking’ and ‘instructive’ – Tyler O’Neil (COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Walmart employees will be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/walmart-stands-by-crt-training-as-thought-provoking-and-instructive

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Our Purgatory Is Their Nirvana One man’s anarchy is another’s road to justice. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/20/our-purgatory-is-their-nirvana/
— President Trump and Fake Conservatives – Sebastian Gorka
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/20/president-trump-and-fake-conservatives/

BREITBART
— Katko: Biden’s Plan for Border Is to Make Every State a Border State by Shipping People Throughout the Country – IAN HANCHETT (COMMENT: So far, how many illegals have the following secretly brought to your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, and precinct: a) the leaders of the aforesaid, b) religious leaders, and c) employers?)
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/10/20/katko-bidens-plan-for-border-is-to-make-every-state-a-border-state-by-shipping-people-throughout-the-country/

BLAZE
— Condoleezza Rice argues eloquently against Critical Race Theory on ‘The View,’ and liberals go on the attack – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/condoleezza-rice-crt-the-view
— White privilege banner directed at North Carolina Catholic HS before football game infuriates parents: ‘It’s not right’ – DAVE URBANSKI (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I unfairly benefitted tremendously from White privilege, male privilege, Protestant privilege, German American privilege, rich parents privilege, and etc. privilege, and were it not for that, I would never had been able to a) earn 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; job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and a job-related professional license when I was 32; b) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, get hired by IRS in 1971, get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974, get hired by GAO in 1980, and get promoted by GAO in 1986; c) avoid the draft, d) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, etc. and collector cars in 1989 and 1994; e) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, f) get married and buy real estate in 1978 and have a home built in 1984, g) etc.)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/white-privilege-banner-catholic-hs-football-game

DAILY CALLER
— Record Number Of Carry Permits In 2020
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/20/record-number-of-carry-permits-in-2020/

NEWSMAX
— Trump Starts Media Group, ‘Truth Social’ Platform – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/newsfront/truth-social-media-technology/2021/10/20/id/1041358/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Feminism: An Elite Ideology – Brenda Hafera
https://www.heritage.org/gender/commentary/feminism-elite-ideology

HEARTLAND
— BIG TECH CENSORSHIP: IS FREE SPEECH DEAD, OR WILL HEARTLAND PREVAIL? – James Taylor
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/big-tech-censorship-is-free-speech-dead-or-will-heartland-prevail
— The Masking of America – Jeffrey H. Anderson
https://heartlanddailynews.com/2021/10/the-masking-of-america-commentary/

HOT AIR
— Illinois sheriffs to Chicago Mayor: You’re on your own
https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2021/10/21/illinois-sheriffs-to-chicago-mayor-youre-on-your-own-n423827

SPECTATOR WORLD
— Don’t worry: colleges are still insufferably woke post-COVID
https://spectatorworld.com/topic/colleges-woke-covid-right-handed-privilege-male-contractors/

REASON
— Illinois’ Gerrymandered Congressional Map Is a Window Into America’s Political Dysfunction. One of the big losers in the Illinois redistricting plan is Rep. Adam Kinzinger, a moderate Republican who voted to impeach Trump. – ERIC BOEHM
https://reason.com/2021/10/19/illinois-gerrymandered-congressional-map-is-a-window-into-americas-political-dysfunction/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Elite Universities Are the Worst for Free Speech – Samuel J. Abrams
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/10/20/elite_universities_are_the_worst_for_free_speech_110653.html

EPOCH TIMES
— Several Sheriffs Wont Send Deputies to Chicago Amid Vaccine-Related Police Staffing Shortage – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/several-sheriffs-offices-refuse-chicagos-request-to-send-deputies-amid-vaccine-staffing-shortage_4059204.html
— Fauci, Washington’s Highest-Paid Fed, Got Big Break Under George W. Bush – Mark Tapscott
https://www.theepochtimes.com/fauci-washingtons-highest-paid-fed-got-big-break-under-george-w-bush_4059576.html

YAHOO NEWS
— IL GOP sizing up challenge against Pritzker – Justin Kaufmann (COMMENT: Those who want Republican candidates to lose want Republican candidates to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/il-gop-sizing-challenge-against-112024233.html

NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs glorify and praise Republicans who reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/colin-powells-affirmative-action-stance-also-defined-black-republican-rcna3404

NEW YORK TIMES
— Amherst College Ends Legacy Admissions Favoring Children of Alumni (COMMENT: Should everyone be required to disclose the college degrees that their parents earned? Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/20/us/amherst-college-legacy-admissions.html

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Federal Lawsuit Poses First Challenge to Ban on Teaching Critical Race Theory. A first-of-its-kind lawsuit brought by the ACLU and other advocacy groups argues that bans on teaching critical race theory violate free speech and deny students the opportunity to learn history. – Lauren Camera
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2021-10-20/federal-lawsuit-poses-first-challenge-to-ban-on-teaching-critical-race-theory

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How ‘Diversity’ Turned Tyrannical. – Lawrence Krauss (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will organizations, companies, governments, countries, etc. officially get rid of those who are law enforcement officers, 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.wsj.com/articles/diversity-tyrannical-equity-inclusion-college-marginalized-race-11634739677
— Alumni Are Fed Up and Ready to Fight Back. Most have sat quietly as the left advances its agenda relentlessly. No longer. – Susan J. Crawford and Kenneth G. Langone (COMMENT: I earned degrees from NIU in 1970, Loyola in 1976, DePaul in 1980, and IIT in 1997. I should survey recent graduates of the aforesaid to see how far to the left they are.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/alumni-college-university-free-speech-campus-langone-culture-civility-11634677124
— ‘The 9.9 Percent’ Review: The Tarnished Silver Spoon. How to explain the failures of postwar liberalism without attributing any fault to postwar liberalism? Blame the rich. – Barton Swaim
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-9-9-percent-review-the-tarnished-silver-spoon-11634770789
— Thomas Jefferson, Still Standing It is progress that New York City won’t put out his statue for trash collection. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/thomas-jefferson-still-standing-new-york-city-council-11634759125

BLOOMBERG
— Here’s Donald Trump’s Pitch for His New Technology and Media Empire The former president plans to take on Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Netflix, Google and many more. – Tracy Alloway
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-10-21/donald-trump-launches-truth-social-media-company-to-take-on-twitter-facebook

MARKET WATCH
— Embracing critical race theory plays into China’s hand. The narrative that the United States is bedeviled by systemic racism projects to the world an America riddled with self-doubt and lost purpose. – Peter Morici
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/embracing-critical-race-theory-plays-into-chinas-hand-11634675667

CATO
— Yes, Americans Are Divided, and an Essay Arguing Otherwise Perfectly Illustrates Why – Neal McCluskey (COMMENT: Democrats have declared a Second Civil War on Republicans. Democrats use BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, etc. to promote hatred against Republicans.)
https://www.cato.org/blog/yes-americans-are-divided-essay-arguing-otherwise-perfectly-illustrates-why

NEWSWEEK
— A Party Without Purpose – RYAN GIRDUSKY (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Constructively, in Illinois, Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO party leaders have a) dumped the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks from the Republican Party platform and b) dumped party leaders, precinct committeemen/captains, and voters who support the aforesaid planks.)
https://www.newsweek.com/party-without-purpose-opinion-1640061

ATLANTIC
— Yale Law’s Diversity Bureaucrats Made Five Mistakes – Conor Friedersdorf (COMMENT: If you asked my superiors in the federal government what mistakes the federal government made concerning me, they would say a) hiring me in 1966, 1971, and 1980, b) promoting me in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986, and c) not getting rid of me sooner than it did. If you asked the Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC), Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Wheaton, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) what mistakes the aforesaid made, they would say the following: a) MTRO appointing me to be a Republican Precinct Committeeman in 1999 and letting me serve as its webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010, b) AAPC MC letting me serve as a board member in 2001-2004, c) ICRC letting me serve as a Steering Committee member 2003-2007, d) WCC letting me serve as a Government Affairs Committee member in 2003 – 2011, e) Wheaton letting me raise money from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, f) TAPROOT letting me serve as its chairman 2005-2012, and g) IRP letting serve on its Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/10/yale-law-diversity-bureaucrats-made-five-mistakes/620428/

TRUTHOUT
— COMMENT: Democrats want Blacks to be anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://truthout.org/articles/no-black-people-cant-be-racists/

SPECTATOR
— Virtue signaling is really status signaling – Toby Young
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/virtue-signalling-is-really-status-signalling
— Does ‘white privilege’ exist? – Theo Hobson (COMMENT: According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I unfairly benefitted tremendously from White privilege, male privilege, Protestant privilege, German American privilege, rich parents privilege, and etc. privilege, and were it not for that, I would never had been able to a) earn 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; job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48; and a job-related professional license when I was 32; b) get hired by the Post Office in 1966, get hired by IRS in 1971, get promoted by IRS in 1972, 1973, and 1974, get hired by GAO in 1980, and get promoted by GAO in 1986; c) avoid the draft, d) buy new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, etc. and collector cars in 1989 and 1994; e) buy real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, f) get married and buy real estate in 1978 and have a home built in 1984, g) etc.)
https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/does-white-privilege-exist-

October 20 Evening Edition

CBS2

— Naperville Central High School Student Gets Probation, Community Service For Racist Craigslist Ad Targeting Black Classmate
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/20/naperville-central-high-school-sentenced-racist-craigslist-ad-targeting-black-classmate/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Revisions expected to Democrats’ congressional map as South Side residents complain about being cut out of Rep. Marie Newman’s district – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-congressional-redistricting-20211020-zsg7k2r75ncnzagnlucddgv3oy-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— No to Bo? Gaming board deals Lynwood and Bo Jackson backed Calumet City bids out of south suburban casino game. Regulators on Wednesday advanced proposals from Matteson and a site straddling Homewood and East Hazel Crest. The final selection is expected to be made by early next year. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/20/22736794/south-suburban-casino-illinois-matteson-homewood-east-hazel-crest-gaming-board-license

DAILY HERALD
— Casten has more than $1 million saved for 2022 campaign; GOP challengers far behind – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211020/casten-has-more-than-1-million-saved-for-2022-campaign-gop-challengers-far-behind
— Democrats face criticism on new congressional map — and not just from GOP – SARA BURNETT
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211020/democrats-face-criticism-on-new-congressional-map-x2014-and-not-just-from-gop
— Lawmakers cancel Thursday session – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211020/lawmakers-cancel-thursday-session-

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Heavy workload expected next week as state lawmakers cancel Thursday session – Jerry Nowicki
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/10/20/illinois-lawmakers-leave-town-after-thursday-session-canceled/6112257001/

WGLT
— COMMENT: How soon, if not already, under the Democrats, will employers officially announce that they will no longer hire those who are the following and will get rid of their employees who are the following: 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.wglt.org/local-news/2021-10-20/experts-say-improving-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-at-work-avoids-wasted-human-potential

JOHN KASS
— What is Lori Lightfoot’s new Covid mandate war with cops and firefighters all about?
https://johnkassnews.com/lori-lightfoot-in-need-of-an-enemy-uses-cops-firefighters-and-their-families-as-her-covid-whipping-boys/

JOHN BIVER
— THE REPUBLICAN CONSERVATIVE INDUSTRIAL COMPLEX CONTINUES TO FAIL ILLINOIS AND THE COUNTRY
https://johnbiver.com/the-republican-conservative-industrial-complex-continues-to-fail-illinois-and-the-country/
— FROM THE INFORMATION WAR TO THE GROUND WAR: IT IS WAKE UP TIME FOR REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE DONORS
https://johnbiver.com/from-the-information-war-to-the-ground-war-it-is-wake-up-time-for-republican-and-conservative-donors/

— WE THE GOP, IN ORDER TO FORM A MORE PERFECT UNION…
https://johnbiver.com/we-the-gop-in-order-to-form-a-more-perfect-union/
— DO REPUBLICAN AND CONSERVATIVE ‘PROFESSIONALS’ UNDERSTAND WHAT POLITICAL POWER IS?
https://johnbiver.com/do-republican-and-conservative-professionals-understand-what-political-power-is/

CAPITOL FAX
— DeVore files Macoupin County lawsuit against more than 100 school districts over mask mandate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/20/devore-files-lawsuit-against-more-than-100-school-districts-over-mask-mandate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Illegal immigrants exempt from DOJ’s vaccine mandate at deportation hearings – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/20/illegal-immigrants-exempt-dojs-vaccine-mandate-dep/

FOX NEWS
— Condoleezza Rice denounces critical race theory: ‘I don’t have to make White kids feel bad for being White’ ‘What we don’t do is make … 10-year-olds feel that they are somehow bad people because of the color of their skin’ – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.foxnews.com/media/condoleeza-rice-critical-race-theory-white-kids

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Secret behind World History Is Capability – Raymond Ibrahim
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/the_secret_behind_world_history_is_capability.html
— Marjorie Taylor Greene takes on the RINO elites – David Zukerman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/marjorie_taylor_greene_takes_on_the_rino_elites.html

DAILY SIGNAL
— New Study Confirms What Women Seek in Good Provider – Timothy Goeglein
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/20/new-study-confirms-what-women-seek-in-good-provider/

FEDERALIST
— The Next Place Woke Bureaucrats Want To Indoctrinate Kids Is In ‘Media Literacy’ In practice, media literacy is actually critical media literacy, indoctrinating students to adopt only leftist principles offered by leftist media outlets. – Jane Robbins
https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/20/the-next-place-woke-bureaucrats-want-to-indoctrinate-kids-is-in-media-literacy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— NATIONWIDE EFFORT TO PLACE CAMERAS IN THE CLASSROOM LAUNCHES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/10/cameras-in-the-classroom-nationwide-initiative-launch.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— What could go wrong? Taliban promise cash, land, to families of suicide bombers – Frank Webster
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/10/20/what-could-go-wrong-taliban-promise-cash-land-to-families-of-suicide-bombers-1151438/

October 20 Morning Edition

ABC7

— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: Chicago retail storefronts sit empty as the city, real estate brokers reimagine the industry – Jason Knowles and Ann Pistone
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shopping-michigan-avenue-stores-closed/11143319/

CBS2
— CPD Says 21 Officers Not Being Paid After Defying City’s COVID Vaccine Mandate; Illinois FOP Castigates Mayor Lightfoot After Reports That She’s Trying To Find Replacement Officers – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/19/cpd-21-officers-not-paid-defying-vaccine-mandate/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— A look at those rumors about Aurora Mayor Richard Irvin seeking another political office. – DENISE CROSBY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-irvin-rumor-st-1020-20211019-rhjpr7ta7bez5p5nuarrrfrwf4-story.html
— Freedom of the press is vital, and fragile – ARTHUR I. CYR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-cyr-press-freedom-st-1023-20211020-ekvr4uviobcrpgiqyluasj2ksm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— The Illinois congressional remap: Inside story on internal Democratic wrangling. Meanwhile, Republicans Chris Christie and Mike Pompeo blasted the draft Democratic Illinois congressional map designed to elect 14 Democrats and 3 Republicans. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/10/19/22735780/illinois-congressional-remap-democrats-dccc-lauren-underwood-marie-newman-christie-pompeo

MCHENRY TIMES
— No new teachers in Harvard sign pledge on Oct. 18 to teach Critical Race Theory
https://mchenrytimes.com/stories/609567914-no-new-teachers-in-harvard-sign-pledge-on-oct-18-to-teach-critical-race-theory

WSIL TV
— Abortion, COVID business grants discussed on Day 1 of IL veto sessions – Danny Valle
https://www.wsiltv.com/townnews/politics/abortion-covid-business-grants-discussed-on-day-1-of-il-veto-sessions/article_0eaee702-3130-11ec-b30a-7fc04fc3a745.html

WIREPOINTS
— ‘Breakthrough Deaths’ After Vaccination Are Not Rare, Recently Representing Over A Third Of Illinois Covid Deaths. We Are Now Reporting Weekly Data – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/breakthrough-infections-after-vaccination-are-not-rare-recently-representing-over-a-third-of-illinois-covid-deaths-we-are-now-reporting-weekly-data-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Ten Reasons to Remove your Children from Public Schools – Kristi Shaffer
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/ten-reasons-to-remove-your-children-from-public-schools/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— News media protects Biden once again – Jennifer Harper (COMMENT: My critics/opponents not only demand that I protect them, they demand that I a) glorify and praise them, b) pander to them, c) serve as one of their operatives or dupes, and/or d) give them money. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, and campaign volunteers. I would focus Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District. I would focus on leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on those who focus on a) stopping me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) stopping everyone from reading those newsletters. I would focus on those who succeeded in stopping me from raising funds from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks. I would focus on those who I have sued.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/19/inside-beltway-joe-biden-gets-protected-news-media/

FOX BUSINESS
— The middle class is getting creamed by inflation. – Larry Kudlow
https://www.foxbusiness.com/media/kudlow-middle-class-inflation
— Senate Minority Whip John Thune rips Dem proposal to expand IRS, snoop into bank accounts. Thune said proposal is ‘historic in terms of its sweep and invasion of people’s privacy’ – Jon Brown (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-1980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $102,188-$109,001/year. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/senate-minority-whip-rips-irs-snooping

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Southern border crisis is now in your community – Linda R. Killian (COMMENT: So far, how many illegals have the following secretly brought to your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, and precinct: a) the leaders of the aforesaid, b) religious leaders, and c) employers?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/the_southern_border_crisis_is_now_in_your_community.html

BREITBART
— Conservatives Vow to Fight Joe Biden’s IRS Spying on Americans – SEAN MORAN (DIERSEN: I worked for IRS’s Collection Division for almost 9 years 1971-980, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 Levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year. While I worked for GAO for almost 18 years 1980-1997, I worked on audits of IRS’s Criminal Investigation Division (CID) for 3 years 1986-1988 at the GS-13 Step 1-3 Levels, currently $102,188-$109,001/year. In April of 1988, GAO issued a 49-page report on CID’s program to address unreported illegal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-88-61 In March of 1989, GAO issued a 32-page report on CID’s program to address unreported legal source income. SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/ggd-89-41 )
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/19/exclusive-conservatives-vow-to-fight-joe-bidens-irs-spying-on-americans/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Fired Teacher Sues School Board, Claims He Was Terminated for Conservative Political Activism – Virginia Allen (COMMENT: RINOs a) reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and b) promote patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. RINOs are overjoyed that my Democrat superiors in the federal government wasted my career and forced me to take their early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old because I opposed political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination and I became an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about the biggest RINOs in the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/10/19/fired-teacher-sues-school-board-claims-he-was-terminated-for-conservative-political-activism/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Networks Skip Biden’s Secret Night Flights for Illegals – Nicholas Fondacaro
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/nicholas-fondacaro/2021/10/19/under-radar-nets-skip-bidens-secret-night-flights-illegals

TOWNHALL
— Democrats Still Embrace Their Slavemaster Roots – Paul Driessen
https://townhall.com/columnists/pauldriessen/2021/10/20/democrats-still-embrace-their-slavemaster-roots-n2597692

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden admin accused of flying underage migrants to cities and burbs in dead of night – Tom Tillison (COMMENT: So far, how many illegals have the following secretly brought to your county, county district, township, municipality, municipal district, and precinct: a) the leaders of the aforesaid, b) religious leaders, and c) employers?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/10/19/why-the-secrecy-biden-admin-accused-of-flying-underage-migrants-to-cities-and-burbs-in-dead-of-night-1150743/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Jason Whitlock: American Men Are Being Forced Into The Closet By A Bullying And Intolerant Left – Tim Hains
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/10/19/jason_whitlock_american_men_are_being_forced_into_the_closet_by_a_bullying_and_intolerant_left.html

CNN
— ACLU sues Oklahoma over law prohibiting critical race theory topics from being taught in schools – Madeline Holcombe (COMMENT: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that if you oppose the promotion of CRT, 1619, BLM, reparations, etc., you are White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all.)
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/19/us/oklahoma-lawsuit-critical-race-theory/index.html

NBC NEWS
— As Trump’s grip on the GOP tightens, Washington Republicans shrug – Chuck Todd, Mark Murray, Ben Kamisar and Benjy Sarlin
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/meet-the-press/trump-s-grip-gop-tightens-washington-republicans-shrug-n1281958

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: Trump’s Pentagon Chief Quashed Idea to Send 250,000 Troops to the Border – David E. Sanger, Michael D. Shear and Eric Schmitt
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/politics/trump-border.html
— Christian Schools Boom in a Revolt Against Curriculum and Pandemic Rules – Ruth Graham (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all because my parents a) had me baptized, raised me, and had me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962 and b) sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/us/christian-schools-growth.html
— Facebook will pay up to $14 million to settle claims it favored foreign workers. – David McCabe (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America, and especially citizens of foreign countries who are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/19/technology/facebook-foreign-workers.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that Republicans reject, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs glorify and praise them.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/19/this-is-no-longer-colin-powells-republican-party-if-it-ever-was/

NEW YORK POST
— Anatomy of a progressive tyranny over parents that will shock you – Nate Hochman (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I am a White supremacist, Nazi, KKK member, hater, racist, sexist, bigot, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all because my parents a) had me baptized, raised me, and had me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran in 1962 and b) sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod.)
https://nypost.com/2021/10/19/a-progressive-tyranny-over-parents-that-will-shock-you/

USA TODAY
— End gerrymandering: Senate can safeguard democracy by outlawing partisan redistricting – Editorial (COMMENT: In 2015, to get rid of me, hate-filled Diersen-hating DuPage County RINOs gerrymandered me into the same DuPage County Milton Township Wheaton precinct with Jeanne Ives. I should write a book about that.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/todaysdebate/2021/10/20/freedom-vote-senate-end-gerrymandering/8511027002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Board Diversity Push Reaps Results- Theo Francis and Emily Glazer (COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will employers officially announce that they will no longer hire those who are the following and that they will get rid of their employees who are the following: 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.wsj.com/articles/newest-class-of-corporate-directors-is-the-most-diverse-yet-but-gains-are-uneven-11634644801
— Facebook Settles With U.S. Government Over Improperly Reserving Jobs for Immigrants. The social-media company faces more than $14 million in penalties tied to the federal probe – Meghan Bobrowsky (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, employers make it clear that they prefer citizens of foreign countries over citizens of America, and especially citizens of foreign countries who are anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-settles-with-u-s-government-over-improperly-reserving-jobs-for-immigrants-11634662305

U.S. NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— COMMENT: The more planks in the Republican Party platform that Republicans reject, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs glorify and praise them.
https://www.usnews.com/news/politics/articles/2021-10-19/trumps-response-to-powells-death-lays-bare-the-politics-of-mourning

NATION
— Poverty Can Happen to Anyone (COMMENT: What did you do to avoid poverty? 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. I took jobs that my critics/opponents 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.thenation.com/article/society/podcast-going-for-broke/

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 317 North Hale Street, Wheaton – $309,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4443203_zpid/

October 19 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Chicago police vaccine mandate: Standoff between mayor, CPD stretches on as discipline ramps up – Diane Pathieu, Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-vaccine-mandate-covid-police-news/11144233/
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,071 cases, 21 deaths as Gov. Pritzker encourages booster shots
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-2071-covid-cases-21-deaths/11143728/

CBS2
— Concerns Mount About Public Safety With CPD Officers Being Stripped Of Police Powers For Not Complying With COVID-19 Vaccine Reporting Rules – Dana Kozlov
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/18/chicago-police-officers-stripped-of-powers-covid-vaccine-reporting-public-safety/

WGN9
— Illinois Republicans push legislation to override prosecutors – Dana Rebik
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/illinois-republicans-push-legislation-to-override-prosecutors/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Suburban police were asked to help Chicago during vaccine reporting stalemate if needed, but Kane and DuPage county sheriffs say no – ALICE YIN, MEGAN JONES, DAN PETRELLA and GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-kane-county-not-sending-deputies-to-chicago-st-1021-20211019-ieezjmy4kvfvpo7n4ctaxpfn4y-story.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-viz-lgbtq-history-exhibit-20211019-ce7bxwn4ujeetfqldtvwubprje-photogallery.html
— Federal panel tosses initial Democratic state legislative map and will consider alternatives to revised plan – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-democrats-legislative-map-ruling-20211019-rmxbkinswvg7vks6tcms72ctha-story.html
— Chicago’s cops-and-vaccines farce is a great media drama. But it’s not worth the price of admission. – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-edit-police-chicago-vaccine-mandates-20211019-uuq7bofw7jfvhnosnbjp6kfede-story.html
— Naperville schools make U.S. News and World Report’s lists of best elementary, middle schools – RAFAEL GUERRERO
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-us-news-best-elementary-middle-schools-st-1020-20211019-3ge7kslesbfwbgrxfkbfavalae-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Underwood has commanding fundraising lead in 14th District race – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211019/underwood-has-commanding-fundraising-lead-in-14th-district-race
— Kane County officials eye unfunded transportation wish list with gas tax increase – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211019/kane-county-officials-eye-unfunded-transportation-wish-list-with-gas-tax-increase
— Federal court throws out June legislative maps, declines to send issue to bipartisan commission. – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20211019/federal-court-throws-out-june-legislative-maps-declines-to-send-issue-to-bipartisan-commission

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— GOP wins a legal round in remaps—but it may not matter. A federal court panel tosses out the first set of new General Assembly maps adopted in Springfield but not a later revamped set. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/gop-wins-round-federal-court-new-illinois-maps

JOURNAL COURIER
— LaHood raises $604,000 in quarter, $1.5 million for year – David C.L. Bauer
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/LaHood-raises-604-000-in-quarter-1-5-million-16542899.php

FOX ILLINOIS
— IRS monitoring $600 accounts likely to snare small businesses, under-the-table workers – LEANDRA BERNSTEIN
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/irs-monitoring-600-accounts-likely-to-snare-small-businesses-under-the-table-workers

WLDS
— Tracy Talks About New District During Regional Listening Tour – Benjamin Cox
https://wlds.com/tracy-talks-about-new-district-during-regional-listening-tour/

CHICAGO PATCH
— Call In National Guard? Pandering Pritzker Plays Trump-Like Card. A Quincy barge dock and Naperville museum get about same state funding as violence reduction efforts in city neighborhoods. – Mark Konkol
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/call-national-guard-pandering-pritzker-plays-trump-card

CHICAGO MAGAZINE
— How Illinois Became a One-Party State. Illinois isn’t the only state with the problem, but it can breed bad government. – EDWARD MCCLELLAND
https://www.chicagomag.com/news/opinion-how-illinois-became-a-one-party-state/

DEPAULIA
— Among increasing recognition of Indigenous Peoples’ Day, Italian Americans dig in – Parker Rose
https://depauliaonline.com/55413/nation/among-increasing-recognition-of-indigenous-peoples-day-italian-americans-dig-in/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON ILLINOIS TIGHTENS: Racial unemployment gap double national average in Illinois – Andrew Hensel
https://www.cities929.com/2021/10/19/racial-unemployment-gap-double-national-average-in-illinois/

CAPITOL FAX
— Federal court tosses out first legislative remap, will now look at redo remap
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/19/federal-court-tosses-out-first-legislative-remap-will-now-look-at-redo-remap/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/19/covid-19-roundup-118/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— College students: Whites need to be ‘re-educated’ on race, 59% back CRT – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/washington-secrets/college-kids-whites-need-to-be-re-educated-on-race-59-back-crt

GOPUSA
— The Campus ‘Diversity’ Menace Comes To Yale
https://www.gopusa.com/the-campus-diversity-menace-comes-to-yale/

BREITBART
— Teacher Shortages Crippling Nation’s Public Schools – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/19/teacher-shortages-crippling-nations-public-schools/

PJ MEDIA
— Biden Administration Secretly Flying Thousands of Young Illegal Immigrants Into New York – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/10/19/biden-administration-secretly-flying-thousands-of-young-illegal-immigrants-into-new-york-n1525024

THE HILL
— Senate Democrats ditch Hyde amendment for first time in decades – ARIS FOLLEY
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/budget/577281-senate-democrats-release-spending-bill-without-decades-old-abortion

ABC NEWS
— White House defends Rahm Emanuel’s ambassadorial nomination against liberal backlash. At question is Emanuel’s handling of the 2014 police killing of Laquan McDonald. – Conor Finnegan
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/white-house-defends-rahm-emanuels-ambassadorial-nomination-liberal/story?id=80669463

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger says Republicans don’t speak up about Trump because they’ll ‘be replaced by somebody like a Marjorie Taylor Greene’ if they do – Bryan Metzger
https://news.yahoo.com/rep-adam-kinzinger-says-republicans-154634209.html

WEEK
— Watch Colin Powell and Joe Biden drag race their Corvettes during the 2016 presidential campaign – PETER WEBER
https://theweek.com/joe-biden/1006160/watch-colin-powell-and-joe-biden-drag-race-their-corvettes-during-the-2016

October 19 Morning Edition

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

October 18 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 1,327 cases, 8 deaths – Sarah Schulte
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-19-vaccine-illinois-deaths-by-state-coronavirus-update-death-toll/11140447/
— COMMENT: Democrats promote LGBTQ.
https://abc7chicago.com/gay-rights-chicago-activist-northalsted-legacy-walk/11140143/

CBS2
— Deaths From COVID-19 Like Colin Powell, Who Was Vaccinated, Are Quite Rare, Chicago Doctor Says – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/18/colin-powell-covid-19-vaccine/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Democrats say that they understand gun violence.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-reimagine-illinois-republicans-violence-prevention-chicago-20211018-rpi7azxeynavbd3mzgvjduvrim-story.html
— DuPage County man sentenced to 33 years after pleading guilty to 2019 sexual assault – SYLVIA GOODMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-sentencing-sexual-assault-dupage-county-20211018-yaihulcervdudeblhp3gtd2774-story.html

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Illinois congressional maps receive ‘F’ grade, some say they are not in Illinoisans’ best interest – Janie Bohlmann
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/illinois-congressional-maps-receive-f-grade-some-say-they-are-not-in-illinoisans-best-interest/

WMIX
— REACTION COMING FROM SOUTHERN ILLINOIS LAWMAKERS TO THE PROPOSED CONGRESSIONAL MAPS
https://www.wmix94.com/2021/10/18/reaction-coming-from-southern-illinois-lawmakers-to-the-proposed-congressional-maps/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Bill aims to give Cook County police ability to override state’s attorney on certain criminal charges – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/bill-aims-to-give-cook-county-police-ability-to-override-state-s-attorney-on-certain/article_e728bc30-3049-11ec-b2a3-e766ec26a271.html

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— DR. ERIC WALLACE SPEAKS WITH DR. ALVEDA KING ON THE TOPIC OF ABORTION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/10/eric-wallace-speaks-with-dr-alveda-king-on-the-topic-of-abortion-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— More remap stuff
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/18/more-remap-stuff/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/18/covid-19-roundup-117/
— Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin (R-Western Springs) and Illinois State Senator John Curran (R-Downers Grove) were joined by suburban police chiefs from Cook County Monday morning to introduce new legislation that will give law enforcement the ability to override the state’s attorney’s charging decisions, as well as bring transparency and accountability to this process.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/10/18/question-of-the-day-3344/

GOPUSA
— Mayorkas On Illegals: Don’t Deport Them; Hire Them (COMMENT: If there were as many Democrat-blessed illegals when I was younger, they might very well have gotten the jobs that I got. 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.gopusa.com/mayorkas-on-illegals-dont-deport-them-hire-them/
— Compliments Of The Gov’t, ‘Work Is Now Optional’
https://www.gopusa.com/analysis-compliments-of-the-govt-work-is-now-optional/
— Facebook Goes Full-On Woke Using Critical Race Theory In New Censorship Policy
https://www.gopusa.com/facebook-goes-full-on-woke-using-critical-race-theory-in-new-censorship-policy/

FOX NEWS
— Chicago police brass request vaccine updates from personnel, may deny benefits to officers choosing to retire – Stephanie Pagones
https://www.foxnews.com/us/chicago-vaccine-mandate-police-superintendent-retirement-benefits

FOX BUSINESS
— West Virginia Republicans slam Illinois Dem Casten for calling their state ‘irrelevant part’ of US economy. The move irked Casten’s colleagues from West Virginia. – Houston Keene
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/west-virginia-republicans-illinois-casten-irrelevant-economy

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— How To Keep Your Money Away from Woke Companies – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/how-to-keep-your-money-away-from-woke-companies

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use Colin Powell to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/powell-politics-trump-republican-party/2021/10/18/087f4cf8-3024-11ec-a1e5-07223c50280a_story.html

USA TODAY
— Marijuana legalization was a mistake. Highly concentrated pot is destroying my son’s life. My son’s story isn’t unique. We can’t keep going down this road. We can’t keep sacrificing our children on the altar of pot. – Aubree Adams
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/voices/2021/10/17/marijuana-colorado-damage-children-brain-development-addiction/8469449002/

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— George W. Bush headlines Liz Cheney event in Dallas today as anti-Trump Republicans rally to her aid. Bush’s support for his VP’s daughter marks latest point of contention between the GOP’s last two presidents. – Todd J. Gillman
https://www.dallasnews.com/news/politics/2021/10/18/george-w-bush-headlines-liz-cheney-event-in-dallas-today-as-anti-trump-republicans-rally-to-her-aid/

NEWSWEEK
— Meghan Markle’s Royal Racism Allegations Used in School’s White Privilege Lessons – JACK ROYSTON
https://www.newsweek.com/meghan-markle-royal-racism-allegations-school-white-privilege-lessons-oprah-winfrey-interview-1639736

FORBES
— Diversity, Equity, Inclusion: New Criticisms And Challenges – Richard Vedder (COMMENT: To promote Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion is to promote discrimination against those who are White, male, older, heterosexual, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/richardvedder/2021/10/18/diversity-equity-inclusion-new-criticisms-and-challenges/

FED SMITH
— Agencies With the Most Federal Employee Salaries Above $100,000 and $200,000. Which agencies have the most federal employee salaries of $100,000+ and $200,000+ per year? Which are the highest-paid occupations? – Ralph R. Smith (COMMENT: GAO started paying me $102,188 (GS-13 Step 1) in today’s dollars in 1986 when I was 38 years old.   I had worked for GAO for almost 7 years, and before that, for IRS for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395. I had passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and had become a licensed CPA when I was 32. I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt when I was 30. I had earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul when I was 31. I had earned an MBA from Loyola when I was 27. I had earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU when I was 21.)
https://www.fedsmith.com/2021/10/14/federal-employee-salaries-above-100k/

October 18 Morning Edition

ABC7

— Chicago police vaccine mandate: New CPD memo threatens discipline, firing for non-compliance – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-police-fop-john-catanzara-mayor-lori-lightfoot/11139232/
— Chicago shootings: At least 22 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend gun violence, police say. Chicago police said several children were shot over the weekend.
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-violence-shootings-gun/11139326/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— In Illinois, new reports reveal Trump Republicans’ fundraising strength. On the Democratic side, Rep. Danny Davis fundraising slows to a trickle; Rep. Lauren Underwood stockpiles millions; and Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi’s $10 million war chest. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/10/17/22731952/in-illinois-new-reports-reveal-trump-republicans-fundraising-strength-mary-miller-lauf-greene

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Colleges can lead hot-button issues by pushing critical thinking – JASON WINGARD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-colleges-cancel-culture-critical-thinking-20211018-64tqld42pre4ze4rmkya4d6vwy-story.html

WIREPOINTS
— With vaccines failing to reduce COVID spread, what’s the justification for mandates? – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/the-big-new-question-with-vaccines-failing-to-reduce-covid-spread-whats-the-justification-for-mandates-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— Veto Session 2021 Begins THIS Week – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2021/10/action-alert-veto-session-2021-begins-this-week/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden accused of exacerbating labor shortage with ‘far-left socialist agenda’ – Mica Soellner and Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/17/steve-scalise-biden-exacerbating-labor-shortage-so/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Democratic Flack Admits: Journalists Let Me Review Stories Before Publication – Andrew Stiles (COMMENT: My critics/opponents want the following to review my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters before I send them out: a) my critics/opponents, b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, c) the Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, f) religious leaders, and g) those who I have sued. My critics/opponents hint/imply/argue/shout at the aforesaid that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all their problems.)
https://freebeacon.com/media/brian-fallon-journalism-scandal/
— SPOTTED: Illinois Dem Sean Casten at Chicago Airport WITHOUT A MASK Another Democrat selfishly endangers American lives – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/politics/sean-casten-mask-scandal/

FOX NEWS
— U. Michigan paid critical race theory advocate $20,000 for a one-hour virtual discussion ‘Costs for this event were covered by the university’s General Fund,’ which includes state appropriations, a university official told Campus Reform – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/us/university-michigan-ibram-x-kendi-20000-virtual-discussion

AMERICAN THINKER
— You can’t please the immigration activists – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/you_cant_please_the_immigration_activists.html
— The problem with school boards – Peter Skurkiss
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/10/the_problem_with_school_boards.html
— Parents vs. Educational Wokeness – Janice Shaw Crouse
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/10/parents_vs_educational_wokeness.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Democracy vs. ‘Democracy’ – Christopher Roach (COMMENT: Democrats use “democracy” to get rid of those who are law enforcement officers, 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://amgreatness.com/2021/10/17/democracy-vs-democracy/

BLAZE
— Fauci says his critics ‘deny reality,’ embrace ‘conspiracy theories’ — but his supporters are ‘guided by the truth’ – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fauci-conspiracy-theories-deny-reality

COMMENTARY
— We Got Here Because of Cowardice. We Get Out With Courage. Say no to the Woke Revolution. – Bari Weiss
https://www.commentary.org/articles/bari-weiss/resist-woke-revolution/

DAILY CALLER
— Why Is The Left Waging A War On ‘Gifted’ Children? – LAUREL DUGGAN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/15/left-gifted-children-advanced-honors-classes-equity-critical-race-theory-kendi-1619/
— College Students Really Love Diversity Quotas — Until It Impacts Their D1 Football Team – ANDREW AFIFIAN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/16/college-students-diversity-quotas-football-florida-gators/

NEWSMAX
— Lt. Col. Oliver North: Biden ‘Subservient Minion of Xi Jinping’ – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/olivernorth-xijinping-nationalsecurity/2021/10/17/id/1040829/
— Sen. Ron Johnson: Dems Denying Inflation ‘Reality’ on Retirees, Working Poor – Fran Beyer
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/ronjohnson-inflation-supplychain/2021/10/17/id/1040828/

FEDERALIST
— Under Biden Administration Plan, Poor Would Be Three Times More Likely To Get IRS Audit Than 1 Percenters – Reagan Reese
https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/17/under-biden-administration-plan-poor-would-be-three-times-more-likely-to-get-irs-audit-than-1-percenters/

PJ MEDIA
— Legacy Victims Are in Control of the Country – KEVIN DOWNEY JR. (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs shout at the following that they are victims who should get preference over those who are NOT the following: minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, moderates, liberals, Democrats, Libertarians, Independents, Greens, RINOs, Trump-haters, non-patriotic people, non-married people, non-gun owners, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, criminals, boozers, gamblers, stoners, citizens of foreign countries, illegals, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, those who have less education than others, those who have less money than others, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, etc. )
https://pjmedia.com/columns/kevindowneyjr/2021/10/16/legacy-victims-are-in-control-of-the-country-debate-me-n1524449

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— What separation? Hundreds of ‘black churches’ to be shown VP Harris video urging a vote for McAuliffe – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/10/17/what-separation-hundreds-of-black-churches-to-be-shown-vp-harris-video-urging-a-vote-for-mcauliffe-1150020/

POST MILLENNIAL
— ‘It’s been crazy trying to find people to work,’ Nashville restaurant owners speak out about workforce shortages – James Anthony (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://thepostmillennial.com/nashville-restaurant-owners

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Pete Buttigieg Should Not Be Taking Two Months off during a Supply-Chain Crisis – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/pete-buttigieg-should-not-be-taking-two-months-off-during-a-supply-chain-crisis/

COLLEGE FIX
— Teaching while pro-Trump: Educator in training alleges political views led to his firing – ISAAC WILLOUR
https://www.thecollegefix.com/teaching-while-pro-trump-educator-in-training-alleges-political-views-led-to-his-firing/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Art Institute of Chicago “Fires” All 100 Volunteer Museum Guides For Being Mostly White Women. “The fired docents were offered a two-year free pass to the museum as gratitude for their previous service.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/art-institute-of-chicago-fires-all-100-volunteer-museum-guides-for-being-mostly-white-women/
— Seattle Elementary School Cancels Halloween in the Name of Equity and Inclusion. “As a school with foundational beliefs around equity for our students and families, we are moving away from our traditional ‘Pumpkin Parade’ event and requesting that students do not come to school in costumes” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/seattle-elementary-school-cancels-halloween-in-the-name-of-equity-and-inclusion/

THE HILL
— What do African Americans owe America? – JASON D. HILL
https://thehill.com/opinion/civil-rights/576607-what-do-african-americans-owe-america

NEW YORK TIMES
— Colin Powell Dies at 84. A former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, secretary of state and national security adviser, Mr. Powell died on Monday, his family said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/us/politics/colin-powell-dead.html
— Jefferson Statue May Be Removed After More Than 100 Years at City Hall. Black, Latino and Asian City Council members who find the sculpture oppressive and racist may finally win a two-decade fight to remove it from their chamber.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/18/nyregion/thomas-jefferson-statue-ny-city-council.html
— As Trump Thunders About Last Election, Republicans Worry About the Next One – Jeremy W. Peters (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout at unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct that I caused their losses. They stress a) my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, b) my raising money from DuPage Republicans so that DuPage Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, c) my serving as the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, d) my serving on the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011, e) my serving as the Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, f) my serving on the Steering Committee of the Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007, and g) my serving on the board of the American Association Political Consultants Midwest Chapter 2001-2004. I should write a book about the aforesaid candidates, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/us/politics/trump-voter-fraud-republicans.html
— As Some Black Staff Members Leave Congress, Those Who Remain Call for Change – Aishvarya Kavi (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they acted like their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, veteran, non-Protestant, and/or non-German American wanted them to get rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, and/or German American.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/10/17/us/politics/black-staff-congress.html

NEW YORK POST
— ‘Build Back Better’ — or ‘Build BIGOTRY Better’? – Deroy Murdock
https://nypost.com/2021/10/17/build-back-better-or-build-bigotry-better/
— Biden’s plans mean stagflation – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/10/17/bidens-transformation-bill-means-economic-harm-and-more/
— Marxists try to take Federal Reserve as Biden weighs whether to reappoint Powell – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2021/10/17/marxists-try-to-take-fed-reserve-as-biden-weighs-powell-reappointment/

USA TODAY
— Fired co-leader of #AppleToo worker activist group to file federal complaints – Mike Snider (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors fired me, that is, they forced me to take their early retirement “offer,” because I opposed their political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. Republican, that is, RINO, U.S. elected officials and their staff members in Illinois did not come to my defense because they too promoted political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination just like Democrats do.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/2021/10/17/apple-fires-employee-worker-activist-group/8491106002/

TULSA WORLD
— Lankford targeted by self-proclaimed RINO hunters – Randy Krehbiel (COMMENT: I should write a book about conservative hunters, that is, platform Republican hunters, that is, Republican hunters. I would focus on a) my critics/opponents, b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, c) the Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, and Wheaton Park District, d) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers, e) conservative leaders, f) religious leaders, and g) those who I have sued.)
https://tulsaworld.com/news/local/lankford-targeted-by-self-proclaimed-rino-hunters/article_e473b31a-2de1-11ec-aefa-17fb8975268f.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Woke, Elvis and America’s Great Awakenings. This isn’t the first time in history that a wave of youthful righteousness has tried to transform America. – Lance Morrow
https://www.wsj.com/articles/elvis-woke-great-awakening-rightness-offensive-gender-ideology-11634495752
— How to Quit Your Job and Get a Better One, From Those Who Have Been There – Krithika Varagur (COMMENT: In 1971, when I was 22 years old, Oldsmobile rescinded a job offer that I had accepted saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. Firestone Stores fired me for accepting that offer. That resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/how-to-quit-your-job-and-get-a-better-one-from-those-who-have-been-there-11634529662
— FRONT PAGE: Facebook Says AI Will Clean Up the Platform. Its Own Engineers Have Doubts. AI has only minimal success in removing hate speech, violent images and other problem content, according to internal company reports. – Deepa Seetharaman, Jeff Horwitz and Justin Scheck
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-ai-enforce-rules-engineers-doubtful-artificial-intelligence-11634338184

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— Holistic Admissions Is Just a Start Higher education needs much more to achieve true diversity – Karen Cox (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, in 1966, UIC should have admitted a minority and/or a female, b) that instead of me, in 1969, NIU should have admitted a minority and/or a female, c) that instead of me, in 1972, Loyola should have admitted a minority and/or a female, d) that instead of me, in 1976, DePaul should have admitted a minority and/or a female, and e) that instead of me, in 1992, IIT should have admitted a minority and/or a female.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2021/10/18/holistic-admissions-just-first-step-promote-diversity-opinion

October 17 Evening Edition

ABC7

— Chicago’s postal delivery delays under fire as ‘dysfunctional’ at hearing – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-delivery-delays-postal-problems-usps/11137445/

NBC5
— Repeal of Illinois Abortion Notification Buoyed by Texas Law. Repeal has a sudden sense of urgency among proponents.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/repeal-of-illinois-abortion-notification-buoyed-by-texas-law-2/2641465/

CHICAGO PATCH
— How Income Inequality In Illinois Compares To Other States. The United States has some of the highest levels of income and wealth inequality in the world. – Samuel Stebbins
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/how-income-inequality-illinois-compares-other-states

JOHN KASS
— Parents aren’t Terrorists, Mr. President. They’re Americans with Something to Say
https://johnkassnews.com/concerned-american-parents-as-domestic-terrorists-and-the-freedom-of-speech/

CENTER FOR ILLINOIS POLITICS
— Future of the Democratic Party in Illinois: Internal bickering, keeping grasp on power – Eric Krol
https://www.centerforilpolitics.org/articles/future-of-the-democratic-party-in-illinois-internal-bickering-keeping-grasp-on-power

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Facebook users allowed to share advice, tips on crossing border illegally. Arizona AG asks Justice Department to investigate tech giant for ‘promoting’ illegal immigration. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/17/facebook-says-users-can-share-advice-immigrant-smu/
— Kinzinger defends Biden over call to prosecute individuals defying Jan. 6 subpoenas – Haris Alic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/17/kinzinger-defends-biden-over-call-prosecute-indivi/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden has ‘every right to signal’ to DOJ on prosecutions, Capitol riot panel Republican Adam Kinzinger says – Jerry Dunleavy
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/justice/biden-has-every-right-to-signal-doj-on-prosecutions-capitol-riot-panel-republican-says

BREITBART
— Hutchinson: Trump’s Stolen Election Claims ‘Recipe for Disaster’ in 2022 – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/10/17/hutchinson-trumps-stolen-election-claims-recipe-for-disaster-in-2022/

BLAZE
— Illinois Democrats’ extreme gerrymandering inadvertently helps Republicans in 2022 midterm elections – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-democrats-gerrymander-helps-republicans

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Democrats Are Just Living In A Fantasy World’: Republican Sen. Says Dems Are Denying ‘Reality’ Of High Inflation – KYLE REYNOLDS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/17/democrats-fantasy-world-ron-johnson-denying-reality-high-inflation/
— Republican Sen. Tim Scott Rakes In $8.3 Million In Fundraising During Third Quarter. What Does It Mean For 2024? – RANDY JEAN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/17/tim-scott-senate-fundraising-third-quarter/

POLITICO
— Illinois Democrats agonize over how much to gerrymander. State legislators proposed a map last week. National Democrats thought it didn’t go far enough. – ALLY MUTNICK and SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/10/17/illinois-democrats-redistricting-map-516135

CNN
— Why neither party has a sustainable political majority – Harry Enten
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/17/politics/emerging-republican-senate-majority/index.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— In 2022, It’s the Culture, Stupid. Democrats’ economic overreach is bad enough, but it isn’t the Republicans’ most effective line of attack. – Bobby Jindal
https://www.wsj.com/articles/progressives-reconciliation-package-cultural-positions-overreach-11634497456

NEWSWEEK
— Republican Adam Kinzinger Warns 1/6 Committee Subpoena for Trump Would Become ‘a Circus’
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-warns-1-6-committee-subpoena-trump-would-become-circus-1639684

October 17 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE

— With final action set on Will County remap, Democrats move 11-district map forward on party line vote – MICHELLE MULLINS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-will-county-redistricting-compromise-sought-st-1018-20211015-5jvbjibxyfc3vcqw4zk2gdxpjm-story.html

WTTW
— Students Want Answers, Action After Classmates ‘Protest’ Spanish Song at School Dance – Acacia Hernandez
https://news.wttw.com/2021/10/16/students-want-answers-action-after-classmates-protest-spanish-song-school-dance

WBEZ
— COMMENT: Democrats use Haitians to promote hatred against America.
https://www.npr.org/2021/10/16/1043458530/haitians–u-s-asylum–racist

EVANSTON ROUNDTABLE
— Here’s why teachers are complaining, and how District 65 has responded – Bessie Mbadugha
https://evanstonroundtable.com/2021/10/16/district-65-teacher-complaints-meeting/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— The Peoria County board officially voted 15-2 to approve its new 2022 budget, which in turn cut the auditor’s office staff down to just the auditor herself. – Darronté Matthews (COMMENT: If Newt Gingrich had not dramatically cut GAO’s budget in mid-1990s, I might still be a GAO employee today.)
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/top-stories/peoria-county-board-approves-budget-cuts-auditors-office-staff/

FOX NEWS
— ‘We the Parents’ will not remain silent while the education establishment lies to our children. Critical race theory does not tell our children the truth about America and our history. – Karin Ruhkala
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/parents-silent-education-establishment-children-karin-ruhkala
— Immigration hawks say Biden’s CBP pick has ‘downright dangerous’ record opposing enforcement moves. Chris Magnus has been tapped to lead Customs and Border Protection. -Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/immigration-hawks-bidens-cbp-pick-downright-dangerous-record-opposing-enforcement

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Our Kids Can’t Read, Write, Or Do Math, But Are No 1. In Critical Race Theory. Sending kids back to school won’t matter if they aren’t learning anything. – Ilana Mercer
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/16/our-kids-cant-read-write-or-do-math-but-are-no-1-in-critical-race-theory/

DAILY CALLER
— Republicans Take Education Fight To Voters With Congress Slow To Act – MICHAEL GINSBERG
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/16/republicans-take-education-fight-to-voters-with-congress-slow-to-act/
— Stephen Miller’s Dark Prediction On Biden’s Spending Bill: It Might Upend ‘All of American Society’ – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/16/stephen-milller-build-back-better-jesse-watters/

DAILY WIRE
— Parents Demanding School Officials Do Their Job – Ben Johnson
https://www.dailywire.com/news/parents-demanding-school-officials-do-their-job-not-how-things-work-in-a-democracy-cnn-guest
— The New Victim Of Cancel Culture: Science – Star Parker
https://www.dailywire.com/news/parker-the-new-victim-of-cancel-culture-science

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Politics of Parental Revolt – MATTHEW CONTINETTI
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/the-politics-of-parental-revolt/

NEWS BUSTERS
— How the Media Make Cancel Culture Worse – Christian Toto
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/christian-toto/2021/10/16/how-media-make-cancel-culture-worse

COLLEGE FIX
— Michigan school district ditches Halloween, Valentine’s Day in the name of ‘inclusion’ – DAVE HUBER
https://www.thecollegefix.com/michigan-school-district-ditches-halloween-valentines-day-in-the-name-of-inclusion/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Providence Anti-Critical Race Whistleblower Teacher Ramona Bessinger Taunted In Troubling Schoolyard Incident. After an administrative “pre-disciplinary hearing” that the Wall Street Journal has called a “pretext” to punish Bessinger for publicly criticizing the district’s Critical Race curriculum, Bessinger found herself isolated and surrounded in a circle by 10-12 male students who were taunting her. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/10/providence-anti-critical-race-whistleblower-teacher-ramona-bessinger-taunted-in-troubling-schoolyard-incident/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Staff have screamed at her in front of others, including about her “white privilege,” and students have been turned against her apparently reacting to the staff and administrative hostility. According to Bessinger, her complaints and pleas for the district to provide protection for her have gone unanswered.)

EPOCH TIMES
— Iconic Philadelphia Columbus Statue Still Covered by Wooden Box – Jennifer Yang and William Huang
https://www.theepochtimes.com/iconic-philadelphia-columbus-statue-still-covered-by-wooden-box_4050356.html

THE HILL
— The Pennsylvania School Boards Association voted to leave the National School Boards Association saying the national association called parents domestic terrorists. – LEXI LONAS
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/577065-state-school-board-leaves-national-association-saying-they-called
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for everyone’s health problems and especially for the health problems that those who have less money than others have.
https://thehill.com/opinion/healthcare/576999-failing-public-health-is-killing-americans-unequally
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “GOP’s embrace of Trump’s false claims creates new perils.”
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/577012-gops-embrace-of-trumps-false-claims-creates-new-perils

ROLL CALL
— Congress moves toward requiring women to register for the draft. Democrats appear united in wanting the change, while Republicans are split. – Mark Satter (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I have had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because I avoided the draft. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if I had not avoided the draft, I would never had been able to a) buy new cars in 1967, 1968, 1971, 1973, 1978, etc., b) earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, c) get promoted and buy a new town home in 1972, d) get promoted in 1973, e) get promoted and buy a studio condo in 1974, f) earn an MBA from Loyola and buy a one bedroom condo in 1976, g) get married and buy a home in Wheaton in 1978, h) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, i) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, j) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, k) have a new home built in 1984, l) get promoted in 1986, m) buy a collector car in 1989, n) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, o) become a Certified Government Financial Manager and buy a second collector car in 1994, p) become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or q) become a Forensic Accountant and earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/10/05/congress-moves-toward-requiring-women-to-register-for-the-draft/

NBC NEWS
— Covid and critical race theory: Sleepy school board races are waking up. School board meetings became battlegrounds during the pandemic. Now, the influence of PACs and outside groups has put a spotlight on the November election. – Erik Ortiz
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/covid-critical-race-theory-sleepy-school-board-races-are-waking-rcna3046
— ‘SNL’ shows pro football as a sport rife with racism. Colin Kaepernick, played by Chris Redd, addressed the NFL’s woes: “I wonder if anyone tried to warn people about this before.” – Dennis Romero
https://www.nbcnews.com/pop-culture/tv/snl-shows-pro-football-sport-rife-racism-n1281705
— COMMENT: In Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, and in Wheaton, those who want Republicans to lose hint/imply/argue/shout that the “path to victory” is a) to dump votes who support the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform; b) to promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination; and c) to dump voters who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, 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.nbcnews.com/politics/elections/virginia-republicans-see-education-curriculum-fears-path-victory-n1281676

BOSTON HERALD
— Don’t blame Pete Buttigieg — he’s just following Kamala Harris’ lead (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted the most that I have had a tremendous unfair advantage in life because my wife and I gave up trying to have children, we did not adopt, and we did not become foster parents. They hint/imply/argue/shout that if we had children, I would never had been able to a) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, b) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and become a licensed CPA in 1981, d) have a new home built in 1984, e) get promoted in 1986, f) buy a collector car in 1989, g) become a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, h) become a Certified Government Financial Manager and buy a second collector car in 1994, i) become a Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, or j) become a Forensic Accountant and earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/10/16/curley-dont-blame-pete-buttigieg-hes-just-following-kamala-harris-lead/

HOUSTON CHRONICLE
— Critical race theory is already in schools. It’s up to parents to fight it. – Brooke L. Rollins
https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/outlook/article/Opinion-Critical-race-theory-is-already-in-16536374.php

DALLAS MORNING NEWS
— The blame game: Fault ourselves – not our politicians – Tom Margenau (COMMENT: Who do you blame the most for the losses that Republican candidates have suffered on ballots in your precinct: your Republican Precinct Committeeman/Captain, the leaders of your township/ward Republican organization, the leaders of your Republican county organization, the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, the leaders of the Republican National Committee, Trump, major donors, political consultants, conservative leaders, religious leaders, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor?)
https://www.dallasnews.com/sponsored/2021/10/17/the-blame-game-fault-ourselves-not-our-politicians/

RANCHO SANTA FE REVIEW
— Can newly drawn districts in San Diego County protect minorities’ voting blocs? – DEBORAH SULLIVAN BRENNAN (COMMENT: What minority voting blocs are you in? In what ways are you in the minority in your county, township, municipality, and precinct: race, gender, age group, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, marital status, health status, veteran status, gun owner status, income range, net worth range, renter/homeowner, political affiliation, liberal/moderate/conservative, Trump hater/neutral/supporter, Kinzinger supporter/neutral/hater, length of time your ancestors have been in America, etc.?)
https://www.ranchosantafereview.com/news/story/2021-10-16/how-can-county-boundaries-bolster-minority-voting-blocs

HAMILTON SPECTATOR
— Mentorship matters now more than ever – Alan Middleton (COMMENT: My IRS mentor promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If my Democrat IRS superiors had not gotten rid of him, I might still be an IRS employee today. My GAO mentor hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. If my Democrat GAO superiors had not gotten rid of him, I might still be a GAO employee today.)
https://www.thespec.com/ts/business/opinion/2021/10/16/mentorship-matters-now-more-than-ever.html

INC.
— What Companies Are Doing (and Not Doing) to Make the Workplace More Diverse – MARCEL SCHWANTES (COMMENT: Under the Democrats and under the RINOs, expect that ever-increasingly, employers will not hire those who are the following and that they will get rid of their employees who are the following: 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.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/study-what-companies-are-doing-and-not-doing-to-make-workplace-more-diverse.html
— The 4 Must-Have People for a Solid Support System – Maya Hu-Chan (COMMENT: My IRS mentor promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974. If my Democrat IRS superiors had not gotten rid of him, I might still be an IRS employee today. My GAO mentor hired me in 1980, got me assigned to audits of IRS in 1986, and promoted me in 1986. If my Democrat GAO superiors had not gotten rid of him, I might still be a GAO employee today.)
https://www.inc.com/maya-hu-chan/the-four-must-have-people-for-a-solid-support-system.html