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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 21 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FORBES
— 13 Ways To Seek Out More Diverse Candidates For Critical Positions (COMMENT: The more of the following that you are, the more likely that you will not be hired and that you will be gotten rid of: Trump supporter, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-veteran, non-poor, gun owner, Christian, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or if your ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbescoachescouncil/2021/08/20/13-ways-to-seek-out-more-diverse-candidates-for-critical-positions/

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

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

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

August 20 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 17 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Congressman and veteran Adam Kinzinger blames Afghanistan’s collapse on Biden and Trump – BRIAN NIEMIETZ
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/ny-adam-kinzinger-dan-crenshaw-biden-trump-afghanistan-fault-20210817-g6rqwq6a2bftrdlqahldukbep4-story.html
— The critical race theory haters are blind to savage structural inequalities in our public schools – DAN WEISBERG (DIERSEN: My parents sent me to a) Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961, b) Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the Missouri Synod, and c) Crete-Monee High School 1962-1966. My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I had tremendous unfair advantages in life. If that is true, why did I take BAD JOBS that they would never stoop to take? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997. They hint/imply/argue/shout that I took those BAD JOBS because I am lazy and stupid. In my defense, I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32. Further, in my defense, those who hired me and those who promoted me in 1972, 1973, 1974, and 1986 were under tremendous pressure from Democrat politicians to hire and promote Democrats, and especially Democrats who were minority, female, younger, and/or veteran.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/opinion/ny-oped-critical-race-theory-public-schools-20210817-mlyzpicvgbc43jeavrlj2akbnu-story.html

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 14 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

August 12 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

FOX BUSINESS
— American Express CRT training urged staff to adopt a hierarchy, putting ‘marginalized’ above ‘privileged’ – Tyler O’Neil (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me as being privileged. If I was privileged, why did I take BAD JOBS that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes would never stoop to take? I did yard work and delivered newspapers 1962-1964; washed dishes 1964-1966; cleaned golf shoes, chipped slag, and pumped gasoline in 1966; delivered mail 1966-1969; worked on an automobile assembly line and as a security guard in 1970; sold tires, automotive services, and major appliances 1970-1971; pumped gasoline 1971-1972; collected delinquent taxes 1971-1980; and audited federal agencies 1980-1997.)
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/amex-crt-training-urged-staff-to-adopt-a-hierarchy-putting-marginalized-above-privileged

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

USA TODAY
— HARDCOPY ARTICLE TITLE: Experts predict increase in populations of color – Mabinty Quarshie and Donovan Slack (DIERSEN: I should write a book about Democrat plant, Libertarian plant, Green plant, Independent plant, and RINO politicians a) who pander to minorities by getting rid of Republicans who are White, b) who pander to females by getting rid of Republicans who are male, c) who pander to younger people by getting rid of Republicans who are older, d) who pander to LGBTQ people by getting rid of Republicans who are heterosexual, e) who pander to those who are not married by getting rid of Republicans who are married, f) who pander to veterans by getting rid of Republicans who are not veterans, g) who pander to those who hate Trump by getting rid of Republicans who do not hate Trump, h) who pander to moderates and liberals by getting rid of Republicans who are conservative, i) who pander to Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs by getting rid of Republicans, j) who pander to those who in America illegally by getting rid of Republicans, k) who pander to those who have less money by getting rid of Republicans who have more money, l) who pander to those who do not own guns by getting rid of Republicans who are gun owners, m) who pander to non-Christians by getting rid of Republicans who are Christian, n) who pander to non-Protestants by getting rid of Republicans who are Protestant, o) who pander to non-Italian Americans by getting rid of Republicans who are Italian American, p) who pander to non-German Americans by getting rid of Republicans who are German American, q) who pander to those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time by getting rid of Republicans whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, r) who pander to those who have dependents by getting rid of Republicans who do not have dependents, s) who pander to those who are a member of a church, attend church services, and/or give money to a church by getting rid of Republicans who are not a member of a church, who do not attend church services, and/or who do not give money to a church, and t) who pander to those who are etc. by getting rid of Republicans who are etc.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2021/08/12/how-2020-census-change-how-we-look-america-what-expect/5493043001/

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

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

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

August 11 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Which Voters Made Joe Biden President? Progressives say Biden owes them but suburbanites put him over the top in 2020. – William A. Galston (DIERSEN: To vote for Democrats is to shout that you are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/joe-biden-2020-presidential-race-campaign-moderate-voters-progressives-democratic-base-11628631014

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

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

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

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

FAST COMPANY
— Choosing to be a ‘nonpolitical’ company means choosing to be anti-Black – Mimi Fox Melton (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, companies make it clear that they are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual, anti-traditional marriage/family, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Protestant, anti-Italian American, anti-German American, and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.fastcompany.com/90664604/choosing-to-be-a-non-political-company-means-choosing-to-be-anti-black

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

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

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

DAILY MAIL
— Oregon Gov Kate Brown scraps need for high school students to prove proficiency in math, reading and writing to get diploma in bid to bolster minority students who ‘don’t test well’ – PETER BELFIORE (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? Ever-increasing, because of BLM, CRT, and 1619, my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes hint/imply/argue/shout that I passed tests because of all the “White privilege” that I had. The tests that I have passed include a) the CPA examination on my first attempt in 1979 when I was 30 years old, b) the Certified Internal Auditor examination on my first attempt in 1981, c) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in financial markets and trading from IIT in 1997, d) all the tests necessary to earn a master’s degree in accounting from DePaul in 1980, e) all the tests necessary to earn an MBA from Loyola in 1976, f) all the tests necessary to earn a bachelor’s degree in management from NIU in 1970, g) the Federal Service Entrance Examination in 1970, and h) the Post Office employment examination in 1966.)
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9879959/Oregon-scraps-requirement-high-school-students-prove-proficiency-math-reading-writing.html

August 9 Morning Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

BREITBART
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot Blames ‘Guns’ After Chicago Officer’s Death – AWR HAWKINS
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/08/mayor-lori-lightfoot-blames-guns-chicago-officers-death/
— Tom Cotton Warns: Democrats Using DACA to Slip Amnesty into Budget – WENDELL HUSEBØ
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/08/exclusive-tom-cotton-warns-dems-using-daca-slip-amnesty-budget/
— Biden’s DHS Quietly Flying, Busing Border Crossers to West Texas – JOHN BINDER (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your church, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? Where is the money going to come from to house them, feed them, clothe them, provide them with medical care, teach them English, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.?)
https://www.breitbart.com/immigration/2021/08/08/report-bidens-dhs-quietly-flying-busing-border-crossers-west-texas/
— Levin Tears into ‘Diabolical’ Democratic Party — BLM, Antifa the ‘Militia-Wing’ Enforcing Autocracy – TRENT BAKER
https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2021/08/08/watch-levin-tears-into-diabolical-democratic-party-blm-antifa-the-militia-wing-enforcing-autocracy/

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

WORLD TRIBUNE
— Texas town left in dark as Feds funnel illegals in and set them free (DIERSEN: How many illegals have the following secretly agreed to accept: your school district, your church, your municipality, your township, your county, and Illinois? Where is the money going to come from to house them, feed them, clothe them, provide them with medical care, teach them English, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.?)
https://www.worldtribune.com/texas-town-left-in-dark-as-feds-funnel-illegals-in-and-set-them-free/

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

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

August 3 Evening Edition

ABC7
— ‘No regrets’: Rep. Adam Kinzinger defends joining Jan. 6 committee in Princeton, Illinois – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/adam-kinzinger-rep-jan-6-january-commission/10928209/
— Illinois COVID Update: IL reports 2,682 cases, 8 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/covid-illinois-vaccine-cases-coronavirus/10927474/
— NY Gov. Andrew Cuomo sexually harassed multiple women, probe finds – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/governor-cuomo-investigation-sexual-harassment-scandal/10927215/

FOX32
— Student loan debt stops people from buying homes and having kids, Illinois attorney general says (DIERSEN: I bought a new town home in University Park in September of 1972 when I was 24 years old. The down payment came from what I earned a) working for IRS full-time for the previous 15 months, first in Chicago, and then in Harvey and b) working for the Firestone Store in Chicago Heights part-time for the previous 18 months and full-time for the 7 months before that. That income also enabled me to buy a new 1972 Corvette in 1971 and to pay for tuition and books for graduate business courses at Loyola for the previous 9 months.)
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/student-loan-debt-stops-people-from-buying-homes-and-having-kids-illinois-attorney-general-says

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters use Kinzinger to promote hatred against Trump.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2021/8/3/22607492/adam-kinzinger-courage-jan-6-congress-phil-kadner
— Don’t blame Chicago Police for failing to solve homicides — blame a culture of fear You cannot arrest, let alone convict, without evidence or witnesses. – Terry Takash, Western Springs
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/3/22607950/chicago-police-convictions-fear-farming-school-vaccines-letters
— Trump, Burke tax break: A million reasons to ditch Property Tax Appeals Board. PTAB is a ticking time-bomb of financial liabilities, threatening to drain billions from school districts and towns. – Barbara Flynn Currie and Fritz Kaegi (DIERSEN: The Illinois Property Tax Appeal Board reduced the assessed valuation of my home at 915 Cove Court in Wheaton because of construction defects and unrecorded drainage easements. My critics/opponents stress that the following sided against me: the home’s builder, the City of Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County, and the Northern Illinois Home Builders Association.)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2021/8/3/22607513/property-tax-appeals-board-donald-trump-edward-burke-tax-break

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— 7-day average of new COVID-19 cases tops 2,000 in Illinois for first time since early May – DAN PETRELLA
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-coronavirus-illinois-cases-rising-20210803-xmyk3achorhxbibz2jn6n6mrs4-story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters use CRT to promote hatred against Republicans.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/suburbs/post-tribune/opinion/ct-ptb-davich-defining-critical-race-theory-st-0804-20210803-e4vq5g5cnndqzic5v7qcgmsixy-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— College of DuPage students must wear masks; vaccinations required in 2022 – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210803/college-of-dupage-students-must-wear-masks-vaccinations-required-in-2022
— Naperville District 203 to require masks regardless of vaccination status – Lauren Rohr
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210803/naperville-district-203-to-require-masks-regardless-of-vaccination-status
— Naperville reinstating mask mandate in city buildings
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20210803/naperville-reinstating-mask-mandate-in-city-buildings

CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— Pritzker signs a law that requires public business directors to self-report sexual orientation – Andrew Hensel
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/pritzker-signs-a-law-that-requires-public-business-directors-to-self-report-sexual-orientation/article_5efba110-f480-11eb-914e-6f7c551a6908.html

WIREPOINTS
— Parents across Illinois forming groups to fight back against school districts pushing CRT & masks
https://wirepoints.org/parents-across-illinois-forming-groups-to-fight-back-against-school-districts-pushing-crt-masks-wirepoints-on-chicagos-morning-answer/

CAPITOL FAX
— COVID-19 roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2021/08/03/covid-19-roundup-85/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Al Sharpton: Critical race theory supporters must ‘rise up,’ face ‘cowards’ at school board meetings – Douglas Ernst
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/3/al-sharpton-critical-race-theory-supporters-must-r/
— ‘Diversity’ officers make their mark on U.S. campuses – Jennifer Harper
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/aug/3/inside-beltway-diversity-officers-make-their-mark/

FOX NEWS
— GOP Sen. Tim Scott says race is being ‘weaponized’ by Democrats: ‘It’s a very dangerous weapon’ Left finds it ‘very profitable,’ South Carolina senator says – Brooke Singman (DIERSEN: Expect that sooner or later, employers, organizations, and governments will publish lists of their “racist” employees, members, and residents who they a) have gotten rid of already and b) will get rid of soon.)
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/gop-sen-tim-scott-race-weaponized-democrats
— Trump-appointed appeals court judge slams critical race theory in Texas discrimination case. 5th U.S. Circuit Judge James C. Ho argued critical race theory and disparate impact theory both can engender racial bias – Stephen Sorace
https://www.foxnews.com/us/trump-judge-critical-race-theory-texas-discrimination

GOPUSA
— America’s ‘Great Leap Forward’ Into Socialism – Patrick J. Buchanan
https://www.gopusa.com/americas-great-leap-forward-into-socialism/

AMERICAN THINKER
— The New Normal in the Permanent Emergency – Jon N. Hall
https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2021/08/the_new_normal_in_the_permanent_emergency.html

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— AP and Reuters Team up with Twitter to Patrol Political Dissent as ‘Misinformation’ – Eric Lendrum
https://amgreatness.com/2021/08/03/ap-and-reuters-team-up-with-twitter-to-patrol-political-dissent-as-misinformation/

BREITBART
— De Blasio Brags About Cutting off Unvaccinated from Everyday Activities: People Must See ‘Vaccination as Literally Necessary to Living a Good’ Life – HANNAH BLEAU
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/03/de-blasio-unvaccinated-activities/
— GOP Congressman Chip Roy Calls for Biden Impeachment over Open Border Disaster – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2021/08/03/nolte-gop-congressman-chip-roy-calls-for-biden-impeachment-over-open-border-disaster/

DAILY CALLER
— Poll: Majority Of Voters Say Jan. 6 Committee Is Biased – DANIEL O’KEEFE
https://dailycaller.com/2021/08/03/poll-majority-of-voters-say-jan-6-committee-is-biased/

TOWNHALL
— Busloads of Illegal Immigrants Released into American Town – Julio Rosas (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, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.?)
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2021/08/03/overwhelmed-border-patrol-releases-busloads-of-illegal-immigrants-to-border-towns-bus-stop-n2593466

NEWSMAX
— Biden Seeks to Bolster Faltering Minority Voters This Week – Brian Freeman (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will the Democrat Party officially announce that it exists a) to take opportunities and money away from Republicans and b) to give those opportunities and that money to Democrats, and especially to Democrats who are minority, female, younger, LGBTQ, disabled, veteran, moderate, liberal, those who have less money than others, those who have health problems, non-married, criminals, drinkers, gamblers, stoners, non-Christian, non-Protestant, non-Italian American, non-German American, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time?)
https://www.newsmax.com/politics/biden-minorities-voters/2021/08/03/id/1030977/

PJ MEDIA
— Now You Are a Racist if You Don’t Want Your Kid Near a Pit Bull – KEVIN DOWNEY JR.
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/kevindowneyjr/2021/08/02/if-you-dont-want-your-kid-near-a-pitbull-you-are-a-racist-n1466497

NEWS BUSTERS
— WORST Censorship in July: 5 Ways Big Tech Silenced Online Discussion – Casey Ryan
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/free-speech/casey-ryan/2021/08/03/worst-censorship-july-5-ways-big-tech-silenced-online

MEDIA RESEARCH CENTER
— “Diversity”-Obsessed Universities Are Focusing On Bogus DEI Programs – Jessica Kramer
https://www.mrctv.org/blog/new-report-shows-how-diversity-obsessed-universities-are-focusing-bogus-dei-programs

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Biden Puts Nation at Risk of COVID With Border Wide Open. “our border with Mexico is open to anyone from anywhere (except Cuba) whether or not they are infected with COVID” – Mike LaChance
https://legalinsurrection.com/2021/08/biden-puts-nation-at-risk-of-covid-with-border-wide-open/

THE HILL
— Retaining the House will be nearly impossible for Democrats: Trump will be the wildcard – KEITH NAUGHTON (DIERSEN: Evert-increasing, Democrats take adverse actions against voters 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://thehill.com/opinion/campaign/565935-retaining-the-house-will-be-nearly-impossible-for-democrats-trump-the

NEW YORK TIMES
— Cuomo Stands in a Long Line of Politicians Accused of Mistreating Women. Nearly all have faced calls to resign, and only some have heeded them. But few have faced an inquiry as expansive and public as the one into the New York governor’s actions. – Jennifer Medina
https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/03/us/politics/cuomo-sexual-harassment-politicans.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Missouri governor pardons Mark and Patricia McCloskey, who waved guns at protesters – Meryl Kornfield
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2021/08/03/mccloskey-pardon/
— Biden calls for Cuomo to resign after investigation finds the New York governor sexually harassed 11 women – Josh Dawsey – Michael Scherer
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/cuomo-sexual-harassment-report/2021/08/03/705c42a4-f226-11eb-ab6f-b41a066381df_story.html
— Biden administration preparing to offer vaccines to migrants along Mexico border – Nick Miroff and Maria Sacchetti (DIERSEN: One more incentive to illegally come to America illegally.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national/biden-vaccines-migrants-border/2021/08/03/afaff516-f471-11eb-83e7-06a8a299c310_story.html

KTSA
— As A Reward For Illegally Entering The Country, Biden Is Giving Illegals A Free Trip To Your City – LARS LARSON (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, educate them, provide them with vehicles, etc.?)
https://www.ktsa.com/as-a-reward-for-illegally-entering-the-country-biden-is-giving-illegals-a-free-trip-to-your-city/

August 2 Evening Edition

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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