October 15 Morning Edition

CBS2

— Chicagoans Worry Vaccine Mandate Standoff Between City Hall And FOP Will Leave Them Less Safe; ‘It’s Like This Big Macho Thing’ – Jermont Terry
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/10/15/chicago-vaccine-mandate-mayor-lori-lightfoot-police-union-standoff-police-officer-shortage/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— An unfair allegation of racism at Marist High School – Jim McIntosh, Beverly
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/10/14/22724020/marist-high-school-homecoming-dance-letters-anti-vaxxers

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Pritzker court filing: Natural immunity doesn’t excuse Naperville firefighters from COVID vax, testing mandates – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/609288210-pritzker-court-filing-natural-immunity-doesn-t-excuse-naperville-firefighters-from-covid-vax-testing-mandates

DAILY NORTHWESTERN
— Reparations organizers discuss initiatives in Evanston and Congress – Katrina Pham
(COMMENT: Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion are reparations.)
https://dailynorthwestern.com/2021/10/15/city/reparations-organizers-discuss-initiatives-in-evanston-and-congress/

CHICAGO BOOTH
— Why progress on the racial wage gap has stalled – DEE GILL, EMILY LAMBERT
(COMMENT: What did your superiors do to narrow the racial wage gap? In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors a) forced me to take their early retirement “offer” and b) gave my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office. My federal pension a) is only 41% of what my GAO salary was in 1997 in today’s dollars and b) less than what my IRS salary was when I was 23 years old in 1972 in today’s dollars.)
https://review.chicagobooth.edu/economics/2021/article/why-progress-racial-wage-gap-has-stalled

JOHN KASS
— Lightfoot plays Covid chicken with cops: They’re in an 18-wheeler. She’s in a clown car. It doesn’t end well.
https://johnkassnews.com/lightfoot-plays-covid-chicken-with-cops-theyre-in-an-18-wheeler-shes-in-a-clown-car-it-doesnt-end-well/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— JANUARY 22, 2014 FLASHBACK: What is a Precinct Committeeman? – Doug Ibendahl
(COMMENT: I have been a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999. I should write a book about how the following treat Republican Precinct Committeemen: past and present a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party (IRP), DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) conservative leaders, d) religious leaders, and e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers. Since 1999, I have had the best record by far for attending MTRO meetings and events. I served as the MTRO webmaster 2000-2004 and 2008-2010. I ran for the open MTRO Treasurer office in 2004. I served on the IRP Platform and Resolutions Committee in 2008. I have attended all the IRP state conventions since 2000. Between 2005 and 2019 I raised many thousands of dollars from many scores of Republican candidates, elected officials, and party leaders so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks. All five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates attended a picnic that I organized in my precinct in 2003. I organized Wheaton’s 2004 and 2005 9/11 ceremonies. I have served as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000.)
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2014/01/what-is-a-precinct-committeeman/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Garland blasted for unleashing FBI on school board squabbles. House, Senate Republicans say AG is overreacting, local law enforcement should handle clashes. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/14/garland-blasted-unleashing-fbi-school-board-squabb/
— ‘Debunking the 1619 project: Exposing the plan to divide America’ A thorough takedown of the 1619 Project – Herbert W. Stupp
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/14/book-review-debunking-the-1619-project-exposing-th/
— COMMENT: Since at least the 1970s, RINO leaders of the following have purged conservatives: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/oct/14/far-left-dems-plan-purge-moderates-party-payback-r/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s divisive governance is alienating voters – Tom Joyce
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bidens-divisive-governance-is-alienating-voters

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— The Politics of Parental Revolt. And the need for a conservative education agenda. – Matthew Continetti
https://freebeacon.com/columns/the-politics-of-parental-revolt/

FOX NEWS
— Parents as terrorists, cancel culture mobs – we must fight the age of conformity. Speaking out, speaking up, gets scarier all the time. – Karol Markowicz
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/parents-terrorists-cancel-culture-age-of-conformity-karol-markowicz
— As Biden agenda fails, woke agenda will rise: Ramaswamy ‘The Biden administration using and projecting these progressive values as a smokescreen,’ he said – Hannah Grossman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/biden-agenda-fails-woke-agenda-rise-ramaswamy
— Bob Woodson: Honoring Nikole Hannah-Jones for ‘free speech’ is like firefighters honoring an arsonist. 1619 Project founder fosters an ‘anti-American sentiment,’ Woodson said – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/bob-woodson-honoring-nikole-hannah-jones-firefighters-arsonist
— Woke activists try and fail to cancel Hollywood legend Clint Eastwood for decades-old Academy Awards quip The controversial remark occurred during a 1973 Academy Awards ceremony – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/woke-cancel-clint-eastwood-academy-awards-remark
— Florida college students support diversity quotas in admissions, job hiring but not for football. The students said admission into sports should be based on skill. – Bradford Betz
(COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will colleges officially announce that they will no longer admit those who are the following and that they are getting rid of their students 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.foxnews.com/us/college-students-support-diversity-quotas-admissions-job-hiring-not-football

FOX BUSINESS
— ‘Woke’ Fed risks losing control of inflation, says former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers   Summers warns of 1970s-style inflation – Megan Henney
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/federal-reserve-inflation-control-larry-summers

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Campus ‘Diversity’ Menace Comes to Yale. The objective of campus leftists is not to “win” the campus wars. They’ve already done that. The objective is to make the other side feel pain. – Josh Hammer
https://amgreatness.com/2021/10/14/the-campus-diversity-menace-comes-to-yale/

BREITBART
— Illegal Aliens Protest for Amnesty Outside Kamala Harris’s Home – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/10/14/watch-illegal-aliens-protest-outside-kamala-harriss-home-demand-unconstitutional-amnesty-maneuver/

DAILY CALLER
— Seattle Elementary School Cancels Halloween Parade Because It ‘Marginalizes Students Of Color’ – KENDALL TIETZ
https://dailycaller.com/2021/10/14/seattle-elementary-school-cancels-halloween-parade-marginalizes-students-of-color/

FEDERALIST
— Critical Race Theory Wins Big With California’s New Graduation Requirements. To graduate, California’s high school students must now take an ethnic studies course that views Americans solely as members of racial and ethnic groups, not as individuals. – Jonathan S. Tobin
https://thefederalist.com/2021/10/14/critical-race-theory-wins-big-with-californias-new-graduation-requirements/

PJ MEDIA
— Christopher Columbus’s Forgotten Crusade Against Jihad – RAYMOND IBRAHIM
https://pjmedia.com/columns/raymond-ibrahim/2021/10/14/christopher-columbuss-forgotten-crusade-against-jihad-n1523999

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Walmart CRT Training Encourages Employees to Accept That ‘White Is Not Right’ – BRITTANY BERNSTEIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/walmart-crt-training-encourages-employees-to-accept-that-white-is-not-right/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— ‘Woke’ Superman’s Mission Is Neither Bold Nor Brave – Dean Cain.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/10/14/woke_supermans_mission_is_neither_bold_nor_brave_146562.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Leftist’s movement to erase Halloween in full-swing, and it’s just the beginning – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/10/14/leftists-movement-to-erase-halloween-in-full-swing-and-its-just-the-beginning-1148607/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Rise of the Woke Taliban – MARIO LOYOLA
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/10/rise-of-the-woke-taliban/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The Revolt of the American Worker – Paul Krugman
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that citizens of America should not have to take bad jobs and that citizens of foreign countries should take those bad jobs. According to my critics/opponents, all the jobs that I had 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.nytimes.com/2021/10/14/opinion/workers-quitting-wages.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Trump asserts his dominance inside GOP, pushing Republicans to embrace his false claims of fraud.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/trump-gop-fraud-claims/2021/10/14/f37887fe-2cfc-11ec-985d-3150f7e106b2_story.html
— Katie Couric’s self-defeating effort to ‘protect’ Ruth Bader Ginsburg. And the many self-defeating efforts that came along with it. – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/10/14/katie-courics-self-defeating-effort-protect-ruth-bader-ginsburg/

NEW YORK POST
— Welcome back to ‘70s-style stagflation misery, thanks to Uncle Joe – Peter Navarro
https://nypost.com/2021/10/14/welcome-back-to-70s-style-stagflation-misery-thanks-to-biden/

DETROIT NEWS
— Iraqi refugee sues Walmart, claims workplace racial discrimination – Hani Barghouthi
(COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have made it the most clear that they despise those who do not share their religion and/or their national origin.)
https://www.detroitnews.com/story/news/local/wayne-county/2021/10/14/iraqi-refugee-sues-walmart-claims-workplace-racial-discrimination/8444791002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Which American Way? ‘Three characteristics that have endured from the founding are a live-and-let-live attitude, a belief in opportunity and initiative, and a strong sense of patriotism.’ – Christopher DeMuth
https://www.wsj.com/articles/american-way-life-opportunity-founding-progressive-conservative-woke-patriotism-11634244424
— Education Horror Show, Continued. A teacher is targeted after she described the baleful effect of critical race theory. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/education-horror-show-continued-ramona-bessinger-providence-public-school-district-critical-race-theory-11634250506
— Democrats Devour Kyrsten Sinema. Tactics first employed against conservatives are now being turned on liberal dissenters. – Kimberley A. Strassel
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-devour-sinema-bathroom-progressives-intimidation-11634248962
— FRONT PAGE: 4.3 Million Workers Are Missing. Where Did They Go? Many economists expect the shortage to last years, and some think it could be permanent. – Josh Mitchell, Lauren Weber and Sarah Chaney Cambon
(COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, employers do not want those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/labor-shortage-missing-workers-jobs-pay-raises-economy-11634224519

FORBES
— COMMENT: How soon, if not already, will employers officially announce that they will no longer hire those who are the following and that they are getting 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.forbes.com/sites/kwamechristian/2021/10/14/got-diversity-3-tips-to-create-a-more-diverse-and-inclusive-workplace/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/honeywell/2021/10/14/people-power-why-diversity-and-inclusion-is-the-secret-to-innovation/
https://www.forbes.com/sites/nelldebevoise/2021/10/14/bringing-diversity-to-nrg-and-diversified-energy-to-the-world/
— Clint Eastwood And The Rolling Stones Targeted This Week On Social Media – Peter Suciu
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/10/14/clint-eastwood-and-the-rolling-stones-targeted-this-week-on-social-media/

ECONOMIST
— Military bases swung hard away from Republicans in 2020. By our calculations they moved towards Democrats by eight points, compared with a nationwide swing of just two.
https://www.economist.com/united-states/2021/10/14/military-bases-swung-hard-away-from-republicans-in-2020

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Says 1/6 Committee Should Be Held in Contempt Instead of Steve Bannon – DANIEL VILLARREAL
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-says-1-6-committee-should-held-contempt-instead-steve-bannon-1639174

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— Colby College Bans Discrimination Based on Caste – Maria Carrasco
(COMMENT: What Caste were you born into? 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. My father worked the office of a nasty chemical plant in Chicago Heights, almost always worked second jobs to pay the family’s bills, did not buy a new car until he was 45 in 1967 and it was a bottom of the line 2-door Chevy, and died suddenly in 1969 when I was 21 years old.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2021/10/15/colby-college-bans-discrimination-based-caste

GALLUP
— COMMENT: Ever-increasing, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs get rid of you if you support the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform. I should write a book about the following who have given the most preference to minorities and to women: a) leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, b) Republican leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton, c) conservative leaders, d) religious leaders, and e) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, pollsters, campaign managers, campaign staff members, and campaign volunteers.
https://news.gallup.com/poll/355958/gender-disparities-views-women-equality-persist.aspx

AXIOS
— COMMENT: To promote diversity is to promote hatred against those who are law enforcement, 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.axios.com/world-poll-diversity-view-affbb0b9-a982-4192-8268-74978a50d3e5.html

Author: David Diersen

The opinions that I express in GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails are based on experience that I have gained doing many things since 1948. I base my opinions on what I learned a) working for the federal government for almost 30 years -- Post Office 1966-1969, IRS 1971-1980, and GAO 1980-1997, serving on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter 1983-1996, and being a union member while I worked for the Post Office and IRS; b) earning an MBA from Loyola in 1976, a masters degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, and a masters degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997; c) passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 and passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981; c) serving as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois Chairman 2005-2012, a member of the 2008 Illinois Republican Party (IRP) Platform and Resolutions Committee, a Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, the Milton Township Republican Central Committee webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, an Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and an American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member 2001-2004; d) attending the 2000, 2004, 2008, 2012, and 2016 IRP State Conventions as a delegate; e) being the subject of a nasty 4-page article in the February 1978 issue of Money Magazine; f) pursing litigation including Diersen v. GAO and Diersen v. Chicago Car Exchange; g) being married since 1978; h) living in Crete 1948-1972, in University Park 1972-1976, in Chicago 1976-1978, and in DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton since 1978; and i) being baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran.