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August 19 Morning Edition

DAILY HERALD
— Candidates in county races should not be required to pay for full recounts – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210819/editorial-candidates-in-county-races-should-not-be-required-to-pay-for-full-recounts

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Is Peoria’s influence in state politics at risk with new legislative map? Some are concerned – JJ Bullock
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/politics/state/2021/08/19/peoria-wields-significant-power-in-springfield-illinois-politics/5504118001/

NPR ILLINOIS
— At State Fair, Democrats Paint GOP As Existential Threat Worthy of Keeping United Even As Rifts Divide Party – Hannah Meisel
https://www.nprillinois.org/statehouse/2021-08-18/at-state-fair-democrats-paint-gop-as-existential-threat-worthy-of-keeping-united-even-as-rifts-divide-party

WSIL TV
— Gary Rabine hopes to defeat ‘dictator’ Gov. JB Pritzker – Danny Valle
https://wsiltv.com/2021/08/18/gary-rabine-hopes-to-defeat-dictator-gov-jb-pritzker/

POLITICO ILLINOIS
— Republican Day at the fair is today. The three GOP candidates for governor won’t get a chance to talk to the crowd at the state fair, even though Rep. Rodney Davis (who might be considering a run) will get the stage (and not everyone’s happy about it). The candidates will all get a chance at the mic at this morning’s meeting of the GOP Central Committee and Republican County Chairs Association. . .Republicans say they haven’t seen any drafts of what the congressional maps might look like, but there’s an expectation that Rep. Adam Kinzinger’s seat could be erased, according to a few Republicans and some Democrats who are in Springfield for this week’s political rallies at the fair. . . .Today, 8 a.m.: GOP State Central Committee and Republican County Chairs Association meeting at the Wyndham Hotel in Springfield. Today, 11:30 a.m. to 2 p.m.: Illinois GOP Chairman Don Tracy, Reps. Darin LaHood, Rodney Davis, and Mary Miller; RNC Co-Chair Tommy Hicks; RNC Committeeman Richard Porter; and GOP leaders Jim Durkin and Dan McConchie headline Republican Day at the Illinois State Fair on the Director’s Lawn. Today, 2-4 p.m.: Sen. Jason Barickman State Fair Reception at Franny’s in Springfield. Contact: sara@thenewberggroup.org or 815-596-9160. Today, 3-5 p.m.: State Rep. Dan Brady State Fair Reception at Fulgenzi in Springfield. Contact Lori at 773-320-1938 or dan@votedanbrady.com. – Shia Kapos
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/illinois-playbook/2021/08/19/pushing-party-unity-raoul-announces-re-electin-bid-returning-for-the-remap-494045

JOHN KASS
— Chaos and Violence, in Afghanistan and Chicago, with Ayaan Hirsi Ali and John Kass
https://johnkassnews.com/chaos-and-violence-in-afghanistan-and-chicago/

WIREPOINTS
— One chart tells you much about Chicago’s property tax and its pensions
https://wirepoints.org/one-chart-tells-you-much-about-chicagos-property-tax-and-its-pensions-wirepoints-quickpoint/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Time to impeach Biden: He’s actively trying to destroy the America we know and love – David N. Bossie
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/18/time-to-impeach-biden-hes-actively-trying-to-destr/

FOX NEWS
— We should not be resettling Afghan refugees before rescuing American citizens. A mass influx of refugees from Afghanistan could further divide the United States – Tucker Carlson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tucker-carlson-resettling-afghan-refugees-rescuing-american-citizens
— Biden says as many as 15,000 Americans looking to flee Afghanistan. U.S. troops may remain in Afghanistan beyond a Aug. 31 deadline to make sure all Americans are out, the president says. – Dom Calicchio
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-says-as-many-as-15000-americans-looking-to-flee-afghanistan

AMERICAN THINKER
— Biden’s Surrender Presidency – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/bidens_surrender_presidency.html
— Fall of Kabul: The Day Reagan’s America Died – William Sullivan
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/fall_of_kabul_the_day_reagans_america_died.html
— Joe Biden crisis management, Chicago-style – Spruce Fontaine
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/joe_biden_crisis_management_chicagostyle.html
— Why Cuomo resigned versus why he should have resigned – Lynne Lechter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/why_cuomo_resigned_versus_why_he_should_have_resigned.html

FREEDOM’S JOURNAL
— Biden Chooses Decline – Ben Shapiro
https://freedomsjournalinstitute.org/blog/2021/08/18/biden-chooses-decline

BREITBART
— Obama-Appointed Judge: Prosecuting Previously Deported ‘Latinx’ Illegal Aliens Is Unconstitutional, ‘Racist’ – JOHN BINDER
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/18/obama-appointed-judge-prosecuting-previously-deported-latinx-illegal-aliens-is-unconstitutional-racist/
— Catholic League Condemns MSNBC’s ‘Obscene’ Comparison of Christians to Taliban – THOMAS D. WILLIAMS, PH.D.
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/18/catholic-league-condemns-msnbcs-obscene-comparison-christians-taliban/

BLAZE
— Justice Amy Coney Barrett will determine the fate of the Obama presidential library – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/amy-barrett-obama-library-lawsuit
— ‘The fall of Kabul should be the DOWNFALL of the Biden administration’
https://www.theblaze.com/shows/the-chad-prather-show/the-fall-of-kabul-should-be-the-downfall-of-the-biden-administration-chad-prather
— Why is Trump banned on Twitter, but the Taliban isn’t? Experts say the terror group simply follows the rules of the far-left social media platform. – DAVE URBANSKI
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-not-taliban-banned-from-twitter

CHRISTIAN POST
— Hobby Lobby ordered to pay $220K for not allowing trans employee to use women’s restroom – Ryan Foley
https://www.christianpost.com/news/hobby-lobby-fined-for-making-trans-employee-use-unisex-restroom.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Unconscionable’: Taliban Has Seized UH-60 Black Hawks, Other High-Tech American Equipment, Republicans Say In Letter To White House – THOMAS CATENACCI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/18/republican-senators-black-hawk-helicopters-afghanistan-taliban-white-house/

DAILY WIRE
— Afghan Women Throwing Babies Over Barbed Wire To Save Them – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/afghan-women-throwing-babies-over-barbed-wire-to-save-them-report

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Joe Biden: A legacy of failure after only eight months (and 47 years) – Joseph Ragonese
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/commentary/joe-biden-a-legacy-of-failure-after-only-eight-months-and-47-years-139540/

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— ‘CRT’ by Another Name Is Still CRT
https://www.creators.com/read/daily-editorials/08/21/crt-by-another-name-is-still-crt

CNS NEWS
— Russian Officials Praise Taliban, Whose Fighters are ‘Guarding’ Moscow’s Embassy in Kabul – Dimitri Simes
https://www.cnsnews.com/article/international/dimitri-simes/russian-officials-praise-taliban-whose-fighters-are-guarding

DAILY CALLER
— Trump Jr Says Biden Has Created The ‘Largest Hostage Situation In The History Of The World’ In Afghanistan – GREG PRICE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/18/trump-jr-biden-hostage-situation-afghanistan/

NEW AMERICAN
— Illinois Implements Vaccine Passports, Mandates – Peter Rykowski
https://thenewamerican.com/illinois-implements-vaccine-passports-mandates/

NEWS BUSTERS
— Taliban Banned on Facebook, Allowed on Twitter — Trump Still Banned on Both – Autumn Johnson
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/08/18/taliban-banned-facebook-allowed-twitter-trump-still

PATRIOT POST
— Biden’s Blowup: Back to the Future of Islamic Terrorism. On the eve of 9/11, Joe Biden has re-seeded al-Qa’ida’s terrorist turf. – MARK ALEXANDER
https://patriotpost.us/alexander/82059-bidens-blowup-back-to-the-future-of-islamic-terrorism-2021-08-18

POST MILLENNIAL
— Bank of America teaches America is ‘white supremacist’, promotes abolition of police. Despite their namesake, Bank of America teaches employees that the brand of America is bad and racist. – Nick Monroe
https://thepostmillennial.com/bank-of-america-leak

COLLEGE FIX
— Pew Research poll: Liberals more likely to see ‘cancel culture’ as a tool for good – CHRISTIAN SCHNEIDER (COMMENT: I should write a book about those who cancel others, who they cancel, and why. 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, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, and those who I have sued.)
https://www.thecollegefix.com/pew-research-poll-liberals-more-likely-to-see-cancel-culture-as-a-tool-for-good/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— ‘They will not pin this s*** on me!’ Unconfirmed sources claim Kamala is boiling – Vivek Saxena (COMMENT: When Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct lose elections, my critics/opponents do everything that they can to pin those losses on me and on my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. I would focus on those who have taken most adverse actions against me since 2000. This year, they stopped me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parade and fireworks. I am no longer a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. In 2006, they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/18/they-will-not-pin-this-s-on-me-unconfirmed-sources-claim-kamala-is-boiling-1120464/

EPOCH TIMES
— ‘First-Come, First-Serve’: US Embassy Says Military Can’t Ensure ‘Safe Passage’ to Kabul Airport – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/first-come-first-serve-us-embassy-says-military-cant-ensure-safe-passage-to-kabul-airport_3954955.html
— CDC Director: ‘Concerning Evidence’ Shows COVID-19 Vaccine Effectiveness ‘Waning’ Against Delta Variant – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/cdc-director-concerning-evidence-shows-covid-19-vaccine-effectiveness-is-waning-against-delta-variant_3954466.html

THE HILL
— Billions in US weaponry seized by Taliban – REBECCA KHEEL
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/568493-billions-in-us-weaponry-seized-by-taliban

WASHINGTON POST
— U.S. troops will remain in Afghanistan until all American citizens are evacuated, Biden tells ABC News – Rachel Pannett, , Erin Cunningham, Jennifer Hassan and Claire Parker
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/18/afghanistan-kabul-taliban-live-updates/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— More than 200 COVID cases traced to Chicago’s Lollapalooza festival – DAVID MATTHEWS
https://www.nydailynews.com/coronavirus/ny-covid-cases-traces-lollapalooza-festival-chicago-20210818-i6lqnuxmpbht7ky6rkfwxqhwvu-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The U.S. Is Hostage to the Taliban. Pentagon officials admit they don’t have enough troops to protect the Kabul airport and assist Americans and Afghans trying to get to the airport. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/hostage-to-the-taliban-joe-biden-lloyd-austin-mark-milley-11629323032
— The Taliban Capture Joe Biden. Kabul’s conquerors hold the leverage in defining the terms of a postwar status quo. – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-taliban-afghanistan-withdrawal-evacuation-refugees-siv-translators-saigon-iran-11629315806
— The Return of ‘America Held Hostage’ Some 15,000 U.S. citizens and residents are behind Taliban lines. There’s no easy way to get them out. – Walter Russell Mead
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-american-withdrawal-kabul-taliban-afghanistan-evacuate-iran-hostage-crisis-carter-11629303110

STAR TRIBUNE
— Former staff for Minnesota Republican Party allege Jennifer Carnahan created ‘toxic’ workplace. Former executive directors of state party speak out on Carnahan; NDAs voided. – Briana Bierschbach (COMMENT: 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 for them: 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.startribune.com/former-staff-for-minnesota-republican-party-allege-jennifer-carnahan-created-toxic-workplace/600088972/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Minnesota Republican Party Chairwoman Jennifer Carnahan has presided over a toxic workplace culture and unchecked sexual harassment in the state party, according to a growing number of former staffers and activists who have leveled allegations against her. Four former executive directors of the party released a lengthy statement on Wednesday saying Carnahan “ruled by grudges, retaliation, and intimidation” in the party, often withholding prized party data to help candidates she preferred to get a “leg up.” The statement said she retaliated against those who spoke out against her, often trying to prevent former staff from getting other jobs. “Carnahan created an extremely toxic work environment, often yelling, demeaning and questioning loyalty,” the former staffers said in a joint statement. “We would be reprimanded if we did not glowingly ‘pump up’ and stroke the ego of Carnahan in our rare public appearances.” The four former executive directors — Becky Alery, Andy Aplikowski, Christine Snell and Kevin Poindexter — said they were able to speak out after the party’s Executive Board voted Sunday to void nondisclosure agreements that they said Carnahan used to silence staff. They added their voices to a widening chorus of people calling for Carnahan to resign from party leadership, including well over a dozen state legislators, three Republican governor candidates and five members of the party’s own executive board. Carnahan has said the allegations are part of an effort by her detractors to “relitigate” the 2021 race for party chair, when she won a third term. The 15-member executive board is meeting Thursday night and will take a vote of confidence in Carnahan’s leadership. Ten votes are required to remove her as chair. Many have cited Carnahan’s close relationship with Anton “Tony” Lazzaro, a prolific GOP donor and activist who was arrested last week on federal charges of sex trafficking. Lazzaro became deeply involved in state politics through his friendship with Carnahan. Since his arrest, other allegations have flooded social media about Carnahan’s leadership of the party. Multiple women detailed in social media posts their experiences being harassed or spoken to inappropriately by staff in the party, a culture they said went unchecked. “I don’t think young women are safe in politics,” said Kayla Khang, who interned for the party when she was 17 and said male party staffers had inappropriate conversations with her and frequently made comments that made her uncomfortable. She said she was warned specifically about being alone with one former party staffer.)

NORTH PLATTE TELEGRAPH
— Critical Race Theory devised to divide us – State Sen. Mike Groene
https://nptelegraph.com/opinion/columnists/groene-critical-race-theory-devised-to-divide-us/article_f1181e9e-009b-11ec-82b2-6f9a9ac37ebf.html

JD SUPRA
— Why An Equity Audit Is Your Best Defense Before You Need One (COMMENT: My Democrat superiors in the federal government acted like their Democrat employees who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran wanted them to get rid of their Republican employees who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran. RINO leaders of Republican organizations act like their RINO members who are moderate, minority, female, and/or younger want them to get rid of their members who are conservative, White, male, and/or older.)
https://www.jdsupra.com/legalnews/why-an-equity-audit-is-your-best-2637507/

LGBTQ NATION
— COMMENT: I should write a book about the following who have worked the hardest since 2000 to destroy the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, and Illinois Center Right Coalition: those who reject the a) traditional marriage/family, b) right to life, c) immigration, d) illegal drugs, e) Second Amendment, and/or f) equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Of course, I would focus on leaders of the aforesaid organizations, their operatives, and their dupes.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/closeted-former-gop-staffer-whines-discovering-republicans-dont-support-lgbtq-rights/

GUARDIAN
— Facebook no, Twitter yes: which tech firms let the Taliban post? – Alex Hern
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/aug/18/how-are-tech-firms-dealing-with-taliban-social-media

August 17 Morning Edition

ABC7
— US to recommend COVID vaccine booster shots for all Americans at 8 months
https://abc7chicago.com/health/us-to-recommend-covid-vaccine-boosters-at-8-months-sources/10956154/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— New daily COVID-19 cases in Chicago top 400, a metric cited a year ago when CPS decided not to reopen schools – DIANA WALLACE and DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-covid-chicago-illinois-cases-rise-20210817-ucpx57wfujfsbbsragbvpb4bhu-story.html
— Surge of International students from India prompts University of Illinois at Chicago to launch office in New Delhi – KAREN ANN CULLOTTA (DIERSEN: UIC accepted me in 1966 when I was a 17-year-old Crete resident. If I was a 17-year-old Crete resident today, I doubt that UIC would accept me because a) I am not a minority, b) I am not a female, c) I am not an LGBTQer, d) I am not low-income, e) I am conservative, f) I am Republican, g) I was baptized, raised and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, h) I am 100% German national origin, and i) my ancestors have been in America since 1844.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-u-of-i-india-expansion-20210816-krvo5xiou5d57kfptbuycblwqq-story.html
— Businesses, Black and Latino communities hit hardest by property tax increases, treasurer’s office report shows: ‘An eternally broken system’. – SARAH FREISHTAT
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-property-tax-increase-south-west-suburbs-20210817-5mre275sr5bcdp3o6mlkcq7bfe-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Seeing red: With high COVID-19 infection rate across Illinois, Pritzker warns, ‘We’re going to be dealing with this for some time’ Gov. J.B. Pritzker didn’t provide a date for when students, teachers and staff would be able to forgo face coverings. “We have to prepare ourselves for the, hopefully, ramping down of COVID over a number of months and maybe over the next year, but we have to follow the science and we’ll be requiring people to wear masks in schools to keep our kids safe until we no longer need to.” – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2021/8/16/22627615/delta-variant-illinois-coronavirus-covid-19-high-rate-cdc-august16
— President Biden gets America’s priorities right. The U.S. entanglement in Afghanistan has been a costly folly. But Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget resolution proposes proven responses to pressing needs. – Jesse Jackson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/16/22628085/biden-afghanistan-3-5-trillion-budget-jesse-jackson

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Top Illinois House Republican moves toward statewide run. Deputy Republican Leader Tom Demmer is weighing a run for Illinois Secretary of State or Treasurer. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/top-illinois-house-republican-moves-toward-statewide-run

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— AS THE DEMOCRAT PARTY’S STRANGLEHOLD ON CHICAGO TIGHTENS: A ‘Dramatic Increase In Graffiti’ Seen Along Expressways And CTA Stations Reflects Badly On The City, Residents Say. Graffiti reports are up 30 percent in Chicago, and crews are struggling to keep up with removing it. – Mauricio Peña
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/08/16/a-dramatic-increase-in-graffiti-seen-along-expressways-and-cta-stations-reflects-badly-on-the-city-residents-say/

EVANSTON NOW
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: ‘Black Lives Matter’ gets honorary street name. Signs added to Dodge Avenue between Church and Lake streets. – JEFF HIRSH
https://evanstonnow.com/black-lives-matter-gets-honorary-street-name/

CHICAGO NOW
— Berkowitz w/Sen. Dillard & Gov Edgar in 2014 re Dillard’s views on IL pension reform, teachers’ unions & much more. Will Sen. Dillard & others soon join 2022 GOP Gov primary?
https://www.chicagonow.com/public-affairs-with-jeff-berkowitz/2021/08/watch-berkowitz-w-sen-dillard-gov-edgar-in-2014-re-dillards-views-on-il-pension-reform-teachers-unions-much-more-will-sen-dillard-others-soon-join-2022-gop-gov-primary-cab/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— The Disastrous Biden Administration – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/federal/the-disastrous-biden-administration/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Promises are being broken’ as U.S. strands Afghan allies – Stephen Dinan and Joseph Clark Monday
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/us-strands-afghan-allies-promises-are-being-broken/
— Afghan-American scholar agonizes over homeland, lashes out at Taliban, U.S. – Mark A. Kellner
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/mejgan-massoumi-afghan-american-scholar-agonizes-o/
— Sen. Rick Scott floats removing Biden via 25th Amendment: ‘Has time come?’ – Victor Morton
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/rick-scott-floats-removing-joe-biden-25th-amendmen/
— Democrats eye IRS expansion to help pay for new $3.5T ‘human infrastructure’ package – Haris Alic
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/democrats-eye-irs-expansion-help-pay-new-35t-human/
— Networks silent on the Biden border crisis – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/inside-beltway-networks-silent-biden-border-crisis/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden is responsible for the ‘systemic racism’ he professes to oppose – Zachary Faria
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/biden-is-responsible-for-the-systemic-racism-he-professes-to-oppose
(FROM THE ARTICLE: According to the Urban Institute, black and Hispanic landlords have lower incomes and own fewer properties than their white counterparts. They are also “more likely to have a mortgage than own their building outright” and make up a disproportionate number of the landlords who have at least one mortgage in forbearance. This isn’t the first time that Biden, who professes to care so much about equity, has pushed damaging policies that disproportionately harm minorities. Biden’s Title IX changes, which treat students accused of sexual misconduct as guilty until proven, also disproportionately harm black college students. The systemic racism Biden has warned so much about is coming from inside the White House. In pursuing policies that make liberals feel good but are damaging when put in place, as both the eviction moratorium and Title IX changes are, Biden is perpetuating the very problem he claims to be so concerned about. The narrative around systemic racism somehow does not apply to these Democratic policies, proving once again that it is a political narrative and nothing more. That will remain true the next time Biden takes the podium to denounce another GOP voting law as being a new version of Jim Crow.)

FOX NEWS CHANNEL
— Biden shifts blame for Afghanistan falling to Taliban. – Jack Durschlag
https://www.foxnews.com/us/biden-shifts-blame-for-afghanistan-falling-to-taliban-to-afghans-trump
— George Bush, former first lady issue statement on Afghanistan with message to US troops, veterans. The war in Afghanistan began under Bush after the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks. – Edmund DeMarche
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/george-bush-former-first-lady-issue-statement-on-afghanistan-with-message-to-us-troops-veterans
— Clay Travis: If ‘experts’ were this wrong about Afghanistan, ‘how can you trust them on border, COVID’? – By Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/travis-sexton-if-experts-were-this-wrong-about-afghanistan-how-can-you-trust-them-on-border-covid
— Biden points fingers for Afghanistan debacle after promising he wouldn’t ‘blame others’ Biden’s Afghanistan remarks contrasted with his campaign promise to ‘take responsibility’ and not ‘blame others’ – Houston Keene (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who have blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters the most for their problems, for your problems, for my problems, and for everyone’s problems.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-afghanistan-points-fingers-blame-others
— Mark Steyn tells Tucker Carlson leftist worldview is all ‘power calculation’ The left focuses on ‘what belongs to the rainbow coalition of the future,’ he says – Angelica Stabile
https://www.foxnews.com/media/mark-steyn-tells-tucker-leftist-worldview-is-all-power-calculation
— Lindsey Graham slams Biden Afghanistan speech: ‘No one to blame but himself’ Biden spent much of his speech pinning the blame for the deteriorating security situation in Afghanistan. – Michael Lee
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/lindsey-graham-slams-biden-speech-no-one-to-blame-but-himself

BLAZE
— Trump calls Afghanistan ‘the most embarrassing military outcome’ in American history – ALEX NITZBERG
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-calls-afghanistan-the-most-embarrassing-military-outcome-in-american-history

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Kansas Teacher Fined After Quitting Job Over Mask Mandates And Critical Race Theory Teaching, Will Start Homeschooling Project – ANTON CARILLO
https://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/12932/20210816/kansas-teacher-fined-after-quitting-job-over-mask-mandates-and-critical-race-theory-teaching-will-start-homeschooling-project.htm

CHRISTIAN POST
— Nearly 70% of Americans disapprove of Biden’s handling of Afghanistan – Michael Gryboski
https://www.christianpost.com/amp/most-americans-oppose-bidens-handling-of-afghanistan-poll.html

DAILY CALLER
— George W. Bush Releases Statement On Afghanistan Calling On U.S. To Accept Refugees – GREG PRICE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/16/president-george-bush-statement-afghanistan-refugees/

DAILY WIRE
— NYT, WSJ, WaPo Publishers Urge Biden To Protect Afghan Colleagues In Kabul: ‘Stand Behind The Free Press’ – Charlotte Pence Bond (DIERSEN: I should write a book about all the many adverse actions that have been taken against me to get me to stop sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters.)
https://www.dailywire.com/news/nyt-wsj-wapo-publishers-urge-biden-to-protect-afghan-colleagues-in-kabul-stand-behind-the-free-press

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Chinese Media Threaten Taiwan after Kabul Debacle: ‘The Island’s Defense Will Collapse in Hours’ – ZACHARY EVANS (DIERSEN: If/when China conquers Taiwan, who will Republican China-promoters blame?)
https://www.nationalreview.com/news/chinese-media-threaten-taiwan-after-kabul-debacle-the-islands-defense-will-collapse-in-hours/

NEW AMERICAN
— Biden to Bring in 30K Afghans. Americans Left Behind Won’t Be Prioritized in Evacuation – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/biden-to-bring-in-30k-afghans-americans-left-behind-wont-be-prioritized-in-evacuation/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump remains barred from Twitter but Taliban spokesperson still using platform for propaganda – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/trump-remains-barred-from-twitter-but-taliban-spokesperson-still-using-platform-for-propaganda-1119492/
— CNN reports Taliban fighters chanting ‘Death to America’ seem ‘friendly at the same time’ – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/cnn-reports-taliban-fighters-chanting-death-to-america-seem-friendly-at-the-same-time-1119801/
— Advanced copy of Biden’s Afghanistan talking points leaked to friendly press. ‘They’re not good.’ (DIERSEN: What do you say to Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO activists, candidates, and party leaders a) who pander to Rich Miller and to the rest of the Democrat news media in Illinois and b) who do everything that they can to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/advanced-copy-of-bidens-talking-points-on-afghanistan-leaked-to-friendly-press-they-are-not-good-1119887/
— Psaki takes week off, ‘out of office’ reply runs as Biden avoids Afghanistan nightmare – Tom Tillison (DIERSEN: I have put together and sent out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every a) morning since 2004 and b) evening since 2015.)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/psaki-takes-week-off-out-of-office-reply-runs-as-biden-avoids-taliban-afghanistan-nightmare-1119462/
— Pelosi floats GOP ‘clowns’ Jordan and Banks could end up as part of Jan 6 probe – Frank Webster
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/17/pelosi-floats-gop-clowns-jordan-and-banks-could-end-up-as-part-of-jan-6-probe-1120029/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Blames Everyone but Himself for Afghanistan Withdrawal Fiasco. Biden never addressed why it all went haywire this weekend. – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/live-biden-returns-to-white-house-addresses-nation-on-afghanistan/

EPOCH TIMES
— Pentagon Warns of Worsening Terrorist Threat After Taliban Takes Over Afghanistan – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_morningbrief/pentagon-warns-of-worsening-terrorist-threat-after-taliban-takes-over-afghanistan_3951535.html

THE HILL
— Pompeo: ‘Pathetic’ for Biden to blame Trump for Afghanistan – OLAFIMIHAN OSHIN
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/567979-Pompeo-Pathetic-for-Biden-to-blame-Trump-for-Afghanistan

POLITICO
— Who’s to blame for Afghanistan? – ALEXANDER WARD and QUINT FORGEY
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/national-security-daily/2021/08/16/whos-to-blame-for-afghanistan-493993
— Afghanistan blame game – ALEX THOMPSON and TINA SFONDELES
https://www.politico.com/newsletters/west-wing-playbook/2021/08/16/afghanistan-blame-game-493991

ABC NEWS
— Republicans play blame game with Biden on Afghanistan. Several lawmakers supported the withdrawal under the Trump administration. – Mariam Khan
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/republicans-play-blame-game-biden-afghanistan/story?id=79481240

CNN
— Biden administration reverts to internal blame-shifting amid Afghanistan chaos – Natasha Bertrand, Kylie Atwood, Oren Liebermann and Nicole Gaouette
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/17/politics/biden-afghanistan-blame-shifting/index.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Delta Surge Drives Home Painful Truth: Covid Isn’t Going Away. The new flood of cases has forced Americans to recalibrate. Governors and mayors who imposed shutdowns last summer are pushing vaccines now. – Julie Bosman and Mitch Smith
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/covid-delta-variant-us.html

WASHINGTON POST
— After Afghanistan falls, the blame game begins – Shane Harris (DIERSEN: Who blames you and for what? I should write a book about those a) who blame me, b) who blame my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters since 2000, c) who blame what I did to help Republicans help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks 2005-2019, and d) who blame what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman 2005-2012, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC) Government Affairs Committee member 2003-2011, Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO) webmaster 2008-2010 and 2000-2004, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member 2003-2007, and American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC) board member 2001-2004 for losses that Republican candidates in ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000. I would focus on unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I would focus on past and present leaders of the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, MTRO, Wheaton Park District, WCC, TAPROOT, ICRC, AAPC MC, Illinois, DuPage County, Milton Township, and Wheaton. I would focus on those who or castrated adverse actions against me. I should title the book “The Scapegoaters.”)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/taliban-us-intelligence-afghanistan/2021/08/16/c59f4416-febd-11eb-85f2-b871803f65e4_story.html
— Biden says the ‘buck stops with me’ — while pinning blame on Trump and many Afghans – Aaron Blake
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/16/biden-says-buck-stops-with-me-while-pinning-blame-trump-lots-afghans/

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— The Taliban won. Here’s what that could mean – NABIH BULOS
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-15/the-taliban-won-heres-what-that-could-mean
— The Taliban is now benefiting from the billions spent on building Afghanistan’s army – AP
https://www.latimes.com/world-nation/story/2021-08-17/billions-spent-afghan-army-ultimately-benefited-taliban

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Congressman and veteran Adam Kinzinger blames Afghanistan’s collapse on Biden and Trump – BRIAN NIEMIETZ
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-adam-kinzinger-dan-crenshaw-biden-trump-afghanistan-fault-20210817-g6rqwq6a2bftrdlqahldukbep4-story.html
— The critical race theory haters are blind to savage structural inequalities in our public schools – DAN WEISBERG (DIERSEN: My parents sent me to a) Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, b) Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and c) Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had tremendous unfair advantages in life. If that is true, why did I take BAD JOBS that they would never stoop to take? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I took those BAD JOBS because I am lazy and stupid. In my defense, 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. Further, in my defense, those who hired me and those who promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-critical-race-theory-public-schools-20210817-mlyzpicvgbc43jeavrlj2akbnu-story.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Biden’s Chamberlain Moment in Afghanistan. The fall of Kabul has been heard around the world, to the dismay of our allies and delight of our enemies. – Walter Russell Mead
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-chamberlain-afghanistan-withdrawal-saigon-jihadist-taliban-kabul-pakistan-11629128451
— Growing Share of Migrants From Outside Mexico, Central America Poses Challenge for Biden. Nearly three in 10 arrested at the southern border in July came from South America, the Caribbean or beyond. – Michelle Hackman
https://www.wsj.com/articles/growing-share-of-migrants-from-outside-mexico-central-america-poses-challenge-for-biden-11629122385

FORBES
— Twitter, Facebook May Let Taliban Control Afghan Government Social Media Accounts
https://www.forbes.com/sites/abrambrown/2021/08/17/twitter-facebook-taliban-social-media-accounts/

NEWSWEEK
— Tucker Carlson Slams U.S. Housing Afghanistan Refugees: ‘First We Invade, Then We Are Invaded”
https://www.newsweek.com/tucker-carlson-slams-us-housing-afghanistan-refugees-first-we-invade-then-we-are-invaded-1619954
— American Female Reporter Wears Hijab as Taliban Gains More Ground in Afghanistan
https://www.newsweek.com/american-female-reporter-wears-hijab-taliban-gains-more-ground-afghanistan-1619695

INTERCEPT
— Laura Ingraham Confronts the Core Problem for Capitalists – Jon Schwarz (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. According to my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes, I am extremely stupid. Therefore, if I could do the aforesaid, just about anyone could do the aforesaid.)
https://theintercept.com/2021/08/14/laura-ingraham-capitalists-labor/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: THURSDAY NIGHT on Fox News, Laura Ingraham straightforwardly expressed the key challenge for capitalism: How can bosses get people to do awful, degrading jobs for little pay in order to make other people rich? “The government is literally putting anvils, in many ways, on people’s shoulders, either through the mandates, regulations, and now through free money,” Ingraham said to her guest, reality TV host Jon Taffer. “If we are not causing people to be hungry to work, then we’re providing them with all the meals they need sitting at home,” Taffer agreed. “These benefits make absolutely no sense to us.” Capitalism has been grappling with this problem for hundreds of years, but as history and Ingraham show, the answer now is the same as it’s always been: The laboring classes must be forced into circumstances in which they must work or starve.)

EDITOR AND PUBLISHER
— Mastering Budgets – Jerry Simpkins (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who are most furious that I have the money, time, motivation, and ability to put together and send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletter each and every morning and evening free of charge and without any advertising.)
https://www.editorandpublisher.com/stories/mastering-budgets,199103

FORD AUTHORITY
— New Vehicle Affordability Reaches All-Time Low In July 2021 – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: In 1966, when I was 17 years old, I bought a new 1966 Pontiac Tempest Sprint ( https://www.motortrend.com/features/mscp-1206-1966-pontiac-lemans-sprint/ ) with money that I saved washing dishes part-time for the minimum wage for 18 months in the basement of the S.S. Kresges in Chicago Heights.)
https://fordauthority.com/2021/08/new-vehicle-affordability-reaches-all-time-low-in-july-2021-report/

INDEPENDENT
— President’s speech branded ‘grotesque’ and ‘devoid of empathy’ as Bush breaks silence – Chiara Giordano and Oliver O’Connell
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/biden-news-afghanistan-speech-live-b1903856.html

LOOP NET
— OFFICE PROPERTY FOR SALE: 520 West Roosevelt Road, Wheaton
https://www.loopnet.com/Listing/520-W-Roosevelt-Rd-Wheaton-IL/23457154/

August 13 Evening Edition

FOX32
— Pritzker signs new Illinois law banning hair discrimination in schools
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/pritzker-signs-new-illinois-law-banning-hair-discrimination-in-schools

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: MacArthur Foundation gives almost $80M in grants to organizations to advance the Democrat Party platform.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/people/ct-macarthur-foundation-equitable-recovery-grants-tt-0813-20210813-dh2q6ut7wnfi7dfqqgdbfp7h44-story.html
— Dozens of Chicago bars and restaurants are only admitting vaccinated customers. How’s that going? And could the city mandate it as COVID-19 cases climb again? – JOSH NOEL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/dining/ct-food-vaccinated-only-bars-restaurants-chicago-how-its-going-20210813-pjutel37kjgfznaeapmyodlgqu-story.html
— Wheaton mansion sells for $2.89M, the highest price on record for that city – BOB GOLDSBOROUGH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-re-elite-street-record-wheaton-mansion-sale-20210813-c3xjrqai75hohejon6be4mmezq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— As more places demand COVID vaccination proof, here’s everything you need to know. The rules often vary. What some businesses are requiring, how to navigate this — including how to get a card from Northwestern Medicine, which initially didn’t provide them. – Stephanie Zimmermann
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2021/8/13/22621994/vaccine-cards-passport-covid-coronavirus-vaccination
— Slaying of Officer Ella French shows police need our support more than ever. ‘She was like a lamb in the pit of vipers and jackals,’ says a retired Chicago police official. – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/13/22623970/ella-french-killing-chicago-police-department-need-support-more-than-ever

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois Democrats look to eliminate GOP House district – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20210813/news/308139943
— As Illinois logs highest COVID-19 counts since April, what now with booster shots? – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210813/as-illinois-logs-highest-covid-19-counts-since-april-what-now-with-booster-shots
— Nurses, protesters rally against hospital vaccine mandate in Elgin – Rick West
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20210811/nurses-protesters-rally-against-hospital-vaccine-mandate-in-elgin
— Proposed McHenry County flag policy including limits on pride flag set for final vote – Ben Szalinski
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210813/proposed-mchenry-county-flag-policy-including-limits-on-pride-flag-set-for-final-vote

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— No masks in schools, say Bloomington protestors – BRENDAN DENISON
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-no-masks-in-schools-say-bloomington-protestors/article_84d52d6c-d2d3-536b-bceb-2f5b206899dd.html

WILLIAM J KELLY
— Fire Pritzker Rally for Freedom
https://www.williamjkelly.org/events/zr1wg?s=5249334434427387904
— Facebook censors Newsmax reporter’s post about police after Ella French’s death
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/facebook-censors-newsmax-reporters-post-about-police-after-ella-frenchs-death

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— PRITZKER MANDATES MASKS FOR PUBLIC, NON-PUBLIC SCHOOLS; BAILEY DEMANDS BASIS FOR POLICY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/pritzker-mandates-masks-for-public-non-public-schools-bailey-demands-basis-for-policy.html
— GOV. PRITZKER SIGNS LANDMARK LAW TO “PREVENT HAIR BIAS IN ILLINOIS SCHOOLS”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/gov-pritzker-signs-landmark-law-to-prevent-hair-bias-in-illinois-schools.html
— BIAS BY OMISSION: 1619 PROJECT IGNORES DEMOCRATIC PARTY’S HISTORY OF RACISM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/bias-by-omission-1619-project-ignores-democratic-partys-history-of-racism.html
— THE EVIDENCE IS CLEAR: DEMOCRATS ARE PUSHING AMERICA TOWARD ECONOMIC DISASTER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/the-evidence-is-clear-democrats-are-pushing-america-toward-economic-disaster.html
— A WOKE EDUCATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/a-woke-education.html
— TURNS OUT CALIFORNIANS HATE ELECTRIC VEHICLES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/turns-out-californians-hate-electric-vehicles.html
— DOES IT VIOLATE THE NUREMBERG CODE?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/this-violates-the-nuremberg-code.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Pritzker still not going, citing family plans *** After Pritzker refuses to attend big indoor brunch fundraiser, IDCCA moves event outside
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/13/after-pritzker-refuses-to-attend-big-indoor-brunch-fundraiser-idcca-moves-event-outside/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— DHS sets new high for catch-and-release at border. July also set new records for most children and parents caught – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/13/dhs-sets-new-high-catch-and-release-border/

GOPUSA
— Fox Poll: Majority Of Registered Democrat Voters Now Prefer Socialism To Capitalism
https://www.gopusa.com/fox-poll-majority-of-registered-democrat-voters-now-prefer-socialism-to-capitalism/
— Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett Refuses Request To Block Indiana University Vaccine Mandate
https://www.gopusa.com/supreme-court-justice-refuses-request-to-block-college-vaccine-mandate/
— Atlanta Mom Says School ‘Segregated’ Daughter Into Black-Only Classes: Lawsuit
https://www.gopusa.com/atlanta-mom-says-school-segregated-daughter-into-black-only-classes-lawsuit/
— What The Woke Folk Are In For
https://www.gopusa.com/what-the-woke-folk-are-in-for/

ACCURACY IN MEDIA
— Senate’s “Stop CRT Act” may not catch the millions to CRT in Providence – Justin Katz
https://www.aim.org/aim-column/senates-stop-crt-act-may-not-catch-the-millions-to-crt-in-providence/

BREITBART
— Woke Capitalism: Steve Forbes Rebukes American Express over Critical Race Theory Training – JOHN CARNEY
https://www.breitbart.com/social-justice/2021/08/13/amex-critical-race-theory-training/

BLAZE
— Outrage erupts against Justice Amy Coney Barrett over vaccine mandate decision – CARLOS GARCIA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/amy-coney-barrett-vaccine-mandate

DAILY WIRE
— West Point Teaching ‘Marxism,’ Military Official Says; Left-Wing Courses Revealed – Amanda Prestigiacomo
https://www.dailywire.com/news/west-point-teaching-marxism-military-official-says-left-wing-courses-revealed

FEDERALIST
— How Parents Are Holding Schools Accountable For Politicizing Education
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/13/how-parents-are-holding-schools-accountable-for-politicizing-education/
— Critical Race Theory Aims To Murder The Souls Of White Children CRT aims to annihilate the souls of white people, to morally paralyze them via a protracted process of induced guilt, shame, embarrassment, and extortion. – Jason Hill
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/13/critical-race-theory-aims-to-murder-the-souls-of-white-children/

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

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Universities Are Complicit in Ballooning Student Debt – DANIEL TENREIRO
https://www.nationalreview.com/magazine/2021/09/01/universities-are-complicit-in-ballooning-student-debt/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Loudoun County Residents Speak Out Against CRT: “This Is About Power and Control” – Tyler Stone
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/13/loudoun_county_residents_speak_out_against_crt_this_is_about_power_and_control.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— American Express Training Employees That Capitalism Is ‘Racist’ “Workers are also ­directed toward a series of articles that … demonstrate that white children become racist before they can speak and persuade employees that Congress should pass legislation for race-based reparations.”
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/american-express-training-employees-that-capitalism-is-racist/

EPOCH TIMES
— Why I Oppose Critical Race Theory – Phil King
https://www.theepochtimes.com/why-i-oppose-critical-race-theory_3946090.html
— Homeland Security Ignoring Congressional Requests for Info on Where Illegal Immigrants are Being Sent – Mark Tapscott
https://www.theepochtimes.com/homeland-security-ignoring-congressional-requests-for-info-on-where-illegal-immigrants-are-being-sent_3947842.html

FORBES
— How Tennis, Golf, And White Anxiety Block Racial Integration – Jay Fitzgerald
https://www.forbes.com/sites/hbsworkingknowledge/2021/08/13/how-tennis-golf-and-white-anxiety-block-racial-integration/

August 12 Morning Edition

NBC5
— US Jobless Claims Near Pandemic Low as Economy Strengthens. Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that jobless claims fell for a third straight week to 375,000 from 387,000 the previous week. – Christopher Rugaber
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/us-jobless-claims-near-pandemic-low-as-economy-strengthens/2588754/

WGN9
— Parents rally against Gov. Pritzker’s school mask mandate in Niles – Kelly Davis
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/parents-rally-against-gov-pritzkers-school-mask-mandate-in-niles/

WTTW
— Census Data Kicks Off Effort to Reshape US House Districts – AP
https://news.wttw.com/2021/08/12/census-data-kicks-effort-reshape-us-house-districts

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois now a red state? COVID-19 cases hit four-month high as much of state slips into CDC’s red ‘high risk’ category. The state is now averaging nearly 3,000 new COVID-19 diagnoses each day, a rate that has multiplied by eight since the first week of July. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/8/11/22620656/illinois-coronavirus-high-cases-delta-four-months-pritzker-vaccine-covid
— Why should FedEx and Nike pay less than you to foot the bill for a $3.5 trillion federal budget? We favor a proposed “real corporate profits tax,” which would require companies to pay a 7% tax on earnings they report to investors above $100 million. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/12/22619875/real-corporate-profits-tax-sen-elizabeth-warren-angus-king-3-5-trillion-federal-budget-editorial

DANVILLE COMMERCIAL NEWS
— 2022 a rebuilding year for Illinois GOP – JIM NOWLAN
https://www.commercial-news.com/opinion/jim-nowlan-2022-a-rebuilding-year-for-illinois-gop/article_b99ea184-f9f9-11eb-94b1-778972403334.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: When I was a kid in politics half a century ago, the GOP party organizations at the state and county level still had some influence over who would win primary nominations. That, by the way, was the historic purpose of party organizations: To influence, even control, primary nominations, by rallying the precinct workers in behalf of candidates the party leaders felt had the best chance of winning the general election. Not today, when GOP party organizations have many chieftains, but almost no Indians to work the trenches. And no money unless a Daddy Warbucks sort, like billionaire Ken Griffin, once again matches Pritzker. . .Look at it this way. If you were an attractive young GOP contender, why would you put yourself up against the Democratic state slate, likely lose, and then watch others walk over your dead political body to run when prospects might subsequently be better?)

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— Experts at odds make for political, policy fireworks – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-experts-at-odds-make-for-political-policy-fireworks/article_1ee99502-5761-504b-9993-0cc186cb0207.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Former President Trump congratulates Gov. Parson for pardoning McCloskeys – Jasmyn Willis
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/former-president-trump-congratulates-gov-parson-for-pardoning-mccloskeys

CHICAGO READER
— That coddlin’ town . . .Daley, Burke, and Rahm have been too generous to Trump and his tower, and taxpayers are paying the price. – Ben Joravsky
https://m.chicagoreader.com/chicago/that-coddlin-town/Content?oid=90884813

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Illinois’ ‘Vax Verify’ program ‘worst yet,’ national group says – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/illinois-vax-verify-program-worst-yet-national-group-says/article_9503eca2-faea-11eb-9ec3-4b9c23e7c11c.html

JOHN KASS
— Lightfoot & the Chicago Police: it’ll get worse
https://johnkassnews.com/lightfoot-and-the-chicago-police/

WIREPOINTS
— Chicago Teachers Union raises specter of school closings due to Delta virus. What would that mean for youth homicides? – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/chicago-teachers-union-raises-specter-of-school-closings-due-to-delta-virus-what-would-that-mean-for-youth-homicides-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— S&P: GROWING DEBT, REFUSING REFORMS, POPULATION LOSS DOOM ILLINOIS PUBLIC PENSIONS – Noah Shaar
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/sp-growing-debt-refusing-reforms-population-loss-doom-illinois-public-pensions/
— CHICAGO PUBLIC SCHOOLS HIRING 2,000 STAFFERS, BUT MIGHT BE MISSING 100,000 STUDENTS – Patrick Andriesen
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicago-public-schools-hiring-2000-staffers-but-might-be-missing-100000-students/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Biden’s equity agenda will make schools less safe – Stacy Washington
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/op-eds/bidens-equity-agenda-will-make-schools-less-safe

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— They’re All Socialists Now. Biden’s $3.5 trillion budget was written by a socialist—and it shows. – Editorial
https://freebeacon.com/policy/theyre-all-socialists-now/

FOX NEWS
— ‘Hannity’ on bipartisan infrastructure bill, COVID-positive migrants
https://www.foxnews.com/transcript/hannity-on-bipartisan-infrastructure-bill-covid-positive-migrants
— Cuomo, Avenatti, The Lincoln Project: The media’s anti-Trump idols who’ve collapsed in disgrace. The governor, the attorney and the super PAC all enjoyed media darling status before being derailed by scandal. – Joseph A. Wulfsohn
https://www.foxnews.com/media/andrew-cuomo-michael-avenatti-the-lincoln-project

AMERICAN THINKER
— Chicago official, on bagpipe mourning ritual for slain officer: ‘We don’t have time for this s—!’ – Monica Showalter
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/chicago_official_on_bagpipe_mourning_ritual_for_slain_officer_we_dont_have_time_for_this_s.html
— When Everything is Racist, Nothing Is – John Green
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/when_everything_is_racist_nothing_is.html
— No need for basics in Oregon – Silvio Canto, Jr.
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/no_need_for_basics_in_oregon.html
— Critical Race Theory rejects Martin Luther King’s dream – Pandra Selivanov
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/critical_race_theory_rejects_martin_luther_kings_dream.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Hundred-Year Road To CRT. A brief look at the progressive agenda in education reveals that critical race theory is just the latest in a long series of attempts to deform and ultimately fracture the country. – Larry Sand
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/11/the-hundred-year-road-to-crt/
— American Armageddon What started out as elite woke nonsense now warps everyone’s daily life. – Victor Davis Hanson
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/11/american-armageddon/

DAILY CALLER
— ‘We Are Going To Win’: Clay Travis Says Anti-Mask And Anti-CRT Movement Could Be ‘The Next Tea Party’ – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/11/we-going-win-clay-travis-anti-mask-critical-race-theory-movement-next-tea-party/
— Pompeo Says He Will ‘Never Support’ CRT In Schools – SHAKHZOD YULDOSHBOEV
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/11/mike-pompeo-critical-race-theory/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Bob Woodson’s New Book Reminds Us of Black Triumphs in American History – Virginia Allen (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, which they did.)
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/12/bob-woodsons-new-book-is-reminder-of-black-triumphs-in-us-history/

FEDERALIST
— Why Women Should Pursue Marriage Just As Intentionally As A Career. Look at your life and prioritize what’s most important to you. If finding someone to love who will love you back matters, focus your energies there. – Suzanne Venker
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/11/why-women-should-pursue-marriage-just-as-intentionally-as-a-career/

TOWNHALL
— Senate Passes Tom Cotton’s Amendment to Prohibit Federal Dollars From Funding CRT – Zach Bauder
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/zachbauder/2021/08/11/tom-cotton-anticrt-bill-n2593991
— Woke Nonsense is Warping Everyday Life – Victor Davis Hanson
https://townhall.com/columnists/victordavishanson/2021/08/12/victor-davis-hanson-woke-nonsense-is-warping-everyday-life-n2594007

FOX BUSINESS
— American Express CRT training urged staff to adopt a hierarchy, putting ‘marginalized’ above ‘privileged’ – Tyler O’Neil (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being privileged. If I was privileged, 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.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/amex-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Tucker Carlson: Democrats Are Trying To “Change The Demographics Of This Country” – Tim Hains (DIERSEN: Democrats are flooding America with people who vote for Democrats or will vote for Democrats, that is, with people who need/want massive government assistance. Overwhelmingly, they are minority, female, younger, lack education, lack job skills, have financial problems, have health problems, and/or have other problems.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2021/08/11/tucker_carlson_democrats_are_trying_to_change_the_demographics_of_this_country.html

POWERLINE
— HOW CRITICAL RACE THEORY INFESTS PUBLIC SCHOOLS – JOHN HINDERAKER
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/how-critical-race-theory-infests-public-schools.php
— WASHINGTON POST ATTACKS FACEBOOK FOR INSUFFICIENT CENSURING OF CONSERVATIVES – PAUL MIRENGOFF (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents want the following to take adverse actions against me for what I do for your as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor: Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, Illinois, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, their campaign volunteers, etc. I should write a book about the adverse actions that the aforesaid have taken against me since 2000.)
https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2021/08/washington-post-attacks-facebook-for-insufficient-censuring-of-conservatives-enough.php

AMERICAN CENTER FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
— Mask Mandates and Critical Race Theory – What Your Kids Are Facing as They Head Back to School – Jay Sekulow
https://aclj.org/critical-race-theory/mask-mandates-and-critical-race-theory-what-your-kids-are-facing-as-they-head-back-to-school

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Medical Education And Research Crumbling Under Racial Identity Politics – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/investigation-medical-education-and-research-crumbling-under-racial-identity-politics/

EPOCH TIMES
— Are We Witnessing the End of the American Experiment? How Half of the Political Dialect Wants to Erase America’s History. – Dave Rubin
https://www.theepochtimes.com/dave-rubin-are-we-witnessing-the-end-of-the-american-experiment-how-half-of-the-political-dialect-wants-to-erase-americas-history_3943801.html

THE HILL
— Demonizing the police risks public safety and gets cops killed. – MAURICE RICHARDS
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/567170-demonizing-the-police-risks-public-safety-and-gets-cops-killed

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A Republican-haters says “GOP tries to deflect blame for Covid-19 misinformation.”
https://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2021/08/12/covid-cases-immigration-gop-johns-pkg-dlt-vpx.cnn

NEW YORK POST
— Trump, GOP slam Dems’ $3.5T budget as ‘Communist plan to destroy’ US – Emily Crane
https://nypost.com/2021/08/11/trump-gop-slam-dems-3-5t-budget-as-communist-plan-to-destroy-us/
— What happened to ‘Yes we can’? Politics of victimhood has replaced hope and optimism – Michael Shellenberger (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs shout at minorities, females, younger people, LGBTQers, etc. that getting rid of Republicans is the only way to get ahead.)
https://nypost.com/2021/08/11/politics-of-victimhood-has-replaced-hope-and-optimism/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Democrats Will Ruin the Climate. They’ve wrecked the cities and the border. Why would climate policy be different? – Daniel Henninger
https://www.wsj.com/articles/democrats-ruin-climate-border-security-immigration-violent-crime-ipcc-report-united-nations-progressives-11628711174
— Inflation Punishes the Unprotected. Government shields its employees and beneficiaries, but not ordinary workers, from higher prices. – Phil Gramm and Mike Solon
https://www.wsj.com/articles/inflation-government-spending-workers-prices-wage-growth-stagnation-monetary-policy-biden-11628710715

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Experts predict increase in populations of color – Mabinty Quarshie and Donovan Slack (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.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/12/how-2020-census-change-how-we-look-america-what-expect/5493043001/

BUSINESS INSIDER
— 21 Millennial and Gen Z Republican Campaign Operatives to Watch (DIERSEN: Overwhelmingly, operatives and dupes who work for my critics/opponents paint themselves as working for a) the leaders of the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Park District, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois and b) Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/millennial-genz-republican-campaign-staff-to-watch-2022-elections-politics-8

FORBES
— Diversity, Equity And Inclusion Considerations For Every CEO – Jason Blessing (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will CEOs officially announce that they are officially getting rid of people who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbestechcouncil/2021/08/11/diversity-equity-and-inclusion-considerations-for-every-ceo/
— Ten Proven Actions To Advance Diversity, Equity, And Inclusion – Elyse Rosenblum (DIERSEN: Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, up-or-out, budget cuts, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/gradsoflife/2021/08/11/new-report-ten-proven-actions-to-advance-diversity-equity-and-inclusion/

NEWSWEEK
— Oregon School Board Votes to Ban Pride and Black Lives Matter Flags – JACK BERESFORD
https://www.newsweek.com/oregon-school-board-votes-ban-pride-black-lives-matter-flags-1618654

August 11 Morning Edition

CBS2
— A Crisis Of Violence In Chicago: Looking At Mayor Lori Lightfoot’s Record On Crime – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/10/chicago-lightfoot-crime-record/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Socialist aldermen fire back at colleagues who said they have ‘blood on their hands’ for Ella French death. “The killing of anybody is wrong. … The problem is, when the police do it, it’s overlooked. But when they get killed, it takes two-point-five-seconds to find and catch somebody,” said Ald. Jeanette Taylor. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/10/22618580/socialist-aldermen-chicago-police-officer-ella-french-shot-killed-traffic-stop-reform

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage County Board rejects bid to help fund auditor’s recount – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210810/dupage-county-board-rejects-bid-to-help-fund-auditors-recount
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Other counties have recently taken positions and paid for recounts,” said Jim Zay, a Republican who supported the resolution. “Macon County did so and overturned the sheriff’s race.” But member Greg Hart, one of the seven to sign on to the resolution, pulled his support on Tuesday. While Hart said Grogan has every right to pursue his challenge in court, “the burden of proof is always on the petitioner.”)
— FRONT PAGE WITH COLOR PICTURE: Mount Prospect trustees vote to have police patch with thin blue line removed – Steve Zalusky
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210810/mount-prospect-trustees-vote-to-have-police-patch-with-thin-blue-line-removed
— Political leaders are failing our police – Ray Cowin, Bartlett
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210811/political-leaders-are-failing-our-police

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Marion family takes stand against mask mandate as three children suspended Gov. Pritzker says schools should enforce mask mandate as they do dress code. – Greg Bishop
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/marion-family-takes-stand-against-mask-mandate-as-three-children-suspended/article_ff6fa736-fa07-11eb-a985-1bb1bebb4534.html

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— Kelvyn Park High School Throws Out Hundreds Of Classic Books, Outraging Neighbors. CPS officials said Kelvyn Park High School is undergoing renovations, and the books were “weeded” out in the process. – Mina Bloom
https://blockclubchicago.org/2021/08/09/kelvyn-park-high-school-throws-out-classic-books/

WIREPOINTS
— Blizzard Of New Illinois Laws But School Consolidation Bill Left To Die. Thank Teachers’ Unions. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/blizzard-of-new-illinois-laws-but-school-consolidation-bill-left-to-die-thank-teachers-unions-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— CHICAGO’S DEBT GROWS TO $43,700 PER TAXPAYER DESPITE FEDERAL COVID-19 AID – Perry Zhao
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/chicagos-debt-grows-to-43700-per-taxpayer-despite-federal-covid-19-aid/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Creado taking on dominant social media platforms with ‘America first’ approach. Tech start-ups challenge rules, practices that they say silence conservatives. – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/10/creado-taking-dominant-social-media-platforms-amer/

FOX NEWS
— Senate passes Cotton’s amendment preventing federal funds from promoting CRT in school Critical race theory has been the center of debate in D.C. and local school districts – Edmund DeMarche
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/cotton-crt-vote

AMERICAN THINKER
— COVID hysteria, vaccine passports: Where it’s all leading – Douglas Herz
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/covid_hysteria_vaccine_passports_where_its_all_leading.html
— Jeb Bush – Trading Low Energy for Wokeness – Brian C. Joondeph
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/jeb_bush__trading_low_energy_for_wokeness.html
— Impeach Joe Biden – J. Robert Smith
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/impeach_joe_biden_.html

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Radical Left Woke Politics’: Sen. Josh Hawley Explains Why He Voted Against ‘Bad’ Infrastructure Bill – DAVID KRAYDEN
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/10/sen-josh-hawley-infrastructure-bill/
— ‘Black Lives Matter’ Course At Princeton University Includes Reading From Longtime Communist Party Member Angela Davis – KYLE REYNOLDS
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/10/black-lives-matter-course-princeton-university-reading-communist-party-member-angela-davis/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Cancel Culture, Wokeness Will Destroy Our Country – Star Parker
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/11/cancel-culture-wokeness-will-destroy-our-country/
— 9 Things You Need to Know About the Budget Resolution’s Reckless Tax and Spending Spree – Matthew Dickerson / Richard Stern / Rachel Greszler / David Ditch
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/10/9-things-you-need-to-know-about-the-budget-resolutions-reckless-tax-and-spending-spree/

NEWSMAX
— CA Gubernatorial Candidate Larry Elder Slams CRT, Advocates School Choice – Jeremy Frankel
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/larryelder-california-gavinnewsom-gop/2021/08/10/id/1031854/

TOWNHALL
— Josh Hawley Launches Conservative Challenge to $3.5T Budget Bill’s Radical Proposals – Spencer Brown
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/spencerbrown/2021/08/10/hawley-promises-15-amendments-to-radical-lefts-35t-budget-bill-n2593887

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Why Chicago Can’t Get a Grip on Its Murder Crisis – ED BACHRACH & AUSTIN BERG
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/why-chicago-cant-get-a-grip-on-its-murder-crisis/
— Law Schools Are Succumbing to ‘Progressivism’ – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/law-schools-are-succumbing-to-progressivism/
— Before the Diversity Mania Took Hold of America – GEORGE LEEF (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, up-or-out, budget cuts, reorganizations, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/before-the-diversity-mania-took-hold-of-america/

HARTLAND INSTITUTE
— THE HUNDRED-YEAR ROAD TO CRT A brief look at the progressive agenda in education reveals that Critical Race Theory is just the latest in a long series of attempts to deform and ultimately fracture the country. – Larry Sand
https://www.heartland.org/news-opinion/news/the-sandstorm-the-hundred-year-road-to-crt

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Taking Critical Race Theory Bans to Court – Henry Kokkeler
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/11/taking_critical_race_theory_bans_to_court_146221.html

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Subway Franchisees Tired of Megan Rapinoe as Customers Boycott the Restaurant “The ad should be pulled and done with. It gets tiring apologizing.” – Mary Chastain
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/subway-franchisees-tired-of-megan-rapinoe-as-customers-boycott-the-restaurant/

THE HILL
— Rand Paul suspended one week by YouTube over COVID-19 mask claims – JORDAN WILLIAMS
https://thehill.com/policy/technology/567311-rand-paul-suspended-one-week-by-youtube-over-covid-19-mask-claims

NEW YORK TIMES
— Virus Misinformation Spikes as Delta Cases Surge – Davey Alba (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes in 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. have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters are full of misinformation. I should write a book about them. Better yet, I should sue them.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/technology/covid-delta-misinformation-surge.html
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Inside the White House-Facebook Rift Over Vaccine Misinformation Frustrations grew behind the scenes among top leaders on both sides, potentially hurting the government’s efforts to overcome the pandemic. – Zolan Kanno-Youngs and Cecilia Kang (DIERSEN: I should write a book about the many ominous warnings that I have gotten from my critics/opponents to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. This year, they stopped me from doing something that I had done since 2005 — raising funds from Republicans so that they could help sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day Parade and Fireworks. I am no longer the TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) Steering Committee member, or American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member. In 2006, they almost succeeded in getting ICRC to censure me for what I do as your GOPUSA Illinois Editor.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/technology/facebook-vaccine-misinformation.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: In March, Andy Slavitt, then a top pandemic adviser for President Biden, called Nick Clegg, Facebook’s vice president for global affairs, and delivered an ominous warning.)
— Are Workplace Diversity Programs Doing More Harm Than Good? (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, up-or-out, budget cuts, reorganizations, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/11/opinion/workplace-diversity-dei-initiative.html
— We Research Misinformation on Facebook. It Just Disabled Our Accounts. – Laura Edelson and Damon McCoy
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/10/opinion/facebook-misinformation.html

WASHINGTON POST
— How Mitch McConnell and Senate Republicans learned to stop worrying about a Biden victory and love the infrastructure bill – Mike DeBonis
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/infrastructure-biden-mcconnell-trump/2021/08/10/239eae72-f959-11eb-8a67-f14cd1d28e47_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— American Express tells its workers capitalism is racist – Christopher F. Rufo
https://nypost.com/2021/08/11/american-express-tells-its-workers-capitalism-is-racist/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Which Voters Made Joe Biden President? Progressives say Biden owes them but suburbanites put him over the top in 2020. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you are 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.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-2020-presidential-race-campaign-moderate-voters-progressives-democratic-base-11628631014

FORBES
— Republicans Should Cheer Passage Of The Infrastructure Bill – Ike Brannon
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ikebrannon/2021/08/11/republicans-should-cheer-passage-of-the-infrastructure-bill/

BOSTON HERALD
— Critical Race Theory about money, power & revenge – DAN BACKER
https://www.bostonherald.com/2021/08/11/backer-critical-race-theory-about-money-power-revenge/

LONGVIEW NEWS JOURNAL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: In your opinion, how welcome are those who share your demographics in a) the organizations that you are a member of, b) your municipality, c) your township, d) your county, e) Illinois, and f) America? I should survey a) members of the Milton Township Republican Organization, b) members of the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, c) residents of Wheaton Warrenville School District 200, d) residents of the Wheaton Park District, e) residents of Wheaton’s West District, f) residents of Wheaton, g) residents of Milton Township, h) residents of DuPage County’s 4th District, i) residents of DuPage County, and j) residents of Illinois. Demographics that I would focus on include race, gender, age, sexual identity, religion, national origin, political affiliation, liberal/moderate/conservative, education, past/present occupation, renter/homeowner, income, net worth, marital status, veteran status, gun owner status, Trump hater/neutral/supporter, Kinzinger hater/neutral/supporter, and length of time ancestors have been in America.)
https://www.news-journal.com/news/local/longview-city-council-hatred-not-welcome-in-longview/article_0402f9c6-e345-11eb-b0fd-6fecec3816f5.html

FORBES
— 12 Ways Leaders Can Make Timely Calls On Complicated Decisions (DIERSEN: What decisions have you made that your critics/opponents have used against you the most? After hearing TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois’ and Dan Proft’s arguments why Jim Ryan could not win the general election, I backed Pat O’Malley in the 2002 Republican gubernatorial primary election.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/08/10/12-ways-leaders-can-make-timely-calls-on-complicated-decisions/

FAST COMPANY
— Choosing to be a ‘nonpolitical’ company means choosing to be anti-Black – Mimi Fox Melton (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies make it clear that they are 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.fastcompany.com/90664604/choosing-to-be-a-non-political-company-means-choosing-to-be-anti-black

BLOOMBERG LAW
— Harvard Race-Admissions Case Tests O’Connor’s 25-Year Prediction – Tiana Headley (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs use Affirmative Action, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, up-or-out, budget cuts, reorganizations, etc. to get rid of Republicans.)
https://news.bloomberglaw.com/us-law-week/harvard-race-admissions-case-tests-oconnors-25-year-prediction
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor’s majority opinion preserving affirmative action in a 2003 case included some declarative wording that justices tend to avoid—and that the justice came to regret using. “The Court expects that 25 years from now, the use of racial preferences will no longer be necessary to further the interest approved today,” O’Connor wrote in Grutter v. Bollinger, a case involving the University of Michigan. Eighteen years later, what the retired justice meant to convey in that statement could help form arguments at the Supreme Court if its conservative majority takes up a challenge to Harvard …)

NEWSWEEK
— Megan Rapinoe’s Post-Olympic Woes Continue as Subway Franchises Want Her Dropped – SCOTT MCDONALD
https://www.newsweek.com/megan-rapinoes-post-olympic-woes-continue-subway-franchises-want-her-dropped-1618189
— Diversity Mural in Cedarburg School District in Wisconsin to Be Removed Because ‘Not All Members of Community Represented’ – JON JACKSON (DIERSEN: What are your demographics and how well are they represented in the leadership of the following: your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, your school district, your park district, your chamber of commerce, your municipality, your township, your county, Illinois, and America? My demographics that are most underrepresented in the aforesaid include: conservative, older (I was born in 1948), Republican, Protestant, and German American.)
https://www.newsweek.com/school-diversity-mural-removed-because-not-all-members-community-represented-1617945

TIMES
— Woke, Inc: has big business hijacked politics for profits?
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/woke-inc-has-big-business-hijacked-politics-for-profits-rzmpmf3q8

DAILY MAIL
— Oregon Gov Kate Brown scraps need for high school students to prove proficiency in math, reading and writing to get diploma in bid to bolster minority students who ‘don’t test well’ – PETER BELFIORE (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? Ever-increasing, because of BLM, CRT, and 1619, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I passed tests because of all the “White privilege” that I had. 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.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9879959/Oregon-scraps-requirement-high-school-students-prove-proficiency-math-reading-writing.html

August 9 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,565 cases, 6 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10940497/

FOX32
— Chicago officers turn their backs to Lightfoot at hospital after two officers shot – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-officers-turn-their-backs-to-lightfoot-at-hospital-after-two-officers-shot

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Chicago cops give cold shoulder to Mayor Lightfoot at hospital after two officers shot. The officers were waiting inside at the University of Chicago Medical Center when the mayor approached them and they turned their backs on her, sources said. – Michael Sneed
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/9/22616490/chicago-cops-give-cold-shoulder-mayor-lori-lightfoot-hospital-ella-french
— Feds say massive gambling ring reached campus of Illinois State University. Prosecutors want prison time for Matthew Namoff, who they said “facilitated gambling by underage students” as part of operation once run by Vincent “Uncle Mick” DelGiudice. – Jon Seidel
https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2021/8/9/22617145/gambling-ring-campus-illinois-state-university-casey-urlacher-matthew-namoff-vincent-delguidice
— Cops ‘at the breaking point’ turned their backs on Lightfoot, alderman says. “Our police officers have been under siege, under-appreciated and thrown under the bus for the last year and a half,” said Ald. Matt O’Shea, whose 19th Ward on the Far Southwest Side is home to scores of police officers. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/9/22617065/chicago-police-cold-shoulder-turned-backs-lightfoot-officer-killed-aldermen-oshea-sposato-napolitano

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— After 2 Chicago officers shot, cops shun Mayor Lightfoot at hospital visit as morale sinks to ‘all-time low’ – GREGORY PRATT and JEREMY GORNER
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-chicago-police-officers-shot-lori-lightfoot-20210809-erua2mnh7bdljhm2vpc2ssukji-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— DuPage judge says auditor race election recount bill too high, cuts by more than half – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210809/dupage-judge-says-auditor-race-election-recount-bill-too-high-cuts-by-more-than-half
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Former DuPage County Auditor Bob Grogan will not have to pay $289,000 up front for a recount of the 2020 race he lost. DuPage County Judge Craig Belford on Monday denied some of the expenses County Clerk Jean Kaczmarek said Grogan should pay, knocking the amount down to $112,614. And, Belford decided Grogan should only have to post half of that amount — $56,307 — in advance. Belford said that while the court’s “paramount obligation” is to ensure there is a true and accurate vote count, “the posting of a security should never stand as an obstacle to the accomplishment of this task.”)
— COVID-19 update: 80,314 more shots, 7,858 new cases, 29 more deaths – Marni Pyke
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210809/covid-19-update-80314-more-shots-7858-new-cases-29-more-deaths
— Cuomo case shows Democrats reaping what they sowed on sex accusations – Armstrong Williams
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210808/cuomo-case-shows-democrats-reaping-what-they-sowed-on-sex-accusations

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Pritzker rival hits governor on Chicago violence. A statement from GOP gubernatorial candidate Gary Rabine underlines the perils of relying on the internet for information. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/pritzker-rival-hits-governor-chicago-violence

BOB GROGAN
— Quick recount update
https://www.facebook.com/votebobgrogan/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Watchdogs Sue Illinois Attorney General Alleging Open Meetings And Public Records Violations – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/08/watchdogs-sue-illinois-attorney-general-alleging-open-meetings-and-public-records-violations/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ILLINOIS VOTER INTEGRITY GROUP CALLS ON ELECTION BOARDS TO REMOVE THE DEAD FROM VOTER ROLLS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/illinois-voter-integrity-group-calls-on-election-boards-to-remove-the-dead-from-voter-rolls.html
— GOP GUBERNATORIAL CANDIDATE GARY RABINE CALLS ON PRITZKER TO ‘STOP IGNORING CHICAGO’S VIOLENT CRIME WAVE’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/gop-gubernatorial-candidate-gary-rabine-calls-on-pritzker-to-stop-ignoring-chicagos-violent-crime-wa.html
— AMA, DESCENDING INTO WOKENESS, CALLS FOR ELIMINATING SEX ON BIRTH CERTIFICATES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/ama-descending-into-wokeness-calls-for-eliminating-sex-on-birth-certificates.html

CAPITOL FAX
— HGOPs: “Don’t force kids to mask-up”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/09/hgops-dont-force-kids-to-mask-up/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/09/covid-19-roundup-87/

FOX NEWS
— COVID is an invisible enemy at war with US and Biden is giving aid and comfort to it. Stopping the spread of COVID-19 takes a far-back seat to Biden’s No. 1 priority: Inviting as many Future Democrats of America as possible to breach the border. – Deroy Murdock
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/covid-enemy-war-us-biden-aid-comfort-deroy-murdock
— LA Times editorial pushes critical race theory: ‘Needs to be part’ of ‘ethnic studies’ course in high schools. Liberal media outlets continue to defend, push controversial curriculum. – Brandon Gillespie
https://www.foxnews.com/media/critical-race-theory-ethnic-studies-course-high-schools-los-angeles-times

AMERICAN THINKER
— The media are pushing a fake narrative about COVID and the border – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/the_media_are_pushing_a_fake_narrative_about_covid_and_the_border.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— At Least 20 Percent of Illegal Alien Minors Test Positive for COVID – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/09/at-least-20-percent-of-illegal-alien-minors-test-positive-for-covid/

BREITBART
— Durbin: Trump’s Coup Attempt Was a ‘Conscious Plan, Strategy That Did Not Work’ – PAM KEY
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/09/durbin-trumps-coup-attempt-was-a-conscious-plan-strategy-that-did-not-work/

PATRIOT POST
— Even Healthcare Falls to Politics. As a result of increased politicization, fewer Americans trust our healthcare system. – Robin Smith
https://patriotpost.us/articles/81791-even-healthcare-falls-to-politics-2021-08-09

CREATORS SYNDICATE
— Is America Becoming a Failed State? – Patrick Buchanan
https://www.creators.com/read/pat-buchanan/08/21/is-america-becoming-a-failed-state

EPOCH TIMES
— Pentagon to Require COVID-19 Vaccine for Troops – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/pentagon-to-require-covid-19-vaccine-for-troops_3940392.html

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— COVID-19: Two-Thirds of Democrats Say Proof of Vaccination Should Be Required
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/lifestyle/coronavirus/covid_vaxx_proof

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, LGBTQ-promoters promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/republican-party-come-warning-label/

August 9 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago violence: 72 shot, 11 fatally, over weekend, CPD says
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-shootings-gun-violence-police-weekend/10940049/

CBS2
— City In Mourning, Third Suspect In Custody After Shooting That Left Chicago Police Officer Ella French Dead, Second Officer Critically Injured
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/09/police-officer-shot-killed-chicago-suspects/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Democrats want Blacks to be pot pushers. To push pot on an individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country is to destroy that individual, municipality, township, county, state, or country.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/aurora-beacon-news/opinion/ct-abn-crosby-transporting-pot-st-0809-20210809-wsmyip2y6vhmxairbp25kvhnce-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Obama throws birthday bash at Martha’s Vineyard mansion that was big even after being scaled back. John Legend sang “Happy Birthday” to Obama. Other performers included Common and The Roots. President Joe Biden sent a video tribute. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/8/22616150/obama-throws-birthday-bash-at-marthas-vineyard-mansion-that-was-big-even-after-being-scaled-back
— Slain Chicago police officer ‘wanted to do good for the world,’ brother says. The slain officer was identified by the department as Ella French, on the force since April 2018. Officers involved in the incident were wearing body cameras, and much of what happened was caught on video, CPD Supt. David Brown said Sunday. – Madeline Kenney, Tom Schuba, Sophie Sherry, and Matthew Hendrickson
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/8/8/22615487/chicago-police-officer-killed-ella-french-wounded-suspects-arrested-west-englewood-david-brown

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT
— Top IL health official says COVID-19 politics, misinformation are harming people – GAREN VARTANIAN
https://www.bnd.com/news/coronavirus/article253236033.html

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— ISP pledges to advance women in policing (DIERSEN: While I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire, retain, and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/community/isp-pledges-to-advance-women-in-policing/article_43526c6a-f899-11eb-b63c-a3d32a9bb0a0.html

ALTON TELEGRAPH
— Zuckerberg’s $400M political donation fuels GOP suspicion and new election rules – AP (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.thetelegraph.com/news/nation-world/article/Voting-Bill-Zuckerberg-16373320.php

WCMY
— Congressional candidate Marter on January 6th committee, fighting coronavirus, inflation – Rick Koshko
https://1430wcmy.com/2021/08/07/congressional-candidate-marter-on-january-6th-committee-fighting-coronavirus-inflation/

HINSDALE PATCH
— Hinsdale Sees Largest Virus Hike Since May – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/hinsdale-sees-largest-virus-hike-may-agencies

WIREPOINTS
— Lightfoot’s ‘Whole Of Government’ Approach Won’t Reduce Violent Crime. Two Committed Parents Will. – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/lightfoots-whole-of-government-approach-wont-reduce-violent-crime-two-committed-parents-will-wirepoints/

FOX NEWS
— Critical race theory – why it’s absolutely critical to know these facts. Race is a social construct that I refuse to afford any more power. – Dr. Alveda King
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/critical-race-theory-critical-facts-alveda-king

AMERICAN THINKER
— The attacks on Gov. DeSantis have escalated along with the Delta variant – Andrea Widburg
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/the_attacks_on_gov_desantis_have_escalated_along_with_the_delta_variant.html
— They Let Us Down and It’s Hard to Trust Them Again – Andrew W. Coy
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/they_let_us_down_and_its_hard_to_trust_them_again.html
— White-supremacist rocks – Tim Haering
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/whitesupremacist_rocks.html
— Obama party planning – Jeannie DeAngelis
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2021/08/obama_party_planning.html
— Biden’s Six Months In Office Have Us On The Road To Communism – Frank Liberato
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/bidens_six_months_in_office_have_us_on_the_road_to_communism.html

BREITBART
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blames ‘Guns’ After Chicago Officer’s Death – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/08/mayor-lori-lightfoot-blames-guns-chicago-officers-death/
— Tom Cotton Warns: Democrats Using DACA to Slip Amnesty into Budget – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/08/exclusive-tom-cotton-warns-dems-using-daca-slip-amnesty-budget/
— Biden’s DHS Quietly Flying, Busing Border Crossers to West Texas – JOHN BINDER (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.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/08/08/report-bidens-dhs-quietly-flying-busing-border-crossers-west-texas/
— Levin Tears into ‘Diabolical’ Democratic Party — BLM, Antifa the ‘Militia-Wing’ Enforcing Autocracy – TRENT BAKER
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/08/watch-levin-tears-into-diabolical-democratic-party-blm-antifa-the-militia-wing-enforcing-autocracy/

DAILY WIRE
— Top 5 Moments From Ben Shapiro’s Appearance On ‘Real Time With Bill Maher’ – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-top-5-moments-from-ben-shapiros-appearance-on-real-time-with-bill-maher

FEDERALIST
— Vaccine And Mask Coercion Is A Purge Of Republican Voters, And Republicans Are Letting It Happen. Republicans are still by and large allowing their own voters to be purged from employment and schooling based on their evidence-informed convictions that oppose reality-defying leftist groupthink. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/09/vaccine-and-mask-coercion-is-a-purge-of-republican-voters-and-republicans-are-letting-it-happen/
— Rocks Are Racist Now: University Of Wisconsin Moves ‘Derogatory’ Boulder For 50K – Gabe Kaminsky
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/09/rocks-are-racist-now-university-of-wisconsin-moves-derogatory-boulder-for-50k/

FOX BUSINESS
— College was supposed to close the wealth gap for Black Americans. The opposite happened. Black college graduates in their 30s have lost ground over three decades, the result of student debt and sluggish income growth. – Rachel Louise Ensign and Shane Shifflett (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, which they did.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/economy/college-was-supposed-to-close-the-wealth-gap-for-black-americans-the-opposite-happened

TOWNHALL
— Lori Lightfoot Criticized for Tweet Following Cop’s Death: Some ‘Say We Do Too Much’ for the Police. – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/08/08/lori-lightfoot-criticized-for-tweet-following-cops-death-others-say-we-do-too-much-for-the-police-n2593793
— Woke Politics Destroyed The Marine Corps I Knew – Will Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/willalexander/2021/08/09/woke-politics-destroyed-the-marine-corps-i-knew-n2593790
— Republican RINOs Betray GOP Grassroots Once Again – Jeff Crouere
https://townhall.com/columnists/jeffcrouere/2021/08/09/republican-rinos-betray-gop-grassroots-once-again-n2593801

NEWS BUSTERS
— GOP States Suspicious Of Big Tech Election Office Donations – Autumn Johnson (DIERSEN: He who pays the piper calls the tunes.)
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/autumn-johnson/2021/08/08/gop-states-suspicious-big-tech-election-office
— Jim Acosta Suggests Naming New COVID Variants After Republican Officials – P.J. Gladnick
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/pj-gladnick/2021/08/09/jim-acosta-suggests-naming-new-covid-variants-after-republican

PJ MEDIA
— Chicago Police Officer Shot Dead on a Savage Night of Violence – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/08/08/chicago-police-officer-shot-dead-on-a-savage-night-of-violence-n1468038

COLLEGE FIX
— The absurdity of cancel culture captured in this one image – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/the-absurdity-of-cancel-culture-captured-in-this-one-image/

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— Blinken’s Diversity & Inclusion Plan Erodes Equality & Excellence – Peter Berkowitz (DIERSEN: While I worked for the federal government for almost 30 years, my Democrat superiors’ top priority was hiring, retaining, and promoting Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger. That meant getting rid of their employees who were Republican, White, male, and/or non-veteran who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $102,188) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $120,755) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $142,041) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $172,500) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2021/08/08/blinkens_diversity__inclusion_plan_erodes_equality__excellence_146213.html

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— The 25th Amendment Catch 22 means Biden is Irreplaceable as President. – Kevin Fobbs and Susan Swift
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/commentary/the-25th-amendment-catch-22-means-biden-is-irreplaceable-as-president-139293/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— “The fight over Critical Race Theory in education is a fight in many ways for our national survival” My address on Critical Race Theory in education to state legislators: “I want to talk about how you can save the nation…. If you wanted to think of a way to tear this country apart, it’s hard to think of a way better than what they are doing.” – William A. Jacobson
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/the-fight-over-critical-race-theory-in-education-is-a-fight-in-many-ways-for-our-national-survival/
— Farrakhan Roots Feed Black Lives Matter Movement Anti-Semitism. – Samantha Mandeles
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/farrakhan-roots-feed-black-lives-matter-movement-anti-semitism/
— Cruz v. Graham on ‘Infrastructure’ Monstrosity – Swamp Drainer vs. Swamp Creature. Graham has destroyed–in supporting a pork-stuffed, racist, and unpaid for package–whatever good will he had among the base of the Republican party.
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/cruz-v-graham-on-infrastructure-monstrosity-swamp-drainer-vs-swamp-creature/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NYT reporter excuses maskless Obama bash because guests are ‘sophisticated, vaccinated crowd’ – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/09/nyt-reporter-excuses-maskless-obama-bash-because-guests-are-sophisticated-vaccinated-crowd-1115654/

EPOCH TIMES
— Marxism 101: What It Is and How It Is Working in Our Culture Today – Emily Allison
https://www.theepochtimes.com/marxism-101-what-it-is-and-how-it-is-working-in-our-culture-today_3939062.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Don’t Be Fooled by Social Media Companies – Ashley Boyd (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) want everyone to spend all the time on Facebook, b) do not want me to send out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and c) do not want anyone to read those newsletters.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/08/opinion/tiktok-facebook-youtube-transparency.html

WASHINGTON POST
— The conservative and Christian roots of many beloved fast-food chains. It’s not just Chick-fil-A. – Marcia Chatelain
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2021/08/09/conservative-christian-roots-many-beloved-fast-food-chains/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— How Honest Should You Be During Your Exit Interview? – Allison Pohle (DIERSEN: Democrats run the federal government. They do not want to hire, retain, or promote Republicans, and especially Republicans who are conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, non-veteran, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time. GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/exit-interview-questions-11628199445

FORTUNE
— 4 ways to advance inclusion for Black employees – DONNA MORRIS and LAREINA YEE (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors forced me to take their early retirement “offer” so that they could give my job and my preferred corner office to my Black subordinate, which they did.)
https://fortune.com/2021/08/08/black-employees-workers-diversity-equity-inclusion/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Donald Trump Is Disappearing From Our Conversations.”
https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-losing-internet-1616035

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Texas town left in dark as Feds funnel illegals in and set them free (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.worldtribune.com/texas-town-left-in-dark-as-feds-funnel-illegals-in-and-set-them-free/

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— Community Support for First-Generation Graduate Students. We cannot assume that just because they successfully navigated their undergraduate years they will smoothly sail through graduate training, write Arnaldo Diaz Vazquez and Natalie Lundsteen. – Arnaldo Diaz Vazquez and Natalie Lundsteen (DIERSEN: I was a first-generation undergraduate (NIU-1970) student and graduate (Loyola-1976, DePaul-1980, and IIT-1997) student.)
https://www.insidehighered.com/advice/2021/08/09/advice-helping-first-generation-students-succeed-graduate-school-opinion

LGBTQ NATION
— Andrew Cuomo is known as a hero for LGBTQ rights. He’s still a monster. The Governor of New York led the charge for marriage equality and other LGBTQ advances. That doesn’t make up for his history of lies, intimidation and sexual harassment. – John Gallagher
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/08/andrew-cuomo-hero-lgbtq-rights-hes-still-monster/

August 7 Morning Edition

FOX32
— DuPage County seeing high level of COVID-19 transmission – Jenna Carroll
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/dupage-county-seeing-high-level-of-covid-19-transmission

WGN RADIO
— Conservative talk radio host Larry Elder shows fundraising muscle in California recall – AP
https://wgnradio.com/news/political-news/gop-leaders-reverse-push-for-california-recall-endorsement/
— SEC approves Nasdaq’s plan to require board diversity – AP (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use AA, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes and how they use AA, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans.)
https://wgnradio.com/news/business-news/sec-approves-nasdaqs-plan-to-require-board-diversity/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In south suburban Robbins, residents ‘don’t have too much faith’ a school district’s equity audit will lead to substantive diversity changes – MIKE NOLAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-robbins-richards-race-relations-st-0806-20210805-gd2ehz6lnjfgngb7hkcg5ytg6q-story.html

FOX NEWS
— Critics slam Fairfax, Virginia schools over anti-police video directed at 2nd graders: ‘Damaging children’ The video at one point depicts a young narrator claiming, ‘I feel safe where there are no police’ – Charles Creitz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/critics-slam-fairfax-virginia-schools-over-anti-police-video-directed-at-2nd-graders-damaging-children

AMERICAN THINKER
— Is There A Way For The States To Stop Biden’s Border Madness? – Jeff M. Lewis
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/is_there_a_way_for_the_states_to_stop_bidens_border_madness.html
— America is Structurally Anti-Racist Redux – Ben Voth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/america_is_structurally_antiracist_redux.html

BREITBART
— Mo Brooks: ‘Cori Bush, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Their Socialist Kind Are Economic Ignoramuses’ – JEFF POOR
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/06/mo-brooks-cori-bush-alexandria-ocasio-cortez-and-their-socialist-kind-are-economic-ignoramuses/
— Tom Cotton: Illegal Aliens Committing ‘Murder’ and ‘Rape’ Because Joe Biden ‘Won’t Secure Border’ – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/08/06/exclusive-tom-cotton-illegal-aliens-murder-rape-joe-biden-secure-border/

CHRISTIANITY DAILY
— Trump’s Lawsuit Against Big Tech Censorship Includes Stories From 65K Americans Revealing How They Were Censored – ANTON CARILLO (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who want Big Tech to censure me, to censure my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters, and to censure my www.gopillinois.com website. I would focus on leaders of the 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, unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct, their political consultants, their major donors, their fundraisers, their campaign managers, their campaign staff members, and their campaign volunteers.)
https://www.christianitydaily.com/articles/12824/20210806/trump-s-lawsuit-against-big-tech-censorship-includes-stories-from-65k-americans-revealing-how-they-were-censored.htm

DAILY WIRE
— Ben Shapiro Slams Critical Race Theory, Dismantles ‘Authoritarian’ Left On Real Time With Bill Maher – Emily Zanotti
https://www.dailywire.com/news/ben-shapiro-slams-critical-race-theory-dismantles-authoritarian-left-on-real-time-wit

NEWS BUSTERS
— Leftists are furious that Facebook disabled research accounts analyzing the “spread of misinformation on the platform,” according to Cybersecurity for Democracy. The real furor is because the left uses “misinformation” as a synonym for conservative content they are desperate to censor. – Gabriela Pariseau
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/gabriela-pariseau/2021/08/06/libs-rage-facebook-shuts-down-misinformation

REAL CLEAR POLITICS
— The ‘Disinformation’ Deception – David Harsanyi
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/08/06/the_disinformation_deception_548839.html
— Affirmative Action Is the Real ‘Systemic Racism’ – John Hinderaker (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use AA, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes and how they use AA, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans.)
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2021/08/06/affirmative_action_is_the_real_systemic_racism_548841.html

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Sen. Scott On Inflation: Democrats Don’t Care That They Are Bankrupting This Country
https://www.oann.com/sen-scott-on-inflation-democrats-dont-care-that-they-are-bankrupting-this-country/

EPOCH TIMES
— Homeland Security Using COVID Order to Fly Illegal Immigrants Into Mexico’s Interior – Jack Phillips
https://www.theepochtimes.com/homeland-security-using-covid-order-to-fly-illegal-immigrants-into-mexicos-interior_3937208.html

NBC NEWS
— 18 percent of migrant families leaving Border Patrol custody tested positive for Covid, document says. In addition, over 25 percent of migrants recently scheduled for some “expedited” deportation flights tested positive, says a document obtained by NBC News. – Julia Ainsley
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/immigration/18-percent-migrant-families-leaving-border-patrol-custody-tested-positive-n1276244

WASHINGTON POST
— William Pannell wrote ‘The Coming Race Wars?’ nearly 30 years ago. It still resonates today – Alejandra Molina (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want not only minorities to declare war on Republicans, they want women, younger people, LGBTQers, BLMers, CRTers, 1619ers, reparations advocates, veterans, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, moderates, liberals, Trump-haters, criminals, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, non-married people, those who have financial problems, those who have health problems, those who have other problems, non-Christians, non-Protestants, non-Italian Americans, non-German Americans, and whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to declare war on Republicans.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/william-pannell-wrote-the-coming-race-wars-nearly-30-years-ago-it-still-resonates-today/2021/08/06/2fef9500-f702-11eb-a636-18cac59a98dc_story.html
— Programs to close the racial wealth gap – Nikitra Bailey, Washington (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a minority in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a minority in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted minorities in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a minority in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a minority in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a minority could have my job and my preferred corner office. Ever-increasingly, the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independents plants, and RINOs who run the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization hint/imply/argue/shout that the aforesaid organizations should get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen 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.washingtonpost.com/opinions/letters-to-the-editor/programs-to-close-the-racial-wealth-gap/2021/08/05/fd88f278-f49f-11eb-a636-18cac59a98dc_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use COVID-19 to promote reparations.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/the-case-for-reparations-has-been-made-all-the-more-clear-by-covid-19/2021/08/06/22549a4e-f6c6-11eb-a636-18cac59a98dc_story.html
— 9/11 families say Biden not welcome at memorial events – Amy B Wang
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/06/911-families-say-biden-not-welcome-memorial-events-unless-he-releases-government-evidence/

NEW YORK POST
— Joe’s welcome mat spurred a superspreader extravaganza – Deroy Murdock
https://nypost.com/2021/08/06/joes-welcome-mat-spurred-a-superspreader-extravaganza/

PHILADELPHIA TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use COVID-19 to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.phillytrib.com/commentary/michaelcoard/covids-still-here-and-killing-blacks-disproportionately/article_792be945-4c76-5f90-81f0-65175aeb5128.html

LOS ANGELES DAILY NEWS
— LAPD contends with hundreds of officer resignations, retirements after protests, pandemic break out – JOSH CAIN (DIERSEN: In 1997, when I was 49 years old, I was the last GAO Chicago office employee at the GS-13 Level ($102,188-$132,845/year in today’s dollars) who the Democrats who ran the office got rid of who was NOT one of the following: Democrat, minority, female, younger, veteran, liberal, moderate, non-Protestant, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time.)
https://www.dailynews.com/2021/08/06/theyre-worn-out-lapd-contends-with-hundreds-of-officer-resignations-retirements-after-protests-pandemic-break-out/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— College Was Supposed to Close the Wealth Gap for Black Americans. The Opposite Happened. Black college graduates in their 30s have lost ground over three decades, the result of student debt and sluggish income growth – Rachel Louise Ensign and Shane Shifflett (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted a) that instead of me, the Post Office should have hired a Black in 1966, b) that the Post Office should gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job, c) that instead of me, IRS should have hired a Black in 1971, d) that instead of me, IRS should have promoted Blacks in 1972, 1973, and 1974, e) that instead of me, GAO should have hired a Black in 1980, f) that instead of me, GAO should have promoted a Black in 1986, and g) that GAO should have gotten rid of me much sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office. Ever-increasingly, the Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independents plants, and RINOs who run the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization hint/imply/argue/shout that the aforesaid organizations should get rid of Republican Precinct Committeemen 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.wsj.com/articles/college-was-supposed-to-close-the-wealth-gap-for-black-americans-the-opposite-happened-11628328602
— Nasdaq’s Board-Diversity Proposal Wins SEC Approval Agency backs plan to set minimum targets for composition of listed companies’ directors – Alexander Osipovich (DIERSEN: How diverse are those who lead your employer if you are still employed, the organizations that you are a member of, and the government entities that you are under in terms of race, gender, age, education, occupation, sexual identity, marital status, renter/home owner, citizenship status, veteran status, religion, national origin, income range, net worth range, political affiliation, liberal/moderate/conservative, Trump hater/neural/supporter, Kinzinger hater/neutral/supporter, patriotic status, health status, gun ownership status, length of time ancestors have been in America, etc.?)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/nasdaqs-board-diversity-proposal-faces-sec-decision-11628242202

FORTUNE
— SEC approves Nasdaq’s new diversity requirements for public company boards – DECLAN HARTY (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs use Affirmative Action (AA), Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes use AA, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans. I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes and how they use AA, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, BLM, CRT, 1619, and reparations to get rid of Republicans.)
https://fortune.com/2021/08/06/sec-approves-nasdaq-diversity-requirements-boards/

FORD AUTHORITY
— Previous Ford Downsizing Initiative Subject Of Ongoing Lawsuit – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: When I started working for GAO’s Chicago office in 1980, virtually all of its older White male employees had accounting degrees. To justify getting rid of its older White male employees, the Democrats who ran GAO dramatically cut the work that GAO did that required accounting knowledge. Suddenly, the following became worthless in GAO’s eyes: a) my having passed the CPA on my first attempt in 1979, b) my earning a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, c) my passing the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, d) my becoming a licensed CPA in 1981, e) my serving on the Association of Government Accountants Chicago Chapter Executive Committee 1983-1996, and f) my becoming a Certified Fraud Examiner in 1990, Certified Government Financial Manager in 1994, Certified Financial Services Auditor in 1996, and Forensic Accountant in 1997.)
https://fordauthority.com/2021/08/previous-ford-downsizing-initiative-subject-of-ongoing-lawsuit/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Ford, like many larger corporations, occasionally has to lay people off, change up its structure, or offer buyouts to accomplish either. As Ford Authority exclusively reported earlier this week, Ford Motor Company has initiated a buyout program for certain white-collar workers and teams dedicated to ICE-powered vehicles that includes six months of salary and healthcare benefits. However, a federal age discrimination lawsuit filed by eight employees alleges that the automaker targeted high-performing, older workers during the Ford downsizing process dubbed “Smart Redesign” back in 2019, according to the Detroit Free Press. According to internal Ford documents, under then-CEO Jim Hackett, the automaker hired Boston Consulting Group and tasked it with identifying employees that would present the most cost savings if their employment was terminated in the Ford downsizing effort. The lawsuit alleges that the consulting group used an algorithm that took into account the age of employees and their years of service. The latter bit is significant because employees hired prior to January 1st, 2004, were eligible for pension payments, which have, to date, cost Ford millions of dollars.)

August 6 Morning Edition

FOX32
— Illinois Republicans push back against Pritzker’s mask mandate – Mike Flannery
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/illinois-republicans-push-back-against-pritzkers-mask-mandate

NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Vaccine Booster Shot, Where to Wear a Mask Indoors
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-coronavirus-updates-vaccine-booster-shot-where-to-wear-a-mask-indoors/2582832/

WGN9
— Nearly 19% of Chicago restaurants have closed since start of pandemic – Jenna Barnes
https://wgntv.com/news/coronavirus/nearly-19-of-chicago-restaurants-have-closed-since-start-of-pandemic/

WLS AM
— GOPer Kirk Dillard back for more?
https://www.wlsam.com/2021/08/05/goper-kirk-dillard-back-for-more/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Lightfoot vows to apply lessons learned during pandemic to stop Chicago violence. The new “Community Safety Coordination Center” was described by the mayor as a “collaboration and innovation” space — a central clearinghouse where data on violence prevention is “collected, analyzed and disseminated.” – Fran Spielman and Andy Grimm
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/5/22611851/chicago-violence-public-safety-strategy-community-coordination-center-city-hall-lightfoot

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Will County farmers seek alliance with foodies to oppose Peotone area airport – TED SLOWIK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/opinion/ct-sta-slowik-third-airport-farmland-st-0806-20210805-ybjk4drmhfbphkt5fkaw2vmcx4-story.html
— Graduates of color have fewer opportunities for success, District 218 superintendent says – MIKE NOLAN (DIERSEN: While I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/daily-southtown/ct-sta-robbins-richards-race-relations-st-0806-20210805-gd2ehz6lnjfgngb7hkcg5ytg6q-story.html
— OBITUARY: John Edwin McNeal 1943 – 2021
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/chicagotribune/name/john-mcneal-obituary?id=6227293

HINSDALE PATCH
— Hinsdale Politician Greg Hart Seeking Higher Office He has raised more than $200,000 for his campaign account in the last quarter. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/hinsdale-politician-seeking-higher-office

ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage Leader Likely Not Running Again. Chairman Dan Cronin donates to a candidate who is running for his position, records show. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-leader-likely-not-running-again

CHANNAHON PATCH
— Minooka’s Rebresh Joins Growing List Of GOP Kinzinger Challengers. The logistics company owner is the seventh Republican to announce their intention to run against the incumbent in the June 2022 primary. – Dan Shalin
https://patch.com/illinois/channahon-minooka/minookas-rebresh-joins-growing-list-gop-kinzinger-challengers

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— Warping Children’s Hearts and Minds – Laurie Higgins
https://illinoisfamily.org/uncategorized/warping-childrens-hearts-and-minds/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— New record for illegal immigrant kids at border – Stephen Dinan
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/5/new-record-illegal-immigrant-kids-border/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Sean Spicer: Trump’s Running – Paul Bedard
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/washington-secrets/sean-spicer-trumps-running

AMERICAN THINKER
— America is Structurally Anti-Racist Redux – Ben Voth
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/america_is_structurally_antiracist_redux.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Fairfax County Tells Second-Graders They Should Feel Safe With No Police – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/06/fairfax-county-tells-second-graders-they-should-feel-safe-with-no-police/

FOX BUSINESS
— Federal agency offering employers unconscious bias, diversity workshop. The program is part of the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission’s (EEOC) Training Institute. – Samuel Dorman (DIERSEN: How many people do you know who have taken lots of diversity training? Democrats use diversity training to get rid of Republicans. The Democrats who run the federal government require all their employees to take lots of diversity training. I worked for the Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years. I should write a book about all the diversity training that I took. That training hinted/implied/argued/shouted that Republicans are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should gotten rid of once and for all. That helps explain why federal employees who are Democrat do not want to work for, work with, or supervise federal employees who are Republican. Virtually all federal employees are Democrats.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/eeoc-unconscious-bias-training

NEWS BUSTERS
— Nearly 65,000 Americans Submit Censorship Stories for Trump Big Tech Lawsuits – Casey Ryan
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/casey-ryan/2021/08/05/huge-nearly-65000-americans-submit-censorship-stories-trump

FEDERALIST
— The 1619 Project Conveniently Overlooks Racist Past Of The Democratic Party. The New York Times’ 1619 Project virtually ignores the Democrat Party’s role in advancing and sustaining racism in the United States, but doesn’t spare critiques of the GOP. – Mark Hemingway
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/05/the-1619-project-conveniently-overlooks-racist-past-of-the-democratic-party/

PJ MEDIA
— The New York Times Is An Anti-Journalism Clown Car – STEPHEN KRUISER
https://pjmedia.com/columns/stephen-kruiser/2021/08/05/the-morning-briefing-the-new-york-times-is-an-anti-journalism-clown-car-n1467165

COLLEGE FIX
— Higher education is based in ‘racist and classist assumptions,’ education nonprofit CEO says – MATT LAMB
https://www.thecollegefix.com/higher-education-is-based-in-racist-and-classist-assumptions-education-nonprofit-ceo-says-book-review/

CNN
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs want the Republican Party to give female primary candidates preference over male primary candidates.
https://www.cnn.com/2021/08/06/politics/republican-women-house-2022-races/index.html

MERCURY NEWS
— Biden must shoulder portion of blame for vaccine wariness. Prior to taking office, president publicly doubted that Trump’s vaccination efforts would work or be safe. – VICTOR DAVIS HANSON
https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/08/06/hanson-biden-administration-should-look-in-mirror-before-casting-stones-over-vaccinations/

NEW YORK TIMES
— Russia Bans Bard College, and Other Universities Ask What’s Next – Stephanie Saul (DIERSEN: Constructively, the following banned TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois and Illinois Center Right Coalition: Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Milton Township Republican Organization, and unsuccessful Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000. I should write a book about the aforesaid.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/05/us/bard-college-russia-ban-undesirable.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/08/06/why-we-can-be-confident-that-surge-coronavirus-cases-isnt-fault-immigrants/

NEW YORK POST
— Biden’s pathetic bid to blame GOP governors for COVID spike – Editorial (DIERSEN: What do your critics/opponent blame you for? My critics/opponents a) blame me for all the losses that Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct have suffered since 2000, b) blame me for all the problems that the Milton Township Republican Organization (MTRO), DuPage County Republican Central Committee (DCRCC), and Illinois Republican Party (IRP) have had since 2000, c) blame me for all the problems that the Wheaton Chamber of Commerce (WCC), Wheaton Park District (WPD), TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC), and American Association of Political Consultants (AAPC) Midwest Chapter (MC) have had since 2000, d) blame me for all the problems that Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and Illinois have had since 2000, and e) all the problems that Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks have had since 2000. My critics/opponents stress that none of the following came to my defense when conservative-haters succeeded in stopping me from raising funds from Republicans so that Republicans could help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day Parade and Fireworks: Republicans who helped sponsor Wheaton’s Independence Day parades and fireworks since 2005, Republican candidates on ballots in my precinct since 2000, MTRO leaders since 2000, DCRCC leaders since 2000, IRP leaders since 2000, Republican Wheaton leaders since 2000, Republican Milton Township leaders since 2000, Republican DuPage County leaders since 2000, Republican Illinois leaders since 2000, Republican TAPROOT leaders since 2000, those who I recruited to speak at TAPROOT events 2005-2012, Republican WCC leaders since 2000, Republican WPD leaders since 2000, Republican ICRC leaders since 2003, and Republican AAPC MC leaders since 2001.)
https://nypost.com/2021/08/05/bidens-pathetic-bid-to-blame-gop-governors-for-covid-spike/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— The Electric Vehicle Welfare State Car makers back the Biden climate agenda in return for subsidies and higher consumer prices. – Editorial (DIERSEN: Expect that ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs will viciously demonize, denigrate, and condemn owners of gasoline-powered American-nameplate vehicles, and especially those who own Chevrolets, Fords, and Dodges, and especially those who own Corvettes, Cavaliers, Malibus, Thunderbirds, Mustangs, Escapes, and Chargers.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-electric-vehicle-welfare-state-joe-biden-auto-makers-gm-volkswagen-stellantis-11628201680
— Trump Sticks With Fundraising Gimmick Despite DOJ Crackdown. Justice Department warns of ‘misrepresentations’ in appeals promising to multiply a donor’s contribution. – Gabriel T. Rubin
https://www.wsj.com/articles/trump-sticks-with-fundraising-gimmick-despite-doj-crackdown-11628242201

USA TODAY
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Conservative-haters and Republican-haters promote Facebook and Google.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2021/08/05/facebook-google-republicans-growth-not-grievances/5455254001/

COLORADO SUN
— Some Colorado Republicans want to forgo their party’s 2022 primaries. Others think that’s “insane.” Under the proposal, to be voted on by the Colorado Republican Party’s central committee in September, GOP general election candidates would be picked through the caucus and assembly process. – Sandra Fish and Daniel Ducassi (DIERSEN: Most commonly, moderate candidates win Republican primaries because multiple conservative candidates run splitting the conservative vote.)
https://coloradosun.com/2021/08/05/2022-republican-primary-opt-out-vote/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “I think it’s time for the party to start standing on its platform and principles and to get candidates who will do the same,” said Peg Cage, former chairwoman of the Boulder County Republicans, who supports forgoing the 2022 GOP primaries. “We can’t do that if we’re constantly going left and trying to placate the unaffiliated voters and the Democrats.” . . . “Having non-members decide who will be the Republican nominee is a golden opportunity for the opposition to infiltrate and to weaken our platform of liberty, justice, personal freedom, and adherence to our constitution,” Hanks wrote.)

CLICK ON DETROIT
— Michigan GOP panel to vote on resolutions censuring 2 congressmen, calling for resignation of state senator. First resolution targets Michigan congressmen Peter Meijer and Fred Upton – Grant Hermes (DIERSEN: I should write a book about those who tried but failed in 2006 to get the Illinois Center Right Coalition (ICRC) to censure me for my GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters. In 2007, they succeeded in throwing me off the ICRC Steering Committee. They blamed me and blamed my GOPUSA ILLINOIS for all of Jim Ryan’s and Bill Brady’s problems.)
https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/politics/2021/07/31/michigan-gop-panel-to-vote-on-resolutions-censuring-2-us-congressmen-calling-for-resignation-of-state-senator/

NEWSWEEK
— Recall Candidate John Cox Calls for Border Wall to Stop California’s Drug Crisis
https://www.newsweek.com/recall-candidate-john-cox-calls-border-wall-stop-californias-drug-crisis-1616404

FORD AUTHORITY
— Ford Salaried Buyouts Confirmed For Select Employees – Brett Foote (DIERSEN: I was eligible for GAO’s 1993 buyout. Overwhelmingly, those like me who were eligible for the buyout were Republican, White, male, and/or older.)
https://fordauthority.com/2021/08/ford-salaried-buyouts-confirmed-for-select-employees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: As Ford Authority has learned from sources familiar with the buyout plan, the packages are being targeted toward workers and teams dedicated to ICE-powered vehicles. Ford said that the “action is to further enable us to match our business priorities with the critical skills needed to turn around our automotive operations.” The Ford salaried buyouts are being offered to some white-collar workers as voluntary incentives to leave the company, which will allow Ford to avoid layoffs. Severance packages such as this are often offered to older workers nearing retirement who may be keener to take such a deal.)

August 4 Evening Edition

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Kirk Dillard ponders another governor run. The chairman of the Regional Transportation Authority says suburban moderates and business leaders want him to run against Gov. J.B. Pritzker—and he hasn’t said no. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/kirk-dillard-ponders-another-governor-run

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois may freeze out Ben & Jerry’s over social-justice stance – CHARLES SELLE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/lake-county-news-sun/opinion/ct-lns-selle-freeze-out-st-0805-20210804-vbefur372rey5gg6ctcxis3fce-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Illinois recreational weed sales hit record $128 million in July, with a little help from Lollapalooza – ROBERT CHANNICK
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-illinois-recreational-weed-sales-record-july-lollapalooza-20210804-ymcdkk25zbarxc7psvgk7bkqda-story.html
— Gov. J.B. Pritzker issues mask mandate for schools effective immediately and vaccine requirement for some state workers – DAN PETRELLA, LISA SCHENCKER and MADELINE BUCKLEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-pritzker-school-masks-20210804-gdo7vctdgre4laxtk7kyfyfjfm-story.html
— WFLD-Ch. 32 political editor Mike Flannery buys Evanston town home for $575,000 – BOB GOLDSBOROUGH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/elite-street/ct-re-elite-street-mike-flannery-evanston-20210804-zvbgo73dkvboxmyv5tamruphsq-story.html
— Businesses in Chicago are insisting on vaccinated customers. Good. No counterproductive government mandate needed. – EDITORIAL (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, businesses function as arms of the Democrat Party. How soon, if not already, will businesses officially stop employing and stop doing business with Republicans, and especially Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-vaccination-mandate-chicago-covid-19-20210804-fzyiqha57zbl5bbpnnqshlrodq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Class cloud? Pritzker orders up school mask mandate: ‘We all must take immediate and urgent action’ The move will bring Illinois in line with U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommendations that teachers, students and staff wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status. But the GOP called the decision proof of the Democrat’s “failure” battling the pandemic. – Rachel Hinton and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/8/4/22609389/pritzker-schools-mask-mandate-indoors-students-staff-teachers-centers-disease-control-coronavirus
— Alderman angry only one Hispanic is among nine listed for promotion to CPD lieutenant. “Here’s an opportunity to meritoriously promote some more Hispanics to make it more reflective of the city. And then, we get the short end of the stick. I’m tired of it,” said Ald. Gilbert Villegas, chairman of the City Council’s Hispanic Caucus. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: While I worked for Democrats who ran the federal government for almost 30 years, they were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, and/or younger.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2021/8/4/22610119/chicago-police-merit-promotion-lieutenant-list-one-hispanic-villegas-city-council

ABC7
— Illinois school mask mandate to take effect immediately in K-12 schools, daycares, Pritzker says. Illinois vaccine mandate announced for some state employees. – Craig Wall and Jessica D’Onofrio
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-vaccine-mandate-passport-covid-school-masks/10929145/
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,364 cases, 18 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10929760/
— District 45 school board ends face masks meeting without vote after reported physical altercation – Eric Horng (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame the pandemic on Republicans.)
https://abc7chicago.com/health/district-45-ends-face-masks-meeting-without-vote-after-altercation/10928540/
— Homeless camp blocking sidewalk used by Finkl Academy students, Pilsen residents say – Leah Hope (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs blame homelessness on Republicans. How soon, if not already, will homeless people block sidewalks in your neighborhood, in your precinct, in your municipal district, and in your municipality?)
https://abc7chicago.com/home/homeless-camp-blocking-pilsen-sidewalk-used-by-students-residents-say/10928274/

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— GOP leader has questions about Ammons’ new committee – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-gop-leader-has-questions-about-ammons-new-committee/article_cebe1ae0-b22d-569a-b24c-85d2e6b98e04.html

RIVER BENDER
— U.S. Rep. Davis Says Democrats Falsely Claiming State Election Integrity Laws Are ‘Jim Crow 2.0’ Is Dangerous Election Subversion – Dan Brannan
https://www.riverbender.com/articles/details/us-rep-davis-says-democrats-falsely-claiming-state-election-integrity-laws-are-jim-crow-20-is-dangerous-election-subversion-52100.cfm

STATELINE
— Kinzinger on Jan 6th Commission, Illinois student mask mandate
https://www.mystateline.com/news/local-news/exclusive-kinzinger-on-jan-6th-commission-illinois-student-mask-mandate/

FOX ILLINOIS
— Over 50 school board recalls in the last six months as parents fight for change – ELISSA SALAMY (DIERSEN: Who is fighting CRT in your school district? They should include a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations, b) your representative on the Illinois Republican Party (IRP) State Central Committee, and c) the leaders of the IRP.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/over-50-school-board-recall-efforts-seen-in-the-last-six-months
— Republicans see Trump endorsements helping candidates in 2022 – LEANDRA BERNSTEIN (DIERSEN: Which candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in your precinct a) will seek/accept Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://foxillinois.com/news/connect-to-congress/republicans-see-trump-endorsements-helping-candidates-in-2022

ELMHURST PATCH
— Former Elmhurst Mayor Pete DiCianni, a Republican who has served on the DuPage County Board for nearly a decade, is running for board chairman, according to state election board records. – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/elmhurst-politician-seeks-higher-office

CHICAGO YOUNG REPUBLICANS
— WE’RE RECRUITING CANDIDATES FOR CHICAGO AND COOK COUNTY RACES! (DIERSEN: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. What about potential candidates who want to defend and advance the traditional marriage/family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform? What about the tremendous pressure for candidates to be minorities, females, young, LGBTQers, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, etc.?)
https://us1.list-manage.com/survey?u=7fe208d3c85ffa1d03aeaade4&id=4f9d45003b
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Over the past decade, there have been hundreds of instances where the only choice presented on a ballot was for a single candidate, often an incumbent. This has been especially true in Chicago and Cook County. We seek civic minded, qualified, and capable candidates who share our free-market ideas to be candidates in one of the many districts that have been deprived of competition over the past ten years or more. We are interested in hearing from you even if you have never run for or held public office in the past. If you or someone you know is interested in honest service in elective office, contact us by filling out this form and let’s discuss the possibility of you running for public office!)

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Prairie Grove Declares Peace in Flag/Sign Dispute
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/04/prairie-grove-declares-peace-in-flag-sign-dispute/
— UPDATED: Cook Political Report Dave Wasserman Reissues June 1 Update of Possible Illinois Congressional Remap
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/cook073121/
— IL-16: Only In-District Republican and Million Unmasked March Co-Organizer Announces Challenge to Adam Kinzinger
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/rebresh080321/
— State Dems Say McHenry County ICE Floor to Close by End of Year, But Court Battle in Sight
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/state-dems-say-mchenry-county-ice-floor-to-close-by-end-of-year-but-court-battle-in-sight/
— IL-16: Could Adam Kinzinger Pull a Phil Gramm by Resigning from House and Elected to U.S. Senate Following Year?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/kinzinger080321/
— State Rep. Steve Reick Reflects on Mask Advice, Notes Threat from School Insurance Company
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/steve-reick-reflects-on-mask-advice-notes-threat-from-school-insurance-company/
— Pritzker Signs Bill to Allow Deliberate Transmission of HIV without Penalty, Local House and Senate Members Cast Opposite Votes with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/pritzker-signs-bill-to-allow-deliberate-transmission-of-hiv-without-penalty/
— McHenry County Libertarian’s Rolling Out Biden Trillion Dollar Bill at County Fair
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/03/mchenry-county-libertarians-rolling-out-biden-trillion-dollar-bill-at-county-fair/
— Pritzker Signs “Public Health Crisis” Gun Bill with Roll Calls
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/02/pritzker-signs-public-health-crisis-gun-bill/
— Illinois Gubernatorial Fundraising at a Glance Through June 30
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/01/gov080121/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REPUBLICAN DARREN BAILEY BLASTS PRITZKER’S MANDATES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/republican-darren-bailey-blasts-pritzkers-mandates-.html
— REPUBLICAN GARY RABINE: “PRITZKER’S MASK MANDATE IS ABOUT CONTROL, NOT SCIENCE”
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/republican-gary-rabine-pritzkers-mask-mandate-is-about-control-not-science.html
— GOP PRIMARY CANDIDATE PAUL SCHIMPF: PRITZKER’S MANDATES UNDERMINE CIVIL LIBERTIES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/gop-primary-candidate-paul-schimpf-pritzkers-mandates-undermine-civil-liberties.html
— PRITZKER REQUIRES MASKS IN “ALL” P-12 SCHOOLS AND DAY CARE CENTERS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/pritzker-requires-masks-in-all-p-12-schools-and-day-care-centers.html
— FEDERALLY-FUNDED COVID SALIVA TESTS TO BE AVAILABLE FOR ILLINOIS TEACHERS AND STUDENTS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/federally-funded-covid-saliva-tests-to-be-available-for-illinois-teachers-and-students.html
— LOLLAPALOOZA PHOTO GOES VIRAL AS ILLINOIS FACES ANOTHER GOVERNOR-ORDERED COVID MASK MANDATE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/lollapalooza-photo-goes-viral-as-illinois-faces-another-governor-ordered-covid-mask-mandate.html
— THORNER: HAVE CHILDREN’S IMMUNE SYSTEMS BEEN WEAKENED BY PREVENTIVE MEASURES?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/thorner-have-childrens-immune-systems-been-weakened-by-preventive-measures.html
— BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SET TO IGNORE ABORTION TRANSPARENCY REQUIREMENT
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/biden-administration-set-to-ignore-abortion-transparency-requirement.html
— SHAPIRO: OUR EMPATHETIC AUTHORITARIANS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/shapiro-our-empathetic-authoritarians.html
— STOSSEL: ENDLESS RULES
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/stossel-endless-rules.html

CAPITOL FAX
— AFSCME Council 31 responds to vax mandate: Employees should not be defined as “part of the problem”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/afscme-council-31-responds-to-vax-mandate-employees-should-not-be-defined-as-part-of-the-problem/
— Pritzker office responds to Durkin, McConchie *** HGOP Leader Durkin on Pritzker mask mandate: “Pritzker must put this continuing power trip aside” – Teachers unions back mask mandate.
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/hgop-leader-durkin-on-pritzker-mask-mandate-pritzker-must-put-this-continuing-power-trip-aside-teachers-unions-back-mask-mandate/
— Pritzker announces mask, vax mandates – “We have the legal authority to enforce this” – Broad mask mandate not being considered – “Schools can be held liable if they don’t follow the mandates” – Won’t take down TV ads – Return to remote learning “not on the table” – No mandate on private employers to mandate vaxing – World has changed because of vaxes, so no intent for stronger mitigation – Cuomo should resign – Legislature should pass his energy bill
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/live-pritzker-announces-mask-vax-mandates/
— FROM THE REPORT: ILGOP press release…As Governor J.B. Pritzker reinstitutes statewide COVID-19 mitigations and mandates, his re-election campaign is running ads highlighting his administration’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic, taking an obviously premature victory lap. Illinois Republican Party Chairman Don Tracy issued the following statement calling on Pritzker to take his TV ads off the airwaves : “Governor Pritzker cannot have it both ways. He cannot run political TV ads that take a victory lap over his pandemic response while at the same time reinstituting COVID mandates and mitigations. The return of these mandates is a clear admission of his own failure. Pritzker should take his self-serving TV ads off the air. Whether it’s veterans who have died under his care, massive unemployment insurance fraud, or the return of mandates after our state’s full re-opening, Pritzker’s executive incompetence has been the hallmark of his pandemic response.”
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/question-of-the-day-3301/
— Dillard hoping for Griffin coronation
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/dillard-hoping-for-griffin-coronation/
— First Paul Simon-Jim Edgar Statesmanship Award given to 11 Republicans who broke ranks with Rauner on budget, taxes
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/first-paul-simon-jim-edgar-statesmanship-award-given-to-11-republicans-who-broke-ranks-with-rauner-on-budget/
— COVID-19 roundup: IDPH now has nursing home vax data; Clarence Page looks at vax history; K3 County transmission jumps
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/04/covid-19-roundup-idph-now-has-nursing-home-vax-data-clarence-page-looks-at-vax-history-k3-county-transmission-jumps/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden should be impeached for his open borders policy – Cal Thomas
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/4/biden-should-be-impeached-for-his-open-borders-pol/

FOX NEWS
— As media push critical race theory, Ayaan Hirsi Ali fears curriculum will teach children to ‘hate each other” The media has decided ‘that what sells is divisiveness,’ Ali said. – Cortney O’Brien
https://www.foxnews.com/media/media-critical-race-theory-ayaan-hirsi-ali
— Biden admin is ‘intimately involved’ with critical race theory, former Trump official says. Russ Vought said probe will reveal ties between administration and Abolitionist Teaching Network. – Ethan Barton
https://www.foxnews.com/us/critical-race-theory-biden-administration-russ-vought
— Texas border city puts up temporary shelters to cope with ‘rapidly escalating’ migrant surge. More than 87,000 migrants have passed through McAllen this year. – Adam Shaw , Bill Melugin
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/texas-mcallen-shelters-cope-escalating-migrant-surge

BREITBART
— Former Obama Official Demands ‘a No-Fly List for Unvaccinated Adults’ – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/04/former-obama-official-place-unvaccinated-holdouts-on-no-fly-list/
— ‘Friends’ Star Jennifer Aniston Says She Cut Ties with ‘a Few People’ over Vaccination Status – SIMON KENT (DIERSEN: From what I see, ever-increasingly, Trump-haters cut ties with those who do not hate Trump.)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/04/friends-star-jennifer-aniston-says-she-cut-ties-with-a-few-people-over-vaccination-status/

BLAZE
— White House attacks GOP Govs. Ron DeSantis, Greg Abbott: Mitigate dangerous Delta spike or ‘get out of the way’ – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/white-house-attacks-ron-desantis-greg-abbott-delta-spike

DAILY SIGNAL
— Illinois School District (Evanston/Skokie School District 65) Violates Civil Rights Law, Calls It ‘Equity’ – Sarah Parshall Perry
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/04/illinois-school-district-violates-civil-rights-law-calls-it-equity/

FEDERALIST
— 7 Ways The Conservative Movement Should Fight Critical Race Theory. The professional conservative movement should be moving massive amounts of money to support parents’ efforts and harden them as a target of this leftist onslaught. – Joy Pullmann
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/04/7-ways-the-conservative-movement-should-fight-critical-race-theory/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— If We Care about Institutional Guilt, How Do Democrats Escape It? – DAN MCLAUGHLIN
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/if-we-care-about-institutional-guilt-how-do-democrats-escape-it/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Trump-backed Mike Carey rides to victory in Ohio GOP primary, and it wasn’t even close – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton (DIERSEN: Which candidates on June 28, 2022 Republican primary ballots in your precinct a) will seek/accept Trump’s endorsement or b) will seek/accept Kinzinger’s endorsement?)
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/04/trump-backed-mike-carey-rides-to-victory-in-ohio-gop-primary-and-it-wasnt-even-close-1113368/
— Left’s lauded 1619 Project largely ignores at least one hugely significant historical fact – Robert Jonathan
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/04/lefts-lauded-1619-project-largely-ignores-at-least-one-hugely-significant-historical-fact-1113212/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: It would be difficult to overstate the Democratic Party’s enduring and baleful role in slavery and racism…The Democratic southern states, such as Georgia, specifically criticized the anti-slavery policies of President Lincoln’s Republican Party in their declarations of succession in the Civil War. Even after the war, [historian Jay] Cost notes, the Democratic Party’s “central purpose in the second half of the 19th century was specifically to prevent civil rights legislation from being implemented.” In response to black Republicans being elected in Southern states during Reconstruction, it was Democrats who enacted poll taxes and literacy tests to suppress the black vote. A Democratic president, Woodrow Wilson, resegregated the federal work force in Washington and hosted a White House screening of D.W. Griffith’s egregiously racist, white supremacist “Birth of a Nation.” As late as 1952, the running mate of Democratic presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson, John Sparkman, was an open segregationist. A significantly higher percentage of congressional Republicans voted for the 1964 Civil Rights Act than did congressional Democrats, and segregationists such as George Wallace were major figures in the Democratic Party until the 1970s..The absence of Democratic Party critiques is all the more conspicuous when you consider that the 1619 Project doesn’t shy away from critiquing the GOP….)

EPOCH TIMES
— Home Depot Says All Employees Must Mask Up Due to COVID-19 – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/home-depot-says-all-employees-must-mask-up-due-to-covid-19_3933516.html
— The Scramble to Defend Critical Race Theory – Charlotte Allen
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-scramble-to-defend-critical-race-theory_3932908.html
— Invasion by Any Other Name – Cal Thomas
https://www.theepochtimes.com/invasion-by-any-other-name_3933715.html

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Explosion in high-paying work-from-home jobs during the pandemic – Andy Kiersz (DIERSEN: GOPUSA Illinois Editor is a work from home job. My critics/opponents know that they would have to pay lots of money to get someone who could and would do what I do.)
https://www.businessinsider.com/chart-shows-explosion-in-high-paying-work-from-home-jobs-2021-8

FORBES
— Nearly $300 Billion In Foreign Aid Spent By U.S. Government – Adam Andrzejewski
https://www.forbes.com/sites/adamandrzejewski/2021/08/04/new-report-nearly-300-billion-in-foreign-aid-spent-by-us-government/

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— America has become more divided since President Joe Biden was elected, most voters believe, and social media sites like Facebook and Twitter are contributing to that division. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone and online survey finds that 60% of Likely U.S. Voters say the country has become more divided since last year’s election. (DIERSEN: Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs do everything that they can to divide everyone against Republicans.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2021/60_of_voters_say_america_is_more_divided