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August 23 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 22 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

PRESS HERALD
— Census shows new trends favor Democrats – GORDON L. WEIL (COMMENT: From what I see, ever-increasingly, under the Democrats and under the RINOs, the more of the following that you are, the bleaker that your future is: law enforcement officer, Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time. Ever-increasing, the more of the aforesaid that you are, the harder that Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs work to get rid of you.)
https://www.pressherald.com/2021/08/20/census-shows-new-trends-favor-democrats/

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 21 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Biden’s job approval rating dips amid COVID uptick: Poll The decline in support also comes as amid the deteriorating situation in Afghanistan. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-approval-rating-covid-afghanistan-interview/10966399/
— Islamic State threat forces US changes to Afghanistan evacuations plans at Kabul airport. Time for evacuations is running out ahead of Biden’s Aug. 31 deadline to withdraw most remaining U.S. troops. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/afghanistan-news-taliban-biden-whats-happening-in/10965892/

NBC5
— Illinois Senate GOP Leader Dan McConchie Tests Positive for COVID-19, Spokesperson Says. Both McConchie and Illinois Senate President Don Harmon have tested positive for breakthrough cases of COVID-19 this week.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/coronavirus/illinois-senate-gop-leader-dan-mcconchie-tests-positive-for-covid-19-spokesperson-says/2595470/

FOX32
— Breakthrough COVID case: Illinois Senate Republican Leader Dan McConchie tests positive for virus despite being vaccinated
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/breakthrough-covid-case-illinois-senate-republican-leader-tests-positive-for-virus-despite-being-vaccinated

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Illinois Democrats may have opened legal can of worms with new fundraising committee. The Illinois Democrats’ chair, U.S. Rep. Robin Kelly, is barred by federal laws from participating in fundraising outside the federally regulated campaign system. So the state party cobbled together a new committee. – Rich Miller
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/20/22634743/illinois-democrats-fundraising-robin-kelly-blue-committee-rich-miller-capitol-fax-sun-times

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Illinois Senate Republican leader Dan McConchie has breakthrough COVID-19 case a day after GOP Day at State Fair – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-illinois-senate-republican-leader-covid-19-positive-state-fair-20210821-47rfs72k3ngxldgr5a5ibkc6py-story.html
— Parents are getting coached on how to escape mask and vaccine rules across the US – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-parents-coached-vaccine-mask-rules-20210821-hfvptfobyrbaxjrjntkqt5y3oi-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— More than half of Kinzinger’s GOP primary challengers believe Trump won the 2020 election – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210821/more-than-half-of-kinzingers-gop-primary-challengers-believe-trump-won-the-2020-election
— State Sen. McConchie experiencing breakthrough case of COVID-19 – Eric Peterson
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210821/state-sen-mcconchie-experiencing-breakthrough-case-of-covid-19
— Who are the real RINOs? The Trump critics or the Trump enablers? – Editorial (COMMENT: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. Most commonly, RINOs reject the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and/or equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks in the Republican Party platform. Far too often, RINOs promote dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, patronage, reverse discrimination (wokeism, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, etc.), and/or age discrimination. I should write a book about RINOs. I would focus on RINOs who destroy a) those who they cannot manipulate/dominate, b) those who refuse to glorify and praise them, c) those who refuse to pander to them, d) those who refuse to serve as one of their operatives or dupes, e) those who refuse to cover up their wrongdoing, and/or f) those who refuse to give them money.)
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210821/editorial-who-are-the-real-rinos-the-trump-critics-or-the-trump-enablers-

DAILY JOURNAL
— We’re a long way from the Land of Lincoln – Alan Webber
https://www.daily-journal.com/opinion/webber-were-a-long-way-from-the-land-of-lincoln/article_d1db1384-01a3-11ec-afd0-7785bae66edc.html

OAK LAWN PATCH
— D229 Board Member Sues Pritzker, Ayala, Over Face Mask Order – Lorraine Swanson
https://patch.com/illinois/oaklawn/d229-board-member-sues-pritzker-ayala-over-face-mask-order

FOX NEWS
— If Biden were a Republican, Dems in Congress would have impeached him. They should. Biden keeps repeating that he was bound by Trump’s planned withdrawal. Really? – Victor Davis Hanson
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/biden-republican-democrats-congress-impeached-victor-davis-hanson

GOPUSA
— Joe Biden Leaves Town, Says He Needs More Sleep
https://www.gopusa.com/joe-biden-leaves-town-says-he-needs-more-sleep/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Left suddenly fans of showing ID when it prevents ‘fraud’ from unvaxed people dining indoors – Vivek Saxena|
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/21/left-suddenly-fans-of-showing-id-when-it-prevents-fraud-from-unvaxed-people-dining-indoors-1122258/

POLITICO
— Minnesota GOP ‘in ruins’ after shocking scandal. Stunning charges against a top donor and the state GOP chair’s resignation have left the party in turmoil. – DAVID SIDERS and PAUL DEMKO
https://www.politico.com/news/2021/08/21/minnesota-gop-in-ruins-shocking-scandal-506487

HUFFINGTON POST
— Is It Better To Quit Before You Get Fired From A Job? Here are the unseen financial and emotional benefits and costs with each option. – Monica Torres
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/better-to-quit-or-get-fired-from-job_l_611e8079e4b0e8ac791b9e10

NEW YORK MAGAZINE
— Will Twitter Boot the Taliban?
https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/08/will-twitter-boot-the-taliban.html

August 20 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Chicago indoor mask mandate takes effect; Cook County to follow suit – Diane Pathieu
https://abc7chicago.com/chicago-face-masks-mask-mandate-chicaog/10963557/
— About half of Americans favor vaccine mandates for bars, restaurants: POLL – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/vaccine-mandates-vaccination-requirements-covid-vaccines-delta-variant/10964299/

FOX32
— Installation of license plate reading cameras begins on Chicago-area expressways
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/installation-of-license-plate-reading-cameras-begins-on-chicago-area-expressways

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Remap reboot: Lawmakers to return to Springfield for special one-day session to ‘amend’ legislative maps. The move follows the release of the latest U.S. Census figures. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch said he and others “want to make sure every voice is heard and represented” and invited the public to participate in open hearings before the Aug, 31 session. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/20/22634282/general-assembly-plans-return-springfield-special-session-legislative-maps-census
— Illinois COVID-19 cases hit seven-month high: ‘We are living in a very dangerous moment’ About 63% of eligible Chicagoans are fully vaccinated, but rates hover in the 20% range in many southern Illinois counties where hospitals are filling up. A total of 126 Illinois lives were lost to the virus over the last week, including 46 on Wednesday — the highest one-day toll in three months. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2021/8/20/22634522/illinois-coronavirus-delta-surge-mask-vaccine-mandate-pritzker-aug-20
— New camera system a necessary start to ending shootings on Chicago expressways. We remain concerned, however, about law enforcement’s ever-increasing surveillance capabilities. And there’s a danger of over-reliance on the cameras once they’re up and running. – Editorial
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/20/22632555/chicago-expressway-shootings-cameras-surveillance-denise-huguelet-editorial

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Cook County issues indoor mask mandate as delta surge pushes Illinois COVID cases higher than spring’s third wave – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-delta-surge-cases-20210820-uwmexf4opbf4tgdyerlaqaarr4-story.html
— Marijuana drug tests in the workplace would follow same standard as DUI, under proposed change in Illinois law – R. McCoppin
https://www.chicagotribune.com/marijuana/illinois/ct-illinois-marijuana-drug-test-20210820-33tncygpzbf4tddhtkvashkq74-story.html
— New census shows fewer white Americans, but that’s because of how we’re counting – CLARENCE PAGE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/clarence-page/ct-column-census-charlottesville-tucker-carlson-replacement-theory-page-20210820-xx2nnacd2ffy5mp5tqupg25btu-story.html
— Illinois lawmakers to convene Aug. 31 to make post-census fixes to Democrat-drawn legislative maps – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-legislature-census-redistricting-20210820-cfhk6trwbzb45neyyx4vbj35aa-story.html
— Americans support vaccine mandates, AP-NORC poll finds, and COVID anxiety is rising – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-aud-nw-covid-anxiety-vaccine-mandate-poll-20210820-fk74aqoo6fbtpbrokhkususuyy-story.html
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS, TRAGIC: Libertyville trustees approve cannabis sales – JAMES T. NORMAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/libertyville/ct-lbr-cannabis-sales-tax-tl-0826-20210820-22itkl2atzfspp2n7y43ymuamy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Illinois records highest single-day COVID-19 case total since January – Jake Griffin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210820/illinois-records-highest-single-day-covid-19-case-total-since-january
— DuPage forest preserve looking to draw its own electoral boundaries – Scott C. Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210820/dupage-forest-preserve-looking-to-draw-its-own-electoral-boundaries
— Some McHenry County families have started home schooling because of COVID-19 mask mandate – Sam Lounsberry
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210820/some-mchenry-county-families-have-started-home-schooling-because-of-covid-19-mask-mandate
— Lawmakers schedule Aug. 31 session on changing legislative maps – JERRY NOWICKI
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210820/lawmakers-schedule-aug-31-session-on-changing-legislative-maps

WBEZ
— ‘Illinois Is Absolutely Pivotal’ To Who Controls The U.S. House – Dave McKinney
https://www.wbez.org/stories/illinois-congressional-remapping-could-have-national-impact/be1b3875-0219-4e30-8b36-4807ad3a16fe

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— General Assembly leaders to convene special session for potential legislative map changes – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/politics/government/2021/08/20/illinois-lawmakers-plan-one-day-session-rework-legislative-map/8213761002/

EFFINGHAM DAILY NEWS
— Republican gubernatorial candidate Gary Rabine visits Effingham – Charles Mills
https://www.effinghamdailynews.com/news/local_news/republican-gubernatorial-candidate-visits-effingham/article_7d950c30-ffbe-11eb-afc4-1388b04cdcd2.html

FOX ST. LOUIS
— COVID outbreak shuts down police department in Illinois – Andy Banker
https://fox2now.com/news/illinois/covid-outbreak-shuts-down-police-department-in-illinois-metro-east/

WSIL TV
— All but one county in Illinois at high risk for transmission of COVID-19
https://wsiltv.com/2021/08/19/all-but-one-county-in-illinois-at-high-risk-for-transmission-of-covid-19/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— MEDICINE’S GETTING MAJOR INJECTIONS OF WOKE IDEOLOGY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/medicines-getting-major-injections-of-woke-ideology.html
— Border Crisis: HOW MUCH WORSE CAN IT GET?
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/how-much-worse-can-it-get.html
— SLOPPY THINKING ABOUT ‘SYSTEMIC RACISM’
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/sloppy-thinking-about-systemic-racism.html
— TEAM BIDEN WORKS AT ‘BEHEST OF ABORTION LOBBY’ IN DEFIANCE OF LAW, 84 GOP LEGISLATORS SAY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/team-biden-works-at-behest-of-abortion-lobby-in-defiance-of-law-84-gop-legislators-say.html
— CHICAGO CARDINAL CUPICH MANDATES COVID-19 VACCINES FOR STAFF; BANS RELIGIOUS EXEMPTIONS
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/chicago-cardinal-cupich-mandates-covid-19-vaccines-for-staff-bans-religious-exemptions.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Republican Day coverage roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/20/republican-day-coverage-roundup/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/20/covid-19-roundup-92/

FOX NEWS
— Ingraham lays out six steps for GOP to win back voters. Fox News host says we should be worrying about American suffering ahead of suffering around the world. – Jen Golotko
https://www.foxnews.com/media/ingraham-six-steps-gop-win-voters
— Biden nominates former Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel as ambassador to Japan. Emanuel also served as President Obama’s White House chief of staff. – Michael Ruiz
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/biden-nominates-rahm-emanuel-ambassador-japan

BLAZE
— FBI has no evidence Jan. 6 riot was organized, coordinated, or otherwise planned by Trump or others – CHRIS PANDOLFO
https://www.theblaze.com/news/fbi-no-evidence-jan-6-riot-organized-trump-or-others
— Taliban fighters are ‘hunting down’ journalists, carrying out revenge executions against Afghans who worked with the West – PHIL SHIVER
https://www.theblaze.com/news/taliban-fighters-hunting-down-journalists-revenge-executions

DAILY SIGNAL
— China Wants You to Be a Woke ‘Anti-Racist’ While It Pursues Ethnic Cleansing – Jarrett Stepman
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/20/china-wants-you-to-be-a-woke-anti-racist-while-they-pursue-ethnic-cleansing/

HERITAGE FOUNDATION
— 2 Employees Sue Missouri School District Over “Equity” Training – Sarah Parshall Perry
https://www.heritage.org/civil-society/commentary/2-employees-sue-missouri-school-district-over-equity-training

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden Vows to Bring Home Every American Who Wants to Leave Afghanistan – ZACHARY STIEBER
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/biden-vows-to-bring-home-every-american-who-wants-to-leave-afghanistan_3957984.html

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— State Bans on Critical Race Theory Won’t Work. Massive bureaucracies will evade them. The better solution is to break up huge school districts. – Tony Woodlief
https://www.wsj.com/articles/state-bans-critical-race-theory-school-boards-crt-culture-wars-teachers-unions-education-11629468700

NEWSWEEK
— Adam Kinzinger Accuses Mo Brooks of ‘Stoking Sympathy’ for Domestic Terrorists – JASON LEMON
https://www.newsweek.com/adam-kinzinger-accuses-mo-brooks-stoking-sympathy-domestic-terrorists-1621539
— How Diverse Are the 10 Most Selective Universities? – NICOLE CALDWELL
https://www.newsweek.com/how-diverse-are-10-most-selective-universities-1621411

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Democrats Feel More Represented By Congress (DIERSEN: Republican voters like me who support 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 are underrepresented in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton’s West district. Republican voters like me who oppose the promotion of dependency on government, dependency on charity, LGBTQ, abortion, mass/illegal immigration, booze, gambling, pot, and other vices, abolition of the First and Second Amendments, BLM, CRT, 1619, reparations, patronage, political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, and age discrimination are underrepresented in America, in Illinois, in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton’s West district. Republican voters like me who wanted Republicans to help sponsor Wheaton’s 2021 Independence Day parade and fireworks are underrepresented in DuPage County, in Milton Township, in Wheaton, and in Wheaton’s West district.)
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2021/democrats_feel_more_represented_by_congress

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 18 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Group of teens attacking, robbing people in Loop, Chicago police say – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/group-of-teens-attacking-robbing-people-in-loop-cpd-/10957980/
— Taliban violently disperse rare protest in eastern Afghanistan; 1 killed, 6 wounded. Many Afghans remain deeply skeptical of the Taliban’s promises. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/taliban-violently-disperse-rare-protest;-1-killed-6-wounded/10958904/

CBS2
— Rideshare Driver’s Video Shows Woman Being Brutally Beaten, In One Of Many Attacks Involving Groups Of Teens Downtown Lately – Suzanne Le Mignot
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2021/08/17/downtown-chicago-woman-attacked-video/

WGN9
— New Poll: Concern over violence rising, Chicago residents unhappy with Lightfoot, Foxx – Tahman Bradley, Jordan Muck
https://wgntv.com/news/new-poll-chicago-residents-concerns-over-violent-crime-growing/

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 26th Street Mexican Independence Day Parade canceled due to rising COVID-19 cases – Stefano Esposito
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/17/22629353/26th-street-mexican-independence-day-parade-canceled-covid-19-cases-rising-chicago-coronavirus

DAILY HERALD
— FRONT PAGE: DuPagePads looks to buy, convert Downers Grove hotel to house homeless – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210818/dupagepads-looks-to-buy-convert-downers-grove-hotel-to-house-homeless
— Fight for fair election maps may be delayed but remains alive – Editorial
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20210818/editorial-fight-for-fair-election-maps-may-be-delayed-but-remains-alive

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— State of Illinois in a state of discord and resentment – Jim Dey
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/columns/jim-dey-state-of-illinois-in-a-state-of-discord-and-resentment/article_77082dc5-ebdf-59ac-99d5-b7a2429ba73a.html

JOURNAL GAZETTE TIMES COURIER
— Governor candidate, businessman Gary Rabine makes campaign stop in Mattoon – Rob Stroud
https://jg-tc.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/watch-now-governor-candidate-businessman-gary-rabine-makes-campaign-stop-in-mattoon/article_a9b1562b-982e-5603-b174-279d9212c65c.html

MDJ ONLINE
— Illinois Republicans expect to get drawn out of Congressional maps – Greg Bishop
https://www.mdjonline.com/neighbor_newspapers/extra/news/illinois-republicans-expect-to-get-drawn-out-of-congressional-maps/article_7d0d0c7b-6342-5c7e-8697-ef6712c8a36b.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Biden threw Afghan withdrawal agreement ‘into the shredder,’ says Trump admin official – ELISSA SALAMY
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/biden-threw-afghan-withdrawal-agreement-into-the-shredder-says-trump-admin-official

JOHN KASS
— Biden’s Afghanistan Disaster
https://johnkassnews.com/bidens-afghanistan-disaster/

WIREPOINTS
— The fiscal insanity in Chicago continues. Despite $22.7 billion pension shortfall, Chicago Public Schools to add 2,000 employees – Ted Dabrowski and John Klingner
https://wirepoints.org/the-fiscal-insanity-in-chicago-continues-despite-22-7-billion-pension-shortfall-chicago-public-schools-to-add-2000-employees-wirepoints/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— ISBE – These People Are In Charge Of Our School Education System? – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/08/isbe-these-people-are-in-charge-of-our-school-education-system/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— REV. FRANKLIN GRAHAM TO START ROUTE 66 TOUR SEPT 19 IN JOLIET (COMMENT: I collected delinquent taxes for IRS in Joliet 1973-1974.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/rev-franklin-graham-to-start-route-66-tour-sept-19-in-joliet-.html
— WHY WE SHOULD CARE THAT YOUTUBE HAS SILENCED SEN. RAND PAUL (COMMENT: I should write a book about why people who are religious, conservative, and/or Republican should care about efforts a) to stop me from sending out GOPUSA ILLINOIS newsletters and b) to stop everyone from reading those newsletters.)
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/why-we-should-care-that-youtube-has-silenced-sen-rand-paul.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Taliban’s quest for Islamist purity brought torture, beheadings, oppression – Joseph Clark and S.A. Miller
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/17/talibans-quest-islamist-purity-brought-torture-beh/

FOX NEWS
— Black conservative group pens open letter urging schools to drop CRT, adopt 1776 Unites. The Woodson Center’s 1776 Unites initiative aims to teach history, civics, and the founding ideals through an objective lens. – Michael Ruiz
https://www.foxnews.com/us/black-conservatives-urging-schools-to-drop-crt-adopt-1776-unites
— Taliban promises to protect women’s rights… with a catch. Taliban pledges to honor women’s rights ‘within the limits of Islam.’ – Tyler O’Neil
https://www.foxnews.com/world/taliban-promises-protect-womens-rights-with-catch

AMERICAN THINKER
— From Prophets to Loss: Woke Activism and America’s Jews – Ardie Geldman (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates in the federal government who worked the hardest to turn my many Democrat superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates who were Jewish against me. They stressed that I was baptized, raised, and confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran, that I was 100% German national origin, that I was conservative, that I was Republican, that I lived in Crete 1948-1972, and that I have lived in Wheaton since 1978. In my defense, I stressed that all my ancestors immigrated during the 1840s and 1850s, that my grandfather on my father’s side fought the Germans in WWI, that my uncles on my mother’s side fought the Germans during WWII, and that my father would have fought the Germans during WWII if he had not been 4-F. Virtually all my Democrat superiors in the federal government who took adverse actions against me were Jewish.)
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/from_prophets_to_loss_woke_activism_and_americas_jews.html

DAILY CALLER
— Hamas Congratulates The Taliban, Celebrates ‘Demise Of American Occupation’ – VARUN HUKERI
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/17/hamas-gaza-congratulates-taliban-afghanistan/
— Stephen A. Smith Says Lots Of ‘Black Folks’ Would Never Get The Same Opportunities As Tim Tebow – DAVID HOOKSTEAD (COMMENT: I should write a book about my Democrat IRS superiors who were most furious a) that IRS hired me in 1971 instead of a Black and b) that IRS promoted me in 1972, 1973, and 1974 instead of Blacks. I should write a book about my Democrat GAO superiors who were most furious a) that GAO hired me in 1980 instead of a Black, b) that GAO promoted me in 1986 instead of a Black, and c) that GAO did not get rid of me sooner than it did so that a Black could have my job and my preferred corner office.)
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/18/stephen-a-smith-tim-tebow-released-jaguars-reaction-race/

DAILY SIGNAL
— 4 Keys to Understanding COVID-19 Surge at Border – Fred Lucas
https://www.dailysignal.com/2021/08/17/4-keys-to-understanding-covid-19-surge-at-border/

PJ MEDIA
— Biden Promised to Bring ‘Competence’ Back to Government. So Where Is It? – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/08/17/biden-promised-to-bring-competence-back-to-government-so-where-is-it-n1470270

FEDERALIST
— How To Stop People From Falsely Accusing You Of Racism. How could professional athletes be ‘bullied’ into publicly disrespecting their own country and its flag if they don’t want to? These people are adults, right? – Christopher Bedford (COMMENT: For a White male Republican to be called a racist in America today is like being called a Jew in Germany during the 1930s, if not the 1940s. Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that White male Republicans are racists. How should White male Republicans respond?)
https://thefederalist.com/2021/08/18/how-to-stop-people-from-falsely-accusing-you-of-racism/

TOWNHALL
— The Fight Over Identity – Ben Shapiro (COMMENT: Democrats do not want Americans to see themselves first as being Americans. Instead, Democrats want Americans who are a) minority to see themselves first as being minorities, b) female to see themselves first as being females, c) younger to see themselves first as being younger, d) LGBTQ to see themselves first as being LGBTQ, e) Democrat to see themselves first as being Democrat, f) Trump-haters to see themselves first as being Trump-haters, g) moderate/liberal to see themselves first as being moderate liberal, h) non-Christian to see themselves first as being non-Christian, i) non-Protestant to see themselves first as being non-Protestant, j) non-Italian American to see themselves first as being non-Italian American, k) non-German American to see themselves first as being non-German American, l) those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time to see themselves first as being those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, and m) those who have financial, health, and/or other problems to see themselves first as being those who have financial, health, and/or other problems.)
https://townhall.com/columnists/benshapiro/2021/08/18/the-fight-over-identity-n2594324
(FROM THE ARTICLE: America has been wrecked on the shoals of identity. Identity politics has been characterized casually as a form of tribalism: Americans grouping themselves according to biological or sexual characteristics, in opposition to other groups associated by biological or sexual characteristics. And there is certainly truth to the idea that such tribalism has damaged America in extraordinary ways — that tribalism acts as the sort of factionalism the founding fathers feared, tearing Americans from each other and forcing them into polarized units competing against others in a battle over control. But there is another form of identity politics even more sinister than the sort of tribalism we see so openly today. That is a form of identity politics that focuses less on politics than on identity: the redefinition of identity itself.)
— Biden’s Dithering Doomed Afghanis – Betsy McCaughey
https://townhall.com/columnists/betsymccaughey/2021/08/18/bidens-dithering-doomed-afghanis-n2594305
— Progressives’ Last Stand in Afghanistan – John and Andy Schlafly
https://townhall.com/columnists/johnandandyschlafly/2021/08/18/progressives-last-stand-in-afghanistan-n2594313

COLLEGE FIX
— Effort to restrict critical race theory in Nebraska universities fails – JENNIFER KABBANY
https://www.thecollegefix.com/effort-to-restrict-critical-race-theory-in-nebraska-universities-fails/
— In the face of cancel culture, Princeton professor offers course on Lincoln’s legacy – RACHELLE HERNANDEZ
https://www.thecollegefix.com/in-the-face-of-cancel-culture-princeton-professor-offers-course-on-lincolns-legacy/

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Critical Race Theory Versus Our National Survival – GEORGE LEEF
https://www.nationalreview.com/corner/critical-race-theory-versus-our-national-survival/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— Departing Border Patrol chief says terror suspects crossing into U.S. ‘at a level we’ve never seen before’ – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/17/departing-border-patrol-chief-says-terror-suspects-crossing-into-u-s-at-a-level-weve-never-seen-before-1120278/
— ‘Kinder, gentler Taliban’ start new image by executing a woman in street for not wearing burqa – Tom Tillison
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/18/kinder-gentler-taliban-start-new-image-by-executing-a-woman-in-street-for-not-wearing-burqa-1120404/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Arkansas AG: “Instituting Practices Based On Critical Race Theory” In Education Violates Anti-Discrimination Laws. “Any effort to take account of race in a way that differently accords benefits or opportunities or creates a hostile environment in an educational institution is almost certainly unlawful” – William A. Jacobson (COMMENT: My superiors in the federal government were always under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians a) to give benefits and opportunities to their employees who were Democrat, and especially to those who were minority, female, and/or younger and b) to create a hostile environment for their employees who were Republican, and especially those who were White, male, older, and/or non-veteran.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/arkansas-ag-instituting-practices-based-on-critical-race-theory-in-education-violates-anti-discrimination-laws/
— Taliban Draw Up Kill Lists and Demand Girls as War Booty To “Marry” Fighters. Taliban commander: “All girls over the age of 15 and widows younger than 40 should be married to the insurgent fighters.” – Vijeta Uniyal
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/taliban-draw-up-kill-lists-and-demand-girls-as-war-booty-to-marry-fighters/

EPOCH TIMES
— Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier: How Critical Race Theory Is Undermining the Military
https://www.theepochtimes.com/lt-col-matthew-lohmeier-how-critical-race-theory-is-undermining-the-military_3952911.html
— Space Force Officer, Punished After Denouncing Marxism, to Leave Military. – Zachary Stieber and Jan Jekielek
https://www.theepochtimes.com/exclusive-space-force-officer-punished-after-denouncing-marxism-to-leave-military_3953154.html
— Alabama Board of Education Bans Teaching Critical Race Theory – Matthew Vadum
https://www.theepochtimes.com/alabama-board-of-education-bans-teaching-critical-race-theory_3953208.html
— Red Cross Pamphlet Facilitates Illegal Immigration, Says Expert. A Spanish-language flyer by the Red Cross provides detailed routes to the US southern border, shelter locations, and instructions on how to jump off a moving train safely. – Charlotte Cuthbertson
https://www.theepochtimes.com/red-cross-pamphlet-facilitates-illegal-immigration-says-expert_3952927.html

FREE BEACON
— SATIRE: What the Taliban Can Teach the United States About Inclusive Government. Muslims, people of color, and formerly incarcerated individuals are heavily represented in militant group’s leadership.
https://freebeacon.com/satire/taliban-inclusive-government/

NEW YORK TIMES
— The School Culture Wars: ‘You Have Brought Division to Us’ From mask mandates to critical race theory and gender identity, educators are besieged. – Sarah Mervosh and Giulia Heyward
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/18/us/schools-mask-mandates-critical-race-theory.html
— For Afghan Women, Taliban Stir Fears of Return to a Repressive Past – Farnaz Fassihi and Dan Bilefsky
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/world/asia/afghanistan-women-taliban.html
— Afghanistan News: Reassurances From Taliban, but Fearful Afghans Look for the Exits
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/17/world/taliban-afghanistan-news
— The Taliban Are Back. Now Will They Restrain or Support Al Qaeda? – Steven Erlanger
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/world/asia/taliban-afghanistan-al-qaeda.html
— COMMENT: Ever-increasingly, woke people demonize, denigrate, and condemn those who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/opinion/woke-politically-correct.html
— Intelligence Warned of Afghan Military Collapse, Despite Biden’s Assurances – Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes and Adam Goldman
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/17/us/politics/afghanistan-biden-administration.html
— Taliban Meet Public Protest With Violence
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2021/08/18/world/taliban-afghanistan-news

NEW YORK POST
— Afghanistan was a ghastly display of how wokeness weakens America – Vivek Ramaswamy
https://nypost.com/2021/08/17/afghanistan-was-a-ghastly-display-of-how-wokeness-weakens-america/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: Biden Wanted to Leave Afghanistan. He Knew the Risks. Generals and diplomats warned about a pullout, but the president told his team the U.S. was simply providing life support for the Kabul government while neglecting more pressing issues. – Ken Thomas and Vivian Salama
https://www.wsj.com/articles/biden-wanted-to-leave-afghanistan-he-knew-the-risks-11629214842
— Meritocracy Is Worth Defending. And if America abandons it, countries that don’t will outcompete us. – Jason L. Riley (COMMENT: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes reject meritocracy. They want preference to given to those who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, veteran, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-German American, in America illegally, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes a) who are RINOs want preference to be given to RINOs, b) who are Trump-haters want preference to be given to Trump-haters, and c) who are moderate want preference to be given to moderates.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/meritocracy-wooldridge-kendi-carlson-admissions-standardized-tests-affirmative-action-cuny-11629237426

BUSINESS INSIDER
— Americans rank George W. Bush as the president most responsible for the outcome of the Afghanistan war: Insider poll – Oma Seddiq and John Haltiwanger
https://www.businessinsider.com/americans-rank-bush-most-responsible-for-outcome-of-afghanistan-war-2021-8

GUARDIAN
— Illinois city’s (Evanston) reparations plan was heralded – but locals say it’s a cautionary tale – Kiran Misra
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/aug/18/evanston-illinois-reparations-plan-cautionary-tale

WIKIPEDIA
— 2022 Illinois gubernatorial election (COMMENT: I should write a book about the last five Republican gubernatorial primary races in Illinois – Jim Ryan v. Patrick O’Malley v. Corrine Wood in 2002; Judy Baar Topinka v. Jim Oberweis v. Bill Brady v. Ron Gidwitz v. Andy Martin in 2006; Bill Brady v. Kirk Dillard v. Andy McKenna v. Jim Ryan v. Adam Andrzejewski v. Dan Proft v. Bob Schillerstrom in 2010; Bruce Rauner v. Kirk Dillard v. Bill Brady v. Dan Rutherford in 2014; and Bruce Rauner v. Jeanne Ives in 2018.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_Illinois_gubernatorial_election

WIKIPEDIA
— 2022 Illinois United States Senate election (COMMENT: I should write a book about the following Republican United States Senate primary races: Jim Durkin v. Jim Oberweis v. John Cox in 2002; Jack Ryan v. Jim Oberweis v. Steve Rauschenberger v. Andrew McKenna v. Johnathan Wright v. John Borling v. v. Norm Hill v. Chirinjeev Kathuria in 2004; Steve Sauerburg v. Andy Martin v. Mike Psak in 2008; Mark Kirk v. Patrick Hughes v. Donald Lowery v. Kathleen Thomas v. Andy Martin v. John Arrington v. Patricia Beard in 2010; Jim Oberweis v. Doug Truax in 2014; Mark Kirk v. James Marter in 2016; and Mark Curran v. Peggy Hubbard v. Robert Marshall v. Tom Tarter v. Casey Chlebek v. Richard Meyers in 2020. On July 5, 2003, all five announced Republican U.S. Senate candidates (Cox, Kathuria, McKenna, Oberweis, and Ryan) attended a picnic that I organized in the Prairie Path Park in my precinct for voters in my precinct, Jeanne Ives’ precinct to the east, and Debra Olson’s precinct to the west. The 200+ attendees included Randy Hultgren.)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2022_United_States_Senate_election_in_Illinois

August 17 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 16 Evening Edition

ABC7
— 7 killed as Kabul airport plunges into chaos while Taliban patrols Afghan capital – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/afghanistan-taliban-news-kabul/10954385/
— Biden says he stands ‘squarely behind’ Afghanistan decision – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/biden-speech-today-afghanistan-us-air-force-plane-press-conference/10954917/

FOX32
— Large group beating, robbing people in the Loop: police
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/large-group-beating-robbing-people-in-the-loop-police
— Chicago activists want National Guard deployed across city to stop violent crime
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-activists-want-national-guard-deployed-across-city-to-stop-violent-crime

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— GOP contends census results invalidate Illinois legislative maps; Democrats say they’re open to adjustments – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-illinois-redistricting-republicans-census-20210816-ajpouiqoffa5vbrp246zcrxune-story.html
— With Afghanistan ending in failure and chaos, all the more reason to appreciate those who served. – EDITORIAL
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-afghanistan-taliban-military-service-20210816-5z67s4wu4jd27awliingtct2gm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Down for the count? GOP says census figures prove political maps drawn by Democrats are ‘unusable, unlawful’ Republicans say the legislative boundaries signed into law in June will “be declared void” because of population differences that exceed federal limits. House Speaker Emanuel “Chris” Welch’s spokeswoman said Democrats are still “analyzing the data. We have no further updates.” – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2021/8/16/22627560/republicans-census-figures-estimates-redistricting-remap-mcconchie-durkin-pritzker-democrats-lawsuit

DAILY HERALD
— ‘A stain on the entire nation’: Kinzinger blasts both Trump, Biden for Afghanistan result – Russell Lissau and Charles Keeshan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210816/a-stain-on-the-entite-nation-kinzinger-blasts-both-trump-biden-for-afghanistan-result
— ‘It’s heartbreaking’: Krishnamoorthi, Underwood focus in Afghans who helped America – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210816/its-heartbreaking-krishnamoorthi–underwood-focus-in-afghans-who-helped-america
— ‘There was really nothing to win’: Angry, sad suburban veterans reflect on Afghanistan reality – Mick Zawislak and Elena Ferrarin
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210816/there-was-really-nothing-to-win-angry-sad-suburban-veterans-reflect-on-afghanistan-reality

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— New census figures spark new congressional map chatter A refined version emerges of a plan that intended to cost the Illinois GOP two of its five U.S. House seats here. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/new-census-figures-spark-new-congressional-map-chatter

SPRINGFIELD STATE JOURNAL REGISTER
— Population differences between districts should doom Democrat-draw map, GOP leaders say – Dean Olsen
https://www.sj-r.com/story/news/2021/08/16/republicans-differences-among-legislative-districts-exceed-maximums/8151228002/

BELLEVILLE NEWS DEMOCRAT & BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Illinois Republicans says census data proves new maps illegal, unconstitutional – PETER HANCOCK
https://www.bnd.com/news/politics-government/article253529984.html
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/govt-and-politics/illinois-gop-says-census-data-proves-new-maps-illegal/article_bacdc09d-a7f0-5272-bd5a-b33952942380.html

PEORIA JOURNAL STAR
— Darin LaHood rips President Biden for ‘poorly planned’ Afghanistan withdrawal – Andy Kravetz
https://www.pjstar.com/story/news/2021/08/16/illinois-congressman-darin-lahood-blames-biden-taliban-takeover/8152084002/

WSIL TV
— Illinois’ Kinzinger: Kabul far worse than Saigon – AP
https://wsiltv.com/2021/08/16/illinois-kinzinger-kabul-far-worse-than-saigon/

HINSDALE PATCH
— Hinsdale 86 Board Splits On ‘Antiracist’ Training Contract. Member says critical race theory is not being taught. He called it a “bogeyman.” – David Giuliani
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/hinsdale-86-board-splits-antiracist-training-contract
— Resident ‘Embarrassed’ By Hinsdale 86 Audience Applause. The audience erupted in cheers for comments saying critical race theory is making inroads in the district. – David Giulian
https://patch.com/illinois/hinsdale/resident-embarrassed-hinsdale-86-audience-applause

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Details of Sexual Harassments Allegations against Jack Franks Revealed by Springfield Leaks
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/16/details-of-sexual-abuse-allegations-against-jack-franks-revealed-by-springfield-leaks/
— Census 2020: McHenry County Townships
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/16/census081521/
— Pritzker at the State Fair
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/16/pritzker-at-the-state-fair/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— Illinois State Board Of Education – Total Failure? – KIRK ALLEN & JOHN KRAFT
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2021/08/illinois-state-board-of-education-total-failure/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— LAHOOD: BIDEN OWNS THE HORRIFIC SCENES TO COME FROM AFGHANISTAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/lahood-biden-owns-the-horrific-scenes-to-come-from-afghanistan.html
— DI LEO: LIBERAL THEORY MEETS HARSH REALITY IN AFGHANISTAN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/liberal-theory-meets-harsh-reality-in-afghanistan.html
— CHICAGO TEACHERS UNION PLANS TO USE ‘DELTA VARIANT’ AS EXCUSE TO SHUT DOWN SCHOOLS AGAIN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/chicago-teachers-union-plans-to-use-delta-variant-as-excuse-to-shut-down-schools-again.html
— PRO-AMNESTY GROUPS SUPPLIED THESE 5 PLAYERS ON BIDEN’S IMMIGRATION TEAM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/pro-amnesty-groups-supplied-these-5-players-on-bidens-immigration-team.html
— ROSSI: PRESIDENT BIDEN’S ENDLESS DEBACLES ARE CRUSHING AMERICA & THE WORLD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/rossi-president-bidens-endless-debacles-are-crushing-america-the-world.html
— THORNER: MANDATORY DIGITAL HEALTH PASSPORT MORE THAN A PIPE DREAM
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2021/08/thorner-mandatory-digital-health-passport-more-than-a-pipe-dream.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Campaign roundup: Bustos; Underwood; MKO; ILGOP; Latino power
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/16/campaign-roundup-bustos-underwood-mko-ilgop-latino-power/
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/16/covid-19-roundup-90/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden defends Afghan decisions; blames Afghan forces for lack of fight – Jeff Mordock
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/biden-defends-afghan-decisions-blames-afghan-force/
— Black conservatives urge school boards to adopt 1776 Unites instead of critical race theory. Woodson Center’s 1776 Unites curriculum has been downloaded 17,000 times. – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/16/black-conservatives-urge-school-boards-adopt-1776-/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Military officials lied to us about Afghanistan for years – Kaylee McGhee White
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/military-officials-lied-to-us-about-afghanistan-for-years

FOX NEWS
— Leon Panetta calls Afghanistan a ‘Bay of Pigs’ moment for Biden: ‘Our credibility right now is in question’ ‘It unfolded quickly and the president thought that everything would be fine and that was not the case’ – David Rutz
https://www.foxnews.com/media/leon-panetta-afghanistan-bay-of-pigs-moment-biden

GOPUSA
— Illegal Alien Caught With Gun During Chicago’s BLM Riots Gets Time Served After 14 Months In Jail
https://www.gopusa.com/illegal-alien-caught-with-gun-during-chicagos-blm-riots-gets-time-served-after-14-months-in-jail/
— Fauci And Collins: Tough Days Ahead Could Include Boosters For The Elderly; Cases Could Climb To 200,000 A Day
https://www.gopusa.com/fauci-and-collins-tough-days-ahead-could-include-boosters-for-the-elderly-cases-could-climb-to-200000-a-day/
— They Blew It: Biden Team Admits They Are ‘Stunned’ By Speed Of Taliban Takeover
https://www.gopusa.com/they-blew-it-biden-team-admits-they-are-stunned-by-speed-of-taliban-takeover/

BLAZE
— Mike Pompeo savages Biden after Biden administration tries to blame Trump for Afghanistan failure – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/mike-pompeo-biden-administration-blame-trump-afghanistan-failure

DAILY CALLER
— Returning From Vacation, Biden Plays Blame Game As Afghanistan Falls – SHELBY TALCOTT
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/16/joe-biden-address-nation-afghanistan-taliban/

DAILY WIRE
— What Unites Americans? – Bobby Jindal
https://www.dailywire.com/episode/what-unites-americans

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Worse Than Saigon – BEN SASSE
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/worse-than-saigon/
— New Evidence That High Schools Treat Conservative Students Poorly – SAMUEL J. ABRAMS
https://www.nationalreview.com/2021/08/new-evidence-that-high-schools-treat-conservative-students-poorly/

NEW AMERICAN
— Rio Grande Border Agents Catch 4K Illegals in One Day. Mayorkas Admits Crisis – R. Cort Kirkwood
https://thenewamerican.com/rio-grande-border-agents-catch-4k-illegals-in-one-day-mayorkas-admits-crisis/

BIZ PAC REVIEW
— NBC News complains the GOP has ‘seized’ on ‘optical comparison’ of the fall of Kabul and Saigon – Jon Dougherty
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/nbc-news-complains-the-gop-has-seized-on-optical-comparison-of-the-fall-of-kabul-and-saigon-1119623/
— 162 school principals sign ‘de-centering whiteness’ pledge, accuse unions, PTA of white supremacy – Terresa Monroe-Hamilton
https://www.bizpacreview.com/2021/08/16/162-school-principals-sign-de-centering-whiteness-pledge-accuse-unions-pta-of-white-supremacy-1119620/

EPOCH TIMES
— Biden National Security Adviser Says Afghanistan Army Lacked ‘Will’ to Defend Against Taliban – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/biden-national-security-adviser-says-afghanistan-army-lacked-will-to-defend-against-taliban_3950670.html
— US Troops Shot At, Return Fire at Kabul Airport and Kill ‘Armed Individuals’: Pentagon – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/us-troops-shot-at-return-fire-at-kabul-airport-and-kill-armed-individuals-pentagon_3950947.html
— White House: ‘Significant Number of Americans’ Remain in Afghanistan, Chaos Erupts at Airport. Official confirms US trying to determine the number of Americans still in the country – JACK PHILLIPS
https://www.theepochtimes.com/mkt_breakingnews/significant-number-of-americans-remain-in-afghanistan-as-chaos-erupts-at-kabul-airport_3950767.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— Lawmakers Unite in Bipartisan Fury Over Afghanistan Withdrawal – Catie Edmondson
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/16/us/politics/afghanistan-withdrawal-congress.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Nearly a third of U.S. workers under 40 considered changing careers during the pandemic. For some Americans, the pandemic has triggered a great reassessment of work and life. A Post-Schar School poll finds many are considering shifts in their careers and communities. – Heather Long and Scott Clement
https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/2021/08/16/us-workers-want-career-change/

August 15 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Afghanistan updates: Another 1,000 US troops heading to Kabul, bringing total to 6,000. This signals the end of a 20-year Western experiment aimed at remaking Afghanistan.
https://abc7chicago.com/why-is-afghanistan-falling-so-quickly-troops-to-live-updates-us-sending/10952855/

NBC5
— Taliban Sweep Into Afghan Capital After Government Collapses. Heavily armed Taliban fighters fanned out across the capital, and several entered Kabul’s abandoned presidential palace.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/taliban-fighters-enter-kabul-helicopters-land-at-us-embassy/2590616/

WTTW
— Behind Police Leaders’ Claims That Bail Reform is Responsible for Surge in Violence – CNN
https://news.wttw.com/2021/08/15/behind-police-leaders-claims-bail-reform-responsible-surge-violence

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Proud Boys flock to pro-Columbus statue rally in Little Italy as far-right ups profile. “The statue continues to bring hate and divisiveness to this community,” one resident said after the event last month marking the one-year anniversary of its removal. – Tom Schuba and Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2021/8/15/22613629/proud-boys-christopher-columbus-statue-little-italy-rally-arrigo-grant-park-antifa-lori-lightfoot

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Top general: US could face an increase in terrorist threats from Taliban-run Afghanistan – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-aud-nw-afghanistan-terror-threat-20210815-woqztq57kzenxffykqd6yzcw6q-story.html

SOUTHERN
— Despite masks, normalcy reigns at Illinois State Fair – BRENDEN MOORE
https://thesouthern.com/news/state-and-regional/watch-now-despite-masks-normalcy-reigns-at-illinois-state-fair/article_eaf2a27c-6428-5c26-af8b-53c039dde276.html

WILLIAM J KELLY
— SAVE THE DATE: August 18 Fire Pritzker Rally for Freedom at the Springfield Capitol
https://www.williamjkelly.org/news/august-18-fire-pritzker-rally-springfield-capitol

WIREPOINTS
— Politicians Who Claim To Be Serious About Stopping Covid Better Get Serious About The Border. “We know exactly how to shut it down. We need to make illegal entry illegal.” – Mark Glennon
https://wirepoints.org/politicians-who-claim-to-be-serious-about-stopping-covid-better-get-serious-about-the-border-wirepoints/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Crystal Lake Anti-Mask Rally Draws Counter-Protest Across the Street
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2021/08/15/crystal-lake-anti-mask-rally-draws-counter-protest-across-the-street/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Resign in disgrace’: Trump calls for Biden to step down. – Seth McLaughlin
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/15/trump-calls-biden-resign-disgrace/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Teachers unions go to court to deter critical race theory disclosure – Sarah Parshall Perry
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/teachers-unions-go-to-court-to-deter-critical-race-theory-disclosure

FOX NEWS
— Iranian immigrant dad slams indoctrination in schools: ‘They’re making our kids dumber’ Loudoun County parent says distracting ‘woke’ ideology ‘screws with everybody’ – Angelica Stabile
https://www.foxnews.com/media/iranian-immigrant-dad-slams-indoctrination-in-schools-theyre-making-our-kids-dumber

BREITBART
— Jim Jordan: ‘Why Is Joe Biden on Vacation?’ – Jeff Poor
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/15/jim-jordan-why-is-joe-biden-on-vacation/
— ‘Dark Hour’: Trump, Pence Scold Joe Biden as Taliban Overtakes Kabul – PAUL BOIS
https://www.breitbart.com/national-security/2021/08/15/dark-hour-trump-pence-scold-joe-biden-taliban-overtakes-kabul/

BLAZE
— Donald Trump fires back at Joe Biden after Biden tried to blame Trump for Afghanistan collapse: ‘Failure through weakness’ – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-fires-back-biden-afghanistan-blame
— Helicopters rescue Americans from US Embassy in Kabul despite Biden promising it would not happen: ‘This is Joe Biden’s Saigon’ – CHRIS ENLOE
https://www.theblaze.com/news/us-embassy-kabul-comparison-fall-of-saigon

DAILY WIRE
— Trump Demands Biden ‘Resign In Disgrace’ From Office For 5 Reasons
https://www.dailywire.com/news/breaking-trump-demands-biden-resign-in-disgrace-from-office-for-5-reasons

NEWSMAX
— Trump Calls on Biden to Resign – Jack Gournell and Nick Koutsobinas
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/resign-economy/2021/08/15/id/1032465/

PJ MEDIA
— Newsom Tries Tell Voters That Larry Elder Is More ‘to the Right’ Than Donald Trump – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2021/08/15/newsom-tries-tell-voters-that-larry-elder-is-more-to-the-right-than-donald-trump-n1469644

TOWNHALL
— Liz Cheney: ‘No Question’ Trump and Pompeo ‘Also Bear Very Significant Responsibility’ Over Afghanistan – Rebecca Downs
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/rebeccadowns/2021/08/15/liz-cheney-there-is-no-question-that-trump-and-pompeo-also-bear-very-significant-responsibility-over-afghanistan-n2594168

ONE AMERICA NEWS NETWORK
— Fmr. Google Employee Reveals Company Changed News Algorithm To Target President Trump
https://www.oann.com/fmr-google-employee-reveals-company-changed-news-algorithm-to-target-president-trump/

FEDERAL
— Taliban seizes Jalalabad; Trump slams Biden for ‘failing Afghan policy’ The Taliban no longer has fear or respect for America, or America’s power, says Trump
https://thefederal.com/international/taliban-seizes-jalalabad-trump-slams-biden-for-failing-afghan-policy/

THE HILL
— GOP lawmakers blast Biden over Afghanistan collapse – JOSEPH CHOI
https://thehill.com/policy/defense/567937-gop-lawmakers-blast-biden-over-afghanistan-collapse

ROLL CALL
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, Democrats and RINOs illegally encourage citizens of foreign countries to illegally come to America illegally and to illegally stay in America illegally.
https://www.rollcall.com/2021/08/13/business-leaders-pressure-congress-for-immigration-changes/

YAHOO NEWS
— Democrats prioritize two House seats held by Black women (Lauren Underwood and Lucy McBath) ahead of midterms – Alexi McCammond
https://news.yahoo.com/dems-prioritize-two-house-seats-222146201.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled White-hating White-haters are overjoyed with the census.
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/opinion/united-states-census-white.html
— Biden Administration Prompts Largest Permanent Increase in Food Stamps – Jason DeParle
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/15/us/politics/biden-food-stamps.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Afghanistan’s military collapse: Illicit deals and mass desertions – Susannah George
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2021/08/15/afghanistan-military-collapse-taliban/
— Twenty years of Afghanistan mistakes, but this preventable disaster is on Biden – Max Boot
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2021/08/15/twenty-years-afghanistan-mistakes-this-preventable-disaster-is-biden/

NEW YORK POST
— Trump calls on Biden to ‘resign in disgrace’ over crisis in Afghanistan – Patrick Reilly
https://nypost.com/2021/08/15/trump-calls-on-biden-to-resign-in-disgrace-over-crisis-in-afghanistan/

August 15 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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