ABC7
— Fake COVID vaccine card market booms as mandates grow; what authorities are doing to stop it. – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/fake-covid-card-vaccine-cards-illinois/11217678/
— University of Chicago grad killed in Hyde Park shooting; activist nearly shot as patrols increase. University of Chicago shooting: ‘This is devastating news for our entire community,’ the school said Tuesday. – Mark Rivera
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shooting-hyde-park-u-of-c-jahmal-cole/11218774/
— Oak Park building evacuation: Residents now have just hours to evacuate apartments deemed unsafe. Oak View Tower has unusual sloping of floors, building inspection found. – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/oak-view-towers-apartments-park-building-evacuation-news-tower/11218858/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— CPD cancels days off, union says department bracing for Rittenhouse verdict. The Rittenhouse connection was made by Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara, who accused the city of violating a mediation settlement by failing to provide notice to officers before canceling their days off. – Fran Spielman and Frank Main
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/11/9/22772927/chicago-police-cpd-days-off-canceled-rittenhouse-verdict-covid-vaccine-back-pay
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— FRONT PAGE: Comcast service ‘fully restored’ for thousands of Xfinity customers in Chicago area but still no explanation for internet outage – SYLVIA GOODMAN, PAIGE FRY and ROBERT CHANNICK (COMMENT: Comcast is my primary ISP. But because I pay for AT&T as a backup ISP, the Tuesday, November 9, 2021 GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter was not delayed.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-xfinity-wifi-internet-outage-chicagoland-20211109-o7s5r54zxjcxjjzt2ldvhwj6ay-story.html
DAILY HERALD
— DuPage makes progress on new voting machines, but has more to do – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20211110/editorial-dupage-makes-progress-on-new-voting-machines-but-has-more-to-do
CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Chicago COVID cases back on the rise. Cases are up 22% from last week. While that’s nowhere close to where the city was last fall, city health chief Dr. Allison Arwady says the city’s heading into the holidays approaching “high transmission” status. – A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/chicago-covid-cases-rise
NPR ILLINOIS
— Facebook scraps ad targeting based on politics, race and other ‘sensitive’ topics – Shannon Bond (COMMENT: Advertisers and everyone else know my demographics: I am White, male, old (born in 1948), conservative, patriotic, Republican, heterosexual, married since 1978, childless, pet-less, not interested in sports, non-drinker, non-gambler, non-smoker, non-pot user, non-poor, homeowner, gun owner, lawsuit filer, baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, 100% German American, my ancestors have been in America since 1844, federal employee for almost 30 years, federal union member for almost 12 years, served on the Executive Committee of the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter for 13 years, federal retiree for more than 24 years, Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, led a conservative political organization for almost 7 years, new car owner since 1966, own/owned American nameplate vehicles only, Wheaton resident since 1978, Chicago resident 1976-1978, University Park resident 1972-1976, Crete resident 1948-1972, master’s degrees in business, accounting, and finance, passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, four other job-related professional certifications, became a licensed CPA in 1981, subject of a 4-page article in Money Magazine’s February 1978 issue, etc.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-11-09/facebook-scraps-ad-targeting-based-on-politics-race-and-other-sensitive-topics
WJBC
— Congressman Davis calling on employers to help employees with student loans – Blake Haas (COMMENT: I worked my way through college. I graduated from NIU in 1970 debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress that college expenses were much lower back then.)
https://www.wjbc.com/2021/11/02/congressman-davis-calling-on-employers-to-help-employees-with-student-loans/
FOX ILLINOIS
— Pritzker 5-year fiscal forecast has $1.7B revenue increase – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/local/pritzker-5-year-fiscal-forecast-has-17b-revenue-increase
DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Ives: Tribune ‘inexcusably lazy and incurious’ in coverage of DuPage County voter rolls – W.J. Kennedy
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/612127528-ives-tribune-inexcusably-lazy-and-incurious-in-coverage-of-dupage-county-voter-rolls
JOHN KASS
— McDonald’s vs The Woke Mob: If Parents Are Not Responsible For Their Children, Then Who Is? – Matt Rosenberg (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, children in America are products of their Democrat teachers who make them “good little Democrats,” that is, 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://johnkassnews.com/guest-column-matt-rosenberg-mcdonalds-vs-the-woke-mob-if-parents-are-not-responsible-for-their-children-then-who-is/
WIREPOINTS
— Illinois’ manufacturing industry, down 325,000 jobs since 2000, needs more than just platitudes and subsidies for favored industries. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-manufacturing-industry-down-325000-jobs-since-2000-needs-more-than-just-platitudes-and-subsidies-for-favored-industries-wirepoints/
— Note to Illinois Politicos: Youngkin won Virginia talking about policy, not personalities
https://wirepoints.org/note-to-illinois-politicos-youngkin-won-virginia-talking-about-policy-not-personalities-wirepoints-joins-chicagos-morning-answer-on-am-560/
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FEDS PAY ZERO CLAIMS FOR CORONAVIRUS VACCINE INJURIES/DEATHS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/11/feds-pay-zero-claims-for-covid-19-vaccine-injuriesdeaths.html
CAPITOL FAX
— Ald. Villegas kicks off CD3 bid, while former Rep. Wallace launches CD17 race
https://capitolfax.com/2021/11/10/ald-villegas-kicks-off-cd3-bid-while-former-rep-wallace-launches-cd17-race/
WASHINGTON TIMES
— Report sparks debate over bans on critical race theory – Sean Salai
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/9/report-sparks-debate-over-bans-critical-race-theor/
— Historic wins in Virginia illuminate growing diversity in Republican ranks – Mica Soellner and S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/nov/9/winsome-sears-jason-miyares-historic-wins-virginia/
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Critical race theory pervasive in Virginia teacher training materials, contrary to Democratic claims – Jeremiah Poff
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/critical-race-theory-pervasive-in-virginia-teacher-training-materials-contrary-to-democratic-claims
— The Democrats’ dirt factory – Hugo Gurdon
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/equality-not-elitism/the-democrats-dirt-factory
FOX NEWS
— American Medical Association pushes pro-critical race theory materials in ‘Health Equity’ guide Document cites guide for how to advocate for critical race theory – Tyler Olson (COMMENT: Of course, Democrats want doctors to dump their Republican patients, and especially those 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.foxnews.com/politics/american-medical-association-health-equity-guide-critical-race-theory
— DeSantis: We will end contracts with companies aiding Biden in flooding illegal immigrants into Florida. DeSantis said going after private companies facilitating the illegal migrant flood in Florida was on the table. – Hannah Grossman
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ron-desantis-deny-contracts-companies-biden-flights-florida-illegal-immigrants
— Sen. Hawley calls on young men to stand up and make America better. GOP senator: The left is trying to do away with gender and they don’t believe in manhood or womanhood.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/josh-hawley-young-men-make-america-better
AMERICAN THINKER
— Time for Republicans to take a stand against Pelosi’s Jan. 6 circus – David Zukerman
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/11/time_for_republicans_to_take_a_stand_against_pelosis_jan_6_circus.html
BREITBART
— Ron DeSantis: Companies Helping Biden Release Border Crossers into Florida Will Be Denied State Contracts – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/11/09/ron-desantis-companies-helping-biden-release-border-crossers-into-florida-will-be-denied-state-contracts/
PJ MEDIA
— Please Democrats, ‘Race Card’ Yourselves Into Oblivion – STEPHEN KRUISER (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled conservative-hating conservative haters hint/imply/argue/shout at everyone that conservatives are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. I should write a book about the biggest hate-filled conservative-hating conservative haters in Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County. I would focus on those who a) promoted LGBTQ in downtown Wheaton big time last year and b) stopped Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks this year.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/11/10/the-morning-briefing-please-democrats-race-card-yourselves-into-oblivion-n1531386
LAW ENFORCEMENT TODAY
— Conservative black American Jimmy Lee Tillman II absolutely shreds Critical Race Theory with new book about patriotism – Lizzy Murica
https://www.lawenforcementtoday.com/conservative-black-american-absolutely-shreds-critical-race-theory/
NEWSMAX
— Rep. Mo Brooks to Newsmax: Infrastructure Vote by GOP a ‘Gift’ to Socialism – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/infrastructure-house-republicans/2021/11/09/id/1044008/
— Sen. Ron Johnson: Biden DHS Hiding Count of Illegals Released Into US – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/ron-johnson-dhs-secretary-alejandro-mayorkas/2021/11/09/id/1044003/
TOWNHALL
— Bill Maher Shredded Critical Race Theory…And It Probably Triggered Progressives – Matt Vespa
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2021/11/10/bill-maher-shredded-critical-race-theoryand-it-probably-triggered-progressives-n2598845
— GOP Lawmaker Who Voted for Infrastructure Bill ‘Visibly Shaken’ After Getting Publicly Scolded by Trump – Leah Barkoukis (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The Republican Party platform is conservative. I should write a book about RINOs on ballots in my precinct since 2000 who got elected as Republicans, but who have taken the most actions AGAINST the Republican Party platform.)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/leahbarkoukis/2021/11/10/trump-tears-into-republicans-who-voted-for-infrastructure-at-event-where-one-of-them-was-present-n2598867
— The GOP Fight That Stopped Trump’s Immigration Plan – Byron York
https://townhall.com/columnists/byronyork/2021/11/10/the-gop-fight-that-stopped-trumps-immigration-plan-n2598841
THE HILL
— Poll: 69 percent say cancel culture unfairly punishes people for past actions, statements (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who cancel others. I would focus on those who have lots of religious, government, political, and/or financial clout in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. Of course, they have their operatives and their dupes do their dirty work.)
https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/580747-poll-69-percent-say-cancel-culture-unfairly-punishes-people-for
ROLL CALL
— For Democrats, the future goes from bad to worse – Stuart Rothenberg
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/11/09/for-democrats-from-bad-to-worse/
POLITICO
— Democrats have a white voter problem – MAYA KING and SABRINA RODRIGUEZ
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/the-recast/2021/11/09/democrats-virginia-new-jersey-white-voters-elections-2022-495035
— VA rejects cannabis research as veterans plead for medical pot. Scientists say the VA and the DOJ have a history of stonewalling anyone who wants to conduct trials of plant-derived cannabis for therapeutic purposes. – NATALIE FERTIG
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/11/08/va-reject-medical-marijuana-veterans-519757
CNN
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON AMERICA TIGHTENS: America’s prices are surging more than they have in 30 years – Anneken Tappe
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/10/economy/consumer-price-inflation-october/index.html
— Republicans who voted for Biden’s infrastructure bill come under fire from Trump – Alex Rogers and Manu Raju
https://www.wicz.com/story/45152732/republicans-who-voted-for-bidens-infrastructure-bill-come-under-fire-from-trump
https://www.cnn.com/2021/11/09/politics/trump-reaction-republicans-voting-infrastrcutre/index.html
— Seniors decry age bias, say they feel devalued when interacting with health care providers – Judith Graham
https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/17/health/age-discrimination-khn-partner-wellness/index.html
MSNBC & YAHOO NEWS & NEW YORK POST
— COMMENT: According to the Democrats, which roads are the most racist in your precinct, in your municipal district, in your municipality, in your township, in your county district, in your county, in Illinois, and America?
https://www.msnbc.com/the-reidout/reidout-blog/good-pete-buttigieg-calling-americas-racist-roads-rcna4949
https://news.yahoo.com/buttigieg-responds-to-ted-cruz-on-racism-in-highway-design-215546335.html
https://news.yahoo.com/buttigieg-responds-criticism-remarks-institutional-194442445.html
https://nypost.com/2021/11/09/schumer-ritchie-torres-echo-buttigieg-on-racism-in-highways/
NBC NEWS
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats a) blame Republicans for the problems that young minorities have and b) especially blame 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.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/study-facing-racism-depletes-young-adults-mental-health-n1283611
NEW YORK TIMES
— Why Wokeness Will Fail – BRET STEPHENS (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, to be woke is 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.nytimes.com/2021/11/09/opinion/social-justice-america.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The problem with the allegation isn’t that it’s flatly wrong: America’s past is shot through with racism and, as Faulkner put it, “The past is never dead. It’s not even past.” But the allegation is also incomplete, distorted, ungenerous to former generations that advanced America’s promise, and untrue to the country most Americans know today. Wokeness operates as if there had been no civil rights movement, and that white Americans hadn’t been an integral part of it. It operates as if 60 years of affirmative action never happened, and that an ever-growing percentage of Black Americans don’t belong to the middle and upper class (and that they are, incidentally, concentrated in the American South). It operates as if we didn’t twice elect a Black president and recently bury a Black general as an American icon. It operates as if, in city after city, American police forces aren’t led by Black police chiefs and staffed by officers of diverse backgrounds. It operates as if white supremacy is still being systemically enforced, while ignoring the fact that a previously marginalized ethnic minority, namely Asian Americans, enjoys higher income levels than white Americans. Above all, Wokeness pretends that incidents such as George Floyd’s murder, which are national scandals, are actually national norms. They aren’t, despite current injustices. Most Americans, I suspect, not only sense the falseness of the allegation. They are, increasingly, insulted by it. The insult turns to injury when it comes to the solutions Wokeness prescribes, and in the way that it prescribes them. This doesn’t just mean efforts like “abolish the police” that are so baldly destructive that voters quickly sense their danger. It’s in subtler prescriptions, too.)
WASHINGTON POST
— Archbishop Jose Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, painting Catholics as victims, attacks social justice movements, identity politics and intersectionality, as well as “wokeness” and “successor ideology,” as “pseudo-religions.” – Thomas Reese
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/gomez-painting-catholics-as-victims-goes-after-his-woke-oppressors/2021/11/09/204a14c2-418a-11ec-9404-50a28a88b9cd_story.html
— Not just red and blue: Large survey explores factions within Democratic and Republican parties – Dan Balz, Scott Clement and Emily Guskin (COMMENT: What faction are you in? I am in the “platform Republican” faction, that is, I am in the conservative faction. I should write a book about RINOs a) who 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 and b) who work against me the hardest.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/11/09/democrat-republican-voters-survey/
NEW YORK POST
— NY Times’ latest, wrongheaded bid to double down on rewriting US history – Dan McLaughlin
https://nypost.com/2021/11/09/ny-times-latest-bid-to-double-down-on-rewriting-us-history/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Facebook Allows Stolen Content to Flourish, Its Researchers Warned – Keach Hagey and Jeff Horwitz (COMMENT: Far more than any of my competitors, my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters stress a) the sources of articles, b) the titles of articles, c) the authors of articles, and d) the unhidden hyperlinks of articles.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/facebook-stolen-content-copyright-infringement-facebook-files-11636493887
— The Democratic Guide to Losing Elections. First, tell parents to butt out of schools. Next, imply that mom and dad are racists. – William A. Galston
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democratic-losing-election-youngkin-schools-critical-race-theory-virginia-new-york-times-11636473200
— McDonald’s CEO Apologizes for Telling a Simple Truth. America can’t solve its crime and education problems if people can’t discuss them honestly. – Jason L. Riley
https://www.wsj.com/articles/mcdonalds-ceo-apologizes-race-crime-shooting-chicago-adam-toledo-jaslyn-adams-kempczinski-11636493025
USA TODAY
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: How law enforcement punishes its whistleblowers – Gina Barton, Brett Murphy and Daphne Duret (COMMENT: I blew the whistle at GAO’s Chicago office on reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. But instead of supporting me, my Democrat and RINO coworkers who were White, male, older, and/or veteran cut deals under the table with my Democrat superiors.)
https://www.usatoday.com/in-depth/story-series/2021/11/09/cops-report-excessive-force-risk-jobs/8514211002/
AUSTIN AMERICAN STATESMAN
— Democrats must confront their privilege – David Brooks (COMMENT: I should write a book about the success that Democrats and RINOs have had in taking over DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. Their success was shown last year by their tremendous promotion of LGBTQ in downtown Wheaton. Their success was show this year by their stopping Republicans from helping sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks.)
https://www.statesman.com/story/opinion/2021/11/09/brooks-democrats-must-confront-their-privilege/6337368001/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: One of the Democratic Party’s core problems is that it still regards itself mainly as the party of the underdog. But as the information-age economy has matured, the Democratic Party has also become the party of the elite, especially on the cultural front. Democrats dominate society’s culture generators: the elite universities, the elite media, the entertainment industry, the big tech companies, the thriving elite places like Manhattan, San Francisco and Los Angeles. In 2020, Joe Biden won roughly one-sixth of the nation’s counties, but together those counties generate roughly 71% of the nation’s GDP. As the Democrats have become more culturally and economically dominant, many people at tippy-top private schools and super-expensive colleges have flamboyantly associated themselves with the oppressed. Thankfully, that has moved society to more aggressively pursue social and racial justice. Unfortunately, a tacit ideology — sometimes called wokeness — has been grafted on to this pursuit. It includes the notions that society is essentially a zone of conflict between oppressor and oppressed groups, that a person’s identity is predominantly about group identity and that slavery is the defining fact of American history. Because they dominate the cultural commanding heights, including some departments of education and the largest teachers unions, progressive views permeate schools, museums, movies and increasingly the public stances of large corporations. The Republican Party, like many right-populist parties across the Western world, has become a giant vessel of resistance against cultural, urban and information-age elites. Glenn Youngkin, the Republican who was just elected governor of Virginia, expressed that resistance when he said, “I believe parents should be in charge of their kids’ education.” When Democrats seem to be magnifying the education establishment’s control of the classroom and minimizing the role of parents, there’s going to be a reaction. Some of the reaction is pure racism, but a lot of it is pushback against elite domination and the tacit ideology. The results of last Tuesday’s elections show again that resistance against the elites can be a powerful force propelling Republicans to victory. In the final weeks leading up to Youngkin’s victory, education became one of the top issues for Virginia voters. The results also put the Donald Trump phenomenon in a new perspective. Trump was necessary to smash the old GOP and to turn the party into a vanguard of anti-elite resistance. But by 2020, with his moral degradation and all the rest, he was also holding back Republicans. If Republicans can find candidates who oppose the blue oligarchy but without too much Trumpian baggage, they can win over some former Biden voters in places like Virginia and New Jersey. Democrats would be wise to accept the fact that they have immense social and cultural power, and accept the responsibilities that entails by adopting what I’d call a Whole Nation Progressivism. America is ferociously divided on economic, regional, racial and creedal lines. The job of leaders is to stand above these divides and seek to heal them. The job of leaders is not to impose their values on everyone else; it is to defend a pluralistic order in which different communities can work out their own values.)
SEATTLE TIMES
— Ballard High principal retaliated against student for questioning whether assignment was racist, investigation finds – Monica Velez (COMMENT: My Democrat GAO superiors retaliated against me big time because in 1988 when I was 40 years old, I became an active member in a class action lawsuit that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. They threw me off audits of IRS, they gave me bad job assignments, they gave me unfair performance expectations, they gave me unfair performance evaluations, they always ranked me in the bottom half of my coworkers for pay-for-performance purposes, and they forced me to take the early retirement “offer” in 1997 when I was 49 years old.)
https://www.seattletimes.com/education-lab/ballard-high-principal-retaliated-against-student-for-questioning-assignment-investigation-finds/
GALLUP
— How Does Social Oppression Show Up in the Workplace? – Lisa Toppin (COMMENT: I should write a book about a) how conservative GAO Chicago office employees were socially oppressed 1980-1997, b) how conservative Milton Township Republican Organization members have been socially suppressed since 1999, and c) how conservative Wheaton, Milton Township, and DuPage County residents have been socially repressed since 1978.)
https://news.gallup.com/podcast/357137/social-oppression-show-workplace.aspx
GUARDIAN
— COMMENT: To be woke is 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.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2021/nov/09/woke-word-meaning-definition-progressive
WORKERS WORLD
— COMMENT: Hate-filled America-hating America-haters promote hatred against America.
https://www.workers.org/2021/11/60002/
