August 2 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Gov. Pritzker signs law expanding gun sale background checks, mental health funding in Illinois – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/gun-violence-jb-pritzker-background-check-mental-health/10925169/
— Senator Lindsey Graham tests positive for COVID-19 – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/lindsey-graham-covid-coronavirus-covid-19-us-senate/10925419/

NBC5
— Rod Blagojevich Files Lawsuit Seeking Right to Run for Office in Illinois Again
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/rod-blagojevich-files-lawsuit-seeking-right-to-run-for-office-in-illinois-again/2577146/

CBS2
— New Law Will Effectively End Immigrant Detention In Illinois (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America Illegally.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/02/immigrant-detention-law-gov-jb-pritzker-immigration-reform/

FOX32
— Biden administration has canceled $1.5B in student loan debt so far: Who could benefit next – Erika Giovanetti
https://www.fox32chicago.com/money/biden-cancels-student-loan-debt-who-benefits-next

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker signs law banning local jails from detaining people facing deportation. Three county jails have contracts with ICE to hold people facing deportation. – Stefano Esposito (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America Illegally.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/2/22606123/ice-detention-jails-detainees-facing-deportation-immigration-illinois-way-forward-act-pritzker-signs

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— US employers losing patience, ratchet up the pressure on the unvaccinated – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/vaccine/ct-aud-nw-us-employers-pressure-on-unvaccinated-20210802-oraw7vmsfjg6fgajgnqxmc7iuq-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Companies like Amazon are rethinking drug testing as cannabis use grows. – ROBERT CHANNICK (DIERSEN: To use pot is to impair yourself. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-weed-workplace-illinois-employer-testing-20210802-4dgevexdrfcyhc6o7he5q4hatu-story.html
— Why did Lightfoot claim 90% of Lollapalooza attendees were vaccinated? It was in a tweet. – REX HUPPKE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-lollapalooza-lightfoot-covid-chicago-vaccines-delta-variant-huppke-20210802-qwwrzlxmrreiljwrlugdvygini-story.html
— At least 55 people shot, 7 fatally, this weekend in Chicago. – KATHERINE ROSENBERG-DOUGLAS
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-shootings-violence-weekend-20210802-5b7f236nk5ejrohb5tphprplae-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— COVID-19 update: 79,040 more shots, 5,608 new cases, 11 additional deaths – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210802/covid-19-update-79040-more-shots-5608-new-cases-11-additional-deaths
— Aurora’s Paramount Theatre mandates COVID-19 vaccination for theatergoers. Will others follow? – Barbara Vitello
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210802/auroras-paramount-theatre-mandates-covid-19-vaccination-for-theatergoers-will-others-follow

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker signs law effectively ending immigrant detention across state – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America Illegally.)
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/08/02/new-illinois-law-effectively-end-immigrant-detention-state/5461227001/

WJOL
— Kinzinger Asks What Politicians Are Afraid Of Related To January 6th (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs are moral relativists who believe that their end justifies their means.)
https://www.wjol.com/illinois-rep-asks-what-politicians-are-afraid-of-related-to-january-6th/

NAPERVILLE COMMUNITY TELEVISION
— Face Coverings Required of Visitors to City Buildings in Naperville
https://www.nctv17.com/news/top-stories/face-coverings-required-of-visitors-to-city-buildings-in-naperville/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Pritzker Signs “Public Health Crisis” Gun Bill with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/02/pritzker-signs-public-health-crisis-gun-bill/
— Wilcox Explains Firearms Identification Bill Problems
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/29/wilcox-explains-firearms-identification-bill-problems/
— Unemployment Comp Rates May Soar
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/02/unemployment-comp-rates-will-soar/
–State Immigration Action
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/02/state-immigration-action/
— Ben & Jerry’s Israeli Boycott May Cost Parent Company Unilever Illinois Investments
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/01/ben-jerrys-israeli-boycott-may-cost-parent-company-unilever-illinois-investments/
— Illinois Gubernatorial Fundraising at a Glance Through June 30
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/01/gov080121/
— DeWitte Reports on Crystal Lake Town Hall Meeting
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/31/dewitte-reports-on-crystal-lake-town-hall-meeting/
— Illinois Now Has a “Chief Equity Officer”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/30/illinois-now-has-a-chief-equity-officer/
— Illinois Supreme Court 2nd District Gains Two Additional Candidates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/30/ilsupcourt073021/
— Looking at Unrest and Disparate Congressional Reactions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/30/looking-at-unrest-and-disparate-congressional-reactions/
— Tribune Continues to Obfuscate Cost of ComEd Rate Increases If “Energy” Bill Passes
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/30/tribune-continues-to-obfuscate-cost-of-comed-rate-increases-if-energy-bill-passes/
— Gubernatorial Candidate Paul Schimpf Coming to Barrington
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/29/gubernatorial-candidate-paul-schimpf-coming-to-barrington/
— Three Republican State Senators Say They Will Not Vote to Raise Electric Rates
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/07/27/three-republican-state-senators-say-they-will-not-vote-to-raise-electric-rates/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MIDST BORDER CHAOS, NEW ILLINOIS LAW ENDS STATE PARTNERSHIP WITH ICE; OPENS STATE’S DOOR WIDE TO ILLEGAL IMMIGRANTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/midst-border-chaos-new-illinois-law-ends-state-partnership-with-ice-opens-states-door-wide-to-illega.html
— THORNER: COMMUNISM OVERTAKES UNION-CONTROLLED GOVERNMENT SCHOOLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/thorner-communism-overtakes-union-controlled-government-schools.html
— MORE GOV’T DEBT AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/more-govt-debt-as-far-as-the-eye-can-see.html
— THE REVOLT OF THE UNWOKE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/the-revolt-of-the-unwoke.html
— THE PERPETUAL EMERGENCY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/the-perpetual-emergency.html

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/02/covid-19-roundup-84/
— Pritzker signs FOID compromise into law
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/02/pritzker-signs-foid-compromise-into-law/
— Miller, Bailey, Rabine and DeVore campaigns are gonna make for one long and comically ridiculous year
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/02/miller-bailey-rabine-and-devore-campaigns-are-gonna-make-for-one-long-and-comically-ridiculous-year/
— GOP legislators want stand-alone nuke/renewable bill – ICJC urges labor to dump carbon, get back to nuke issue – Senate to “keep discussions going” – Pritzker to unions: Pass my compromise bill *** Unions claim impasse on energy bill talks
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/02/unions-claim-impasse-on-energy-bill-talks/

FOX NEWS
— David Horowitz slams Biden’s ‘monstrous lie’ on White supremacy: Shifting blame to US for ‘personal atonement’ The author of ‘The Enemy Within: How A Totalitarian Movement Is Destroying America’ sounds off on wrongful claims of US racism – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/david-horowitz-joe-biden-white-supremacy

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden wants taxpayers to pay for lawyers for illegal aliens – Thomas Lifson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/biden_wants_taxpayers_to_pay_for_lawyers_for_illegal_aliens_.html

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— Science, The Foundation Of Western Civilization Is Crumbling – George Rasley
https://www.conservativehq.org/post/science-the-foundation-of-western-civilization-is-crumbling

DAILY CALLER
— Biden’s ‘Pandemic Of The Unvaccinated’ Doesn’t Include Illegal Immigrants, Apparently – BRADLEY DEVLIN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/02/joe-biden-coronavirus-pandemic-illegal-immigrants-infected-border-crisis-cdc/

TOWNHALL
— Disease Expert Tells CNN: Most Masks Don’t Really Work Against Wuhan Coronavirus – Katie Pavlich
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/08/02/cnn-guest-actually-cloth-masks-dont-really-work-against-wuhan-coronavirus-n2593473
— New Report on the Wuhan Lab Details ‘Greatest Coverup of All Time’ – Katie Pavlich|
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/katiepavlich/2021/08/02/new-report-wuhan-scientists-were-juicing-up-deadly-viruses-in-unsafe-conditions-n2593454

PATRIOT POST
— Woeful Immigration Enforcement Worsens Crisis. ICE touts 12,500 deportations while releasing 50,000 illegals into the U.S. without court dates. – THOMAS GALLATIN
https://patriotpost.us/articles/81647-bidens-woeful-immigration-enforcement-worsens-crisis-2021-08-02

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Biden’s secret immigration policy is a slap in the face of every American – Ed Brodow (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your church, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/02/bidens-secret-immigration-policy-is-a-slap-in-the-face-of-every-american-1112405/

EPOCH TIMES
— Sending Back the Cubans – Dinesh D’Souza
https://www.theepochtimes.com/sending-back-the-cubans_3928038.html

THE HILL
— Graham says he has COVID-19 ‘breakthrough’ infection – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/565969-graham-says-he-has-covid-19-breakthrough-infection

WASHINGTON POST
— America’s Hidden Crisis of Power and Place. Our country’s path to political influence involves defecting from your hometown and congregating in one of a handful of wealthy neighborhoods. It’s undermining trust in government — and corroding our democracy. – David Fontana (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents stress that none of my ancestors lived in DuPage County, that I have lived in DuPage County only since 1978 when I was 29 years old, that I have lived in my precinct only since 1984, that I have never worked in DuPage County, that I attended no schools in DuPage County, that attended no churches in DuPage County, and that I raised no children in DuPage County.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/magazine/2021/08/02/americas-hidden-crisis-power-place/
— How ‘race-norming’ was built into the NFL concussion settlement. The NFL and lawyers for former players blame the controversial practice on doctors. But both sides negotiated a settlement that guaranteed race would affect payouts — and defended the practice long after concerns were raised. – Will Hobson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2021/08/02/race-norming-nfl-concussion-settlement/

PATCH UNITED STATES
— New York, California, and Illinois lose Boomer population. Texas gains Millennials.
https://patch.com/us/across-america/new-york-california-illinois-lose-boomer-population

FORBES
— Denying The Abuses Of Critical Race Theory And Cancel Culture
https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2021/08/02/denying-the-abuses-of-critical-race-theory-and-cancel-culture/

NEWSWEEK
— Ex-Illinois Governor, Who Trump Freed from Jail, Files Lawsuit to Run for Office Again
https://www.newsweek.com/ex-illinois-governor-who-trump-freed-jail-files-lawsuit-run-office-again-1615491

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— COVID-19: Two-Thirds of Democrats Want Mandatory Masks, Even After Vaccination
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/current_events/covid_19/covid_19_two_thirds_of_democrats_want_mandatory_masks_even_after_vaccination

August 2 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 49 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend across city, CPD says
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-gun-violence-police-weekend/10924475/

NBC5
— Pritzker Skips Lollapalooza ‘Out of an Abundance of Caution’ Amid Rising COVID Cases
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/pritzker-skips-lollapalooza-out-of-an-abundance-of-caution-amid-rising-covid-cases/2575327/

CBS2
— Chicago Police Report 461 Shootings In July, A 15% Increase From Last Year
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/01/chicago-shootings-crime-statistics-july/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Over 1,000 victims, 126 dead, just 2 convictions: 6 years of mass shootings in Chicago. Despite the skyrocketing number of shootings wounding four or more people in the city, the Chicago Police Department’s chief of detectives said solving the cases isn’t prioritized over other shootings. – Tom Schuba and Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/8/2/22559312/mass-shooting-victims-gun-violence-crime-cpd-police-department-clearance-murder-arrest

NPR ILLINOIS
— Black Leaders Question Whether Biden Will Fulfill Campaign Promises To Black Voters – Juana Summers (DIERSEN: It should be illegal to make campaign promises to use government to give preference to voters because of their race, gender, age, national origin, religion, income, net worth, length of time that they or their ancestors have been in America, etc.)
https://www.nprillinois.org/2021-08-01/black-leaders-question-whether-biden-will-fulfill-campaign-promises-to-black-voters

WIREPOINTS
— Illinois Unconcerned As Communication and ‘Science’ Behind COVID Policy Slip Toward Chaos – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/illinois-unconcerned-as-communication-and-science-behind-covid-policy-slip-toward-chaos-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— FACT CHECK: PRITZKER CLAIMS BALANCED BUDGETS; STATE REPORTS SHOW HE’S WRONG – Adam Schuster and Luke Schafer
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/fact-check-pritzker-claims-balanced-budgets-state-reports-show-hes-wrong/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Shocking Political Diatribe by Bio Teacher in Illinois High School – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/education/shocking-political-diatribe-by-bio-teacher-in-illinois-high-school/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS SCHOOL DISTRICT BEGINS HOLOCAUST-STYLE POLICY FOR VACCINATED VS. UNVACCINATED STAFF
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/illinois-school-district-begins-holocaust-style-policy-for-vaccinated-vs-unvaccinated-staff.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Virus numbers worsen rapidly with delta variant but nowhere near peak
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/1/covid-19-delta-variant-hospitalizations-deaths-far/

FOX NEWS
— UNC donors slammed creeping ‘Marxism’ amid debate over tenure for Nikole Hannah-Jones, emails show. Donors asked, ‘how has the Board allowed Marxism to take root at UNC?’ – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.foxnews.com/us/unc-donors-creeping-marxism-nikole-hannah-jones-tenure-debate-emails

AMERICAN THINKER
— A new video with the best pushback yet against Critical Race Theory – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/a_new_video_with_the_best_pushback_yet_against_critical_race_theory.html
— Will Bill Maher save the left? – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/will_bill_maher_save_the_left.html
— How to spot a domestic terrorist on social media – Rob Jenkins
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/how_to_spot_a_domestic_terrorist_on_social_media.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Incompetence + Arrogance = Woke. Politically correct ideology is masking and contributing to the widespread failure of our institutions. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/01/incompetence-arrogance-woke/

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— Critical Race Theory erases U.S. Civil War, abolitionist movement’s successes – Spencer Irvine
https://www.academia.org/critical-race-theory-erases-u-s-civil-war-abolitionist-movements-successes/

DAILY WIRE
— American Medical Association Blasted After Calling For Removing Sex From Birth Certificates
https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-medical-association-blasted-after-calling-for-removing-sex-from-birth-certificates

FEDERALIST
— Forcing Kids To Push Leftist Causes Is Not Civics No Matter How Many Think Tanks Say Otherwise. The Fordham Institute slyly advocates for action civics, also known as ‘protest civics,’ in its assessment of each state’s content standards. – Peter Wood and David Randall
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/02/forcing-kids-to-push-leftist-causes-is-not-civics-no-matter-how-many-think-tanks-say-otherwise/
— Zuckerbucks Aren’t Just Tampering With Elections, They’re Tampering With Your Kids’ Education – Sloan Rachmuth and Savannah Hulsey Pointer
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/02/zuckerbucks-arent-just-tampering-with-elections-theyre-tampering-with-your-kids-education/

TOWNHALL
— An Invitation to Anarchy – Terry Paulson
https://townhall.com/columnists/terrypaulson/2021/08/02/an-invitation-to-anarchy-n2593413

ONE NEWS NOW
— Strong families are the key to a strong America (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters do everything that they can to destroy traditional marriage and to destroy the traditional family.)
https://onenewsnow.com/culture/2021/08/02/strong-families-are-the-key-to-a-strong-america
— Since when do Catholics condone abortion? An abortion clinic watchdog group is exposing the suspicious relationship between an Illinois abortuary and a Catholic-affiliated hospital. – Charlie Butts
https://onenewsnow.com/pro-life/2021/08/02/since-when-do-catholics-condone-abortion

COLLEGE FIX
— Critical race theory bigwig says those who oppose COVID lockdowns are like slave owners
https://www.thecollegefix.com/critical-race-theory-bigwig-says-those-who-oppose-covid-lockdowns-are-like-slave-owners/
— UNC journalism dean asked ABC News to ‘protect’ Nikole Hannah-Jones – JENNIFER KABBANY (DIERSEN: Republican king-makers want me to protect their rising stars.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/unc-journalism-dean-asked-abc-news-to-protect-nikole-hannah-jones/
— Tennessee implements critical race theory limits, draws praise from social studies teacher – MALAYSIA TALBERT
https://www.thecollegefix.com/tennessee-implements-critical-race-theory-limits-draws-praise-from-social-studies-teacher/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Inside the Conservative Campaign to Take Back School Boards from Classroom Closers, CRT Activists – RYAN MILLS
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/inside-the-conservative-campaign-to-take-back-school-boards-from-classroom-closers-crt-activists/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Want Your Country Back? #FlyYourFlag – Frank Miele (DIERSEN: An American flag has flown at my home each and every day since September 11, 2001.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/02/want_your_country_back_flyyourflag_146175.html

POST MILLENNIAL
— Bill Maher SLAMS woke culture as something ‘that belongs in Stalin’s Russia’ This is called a purge. It’s a mentality that belongs in Stalin’s Russia. How bad does this atmosphere we are living in have to get before the people who say, ‘cancel culture is overblown,’ admit that is, in fact, an insanity that is swallowing up the world.”
https://thepostmillennial.com/watch-bill-maher-slams-woke-culture-as-something-that-belongs-in-stalins-russia

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Harvard Lecturer Attacked for Saying There Are Two Sexes. “To ignore or downplay the reality of sex and sex-based differences is to perversely handicap our understanding and our ability to increase human health and thriving,” Harvard lecturer Carole Hooven said in a recent interview. – Stacey Matthews
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/harvard-lecturer-attacked-for-saying-there-are-two-sexes/

THE HILL
— Threats of violence spark fear of election worker exodus – JOHN KRUZEL
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/565722-threats-of-violence-spark-fear-of-election-worker-exodus

NEW YORK TIMES
— Workplace vaccine mandates reveal a divide among workers.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/02/business/economy-stock-market-news#workplace-vaccine-mandates

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White-haters use CRT and 1619 to promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/02/white-republicans-white-democrats-are-moving-farther-apart-race-or-is-that-just-an-education-gap/

NEW YORK POST
— It’s Democrats, Biden admin’s border policies spreading COVID – Miranda Devine (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois?)
https://nypost.com/2021/08/01/democratic-super-spreaders-devine/
— The CDC needlessly creates panic – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/08/01/the-cdc-needlessly-creates-panic-and-other-commentary/
— Public schools must shape kids who love America and our founding – Josh Hawley
https://nypost.com/2021/08/01/sen-hawley-public-schools-must-shape-kids-who-love-america-and-our-founding/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Portland, Ore., Can’t Find Police for Unit to Fight Rising Murder Rate – Zusha Elinson (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/portland-ore-cant-find-police-for-unit-to-fight-rising-murder-rate-11627896601
— FRONT PAGE: Companies Pay New Workers Higher Wages, and Current Employees Ask, ‘What About Us?’ – Lauren Weber and Omar Abdel-Baqui
https://www.wsj.com/articles/companies-pay-new-workers-higher-wages-and-current-employees-ask-what-about-us-11627810202
— ‘The Deadline Effect’ Review: Countdown to Zero Hour – Dave Shiflett (DIERSEN: What deadlines have you set for yourself? Mine include putting together and sending out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter by noon each morning and my 9:00 PM each evening.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-deadline-effect-review-countdown-to-zero-hour-11627597186
— Should There Be a Mandatory Retirement Age for Senior Executives? – Brandon Cline and Matteo Tonello
https://www.wsj.com/articles/retirement-age-senior-executives-11627489957
— Callow youths, sold on the value of a sheepskin, have borrowed small fortunes to attend college. Was it worth it? Will the loans ever be repaid? – Daniel Akst
https://www.wsj.com/articles/book-review-two-on-student-debt-11627851659

NEWSWEEK
— Demographics Are the GOP’s Destiny—If They Embrace It – PHILIP PILKINGTON (DIERSEN: Those who want Republicans to lose want Republicans to a) curry favor with minorities by dumping Whites, b) curry favor with women by dumping men, c) curry favor with younger people by dumping older people, d) curry favor with LGBTQers by dumping heterosexuals, e) curry favor with those who have less money by dumping those who have more money, f) curry favor with Trump-haters by dumping those who do not hate Trump, g) curry favor with liberals and moderates by dumping conservatives, h) curry favor with those who are not married by dumping those who are married, i) curry favor with non-Christians by dumping Christians, j) currying favor with non-Protestants by dumping Protestants, k) currying favor with non-Italian Americans and non-German Americans by dumping Italian Americans and German Americans, l) currying favor with veterans by dumping non-veterans, and m) currying favor with those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time by dumping those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. I should write a book about leaders of the following who talk and/or act like they have taken the above advice: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party.)
https://www.newsweek.com/demographics-are-gops-destinyif-they-embrace-it-opinion-1613168

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, White-haters use CRT and 1619 to promote hatred against Whites.
https://www.insidehighered.com/views/2021/08/02/attacks-critical-race-theory-are-threat-american-democracy-opinion

WORLD SOCIALIST WEB SITE
— Lollapalooza 2021: A superspreader event, thanks to Illinois Democrats – Kristina Betinis
https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2021/08/02/chic-a02.html

August 1 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Fauci warns ‘things are going to get worse’ with COVID. He doesn’t believe lockdowns are likely to return, however. – Molly Nagle
https://abc7chicago.com/dr-fauci-on-delta-variant-prediction-covid-lockdown-vaccines/10923268/
— Chicago pushes for more COVID-19 vaccinations to avoid another shutdown. Mayor calls out 6 zip codes lagging behind in vaccinations. – Maher Kawash
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-covid-vaccine-delta-variant-avoid-shutdown/10923536/

FOX32
— Facebook rejects Illinois police group’s ‘officer of the year’ post over ‘sensitive social issues’ – Dom Calicchio
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/facebook-rejects-illinois-police-groups-officer-of-the-year-post-over-sensitive-social-issues-report

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Why did Lollapalooza go forward in a pandemic? It’s about the money. Our elected officials stared down warnings from respected health experts like Dr. Emily Landon, who said a mass gathering like Lolla, even outdoors, was unsafe. – Laura Washington
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/1/22602527/lollapalooza-go-forward-in-a-pandemic-mayor-lori-lightfoot-laura-washington-column
— If a CEO is making millions a year, a company can handle a tax hike without hurting workers. When a top executive is paid 3,000 times more than the average hourly-wage worker, it all looks quite self-serving. – Beth Najberg, Near North Side
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/1/22601984/america-tax-liability-anthony-rizzo-race-school-letters
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/1/22598912/immigration-daca-dreamers-pathway-citizenship-reconciliation-package-editorial

DAILY HERALD
— Kane, Lake counties now at ‘substantial’ COVID-19 risk, rounding out surge in all suburbs – Neil Holdway
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210731/kane-lake-counties-now-at-substantial-covid-19-risk-rounding-out-surge-in-all-suburbs

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP should challenge Democrats’ redistricting plan in state court – Jim Nowlan
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-nowlan-gop-should-challenge-democrats-redistricting-plan-in-state-court/article_c7e71379-1e1e-5c82-a987-87c2dd91b306.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Rep. Adam Kinzinger wants to probe actions of Trump allies on Jan. 6. Says Capitol investigation subpoenas should include GOP leaders, if necessary. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/1/rep-adam-kinzinger-wants-probe-actions-trump-allie/

FOX NEWS
— Critical race theory capitalists, rich CEOs and more — what is US wokeness really about? The woke madness coincides with an epidemic of crises that go largely ignored as a distracted America cannibalizes itself. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/critical-race-theory-capitalist-rich-ceos-woke-movement-victor-davis-hanson
— Vicky Hartzler speaks out on her push to ban critical race theory in military schools. Students should be taught to be proud of America: Hartzler
https://www.foxnews.com/media/vicky-hartzler-ban-critical-race-theory-military-schools

BREITBART
— American Medical Association Gets Woke: Remove Biological Sex from Birth Certificates – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/01/american-medical-association-gets-woke-remove-biological-sex-birth-certificates/

BLAZE
— Democratic prosecutor Kimberly Foxx sues to prevent Donald Trump from receiving $1M tax return owed to him – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-tax-return-chicago-building

DAILY CALLER
— Kinzinger Suggests Subpoenas For McCarthy And Jordan But Not Trump In Jan. 6 Probe – ALEX ASGARI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/01/kinzinger-subpoenas-mccarthy-jordan-trump-jan-6-riot-probe/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Tucker Carlson: Dems used COVID to take the WH and more – Michael F. Haverluck
https://onenewsnow.com/media/2021/08/01/tucker-carlson-dems-used-covid-to-take-the-wh-and-more

NEW YORK POST
— GOP Sen. Susan Collins rips Nancy Pelosi’s ‘partisan’ Capitol riot probe – Sam Raskin
https://nypost.com/2021/08/01/gop-sen-susan-collins-rips-pelosis-partisan-riot-probe/
— Kinzinger supports issuing Jan. 6 subpoenas to McCarthy, others – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2021/08/01/kinzinger-supports-issuing-jan-6-subpoenas-to-mccarthy-others/

DALLAS OBSERVER
— Flyers Threatening White Highland Park Parents Who Send Their Kids to the Ivy League Reek of Fakeness – STEVEN MONACELLI
https://www.dallasobserver.com/news/whos-behind-dallas-justice-nows-dont-send-white-kids-to-ivy-league-controversy-12098228

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How to Fight Critical Race Theory’s New Hegemony – Geoff Shullenberger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/critical-race-theory-crt-gramsci-hegemony-11627684680

FORBES
— Kinzinger Supports Capitol Riot Panel Subpoenaing Top Republicans – Andrew Solender
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/08/01/kinzinger-supports-capitol-riot-panel-subpoenaing-top-republicans/

NEWSWEEK
— Why Millennials and Gen Z Aren’t Proud to Be American (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote hatred against not only Republicans, but against America.)
https://www.newsweek.com/patriotism-gap-millennials-gen-z-baby-boomers-gen-x-1611749
— Republican Adam Kinzinger Backs Subpoenaing Kevin McCarthy in Jan. 6 Probe
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-adam-kinzinger-backs-subpoenaing-kevin-mccarthy-jan-6-probe-1615038

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/republicans-now-want-get-vaccine-also-keep-lying/

August 1 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Donald Trump’s political organization builds war chest topping $100 million – CNN
https://abc7chicago.com/trump-2024-political-organization-100-million-war-chest-save-america-pac/10922885/
— Chicago shootings: 44 shot, 4 fatally, in weekend violence across city
https://abc7chicago.com/44-shot-4-fatally-in-weekend-gun-violence-chicago-police/10922870/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Trump-haters demonize, denigrate, and condemn the unvaccinated.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-vaccination-cultural-war-st-0727-20210726-ipjbtvr6hbfpdaboiks66zpjya-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210801/immigration-is-our-universal-american-story
— HARDCOPY EDITORIAL TITLE: Why do we have people with no health expertise deciding whether our kids wear masks?
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210731/editorial-putting-schools-in-the-middle-of-mask-controversies

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Progressive Dems camp out on Capitol steps, call for extending federal eviction moratorium – Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/31/progressive-democrats-camp-out-capitol-steps-call-/
— Republicans slam DOJ ruling on Trump’s taxes as politically motivated – Dave Boyer (DIERSEN: The following was politically motivated: a) 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; b) my Democrat IRS superiors did not promote me beyond GS-12, disallowed my education deductions in 1978, got rid of my mentor in 1975, and disallowed my partial day per diem claims in 1974; and c) my Democrat Post Office superiors forced me to resign in 1969 and disallowed my sick leave requests in 1969 and 1968.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/30/republicans-slam-justice-ruling-trumps-taxes-polit/

FOX NEWS
— San Francisco activists gather at Pelosi’s home to serve ‘eviction notice’ Homeless advocates want House speaker to reconvene Congress to pass an extension to the eviction moratorium. – Marisa Schultz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/san-francisco-activists-pelosi-home-eviction-notice
— Ilhan Omar backs ‘guaranteed income,’ pitches bills to send $1,200 monthly checks to most Americans. The program would also be available to those without banking accounts, undocumented immigrants who file taxes and those ‘experiencing housing instability’ – Brie Stimson (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ilhan-omar-guaranteed-income-1200-monthly-checks

AMERICAN THINKER
— The Stakes for Donald Trump versus Social Media – Wayne Avrashow (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are anti-conservative and they side with Social Media against Trump.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/the_stakes_for_donald_trump_versus_social_media.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Great Awokening. Wokeism is a new world religion engaged in a stealth conquest of America, the West, and the Judeo-Christian tradition. – Bruce Abramson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/31/the-great-awokening/
— Protecting Us From COVID: Politics and Reality. Americans may be allowed to feel skepticism as we watch self-identified Democrats running to mask up again. – Paul Gottfried
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/31/protecting-us-from-covid-politics-and-reality/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump PACs Raise $82 Million in 2021; $102 Million Cash on Hand – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/01/donald-trump-pacs-raise-82-million-in-2021-102-million-cash-on-hand/
— Democrats’ Blatant Border Wall Hypocrisy Jeopardizing Our National Security – MARK MORGAN
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/07/31/exclusive-mark-morgan-democrats-blatant-border-wall-hypocrisy-jeopardizing-our-national-security/
— Woke Harvard Professor Slams Colleague for Embracing Two Biological Sexes – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/31/woke-harvard-professor-slams-colleague-for-embracing-two-biological-sexes/
— Vegans May Be Exempt from Compulsory Vaccines, Law Firm Claims – VICTORIA FRIEDMAN
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/07/31/vegans-may-be-exempt-from-compulsory-vaccines-protected-belief-law-firm-claims/
— The Case for Demanding Covid-19 Reparations from Communist China – JAMES P. PINKERTON
https://www.breitbart.com/health/2021/07/31/pinkerton-the-case-for-demanding-covid-19-reparations-from-communist-china/
— Republican 2022 Migration Pitch: More Border Funds, Nothing Else – NEIL MUNRO (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Republicans should not seek or accept money from donors who reject planks in the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/31/gop-2022-migration-pitch-more-border-funds-nothing-else/
— Joe Biden’s DHS Deports 147 Migrants, Admits Thousands Daily – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/08/01/dhs-mayorkas-deports-147-migrants-admits-84000-in-june/
— Berlin Bans Anti-Lockdown Protests Despite Allowing Biden-Backed LGBT Pride Parade – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/01/berlin-bans-anti-lockdown-protests-after-allowing-lgbt-pride-parade/

BLAZE
— Bill Maher tears apart ‘woke’ Olympics: Exposes absurdity of ‘cultural appropriation,’ says cancel culture ‘belongs in Stalin’s Russia’ – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/bill-maher-woke-olympics-cultural-appropriation
— Sen. Ron Johnson says Americans have lost trust in CDC, other health agencies: ‘They are hiding something’ – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/ron-johnson-cdc-fauci-emails-masks

DAILY WIRE
— Large Democrat-Run Cities Lag Nation In Job Recovery – Ben Zeisloft
https://www.dailywire.com/news/large-democrat-run-cities-lag-nation-in-job-recovery
— Maher Torches ‘Woke’ Culture: ‘This Is Called A Purge. It’s A Mentality That Belongs In Stalin’s Russia.’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/maher-torches-woke-culture-this-is-called-a-purge-its-a-mentality-that-belongs-in-stalins-russia

TOWNHALL
— Liberal Twitter Up in Arms As Bill Maher Trends Again For Mercilessly Mocking the Woke Left – Scott Morefield
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/scottmorefield/2021/07/31/liberal-twitter-up-in-arms-as-bill-maher-trends-again-for-mercilessly-mocking-the-woke-left-n2593406

PJ MEDIA
— A Day in the Life of a Low-Information Voter – MARK ELLIS (DIERSEN: Those who read GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are high-information voters.)
https://pjmedia.com/columns/mark-ellis/2021/07/31/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-low-information-voter-n1466131
— Biden Appoints Man to Religious Freedom Commission for One Reason: He Publicly Criticized Trump – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/07/31/biden-appoints-man-to-religious-freedom-commission-for-one-reason-he-publicly-criticized-trump-n1466024
— Liberals Worlwide Are Ramping Up the Panic About COVID Stats. Here Are Some Fast Facts. – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/07/31/liberals-worlwide-are-ramping-up-the-panic-about-covid-stats-here-are-some-fast-facts-n1466132

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Maher Compares Cancel Culture To Purge In Stalin’s Russia (DIERSEN: In the organizations that you are a member of and in the governments that you are under, who cancels people? I should write a book about past and present leaders of the following who cancel people: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. I would focus on those who have canceled me.)
https://www.oann.com/maher-compares-cancel-culture-to-purge-in-stalins-russia/

COLLEGE FIX
— Biden invites radical professors to judge U.S. racial climate – DAVE HUBER (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about them.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/biden-invites-radical-professors-to-judge-u-s-racial-climate/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Critical Race Theory Promotes Evil, Despicable Lies – Deroy Murdock
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/07/31/critical_race_theory_promotes_evil_despicable_lies_548379.html

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Democrats’ Appalling Vote to Kill the Hyde Amendment
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/the-democrats-appalling-vote-to-kill-the-hyde-amendment/
— A ‘Reparations’ Plan Designed to Help the Activist Left, Not Minorities – MIKE STENHOUSE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/a-reparations-plan-designed-to-help-the-activist-left-not-minorities/
— How Biden’s COVID-Testing Mandate Violates Civil Rights – ROGER SEVERINO
https://www.nationalreview.com/bench-memos/how-bidens-covid-testing-mandate-violates-civil-rights/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— New poll shows declining support for Jan 6 commission, voter remorse skyrockets – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/31/new-poll-shows-declining-support-for-jan-6-commission-voter-remorse-skyrockets-1111476/
— Harvard evolutionary biology professor trashed for not spewing ‘woke’ ideas about gender – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/31/harvard-evolutionary-biology-professor-trashed-for-not-spewing-woke-ideas-about-gender-1111530/
— ‘This is crazy’: Tucker takes CDC to task over COVID jab efficacy. – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/31/this-is-crazy-tucker-takes-cdc-to-task-over-covid-jab-efficacy-1111392/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U.S. Navy Charges Sailor in Connection with USS Bonhomme Richard Blaze. The man remains unidentified. The amphibious assault ship burned for more than four days. – Leslie Eastman
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/us-navy-charges-sailor-in-connection-with-uss-bonhomme-richard-blaze/
— DOJ Sues Texas To Continue Private Transport of Illegal Migrants Despite COVID Risks. Texas Gov. Abbott: “The Biden Administration has created a constitutional crisis between the federal government and the State of Texas. This stems from the Biden Administration’s refusal to enforce immigration laws and allow illegal immigrants with COVID-19 to enter our country.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/doj-sues-texas-to-continue-private-transport-of-illegal-migrants-despite-covid-risks/

THE HILL
— Biden hits resistance from unions on vaccine requirement – KARL EVERS-HILLSTROM
https://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/565744-biden-hits-resistance-from-unions-on-vaccine-requirement
— Bill Maher mocks ‘woke’ attitude at Olympics – JORDAN WILLIAMS
https://thehill.com/homenews/media/565762-bill-maher-mocks-woke-attitude-at-olympics
— New mask guidelines trigger backlash – PETER SULLIVAN
https://thehill.com/policy/healthcare/565712-new-mask-guidelines-trigger-backlash

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden, Republicans and the Pandemic Blame Game – Reid J. Epstein (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame Trump for the pandemic, and therefore blame conservatives for the pandemic.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/us/politics/biden-republicans-coronavirus.html
— Who Are the Unvaccinated in America? There’s No One Answer. – Julie Bosman, Jan Hoffman, Margot Sanger-Katz and Tim Arango (DIERSEN: Of course, if you say that you are vaccinated, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that you are lying: 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/us/virus-unvaccinated-americans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Trump has more than $100 million in political cash after first six months of 2021. The sizable war chest reveals how the former president has reaped financial rewards while claiming the election was stolen from him. – Isaac Stanley-Becker and Anu Narayanswamy
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/31/trump-committees-fundraising-2021-fec/

NEW YORK POST
— Harvard lecturer blasted by colleague for defending existence of biological sex – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2021/07/31/harvard-lecturer-blasted-for-defending-existence-of-biological-sex/
— Activist Shaun King lives lavishly in lakefront New Jersey home – Isabel Vincent (DIERSEN: How lavishly have you lived? My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates always charged me with living lavishly. They hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that IRS should not have promoted me in 1972, 1973, or 1974 and b) that GAO should not have promoted me in 1986.)
https://nypost.com/2021/07/31/activist-shaun-king-lives-lavishly-in-lakefront-nj-home/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Trump Has $102 Million in Political Cash as GOP Eyes Midterm Elections. Despite election loss and social-media ban, former president remains draw for Republican donors. – Chad Day and Alex Leary
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-has-102-million-in-political-cash-as-gop-eyes-retaking-congress-11627778776

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Big Business makes it clear that it wants cheap labor and that it panders to those 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.forbes.com/sites/ikebrannon/2021/07/31/extending-dacas-protection-creates-jobs-and-tax-revenue-for-the-us-economy/

STANDARD SPEAKER
— How racist is America? – DAVID BROOKS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, you have to answer “very” to the aforesaid question or Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will destroy you.)
https://www.standardspeaker.com/how-racist-is-america/article_16f55b2f-f107-55eb-b548-3ed46d2010ad.html

HARTFORD COURANT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, you have to say that America is racist or Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will destroy you.
https://www.courant.com/opinion/op-ed/hc-op-america-right-and-wrong-cangelosi-20210801-uup7rta2abgkro3wehb4ycshdy-story.html

NERD WALLET
— How to have a retirement worth saving for – LIZ WESTON
http://www.elpasoinc.com/news/ap_wire/business/liz-weston-how-to-have-a-retirement-worth-saving-for/article_a5430e03-fa35-5336-b463-1042ba994beb.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: LIVE PURPOSEFULLY Without work-imposed structure, some people start to drift, with one day blurring into the next. Setting goals and taking steps to achieve them can help restore a sense of purpose and achievement, O’Neill says. O’Neill started her post-Rutgers life by setting five goals: finishing the book she was writing; staying active in financial education; cultivating friendships; “doing lots of fun things and new things”; and staying healthy by walking 10,000 steps daily, eating healthy foods and getting at least 7 hours of sleep each night. (Tending to your physical well-being is key: 81% of retirees in a 2014 Merrill Lynch study cited good health as a key ingredient for a happy retirement.) Achieving specific, measurable goals can help people redefine their concept of productivity, which is important to many people’s sense of self-worth, O’Neill says. Goals also can help offset a tendency to put things off. People who are used to saving and delayed gratification may have trouble “flipping the switch” to spending and enjoying their lives, O’Neill says. But time, good health and energy aren’t infinite. Many people in her 55+ community in Ocala, Florida, struggled during the pandemic not just because their plans were canceled, but because of an acute awareness that the clock was ticking, she says. “It wasn’t just two years lost, it was two good years,” O’Neill says. “You don’t know how many of those you have left.”)

July 31 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Ammunition shelves bare as US gun sales continue to soar – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/ammunition-shortage-gun-sales-ammo-for-sale-buy/10921769/

WGN RADIO
— Eviction Moratorium with Judge McClusky
https://wgnradio.com/lets-get-legal/eviction-moratorium-with-judge-mcclusky/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— ‘Get on board or move along’: Chicago bars, restaurants start serving vaccinated only, requiring masks amid COVID-19 burst – JOSH NOEL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-vaccinated-only-restaurants-bars-masks-requirement-covid-19-chicago-20210731-za7zpnjb6vcrtiv6nhg5h24ioi-story.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP border hawks urge leadership to drop illegal-immigrant amnesty from $3.5T social welfare bill – Mica Soellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/30/gop-border-hawks-urge-congress-leaders-to-nix-ille/
— Trump says House Dems ‘dishonestly’ portrayed call to acting attorney general on election results – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/31/trump-house-dems-dishonestly-portrayed-call-acting/

FOX NEWS RADIO
— Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ): Cheney & Kinzinger “Chose To Be Outside The Big Tent” (DIERSEN: Trump-haters do not tolerate those who do not hate Trump.)
https://radio.foxnews.com/2021/07/30/rep-andy-biggs-r-az-cheney-kinzinger-chose-to-be-outside-the-big-tent/

PJ MEDIA
— Justice Department Sues Texas Over Abbott’s Attempts To Get Control of Border Surge – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/07/31/justice-department-sues-texas-over-abbotts-attempts-to-get-control-of-border-surge-n1466111

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Minnesotans File Lawsuits After Facing Retaliation For Speaking Out Against CRT
https://www.oann.com/minnesotans-file-lawsuits-after-facing-retaliation-for-speaking-out-against-crt/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— DECEMBER 21, 2020 FLASHBACK: The Great American Divorce? – JAY NORDLINGER  (DIERSEN: I should write ab book about those who have had the most success in dividing the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/12/the-great-american-divorce/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The country is clearly divided, though not between haves and have-nots: There are rich, poor, and in between on either side. The country is divided between “red” and “blue,” “conservative” and “liberal,” Fox and CNN, etc. We are divided not just by culture and politics, but also by geography. Those of like mind tend to live together. Americans are hived off.)

EPOCH TIMES
— Illinois Rental Housing Providers Welcome End of Eviction Moratorium – MARTHA ROSENBERG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/illinois-rental-housing-providers-welcome-end-of-eviction-moratorium_3927410.html

THE HILL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats say “62 percent of Americans favor affirmative action programs.” My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action, that is, they reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.
https://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/565628-62-percent-of-americans-favor-affirmative-action-programs

POLITICO
— Trump political groups raised $82M in first half of 2021. Led by Save America PAC, the former president’s new political outfit, the three groups have over $100 million in the bank. – ALEX ISENSTADT and MERIDITH MCGRAW
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/31/trump-political-groups-82-million-501958

YAHOO NEWS
— Rep. Jim Jordan says Trump is not to blame for Capitol insurrection (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://news.yahoo.com/rep-jim-jordan-says-trump-124601637.html

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Trump commands historic attention for an ex-president. That may hurt the GOP.” How hard will Trump-hating leaders of the following work to get rid of activists, candidates, elected officials, party leaders, political consultants, major donors, fundraisers, campaign managers, campaign staff members, campaign volunteers, precinct committeemen, voters, etc. who do not hate Trump: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization?
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/31/politics/trump-media-attention-analysis/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Trump Raised $56 Million Online in First Half of 2021. The former president raised far more money online than any other Republican, federal records show, and more than each of the three main fund-raising arms of the Republican Party itself. – Shane Goldmacher and Rachel Shorey
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/us/politics/trump-donations.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Real Republicans are pro-law enforcement. Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs are anti-law enforcement.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/opinion/republicans-police-capitol-riot-trump.html
— How Strong Is Trump’s Grip on the G.O.P.? – Ross Douthat
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/opinion/sunday/donald-trump-2024.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Republican-haters say “Already Distorting Jan. 6, G.O.P. Now Concocts Entire Counternarrative. In the Republicans’ disinformation campaign, the arrested Capitol rioters are political prisoners and Speaker Nancy Pelosi is to blame for the attack.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/31/us/politics/jan-6-capitol-riot-pelosi.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use the Delta Variant to turn everyone against Republicans.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/will-delta-variant-turn-americans-against-one-another/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— After Navalny, Challenging Russia’s Putin Is Getting Even Harder. Opposition leaders have been detained, media sidelined and legal rights groups forced to disband in run-up to parliamentary elections in September. – Ann M. Simmons
https://www.wsj.com/articles/after-navalny-challenging-russias-putin-is-getting-even-harder-11627464602

FORBES
— Leading From The Minority – David Michels (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, conservatives, that is, platform Republicans like me, are in the minority in the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/davidmichels/2021/07/26/leading-from-the-minority/

NEW YORKER
— Can Affirmative Action Survive? – Nicholas Lemann (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents promote Affirmative Action, that is, they reject the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform, that is, they promote political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/02/can-affirmative-action-survive

PBS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/minorities-struggle-for-headway-in-the-legal-weed-business

COLDWELL BANKER
— FOR RENT: 1107 Golf Lane Wheaton – $2,500/Month
https://www.coldwellbankerhomes.com/il/wheaton/1107-s-golf-ln-w/pid_42598124/

July 31 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Businesses weigh asking customers to put masks back on in light of new CDC guidelines. ‘For most people, this is a huge step backward.’ – LAUREN ZUMBACH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-covid-pandemic-business-mask-requirements-20210730-fz5ye3y7ubfajfrl6olegbqh4y-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago production of Teatro ZinZanni now requiring proof of vaccination for guests. Other theater companies are following suit or requiring mandatory masking for all patrons, crew and staff. – Miriam Di Nunzio (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans who are the following who say that they are vaccinated are lying: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/30/22602221/teatro-zinzanni-requires-proof-of-vaccination-for-guests-covid-19-safety

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote Kinzinger.
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210731/kinzinger-a-true-american-patriot

WTTW
— Push for Reparations in Chicago Derailed by Opposition from Mayor: Advocates, Aldermen – Heather Cherone (DIERSEN: From what I see, sooner or later, those who run your municipality will impose reparations. The more of the following that residents are, the more reparations they will be forced to pay: 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 Whites whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Further, residents whose ancestors owned slaves will be forced to pay far more reparations.)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/07/30/push-reparations-chicago-derailed-opposition-mayor-advocates-aldermen-0

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— The race gap in home appraisals is personal for Bobby Rush. Citing his own experience, the Illinois congressman is calling for a federal probe into how the real estate industry undervalues Black-owned homes. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/race-gap-home-appraisals-personal-bobby-rush

SOUTHLAND JOURNAL
— ‘We need all hands on deck:’ Illinois Tea Party invites volunteers to help with Voterpalooza 2021
https://thesouthlandjournal.com/we-need-all-hands-on-deck-illinois-tea-party-invites-volunteers-to-help-with-voterpalooza-2021/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Canada fines 2 Americans $20K each for providing false vaccination documents. – ADAM FORGIE (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans who are the following who say that they are vaccinated are lying: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/canada-fines-2-americans-20k-each-for-providing-false-vaccination-documents

WGLT
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage young people to hate Republicans.
https://www.wglt.org/local-news/2021-07-30/bloomington-high-schoolers-dive-into-local-politics-with-online-journal
— Top Official Says ISU Does, In Fact, Have COVID-19 Vaccine Requirement – Charlie Schlenker, Ryan Denham (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans who are the following who say that they are vaccinated are lying: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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/2021-07-30/q-a-top-official-says-isu-does-in-fact-have-covid-19-vaccine-requirement

CHICAGO PATCH
— 90% Of Lollapalooza Fans Showed Proof Of Vaccination Thursday. Everyone attending the festival needs a negative COVID test from the last 72 hours or proof of vaccination to enter.
https://patch.com/illinois/chicago/90-lollapalooza-fans-showed-proof-vaccination-thursday

COLLEGE OF DUPAGE COURIER
— College of DuPage to require masks, vaccines. (DIERSEN: What about members of protected groups who refuse.)
https://codcourier.org/news/breaking-college-of-dupage-to-require-masks-vaccines/

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz & Martin discuss the issues that may make Gov. Pritzker vulnerable to a current or new 2022 GOP GOV opponent.
https://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/07/watch-berkowitz-martin-discuss-the-issues-that-may-make-gov-pritzker-vulnerable-to-a-current-or-potential-new-2022-gop-gov-opponent-cable-web/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— D87 Transparency Group accuses district of changing grading policies and not being open with the community – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/605921432-d87-transparency-group-accuses-district-of-changing-grading-policies-and-not-being-open-with-the-community

FOX NEWS
— Cheney and Kinzinger: The latest turncoat Republicans the media suddenly loves. Sens. Mitt Romney and John McCain had similar treatment. – Lindsay Kornick
https://www.foxnews.com/media/media-finds-sudden-respect-for-turncoat-republicans
— Gutfeld on media pushing their COVID agenda
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/gutfeld-on-media-pushing-covid-agenda
— CNN’s Don Lemon clashes with John Kasich over unvaccinated Americans: They’re ‘conservative Republican Whites’ ‘If you don’t want to do it, then you must face the repercussions,’ Lemon told unvaccinated Americans. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans who are the following who say that they are vaccinated are lying: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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/media/cnn-don-lemon-john-kasich-unvaccinated-conservative-republican-whites

BREITBART
— Minnesotans Take ‘Propaganda’ of Critical Race Theory to Court – DR. SUSAN BERRY
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/30/minnesotans-take-propaganda-of-critical-race-theory-to-court/

BLAZE
— NFL quarterback opposed to getting COVID-19 vaccine says he finally got the shot after league ‘forced my hand’ – DAVE URBANSKI (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, a) will Democrat/RINO schools officially get rid of Republicans who are not fully vaccinated, b) will Democrat/RINO employers officially get rid of Republicans who are not fully vaccinated, c) will Democrat/RINO organizations officially get rid of Republicans who are not fully vaccinated, and d) will Democrat/RINO governments officially get rid of Republicans who are not fully vaccinated?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/quarterback-ryan-tannehill-vaccine-nfl-forced-my-hand

CHRISTIAN POST
— ‘Antiracists are the new racists’: Black civil rights veteran Bob Woodson slams CRT – Michael Gryboski
https://www.christianpost.com/news/civil-rights-veteran-bob-woodson-attacks-crt-as-new-racists.html
— Ousted Episcopal school teacher slams woke curriculum: ‘There is no math without objectivity’ – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/news/ousted-episcopal-school-teacher-slams-woke-curriculum.html

DAILY CALLER
— Minnesotans File Lawsuits Aimed At ‘Confronting CRT-Inspired Bullying’ – SHAKHZOD YULDOSHBOEV
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/30/minnesota-lawsuits-critical-race-theory/

DAILY SIGNAL
— ‘Communism Taking Root in America,’ Critical Race Theory Foe Warns – Douglas Blair
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/30/communism-taking-root-in-america-critical-race-theory-foe-warns/

DAILY WIRE
— GOP Urges Education Department To Investigate CRT Complaints. Biden Introduces Civil Rights Nominee Who May Approve Of CRT. – Chrissy Clark
https://www.dailywire.com/news/gop-urges-education-department-to-investigate-crt-complaints-biden-introduces-civil-rights-nominee-who-may-approve-of-crt

NEW AMERICAN
— Illegal-alien Invasion Worsens. Border Agents Bag More Than 800 in One Day; 20K Last Week – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/illegal-alien-invasion-worsens-border-agents-bag-more-than-800-in-one-day-20k-last-week/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Minnesota Lawsuits Allege Critical Race Theory Teaches Racism, Intolerance. The lawsuits come from people in healthcare, the state government, and. school district: “I see a racist and divisive ideology of race essentialism taking over our nation and my institution.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/minnesota-lawsuits-allege-critical-race-theory-teaches-racism-intolerance/

EPOCH TIMES
— California Parents Are Pulling Children From Public Schools – VANESSA SERNA
https://www.theepochtimes.com/california-parents-are-pulling-children-from-public-schools_3926943.html

POLITICO
— GOP lawmaker challenges McCarthy over ‘bulls—‘ mask mandate enforcement. There’s mounting fury on the right about efforts to enforce the new House requirement as Covid’s Delta variant spreads. – OLIVIA BEAVERS
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/29/chip-roy-kevin-mccarthy-mask-mandate-501536

NEW YORK TIMES
— Broadway Audiences Will Need Proof of Vaccination and Masks. Children under 12, who cannot be vaccinated, can show a negative test to attend. But the Metropolitan Opera and Carnegie Hall plan to bar them for now. – Michael Paulson (DIERSEN: Of course, Democrats and RINOs will hint/imply/argue/shout that Republicans who are the following who say that they are vaccinated are lying: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, 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/2021/07/30/theater/broadway-audiences-vaccine-requirement.html

NEW YORK POST
— Big Tech widens censorship – Editorial (DIERSEN: Big Tech blacklists those who do not carry out their blacklist orders.)
https://nypost.com/2021/07/30/big-tech-widens-censorship-and-other-commentary/

WASHINGTON POST
— Narrowing the U.S. wealth gap is important. Narrowing the racial wealth gap is urgent. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats are officially moving toward officially using government to officially take money away from Republicans and to officially give that money to Democrats, and especially to give that money to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, liberal, non-married, poor, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, criminals, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/30/us-wealth-gap-race/
— An apology to Native Americans was buried in a 2010 defense bill. Now, some want the president to say it aloud. – Emily McFarlan Miller (DIERSEN: If I sought a government office or a political office, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would stress a) that my ancestors on my father’s side homesteaded a farm in southeast Crete Township in 1854, b) that they sold that land in 1864 and bought land just northeast of downtown Crete, c) that my grandfather had a house built on that land in 1926, d) that I lived in that house 1954-1972, and e) that I inherited half interest in that house in 2016.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/an-apology-to-native-americans-was-buried-in-a-2010-defense-bill-now-some-want-the-president-to-say-it-aloud/2021/07/30/2094d60a-f163-11eb-bf80-e3877d9c5f06_story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Crime Is No Longer a Family Business in Chicago. The Syndicate was brutal, but it wasn’t random and ubiquitous like violence in the 21st century. – Joseph Epstein
https://www.wsj.com/articles/crime-murder-chicago-capone-syndicate-lightfoot-violence-urban-11627679077
— On Censorship, Big Tech Has It Both Ways. The companies enjoy the privileges of common carriers without the responsibilities. State antidiscrimination laws are one promising remedy. – Philip Hamburger and Clare Morell
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tech-twitter-facebook-google-youtube-sec-230-common-carrier-11627656722
— A Distorted View of Wealth Inequality. Include pensions and Social Security, and the figures are less stark. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-distorted-view-of-wealth-inequality-working-paper-social-security-pensions-11627679769

BLOOMBERG
— When Will China Rule the World? – Eric Zhu and Tom Orlik (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs have absolutely no problem with Communist China ruling the world.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2021-07-05/when-will-china-s-economy-beat-the-u-s-to-become-no-1-why-it-may-never-happen

FOX ST. PAUL
— Rep. John Thompson agrees to apologize for calling GOP member a racist – Theo Keith (DIERSEN: To call a Republican a racist in America today is like calling someone a Jew in Germany during the 1920s,1930s, if not 1940s.)
https://www.fox9.com/news/thompson-agrees-to-apologize-for-calling-gop-member-a-racist

JOURNAL INQUIRER
— Lincoln and progress refute fans of ‘critical race theory’ – Chris Powell
https://www.journalinquirer.com/opinion/chris_powell/lincoln-and-progress-refute-fans-of-critical-race-theory/article_d0da9e7e-f17b-11eb-b49f-a7b5e7efc5ac.html

POST REGISTER
— Idaho: Indoctrination task force shifts to higher ed – BLAKE JONES
https://www.postregister.com/news/education/indoctrination-task-force-shifts-to-higher-ed/article_982d63b5-e823-5e73-9699-388a3a539e07.html

WTSP
— Sen. Marco Rubio introduces bill that targets ‘racially hostile school environments’, critical race theory. The bill would prompt investigations of parent and student complaints against curriculum that promotes divisive concepts.
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/politics/sen-marco-rubio-introduces-bill-targets-racially-hostile-school-environments-critical-race-theory/67-2bec0c4e-b7bd-44ae-9ce3-8f914b9715ca

WAPT
— Lawmakers work to stop critical race theory from entering classrooms – Keegan Foxx
https://www.wapt.com/article/lawmakers-work-to-stop-critical-race-theory-from-entering-classrooms/37184136#

CONSERVATIVE WOMAN
— How to defeat the activist media – Donna Edmunds (DIERSEN: I should write a book about politicians who paint themselves as being champions of the oppressed, that is, who paint themselves as being champions of mask wearers, vaccinated people, BLMers, CRTers, 1619ers, reparationers, minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, veterans, moderates, liberals, those who are not married, those who have dependents, those who have financial, health, and/or other problems, those who are in America illegally, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, dog owners, criminals, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, etc.)
https://www.conservativewoman.co.uk/how-to-defeat-the-activist-media/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A workable solution, therefore, to the problem of the activist media must necessarily be one in which postmodern theory is jettisoned in favour of a new approach. One which abandons the neo-Marxist oppressor/oppressed paradigm, and the ‘us v them’ mentality it fosters. One which rejects the denial of objective truths to which we can all hold. Truth, beauty, reason all exist, and we must not be afraid to say so.)

July 30 Evening Edition

ABC7
— CDC COVID risk map: Cook Co. announces ‘universal’ mask guidance regardless of vaccination status. CDC mask guidelines recommend indoor masking where there is ‘substantial’ or ‘high’ COVID-19 transmission. – Jessica D’Onofrio, Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-cook-county-cdc-mask-guidelines-mandate/10918696/
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,348 cases, 8 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10919452/

NBC5
— Chicago Recommends All Residents Wear Masks Indoors, Regardless of Vaccination Status
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/chicago-recommends-all-residents-wear-masks-indoors-regardless-of-vaccination-status/2573282/

FOX32
— Illinois reports 11,682 coronavirus cases, 39 deaths in the past week
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-reports-11682-coronavirus-cases-39-deaths-in-the-past-week

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago issues indoor mask advisory for everyone over 2; COVID-19 cases up nearly 50% in Illinois over the past week – DAN PETRELLA, GREGORY PRATT and JOE MAHR
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-chicago-illinois-cases-masks-20210730-qsya3g3yj5b6vcqmzgzanar5f4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— State orders $1 million tax refund for Trump, county moves to block it. If Trump ends up with the tax refund, it would come out of taxes due to the city of Chicago and eight other government agencies; Chicago Public Schools stand to lose the biggest chunk of money — about $540,000. – Tim Novak
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/30/22602534/trump-property-tax-refund-1-million-cook-county-lawsuit-chicago-illinois-attorney-general

RIVER BENDER
— U.S. Rep. Rodney Davis: Democrats Claiming State Election Integrity Laws As ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Is Dangerous Election Subversion
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/us-rep-davis-democrats-claiming-state-election-integrity-laws-as-jim-crow-20-is-dangerous-election-subversion-52032.cfm

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— NEW ILLINOIS “OFFICE OF EQUITY” WILL PROMOTE DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION ACROSS STATE GOVERNMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/new-illinois-office-of-equity-will-promote-diversity-equity-and-inclusion-across-state-government.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Just out of the Governor’s office this Friday afternoon. Will work on a response in upcoming Illinois Review stories. At first glance, it appears Governor Pritzker is taking the state of Illinois even further into a Leftist mindset – something that is of no surprise to attentive conservative Illinoisans. Some are seeing it immediately as ushering in a state government guided by the Critical Race Theory so many are opposing in school curriculum.)
— ROSSI: SIGNIFICANTLY MORE AMERICANS WANT CONGRESS TO INVESTIGATE BLM RIOTS THAN THE CAPITOL RIOTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/rossi-significantly-more-americans-want-congress-to-investigate-blm-riots-than-the-capitol-riots.html
— PARKER: THE PERVERSE AGENDA OF BLACK LIVES MATTER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/parker-the-perverse-agenda-of-black-lives-matter.html
— COALITION CALLS ON FEDS TO CEASE COLLUSION WITH SOCIAL MEDIA PLATFORMS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/07/coalition-calls-on-feds-to-cease-collusion-with-social-media-platforms.html

FOX NEWS
— Lawsuits filed against CRT in Minnesota allege it promotes harassment, intolerance. – Emma Colton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/minnesota-lawsuits-critical-race-theory-retaliation-discrimination
— Critical race theory mutilates centuries-old legacy of interracial cooperation. Critical Race Theory is a religion without forgiveness. – Deroy Murdock
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/critical-race-theory-interracial-cooperation-deroy-murdock

GOPUSA
— Numbers Don’t Lie: Facebook Censoring My Unwelcomed Opinions (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, in Wheaton, in Milton Township, in DuPage County, and in Illinois, conservative opinions are not welcome.)
https://www.gopusa.com/numbers-dont-lie-facebook-censoring-my-unwelcomed-opinions/

AMERICAN THINKER
— Nation-building and illegals-enabling: Kamala Harris’s big migrant-surge ‘strategy’ report – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/07/nationbuilding_and_illegalalien_enabling_kamala_harriss_big_migrantsurge_strategy_report.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Attorney General Garland Threatens Action Against Texas Governor Abbott Over State Enforcement of Border Security – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/30/attorney-general-garland-threatens-action-against-texas-governor-abbott-over-state-enforcement-of-border-security/
— House of Representatives Passes Bill to Allow Illegal Aliens to Work as Staffers – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/30/house-of-representatives-passes-bill-to-allow-illegal-aliens-to-work-as-staffers/

DAILY CALLER
— House Republicans Protest Mask Mandates And ‘Pelosi’s Political Rules’ In The Capitol Building – GABRIELLE TEMAAT
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/29/house-republicans-protest-mask-mandates-capitol-building/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Critical Race Theory Mutilates Centuries-Old Legacy of Interracial Cooperation – Deroy Murdock
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/30/critical-race-theory-mutilates-centuries-old-legacy-of-interracial-cooperation/

NEWSMAX
— Biden Extends COVID Travel Restrictions, but Not for Illegals. – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/platinum/biden-covid-travel-restrictions-migrants/2021/07/30/id/1030554/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— White House struggles to answer why vaccinated Americans must mask up while infected migrants are let go – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/30/white-house-struggles-to-answer-why-vaccinated-americans-must-mask-up-while-infected-migrants-are-let-go-1110844/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— NY Times Op-Ed Reveals Endgame of Border Crisis: Let Illegals Vote. “it’s time for Democrats to radically expand the electorate” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/ny-times-op-ed-reveals-endgame-of-border-crisis-let-illegals-vote/

EPOCH TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD WITH BIG COLOR PICTURE: Taxes Separate Dying Illinois From Thriving Missouri. High taxes, political corruption, and disastrous local policies drive decline in southern Illinois as nearby Missouri prospers. – JACKSON ELLIOTT
https://www.theepochtimes.com/taxes-separate-thriving-missouri-from-dying-illinois_3918621.html
— FRONT PAGE: Thousands of Illegal Aliens Force Proxy Ports of Entry to Form Along Border – CHARLOTTE CUTHBERTSON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/on-mexican-side-of-border-a-well-worn-path-to-cross-illegally_3920687.html
— President of the Orange County Board of Education: CRT Is Marxism That Endangers the US – LINDA JIANG
https://www.theepochtimes.com/president-of-the-orange-county-board-of-education-crt-is-marxism-that-endangers-the-us_3923146.html

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Rep. Boebert: Kinzinger and Cheney A “Cancer To Our Party,” Should Be Expelled From Our Conference – Tyler Stone
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/07/30/rep_boebert_kinzinger_and_cheney_a_cancer_to_our_party_should_be_expelled_from_our_conference.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, outrageously, Democrats blame crime and its aftermath on police.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/investigations/interactive/2021/police-shootings-since-2015/
— CDC study shows three-fourths of people infected in Massachusetts covid-19 outbreak were vaccinated – Carolyn Y. Johnson, Yasmeen Abutaleb, Joel Achenbach
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/07/30/provincetown-covid-outbreak-vaccinated/
— Congress should get Trump’s tax returns, Biden Justice Department says – Devlin Barrett (DIERSEN: In 1978, the Democrats who ran IRS’s Chicago office disallowed my education deductions. They never would have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/trump-tax-returns-congress/2021/07/30/c476873e-f15c-11eb-81d2-ffae0f931b8f_story.html

July 30 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Conservatives want to boot IL Rep. Kinzinger, Cheney from House GOP after joining Jan. 6 commission. Rep. Liz Cheney, Kinzinger voted to impeach former President Donald Trump. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/repubs-want-to-boot-kinzinger-from-house-gop-after-jan-6-hearing/10918988/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Rep. Mary Miller joins Freedom Caucus call to punish her Illinois GOP colleague, Rep. Adam Kinzinger. Rep. Rodney Davis, R-Ill., “does not support efforts to remove Rep. Kinzinger from his committee assignments or the Conference,” said Davis spokesman Aaron DeGroot. – Lynn Sweet (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have called for the following to punish me for what I have done to help elect Republicans since 2000: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc. Ever-increasingly, they blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/7/29/22601083/rep-mary-miller-joins-freedom-caucus-call-to-punish-illinois-gop-colleague-rep-adam-kinzinger
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: How close are the Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who run your municipality to forcing the Republicans in your municipality to pay reparations?
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/7/29/22596605/evanston-reparations-racism-black-community-letter
— State’s new ‘thought leader’ on equity focused on ‘long game:’ Moving Illinois from diversity to equity. Nearly three and a half months after joining Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s administration, Sekile Nzinga will get to put her theory into practice as head of a new office of equity that the governor plans to create Friday through an executive order. – Rachel Hinton (DIERSEN: What does equity mean? For example, does it mean that the percentage of minorities, females, LGBTQers, etc. who pass the CPA and Certified Internal Auditor examinations on their first attempt must be the same percentage as those who are White, male, heterosexual, etc.? Does it mean that the percentage of minorities, females, LGBTQers, etc. who UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, and IIT accept must be the same percentage as those who are White, male, heterosexual, etc.? Does it mean that the percentage of minorities, females, LGBTQers, etc. who the Post Office, Firestone Stores, IRS, and GAO hire and promote must be the same percentage as those who are White, male, heterosexual, etc.?)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/7/30/22600702/illinois-chief-equity-officer-sekile-nzinga-diversity-equity-inclusion-pritzker-executive-order
— Vallas to Lightfoot: Stop using pandemic as ‘excuse’ for police hiring slowdown. Former mayoral challenger Paul Vallas, a lead contract negotiator for the Fraternal Order of Police, said there are 1,000 vacancies among rank-and-file officers — and that 143 budgeted positions at the rank of sergeant remain unfilled. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: During the 1990s, the Democrats who ran GAO used Republican-led budget cuts to get rid of the agency’s employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran and who not made GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few GAO employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/fran-spielman-show/2021/7/29/22600723/vallas-lightfoot-chicago-police-fraternal-order-fop-contract-vacancies-officers-sergeants-hiring

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Masks up for debate again at suburban districts after CDC calls for universal masking in schools – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-suburban-school-mask-policies-debated-20210729-t5dg7ekcyrfzndwhjwmwmie4aq-story.html

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— So, who’s going to take Pritzker down? One of these three (Gary Rabine, Darren Bailey, Paul Schimpf) would like to try. Despite having plenty of material to work with, the three Republicans lining up to challenge the governor have a lot to prove. And that’s barring the late entry of a congressman who’s said to be weighing a run. – GREG HINZ (DIERSEN: Who will the Republican candidates be on the June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballot in your precinct?)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/so-whos-going-take-pritzker-down-one-these-three-would-try

WGN9
— Illinois law boosts affordable housing construction – AP (DIERSEN: What do you say to present and past municipal officials who talk and/or act like they want to fill your neighborhood, your precinct, your municipal district, and/or your municipality with Democrats, that is, with members of protected groups? Protected groups include those who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, BLMers, CRTers, 1619ers, reparations advocates, low-income, minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, citizens of foreign countries, non-Trump supporters, non-Christians, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and those who lack education, lack job skills, lack job experience, have financial problems, and/or have health problems.)
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/illinois-law-boosts-affordable-housing-construction-rehab/
— ‘Overwhelming’ demand for state program offering student loan relief for homebuyers – Gaynor Hall (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I earned a) working for IRS full-time for the previous 15 months, first in Chicago, and then in Harvey and b) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights part-time for the previous 18 months and full-time for the 7 months before that. That income also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola for the previous 9 months.)
https://wgntv.com/news/cover-story/overwhelming-demand-for-state-program-offering-student-loan-relief-for-homebuyers/

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— White House push probes “Capitol riot,” but continues to ignore the post-Floyd riots – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2021/07/29/white-house-push-probes-capitol-riot-but-continues-to-ignore-the-post-floyd-riots/

WBEZ
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Pot pushers push pot.
https://www.wbez.org/stories/what-state-cannabis-lottery-means-for-pot-landscape/7120e19e-27e8-4157-93af-378fb58f4d51
— Budget Breakdown: How Governments Spend To Prevent Gun Violence In Chicago – Patrick Smith
https://www.wbez.org/stories/gun-violence-prevention-spending-in-chicago-illinois/4aa8a450-8948-48c9-b62f-0ee41759e494

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Bailey talks policy, elections at Effingham campaign stop – Andrew Adams
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/bailey-talks-policy-elections-at-effingham-campaign-stop/article_4f86b5ca-f099-11eb-9f25-0719156846a7.html

WREX
— Illinois has second highest gas taxes, fees in the country
https://wrex.com/2021/07/29/report-illinois-has-second-highest-gas-taxes-fees-in-the-country/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois police group says Facebook blocking ad for Officer of the Year – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-police-group-says-facebook-blocking-ad-for-officer-of-the-year/article_1c09b440-f0a3-11eb-b4a4-a7acdfe5f71d.html

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— ROE V. WADE IN GOP’s SIGHTS – Shia Kapos (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have been the most successful in destroying Republicans who support the right to life plank in the Republican Party platform. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. I would focus on Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/07/30/facing-the-music-at-lolla-roe-v-wade-in-gops-sights-finally-a-cannabis-lottery-493791

JOHN KASS
— The City of Anarchy: Calling Chicago “Chiraq” is now an insult to Iraq
https://johnkassnews.com/the-city-of-anarchy/

WIREPOINTS
— Vaccine Proponents Would Be Wise To Remember A Key Doctrine Of Medical Ethics: ‘Informed Consent’ – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/vaccine-proponents-would-be-wise-to-remember-a-key-doctrine-of-medical-ethics-informed-consent/

FOX BUSINESS
— Major conservative group takes aim at government spending plans. Americans for Prosperity mounts ‘full court press’ against bipartisan infrastructure package and Democrats’ spending proposal. – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/major-conservative-group-takes-aim-at-government-spending-plans

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Republicans Will Defend Their Corporate Friends But Not Their Voters. Lindsey Graham goes to war for Chick-fil-A. – Paul Bradford (DIERSEN: Republican-haters can stress that no one came to my defense when Republican-haters stopped me from raising funds from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/28/republicans-will-defend-their-corporate-friends-but-not-their-voters/

BREITBART
— Neocon Bill Kristol Promises Tiny Wage Gain in Swap for Giant Amnesty – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/29/neocon-bill-kristol-promises-tiny-wage-gain-swap-giant-amnesty/

CNS NEWS
— Scalise: Illegals Bragging They Have COVID Can Enter U.S., But Americans Can’t Return Without Proof They’re COVID-Free – Craig Bannister
https://www.cnsnews.com/blog/craig-bannister/scalise-illegals-bragging-they-have-covid-can-enter-us-americans-cant-return

FEDERALIST
— Why Expect ‘Reform’ From Public Schools That Adopted Critical Race Theory? The only winning move is not to play. – Robert Busek
https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/29/why-expect-reform-from-public-schools-that-adopted-critical-race-theory/

NEWSMAX
— Saving Our National Hyde – Jerry Newcombe
https://www.newsmax.com/jerrynewcombe/hydeamendment-democrats-pelosi/2021/07/29/id/1030407/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Fall in Line: Big Tech Companies Implement New COVID-19 Policies to Control Employees – Kayla Sargent
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/kayla-sargent/2021/07/29/fall-line-big-tech-companies-implement-new-covid-19

HANNITY
— TED CRUZ: ‘Speaker Nancy Pelosi is Drunk on Power’
https://hannity.com/media-room/ted-cruz-speaker-nancy-pelosi-is-drunk-on-power/

PJ MEDIA
— Pelosi Cracks Down on Masks in Capitol, While Dems Allow COVID-Positive Illegals to Pour In – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/07/29/pelosi-cracks-down-on-masks-in-capitol-while-dems-allow-covid-positive-illegals-to-pour-in-n1465581
— Did the Texas Fleebagger Democrats Bring COVID to Washington From Biden’s Unprotected Border? – BRYAN PRESTON
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/bryan-preston/2021/07/29/did-the-texas-fleebagger-democrats-bring-covid-to-washington-from-bidens-unprotected-border-n1465499

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Biden Insists Vaccinated People Won’t Get Sick Or Die Despite Thousands Of COVID Hospitalizations, Deaths
https://www.oann.com/biden-insists-vaccinated-people-wont-get-sick-or-die-despite-thousands-of-covid-hospitalizations-deaths/

GATEWAY PUNDIT
— It Begins… Illinois Superintendent Will Hand Out Yellow ID Badges Based on Vaccination Status – Jim Hoft
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2021/07/begins-illinois-superintendent-will-hand-yellow-badges-based-vaccination-status/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— This Is What Critical Race Theory Looks Like. What a recently revealed public shaming of a white male student reveals about CRT ideology. – ARI BLAFF (DIERSEN: Are you White? If/when you are picked for public shaming by the Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, and/or RINO leaders of the following, how are you going to react: your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, and/or the governments that you are under?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/07/this-is-what-critical-race-theory-looks-like/

REAL CLEAR EDUCATION
— Hillsdale College’s 1776 Curriculum – John Hirschauer
https://www.realcleareducation.com/articles/2021/07/30/hillsdale_colleges_1776_curriculum_110614.html

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Jan. 6 Was Deplorable. It Was Not a Coup – David Harsanyi
https://www.creators.com/read/david-harsanyi/07/21/jan-6-was-deplorable-it-was-not-a-coup

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Capitol Police Will Arrest House Staffers, Visitors Who Break Pelosi’s Mask Mandate. Pelosi is becoming an efficient fascist! – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/07/capitol-police-will-arrest-house-staffers-visitors-who-break-pelosis-mask-mandate/

THE HILL
— Angst grips America’s most liberal city: Seattle – REID WILSON (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs who have had the most success in turning Wheaton into Seattle. Ever-increasing, the more of the following that you are, the more unwelcome that you are in Wheaton: 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://thehill.com/policy/equilibrium-sustainability/565550-rapid-change-churns-seattle-creating-political-turmoil

ROLL CALL
— What the latest numbers show on Hill staff diversity – Jim Saksa (DIERSEN: What percent of those who have power over you disapprove/hate your demographics? The following have power to punish you: your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, and the governments that you are under. I should write a book about a) those who have punished me the most and b) have made it the most clear that they disapprove/hate my demographics the most. They believe it is OK, if not mandated, to punish those who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, draft avoiders, 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.rollcall.com/2021/07/29/what-latest-numbers-show-hill-staff-diversity/

YAHOO NEWS
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters treat Kinzinger as being the spokesman for all Republicans.
https://news.yahoo.com/gop-rep-adam-kinzinger-says-120539547.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Biden Seeks to Revive Vaccine Effort With New Rules and Incentives. The president said those refusing to get a coronavirus shot should expect inconveniences as long as they decline a vaccine. – Michael D. Shear, Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Annie Karni (DIERSEN: What ever-increasingly strong inconveniences do the following have planned: your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, and governments that you are under?)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/us/politics/biden-vaccine-mandates.html
–C.D.C. Internal Report Calls Delta Variant as Contagious as Chickenpox. Infections in vaccinated Americans also may be as transmissible as those in unvaccinated people, the document said, and lead more often to severe illness. – Apoorva Mandavilli
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/health/covid-cdc-delta-masks.html
— ‘Covid With a Vengeance’ Consumes U.S. Politics. Rising case counts and stagnant vaccination rates could prove equally frustrating for President Biden and the G.O.P., making it impossible to shift the public’s attention to other priorities. – Alexander Burns
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/30/us/vaccines-biden-republicans.html
— Who Discriminates in Hiring? A New Study Can Tell. – Eduardo Porter (DIERSEN: From what I see, if you are looked for a job, the more of the following that you are, the less likely that you will be offered a job: 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/business/economy/hiring-racial-discrimination.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, the more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame you for COVID: 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://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/29/opinion/covid-vaccinations-republicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Here’s how the media can cover Republicans responsibly – Jennifer Rubin (DIERSEN: Everyone in Illinois sees that the leaders of the following do not want me to “cover Republicans:” Illinois House Republican Organization, Illinois Senate Republican Caucus, Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois. The aforesaid leaders see me as being far too conservative.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/07/29/what-would-responsible-coverage-look-like/

NEW YORK POST
— ‘Can’t spend halftime in opponent’s locker room’: GOP push to oust Cheney, Kinzinger – Juliegrace Brufke (DIERSEN I should write a book about RINOs in Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois who worked harder since 2000 against Republicans than against Democrats.)
https://nypost.com/2021/07/27/gop-pushes-to-oust-liz-cheney-adam-kinzinger-from-house-conference/

RAPID CITY JOURNAL
— Gov. Noem bans federal grants for critical race theory – Abby Wargo (DIERSEN: What are the following Republicans doing to stop CRT: the leaders of your school district, municipality, township, county, Illinois, and your congressional district?)
https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/gov-noem-bans-federal-grants-for-critical-race-theory/article_a4b1d5bc-3bcb-5bc4-8d06-6c98d75613df.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden Says Federal Employees Must Get Covid-19 Shots or Wear Masks, Test Regularly. President also called on state, local governments to make $100 payments to newly vaccinated Americans. – Sabrina Siddiqui and Paul Kiernan
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-calls-for-100-payments-for-newly-vaccinated-americans-11627586033
— The U.S. Economy’s Prospects Looked Bright, Until the Delta Variant Surged. GDP grew at a 6.5% annual rate in the second quarter, but slower growth is expected in coming months. – Sarah Chaney Cambon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/us-gdp-economic-growth-first-quarter-2021-11627508180

FORTUNE
— How ‘Gateway Pundit’ Used Vaccine And Election Misinformation To Earn $1.1 Million In Google Ad Revenue – Abram Brown (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes. There has never been advertising in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters or on www.gopillinois.com and there never will be. All the time and money needed for the newsletters and website comes from me. I should write a book about RINO major donors who fund my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2021/07/29/gateway-pundit-election-vaccine-covid-misinformation-google/

FORTUNE
— Tech companies mandate vaccines and masks to fend off delta variant – DAVE GERSHGORN
https://fortune.com/2021/07/29/google-facebook-tech-mandate-covid-vaccines-and-masks-delta-variant/

COLUMBIA JOURNALISM REVIEW
–Section 230 critics are forgetting about the First Amendment – Mathew Ingram (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have worked the hardest since 2000 a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading them.)
https://www.cjr.org/the_media_today/section-230-critics-are-forgetting-about-the-first-amendment.php

SALON
— What Is Adam Kinzinger’s Long Game Here? – JIM NEWELL (DIERSEN: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters want Kinzinger to turn everyone in Illinois into hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters, but failing that, to drive everyone out of Illinois who does not hate Trump.)
https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2021/07/adam-kinzinger-jan-6-committee-trump-election.html

JOURNAL OF ACCOUNTANCY
— Learning from Black CPA career role models. – Anita Dennis (DIERSEN: I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old. I became a licensed CPA in 1981 when I was 32 years old. My Democrat GAO superiors can stress that in 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” and then gave my job and my preferred corner office to my Black CPA subordinate.)
https://www.journalofaccountancy.com/news/2021/jul/black-cpa-career-role-models.html

GUARDIAN
— Top Republicans’ new tone on vaccines having little effect on hardcore holdouts. High-profile politicians have changed their tune on Covid inoculation but pollsters say part of their base remains unswayed. – Daniel Strauss
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/29/republicans-coronavirus-vaccine-hesitancy-base-pollsters

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 905 South Wheaton Avenue, Wheaton – $459,900
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448326_zpid/

July 29 Evening Edition

ABC7
— CDC COVID risk map shows Cook among Chicago area counties with ‘substantial’ COVID-19 transmission – Cate Cauguiran
https://abc7chicago.com/illinois-covid-mask-dupage-county-requirement-will/10916408/

FOX32
— Kinzinger commits to remaining in GOP: ‘I’m a Republican at heart’ – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-rep-adam-kinzinger-commits-to-remaining-in-gop-im-a-republican-at-heart

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Dig out the masks: Indoor face coverings now recommended in Cook County as COVID-19 cases keep rising. The CDC is now recommending masks to be worn indoors in 84 of the state’s 102 counties — including Cook, DuPage, McHenry and Will. – Mitchell Armentrou
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/7/29/22600522/cook-county-mask-mandate-covid-19-cdc-substantial-transmission
— 53 pot shop lottery winners announced, including some new players, some with deep ties to existing industry – Tom Schuba (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/7/29/22600767/lottery-cannabis-dispensary-illinois-pot-shop-social-equity

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Conservatives want to boot Reps. Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger from House GOP – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-cheney-kinzinger-jan-6-committee-20210729-a6garjmulnbxtlyoj56gvtn66e-story.html
— Biden says federal workers must be vaccinated against COVID-19 or face mandatory masking, weekly testing – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-biden-federal-workers-covid-20210729-a3h5im3xujgwncdvip23vzx3pe-story.html
— Chicago will get elected school board after Illinois governor signs long-sought measure into law over opposition from Mayor Lori Lightfoot – DAN PETRELLA and GREGORY PRATT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-elected-school-board-20210729-mmlh3r4zzbcq3mksuw2gregh7a-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Lawsuit over redistricting amended – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210729/lawsuit-over-redistricting-amended
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Des Plaines to promote cross-dressing.
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210729/a-relic-des-plaines-to-repeal-opposite-sex-clothing-ban

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— DISGUISING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois issues first round of new pot shop licenses. – JOHN PLETZ (DIERSEN: To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.)
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/marijuanacannabis/illinois-issues-first-round-new-pot-shop-licenses

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Watch now: New Illinois law to expand affordable housing through $75M investment, tax credits – JERRY NOWICKI (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, those who need affordable housing vote for Democrats.)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/watch-now-new-illinois-law-to-expand-affordable-housing-through-75m-investment-tax-credits/article_ab99eb74-46b6-5486-b2ca-8c5268b4c7e4.html

WREX
— Illinois GOP seeks review of potentially fraudulent jobless payouts – AP
https://wrex.com/2021/07/29/illinois-gop-seeks-review-of-potentially-fraudulent-jobless-payouts/

NORTH SHORE RECORD
— In contested vote, Wilmette trustees move toward allowing recreational cannabis sales – Martin Carlino
https://www.therecordnorthshore.org/2021/07/28/in-contested-vote-wilmette-trustees-move-toward-allowing-recreational-cannabis-sales/

DUPAGE POLICY JOURNAL
— Dead found voting in DuPage – Glenn Minnis
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/606115485-dead-found-voting-in-dupage
— D41 parent: ‘People should be outraged’ regarding ‘diversity’ program
https://dupagepolicyjournal.com/stories/606116744-d41-parent-people-should-be-outraged-regarding-diversity-program

WASHINGTON TIMES

— Biden backs adding amnesty into Democrats’ budget bill – Stephen Dinan

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/29/joe-biden-backs-adding-amnesty-democrats-budget-bi/

FOX NEWS
— Texas parents push back on school district for spending $2M on ‘equity consultants’ as academics lag. Fort Worth parents object to using money for critical race theory over reading and math help. – Joshua Q. Nelson
https://www.foxnews.com/media/texas-school-district-spending-equity-consultants-critical-race-theory

GOPUSA
— How The Left Has Used COVID-19 To Bankrupt The United States – Stephen Moore
https://www.gopusa.com/how-the-left-has-used-covid-19-to-bankrupt-the-united-states/

ACCURACY IN ACADEMIA
— 1619 Project founder praised Cuban socialism – Spencer Irvine
https://www.academia.org/1619-project-founder-praised-cuban-socialism/

BREITBART
— Dr. James Lindsay: Goal of CRT Is to Set Up ‘Dictatorship of the Anti-Racists’ – ALANA MASTRANGELO
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/07/29/exclusive-dr-james-lindsay-goal-crt-set-up-dictatorship-anti-racists/

BLAZE
— Biden admin sends back 27 Cubans escaping oppressive regime while releasing 50K migrants from elsewhere into US without court dates – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-administration-returns-27-cuban-migrants
— 6 times the media credited masks with stopping a pandemic that then spread even more – DANIEL HOROWITZ
https://www.theblaze.com/op-ed/horowitz-6-times-the-media-credited-masks-with-stopping-a-pandemic-that-then-spread-even-more
— ‘Come and get me’: Defiant Republicans react to ‘insane’ orders for Capitol Police to arrest House staff who refuse to comply with mask mandate – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/capitol-police-arrest-mask-mandate-reactions-republicans

CHRISTIANITY TODAY
— Christian designer to appeal after court says she must make pro-gay websites – Jennifer Lee (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrats file a lawsuit to force me to use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote LGBTQ, CRT, 1619, reparations, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform?)
https://www.christiantoday.com/article/christian.designer.to.appeal.after.court.says.she.must.make.pro.gay.websites/137175.htm

DAILY CALLER
— Democrats Are Promoting A Huge Lie About The Texas Anti-CRT Bill – VARUN HUKERI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/29/democrats-texas-anti-crt-kkk-racism-bill/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Trump’s Budget Director Demands to Know Why Education Department Promoted Critical Race Theory – Kendall Tietz
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/07/29/trumps-budget-director-demands-to-know-why-education-department-promoted-critical-race-theory/

ONE NEWS NOW
— Federal workers under intense pressure to take vaccines – AP
https://onenewsnow.com/ap/politics/federal-workers-under-intense-pressure-to-take-vaccines
— CRT: After public backlash, ‘bold march forward’ continues behind the scenes – Bob Kellogg, Billy Davis
https://onenewsnow.com/education/2021/07/29/after-public-backlash-bold-march-forward-continues-behind-the-scenes

NEW AMERICAN
— COVID Killing the Classroom: The Virus Is Making Homeschooling Go Viral – Selwyn Duke
https://thenewamerican.com/covid-killing-the-classroom-the-virus-is-making-homeschooling-go-viral/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Super sensitive Rep Adam Kinzinger calls Laura Ingraham’s mockery a ‘cold-hearted thing’ – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/07/29/super-sensitive-rep-adam-kinzinger-calls-laura-ingrahams-mockery-a-cold-hearted-thing-1110339/

CAMPUS REVIEW
— MAP: Critical Race Theory bans by state – Ben Zeisloft
https://campusreform.org/article?id=17892

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Countering the Whitewash of Critical Race Theory – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/countering-the-whitewash-of-critical-race-theory/

THE HILL
— Capitol Police asked to arrest the maskless – MIKE LILLIS
https://thehill.com/homenews/house/565450-capitol-police-asked-to-arrest-the-maskless
— Biden calls on states to offer $100 vaccine incentives – MORGAN CHALFANT
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/565492-biden-calls-on-states-to-offer-100-vaccine-incentives

SAGE JOURNALS
— OCTOBER 24, 2017 FLASHBACK: Who Shares and Comments on News?: A Cross-National Comparative Analysis of Online and Social Media Participation – Antonis Kalogeropoulos, Samuel Negredo, Ike Picone, Rasmus Kleis Nielsen (DIERSEN: GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters fill a tremendous void in Illinois, DuPage County, and Milton Township. It would be great if the Illinois Republican Party would regularly share far more government and political news and commentary articles that are of statewide interest. It would be great if the DuPage County Republican Central Committee would regularly share far more government and political news and commentary articles that are of countywide interest. It would be great if the Milton Township Republican Organization would regularly share far more government and political news and commentary articles that are of township-wide interest.)
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/2056305117735754
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Based on data from the 2016 Reuters Institute Digital News Report, and controlling for a range of factors, we find that (1) people who use social media for news and a high number of different social media platforms are more likely to also engage more actively with news outside social media by commenting on news sites and sharing news via email, (2) political partisans on both sides are more likely to engage in sharing and commenting particularly on news stories in social media, and (3) people with high interest in hard news are more likely to comment on news on both news sites and social media and share stores via social media (and people with high interest in any kind of news [hard or soft] are more likely to share stories via email).)

ZILLOW
— FOR SALE: 815 James Court, Wheaton – $430,000
https://www.zillow.com/wheaton-il/X1-SS1apc9gppw622z_3o1g1_sse/4448294_zpid/

July 29 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Naperville man charged in January 6 attack on US Capitol – Chuck Goudie and Barb Markoff, Christine Tressel and Ross Weidner
https://abc7chicago.com/naperville-man-charged-in-jan-6-attack-on-us-capitol/10915463/
— CDC mask guidelines: DuPage, McHenry, Will counties showing ‘substantial’ COVID-19 transmission
https://abc7chicago.com/health/dupage-mchenry-cos-at-substantial–level-of-covid-19-transmission/10916408/

CBS2
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/07/28/minority-owned-businesses-recreational-marijuana/

DAILY HERALD
— Speech suppression is habit-forming – Michael Barone (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, but failing that, they want to stop everyone from reading those newsletters, but failing that, they succeeded in a) stopping me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks, b) ending my TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairmanship, c) ending my Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee membership, d) ending my Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster service twice, e) ending my Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee membership, f) ending my American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board membership, and g) ending etc.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210729/speech-suppression-is-habit-forming

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Davis’ efforts to comfort police highlighted at meeting of panel probing Jan. 6 riot – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/07/28/jan-6-capitol-riot-police-officer-says-congressman-hugged-him/5398705001/
— Mandatory masks reinstituted at secretary of state facilities, Springfield Capitol Complex – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/07/29/illinois-mask-mandate-rising-covid-cases-reason-state-for-requirement/5410545001/

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Historians to Illinois lawmakers considering statue removal: Use this as ‘teaching moment’ – MAGGIE PROSSER (DIERSEN: From what I see, Democrats want to remove statutes of those who were 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.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/historians-to-illinois-lawmakers-considering-statue-removal-use-this-as-teaching-moment/article_00372df7-f599-5c05-8bea-771a0c79ee65.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— DOJ won’t defend Brooks in lawsuit over Capitol violence – AP (DIERSEN: By defending GAO in Diersen v. GAO, George W. Bush made it clear that he rejects the equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) plank in the Republican Party platform and that he supports patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/doj-wont-defend-brooks-in-lawsuit-over-capitol-violence

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP’s VAX CULTURE CLASH – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/07/29/gops-vax-culture-clash-exelon-this-is-not-a-bluff-casten-channels-fergie-493775
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Tweets and videos are putting the vaccine culture wars on full display. Some elected Republicans are speaking up in favor of getting the vax, while three GOP gubernatorial candidates say they haven’t been vaccinated — and probably won’t be. Congressman Rodney Davis tweeted “Please, get vaccinated. They’re safe and effective. Do it to protect your health and that of those around you so we can finally end this pandemic.” And just to be totally frank, he added, “Don’t give @JBPritzker an excuse to shut the economy down again.” State Rep. Avery Bourne tweeted a picture of herself getting the vaccine, saying “I’m vaccinated & I encourage others to get vaccinated too.” Meanwhile, a video surfaced (h/t Mark Maxwell) of a GOP campaign forum where gubernatorial candidates were asked if they had been vaccinated. Only former Republican state Sen. Paul Schimpf said he had been. The others — state Sen. Darren Bailey, businessman Gary Rabine, and attorney Max Solomon — all said no. The Illinois Republican Party didn’t mince words on its opinion about getting the vaccine. “We encourage people to get the vaccine to put the pandemic behind us,” a spokesman told Playbook. The vax clash comes as the debate and discussions about masks heat up. Republicans are united in not wanting to see Gov. J.B. Pritzker issue any more mandates.)

WIREPOINTS
— Overgenerous pensions: One reason why Illinois spends so much more on K-12 education than Florida – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/overgenerous-pensions-one-reason-why-illinois-spends-so-much-more-on-k-12-education-than-florida-part-2-wirepoints/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— COVID-19 mandates wade into uncertain legal territory. Biden, private employers face likely challenges over rights, approval status. – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/28/covid-19-mandates-wade-uncertain-legal-territory/
— White House releases ‘root causes’ plan to control migration from Central America – Stephen Dinan (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly Republican-haters illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/jul/29/white-house-releases-root-causes-plan-control-migr/

FOX NEWS
— Tucker: Americans should never be forced to take medicine they don’t want, period
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/tucker-americans-should-never-be-forced-to-take-medicine-they-dont-want-period

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The American Regime and Its Moral Ground. When the founders took up the task of framing a new Constitution, they had to draw upon those principles of law and moral truths that were there—as they had to be—before the Constitution. – Hadley Arkes
https://amgreatness.com/2021/07/28/the-american-regime-and-its-moral-ground/

BLAZE
— Poll shows more Americans want Black Lives Matter riots investigated than Jan. 6 Capitol riot — and it’s not close – PHIL SHIVER (DIERSEN: Who led the BLM riots in your county, in your township, and in your municipality?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/poll-blm-riots-capitol-riot-probe-support
— Side-by-side media coverage of BLM protests vs. Capitol riot
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-rubin-report/media-blm-capitol-protests
— Piers Morgan: If you refuse COVID-19 vaccine and catch the virus, you should be denied state-funded health care and pay for it yourself – DAVE URBANSKI (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the following officially get rid of the unvaccinated once and for all: a) your employer if you are still employed, b) the organizations that you are a member of, c) your municipality, d) your township, e) your county, f) Illinois, g) America, and h) the world?)
https://www.theblaze.com/news/piers-morgan-if-you-refuse-covid-19-vaccine-and-catch-the-virus-you-should-be-denied-state-funded-health-care-and-pay-for-it-yourself

DAILY CALLER
— House Republicans Unveil Bill To Finish Border Wall, Hire More Officers In Response To Biden’s ‘Destructive’ Policies – KAYLEE GREENLEE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/07/29/house-republicans-biden-policy-border-wall/

TOWNHALL
— What is American Wokeness Really About? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2021/07/29/victor-davis-hanson-what-is-american-wokeness-really-about-n2593268

NEWSMAX
— Rep. Babin to Newsmax: Biden Allowing COVID-Positive Illegal Migrants Into US – Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/us/illegals-covid19-border-joebiden/2021/07/28/id/1030345/
— The ACLU is Attacking Our 2nd Amendment Freedoms – Michael Dorstewitz
https://www.newsmax.com/michaeldorstewitz/blacks-constitution-gun-pistol/2021/07/28/id/1030279/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Nicolle Wallace Urges Dems: Make Republican ‘Domestic Terror Threat’ Your Midterm Theme – Mark Finkelstein
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/mark-finkelstein/2021/07/29/nicolle-wallace-urges-dems-make-republican-domestic-terror

FEDERALIST
— Why Keeping Critical Race Theory Away From Your Kids Requires A Lot More Than iPhone Activism
https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/28/why-keeping-critical-race-theory-away-from-your-kids-requires-a-lot-more-than-iphone-activism/
— Rep. James Clyburn Falsely Claims Critical Race Not Taught In Grade Schools, Says It’s A ‘Red Herring’ – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/07/28/rep-james-clyburn-falsely-claims-critical-race-not-taught-in-grade-schools-says-its-a-red-herring/

HANNITY
— CHICAGO’S TOP COP: Courts Releasing ‘People Charged With Murder’ Back onto the Streets
https://hannity.com/media-room/chicagos-top-cop-courts-releasing-people-charged-with-murder-back-onto-the-streets/

POLITICO
— Texas loss alarms Trump advisers worried about party clout. Trump’s chosen candidate lost to another Republican in Tuesday’s Texas House election. Now, his advisers are concerned about an Ohio race up next week. – ALEX ISENSTADT (DIERSEN: How are the following trending: your Republican township/ward party organization, your Republican county party organization, and the Illinois Republican Party (IRP)? From what I see based on my serving as an elected DuPage County Milton Township Republican Precinct Committeeman since 2000 and as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor since 2000, ever-increasingly, the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and IRP are ever-increasingly moving further to the left. Ever-increasingly, the leaders of the aforesaid talk and/or act like they want the Republican Party to dump the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Ever-increasingly, they say and/or do things that promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination. Everyone in Illinois sees how the MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. Everyone in Illinois sees the support that those got who stopped me from raising funds from Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks. Expect that as soon as they have enough votes, MTRO, DCRCC, and IRP leaders will pass resolutions that condemn Trump and glorify and praise Kinzinger.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/07/28/texas-loss-trump-republican-party-clout-501347

CNN
— Kinzinger says ‘a lot’ of Republicans have privately conveyed support for his January 6 stance – Paul LeBlanc
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/adam-kinzinger-republicans-january-6-cnntv/index.html
— Fact checking claims January 6 was not an armed insurrection – Holmes Lybrand
https://www.cnn.com/2021/07/28/politics/armed-insurrection-january-6-guns-fact-check/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Designer who won’t make same-sex wedding websites loses case (DIERSEN: How soon will Democrats file a lawsuit to force me to use my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters to promote LGBTQ, CRT, 1619, reparations, dependency on government, dependency on charity, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform?)
https://www.41nbc.com/designer-who-wont-make-same-sex-wedding-websites-loses-case/
— https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-government-and-politics-business-health-3bfa727e9b844216bc984fb30c82a895
— Biden woos working class with new ‘buy American’ efforts – JOSH BOAK (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hate General Motors, hate Ford, hate the UAW, hate American nameplate vehicles, and hate those who owned and/or own an American nameplate vehicle. I should write a book about the aforesaid haters.)
https://apnews.com/article/technology-joe-biden-government-and-politics-business-health-3bfa727e9b844216bc984fb30c82a895

YAHOO NEWS
— Kinzinger says Republicans thanking him in private for Capitol riot stance as he blasts ‘cold’ Fox News for mocking his tears – Maroosha Muzaffar
https://news.yahoo.com/kinzinger-says-republicans-thanking-him-123913943.html

NBC NEWS
— Pfizer says vaccine’s power wanes over time. Are you still protected? New research from Pfizer found a drop in protection after six months, although the vaccine remained highly effective against severe illness. – Akshay Syal, MD
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/pfizer-says-vaccine-s-power-wanes-over-time-are-you-n1275311

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call you a racist if you do not promote CRT.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/07/28/opinion/republicans-race-debate.html

NEW YORK POST
— The migrants Biden’s letting in aren’t reporting to the feds – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/07/28/surprise-surprise-the-migrants-bidens-letting-in-arent-reporting-to-the-feds/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Trump-hater says “Charlie Kirk’s pro-Trump youth group stokes vaccine resistance as covid surges again. Turning Point USA and its affiliates are urging students to resist mandates and spreading baseless claims about ‘medical raids’ as part of a bid for donations.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/07/29/vaccine-mandates-charlie-kirk-tpusa/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Wharton Reaches A Diversity Milestone – Patrick Thomas (DIERSEN: Democrats use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans. While I worked for Democrats who ran GAO, IRS, and the Post Office for almost 30 years, they used AA, Diversity, Inclusion, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of their employees who were Republican.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/wharton-is-first-elite-m-b-a-program-to-enroll-more-women-than-men-11627473601
— The Cost of the School Shutdowns. A new McKinsey study documents the severe student learning loss. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-cost-of-the-school-shutdowns-mckinsey-report-11627510747

BLOOMBERG
— Federal Worker Unions Back Vaccine Mandates Amid Local Backlash – Todd Shields (DIERSEN: What about members of protected groups that refuse vaccination? From what I see, 100% of federal employees are a member of at least one protected group.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2021-07-28/federal-worker-unions-back-vaccine-mandates-amid-local-backlash

FORBES
— Trump Threatens ‘Lots Of Primaries’ For GOP Senators Over Infrastructure Deal – Andrew Solender (DIERSEN: In Illinois, which Republican U.S. Senate candidates will a) seek/accept Trump’s endorsement or b) seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/andrewsolender/2021/07/28/trump-threatens-lots-of-primaries-for-gop-senators-over-infrastructure-deal/

NEWSWEEK
— Trump Calls Bipartisan Infrastructure Bill ‘Loser for the USA’ as McConnell Supports It – DANIEL VILLARREAL
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-calls-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-loser-usa-mcconnell-supports-it-1614114

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Why Republicans Want to Keep Punishing Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger – Ed Kilgore (DIERSEN: Who calls for you to be punished and for what? My critics/opponents call for me to be punished because I included links to articles in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters that they do not like. My critics/opponents call for me to be punished a) because they cannot manipulate/dominate me, b) because I refuse to glorify and praise them, c) because I refuse to pander to them, d) because I refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) because I refuse to cover-up their wrong doing, and/or f) because I refuse to give them money. My critics/opponents call for me to be punished because I promote planks in the Republican Party platform that they want to strike including the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. My critics/opponents call for me to be punished because I have sued them.)
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/07/why-republicans-want-to-punish-liz-cheney-and-adam-kinzinger.html

NPR
— Do You Need To Wear A Mask Indoors Where You Live? Check This Map – Selena Simmons-Duffin
https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2021/07/28/1021795290/cdc-mask-guidelines-indoors-vaccinated-by-county-covid-spread
— New NPR Ethics Policy: It’s OK For Journalists To Demonstrate (Sometimes) – Kelly McBride
https://www.npr.org/sections/publiceditor/2021/07/29/1021802098/new-npr-ethics-policy-its-ok-for-journalists-to-demonstrate-sometimes
(FROM THE ARTICLE: NPR rolled out a substantial update to its ethics policy earlier this month, expressly stating that journalists may participate in activities that advocate for “the freedom and dignity of human beings” on both social media and in real life. The new policy eliminates the blanket prohibition from participating in “marches, rallies and public events,” as well as vague language that directed NPR journalists to avoid personally advocating for “controversial” or “polarizing” issues. NPR’s current ethics policy was first drafted in the early 2000s, and then given an overhaul in 2010-2011. The new NPR policy reads, “NPR editorial staff may express support for democratic, civic values that are core to NPR’s work, such as, but not limited to: the freedom and dignity of human beings, the rights of a free and independent press, the right to thrive in society without facing discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, gender, sexual identity, disability, or religion.” Is it OK to march in a demonstration and say, ‘Black lives matter’? What about a Pride parade? In theory, the answer today is, “Yes.” But in practice, NPR journalists will have to discuss specific decisions with their bosses, who in turn will have to ask a lot of questions. The carve-out is somewhat narrow. Protests organized with the purpose of demanding equal and fair treatment of people are now permitted, as long as the journalist asking is not covering the event. However, rallies organized to support a specific piece of legislation would be off-limits. Other events featuring a slate of political candidates from one party are also out of bounds. Even when NPR journalists can legitimately participate in a civic event, the new policy asks them to consider how their participation will impact their colleagues. When taking a public stance makes it harder for other NPR journalists to do their jobs, there is an expectation that the journalism will take precedence. This policy confronts the generations-old question in newsrooms: Where does the journalist end and the citizen begin?)