Tag: diversity

August 24 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago police warn of carjackings where victims were first rear-ended
https://abc7chicago.com/victims-rear-ended-then-carjacked-cpd-warns/10971091/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Democrats redrew Illinois’ legislative map over GOP objections. Now they’re vowing to ‘make sure all voices are heard’ ahead of next week’s special remap session. – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-redistricting-political-map-hearings-20210824-ednexdcldbgh7abgzeq6e4i4qe-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot to impose vaccine mandate for city employees. “We absolutely have to have a vaccine mandate. It’s for the safety of all involved, particularly members of the public who are interacting with city employees on a daily basis,” Mayor Lori Lightfoot said. But the head of the police union said they’ll fight any effort to require vaccinations. – Fran Spielman and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/23/22638514/chicago-coronavirus-vaccine-mandate-city-employees-lightfoot-unions-covid

CBS2
— ‘I Was Screaming: “Please, Stop, Stop!”‘ Woman Describes Pain And Horror As She Was Brutally Beaten By Group Of Teens Downtown This Past Weekend – Jermont Terry (COMMENT: I lived in downtown Chicago part-time 1974-1976 and full-time 1976-1978. I worked in downtown Chicago in 1971 and then 1973-1997. I took graduate night classes in downtown Chicago 1972-1981 and then 1992-1997.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/19/woman-beaten-in-downtown-chicago-describes-pain-horror/

RIVER BENDER
— Gov. Pritzker Signs Legislation Creating The Local Journalism Task Force (COMMENT: 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://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/gov-pritzker-signs-legislation-creating-the-local-journalism-task-force-52623.cfm
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Many communities across our country have become news deserts – through this legislation, Illinois is taking a step toward addressing that challenge,” said Governor JB Pritzker. “Robust local journalism is vitally important and I look forward to reviewing the recommendations from the Task Force as we seek to maintain and grow a strong press corps in Illinois.” “I’ve dedicated years of my life to journalism, so I understand the importance of having access to local news,” said State Senator Steve Stadelman (D-Rockford). “People deserve to know what’s going on in their community, regardless of where they live.”)

FOX ILLINOIS
— FBI finds little evidence Jan 6 riot was coordinated, report says – ELISSA SALAMY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/fbi-finds-little-evidence-jan-6-riot-was-coordinated-report-says

CAPITOL FAX
— Federal court punts remap case until after legislative special session
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/24/federal-court-punts-remap-case-until-after-legislative-special-session/

FOX BUSINESS
— Apple employees launch website to collect accounts of workplace discrimination, harassment – Lucas Manfredi (COMMENT: In 1988, I became the only active member in GAO’s Chicago office in a class action lawsuit that charged GAO with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation. I should write a book about that lawsuit. I would focus on how my GAO Chicago office superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates reacted to that lawsuit.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/technology/apple-employees-workplace-discrimination-harassment-website

AMERICAN THINKER
— Bank of America is guilty of racism discrimination and hypocrisy – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/bank_of_america_is_guilty_of_racism_discrimination_and_hypocrisy.html
— Teaching Critical Race Theory – Brandi Levine
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/teaching_critical_race_theory.html

CNS NEWS
— Biden Admin Calls Illegal Aliens ‘Undocumented Citizens’ – Hans Bader (COMMENT: Democrats have declared war on Republicans. Democrats see illegals as being their soldiers in their army to get rid of Republicans once and for all.)
https://www.cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/biden-admin-calls-illegal-aliens-undocumented-citizens

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER TV
— Nikole Hannah-Jones Continues ‘1619 Project’ Lies With New Children’s Book – Alexa Moutevelis
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/nikole-hannah-jones-lies-1619-project-childrens-book

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Imagine No Big Cities – Dennis Prager
https://www.creators.com/read/dennis-prager/08/21/imagine-no-big-cities

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden Calls on Companies to Mandate COVID-19 Vaccination – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/biden-calls-on-companies-to-mandate-covid-19-vaccination_3961715.html
— Communism Lives On, but What Is Its Agenda? – Ryan Yang
https://www.theepochtimes.com/communism-lives-on-but-what-is-its-agenda_3961871.html
— Who Benefits from Cancelling Achievement Standards? – Philip Carl Salzman (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government were furious that I did the following because extremely few of my Democrat coworkers did what I did: a) I took undergraduate business courses at UIC and NIU while I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969 and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, b) I took graduate business courses at Loyola while I worked for IRS 1972-1976 and earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, c) I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt while I worked for IRS in 1979, d) I took graduate accounting courses at DePaul while I worked for IRS 1976-1980 and for GAO in 1980 and earned a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt and became a licensed CPA while I worked for GAO in 1981, f) I became a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997 while I worked for GAO 1990-1997, and g) I took graduate finance courses at IIT while I worked for GAO 1992-1997 and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/who-benefits-from-cancelling-achievement-standards_3954844.html

THE HILL
— GOP sees Biden crises as boon for midterm recruitment – TAL AXELROD
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/569083-gop-sees-biden-crises-as-boon-for-midterm-recruitment
— The Memo: Boos for Trump show scale of vaccine challenge – NIALL STANAGE
https://thehill.com/homenews/the-memo/569089-the-memo-boos-for-trump-show-scale-of-vaccine-challenge

ABC NEWS
— 75,000 U.S. military vehicles now in the hands of the Taliban, says watchdog group – ELISSA SALAMY
https://katv.com/news/nation-world/75000-us-military-vehicles-now-in-the-hands-of-the-taliban-says-watchdog-group

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Veterans are prized recruits as congressional candidates – WILL WEISSERT (COMMENT: I will forever deeply regret avoiding the draft. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, and often most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates were Democrat veterans. My Democrat superiors gave preference to their employees who were Democrats, and especially to those who were veterans.)
https://www.pilotonline.com/government/elections/vp-nw-veterans-congressional-candidates-20210822-gukolppjurcmndqco5x57vrkea-story.html

MSNBC
— Military to require vaccines for troops, ignoring GOP complaints – Steve Benen
https://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/military-require-vaccines-troops-ignoring-gop-complaints-n1277519

NEW YORK TIMES
— Where Is the Anti-Biden Tea Party? An analysis of crowd events shows the president hasn’t yet drawn the protests that Barack Obama and Donald Trump faced. – Ian Prasad Philbrick
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/24/upshot/where-is-the-anti-biden-tea-party.html
— Workers Don’t Want Their Old Jobs on the Old Terms – Paul Krugman (COMMENT: What are/were the “terms” where you work/worked? For federal employees, the “terms” include a) be a Democrat, b) give preference to Democrat federal employees who are minority, female, veteran, and/or younger, and c) help get rid of Republican federal employees, and especially those who are White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. Political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination are rampant in the federal government.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/23/opinion/workers-wages-recovery.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Police Vindicate the ‘Thin Blue Line’ Patch Every Day. A symbol is banned for making people feel unsafe. But police aren’t the real danger to urban dwellers. – Heather Mac Donald
https://www.wsj.com/articles/police-thin-blue-line-shootings-black-homicide-crime-proactive-policing-blm-defund-11629750911

USA TODAY
— Student debt is a potentially crippling liability for college grads – Michelle Shen (COMMENT: My being debt-free and owning a 1969 Dodge Charger SE when I graduated from NIU in 1970 helped me a) help support my mother and brother in Crete 1970-1972, b) buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971, b) pay for graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976, c) buy a new town home in University Park in 1972, d) buy a studio condo in downtown Chicago in 1974, e) buy a one bedroom condo in downtown Chicago in 1976, f) pay for graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980, g) buy a home in Wheaton with my wife in 1978, h) buy two new cars in 1978, i) etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/personalfinance/2021/08/19/student-debt-one-third-americans-cant-cope-financial-shock/8177533002/

FORTUNE
— How to make sure your company meets Nasdaq’s board diversity requirements – AMAN KIDWAI (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://fortune.com/2021/08/24/nasdaq-corporate-board-diversity-requirements/

FORBES
— U.S. Satisfaction Hits Record Low In Biden Presidency – Robert Hart
https://www.forbes.com/sites/roberthart/2021/08/24/us-satisfaction-hits-record-low-in-biden-presidency-amid-delta-surge-poll-finds-but-republicans-still-dont-view-covid-as-major-threat/
— Why A Social Media Policy Equals Reputation Insurance – Evan Nierman (COMMENT: What do you say to Republican activists; candidates, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers; elected officials; and party leaders a) who do things, including getting arrested for DUI, that are reported by television stations, newspapers, and/or websites, b) who expect/demand that I not include links to the aforesaid in GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) who destroy me if I include such links? The aforesaid a) stress that I am a Republican Precinct Committeeman and b) expect/demand that the leaders of the following punish me: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization. The aforesaid a) stress that I am a member of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) and b) expect/demand that the WCC punish me. The aforesaid a) stress that I live in Wheaton b) expect/demand that the leaders of Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, and Wheaton Park District punish me. Previously, the aforesaid a) stressed that I was the chairman of TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and b) expected/demanded that TAPROOT punish me. Previously, the aforesaid a) stressed that I was a member of the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee and b) expected/demanded that ICRC punish me. Previously, the aforesaid a) stressed that I was a member of the Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter board of directors and b) expected/demanded that AAPC punish me.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/theyec/2021/08/24/why-a-social-media-policy-equals-reputation-insurance/

BARRON’S
— The Divisions on Display in a New SEC Decision Will Have Lasting Consequences – Howard Fischer (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.barrons.com/articles/the-divisions-on-display-in-a-new-sec-decision-will-have-lasting-consequences-51629753531

INC.
— 5 Leadership Strategies to Help Women Prosper in the Workplace – MARCEL SCHWANTES (COMMENT: A GS-15 (currently $142,041-$172,500/year) woman directly controlled the last 8 years of my GAO career while I worked for GAO’s Chicago office group that audited federal financial industry regulators 1989-1997. She determined my job assignments, who I would work with, who I would supervise, my performance expectations, my performance appraisals, my pay-for-performance rankings, and much more. My Democrat GAO superiors stressed to her a) that I had become an active member in a class action lawsuit in 1988 that charged them with reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation, b) that I was conservative while she was liberal, c) that I was Republican while she was Democrat, d) that she was female while I was male, e) that she was younger than me, f) that she was Jewish while I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, g) that she was 100% Russian American while I was 100% German American, g) that she lived in Chicago while I lived in Crete 1948-1972 and in Wheaton since 1978, h) that Republicans had cut GAO’s budget tremendously, i) that GAO was under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to get rid of its employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran like me, j) that one of my subordinates, a Black CPA, wanted my job and my preferred corner office, k) that she should ignore the fact that I had earned a directly job-related master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, that I was the only member of her group who tool courses in that program, and that I had gotten her appointed to the advisory board of that program, and l) that she should ignore the fact that I had volunteered to work for her while many, if not most, of my GAO supervisors, coworkers, and subordinate refused to work with her or to work for her because she was female, Jewish, younger than they were, and/or because she had more educational and/or professional credentials than they had. She had an MBA from the University of Chicago and she had passed the CPA examination on her first attempt. During August and September of 1997, when I was 49 years old and was 6 years away from being eligible for regular retirement, she made it clear to me that if I did not take GAO’s early retirement “offer,” GAO would make the rest of my GAO career a living hell, that GAO would constructively demote me, that GAO would assign me to work for those who I had previously supervised, that GAO would my make my performance expectations, performance appraisals, and pay-for-performance rankings even more unfair, and that GAO would take even more severe adverse actions against me. After she and the rest of my Democrat GAO Chicago superiors, all of whom were Jewish, succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” on September 30, 1997, she gave my Black CPA subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/5-leadership-strategies-to-help-women-prosper-in-workplace.html

PEW RESEARCH
— COMMENT: Democrats want to replace Whites with non-Whites because non-Whites are far more likely to vote for Democrats.
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/23/most-americans-say-the-declining-share-of-white-people-in-the-u-s-is-neither-good-nor-bad-for-society/

August 23 Morning Edition

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Americans support mask and vaccine mandates for schools, AP-NORC poll finds – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-poll-mask-vaccine-schools-20210823-syqy3mxei5g3hgb2ps6m23ue7u-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Time for a raise? McHenry County Board considering pay hike for members – Ben Szalinski
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210822/time-for-a-raise-mchenry-county-board-considering-pay-hike-for-members

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have had, are having, and will have.
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/opinion/article/Commentary-Scott-Reeder-Ignoring-the-real-16404627.php

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— GOP SEES CANDIDATE SURGE – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/08/23/gop-candidate-surge-jacksons-covid-scare-headline-494086
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Republican legislative candidates are coming forward “at a much higher rate” than they did for the 2018 election, a signal that the Illinois GOP is working to make good on a promise to fill every slot on the 2022 ballot. “I attribute [the uptick] to people understanding the opportunity that we have this cycle and the issues that we’ll run against Democrats,” Jayme Odom, the executive director of the Illinois House Republicans, told Playbook. She says those issues include Gov. J.B. Pritzker’s “overreach” by not working with the legislature to enact Covid-19 mitigation rules, passage of police-reform legislation, and signing a law that decriminalizes possession of certain amounts of fentanyl and cocaine. On the state Senate side, “More Republicans in the Cook County region are interested in running for state office than I’ve seen before,” says Senate GOP Political Director Nick McNeely. There’s no litmus test for running, but the House Republican organization is asking whether candidates believe the 2020 election was stolen. “We’re looking for people who are interested in running and who fit the constituency of their district,” said Odom. Recruiting on all fronts: Along with state House and Senate recruitment efforts, the conservative think tank Illinois Policy Institute (IPI) is scouting for candidates. Even Jeanne Ives, a former GOP state representative who in 2018 lost a congressional race, is working to get candidates to run, according to two Republican Party sources. “When you don’t have contested races, a lot of people don’t vote,” IPI’s Matt Paprocki told Playbook. He says IPI has sent out 65,000 mailers statewide to “free-market individuals, Democrats, Independents and Republicans” as part of an outreach effort to potential candidates. “We stop the engagement once they say they want to run.” (The organization, a 501(c)3 nonprofit, can’t be engaged in electioneering.) Republicans aren’t coughing up names of candidates quite yet. “Everyone’s keeping their powder dry until they see the maps,” said McNeely, referring to the legislative map that Democrats will tweak Aug. 31 when they return to Springfield. (Republican leaders filed a federal lawsuit in June challenging boundaries that were drawn and approved by the Democratic-led General Assembly during the spring, saying the boundaries were based on unofficial census numbers. That suit is pending.) Of course, candidate recruitment means nothing without cash. Republicans say they are working on two fronts: trying to ramp up fundraising down the ticket as well as checking in with major donors. Billionaires Ken Griffin and Dick Uihlein come to mind, though Republicans aren’t naming names. “Leader [Jim] Durkin is in contact with potential donors from across the state every day,” said Odom, acknowledging it’s too early for donors to pitch in when they don’t even know who might be on the ballot. For now, House Republicans have about $408,000 cash on hand to get Republicans elected to the General Assembly, and the Senate political committees have a combined $1 million. . .GOP aims to ‘Fire Pritzker’ as party searches for contender who can win statewide: “Congressman [Darin] LaHood, who represents the second-most Republican district in the state, encouraged GOP voters to take hope in other blue states that have elected Republican governors. [He] left out some telling specifics. He didn’t tell the crowd how those governors — Phil Scott (R-VT), Larry Hogan (R-MD), and Charlie Baker (R-MA) — won their elections by appealing to Independents and Democrats, how cautiously they governed their states during the pandemic, or how fiercely and vocally they opposed the former president,” reports WCIA’s Mark Maxwell.)

WIREPOINTS
— CDC squelched its own study showing masks ineffective for kids in schools. Answers needed.
https://wirepoints.org/cdc-squelched-its-own-study-showing-masks-ineffective-for-kids-in-schools-answers-needed-wirepoints-quickpoint/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump’s poll numbers creep up – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/22/inside-beltway-trumps-poll-numbers-creep/
— ‘Silent amnesty’: Biden admin. quietly dismissing thousands of deportation cases. Migrants get de facto permission to remain in U.S. even though they do not hold a legal status. – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/23/joe-biden-engages-in-silent-amnesty-as-deportation/
— Fox News rescues Afghans who have helped network – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/22/fox-news-rescues-afghan-nationals-who-have-helped-/

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Drossy Touch of Joe Biden. A cognitively challenged Biden is pulled in every direction, by left-wing politicos collecting their debts, by his own spite, by his trademark narcissism, and by his hatred of all things Trump. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/22/the-drossy-touch-of-joe-biden/

BREITBART
— COMMENT: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater promotes hatred against Republicans.
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/22/mary-trump-the-republican-party-has-white-supremacy-as-one-of-its-major-platforms/

BLAZE
— Border Patrol agents say they aren’t allowed to do their job, feel ‘downtrodden, almost dead inside’ – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/border-patrol-morale-collapse-crisis

DAILY WIRE
— Biden Admin Considers Strikes To Destroy U.S. Military Equipment In Afghanistan After Taliban Takeover – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/biden-admin-considers-strikes-to-destroy-u-s-military-equipment-in-afghanistan-after-taliban-takeover-report

TOWNHALL
— LA Times Publishes Racist Column Referring to Larry Elder As ‘Black Face of White Supremacy’ – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/08/22/la-times-publishes-racist-column-referring-to-larry-elder-as-black-face-of-white-supremacy-n2594544
— Save the Military By Starting with a Woke Purge – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2021/08/23/save-the-military-by-starting-with-a-woke-purge-n2594516
— Taliban Tyranny Proves the Need for American Values: Life, Liberty – Thomas Glessner
https://townhall.com/columnists/thomasglessner/2021/08/23/taliban-tyranny-proves-the-need-for-american-values-life-liberty-n2594486

FEDERALIST
— University Of Virginia Boots 238 Students For Declining COVID-19 Injection – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/22/university-of-virginia-boots-238-students-for-declining-covid-19-injection/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Biden Job Approval Falls to Record Low amid COVID Resurgence – CAROLINE DOWNEY
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/biden-job-approval-falls-to-record-low-amid-covid-resurgence/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— How the political environment is moving toward Republicans – Harry Enten
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/22/politics/special-elections-republicans-analysis/index.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden’s Legacy Is Reducing The United States to Groveling. Biden’s debasement of our country should be a life-altering national call to action. – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/bidens-legacy-is-reducing-the-united-states-to-groveling/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— VP of Afghanistan tells Lara Logan difference in ISIS, al Qaeda, and Taliban is like ‘Coke and Pepsi’ – Jon Dougherty (COMMENT: One could argue that RINOs are closer to Democrats than they are to conservatives or to Republicans.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/23/vp-of-afghanistan-tells-lara-logan-difference-in-isis-al-qaeda-and-taliban-is-like-coke-and-pepsi-1123146/

EPOCH TIMES
— Nearly 15 Million Mail-in-Ballots Unaccounted for in 2020 Election, Report Says – MATTHEW VADUM
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/nearly-15-million-ballots-unaccounted-for-in-2020-election-report-says_3955184.html

POLITICO
— 9 of 10 fastest growing congressional districts represented by Republicans, Census data shows – STEVEN SHEPARD, PATTERSON CLARK, MING LI and SEAN MCMINN
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/22/census-congressional-district-changes-506467

HUFFINGTON POST
— ‘Not American’: Adam Kinzinger Slams GOP Fearmongering About Afghan Refugees. The GOP lawmaker, who served in Afghanistan, slammed right-wing media for stoking fears about refugees. – Josephine Harvey (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Kinzinger demonizes, denigrates, and condemns Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. Of course, Kinzinger supporters will follow Kinzinger’s lead.)
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/adam-kinzinger-gop-afghanistan_n_6122d264e4b0e5b5d8eb0d17

CBS NEWS
— Race in the Ranks: Investigating racial bias in the U.S. military. David Martin reports on the new efforts being put forth to address inequality in the military, this time under the watch of the country’s first Black Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin. – David Martin
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-military-racism-60-minutes-2021-08-22/

CNN
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use “democracy” to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/business/2021/08/22/maga-media-outlets-are-on-an-anti-democratic-crusade.cnn

NEW YORK TIMES
— Tired Workers Are Opting Out of Careers and Capitalism – Cassady Rosenblum (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, very few of my coworkers and subordinates did what I did to advance. While I worked for the Post Office 1966-1969, I took job-related courses at UIC and NIU and earned a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970. While I worked for IRS 1971-1980, a) I took job-related graduate courses at Loyola and earned an MBA in 1976, b) I took CPA review courses and passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, and c) I took job-related graduate courses at DePaul and earned a master’s degree in accounting in 1980. While I worked for GAO 1980-1997, a) I took Certified Internal Auditor (CIA) review courses and passed the CIA examination on my first attempt in 1981, b) became a licensed CPA in 1981, and c) I took job-related graduate courses at IIT and earned a master’s degree in financial markets and trading in 1997.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/opinion/lying-flat-work-rest.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Media Ignores Optimistic Black Leaders. The ones you don’t hear about reject narratives of self-pity and resentment. – Arnold L. Goldman, Canton, Conn.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-media-ignores-optimistic-black-leaders-blm-11629497358
— Biden’s Cruel Immigration Policy. Migrants want to fill jobs in the U.S. But there’s no legal path to enter the country. – Mary Anastasia O’Grady (COMMENT: What percent of these jobs are BAD JOBS? To avoid unemployment, I took BAD JOBS that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-mayorkas-immigration-policy-south-america-labor-shortage-darien-gap-panama-colombia-mexico-border-security-11629646047

ABC SAN FRANCISCO
— Careers: Hiring Our Heroes: Career Fair Town Hall (COMMENT: I will forever deeply regret avoiding the draft. While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, many, and often most, and at times, virtually all of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and/or subordinates were Democrat veterans. My Democrat superiors gave preference to their employees who were Democrats, and especially to those who were veterans.)
https://abc7news.com/veterans-career-fair-hiring-heroes-disney-institute/10957627/

NEWSWEEK
— Under Donald Trump, Did a Record Number of Americans Feel Better Off? – JACOB JARVIS (COMMENT: I felt better under Trump because he did much to defend and advance the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.newsweek.com/fact-check-donald-trump-better-off-1621962

KNOXVILLE FOCUS
— Why the left prefers equity over equality – Dr. Harold A. Black
https://knoxfocus.com/archives/this-weeks-focus/why-the-left-prefers-equity-over-equality/

GOVERNING
— Women Make Fewer Political Donations and Risk Being Ignored by Elected Officials. Men give more money than women to candidates in high-level statewide elections. Money can equal political influence, so that may lead candidates to be less interested in women’s issues once elected. – Kira Sanbonmatsu and Claire Gothreau
https://www.governing.com/now/women-make-fewer-political-donations-and-risk-being-ignored-by-elected-officials

FEDERAL TIMES
— OPM lays out path for more paid federal interns – Jessie Bur (DIERSEN: Were you an intern? GAO audits IRS. When I transferred from IRS to GAO in 1980 when I was 31 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates did not want me to transfer, but failing that, they wanted me to transfer as a GS-4 Step 1 (currently $34,956/year) intern, that is, to suffer a $62,439/year (64%) pay cut in today’s dollars. They painted what GAO Analysts do as being a unique “trade or occupation.” They would not have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, or veteran. They viciously demonized, denigrated, and condemned the fact a) that I had worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer for almost 9 years, the last 5 1/2 years of which at the GS-12 Step 1-5 levels, currently $85,935-$97,395/year, b) that much of what IRS Revenue Officers do is similar to what GAO Analysts do, c) that I had passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, d) that I had earned an MBA from Loyola in 1976, and e) that I had almost completed the requirements for a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul. They were furious a) that I suffered a pay cut of only 21%, $20,361/year in today’s dollars, to transfer and b) that I transferred with me almost 12 years of federal seniority, 30 days of unused vacation days, and 130 unused sick days.)
https://www.federaltimes.com/management/hr/2021/08/17/opm-lays-out-path-for-more-paid-federal-interns/

CENTER FOR AMERICA PROGRESS
— It’s Time for a Workforce Disclosure Reset – Alexandra Thornton and Zoe Willingham (COMMENT: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, a) the more Democrat minorities and Democrat females that my superiors promoted, the faster that they were promoted and b) the more Republican Whites and Republican males that my Democrat superiors got rid of, the faster that they were promoted.)
https://www.americanprogress.org/issues/economy/reports/2021/08/23/502287/time-workforce-disclosure-reset/

WIRED
— Is Your Name Ruining Your Life? Name discrimination is still alive and well in 2021—and I can’t help but wonder how it’s shaped others’ perceptions of me. – AMIT KATWALA (COMMENT: I am 100% German national origin. All my ancestors immigrated to northeast Illinois during the 1840s and 1850s from what is now Germany. What do you say to those who have advised me to pretend that I am Swedish American? According to http://dna.ancestry.com , my ancestry is 33% Europe West, 28% Scandinavia, 24% Great Britain, 11% Ireland, 2% Europe East, 1% Finland/Northwest Russia, and 1% Italy/Greece.)
https://www.wired.com/story/is-your-name-ruining-your-life/

PATHEOS
— What if life wasn’t just a zero-sum game? – Fred Clark (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs make Republicans pay the price of Affirmative Action, Diversity, and Inclusion, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.patheos.com/blogs/slacktivist/2021/07/27/what-if-life-wasnt-just-a-zero-sum-game/

INSIDE HIGHER ED
— Equity, Not Equality, in College Admissions. Courtney Pinto writes that the advantages of wealth are not easily dismissed by test-optional admissions. – Courtney Pinto (COMMENT: What tests did you pass and where did the money come from that helped you pass those tests? The tests that I have passed include a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2021/08/23/equity-not-equality-should-be-goal-college-admissions-opinion

August 22 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 40 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence, CPD says
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-gun-violence-police-weekend/10967751/
— Biden says 11,000 flown from Kabul over weekend during Sunday speech
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-speech-today-afghanistan-press-conference-kabul-airport/10967832/

NBC5
— Biden Says US-Led Evacuation from Kabul is Accelerating – Robert Burns and Darlene Superville
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/biden-says-us-led-evacuation-from-kabul-is-accelerating/2595924/

FOX32
— Trump targets Biden over Afghanistan but gets booed briefly on vaccines at Alabama rally – Paul Steinhauser
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/trump-targets-biden-over-afghanistan-but-gets-booed-briefly-on-vaccines-at-alabama-rally

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— At least 41 shot, 7 fatally, 2 mass shootings in Chicago since Friday night. Six people were shot, one fatally, Saturday in the 1600 block of East 87th Place.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/8/21/22636162/chicago-weekend-roundup-august-20-23-crime-gun-violence-homicide-police
— Kinzinger on Biden’s Afghan pullout: ‘I think the execution has been extremely disastrous’ The Biden White House is under pressure to speed up issuing visas to Afghans who put their lives at risk to assist the U.S. military — and now may be trapped in the Taliban-controlled country. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/22/22636986/rep-adam-kinzinger-president-biden-afghan-pullout-i-think-execution-has-been-extremely-disastrous

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Rabine: Teaching 3rd Graders about Masturbation “Outrageous”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/22/rabine-teaching-3rd-graders-about-masturbation-outrageous/
— Will Winnebago County State’s Attorney Allow Policeman to Keep His Pension?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/21/will-winnebago-county-states-attorney-allow-policeman-to-keep-his-pension/
— Champaign Black Lives Matter Riot Inciter Sentenced to Four Years
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/21/champaign-riot-inciter-sentenced-to-four-years/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Afghanistan refugees arrive in Texas for processing at Fort Bliss – Mike Glenn
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/22/afghanistan-refugees-arrive-texas-processing/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Taking on the heirs to Saul Alinsky – Ben Carson (COMMENT: I should write a book past and present Saul Alinsky disciples in the following: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, etc.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/taking-on-the-heirs-to-saul-alinsky

FOX NEWS
— 1776 Unites member blasts critical race theory but warns about 1619 Project too – Michael Ruiz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/1776-unites-charles-love-critical-race-theory-1619-project

AMERICAN THINKER
— Trump’s Alabama rally gave us a powerful phrase for the ages – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/trumps_alabama_rally_gave_us_a_powerful_phrase_for_the_ages.html
— However bad things were before, they’re worse now – Bruce Robinson
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/however_bad_things_were_before_theyre_worse_now.html
— Parents have the right to be vocal – Helen Louise Herndon
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/parents_have_the_right_to_be_vocal.html

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Plays Gen. Patton Speech at Rally: We’re Tired of ‘Woke’ Generals – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/22/donald-trump-plays-gen-patton-speech-at-rally-were-tired-of-woke-generals/

BLAZE
— Trump’s fiery rally scorches Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal and ‘woke’ generals, but crowd spurns his vaccination remarks – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-rally-biden-afghanistan-vaccination

NEWSMAX
— Kinzinger Laments US Better at Fighting On Foreign Soil Than ‘Building Back’ – Fran Beyer
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/kinzinger-pompeo-trump-afghanistan/2021/08/22/id/1033323/
— Ret. Lt. Col. Oliver North: ‘Our Credibility Is Smashed By’ Biden – Eric Mack
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/olivernorth-saigon-taliban-withdraw/2021/08/22/id/1033327/

TOWNHALL
— Trump’s Greatest Lines at Alabama Tour Stop: ‘Everything Woke Goes to S**t,’ ‘Vietnam Looks Like Master Class’ – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/08/22/trumps-greatest-lines-from-alabama-save-america-tour-stop-everything-woke-goes-to-st-vietnam-looks-like-master-class-n2594539

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— American Express Wages a Woke War on Itself – Rachel Greszler
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/american-express-wages-woke-war-itself

POST MILLENNIAL
— Colorado Springs parent speaks out against CRT, convincing school board to ban it. Derrick Wilburn, a concerned father, spoke at a Colorado Springs school board meeting against critical race theory (CRT). The school board then voted 3-2 against its implementation. – James Anthony
https://thepostmillennial.com/colorado-springs-crt

EPOCH TIMES
— Social Conservatives Feel Left Behind in 2021 Election, Organizer Says – Isaac Teo
https://www.theepochtimes.com/social-conservatives-feel-left-behind-in-2021-election-organizer-says_3959633.html

THE HILL
— Kinzinger: Execution of Afghanistan withdrawal ‘extremely disastrous’ – MYCHAEL SCHNELL
https://thehill.com/homenews/sunday-talk-shows/568909-kinzinger-execution-of-afghanistan-withdrawal-has-been-extremely

CNN
— Kinzinger condemns GOP lawmakers, right-wing media for refugee rhetoric
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/08/22/rep-adam-kinzinger-afghanistan-biden-trump-sotu-sot-vpx.cnn

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. evacuations: Pentagon orders commercial airlines to provide planes
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/22/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-live-updates/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Kinzinger rips into Trump and Mike Pompeo for ‘getting rolled’ by the Taliban – Oma Seddiq
https://www.businessinsider.com/adam-kinzinger-rips-donald-trump-pompeo-rolled-by-taliban-2021-8

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Says He’s Unsure How U.S. Will Stop Terrorism After Afghanistan Withdrawal – ANDREW STANTON
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-says-hes-unsure-how-us-will-stop-terrorism-after-afghanistan-withdrawal-1621856

LGBTQ NATION
— COMMENT: Democrat teachers promote LGBTQ, BLM, CRT, 1619, Reparations, Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and the rest of the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/conservatives-turning-school-boards-battleground-culture-wars/

August 22 Morning Edition

WTTW
— Rev. Jesse Jackson, Wife Jacqueline Hospitalized for COVID – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2021/08/22/rev-jesse-jackson-wife-jacqueline-hospitalized-covid

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Marijuana drug tests in the workplace could someday follow same standard as DUI – Robert McCoppin (COMMENT: If you use pot, you impair yourself. If I had been a pot user, a) the Post Office would not have hired me in 1966, b) IRS would not have hired me in 1971, and c) GAO would not have hired me in 1980. If I had been a pot user, I doubt that a) I would have graduated in the upper 20% of my high school class or got a 24 on the ACT in 1966, b) UIC, NIU, Loyola, DePaul, or IIT would have accepted me in 1966, 1969, 1972, 1976, and 1992 respectively, c) I would have graduated from NIU, Loyola, DePaul, or IIT in 1970, 1976, 1980, or 1997 respectively, d) I would have passed the CPA examination in 1979, let alone on my first attempt, or e) I would have passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination in 1981, let alone on my first attempt.)
https://www.pjstar.com/story/business/employment/2021/08/22/proposed-law-could-change-marijuana-drug-tests-illinois-workplaces/8215137002/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Champaign Man Sentenced for Inciting Riot
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/21/champaign-riot-inciter-sentenced-to-four-years/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Living in the liberal media’s ‘Twilight Zone’ Nothing is as is seems – Robert Knight
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/21/living-in-the-liberal-medias-twilight-zone/

FOX NEWS
— Brace for an epic fail — Biden’s twin messes, in Afghanistan, and at the border, could merge. Biden’s Irish-exit strategy left America’s Afghan partners confused and demoralized – Deroy Murdock
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-afghanistan-border-deroy-murdock

AMERICA THINKER
— Taking Action – Sally Zelikovsky (COMMENT: What action do you take? I put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning and each and every evening.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/taking_action.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Canary in the Coal Mine of America’s Future. The “melting pot” was never merely assimilation or simple surrender to the dominant type, as is popularly supposed. – Michelle Marder Kamhi
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/21/canary-in-the-coal-mine-of-americas-future/
— Lessons Never Learned. The establishment, having failed to win a counterinsurgency abroad and a culture war at home, opted to export the culture war and import the counterinsurgency. – Kyle Shideler
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/21/lessons-never-learned/

BREITBART
— Trump to Rally: ‘I Recommend, Take the Vaccines!’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/22/trump-vaccines/
— Donald Trump: ‘Everything Woke Turns to S**t’ – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/21/donald-trump-everything-woke-turns-to-st/
— 13 Things the Next California Governor Can Do After Newsom Recall – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/22/pollak-13-things-the-next-california-governor-can-do-after-newsom-recall/

BLAZE
— Colorado school district bans critical race theory after black father delivers rousing speech: ‘We are not victims of America’ – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/black-father-critical-race-theory-school

DAILY CALLER
— ‘It’s Not Even Catholic Anymore’: How Parents Turned On A Florida Christian School For Allegedly Embracing ‘Woke’ Ideology – KENDALL TIETZ
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/21/tampa-florida-catholic-high-school-scarpo-academy-holy-names/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Trump blasts Biden over ‘total surrender’ in Afghanistan at massive Alabama rally – Mia Cathell
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-trump-blasts-biden-over-total-surrender-in-afghanistan-at-massive-alabama-rally

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— School Board Cannot Suppress Voices of Fairfax, VA Parents – Dee O’Neal (COMMENT: What do the members of your school board think of you? For that matter, what do the following think of you: your employer if you are still employed, the leaders of the organizations that you are a member of, your park district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? I should write a book about what the aforesaid think of me.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/08/21/school_board_cannot_suppress_voices_of_fairfax_va_parents_549942.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Twitter blows up when CBS publishes article titled ‘How climate change helped strengthen the Taliban’ – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/21/twitter-blows-up-when-cbs-publishes-article-titled-how-climate-change-helped-strengthen-the-taliban-1122439/
— America first? Not so much: Mere 2,500 Americans among 17K rescued thus far from Kabul – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/22/america-first-not-so-much-mere-2500-americans-among-17k-rescued-thus-far-from-kabul-1122645/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— U.S. Air Force Academy Requiring New Students to Watch Training Video Promoting BLM. – Leslie Eastman
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/u-s-air-force-academy-requiring-new-students-to-watch-training-video-promoting-blm/

EPOCH TIMES
— The New Wild West: Texas Border County’s Desperate Bid to Curb Illegal Immigration – Charlotte Cuthbertson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-new-wild-west-texas-border-countys-desperate-bid-to-curb-illegal-immigration_3955137.html

THE HILL
— Pentagon requests civilian airlines’ assistance in Afghanistan evacuation – KYLE BALLUCK
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/568900-pentagon-activates-civil-reserve-air-fleet-requests-civilian-airlines

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Veterans are prized recruits as congressional candidates – WILL WEISSERT (COMMENT: I will forever deeply regret avoiding the draft. Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have viciously used the following against me: a) I sought and got student draft deferments 1966-1970 and b) I sought and got a financial hardship draft deferment 1970-1971. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes especially shouted the aforesaid at my many Democrat Post Office, IRS, and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were veterans.)
https://apnews.com/article/veterans-9cad3c4211a0e15852c44c8d75681254

NEW YORK TIMES
— Defense Secretary Orders Six Commercial Airlines to Help Ferry Afghan Refugees
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/22/world/afghan-refugees-commercial-airlines.html
— FRONT PAGE: New Wave of Refugees Faces A Much Chillier U.S. Welcome – Miriam Jordan (COMMENT: Democrats want refugees, but only refugees who are future Democrats.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/refugees-history-afghanistan.html

WASHINGTON POST
— COMMENT: Democrats want refugees, but only refugees who are future Democrats.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/22/nativism-us-politics-has-thwarted-refugee-resettlement-before/

USA TODAY
— COMMENT: Democrats want refugees, but only refugees who are future Democrats.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/08/22/afghan-refugees-need-christians-step-forward-help-taliban/8209666002/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Pentagon Tells Airlines to Help Fly Afghan Evacuees From Foreign Bases Commercial carriers wouldn’t fly to Kabul under emergency civil aviation program. – Gordon Lubold and Nancy A. Youssef
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-tells-airlines-to-help-fly-afghan-evacuees-from-foreign-bases-11629632843

FORTUNE
— Facebook and Twitter weigh giving a social-media megaphone to the Taliban – NAOMI NIX
https://fortune.com/2021/08/21/facebook-twitter-social-media-taliban/
— These Fortune 500 companies will help pay for employee MBAs – SYDNEY LAKE (DIERSEN: During the 1970s, IRS encouraged its Revenue Officers to take graduate courses in business and accounting, but IRS did not pay for those courses. I worked for IRS as a Revenue Officer 1971-1980. I took graduate business courses at Loyola 1972-1976 and graduate accounting courses at DePaul 1976-1980 and deducted what I paid for tuition and books. In 1978, disgustingly and outrageously, my Democrat IRS superiors disallowed those deductions. They never would have done that if I had been a Democrat, minority, female, and/or veteran.)
https://fortune.com/education/business/articles/2021/07/15/these-fortune-500-companies-will-help-pay-for-employees-mba/

FORBES
— 3 Ways To Increase Empathy And Embrace Diversity In The Workplace – Esther Choy (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, reorganizations, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/estherchoy/2021/08/22/3-ways-to-increase-empathy-and-embrace-diversity-in-the-workplace/

NPR
— Republican Rep. Rodney Davis Comments On Safety At The Capitol After Bomb Threat
https://www.npr.org/2021/08/22/1030100001/republican-rep-rodney-davis-comments-on-safety-at-the-capitol-after-bomb-threat

PRESS HERALD
— Census shows new trends favor Democrats – GORDON L. WEIL (COMMENT: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: law enforcement officer, 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. Ever-increasing, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the harder that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs work to get rid of you.)
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/08/20/census-shows-new-trends-favor-democrats/

BILLY PENN
— Block parties are allowed again in Philly, but applications are down at least 50% (COMMENT: What do you say to those who host block parties, but who only invite Democrats?)
https://billypenn.com/2021/08/12/philly-block-party-application-denied-decline-summer-covid/

SAMPSON INDEPENDENT
— Voters would end racial preferences – John Hood (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, reorganizations, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.clintonnc.com/opinion/54771/voters-would-end-racial-preferences

WYO FILE
— Conservative group seeks to rid Wyo GOP of ‘RINOs’ – Laton McCartney (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Most commonly, RINOs reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Far too often, RINOs 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, reverse discrimination (Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, wokeism, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, etc.), and/or age discrimination. I should write a book about RINOs. I would focus on RINOs who destroy a) those like me who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) those like me who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) those like me who refuse to pander to them, d) those like me who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) those like me who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) those like me who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.wyofile.com/conservative-group-seeks-to-rid-wyo-gop-of-rinos/

AXIOS
— AFFIRMATIVE ACTION ON CAMPUS IS ENDANGERED – Erica Pandey (COMMENT: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, reorganizations, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.axios.com/hard-truths-deep-dive-higher-education-affirmative-action-28706a24-dd54-452a-9ea1-2eb6c5cf3b48.html
— Axios-Ipsos poll: 51% of Black people say they’re disadvantaged in U.S. higher education – Margaret Talev (DIERSEN: Since 1966, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, in 1966, UIC should have admitted a Black, b) that instead of me, in 1969, NIU should have admitted a Black, c) that instead of me, in 1972, Loyola should have admitted a Black, d) that instead of me, in 1976, DePaul should have admitted a Black, and e) that instead of me, in 1992, IIT should have admitted a Black. Since 1970, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, in 1970, NIU should have graduated a Black, b) that instead of me, in 1976, Loyola should have graduated a Black, c) that instead of me, in 1980, DePaul should have graduated a Black, and d) that instead of me, in 1997, IIT should have graduated a Black.)
https://news.yahoo.com/axios-ipsos-poll-51-black-110005294.html

NEW YORKER
— What We Left Behind in Afghanistan
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2021/08/30/what-we-left-behind-in-afghanistan

PARADE
— Lights, Camera, Crime and Comedy! The 8 Most Memorable TV Shows From 1971 – Mara Reinstein (COMMENT: What did you do in 1971? I lived with my mother and brother in Crete. My father had died suddenly in October of 1969. I started the year working as the Retail Sales Manager for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights, taking a graduate business management course at UIC, and awaiting a decision on my application for a financial hardship draft deferment. That application was approved, and because of my draft lottery number, I was no longer subject to the draft. I believe that prompted Oldsmobile to offer me a job which I accepted. But when I told my Firestone boss, he immediately and rudely fired me. But then, Oldsmobile withdrew its job offer saying that it had just agreed to stop hiring Whites to settle an EEOC complaint. That directly resulted in my accepting a job offer from IRS to be a GS-7 (currently $48,445/year) Revenue Officer in Chicago. But then, my Firestone boss offered me a part-time job pumping gasoline which I accepted. Before I started working for IRS and working part-time for Firestone, I went on a spring break vacation in the Bahamas. My 1969 Dodge Charger SE was stolen in Chicago in August. That directly resulted in my buying a new 1972 Corvette and a 1962 Chevy Bel Air for everyday use. At the end of the year, IRS granted my request to be assigned to its Harvey office.)
https://parade.com/1250376/maramovies/best-tv-shows-of-1971/

August 21 Morning Edition

NBC5
— Suburban Geneva Preschool Closes Classrooms Due to COVID-19 Cases. Officials with the Kensington School said the plan is to safely reopen all of its classrooms on Aug. 31. – Chris Coffey
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-geneva-preschool-closes-classrooms-due-to-covid-19-cases/2595225/

CBS2
— Drivers Who Regularly Take The Dan Ryan Say It’s Dangerous, But They Have No Choice – Jermont Terry (COMMENT: I drove the Dan Ryan 1966-1968 to/from classes at UIC and my parents’ home in Crete.)
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/20/dan-ryan-expressway-shootings-danger/

FOX32
— Chicago crime: Video shows people running for cover as shots ring out, striking child – Nate Rodgers
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-crime-video-shows-people-running-for-cover-as-shots-ring-out-striking-child
— Chicago man has fractured nose, staples in head after group of teens attack him downtown – Joanie Lum
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-man-has-fractured-nose-staples-in-head-after-group-of-teens-attack-him-downtown

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Pritzker says new sex education law ‘will help keep our children safe’ — but GOP rivals blast it as ‘obscene’ and ‘misguided’ The new law ignited fireworks in the Illinois Senate when it was up for debate in May. One North Side senator demanded the remarks of a Republican colleague from southern Illinois be stricken from the record. And the fireworks exploded all over again on Friday. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/20/22634864/pritzker-signs-bill-sex-education-curricula-inclusive-lgbtq-republicans-bailey-schimpf-simmons

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— COMMENT: Chicago Cubs promote LGBTQ.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-out-at-wrigley-cubs-gay-day-20210820-ianq6nvo5raiheudlljhv5x4jm-story.html

WTTW
— Lightfoot Appointments to Key Posts Did Not Keep Pace with Growth of Latinos in Chicago – Heather Cherone (COMMENT: The federal government defines “communing area” as big as possible (SEE: https://www.gao.gov/products/b-180010.11 ) to make it easier for the federal government to meet its Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion quotas, goals, and targets.)
https://news.wttw.com/2021/08/20/analysis-lightfoot-appointments-key-posts-did-not-keep-pace-growth-latinos-chicago

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois school district shuts down after one week because of COVID-19 spread – Blythe Bernhard
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois-school-district-shuts-down-after-one-week-because-of-covid-19-spread/article_3cd47c61-e632-525c-9ca7-9aa165576d94.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Defense secretary contradicts Biden, says fleeing Americans have been beaten by the Taliban – Joseph Clark
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/20/lloyd-austin-contradicts-joe-biden-says-fleeing-am/
— U.S. walking away from Afghanistan was never the right option. Another Washington betrayal of our military. – Tom Basile
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/20/us-walking-away-in-afghanistan-was-never-the-right/
— Trump becomes most vocal ex-president since Teddy Roosevelt: Over 400 statements since WH exit – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/20/trump-becomes-most-vocal-ex-president-teddy-roosev/
— GOP lawmakers push legislation to counter internet censorship of Cuban dissidents – Haris Alic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/20/gop-lawmakers-push-legislation-counter-internet-ce/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Marjorie Taylor Greene introduces more articles of impeachment against Biden – Daniel Chaitin
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/marjorie-taylor-greene-three-more-articles-impeachment-biden

FOX NEWS
— Hannity rails Biden over Afghanistan: We ‘don’t have a president seemingly aware and capable of leading’ Hannity blasted Biden as ‘missing in action’ – Joshua Comins
https://www.foxnews.com/media/hannity-biden-afghanistan-unaware-incapable
— US supporters trapped in Kabul ‘hunted like animals’ by Taliban: Sara Carter. Some Americans trapped in Kabul are considering seeking German military assistance, Logan says. – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/us-supporters-trapped-kabul-hunted-animals-taliban-sara-carter
— Illinois state senator Chapin Rose filed an ethics complaint against Governor Pritzker for his mask mandate
https://video.foxnews.com/v/6268898111001#sp=show-clips
— Bank of America training on inherent racism ‘seeks to destroy American values’
https://www.foxnews.com/politics

FOX BUSINESS
— Where does the Taliban get its money and who’s funding the militant group in Afghanistan? Afghanistan, among poorest nations in the world, is heavily dependent on American aid – Megan Henney
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/taliban-afghanistan-funding-sources
— GM recalls all Chevy Bolts over battery fires. GM’s recall of the model sparks renewed concerns for consumer safety over the lithium-ion battery used in virtually all electric vehicles. – Breck Dumas
https://www.foxbusiness.com/lifestyle/gm-recalls-all-chevy-bolts-over-battery-fires

AMERICAN THINKER
— Insanity unbound – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/insanity_unbound.html
— A Call to Action – Sally Zelikovsky
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/a_call_to_action.html
— Proof of vaccination required to retain your right to life – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/proof_of_vaccination_required_to_retain_your_right_to_life.html
— The Afghanistan debacle holds a stark warning for Taiwan – Molly Slag
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/the_afghanistan_debacle_holds_a_stark_warning_for_taiwan.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Celestial Empire Fights Back Three Asian-American authors offer interesting perspectives on how America can, and ought to be, an example to the world and how to stand up to their school boards. – Ken Masugi
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/20/the-celestial-empire-fights-back/

BREITBART
— Ken Blackwell: Defeating Globalism Starts with Protecting Election Integrity at the Precinct Level – ROBERT KRAYCHIK
https://www.breitbart.com/radio/2021/08/20/ken-blackwell-defeating-globalism-starts-protecting-election-integrity/
— FNC’s Carlson: ‘Senile’ Biden ‘Not Capable of Running the County’ — ‘Senior Appointees Are Contradicting Him in Public’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/21/fncs-carlson-senile-biden-not-capable-of-running-the-county-senior-appointees-are-contradicting-him-in-public/
— No Mask No Vote: Canadian Officials Threaten to Turn Away Unmasked Voters – CHRIS TOMLINSON
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2021/08/21/no-mask-no-vote-canadian-officials-threaten-to-turn-away-unmasked-voters/

BLAZE
— Leftist filmmaker Michael Moore likens the Taliban to Southern Baptists: ‘They’re religious nuts, but we’ve got those here, too’ – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/michael-moore-taliban-southern-baptists

DAILY CALLER
— An Obsession With ‘Self Criticism’ Of The United States Drove Biden’s Disastrous Afghan Exit, Analyst Says – JORDAN LANCASTER
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/20/afghanistan-joe-biden-kabul-vivek-ramaswamy-woke-obsession-self-criticism/
— Olympic Media, a conservative digital media company, is the fastest-growing private advertising business in the U.S., according to the 2021 Inc. 5000 list. – SEBASTIAN HUGHES
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/20/conservative-media-company-fastest-growing-inc-5000-madison-cawthorne-jim-jordan-turning-point-usa/
— ‘Larry Elder Is The Black Face Of White Supremacy,’ Says LA Times Columnist – MELANIE WILCOX
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/20/larry-elder-black-face-white-supremacy-la-times-columnist/
— ‘Only White People Could Be Racist’: Staff Sue School District Over Mandatory ‘Equity’ Training – KENDALL TIETZ
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/20/only-white-people-racist-teachers-sue-school-mandatory-equity-training/
— What The Military Has Been Doing Instead Of Winning Wars – VARUN HUKERI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/20/military-afghanistan-lloyd-austin-mark-milley-crt-gender-extremism/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Taliban Fighters Now Well-Equipped for Decades – Thomas Spoehr
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/20/taliban-fighters-now-well-equipped-for-decades/
— Cowardly Biden Hides From Press on Afghanistan – Tim Graham
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/20/cowardly-biden-hides-from-press-on-afghanistan/

DAILY WIRE
— Navy SEAL Who Killed Bin Laden: Biden ‘Deserves An Impeachment,’ He ‘Surrendered To The Taliban’
https://www.dailywire.com/news/navy-seal-who-killed-bin-laden-biden-deserves-an-impeachment-he-surrendered-to-the-taliban

FEDERALIST
— Biden Uses Bureaucratic Power Disguised As ‘Civil Rights’ To Force Schoolchildren To Wear Masks – Jordan Davidson
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/20/biden-uses-bureaucratic-power-disguised-as-civil-rights-to-force-schoolchildren-to-wear-masks/

PJ MEDIA
— Joe Biden ‘Leading the World’—Off a Cliff – CLAUDIA ROSETT A
https://pjmedia.com/claudiarosett/2021/08/20/joe-biden-leading-the-world-off-a-cliff-n1471414

TOWNHALL
— Based on Left’s Definition of Racism, Vaccine Mandates Are Racist – Chris Talgo
https://townhall.com/columnists/christalgo/2021/08/21/based-on-lefts-definition-of-racism-vaccine-mandates-are-racist-n2594487

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Call Afghanistan What It Is: The Worst Hostage Crisis in American History – James Jay Carafano
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/call-afghanistan-what-it-the-worst-hostage-crisis-american-history
— Blame Joe Biden for the Afghanistan Disaster. No One Else. – Dustin Carmack
https://www.heritage.org/defense/commentary/blame-joe-biden-the-afghanistan-disaster-no-one-else

POST MILLENNIAL
— LA Times accuses Larry Elder of being the ‘black face of white supremacy’ “In today’s LA Times. You’ve got to be real scared and desperate to play the race card against the brother from South Central.” – Angelo Isidorou
https://thepostmillennial.com/la-times-accuses-larry-elder-of-being-the-black-face-of-white-supremacy

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Bank of America, Lowe’s sponsor ‘woke’ training instructing white employees ‘cede power to people of color’ – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/20/bank-of-america-lowes-sponsor-woke-training-instructing-white-employees-cede-power-to-people-of-color-1121589/
— Five major Taliban websites suddenly go dark – Vivek Saxena
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/21/five-major-taliban-websites-suddenly-go-dark-1122094/

EPOCH TIMES
— Democrat Files Bill To Ban Unvaccinated Passengers From US Flights – Allan Stein
https://www.theepochtimes.com/democrat-files-bill-to-ban-unvaccinated-passengers-from-us-flights_3958263.html

NBC NEWS
— Some Taliban websites go offline amid broader tech crackdown – April Glaser, Kevin Collier and Cyrus Farivar
https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/tech-news/taliban-websites-go-offline-broader-tech-crackdown-rcna1735
— Neighbors erect large Pride flag after school bans LGBTQ, BLM signs. Supporting the flags and what they symbolize, the couple behind the project argue, is not political. – Cynthia Silva (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQers and BLMers work harder to destroy those who do not promote LGBTQ and BLM.)
https://www.nbcnews.com/nbc-out/out-news/neighbors-erect-large-pride-flag-school-bans-lgbtq-blm-signs-rcna1728

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE: How the Taliban Turned Social Media Into a Tool for Control. In the 1990s, they banned the internet. Now they use it to threaten and cajole the Afghan people, in a sign of how they might use technology to build power. – Paul Mozur and Zia ur-Rehman
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/20/technology/afghanistan-taliban-social-media.html
— The Congressional Black Caucus: Powerful, Diverse and Newly Complicated – Astead W. Herndon
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/21/us/politics/congressional-black-caucus-democrats.html
— Inside the Diverse and Growing Asian Population in the U.S. – Robert Gebeloff, Denise Lu and Miriam Jordan
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/21/us/asians-census-us.html

WASHINGTON POST
— We Can’t Educate Our Way to Racial Economic Equity – Michael Collins (COMMENT: I worked for GAO’s Chicago office group that audited federal financial industry regulators 1990-1997. In 1992, IIT started a master’s degree program in financial markets and trading. (SEE: https://www.upi.com/Archives/1992/08/04/IIt-offers-new-financial-markets-graduate-degree/1463712900800/ ) The courses in that program were directly related to the work that the group did. Sadly, I was the only member of the group that took those courses. I earned a master’s degree from IIT in financial markets and trading in 1997. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/we-cant-educate-our-way-to-racial-economic-equity/2021/08/20/f79cc03a-01ae-11ec-87e0-7e07bd9ce270_story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— How Trump-hating California ended up with a slate of recall candidates who supported Trump – JULIA WICK
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-08-21/politics-california-recall-gop-candidates-what-to-know

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— SEC Weighs Requiring Companies to Give More Details on Workers. Chairman Gary Gensler asks staff for recommendations on human-capital disclosures as Democrats seek more-detailed information on diversity, other metrics. – Paul Kiernan (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, very few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were Republicans.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/sec-weighs-requiring-companies-to-give-more-details-on-workers-11629489647
— ‘Movers and Stayers’ Review: The Great Divide. The South is the nation’s most Republican region. Will it stay that way? In the South and elsewhere, big metro areas, trending Democratic, are the key. – Michael Barone (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the more that Democrats and RINOs do to get rid of you: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, 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.wsj.com/articles/movers-and-stayers-review-the-great-divide-11629401099
— Unemployment Benefits Forever? Treasury suggests how states can continue the incentives not to work. – Editorial (COMMENT: To avoid unemployment, I took BAD JOBS that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/unemployment-benefits-forever-janet-yellen-marty-walsh-11629494576

FORBES
— 13 Ways To Seek Out More Diverse Candidates For Critical Positions (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will not be hired and that you will be gotten rid of: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, 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.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/08/20/13-ways-to-seek-out-more-diverse-candidates-for-critical-positions/

BLOOMBERG
— We Can’t Educate Our Way to Racial Economic Equity. Black workers are still being left behind by their White peers regardless of their level of education. Ensuring their success requires a bolder approach. – Michael Collins (COMMENT: Collins would be proud of my Democrat GAO superiors. In 1997, when I was 49 years old, they succeeded in forcing me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my Black subordinate my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/opinion/articles/2021-08-20/racial-economic-equity-won-t-happen-with-education-alone

GOVERNMENT EXECUTIVE
— The Federal Pay Equity Quandary. Rebuilding the workforce will require a pay system that is seen as fair to highly qualified men and women. It also has to enable agencies to compete for talent. – Howard Risher (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the more bleak that your career prospects are in the federal government: Republican, conservative, White, male, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.govexec.com/management/2021/08/federal-pay-equity-quandary/184723/

PEW RESEARCH CENTER
— Republicans increasingly critical of several major U.S. institutions, including big corporations and banks – TED VAN GREEN (COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, major U.S. institutions paint themselves as being anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/20/republicans-increasingly-critical-of-several-major-u-s-institutions-including-big-corporations-and-banks/

August 20 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Diversity, why are we here? Ways in which diversity programs win and fail – Tanjia Coleman (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. While I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always been under tremendous pressure to recruit, to retain, and to promote those who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210819/diversity-why-are-we-here-ways-in-which-diversity-programs-win-and-fail

COOK COUNTY RECORD
— Judge: Black, Latino Pritzker campaign workers fall short on racial discrimination claims – Jonathan Bilyk
https://cookcountyrecord.com/stories/606758000-judge-black-latino-pritzker-campaign-workers-fall-short-on-racial-discrimination-claims

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— TRUMP LOOMS OVER FAIR DAY — DAVIS, LaHOOD AWAIT THE REMAP — PRITZKER WAS TRENDING – SHIA KAPOS
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/08/20/trump-looms-over-fair-day-davis-lahood-await-the-remap-pritzker-was-trending-494062

WIREPOINTS
— Another failure of Illinois pensions: “Retired” Illinois superintendent with $230,000 annual pension double dips with $300,000 salary in Texas. – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingne
https://wirepoints.org/another-failure-of-illinois-pensions-retired-illinois-superintendent-with-230000-annual-pension-double-dips-with-300000-salary-in-texas-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Hobby Lobby Loses Right to Maintain Sex-Separate Bathrooms – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/religious/hobby-lobby-loses-right-to-maintain-sex-separate-bathrooms/

CAPITOL FAX
— Paul Palazzolo’s full comments (again, many Republicans visibly uncomfortable with this) – Hannah Meisel
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/20/todays-quotable-198/
(RICH MILLER: The material, if anything, is based on what Bob Hope would have done 20-30 years ago. If we believe that Bob Hope is cancelable, I’m really concerned about our country. Bob Hope was a comedian who was able to gently rib, you know, all parties and all people, whether it was Lyndon Johnson, or Richard Nixon or John F Kennedy, or George HW Bush. Bob Hope was an American first, and he gently ribbed those who were in power.)

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump would beat Biden in 2020 election do-over, new poll shows. President dips below 50% approval in daily tracking polls for first time. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/19/trump-would-beat-biden-2020-election-do-over-new-p/
— Evacuation proceeds, but fears of Taliban reprisal soar. U.N. assessment predicts targeting of old regime supporters. – Guy Taylor (COMMENT: Expect that as the Democrat majority increases in Illinois, in your county, in your township, in your municipality, and in your school district, Democrats will target Republicans for reprisal.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/19/evacuation-proceeds-fears-taliban-reprisal-soar/
— U.S. press steps up for Afghan journalists – Jennifer Harper (COMMENT: Everyone in Illinois sees how the following treat me and treat my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, Republican elected and appointed officials who represent my precinct, Republican candidates, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers, and those who I have sued.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/19/inside-beltway-us-press-steps-afghan-journalists/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts on college campuses distract from education – Cherise Trump
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-efforts-on-college-campuses-distract-from-education
— Twitter declines to classify Taliban as ‘violent organization’ despite tweets celebrating mass killings – Timothy Nerozzi
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/twitter-declines-classify-taliban-terrorist-organization
— Biden wants everyone to move on from Afghanistan now – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-wants-everyone-to-move-on-from-afghanistan-now

FOX NEWS
— Air Force Academy requires students to watch ‘inclusion’ training video promoting BLM. The video suggests three responses to a situation, all of which are supportive of Black Lives Matter – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/air-force-academy-requires-students-students-to-watch-inclusion-training-video-promoting-blm
— ‘The Ingraham Angle’ on Biden’s career leading up to crisis in Afghanistan
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/the-ingraham-angle-on-bidens-career-leading-up-to-the-crisis-in-afghanistan
— Victor Davis Hanson: Critical race theory leads Nevada judge to acquit illegal alien because law was ‘racist’ Judge Miranda Du tossed the U.S. government’s case against Gustavo Carrillo-Lopez – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/victor-davis-hanson-critical-race-theory-nevada-judge-illegal-alien
— Internal State Department cable warned Blinken of pending Afghanistan collapse. Officials at the US embassy in Kabul sent the memo through the department’s confidential dissent channel. – Caitlin McFall , Rich Edson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/internal-state-department-cable-warned-blinken-of-pending-afghanistan-collapse

FOX BUSINESS
— Bank of America, Lowe’s sponsored CRT training urging Whites to ‘cede power to people of color’ United Way training urged employees to get ‘woke at work’ – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/bank-of-america-lowes-sponsored-crt-training

AMERICAN TINKER
— The Afghanistan Debacle is Exactly What the Left Wanted – Christopher Skeet
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/the_afghanistan_debacle_is_exactly_what_the_left_wanted.html
— How Big Is the Angry Majority? – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/how_big_is_the_angry_majority.html
— CRT: America’s Cultural Revolution – Scott S. Powell
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/crt_americas_cultural_revolution.html
— Biden exhibits classic dementia symptoms – Terry Paulding
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/biden_exhibits_classic_dementia_symptoms.html
— The Taliban are conquerors in their own land – Abraham H. Miller
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/the_taliban_is_a_conqueror_in_its_own_land.html
— Democrats are making war – Alan P. Halbert (COMMENT: Democrats have declared war on Republicans, and especially against Republicans who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/democrats_are_making_war.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ultimately, the facts on the ground make it look as if the Democrats, with Joe Biden leading the charge, are making war against ordinary patriotic Americans and against America itself. God help us.)
— Derrick Wilburn speaks out against Critical Race Theory – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/our_own_derrick_wilburn_speaks_out_against_critical_race_theory.html

BREITBART
— Poll: Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Approval Rating Tanks as Violent Crime Rises – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/cpoll-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoots-approval-rating-tanks-as-violent-crime-rises/
— CNN’s Mudd: ‘Pathetic’ State Department Can’t Confirm How Many Americans Remain in Kabul – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/19/cnns-mudd-pathetic-state-department-cant-confirm-how-many-americans-remain-in-kabul/
— Blue State Blues: It Will Take a Generation to Rebuild America’s Deterrent – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/20/blue-state-blues-it-will-take-a-generation-to-rebuild-americas-deterrent/
— Majority of Voters Don’t Believe Joe Biden Will Finish First Term – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/19/nolte-majority-voters-dont-believe-biden-will-finish-first-term/

BLAZE
— Taliban reportedly going ‘door-to-door’ looking for Christians to kill them – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/taliban-door-to-door-killing-christians

DAILY CALLER
— Politicians, World Leaders Politely Ask The Taliban To Respect Women’s Rights – BRADLEY DEVLIN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/19/taliban-human-rights-women-girls-joe-biden-nancy-pelosi/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Critical Race Theory Promotes Discrimination – Jonathan Butcher
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/19/critical-race-theory-promotes-discrimination/
— ‘Latinx’ Is Unpopular With Actual Latin Americans, Poll Shows – Douglas Blair
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/19/latinx-is-unpopular-with-actual-latin-americans-poll-shows/
— A Shameful Attack on Conservatives for Supporting Afghan Women – Kelsey Bolar
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/19/a-shameful-attack-on-conservatives-for-supporting-afghan-women/

DAILY WIRE
— America’s 250th Birthday Will Be A ‘Commemoration,’ Not ‘Celebration’ In Virginia Because Leftists Don’t Think It’s Worth Celebrating. Event should be oriented around liberal priorities because “because [conservatives are] all in anyway.” – Luke Rosiak
https://www.dailywire.com/news/americas-250th-birthday-will-be-a-commemoration-not-celebration-in-virginia-because-liberals-dont-think-its-worth-celebrating

NEWSMAX
— Critics Balk at CRT Training Video at Air Force Academy – Cathy Burke
https://www.newsmax.com/us/critical-race-theory-military-air-force-academy/2021/08/19/id/1033050/
— Pennsylvania School Board Bans Critical Race Theory – Jeffrey Rodack
https://www.newsmax.com/us/critical-race-pennsylvania-ban/2021/08/19/id/1033006/
— James Madison University Trains Students That Christians, White Males Are ‘Oppressors’ – Jack Gournell
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/privilege-white/2021/08/19/id/1033084/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Cowardly Biden Hides From the Press on Afghanistan – Tim Graham
https://newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/tim-graham/2021/08/20/column-cowardly-biden-hides-press-afghanistan

FEDERALIST
— Psychiatrist Sally Satel: ‘Very Concerned’ About Critical Race Theory Infiltrating Mental Health Care – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/19/psychiatrist-sally-satel-very-concerned-about-critical-race-theory-infiltrating-mental-health-care/
— Leftists Are Living In A Fantasy World While Burning The Real One To The Ground. Adding extreme social leftism to the usual political greed and stupidity has been catastrophic, from the military to education to border security. – Nathanael Blake
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/19/leftists-are-living-in-a-fantasy-world-while-burning-the-real-one-to-the-ground/

PJ MEDIA
— Air Force Academy Cadets Forced to Watch BLM Video – STEPHEN GREEN
https://pjmedia.com/vodkapundit/2021/08/19/air-force-academy-cadets-forced-to-watch-blm-video-n1471023

COLLEGE FIX
— After threat of lawsuit, Princeton seminary excused student from ‘whiteness is sin’ anti-racism training – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/after-threat-of-lawsuit-princeton-seminary-excused-student-from-whiteness-is-sin-anti-racism-training/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Taliban going house-to-house and hanging those who worked with US. We left them a map, says North – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/20/taliban-going-house-to-house-and-hanging-those-who-worked-with-us-we-left-them-a-map-says-north-1121528/
— Taliban parade two men through streets with blackened faces and nooses around necks
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/19/taliban-parade-two-men-through-streets-with-blackened-faces-and-nooses-around-necks-1121017/
— Biden admin continues to tell fleeing Americans to pay their way out of Afghanistan, hours after telling the press otherwise
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/20/biden-admin-continues-to-tell-fleeing-americans-to-pay-their-way-out-of-afghanistan-hours-after-telling-the-press-otherwise-1121584/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Employees in One Missouri School District Sue Over ‘Equity Training,’ Claiming it’s Unconstitutional. “claims she had to affirm statements she disagreed with in order to progress in the mandatory training” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/employees-in-one-missouri-school-district-sue-over-equity-training-claiming-its-unconstitutional/
— Afghani Women Protest Against the Taliban Amid Crackdown. Where are the feminists? Afghani women face actual oppression unlike the fake oppression women supposedly endure in America. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/afghani-women-protest-against-the-taliban-amid-crackdown/
— Investigation: Increasing Push For “Prioritizing Non-Whites for Medical Care to Compensate for Historical Wrongs” Real Clear Investigations: “Doctors are questioning the concept of colorblindness in patient care as a racist holdover that benefits white people.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/investigation-increasing-push-in-medicine-for-prioritizing-non-whites-for-medical-care-to-compensate-for-historical-wrongs/

EPOCH TIMES
— US Black Hawk Helicopters Captured by Taliban as ‘Horrified’ Senators Demand DOD Audit – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/billions-of-dollars-in-us-weapons-aircraft-likely-seized-by-taliban_3956556.html

THE HILL
— School boards become ground zero for country’s culture wars – JULIA MANCHESTER
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/568428-school-boards-become-ground-zero-for-countrys-culture-wars

REUTERS
— Taliban are rounding up Afghans on blacklist (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have me on their blacklists. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, conservative leaders, religious leaders, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, and those who I have sued.)
https://www.reuters.com/world/asia-pacific/taliban-are-rounding-up-afghans-blacklist-private-intel-report-2021-08-19/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Hunted by the Taliban, U.S.-Allied Afghan Forces Are in Hiding – Matthew Rosenberg
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/19/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan-usa.html

NEW YORK POST
— Toddlers are racist … and other insights from Bank of America’s woke training – Christopher F. Rufo
https://nypost.com/2021/08/19/toddlers-are-racist-and-other-insights-from-woke-bank-of-america-training/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Wealthy politicians happy to push divisive narratives
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/howard/cng-ho-letters-0819-20210820-etxobeg6cfge3m4fhzpewypdci-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Should Military Officers Be Chosen by Race? An admiral’s revealing remark about naval promotion. – Harry Jackson (COMMENT: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my superiors were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, to retain, and to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. While I have served as a Republican Precinct Committeeman since 1999, the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization have always been under tremendous pressure to recruit, to retain, and to promote those who are minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/military-officers-affirmative-action-identity-politics-diversity-and-inclusion-national-security-11629402318
— Selling Luxury Goods in a More Socialist China Becomes a Problem. A speech on wealth inequality by the country’s president has wiped 60 billion euros off the value of Europe’s top luxury stocks. – Carol Ryan (COMMENT: What luxury goods have you bought? According to my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government, luxury goods that I bought included a) new cars in 1966, 1967, 1968, 1971, 1978, etc. b) real estate in 1972, 1974, and 1976, c) tuition and books 1966-1980 and 1992-1997, d) collector cars in 1989 and 1994, and e) real estate that my wife and I bought in 1978 and 1984.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/selling-luxury-goods-in-a-more-socialist-china-becomes-a-problem-11629378116

FORBES
— Sen. Marco Rubio Called Out YouTube’s Streaming Service For Silencing Conservatives
https://www.forbes.com/sites/petersuciu/2021/08/19/sen-marco-rubio-called-out-youtubes-streaming-service-for-silencing-conservatives/

BLOOMBERG
— Next China: Wealth Redistribution in an Economy for Common Prosperity (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors who were most furious a) that IRS hired me in 1971 instead of a Black and b) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 instead of Blacks. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who were most furious a) that GAO hired me in 1980 instead of a Black, b) that GAO promoted me in 1986 instead of a Black, and c) that GAO did not get rid of me sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/newsletters/2021-08-20/next-china-wealth-redistribution-in-an-economy-for-common-prosperity

August 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago mask mandate reinstated as COVID cases rise
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-face-masks-mask-mandate-chicaog/10957531/
— As Taliban promises women’s rights in Afghanistan, many remain skeptical – Ravi Baichwal
https://abc7chicago.com/taliban-women-press-conference-afghanistan-news-today-sharia-law/10957771/

NBC5
— Indoor Mask Mandate Issued in City of Chicago, Regardless of Vaccination Status
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/indoor-mask-mandate-issued-in-city-of-chicago-regardless-of-vaccination-status/2592375/
— 640 Afghans Crowd Inside US Military Cargo Plane to Flee Kabul Amid Taliban Takeover. After pulling themselves onto the aircraft as the ramp was closing, “the crew made the decision to go,” instead of trying to force the refugees off.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/640-afghans-crowd-inside-us-military-cargo-plane-to-flee-kabul-amid-taliban-takeover/2592230/

FOX32
— Chicago re-implementing indoor mask mandate, health officials announce
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-re-implementing-indoor-mask-mandate-health-officials-announce

WGN9
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Largest cannabis cultivation facility in Illinois coming to Matteson – Julian Crews
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/largest-cannabis-cultivation-facility-in-illinois-coming-to-matteson/

WGN RADIO
— ‘Pathway to citizenship’ in Senate reconciliation package – Alexandra Limon
https://wgnradio.com/news/pathway-to-citizenship-in-senate-reconciliation-package/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago mandates masks indoors as new COVID-19 cases top 400 a day – ALICE YIN and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-covid-chicago-400-cases-schools-fall-20210817-shqab4jfeva6haxuhorenipurq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Taliban allowing ‘safe passage’ Kabul airlift: White House. National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan acknowledged reports that some civilians were encountering resistance — “being turned away or pushed back or even beaten” — as they tried to reach the Kabul international airport. But he said “very large numbers” were reaching the airport. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/17/22628955/taliban-allowing-safe-passage-kabul-airlift-white-house
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: New pot greenhouse touted during ground-breaking in Matteson – Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/cannabis/2021/8/17/22629184/marijuana-pot-greenhouse-cultivation-matteson-groundbreaking-4front-ventures-illinois-grown-medicine

DAILY HERALD
— Chicago reinstituting mask requirement as 3,639 new COVID-19 cases logged statewide – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210817/chicago-reinstituting-mask-requirement-as-3639-new-covid-19-cases-logged-statewide-

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Get set to mask up again, Chicago The city says everyone in public indoor settings has to wear a face covering, starting Friday, as daily case counts top 400. – ALLY MAROTTI, STEPHANIE GOLDBERG, GREG HINZ, A.D. QUIG
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/health-care/get-set-mask-again-chicago

FOX ILLINOIS
— Taliban allowed on Twitter, as social media debates role in Afghanistan crisis – LEANDRA BERNSTEIN
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/taliban-allowed-on-twitter-as-social-media-debates-role-in-afghanistan-crisis

CITIES 92.9
— DuPage is the Best County to Live in Illinois – Samuel Stebbins
https://www.cities929.com/2021/08/17/this-is-the-best-county-to-live-in-illinois/

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— GOP analysis shows Democrats’ statehouse map deviates up to 30%. After Census release, Illinois Republicans call for mapmaking commission. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/gop-analysis-shows-democrats-statehouse-map-deviates-up-to-30/article_b41b3ef2-fec7-11eb-a9a2-0f9772102537.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Durkin appoints inspector general who quit in disgust to search committee for her own replacement
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/17/durkin-appoints-inspector-general-who-quit-in-disgust-to-search-committee-for-her-own-replacement/
— WGN Chicago poll: Lightfoot and Foxx under water, crime top issue, positive opinion of CPD at 70 percent and rising
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/17/wgn-chicago-poll-lightfoot-and-foxx-under-water-crime-top-issue-positive-opinion-of-cpd-at-70-percent-and-rising/
— Campaign roundup: DPI meeting; Governor’s Day speakers; Demmer’s digital ad; Bailey’s new $$$; Giannoulias’ new backers; Another Supreme Court candidate
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/17/campaign-roundup-dpi-meeting-governors-day-speakers-demmers-digital-ad-baileys-new-giannoulias-new-backers-another-supreme-court-candidate/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/17/covid-19-roundup-91/
— Downstate population loss makes it much easier for Democrats to reduce Republican congressional presence here
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/17/downstate-population-loss-makes-it-much-easier-for-democrats-to-reduce-republican-congressional-presence-here/
— Remap problem coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/17/remap-problem-coverage-roundup/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Fall of Kabul is crowning achievement of Biden’s political career – Charles Hurt
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/fall-of-kabul-is-crowning-achievement-of-joe-biden/

FOX NEWS
— College releases ‘1776 Curriculum’ to fight back against critical race theory. Curriculum offers nearly 2,500 pages of materials broken down into grade-specific lessons. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/college-releases-1776-curriculum-to-fight-back-against-critical-race-theory

GOPUSA
— Veterans: Biden’s Afghanistan Catastrophe Proves He Does Not Deserve Title Of ‘Commander In Chief’
https://www.gopusa.com/veterans-bidens-afghanistan-catastrophe-proves-he-does-not-deserve-title-of-commander-in-chief/
— Food Stamp Benefits In U.S. To Permanently Increase By 25% In October
https://www.gopusa.com/food-stamp-benefits-in-u-s-to-permanently-increase-by-25-in-october/
— Biden Sidesteps Responsibility For The Mess In Afghanistan Even As He Claims To Own It
https://www.gopusa.com/biden-sidesteps-responsibility-for-the-mess-in-afghanistan-even-as-he-claims-to-own-it/
— Identity Socialism
https://www.gopusa.com/identity-socialism/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: The new form of socialism is not about class differences. Instead, it is about race, gender, and transgender. Reassignment of the classic divisive Socialist roles of “oppressed working class” and “capitalist oppressor” were the foundation of the leftist movements such as “me too”, “Black Lives Matter”, and “Transgender boys competing against girls.” The new oppressed versus oppressor paradigms are people-of-color versus whites, women versus men, alternative lifestyles versus men & heterosexuals, and illegals versus citizens. Undoubtedly, to generate more “oppressed” and “oppressor” pairs only requires assignment. As an example, in my house, canines oppress felines.)
— Hamas Congratulates Taliban For ‘Defeating’ US
https://www.gopusa.com/hamas-congratulates-taliban-for-defeating-us/
— Forced Out Of Hiding? Taliban Takes Afghanistan As Joe Biden Vacations (COMMENT: I took no vacation days at all during the first 18 months that I worked for IRS 1971-1972.)
https://www.gopusa.com/forced-out-of-hiding-taliban-takes-afghanistan-as-joe-biden-vacations/
— South Carolina County GOP Censures Lindsey Graham For Infrastructure Vote (COMMENT: I should write a book about the many votes that Republicans who have represented my precinct since 2000 have cast against the Republican Party platform.)
https://www.gopusa.com/south-carolina-county-gop-censures-lindsey-graham-for-infrastructure-vote/
— Taliban Affirms Women In Afghanistan Will Be Subject To Sharia Law
https://www.gopusa.com/taliban-affirms-women-in-afghanistan-will-be-subject-to-sharia-law/
— Taxpayers Are Getting Ripped Off And Congress Does Nothing – Stephen Moore
https://www.gopusa.com/taxpayers-are-getting-ripped-off-and-congress-does-nothing/

DAILY CALLER
— Republican Rep. Says ‘Groups’ Like Al-Qaida Can ‘Grow Again And Metastasize’ After Taliban Takeover – NICOLE SILVERIO
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/17/john-katko-terrorism-grow-metastasize-taliban/
— Kinzinger: What If We Had Not Shut Down Bagram Air Force Base? – JORDAN LANCASTER
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/17/adam-kinzinger-shut-down-bagram-air-force-base/

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Counting Their Final Hours’: Taliban Conducting ‘Door To Door’ Searches For U.S. Allies, Journalists – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/counting-their-final-hours-taliban-conducting-door-to-door-searches-for-u-s-allies-journalists-reports-say

TOWNHALL
— Report Reveals Just How Much Biden Lied to Us on Afghanistan – Spensor Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/08/17/dod-ig-report-on-afghanistan-n2594272

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Endless wars equals endless refugees – Michelle Malkin
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/17/michelle-malkin-endless-wars-equals-endless-refugees-1120383/

EPOCH TIMES
— Taliban Warning: US Must Fully Withdraw American Troops by Sept. 11 – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/taliban-warning-us-must-fully-withdraw-american-troops-by-sept-11_3952767.htm
— Around 11,000 Americans Remain in Taliban-Held Afghanistan: White House – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/5000-to-10000-americans-remain-in-taliban-held-afghanistan-pentagon_3952778.html
— Taliban Spokesman: No Groups Will Be Allowed to Use Afghanistan for Terrorist Attacks – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/taliban-spokesman-no-groups-will-be-allowed-to-use-afghanistan-for-terrorist-attacks_3952857.html

THE HILL
— School districts impose mask mandates, defying GOP governors – REID WILSON (COMMENT: Expect that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will impose ever stricter mask and vaccination mandates.)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/568233-school-districts-impose-mask-mandates-defying-gop-governors
— September unemployment cliff looms for 7 million Americans – SYLVAN LANE (COMMENT: If you have never collected unemployment, what are the reasons? For me, they include my taking BAD JOBS that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://thehill.com/policy/finance/568110-september-unemployment-cliff-looms-for-7-million-americans

YAHOO
— Where Did All the White People Go? Ranking the Blackest and Whitest Places in America, According to the New Census Data – Michael Harriot
https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/where-did-white-people-ranking-130000747.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Gov. Greg Abbott of Texas tested positive for the coronavirus. – Dan Levin
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/us/greg-abbott-texas-covid-positive.html
— Chicago imposes an indoor mask mandate in hopes of reining in rising virus cases. – Daniel E. Slotnik
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/us/chicago-new-mexico-mask-mandate.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Florida to punish two school districts in first sanctions under DeSantis mask mandate restrictions – Derek Hawkins, Adela Suliman, Bryan Pietsch, Lateshia Beachum, and Meryl Kornfield
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/17/covid-delta-variant-live-updates/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Taliban Consolidate Control in Afghanistan’s Capital as Thousands Remain Stranded. A leader of the Islamist movement returns to the country, while U.S. says insurgents will let fleeing Afghans into airport. – Yaroslav Trofimov, Saeed Shah and Andrew Restuccia
https://www.wsj.com/articles/taliban-consolidate-control-in-afghanistans-capital-thousands-remain-stranded-11629195393
— Taliban Takeover of Afghanistan Celebrated by Extremists on Social Media. Terrorist groups could seek a return to Afghanistan, though al Qaeda is weakened and Islamic State has clashed with Taliban. – Warren P. Strobel and Dustin Volz
https://www.wsj.com/articles/extremists-celebrate-taliban-takeover-of-afghanistan-on-social-media-11629192600

NPR
— NOVEMBER 20, 2006 FLASHBACK: GOP Candidate for Iowa House Reflects on Defeat (COMMENT: I should write a book about Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and in Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) caucuses since 2000 who have made it the most clear that they do not want me to help elect them or to help reelect them. My critics/opponents, their operatives, their operatives can stress that none of the following came to my defense this year when Wheaton stopped me from raising funds from Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks: a) the aforesaid candidates, b) the leaders of MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP); c) the Republican leaders of the Wheaton Park District (WPD), Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; d) conservative leaders; and e) religious leaders. They can stress that a leader of both MTRO and Milton Township spoke in favor of the WPD official who took the lead in stopping me this year from raising funds from Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. They can stress the many adverse actions that the following have taken against me since 2000: a) the aforesaid candidates, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their volunteers, b) MTRO, c) DCRCC, d) IRP, c) WPD, d) WCC, e) Wheaton, f) Milton Township, g) DuPage County, h) Illinois i) conservative leaders, j) religious leaders, and k) those who I have sued.)
https://www.npr.org/transcripts/6505343
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Can you, as a candidate, tell your party, hey, don’t do this, I don’t want your help?)

MORNING CONSULT
— Democrats’ Drive to the Left Threatens Their Grip on Power. Voters see both parties polarizing, but it’s only the Democrats they increasingly say are too extreme. – CAMERON EASLEY & MORGAN HALVORSEN (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most as being too conservative. I would focus on a) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct and in Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) caucuses since 2000, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their volunteers; b) the leaders of MTRO, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party; c) the Republican leaders of the Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois; d) conservative leaders; and e) religious leaders.)
https://morningconsult.com/2021/07/26/state-of-the-parties-ideology-extremes/

FIVE THIRTY EIGHT
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/republican-views-on-immigration-are-shifting-even-further-to-the-right-under-biden/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— 70% of Voters Say Crime Is ‘Out of Control’ (COMMENT: The more votes that Democrats get, the more that crime and poverty increase.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/partner_surveys/70_of_voters_say_crime_is_out_of_control
— US Embraces a Diversity China Fears – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/political_commentary/commentary_by_pat_buchanan/us_embraces_a_diversity_china_fears

August 16 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago shootings: 52 shot, 5 fatally, in weekend gun violence, CPD says
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-gun-violence-police-weekend/10954447/
— Thousands flock to Afghanistan airport in attempt to flee country as Taliban take control – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/afghanistan-taliban-news-kabul/10954385/

NBC5
— Falling Populations in Rural America Underscore Farm and Ranch Labor Shortages. The trend is clear in Nebraska, where only 24 of the state’s 93 counties gained residents, and only eight reported a rise in the white population. – Grant Schulte and David Pitt
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/falling-populations-rural-america-underscore-farm-ranch-labor-shortages/2591026/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP state lawmakers say plan for spending $2.8 billion in federal coronavirus relief is loaded with Democratic pork – DAN PETRELLA and RAY LONG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-covid-relief-funds-20210816-gnf6h4zr5vdpxmxqw5kv5a7zs4-story.html
— Interactive Chicagotlan project marks 500 years since the Fall of Tenochtitlan, highlights Aztec history and contributions in the city – LAURA RODRÍGUEZ PRESA (DIERSEN: Were your ancestors conquerors? Mine were not. However, 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.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-500-years-tenochtitlan-chicago-conmemoration-project-20210814-2vr32mdnerarrnvfx2xr77ql2i-story.html
— Texas Supreme Court blocks local mask mandates that defied governor’s order – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-texas-court-blocks-mask-mandates-20210816-6j4dfk7nqvel3dl2a4vw7lqxxi-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Some goof Downstate called me ‘illegal,’ but Pilsen wrapped me up in a hug. My insecurities washed away as I discovered my new neighborhood. One small hint after another told me Chicago was home. – Ismael Perez (DIERSEN: Politics is nasty. RINOs are nasty. I should write a book a book about conservative-hating, Protestant-hating, German American-hating RINOs in Wheaton, in Glen Ellyn, in Milton Township, and in DuPage County who have demonized, denigrated, and condemned my hometown of Crete the most as being full of conservative Missouri Synod Lutheran German Americans who were White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. They stress that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, that I attended Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, that I attended Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966, that my ancestors on my father’s side have lived in Crete since 1854, and that my brother continues to live in Crete in a house that my grandfather had built in 1926 on land that his grandfather bought in 1864.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/13/22623568/chicago-pilsen-home-racism-latinos-column-ismael-perez

WIREPOINTS
— A lot of people don’t trust the information coming from state health officials
https://wirepoints.org/a-lot-of-people-dont-trust-the-information-coming-from-state-health-officials-wirepoints-joins-the-scott-robbins-morning-show-on-92-9-cities-talk-fm/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— U.S. Senate 2022: Rob Cruz Departing Senate Race to Run for U.S. House in IL-03
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/15/cruz081521/
— Congressional Remap Version 5 of Dave Wasserman Map Brings IL-11 District to McHenry County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/15/congressional-remap-version-5-of-dave-wasserman-map-brings-il-11-district-to-mchenry-county/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Flights at Kabul airport suspended to clear tarmac; lawmakers push Biden to address the U.S. people. White House official: U.S. has the forces to ‘bring stability and security to that airport’ – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/flights-kabul-airport-suspended-clear-tarmac-lawma/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Chicago spends billions on hiring teachers despite falling enrollment rates – Barnini Chakraborty
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/chicago-public-schools-spend-millions-hiring-teachers-falling-enrollment

AMERICAN THINKER
— How to share the new diversity – Milli Sands (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your church, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? Where is the money going to come from to house them, feed them, clothe them, provide them with medical care, teach them English, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.?)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/how_to_share_the_new_diversity.html
— A Brief History of the Assault on Conservatives as ‘Violent Extremists’ – Janet Levy (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am an extremist. I would focus on leaders who destroy a) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) those who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) those who refuse to pander to them, d) those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) those who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) those who refuse to give them money. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, etc.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/a_brief_history_of_the_unrelenting_assault_on_conservatives_as_violent_extremists.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— How Bush Ruined Everything. For all his faults, Al Gore couldn’t have been worse. – Adam Mill
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/15/how-bush-ruined-everything/
— Is This anything? What we have in the Oval Office right now—after the brief shining moment of Donald J. Trump—is the closest thing possible to absolutely nothing. – Bruce Bawer
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/15/is-this-anything/
— Are We in a Revolution and Don’t Even Know It? We are in the midst of a revolutionary epoch and probably most don’t even know it. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/15/are-we-in-a-revolution-and-dont-even-know-it/

BREITBART
— ‘Woke’ Gen. Mark Milley, in July: ‘Afghan Security Forces Have the Capacity to … Defend Their Country’ – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2021/08/15/woke-gen-mark-milley-in-july-afghan-security-forces-have-the-capacity-to-defend-their-country/

DAILY SIGNAL
— What’s True Diversity? More Than Meets the Eye – Rob Bluey (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, few of my superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were conservative, Republican, Protestant, and/or German American.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/16/what-is-true-diversity-its-more-than-meets-the-eye/
— Sloppy Thinking About ‘Systemic Racism’ – GianCarlo Canaparo (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I have always benefitted tremendously from systemic racism. If that is true, why did I take BAD JOBS that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that was because I am lazy and stupid. But I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979. I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/12/sloppy-thinking-about-systemic-racism/

TOWNHALL
— Of COURSE You’re A Terrorist! – Kevin McCullough
https://townhall.com/columnists/kevinmccullough/2021/08/15/of-course-youre-a-terrorist-n2594163

COLLEGE FIX
— Alabama the latest state to ban teaching of critical race theory in schools
https://www.thecollegefix.com/alabama-the-latest-state-to-ban-teaching-of-critical-race-theory-in-schools/
— Today’s trans-identified teen: bored, privileged, lonely and entitled – PAM CURTIS
https://www.thecollegefix.com/todays-trans-identified-teen-bored-privileged-lonely-and-entitled/

POST MILLENNIAL
— Tom Stoppard on cancel culture and the end of free speech. – Fiona Dodwell (DIERSEN: I should write a book about leaders who destroy a) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) those who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) those who refuse to pander to them, d) those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) those who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) those who refuse to give them money. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, etc.)
https://thepostmillennial.com/tom-stoppard-cancel-culture-free-speech

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Don’t Judge Me – Abigail Shrier (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes are extremely judgmental. I should write a book about them. I would focus on leaders who destroy a) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) those who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) those who refuse to pander to them, d) those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) those who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) those who refuse to give them money. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Illinois Center Right Coalition, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, etc. I would focus on those who blame me and blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/08/03/dont_judge_me_non-judgmental_populism_could_win_us_548567.html

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Desperate people plunge to death after clinging on departing plane to escape Taliban takeover – Chris Donaldson
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/desperate-people-plunge-to-death-after-clinging-on-departing-plane-to-escape-taliban-takeover-1119531/
— Psaki takes week off, ‘out of office’ reply runs as Biden avoids Afghanistan nightmare – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/psaki-takes-week-off-out-of-office-reply-runs-as-biden-avoids-taliban-afghanistan-nightmare-1119462/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Afghanistan: U.S. Embassy Evacuates, American Citizens Left Behind, Told To “Shelter in Place” Biden admin threatens Taliban with a “response” if stranded Americans are harmed. – Vijeta Uniyal
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/afghanistan-u-s-embassy-evacuates-american-citizens-left-behind-told-to-shelter-in-place/

EPOCH TIMES
— Taliban Enters Presidential Palace, Declares Victory as Afghan President Flees – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/afghanistan-president-flees-country-as-taliban-enters-kabul_3949448.html

POLITICO
— The GOP waves white flag on the gay marriage wars. The Republican Party has moved on from one of the most seminal culture war debates, even as evangelicals fume. – MERIDITH MCGRAW (DIERSEN: Those who reject the traditional marriage/family plank in the Republican Party platform have worked the hardest against me.)
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/16/republicans-gay-marriage-wars-505041

YAHOO NEWS
— Scalise says Biden administration to blame for “epic failure” in Afghanistan
https://www.yahoo.com/news/scalise-says-biden-administration-blame-152445773.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Afghanistan News: 20-Year U.S. War Ending as It Began, With Taliban Ruling Afghanistan
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/15/world/taliban-afghanistan-news
— Competence Is Critical for Democracy. Let’s Redefine It. – Rosa Brooks (DIERSEN: In 1979, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. Only about 20% of those who take that examination do that. In 1981, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, and subordinates were furious that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. Only about 20% of those who take examination do that.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/opinion/competence-is-critical-for-democracy-lets-redefine-it.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Afghanistan’s collapse leaves allies questioning U.S. resolve on other fronts – Liz Sly
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/afghanistan-chaos-blame-us/2021/08/14/0d4e5ab2-fd3e-11eb-911c-524bc8b68f17_story.html
— Social media algorithms determine what we see. But we can’t see them. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Everyone in Illinois can see that RINOs who run the following do not want anyone to see GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, Wheaton, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton Park District, conservative websites, conservative organizations, churches, etc.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/09/social-media-algorithms-determine-what-we-see-we-cant-see-them/

NEW YORK POST
— Joe Biden’s defeat will echo for eternity – Miranda Devine
https://nypost.com/2021/08/15/joe-bidens-defeat-will-echo-for-eternity-devine/
— Running away from a ‘nation building’ mess – James Jay Carafano
https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/running-away-from-a-nation-building-mess/amp/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden’s Afghanistan Surrender. The President tries to duck responsibility for a calamitous withdrawal. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-afghanistan-surrender-withdrawal-ashraf-ghani-kabul-saigon-jihadist-9-11-11629054041
— Big Tech Acts Like Big Brother. YouTube censored my news conference as ‘misinformation.’ – Nicole Malliotakis
https://www.wsj.com/articles/big-tech-youtube-google-de-blasio-nyc-vaccine-passport-covid-19-censorship-free-speech-11629044629

DAILY SENTINEL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled conservative-hating conservative-haters love it when conservatives leave the Republican Party.
https://www.gjsentinel.com/opinion/columns/a-conservative-without-a-party/article_085e7a86-fc9a-11eb-b202-dfa79379c0f0.html

ATLANTIC
— President Biden’s embrace of the story of Equal America is being contested on the right and left alike. – George Packer (DIERSEN: In 1979, my Democrat IRS superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I passed the CPA examination on my first attempt. Only about 20% of those who take that examination do that. In 1981, my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates were furious that I passed the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt. Only about 20% of those who take that examination do that.)
https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/08/bidens-agenda-is-equal-america/619751/

August 15 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Compared to your peers, how much time and money have you spent on immediate pleasures so far during your lifetime? I should write a book about those who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me the most for my using my time and money to a) earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, b) pass the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, c) earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, d) pass the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, e) become a licensed CPA in 1981, and f) earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997. I would focus on my Democrat IRS and GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who spent lots of their time and lots of their money on immediate pleasures.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/entlife/20210814/lets-take-the-guilt-out-of-guilty-pleasure

CENTER SQUARE
— With recreational pot legalized in many states, companies rethinking drug testing policies (DIERSEN: Like booze, but more so, pot impairs you big time. I would not want to work for, work with, or supervise anyone who uses pot. I should a book about my GAO superiors and supervisors who spent lots of their time and lots of their money smoking cigarettes and cigars, drinking booze, gambling, and/or watching sports.)
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/with-recreational-pot-legalized-in-many-states-companies-rethinking-drug-testing-policies/article_c6d2a1f8-fade-11eb-9664-d3e88cecc721.html
— Gas, vehicle and other prices soar as inflation continues – Casey Harper
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/gas-vehicle-and-other-prices-soar-as-inflation-continues/article_2e355ecc-fac0-11eb-8ddd-6b9c02beed31.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Census 2020: McHenry County Population Grew by Less Than 1%, Chairman Mike Buehler Response, Data for All Municipalities *UPDATEDx2*
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/15/census081221/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— U.S. diplomats burn documents at embassy as Taliban enter Kabul, seek unconditional surrender – Ben Wolfgang
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/15/taliban-enter-kabul-demand-unconditional-surrender/
— GOP senators that voted for infrastructure bill need to be held accountable – Michael McKenna
https://m.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/14/gop-senators-that-voted-for-infrastructure-bill-ne/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s border takedown – Ben Williamson & Mark Meadows
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/bidens-border-takedown
— Voters sue Wisconsin over district lines after census data’s release – Jeremy Beaman
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/wisconsin-democrats-file-suit-state-redistricting

FOX NEWS
— Taliban enters Afghanistan’s capital; US diplomats evacuate
https://www.foxnews.com/live-news/live-updates-taliban-gain-more-ground-in-afghanistan-as-they-close-in-on-kabul
— McCarthy slams Biden’s Afghanistan withdrawal as ’embarrassment to our nation’ Kevin McCarthy and Mitch McConnell both called for military action against the surging Taliban – Marisa Schultz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/mccarthy-slams-biden-afghanistan-withdrawal
— An American apocalypse – why people of all classes, races are filled with fear. What started out as elite woke nonsense now warps everyone’s daily life. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/american-armageddon-woke-victor-davis-hanson
— Dinesh D’Souza: Critical race theory has ‘metastasized into the whole culture’
https://www.foxnews.com/media/dinesh-dsouza-critical-race-theory-has-metastasized-into-the-whole-culture
— Colorado school district bans critical race theory. Colorado Springs School District 49 school board voted 3-2 Thursday night to keep CRT out of its classrooms. – Michael Ruiz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/colorado-school-district-bans-critical-race-theory
— Oklahoma protest against mask, vaccine mandates draws hundreds to Statehouse. The state is facing a legal challenge over its ban on mask mandates in schools. – Brie Stimson
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/oklahoma-protest-mask-vaccine-mandates-statehouse

AMERICAN THINKER
— Afghanis face 14-step U.S. visa process as Taliban streams into Kabul. Illegals at the border? Come on in – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/afghani_allies_face_a_14step_us_visa_process_as_taliban_streams_into_kabul__while_illegals_at_border_face_none.html
— When “For the People” really means “for the politicians” – Vaughn Cordle
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/when_for_the_people_really_means_for_the_politicians.html
— Queering everything – Eric Utter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/queering_everything.html
— Reality Bites Biden’s Policies – Clarice Feldman
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/reality_bites_bidens_policies.html
— You will never see China held accountable for COVID – Peter Skurkiss (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs side with communist China against America.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/you_will_never_see_china_held_accountable_for_covid.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Top Ten Ideas for Red States to Combat Blue Policies. What is the point of having political power if we don’t use it to advance policies that are both right and popular? In the case of the states, red should mean “Go!” – DeWitt Clinton (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, LGBTQ, up-or-out, budget cuts, reorganizations, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/14/top-ten-ideas-for-red-states-to-combat-blue-policies/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: End Affirmative Action in State Hiring and Admissions. . .Fire All State Diversity and Affirmative Action Employees. . .Prohibit the Counting by Race. . .Create Non-Racist Accrediting Agencies. . .Defund the Diversity Industry Scam)
— Birth Rates, Immigration, and National Identity. There are two ways to deal with global population trends; both have problems. – Edward Ring
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/14/birth-rates-immigration-and-national-identity/
— Chicago BLM Falsely Accuses Police Union Head of Sending Threatening Email – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/13/chicago-blm-falsely-accuses-police-union-head-of-sending-threatening-email/

BREITBART
— Trump: The Taliban No Longer Fears or Respects America Thanks to Biden – JACOB BLISS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/14/donald-trump-taliban-america-biden/
— How ‘Buy American’ Rules Were Kept Out of Infrastructure Bill – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/14/exclusive-buy-american-infrastructure-bill/
— Taliban Overrun Home of U.S. Ally as Biden ‘Braces for Brutal Loss’ in Afghanistan – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2021/08/14/taliban-overrun-home-of-u-s-ally-as-biden-braces-for-brutal-loss-in-afghanistan/

BLAZE
— Biden blames Trump in statement on Afghanistan, deploys 5,000 US troops to evacuate personnel as Taliban march toward Kabul – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/biden-afghanistan-troops-taliban-kabul

DAILY CALLER
— Here’s What Migrants Say About Why They’re Coming To The US Now – KAYLEE GREENLEE (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats shout at citizens of foreign countries that if they come to America, Democrats will give them preference over citizens of America, and especially over citizens of America who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/13/migrants-coming-to-the-us-now-biden-hurricane-gangs/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Other migrants said they were motivated by the change in administration because former President Donald Trump was “racist” and President Joe Biden offers more opportunities to the migrants.)

DAILY SIGNAL
— How Illegal Immigrants Say They Plan to Support Themselves in America – Kaylee Greenlee (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want cheap labor. They want people who will take BAD JOBS like I did. I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. My critics/opponents, their operatives and their dupes would never stoop to take the BAD JOBS that I did.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/13/how-illegal-immigrants-say-they-plan-to-support-themselves-in-america/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: A migrant from Honduras told The Daily Caller News Foundation that he worked dishwashing and other restaurant jobs in Guatemala before crossing through Mexico and eventually entering the U.S. unlawfully near La Joya, Texas. . .More than 10 million illegal immigrants live and work in the U.S., and most have lived in the country for an average of 16 years without legal status, according to the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank in Washington. An estimated 5 million illegal immigrants were classified as essential workers during the COVID-19 pandemic, employed at medical facilities, child and elderly care services, and education services. The Biden administration proposes to provide legal status to around 11 million illegal immigrants, according to the White House.)

TOWNHALL
— If Trump Were President, Not One Democrat in America Would Be Vaccinated – Wayne Allyn Root
https://townhall.com/columnists/wayneallynroot/2021/08/15/if-trump-were-president-not-one-democrat-in-america-would-be-vaccinated-n2594143
— Election Integrity Reform Is Key to Preventing A Socialist Takeover of America – Ken Blackwell
https://townhall.com/columnists/kenblackwell/2021/08/15/election-integrity-reform-is-key-to-preventing-a-socialist-takeover-of-america-n2594161
— Don’t Ever Believe For One Second That Liberals Give A Damn – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2021/08/15/dont-ever-believe-for-one-second-that-liberals-give-a-damn-n2594157

NEWSMAX
— Trump: Biden Losing Afghanistan ‘Through Weakness, Incompetence’
https://www.newsmax.com/headline/trump-afghanistan-statement-biden/2021/08/15/id/1032402/
— Martha’s Vineyard Sees COVID Spike After Obama Bash – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/us/obama-party-covid-19-face-masks/2021/08/14/id/1032381/

PJ MEDIA
— Pathetic: Biden Admin Pleads with Taliban to Go Easy, So as to Win Approval of ‘International Community’ – ROBERT SPENCER
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/robert-spencer/2021/08/14/pathetic-biden-admin-pleads-with-taliban-to-go-easy-so-as-to-win-approval-of-international-community-n1469518

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Get Stuck, Dummy. The COVID epidemic is, in its own way, a test of good citizenship. And it is a test that many ‘patriots’ are failing. – KEVIN D. WILLIAMSON
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/get-stuck-dummy/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Tucker rips left over Census celebration: ‘Fewer white people in America is a great thing’ – Jon Dougherty (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO politicians a) who pander to minorities by getting rid of Republicans who are White, b) who pander to females by getting rid of Republicans who are male, c) who pander to younger people by getting rid of Republicans who are older, d) who pander to LGBTQ people by getting rid of Republicans who are heterosexual, e) who pander to those who are not married by getting rid of Republicans who are married, f) who pander to veterans by getting rid of Republicans who are not veterans, g) who pander to those who hate Trump by getting rid of Republicans who do not hate Trump, h) who pander to moderates and liberals by getting rid of Republicans who are conservative, i) who pander to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs by getting rid of Republicans, j) who pander to those who in America illegally by getting rid of Republicans, k) who pander to those who have less money by getting rid of Republicans who have more money, l) who pander to those who do not own guns by getting rid of Republicans who are gun owners, m) who pander to non-Christians by getting rid of Republicans who are Christian, n) who pander to non-Protestants by getting rid of Republicans who are Protestant, o) who pander to non-Italian Americans by getting rid of Republicans who are Italian American, p) who pander to non-German Americans by getting rid of Republicans who are German American, q) who pander to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time by getting rid of Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, r) who pander to those who have dependents by getting rid of Republicans who do not have dependents, s) who pander to those who are a member of a church, attend church services, and/or give money to a church by getting rid of Republicans who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and/or who do not give money to a church, and t) who pander to those who are etc. by getting rid of Republicans who are etc.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/14/tucker-rips-left-over-census-celebration-fewer-white-people-in-america-is-a-great-thing-1118752/
— Cigar-chomping Arnold Schwarzenegger caught bare faced after mask shaming Americans – Chris Donaldson (DIERSEN: Who are the leading mask shamers in a) your employer if you are still employed, b) the organizations that you are a member of, c) your neighborhood, d) your precinct, e) your municipal district, f) your municipality, g) your township, h) your county district, and i) your county?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/14/cigar-chomping-arnold-schwarzenegger-caught-bare-faced-after-mask-shaming-americans-1118744/

EPOCH TIMES
— Texas Border Town Reaches Deal With DHS Over Illegal Immigrant Transfers – Tom Ozimek (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your church, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? Where is the money going to come from to house them, feed them, clothe them, provide them with medical care, teach them English, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.?)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/texas-border-town-reaches-deal-with-dhs-over-illegal-immigrant-transfers_3948935.html

ABC NEWS
— Virus claims more young victims as deaths climb yet again – AP
https://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/virus-claims-young-victims-deaths-climb-79456902

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Backlash to Racial Reckoning, Conservative Publishers See Gold – Elizabeth A. Harris
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/arts/race-antiracism-publishing.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats encourage children to be LGBTQers.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2021/08/10/magazine/camp-i-am.html
— Many Pandemic Retirees Weren’t Ready. How to Cope if You’re One of Them. A significant portion of workers who left their jobs since the coronavirus began surging were financially unprepared, research shows. – Tammy La Gorce (DIERSEN: In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension a) is only 41% of what of my GAO salary in 1997and b) is less that what my IRS salary was in 1972.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/12/business/retirement/pandemic-retirees.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Afghan president flees country after Taliban enters Kabul, a sign the government has collapsed – Susannah George, Bryan Pietsch, Claire Parker and John Hudson
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-embassy-jalalabad/
— Taliban enters Kabul, leaving Afghan government on brink of collapse – Susannah George and Bryan Pietsch
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-taliban-kabul-embassy-jalalabad/
— The strange summer land rush in Peoria’s dying south end. Buyers from all over America — some of whom had never heard of the Illinois town — came searching for wealth amid the Rust Belt ruins. – Greg Jaffe
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/interactive/2021/peoria-il-real-estate/

BALTIMORE SUN
— Welfare policy of Democrats harmful to Black Communities – Joseph Cesca
https://www.baltimoresun.com/maryland/carroll/opinion/cc-op-joseph-cesca-racial-injustice-20210815-62tulv4t2feo5nxshbeshbtyaa-story.html

DESERT SUN
— My ancestor was in the slave trade. As California considers reparations, what do I owe? – Lois Requist (DIERSEN: My Democrat superiors in the federal government treated me like my ancestors were slave traders. In my defense, my ancestors immigrated from what is now Germany during the 1840s and 1850s, but they always lived in northeast Illinois.)
https://www.desertsun.com/story/opinion/contributors/2021/08/14/california-considers-slavery-reparations-whats-our-moral-obligation/8130129002/

NEWSWEEK
— Lindsey Graham Censured by South Carolina County GOP for Infrastructure Vote – ANDREW STANTON
https://www.newsweek.com/lindsey-graham-censured-south-carolina-county-gop-infrastructure-vote-1619443
— Adam Kinzinger, Liz Cheney Bash ‘Unmitigated Disaster’ in Afghanistan as U.S. Hurries Exit – FATMA KHALED
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-liz-cheney-bash-unmitigated-disaster-afghanistan-us-hurries-exit-1619479

TERRY SAVAGE
— CHICAGO TRIBUNE ARTICLE TITLE: It’s time to pay for college. Are you ready. (DIERSEN: Did you expect your parents to pay your college expenses? I did not. Neither of my outstanding parents attended college. My father was the first of his ancestors to earn a high school diploma. My mother never attended high school.)
https://www.terrysavage.com/college-prep-payment/

FAST COMPANY
— Dear female job seeker: Apply for the job, ignore the ‘qualifications’ – MINAMI ROJAS (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have a) who have ignored my qualifications the most including my earning an MBA in 1976, passing the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979, earning a master’s degree in accounting in 1980, passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, and earning a master’s degree in finance in 1997 and b) who have given females the most preference over me. I would focus on my IRS, GAO, and Milton Township Republican Organization superiors.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90661349/dear-female-jobseeker-apply-for-the-job-ignore-the-qualifications

INC.
— A Toxic Workplace Triples Your Risk of Depression, a New Study Finds You know toxic workplaces are bad for mental health. You’ll be surprised by how bad. – JESSICA STILLMAN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about how extremely toxic GAO’s Chicago office was during the 1980s and 1990s. The more of the following that its employees were, the more toxic that it was: Republican, conservative, White, male, older, non-veteran, Protestant, German American, if your ancestors had been in America for a long time, if you did not have a degree from an Ivy League university, if you had an accounting degree, if you were a CPA, and/or if you did not start you career with GAO. Further, I should write a book about the most toxic people in the following: a) Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Illinois Republican Party since 1999; b) TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois 2005-2012; c) Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee 2003-2011; d) Illinois Center Right Coalition 2003-2007; e) American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter, 2001-2004; and f) Wheaton, Wheaton Park District, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois since 1978.)
https://www.inc.com/jessica-stillman/a-toxic-workplace-triples-your-risk-of-depression-new-study-finds.html

August 14 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 3,479 cases, 20 deaths – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10949564/

NBC5
— Fremd High School Student Suspended for Declining to Wear Mask: Parent – Chris Coffey
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/suburban-high-school-student-suspended-for-declining-to-wear-mask-parent/2590223/

CBS2
— Niece Of Brian Urlacher Suspended From Fremd High School For Refusing To Wear Mask – Meredith Barack
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/13/brian-urlacher-niece-suspended-mask-covid-19/
— Days After Launch, Illinois COVID-19 Vaccine Portal Has Glitches – Megan Hickey
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/13/vax-verify-illinois-covid/

FOX32
— Suburban student suspended for not wearing a mask; mother says government ‘does not control her body’
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/suburban-student-suspended-for-not-wearing-a-mask-mother-says-government-does-not-control-her-body
— Parents allegedly sent COVID-19 positive child to Nevada school, exposing 80 other kids – Catherine Park
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/parents-allegedly-sent-covid-19-positive-child-to-school-exposing-80-other-kids

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 2020 census will fuel Black-Latino power struggle over Chicago ward map. ‘It’s absolutely going to get ugly.’ – RICK PEARSON, GREGORY PRATT and BILL RUTHHART
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/elections/ct-2020-census-chicago-black-latino-city-council-ward-map-20210814-gerlrg4hezdrha4flyvmeugrri-story.html
— High-ranking schools linked to rise in Naperville’s Asian population, leaders say – SUZANNE BAKER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/naperville-sun/ct-nvs-naperville-demographics-st-0815-20210814-yedbz6ide5cr3gogo6srra5qom-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats blame Republicans for bad weather.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-nyt-republicans-climate-change-20210813-5ahqqpyp2rfivpln6lg3ic4y4a-story.html
— Aurora mayor calls for review of city’s 2020 census results after numbers show population drop – STEVE LORD
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/ct-abn-aurora-census-st-0815-20210813-pshtiwa5abfqdo4rjaes6spzoq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Political power up for grabs as populations shift — but some predict ‘strong force to really flex Latino, Latina muscle’ The latest Census numbers show the Latino population growing, and surpassing, the Black population as the largest racial or ethnic group in Chicago, Cook County and in Illinois. And that’s raising questions and sparking discussions about power among politicians and advocates. – Rachel Hinton, Fran Spielman, and Elvia Malagón
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/8/13/22623706/political-power-population-census-latino-latina-african-american-hispanic-asian-mayor-governor
— Kids to be protected from hair discrimination in schools: ‘Our existence deserves to be celebrated, not just tolerated’ The mother whose son was an inspiration for the law — a 4-year-old Black child told his braids were a violation of school dress codes — said, “Our hair is an extension of who we are as a race and is deeply connected with our cultural identity.” – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/education/2021/8/13/22624118/hair-discrimination-bill-pritzker-mike-simmons-jett-hawkins-ida-nelson
— Klan boosting Cubs owner relevant today. A hundred years ago, an owner of the Cubs was also encouraging white supremacy. – Neil Steinberg
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/12/22621449/todd-ricketts-donald-trump-charles-weeghman-chicago-cubs-ku-klux-klan
— U.S. Census let people define who they really are, putting the count a little up for grabs. The Census Bureau has been working since 2015 to find a different way to ask questions that yielded more informative and realistic results. – Rich Miller (DIERSEN: As Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs ever-increasingly promote hatred against Whites, more and more and more people will define themselves as being minorities.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/13/22624047/census-questions-identity-change-results-column-rich-miller

DAILY HERALD
— When does cave-in to cancel culture cease? – Chris Preston, Mount Prospect
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210813/when-does-cave-in-to-cancel-culture-cease

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Miss me yet?’: Trump mocks Biden, Democrats over mounting domestic and foreign woes – Haris Alic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/13/miss-me-yet-trump-mocks-biden-democrats-over-mount/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— GOP lawmakers want to amend defense authorization to ban critical race theory from military academies – Mike Brest
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/house-republicans-military-academies-critical-race-theory

FOX NEWS
— Texas border resident on ‘Hannity’: Biden’s handling of migrant surge ‘un-American’ Hidalgo County, Texas resident speaks out to Sara Carter – Chris Hindenach
https://www.foxnews.com/media/texas-border-resident-biden-hannity-sara-carter

AMERICAN THINKER
— A DOD Official Exposes The Intellectual Bankruptcy Of Diversity – Claude M. McQuarrie III
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/a_dod_official_exposes_the_intellectual_bankruptcy_of_diversity.html
— Illegal immigration insanity, and how to stop it – Charles Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/illegal_immigration_insanity_and_how_to_stop_it.html
— How much more obviously could Democrats show their racism? – Douglas Herz
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/how_much_more_obviously_could_democrats_show_their_racism.html
— The Biden Doctrine: Beg – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/the_biden_doctrine_beg.html
— Umpires are racist too now – Liam Brooks
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/umpires_are_racist_too_now.html
— The Four Horsemen of the Biden Apocalypse – Jeff Crouere
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/the_four_horsemen_of_the_biden_apocalypse.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Flags, False and True. Where those false flags fly, flap, and flutter, they tell you the policies that have undercut the value of middle-class labor and immiserated a nation are intentional. – Jay Whig
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/13/flags-false-and-true/

BREITBART
— Kinzinger: Trump Pushing Lie He Won Could Lead to ‘Large-Scale’ Domestic Violence – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/13/kinzinger-trump-pushing-lie-he-won-could-lead-to-large-scale-domestic-violence/
— Biden Likely to Push Illegal Immigration to Worst Levels in History – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/13/illegal-immigration-levels-july-2020/
— Stopping Election Integrity Reform a Key to Socialist Takeover – KEN BLACKWELL
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/13/blackwell-stopping-election-integrity-reform-a-key-to-socialist-takeover/
— Tom Cotton Calls on DHS Secretary Mayorkas to Resign over Record Illegal Immigration to U.S. – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/13/tom-cotton-calls-dhs-secretary-mayorkas-resign-record-illegal-immigration-u-s/
— Arizona Gov. Ducey Calls for the Resignation of DHS Chief Mayorkas – NEIL MUNRO
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2021/08/13/arizona-gov-ducey-calls-for-the-resignation-of-dhs-chief-mayorkas/
— Handouts over Hard Work: Majority of Democrats Prefer Socialism to Capitalism – KATHERINE HAMILTON
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/13/handouts-over-hard-work-majority-of-democrats-prefer-socialism-to-capitalism/

BLAZE
— Baltimore mayor tells unvaccinated citizens to ‘shut up’: ‘It’s your fault that we’re going back to having an indoor mask mandate’ – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/baltimore-mayor-unvaccinated-citizens-shut-up

CNS NEWS
— Rep. Lauren Boebert Wants to Censure Biden, Impeach DHS Secretary Over Border Crisis – Melanie Arter
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/washington/melanie-arter/rep-lauren-boebert-wants-censure-biden-impeach-dhs-secretary-over

DAILY WIRE
— Judge Orders Biden To Reimplement Key Trump Border Policy As Biden’s Border Catastrophe Worsens – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/judge-orders-biden-to-reimplement-key-trump-border-policy-as-bidens-border-catastrophe-worsens

DAILY SIGNAL
— How the Left Uses Children as Pawns in Immigration Policy – Lora Ries
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/13/how-the-left-uses-children-as-pawns-in-immigration-policy/

FEDERALIST
— What Critical Race Apologists Get Wrong About Laws Banning Racism In Classrooms. There is a marked tendency among critics to overstate the intent and scope of ‘anti-critical race theory’ legislation like the Texas and Tennessee statutes. – Matthew D. Wright
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/13/what-critical-race-apologists-get-wrong-about-laws-banning-racism-in-classrooms/
— Elites Think The Rules Don’t Apply To Them, And Andrew Cuomo Is Just The Result. Slimeballs like Cuomo are merely the backwash of a system that has given up on accountability. – Elle Reynolds
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/13/elites-think-the-rules-dont-apply-to-them-and-andrew-cuomo-is-just-the-result/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— Why Race-Based Politics Undermines Minority Communities – William Deatherage
https://www.heritage.org/progressivism/commentary/why-race-based-politics-undermines-minority-communities

TOWNHALL
— Biden Looking to Override COVID Policy in Red States – Matt Vespa|
https://townhall.com/tipsheet//mattvespa/2021/08/13/biden-isnt-just-looking-into-vaccine-mandates-hes-also-seeing-if-he-can-overrule-gop-govs-on-covid-n2594130

NEWSMAX
— Rep. LaHood to Newsmax: Infrastructure, Budget Legislation Will Cost Too Much – Sandy Fitzgerald
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/lahood-infrastructure-budget-spending/2021/08/13/id/1032276/
— GOP Lawmakers Aim to Ban Critical Race Theory in Military Academies – Fran Beyer
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/CRT-militaryacademies/2021/08/13/id/1032309/
— College Professor: ‘America Only for White People’ – Charlie McCarthy
https://www.newsmax.com/us/college-professor-america-white-people/2021/08/13/id/1032261/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Grabien Founder Says YouTube Demonetized Company’s Account – Alec Schemmel
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/alec-schemmel/2021/08/13/censored-grabien-founder-says-youtube-demonetized

PJ MEDIA
— Are Democrats Convinced They’ll Get a Shellacking in 2022? – MARK ELLIS
https://pjmedia.com/columns/mark-ellis/2021/08/13/are-democrats-convinced-theyll-get-a-shellacking-in-2022-n1469271

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Libertarians Were Wrong about Marijuana Legalization – ARON RAVIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/libertarians-were-wrong-about-marijuana-legalization/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— It’s Bernie’s Party Now: Majority of Registered Dems Now Favor Socialism Over Capitalism. “The poll comes as the House has become imbued with a vocal contingent of socialists and those who support socialist priorities.” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/its-bernies-party-now-majority-of-registered-dems-now-favor-socialism-over-capitalism/
— Colorado Springs School District 49 Votes to Ban Critical Race Theory – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/colorado-springs-school-district-49-votes-to-ban-critical-race-theory/

EPOCH TIMES
— GOP Demands Action on Border Crisis After Alleged Leaked Audio of DHS Secretary Surfaces – Li Hai
https://www.theepochtimes.com/gop-demands-action-on-border-crisis-after-alleged-leaked-audio-of-dhs-secretary-surfaces_3948098.html
— Judge Orders Biden Administration to Resume ‘Remain in Mexico’ Policy. The stoppage of the policy has contributed to the border crisis, ruling says. – Zachary Stieber
https://www.theepochtimes.com/judge-orders-biden-administration-to-resume-remain-in-mexico-policy_3948655.html

NBC NEWS
— Asians in the U.S. are the fastest growing racial group. What’s behind the rise. The Asian population in the U.S. grew by 35.5 percent over the past 10 years. – Kimmy Yam and Sakshi Venkatraman
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-us-are-fastest-growing-racial-group-rise-rcna1680

YAHOO NEWS
— Arnold Schwarzenegger Doubles Down on Pro-Mask Message: ‘Don’t Be a Schmuck’ – Lindsey Ellefson
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/arnold-schwarzenegger-doubles-down-pro-161653416.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Racial Identity Is Refocused In the Census – Sabrina Tavernise, Tariro Mzezewa and Giulia Heyward (DIERSEN: As Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs ever-increasingly promote hatred against Whites, more and more and more people will define themselves as being minorities.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/us/census-multiracial-identity.html
— This Is a Terrible Time for Savers. In an upside-down world of financial markets, expected returns after inflation are at record lows. – Neil Irwin
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/09/upshot/terrible-time-for-savers.html

NEW YORK POST
— Democrats headed for a shellacking – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2021/08/13/democrats-headed-for-a-shellacking-and-other-commentary/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Fear and Self-Loathing at American Express. A classic capitalist enterprise attacks capitalism. – James Freeman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/fear-and-self-loathing-at-american-express-11628884963
— Congressional Republicans Blame Biden for Bungling Afghanistan Pullout. Democrats largely supported the idea of withdrawing troops, but few have spoken out as the situation on the ground has deteriorated. – Lindsay Wise
https://www.wsj.com/articles/congressional-republicans-blame-biden-for-bungling-afghanistan-pullout-11628893595
— Will That College Degree Pay Off? A new report measures the “return on investment” offered by various higher education programs. – Ann Carrns
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/13/your-money/college-degree-investment-return.html

JD SUPRA
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: Illinois Makes Discrimination and Immigration Practices Based on Work Authorization Status a Civil Rights Violation
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/illinois-makes-discrimination-and-4701833/

GM AUTHORITY
— C8 Corvette Was The Fastest Selling New Car In July 2021
https://gmauthority.com/blog/2021/08/c8-corvette-was-the-fastest-selling-new-car-in-july-2021/