September 22 Evening Edition

NBC5
— Wisconsin, Several Other States Added to Chicago Travel Order Requiring Quarantine The city’s travel order is evaluated every Tuesday, with any additions taking effect the following Friday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wisconsin-several-other-states-added-to-chicago-travel-order-requiring-quarantine/2342849/
— Senate GOP Lines Up With Trump to Quickly Fill Court Seat Trump said he will announce his choice to replace the late Ruth Bader Ginsburg on Saturday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/graham-gop-has-votes-to-confirm-trump-court-pick-by-nov-3/2342726/

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers. To push pot on an individual, organization, company, government, or country is to destroy that individual, organization, company, government, or country.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/09/22/pritzker-illinois-poised-to-have-most-diverse-cannabis-industry-tin-u-s/

WGN TV
— Secretary of State’s letter to millions of Illinois voters causes confusion over mail-in voting – Tahman Bradley
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/secretary-of-states-letter-to-millions-of-illinois-voters-causes-confusion-over-mail-in-voting/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater uses coronavirus to promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.chicagotribune.com/columns/rex-huppke/ct-coronavirus-death-toll-trump-covid-election-supreme-court-huppke-20200922-ygsoyzvchfhdfdyyols4vww47q-story.html

DAILY HERALD
— Milton Township supervisor Chris Heidorn pleads guilty to DUI – Susan Sarkauskas
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200922/milton-township-supervisor-pleads-guilty-to-dui
— DuPage delays vote on fairgrounds – Scott C. Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200922/dupage-delays-vote-on-fairgrounds
— Underwood, Oberweis roll out first TV ads in 14th Congressional District race – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200922/underwood-oberweis-roll-out-first-tv-ads-in-14th-congressional-district-race
— Jeff Keicher: Candidate profile, Illinois House 70th District
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200922/jeff-keicher-candidate-profile-illinois-house-70th-district
— Steven Reick: Candidate profile, Illinois House 63rd District
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200922/steven-reick-candidate-profile-illinois-house-63rd-district

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Oberweis hits TV against Underwood; surprising poll in race to succeed Lipinski Campaign activity is on the rise as ballots will soon be in the mail. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/oberweis-hits-tv-against-underwood-surprising-poll-race-succeed-lipinski

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— Oberweis slams Underwood for coddling violent
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2020/09/22/oberweis-slams-underwood-for-coddling-violent-protestors/

WVIK
— Illinois GOP Opposes Kilbride – HERB TRIX
https://www.wvik.org/post/illinois-gop-opposes-kilbride#stream/0

CENTER SQUARE
— GOP forms coalition to oppose Illinois Supreme Court Justice Kilbride – Kevin Bessler
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/gop-forms-coalition-to-oppose-illinois-supreme-court-justice-kilbride/article_8512866c-fd0e-11ea-bb6c-9f1b36f9242c.html

ILLINOIS CONSERVATIVE UNION
— Lawsuit Filed – IL State Board of Elections in Violation of Federal Election Law.
http://www.ilpac.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/092120_FINAL_PR_JW-ICU-File-Suit.pdf

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— WIREPOINTS’ BASELINE REFORM PLAN REDUCES ILLINOIS’ PENSION LIABILITIES BY 40 PERCENT, RETIREMENT COSTS BY $5 BILLION ANNUALLY
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/wirepoints-baseline-reform-plan-reduces-illinois-pension-liabilities-by-40-percent-retirement-costs-by-5-billion-annu.html
— WHY ILLINOIS IS IN TROUBLE – 109,881 PUBLIC EMPLOYEES WITH $100,000+ PAYCHECKS COST TAXPAYERS $14B
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/why-illinois-is-in-trouble-109881-public-employees-with-100000-paychecks-cost-taxpayers-14b.html
— RIDINGS: COVID HYSTERIA WILL BE THE MISTAKE OF AN AMERICAN GENERATION
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/ridings-covid-hysteria-will-be-the-mistake-of-an-american-generation.html
— OBERWEIS ATTACKS UNDERWOOD’S REFUSAL TO CONDEMN RIOTING IN NEW AD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/oberweis-launches-broadcast-media-buy-in-chicago-market.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 1,531 new cases, 30 additional deaths, 1,455 in the hospital, 3.5 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/09/22/1531-new-cases-30-additional-deaths-1455-in-the-hospital-35-percent-positivity-rate/
— Another confirmation that the Cook County Democratic Party made the rich richer and the poor poorer
https://capitolfax.com/2020/09/22/another-confirmation-that-the-cook-county-democratic-party-made-the-rich-richer-and-the-poor-poorer/

TOWNHALL
— Newsweek’s Attempt to Smear Potential SCOTUS Pick Amy Coney Barrett Fails Spectacularly – Julio Rosas
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/juliorosas/2020/09/22/newsweek-attempt-to-smear-scotus-pick-amy-coney-barrett-fails-spectacularly-n2576644

JUDICIAL WATCH
— Judicial Watch Sues State of Illinois for Refusing to Disclose Voter Roll Data in Violation of Federal Law
https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-releases/illinois-refuses-voter-roll-data/

THE HILL
— Collins says she will vote ‘no’ on Supreme Court nominee before election – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/517622-collins-says-she-will-vote-no-on-supreme-court-nominee-before-election
— Democrats step up hardball tactics as Supreme Court fight heats up – JORDAIN CARNEY
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/517610-democrats-step-up-hardball-tactics-as-supreme-court-fight-heats-up

LGBTQ NATION
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Republican-hating Republican-haters say “GOP candidate mocks Black gay opponent “because of the way he talks.” After her comments were revealed, her campaign said she “did not give permission to be recorded.”
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2020/09/gop-candidate-mocks-black-gay-opponent-way-talks/

September 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Postal worker shot with paintballs day after another was shot, injured delivering mail on South Side Vigil held for USPS letter carrier shot at 91st Street and Ellis Avenue – Leah Hope
https://abc7chicago.com/postal-worker-shot-with-paintballs-day-after-another-shot-delivering-mail-on-south-side/6431660/
— Families of Chicago violence victims rally in front of Kim Foxx’s downtown office
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/families-rally-demand-justice-for-victims-in-front-of-foxxs-office-in-loop/6429937/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago homicides up 52%, with vast majority of victims Black or Latino – Frank Miles
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/chicago-homicides-up-52-with-vast-majority-of-victims-black-or-latino

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,056 new known COVID-19 cases and 25 more deaths reported; a look at Chicago’s economy and dining scene six months into the pandemic
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200917-uvz6wfxubbcqvjn5ekzryw3klm-story.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: ‘Abortion is healthcare’ billboards across Chicagoland remind people that Medicaid covers the medical procedure – CHRISTEN A. JOHNSON (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote abortion.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/lifestyles/ct-life-abortion-billboards-illinois-tt-0917-20200917-pustq2j6tfghxf7tx6xkxcrse4-story.html
— Chicago’s history of systemic racism blamed for nearly 9-year life expectancy gap between Black and white residents in new report – ANNIE SWEENEY (DIERSEN: The sooner that I die, the more that my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes will blame it on me for my being overweight, for my not getting enough exercise, for my not getting enough sleep, etc.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/criminal-justice/ct-public-health-racial-disparity-plan-20200917-zvru5krchjg5papehdon3h52aq-story.html
— Pritzker administration to meet with pot stakeholders | White Sox clinch playoffs, Mayor Lightfoot tweets support | Biss running for Evanston mayor
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-the-spin-marijuana-license-pritzker-white-sox-lightfoot-chicago-20200918-eh6jlfkzuvf4tbzvu25b4ipsrq-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— 847 CPD vacancies under microscope to chip away at $1.25 billion city budget shortfall. Mayor Lori Lightfoot has, so far, resisted the movement to de-fund the police But that doesn’t mean the Chicago Police Department’s $1.7 billion budget will be spared. – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/9/17/21443959/chicago-police-847-vacancies-city-budget-cuts-billion-shortfall
— Illinois sees high numbers in both daily COVID-19 caseload and testing, so key positivity rate remains low On average, more than 2,000 people have tested positive statewide each day over the last two weeks, compared to 2,300 in mid-May when fewer people were being tested. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/9/17/21444054/illinois-covid-cases-deaths-positivity-coronavirus-pritzker-sept-17
— Upset by Smollett flap, judges refuse to kiss the ring with campaign donation — but will they tell Dems to kiss off? It was a rare election-year display of political independence for the judges, who saw in the attack on Judge Michael Toomin a clear threat to their own autonomy. – Mark Brown
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/9/17/21444480/judge-toomin-preckwinkle-cook-county-democrats-campaign-jussie-smollet-retention

DAILY HERALD
— Parties dispute how far feds will let Madigan probe go – JOHN O’CONNOR
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200917/news/309179823/
— Public safety a top concern in DuPage budget survey – Scott C. Morgan
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200917/public-safety-a-top-concern-in-dupage-budget-survey
— Bob Grogan: Candidate profile
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200917/bob-grogan-candidate-profile

GLEN ELLYN PATCH
— Glen Ellyn Adds Cannabis Referendum Question To November Ballot The question will read, “Shall the Village permit the sale of recreational cannabis within Village limits?”​ – Lisa Marie Farve
https://patch.com/illinois/glenellyn/glen-ellyn-adds-cannabis-referendum-question-november-ballot

BLOCK CLUB CHICAGO
— OUTSTANDING: Hundreds Attend Pro-Police Rally In Jefferson Park – Ariel Parrella-Aureli
https://blockclubchicago.org/2020/09/17/hundreds-attend-pro-police-rally-in-jefferson-park-including-counter-protesters/

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— Get Trusted Voting Information From Your Election Authority The DuPage County Clerk’s Office is urging reporters, candidates, and voters to look to the Clerk’s Office for basic information about the election.
https://www.dupageco.org/Election/Election_Commission_News/2020/63475/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Jesse White Letter Urges Those Who Have Not Applied to Vote by Mail to Do So
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/17/jesse-white-letter-urges-those-who-have-not-applied-to-vote-by-mail-to-do-so/
— IL-Sen/IL-06: Illinois Family Action with Mark Curran and Jeanne Ives
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/17/ifacurranives/
— Daily Herald Endorses Brian Sager for State Representative
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/17/daily-herald-endorses-brian-sager-for-state-representative/
— Terry Link May Lose His Legislative Pension
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/17/terry-link-may-lose-his-legislative-pension/
— Meeting Donald Trump
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/17/meeting-donald-trump/
— Skillicorn on Abortion
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/16/skillicorn-on-abortion/
— 66th House District: Suzanne Ness Asks “Where’s Allen?”
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/16/66th-house-district-suzanne-ness-asks-wheres-allen/
— Carlos Acosta’s Absence from County Board Meeting Makes WBBM-TV
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/16/carlos-acostas-absence-from-county-board-meeting-makes-wbbm-tv/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— COULD O’BRIEN BEAT KIM FOXX IN NOVEMBER? POLLS SHOW GAP COULD BE CLOSING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/could-obrien-beat-kim-foxx-in-november-polls-show-gap-could-be-closing.html
— ABORTION PAC STARTS MAILER ATTACK ON PRO-LIFE REP. SKILLICORN
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/abortion-pac-starts-mailer-attack-on-pro-life-rep-skillicorn.html
— NEW QUESTIONS RAISED CONCERNING COVID-19 REPORTING, GOV. PRITZKER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/new-questions-raised-concerning-covid-19-reporting-gov-pritzker-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— 2,056 new cases, 25 additional deaths, 1,558 in hospitals, 3.6 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/09/17/2056-new-cases-25-additional-deaths-1558-in-hospitals-36-percent-positivity-rate/
— Lausch tells House investigative committee what it can’t do
https://capitolfax.com/2020/09/17/lausch-tells-house-investigative-committee-what-it-cant-do/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump takes aim at cancel culture, calls 1619 Project and Critical-Race Theory ‘ideological poison’ – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/17/trump-takes-aim-cancel-culture-calls-1619-project-/
— Ocasio-Cortez says Biden can be pushed ‘in a more progressive direction’ once he’s elected – Jessica Chasmar
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/17/ocasio-cortez-we-can-push-biden-in-a-more-progress/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump demands ‘patriotic education’ in classrooms – Rob Crilly (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat teachers encourage their students to hate those who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-to-demand-patriotic-education-in-schools

GOPUSA
— 60% Of U.S. Businesses Closed During Pandemic Have Shuttered Permanently
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=95041

HANNITY
— CHICAGO SPIRALS: Windy City’s Murder Rate SURGES 52% Since April, Some Victims Under 10-Years-Old
https://hannity.com/media-room/chicago-spirals-windy-citys-murder-rate-surges-52-since-april-some-victims-under-10-years-old/

BREITBART
— Fox News Cuts Off Newt Gingrich After He Points Out George Soros Role in Electing Prosecutors – JOEL B. POLLAK and PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/the-media/2020/09/17/fox-news-cuts-off-newt-gingrich-after-he-points-out-george-soros-role-in-electing-prosecutors/

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Trump decries ‘left-wing indoctrination’ in schools and that he will create national commission to push more ‘pro-American’ history. Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat teachers encourage their students to hate those who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/trump-history-education/2020/09/17/f40535ec-ee2c-11ea-ab4e-581edb849379_story.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: The Democrat Party is controlled by individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that hate individuals, hat organizations, hate companies, hate governments, and hate countries that are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/17/republicans-not-democrats-are-party-controlled-by-extremists/

NPR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrat teachers encourage their students to hate those who are conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/17/914127266/trump-announces-patriotic-education-commission-a-largely-political-move

RASMUSSEN REPORTS
— Most Want ‘Blue Lives Matter’ Laws to Protect Police, Fear for Public Safety
https://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/september_2020/most_want_blue_lives_matter_laws_to_protect_police_fear_for_public_safety

September 16 Evening Edition

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mayoral allies back out of pro-police ‘Back the Blue’ rally Fraternal Order of Police President John Catanzara accused Mayor Lori Lightfoot of being the heavy hand behind the cancellations. – Fran Spielman (DIERSEN: All DuPage County Republican elected officials and candidates support law enforcement. “All Law Abiding Citizens, Police Families & Republicans” can meet them at a DuPage County Republican Central Committee rally at Klein Creek Golf Club, 1 N 333 Pleasant Hill Road, Winfield, Illinois 60190, on Sunday, September 20, 2020 2:00 to 5:00 PM. They include Illinois House Republican Leader Jim Durkin, DuPage County Sheriff Jim Mendrick, State’s Attorney Bob Berlin and “2020 DuPage Republican Candidates Fighting To Keep DuPage Safe:” Jeanne Ives, Jeannette Ward, Grant Wehrli, Amy Grant, Seth Lewis, Deanne Mazzochi, Peter Breen, Laura Curtis, Laura Hois, Bob Berlin, Chris Kachiroubas, Bob Grogan, Richard Jorgensen, Babette Holder Youngberg, Donald Puchalski, Sean Noonan, Brian Krajewski, Tim Elliott, Kevin Coyne, Robert Larsen, Karen Kelly, Tim Whelan, Mary Lou Wehrli, Judges: Ann Celine Walsh, Monique O’Toole, James McCluskey, and Richard Felice. Durkin, Mendrick, and Berlin are the featured speakers. For more information about the rally, visit https://dupagegop.com/ .)
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/9/16/21439996/chicago-police-rally-reform-fraternal-order-fop-sposato-taliaferro-napolitano-jefferson-park
— Willie Wilson embraces endorsement of police union that’s clashed with Black Lives Matter “If anybody can understand race, it’s me,” Wilson said. – Mitch Dudek
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/16/21440184/willie-wilson-embraces-endorsement-police-union-clashed-black-lives-matter
— 8 Chicago Public School teachers have died of coronavirus since the pandemic started
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2020/9/16/21439472/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “The president exploits liberal hypocrisy to justify his stupid decisions.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/9/16/21439687/donald-trump-indoor-rallies-maga-liberal-hypocricy-s-e-cupp
— FOP storms away from contract talks after Lightfoot demands 17 pages of disciplinary reforms Union president John Catanzara was so insulted, he will make a financial-only counter-offer and demand an up-or-down City Council vote. Aldermen voting “no” will face opponents recruited and bankrolled by the police union. – Fran Spielman and Sam Charle
https://chicago.suntimes.com/city-hall/2020/9/16/21439811/chicago-police-union-fop-contract-talks-raise-reform-budget-shortfall-city-council

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,941 new known COVID-19 cases reported as Pritzker says Will, Kankakee counties could soon see bars and indoor dining reopen
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200916-nahsbw3h2jhupi734um3quur2e-story.html
— Signs that sin taxes may be pandemic-proof | Ex-state Sen. Link pleads guilty – now who will be his replacement? | Lightfoot vs. police union boss over contract – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-sin-taxes-pandemic-fop-lightfoot-catanzara-spin-20200916-ra3dhhuq7re2phmorebgklinmm-story.html

ABC7
— What happens if the 2020 US presidential election is contested? Some possible scenarios – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/what-happens-if-the-us-election-is-contested-some-possible-scenarios/6426254/

NBC5
— Illinois Coronavirus Updates: Region 7 Mitigations, Future of High School Sports
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-coronavirus-updates-pritzker-to-deliver-update-future-of-high-school-football/2339802/

WTTW
— Trump Calls For More Stimulus Money, Pritzker Warns of ‘Thousands’ of State Layoffs – Paul Caine
https://news.wttw.com/2020/09/16/trump-calls-more-stimulus-money-pritzker-warns-thousands-state-layoffs

DEKALB DAILY CHRONICLE
— Sycamore parents angered over middle school teacher’s virtual Black Lives Matter shirt – EDDIE CARIFIO
https://www.daily-chronicle.com/2020/09/15/sycamore-parents-angered-over-middle-school-teachers-virtual-black-lives-matter-shirt/a9rrba8/

WALLS 102
— Student shot on Western Illinois University campus; classes cancelled
https://www.walls102.com/student-shot-on-western-illinois-university-campus-classes-cancelled/

CENTER SQUARE
— Speaker Madigan’s corruption nurtured Illinois’ pension debt – Adam Schuster
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/op-ed-speaker-madigans-corruption-nurtured-illinois-pension-debt/article_12a629b8-f853-11ea-86a8-e78799f2539a.html

DUPAGE COUNTY ELECTION DIVISION
— In-Person Early Voting
https://www.dupageco.org/earlyvoting/

AMERICANS FOR TRUTH ABOUT HOMOSEXUALITY
— Burger King Uses Mascot to Market Homosexual Perversion
https://americansfortruth.com/2020/09/15/burger-king-uses-mascot-to-market-homosexual-perversion/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Democratic Party Just-Resigned State Senator Terry Links Pleads Guilty to Income Tax Evasion, Spent Campaign Fund for Personal Purposes, Will Cooperate in Other Cases
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/16/democratic-party-just-resigned-state-senator-terry-links-pleads-guilty-to-income-tax-evasion-spent-campaign-fund-for-personal-purposes/
— IL-Sen/IL-06: Illinois Family Action Hosting Webinar with Mark Curran and Jeanne Ives
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/16/il-sen-il-06-illinois-family-action-hosting-webinar-with-mark-curran-and-jeanne-ives/
— How Do Chinese Illegals Pay Off their Coyotes?
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/16/how-do-chinese-illegals-pay-off-their-coyotes/
— Anti-Franks Billboard Puts “Criminal Sexual Assault” Accusation on Route 31
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/15/ant-franks-billboard-puts-criminal-sexual-assault-accusation-on-route-31/

ILLINOIS LEAKS
— AG: Orland Park violated FOIA, lists of blocked social media accounts are public records – JOHN KRAFT & KIRK ALLEN
https://edgarcountywatchdogs.com/2020/09/ag-orland-park-violated-foia-lists-of-blocked-social-media-accounts-are-public-records/

ILLINOIS POLICY INSTITUTE
— WHEN ILLINOIS POLITICIANS CALL TAXES ‘TEMPORARY’ OR ‘FAIR,’ THEY WON’T BE – Ben Szalinski
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/when-illinois-politicians-call-taxes-temporary-or-fair-they-wont-be/

ILLINOIS FAMILY ACTION
— IFA Endorsements for the 2020 General Election – David E. Smith
https://illinoisfamilyaction.org/2020/09/ifa-endorsements-for-the-2020-general-election/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ONLY BLACK REPUBLICAN SENATE CANDIDATE IN ILLINOIS FACES CHALLENGES GETTING HELP, SAYS VOLUNTEER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/only-black-republican-candidate-in-illinois-faces-challenges-getting-help-says-volunteer-.html
— BOST RELEASES FIRST 2020 POLITICAL AD
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/bost-releases-first-2020-political-ad.html
— MORE IL REPUBLICANS LINE UP TO BOLSTER MADIGAN’S POWER
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/more-il-republicans-line-up-to-bolster-madigan-power-.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Kilbride touts GOP support
https://capitolfax.com/2020/09/16/kilbride-touts-gop-support/
— 1,941 new cases, 35 additional deaths, 1,565 in hospitals, 3.7 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/09/16/1941-new-cases-35-additional-deaths-1565-in-hospitals-37-percent-positivity-rate/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Barr told prosecutors to charge violent protesters with sedition – Jeff Mordock (DIERSEN: How many Democrats want to be charged with sedition in Illinois, in your county, in your county district, in your township, in your municipality, in your municipal district, in your precinct, in your neighborhood, and on your block?)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/16/barr-prosecutor-charge-violent-protesters-sedition/
— Liberal Mark Zuckerberg’s Facebook platform silences Trump and Republican candidates – Andy Yates
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/16/liberal-mark-zuckerbergs-facebook-platform-silence/
— Facebook pulls ad saying Biden-backed transgender bill would ‘destroy girls’ sports’ Tech giant cites 30-second spot’s ‘missing context’ – Valerie Richardson
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/16/facebook-pulled-ad-biden-transgender-bill-girls-sp/
— Mixing football with politics is a mistake Punting on the NFL’s ‘wokeball’ – Editorial
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/15/editorial-mixing-football-with-politics-is-a-mista/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Black Lives Matter protesters occupy Rochester City Hall and demand action on behalf of Daniel Prude – Madison Dibble (DIERSEN: If/when BLM protesters, BLM looters, BLM rioters, and/or BLM arsonists occupy your city hall, how will your mayor respond?)
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/black-lives-matter-protesters-occupy-rochester-city-hall-and-demand-action-on-behalf-of-daniel-prude

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Facebook Removes Conservative Group’s Ad Without Citing Any Factual Error ‘Do we now need pre-approval from Democrats before we run ads critical of their policies?’ – Graham Piro
https://freebeacon.com/media/facebook-removes-conservative-groups-ad-without-citing-any-factual-error/

DAILY CALLER
— Leaked Video Shows Democratic Rep Sean Casten Rapping About How Trump Supporters Are ‘Racist’ And ‘Loony’ – PETER HASSON
https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/16/leaked-video-sean-casten-illinois-rapping-trump-supporters-racist/

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— “Mostly Peaceful” Democrat Riots Have Done Over $1 Billion in Insurance Damage
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/09/16/mostly-peaceful-democrat-riots-have-done-a-1-billion-in-insurance-damage/

AMERICAN CONSERVATIVE
— Segregation, But Woke The belief that whites and non-whites cannot coexist is leading us back to a dark period in our history. – MICHAEL WARREN DAVIS
https://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/segregation-but-woke/

BREITBART
— BLM Riots Are Officially the Most Costly Manmade Damage to American Property in History – JOHN NOLTE
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/16/nolte-blm-riots-are-officially-the-most-costly-manmade-damage-to-american-property-in-history/

BLAZE
— Illinois governor says no to high school football this fall. Every bordering state is allowing it. ‘If they decided to endanger children and families … that is their decision’ – Phil Shiver
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-governor-high-school-football
— Illinois Democratic governor says if the federal government does not bail out his state, it will face ‘nightmare scenario’ of a 5% budget cut Seems a lot smaller than the budget cuts that small business owners are being forced to accept – Leon Wolf
https://www.theblaze.com/news/illinois-governor-federal-bailout-budget

GOPUSA
— President Pelosi? CRAZY 2020 Election Scenario Could Put Nancy Pelosi In The White House – Bobby Eberle
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=95019
— Chinese Virologist: China’s Government ‘Intentionally’ Released COVID-19
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=95026

FEDERALIST
— George Floyd Riot Damage Could Cost Insurance Companies Upwards Of $2 Billion – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/16/george-floyd-riot-damage-could-cost-insurance-companies-upwards-of-2-billion/
— Wisconsin Worshipers Gather At Boarded-Up Capitol To ‘Turn Riots Into Revival’ – Kylee Zempel
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/16/wisconsin-worshipers-gather-at-boarded-up-capitol-to-turn-riots-into-revival/

EPOCH TIMES
— The Windfall Elimination Provision Should Not Be Repealed – TOM MARGENAU (DIERSEN: WEP should be eliminated for those whose pensions are less than $100,000/year.)
https://www.theepochtimes.com/the-windfall-elimination-provision-should-not-be-repealed_3476410.html

THE HILL
— Maryland Episcopal Church pledges $1 million toward reparations fund – JOHN BOWDEN (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will churches dump their parishioners who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time?)
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/516745-maryland-episcopal-church-pledges-1-million-toward-reparations-fund

NBC NEWS
— Facebook axes political ad saying trans athletes will ‘destroy girls sports’ The ad is part of a $4 million swing-state campaign by the conservative American Principles Project. – Sydney Bauer
https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/facebook-axes-political-ad-saying-trans-athletes-will-destroy-girls-n1240262
— Asian American voters support Biden at 54% and Trump at 30%, but numbers don’t tell full story Biden leads among Asian Americans, and Trump has both gained and lost ground, researchers say. – Kimmy Yam
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/asian-america/asian-american-voters-support-biden-54-trump-30-numbers-don-n1240263

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Tracking Viral Misinformation Ahead of the 2020 Election. Every day, Times reporters will chronicle and debunk false and misleading information that is going viral online.”
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/2020-election-misinformation-distortions

NEWSWEEK
— A Republican county commissioner in Kansas has urged Americans to “buy a firearm and ammunition” in preparation for a “coming war” which he blamed on Democratic leaders. – TOM BATCHELOR (DIERSEN: Constructively, Democrats have declared a Second Civil War against America. The Democrat Party wants the following to be soldiers in its army: those who are in America illegally, recent immigrants, members of the mainstream news media, moderate/liberal religious leaders, educators, entertainers, business leaders, etc., Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, minority, female, younger, LGBTQers, poor, moderate, liberal, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christian, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, and anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.newsweek.com/republican-county-commissioner-urges-americans-arm-coming-war-1532354

PEW RESEARCH
— Support for Black Lives Matter has decreased since June but remains strong among Black Americans – DEJA THOMAS AND JULIANA MENASCE HOROWITZ
https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2020/09/16/support-for-black-lives-matter-has-decreased-since-june-but-remains-strong-among-black-americans/

September 14 Morning Edition

ABC7
— Chicago violence: 51 shot, 12 fatally in weekend shootings – Jessica D’Onofrio and Jesse Kirsch
https://abc7chicago.com/51-shot-12-fatally-in-chicago-weekend-shootings/6421884/

CBS2
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Bears, Lions Players Kneel During National Anthem Before Bears Season Opener
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/09/13/bears-lions-players-kneel-during-national-anthem-before-bears-season-opener/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Chicago pastor calls for parents to reject ‘1619 Project’ slavery identity for children ‘We need to bring forward restoration and healing because the Bible teaches us that’ – Caleb Parke
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/education-1619-project-kids-school-chicago-pastor-classroom-trump-latasha-fields

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Bears take a mixed approach to the national anthem in Week 1 — some stand, some kneel and some stay off the field – COLLEEN KANE
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/bears/ct-chicago-bears-national-anthem-20200913-tgr7afu7mfgn5ball24c6ewzgi-story.html
— Goodbye, Illinois. I won’t let the crushing debt hit me on the way out. – Kevin Bae, Glenview (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats make it clear that they want those who are the following to leave Illinois: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/letters/ct-letters-vp-091420-20200914-jvg7cudkuralnnyvsq4yso3nju-story.html

SOUTHERN
— 3 years ago, the Africana Studies major at SIU was on the chopping block. Now, it’s growing. – Molly Parker (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats have shouted that Republicans have caused, are causing, and will forever cause all the problems that African-Americans have had, are having, and will have. Ever-increasingly, Democrats promote reparations. Ever-increasingly, Democrat candidates hint/imply/argue/shout that if elected, that will use government to take income, assets, and opportunities away from Republicans and give that income and those assets and opportunities to African-Americans.)
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/siu/3-years-ago-the-africana-studies-major-at-siu-was-on-the-chopping-block-now/article_de2d594b-d417-5878-b9ea-17b93221edca.html

KENOSHA NEWS
— How Long Should I Delay My Retirement? – Kailey Hagen (DIERSEN: Until August of 1997, when I was 48 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I would be eligible for regular retirement in 2003. Their success in forcing me to take their early retirement “officer” on September 30, 1997 has cost me hundreds of thousands of dollars. In today’s dollars, my Civil Service Retirement System pension is only 41% of what my GAO salary was in 1997.)
https://www.kenoshanews.com/business/investment/personal-finance/how-long-should-i-delay-my-retirement/article_f2ce68b0-a063-5df5-bfef-8d379bd6e785.html

FOX NEWS ILLINOIS
— Racial injustice themes fill empty NFL stadiums – AP (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, sports acts as an arm of the Democrat Party. Ever-increasingly, sports dumps you if you do not promote hatred of Trump.)
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/racial-injustice-themes-fill-empty-nfl-stadiums

DEPAULIA
— The limitations of cancel culture – Jenicel Carmona (DIERSEN: Those who have the most religious, government, political, and/or financial clout determine who is canceled.)
https://depauliaonline.com/50200/focus/the-limitations-of-cancel-culture/

WIREPOINTS
— A Shrinking Population: Illinois the Outlier (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Illinois Democrats make it clear that they want those who are the following to leave Illinois: law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://wirepoints.org/a-shrinking-population-illinois-the-outlier-wirepoints-video/

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Saying Jack Franks’ Probe in Springfield Casts a “Stain” on McHenry County, Chuck Wheeler Calls for His Resignation
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/13/saying-jack-franks-probe-in-springfield-casts-a-stain-on-mchenry-county-chuck-wheeler-calls-for-his-resignation/
— IL-14: Lauren Underwood, Insulin, State Democratic Party Mailer and the Truth
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/13/underwood1-3/
— Madigan Spends, Directs $542,000 More Money to Ness Campaign to Bury Skillicorn
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/13/madigan-spends-directs-542000-more-money-to-ness-campaign-to-bury-skillicorn/
— Franks Ducks Daily Herald, Northwest Herald Interview
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/13/franks-ducks-daily-herald-northwest-herald-interview/
— Republicans Gather in Huntley’s Parkside Pub – Part 3
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/13/republicans-gather-in-huntleys-parkside-pub-part-3/
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis First Mailer
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/13/oberweis2/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— FAUCI: THE RESPONSE OF TRUMP ADMIN HAS BEEN IMPRESSIVE, I CAN’T IMAGINE ANYBODY COULD BE DOING MORE
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/09/fauci-the-response-of-trump-admin-has-been-impressive-i-cant-imagine-anybody-could-be-doing-more.html

WASHINGTON TIMES
— ‘Gloves are off’: Trump rips Biden as unfit for presidency at Nevada rally – Tom Howell Jr.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/13/trump-henderson-nevada-rally-rips-biden-unfit-pres/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Michigan college inanely fights racism by encouraging segregation – Quin Hillyer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/michigan-college-inanely-fights-racism-by-encouraging-segregation
— Baltimore Ravens stand for black national anthem but kneel for U.S. national anthem – Andrew Mark Miller
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/baltimore-ravens-stand-for-black-national-anthem-but-kneel-for-u-s-national-anthem

FOX NEWS
— NFL players perform demonstrations as part of league’s push for bigger social justice platform – Ryan Gaydos (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, sports acts as an arm of the Democrat Party. Ever-increasingly, sports dumps you if you do not promote hatred of Trump.)
https://www.foxnews.com/sports/nfl-players-week-1-2020-demonstrations-as-part-social-justice-platform

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— Defunding the Defunders Who Facilitate Riots, Violence, and Anarchy – Dan Cadman (DIERSEN: Who funds the looters, rioters, and arsonists in your municipality, in your township, and in your county?)
https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/13/defunding-the-defunders-who-facilitate-riots-violence-and-anarchy/
— Ethnocidal ‘Critical Race Theory’ Is Upon Us Like White On Rice Critical Race Theory has designated the country’s founding demographic as oppressive. Forever. – Ilana Mercer
https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/13/ethnocidal-critical-race-theory-is-upon-us-like-white-on-rice/

BREITBART
— Donald Trump Demands Death Penalty for ‘Animals’ Who Shot L.A. Deputies – CHARLIE SPIERING
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/13/donald-trump-demands-death-penalty-for-animals-who-shot-l-a-deputies/
— BLM Protesters Chant ‘F*ck The Police’, Call for Commissioner to Resign – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/09/14/watch-black-lives-matter-protesters-chant-fck-police-outside-scotland-yard/

TOWNHALL
— Biden Doesn’t Stand for Anything, But All Signs Point to a Far Left Presidency – Rachel Alexander
https://townhall.com/columnists/rachelalexander/2020/09/14/biden-doesnt-stand-for-anything-but-all-signs-point-to-a-far-left-presidency-n2576142
— Conservatives’ Crushing Counterattack In the Culture War – Kurt Schlichter
https://townhall.com/columnists/kurtschlichter/2020/09/14/conservatives-crushing-counterattack-in-the-culture-war-n2576095

FEDERALIST
— Michelle Obama Is Complicit In Netflix Child Porn Film ‘Cuties’ No one should doubt the considerable power former first lady Michelle Obama wields within Netflix or the unrivaled cultural influence she has to speak out in defense of preserving girlhood and innocence. – Rachel Campos-Duffy and Evita Duffy
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/14/michelle-obama-is-complicit-in-netflix-child-porn-film-cuties/
— How The 1960s Riots Foreshadow Today’s Communist Weaponization Of Black Pain Many would have us believe that the riots and violence sweeping across America’s cities this year are spontaneous. But history and current evidence tell us otherwise. – Katharine Gorka
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/14/how-the-1960s-riots-foreshadow-todays-communist-weaponization-of-black-pain/

COMMUNITIES DIGITAL NEWS
— Defeating BLM, the bastard child of the Black Panthers, in November – Joseph Ragonese
https://www.commdiginews.com/politics-2/defeating-blm-the-bastard-child-of-the-black-panthers-in-november-132310/

THE HILL
— Journalism or partisanship? The media’s mistakes of 2016 continue in 2020 – SHARYL ATTKISSON (DIERSEN: What do you say to journalists who claim to be nonpartisan, but who serve as propagandists for the Democrat Party, Libertarian Party, and/or Green Party?)
https://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/516036-journalism-or-partisanship-the-medias-mistakes-of-2016-continue-in-2020
(FROM THE ARTICLE: If there were any doubt left after 2016 as to what too much of the mainstream news media in America has become, it most certainly has been erased in 2020. Too often, many in my industry have revealed themselves as little more than propaganda tools for dueling political sides, no longer reporting the way journalists once did. We compete for the latest anonymous “scoop,” scandalous rumor or unsupported accusation. We pounce on the supposed “bombshell” du jour and hype it on the news, accompanied by endless round robins with political operatives. Many of us don’t even bother to find and report on stories that powerful people and interests aren’t pushing. To do this, too many of us have abandoned basic tenets of journalism. We ignore the suspicious timing of the handout “leaks” or scandals — as if nobody notices. We fail to explore or disclose sources’ motivations or conflicts of interest — as if nobody wonders about them. We don’t even pretend to assess the true news value of the “bombshell.” We’re simply happy to be of service to the propagandists; we invite them to use us, and our superiors reward us with admiration. Many of our peers either repeat the reporting, seek to confirm it using equally dubious methods or discredit it. Rarely do we step back and consider that the whole drama is being orchestrated by political puppet masters who count their successes by the number of news stories they generate.)

ABC NEWS
— College students struggle with uncertain job market after graduation Entry-level jobs, internships and job offers have declined during the pandemic. – Dana Alkhouri
https://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Living/college-students-struggle-uncertain-job-market-graduation/story?id=72725954

REUTERS
— Players protest across the league in empty stadiums – Steve Keating (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, sports acts as an arm of the Democrat Party. Ever-increasingly, sports dumps you if you do not promote hatred of Trump.)
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-football-nfl-protests/nfl-players-protest-across-the-league-in-empty-stadiums-idUSKBN2640TP

NEW YORK TIMES
— FRONT PAGE TOP OF FOLD: How New York City’s Police Unions Embraced Trump The unions’ leadership is mostly white, suburban and Republican, setting it apart from an increasingly diverse police force and the city itself. – Alan Feuer
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/nyregion/ny-police-unions-racial-disparity-trump.html
— Thousands Attend a Trump Rally Indoors The campaign event near Las Vegas ignored a state directive, and the Nevada governor criticized President Trump as “taking reckless and selfish actions.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html
— Trump supporters gather indoors as journalists ask why he played down the virus.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/14/world/covid-19-coronavirus.html

NEW YORK POST
— Colin Kaepernick blasts NFL’s social-justice messaging as ‘propaganda’ – Brian Lewis
https://nypost.com/2020/09/13/colin-kaepernick-calls-nfl-social-justice-messaging-propaganda/
— BLM protesters clash with NYPD after marching onto George Washington Bridge – Alex Taylor and Vincent Barone
https://nypost.com/2020/09/13/blm-protesters-clash-with-nypd/
— Trump says Biden is too lazy to stand up to ‘crazy socialists’ – Joe Tacopino
https://nypost.com/2020/09/14/trump-says-biden-is-too-lazy-to-stand-up-to-crazy-socialists/

WASHINGTON POST
— HEADLINE IN THE DAILY HERALD HARDCOPY: Latino groups want more from Biden – Dean Sullivan (DIERSEN: To give preference to one group is to discriminate against another group. To give preference to those who are minority, female, LGBTQ, younger, not married, product of a non-traditional family, non-Christian, non-Italian American, non-German American, non-veteran, Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, in America illegally, those who have less money than others, and/or those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time IS TO DISCRIMINATE AGAINST THOSE WHO ARE White, male, heterosexual, older, married, product of a traditional family, Christian, Italian America, German American, veteran, Republican, conservative, citizen of America, those who have more money than others, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/latino-groups-warn-that-bidens-sluggish-outreach-could-have-devastating-results/2020/09/13/82dab318-f44b-11ea-bc45-e5d48ab44b9f_story.html
— Why NFL owners are supporting Black players’ protests — for now – Bethany Lacina (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, sports acts as an arm of the Democrat Party. Ever-increasingly, sports dumps you if you do not promote hatred of Trump.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/13/why-nfl-owners-are-supporting-black-players-protests-now/
— The long history behind Donald Trump’s outreach to LGBTQ voters Trump’s rhetoric may be new, but the policies he supports and the role of LGBTQ Republicans are not. – Neil J. Young (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ focus on destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/14/long-history-behind-donald-trumps-outreach-lgbtq-voters/

WALL STREET JOURNAL
— ‘We Hope They Die’ Protesters cheer a shooting ambush of sheriff’s deputies in L.A. – Editorial
https://www.wsj.com/articles/we-hope-they-die-11600031160
— Expenses for Adult Kids: Which Ones Should Parents Stop Paying For? Parents often keep paying for a lot of their adult children’s bills. But where—and how—should they draw the line? – Chris Kornelis (DIERSEN: My outstanding parents provided me with room and board in their home in Crete a) while I attended UIC 1966-1968, b) weekends during my first semester at NIU in 1969, and c) during the summer of 1969.)
https://www.wsj.com/articles/expenses-for-adult-kids-which-ones-should-parents-stop-paying-for-11600009200

FORBES
— Cancel Culture Is Only Getting Worse – Evan Gerstmann
https://www.forbes.com/sites/evangerstmann/2020/09/13/cancel-culture-is-only-getting-worse/#525a2a0263f4
— What Is Truly the Meaning Behind Words Like ‘Disadvantaged’ and ‘Disengaged’? – Peter DeWitt (DIERSEN: According to Democrats, the following are disadvantaged: minorities, females, younger people, those who have less money than others, LGBTQers, veterans, non-married people, non-Protestants, non-German Americans, illegals, those whose ancestors have not been in America for a long time, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, RINOs, liberals, and moderates. According to Democrats, the following are unfairly advantaged: Whites, men, older people, those who have more money than others, heterosexuals, non-veterans, married people, Protestants, German Americans, citizens of America, those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time, Republicans, and conservatives.)
http://blogs.edweek.org/edweek/finding_common_ground/2020/09/what_is_truly_the_meaning_behind_words_like_disadvantaged_and_disengaged.html
— You Should Never Wait For A Layoff To Prepare For Your Job Search – John Feldmann (DIERSEN: Until August of 1997, when I was 48 years old, my Democrat GAO superiors falsely led me to believe that they were going to let me work until I would be eligible for regular retirement in 2003.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2020/09/09/you-should-never-wait-for-a-layoff-to-prepare-for-your-job-search/
— Four Ways Leaders Can Help Integrate Diversity Into An Organization – Dedra Ward (DIERSEN: To promote diversity is to get rid of those who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbeshumanresourcescouncil/2020/09/14/four-ways-leaders-can-help-integrate-diversity-into-an-organization/

NEWSWEEK
— Trump’s Nevada Rally Crowd Chants ‘All Lives Matter’ at BLM Protesters – JAMES WALKER
https://www.newsweek.com/trump-nevada-rally-chants-all-lives-matter-blm-protesters-1531650
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Every NFL Team to Protest During the National Anthem in Week 1 – DAN CANCIAN
https://www.newsweek.com/which-nfl-teams-protests-anthem-kneeling-opening-week-1531635

INSIDE HIGHER EDUCATION
— The Future of College Admissions Is Test Blind – Joseph A. Soares and Jay Rosner (DIERSEN: What tests have you passed? 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.insidehighered.com/admissions/views/2020/09/14/future-college-admissions-test-blind-opinion

September 7 Evening Edition

ABC7
— Labor Day brings Joe Biden to Pennsylvania, Pres. Trump holds White House news conference Sen. Kamala Harris and Vice President Mike Pence travel to Wisconsin for Labor Day – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/labor-day-brings-biden-to-pa-trump-holds-white-house-presser/6412685/
— Illinois COVID-19: IL reports 1,381 new coronavirus cases, 8 deaths IL surpasses 250,000 total cases
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-covid-19-1381-new-coronavirus-cases-8-deaths/6412776/

NBC5
— In Battleground States, Absentee Ballot Rejections Could Triple If ballots are rejected at the same rate as during this year’s primaries, up to three times as many voters in November could be disenfranchised in key battleground states – Christina A. Cassidy and Frank Bajak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/in-battleground-states-absentee-ballot-rejections-could-triple/2335335/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Community leaders, tradesmen on Labor Day decry lack of Black representation in union apprentice programs: ‘We don’t have anything to celebrate’- KELLI SMITH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/breaking/ct-danny-davis-labor-day-event-20200907-yaefzlkdtrct5aodyvp3ui4cna-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Jim Durkin, Illinois House 82nd District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include property tax reform and relief, public safety funding and education funding.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21426162/jim-durkin-illinois-house-rep-82nd-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Amy Grant, Illinois House 42nd District Republican nominee profile Her top priorities include rescinding a parking tax on municipal lots, opposing a graduated income tax and focusing on public safety.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21371832/amy-grant-illinois-house-42nd-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Peter Breen, Illinois House 48th District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include reducing spending and taxes, eliminating onerous mandates on businesses and local governments and getting rid of corruption.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21425118/peter-breen-illinois-house-rep-48th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election-profile
— Grant Wehrli, Illinois House 41st District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include lowering property taxes, improving Illinois’ Department of Employment Security and raising pay for caregivers of developmentally disabled people.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21424920/grant-wehrli-illinois-house-rep-41st-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Deanne Marie Mazzochi, Illinois House 47th District Republican nominee profile Her top priorities include addressing outdated commuter rail service, public corruption and 5G wireless.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21375949/deanne-marie-mazzochi-illinois-house-47th-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-election
— Keith R. Wheeler, Illinois House 50th District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include improving traffic intersections in the district, building a Metra station in Kendall County and installing a sound barrier on Orchard Road.

https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21376424/keith-wheeler-illinois-house-rep-50th-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Laura Hois, Illinois House 81st District Republican nominee profile Her top priorities include property tax relief, a safe reopening of the economy amid COVID-19 and ethics reform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21371814/laura-hois-illinois-house-rep-81st-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election
— Jeff Muehlfelder, Illinois House 19th District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include business and economic development and opposition to the graduated income tax proposal.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21371388/jeff-muehlfelder-illinois-house-rep-19th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election
— Tim Ozinga, Illinois House 37th District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include cutting “wasteful” government spending and instituting “fair” pension reform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21363611/tim-ozinga-illinois-house-rep-37th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-2020-election
— Brad Stephens, Illinois House 20th District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include public safety, investment in workforce training and property tax relief.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21424526/brad-stephens-illinois-house-20th-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Laura Curtis, Illinois House 49th District Republican nominee profile Her top priorities include property taxes, ethics and economic growth.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/2/18/21067639/laura-curtis-illinois-house-rep-49th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election
— Jim Walsh, Illinois House 62nd District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include improving township codes, reducing traffic congestion and eliminating unfunded mandates.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21425879/jim-walsh-illinois-house-rep-62nd-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-2020-election
— Dan Yost, Illinois House 61st District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include property tax relief, a reduction of ETO emissions and small business and job development
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21371200/dan-yost-illinois-house-rep-61st-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election
— Herbert Hebein, Illinois House 35th District Republican nominee profile
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21424556/herbert-hebein-illinois-house-35th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-state-rep
— Max Solomon, Illinois House 38th District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include reforms for property taxes, pensions, education and ethics.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21424902/max-solomon-illinois-house-rep-38th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-2020-election
— Yesoe Yoon, Illinois House 17th District Republican nominee profile Her top priorities include assisting small businesses, reducing property taxes and defending police while proposing a police training bill.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21424469/yesoe-yoon-illinois-house-17th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-2020-election
— Dan Ugaste, Illinois House 65th District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include property tax relief, workers’ compensation reform and a water project in Pingree Grove.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21370481/dan-ugaste-illinois-house-65th-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Tom Weber, Illinois House 64th District Republican nominee profile
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21425948/tom-weber-illinois-house-rep-64th-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Steve Reick, Illinois House 63rd District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include fixing “total dysfunction” at DCFS and tax reform.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21425915/steve-reick-illinois-house-rep-63rd-district-republican-nominee-incumbent-candidate-2020-election
— Martin McLaughlin, Illinois House 52nd District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include property tax relief, ethics and corruption reforms and post-COVID-19 business protections.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/7/21424935/martin-mclaughlin-illinois-house-rep-52nd-district-republican-nominee-2020-election-candidate

CHAMPAIGN/URBANA NEWS GAZETTE
— House probe is new twist – Editorial
https://www.news-gazette.com/opinion/editorials/editorial-house-probe-is-new-twist/article_a013d203-6a2f-5f3b-ab73-28e517573f53.html

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Ness Promotes Mask
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/07/ness-promotes-mask/
— Pro-Abortion Personal PAC Endorses Local Democrats for State Representative
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/07/pro-abortion-personal-pac-endorses-local-democrats-for-state-representative/
— IL 6 – Casten Insults Gun Owners, Gets Mocked by John Kass
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/07/il-6-casten-insults-gun-owners-gets-mocked-by-john-kass/
— Coroner Candidate Kelly Liebmann Releases Campaign Card
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/07/kelly-liebmann-releases-campaign-card/
— IL-Sen/IL-06/IL-14: On Labor Day 2020, Greatest Threat to Workers? Unions
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/07/il-sen-il-06-il-14-on-labor-day-2020-greatest-threat-to-workers-unions/

BREITBART
— XR and BLM Activists Demand Reparations During ‘Walk of Shame’ Protest in the City of London – KURT ZINDULKA
https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2020/09/07/extinction-rebellion-activists-call-for-reparations-during-walk-of-shame-protest-in-the-city-of-london/

BLAZE
— Watch: Protesters in Pittsburgh descend on elderly diners, drink their beer, scream obscenities: ‘F*** the white people’ Dining outdoors can be hazardous – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/video-captures-the-moment-violent-rioters-descend-on-elderly-diners-rob-them-and-scream-obscenities-f-the-white-people
— California gender-reveal party with pyrotechnic device sparks massive blaze that burns over 7,300 acres Three major wildfires are burning tens of thousands of acres in California right now – PAUL SACCA
https://www.theblaze.com/news/california-wildfires-gender-reveal-party-dorado-fire

DAILY CALLER
— ‘Give Us Our Sh*t’: Demonstrators In Rochester, New York Call For Reparations – JAKE DIMA
https://dailycaller.com/2020/09/07/rochester-new-york-protest-demand-reparations-threaten/

DAILY WIRE
— American Airlines Will Permit Flight Attendants To Wear BLM Pins. Some Employees Are Furious. – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/american-airlines-will-permit-flight-attendants-to-wear-blm-pins-some-employees-are-furious
— BLM Marcher Seizes Elderly Couple’s Beer, Chugs It Down – Hank Berrien
https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-blm-marcher-seizes-elderly-couples-beer-chugs-it-down

PATRIOT POST
— Democrats Aim to Delegitimize the Election Democrats who once opposed mail-in balloting now favor expanding the practice. – Arnold Ahlert

https://patriotpost.us/articles/73247-democrats-aim-to-delegitimize-the-election-2020-09-07

NEW YORK TIMES
— In Year of Voting by Mail, a Scramble to Beef Up In-Person Voting, Too Communities are running short on time to hire poll workers and reconfigure in-person voting to make it safe during a pandemic. – Nick Corasaniti and Michael Wines
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/07/us/politics/vote-in-person-covid.html

NEW YORK POST
— Fostering massive social disorder is no way to protest – Editorial
https://nypost.com/2020/09/07/fostering-massive-social-disorder-is-no-way-to-protest/

WASHINGTON POST
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump is shouting his racism. He must be stopped.”
https://patriotpost.us/articles/73247-democrats-aim-to-delegitimize-the-election-2020-09-07
— A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “All the Trump books agree: He’s just as bad as you think.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/07/all-trump-books-agree-hes-just-bad-you-think/

ABC BALTIMORE
— OUTSTANDING: Support for law enforcement at We Back the Blue Rally in Dundalk
https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-county/support-for-law-enforcement-at-we-back-the-blue-rally-in-dundalk

WCYB
— OUTSTANDING: Dozens rally to ‘Back the Blue’ in Johnson City – ANGELIQUE ARINTOK
https://wcyb.com/news/local/dozens-rally-to-back-the-blue-in-johnson-city

MARIETTA TIMES
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue rally held in park
https://www.mariettatimes.com/news/2020/09/back-the-blue-rally-held-in-park/

WABASH VALLEY
— OUTSTANDING: Back the Blue: Lawrenceville residents show support to local law enforcement
https://www.mywabashvalley.com/news/back-the-blue-lawrenceville-residents-show-support-to-local-law-enforcement/

FED SMITH
— Race Training for Federal Employees is a “Sickness” – Ralph R. Smith
https://www.fedsmith.com/2020/09/07/race-training-federal-employees-is-sickness/

September 6 Morning Edition

CBS2

— DIERSEN HEADLINE: DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Democrats want minorities to be pot pushers.
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/09/05/activists-say-black-and-brown-chicagoans-are-being-ignored-in-cannabis-dispensary-licensing/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Mayor Lightfoot’s ’pandemic budget’ avoids the hard choices – DAVID GREISING
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-city-budget-lightfoot-greising-20200903-7bopmfhil5ey7cs3bfxfwbgad4-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— North Shore rallies for man told to leave pier because he’s Black: ‘It shouldn’t happen anywhere’ ‘I honestly don’t know what to say,’ Otis Campbell told a crowd of more than 100 people. Two weeks earlier, he was confronted by a woman (Irene Donoshaytis) now charged with a hate crime. – David Struett
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/5/21424363/hate-crime-otis-campbell-winnetka-pier-video-bicycle-rally-irene-donoshaytis

CHEROKEE TRIBUNE LEDGER NEWS
— Illinois’ major parties focus messaging on faults of opposition – Greg Bishop (DIERSEN: Who finds fault with you? My critics/opponents focus on finding fault with me. They focus on finding fault with what I am doing as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they focused on finding fault with what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office Employee, etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.tribuneledgernews.com/extra/news/illinois-major-parties-focus-messaging-on-faults-of-opposition/article_e1b1586b-51ff-51f8-8ad2-a2510a9475b0.html

SOUTH COOK NEWS
— Eric Wallace has simple formula for ethics reform: ‘The key to change starts with ridding ourselves of Madigan’ – Glenn Minnis
https://southcooknews.com/stories/552170477-wallace-has-simple-formula-for-ethics-reform-the-key-to-change-starts-with-ridding-ourselves-of-madigan

MILWAUKEE MAGAZINE
— Today Marks 100 Days of Milwaukee Protests For Racial Justice The movement is calling for change in Wisconsin law enforcement. – RICH ROVITO
https://www.milwaukeemag.com/today-marks-100-days-of-milwaukee-protests-for-racial-justice/

ILLINOIS FAMILY INSTITUTE
— NBA Viewers Flee As The League Turns “Too Political,” Poll Finds – Peter Heck
https://illinoisfamily.org/marriage/nba-viewers-flee-as-the-league-turns-too-political-poll-finds/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Microsoft building deepfake detection tools to thwart disinformation on 2020 election – Ryan Lovelace (DIERSEN: According to my critics/opponents, all government and political news and commentary is fake except for the government and political news and commentary that they put out or bless. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. They do not want anyone to read GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/2/microsoft-building-deepfake-detection-tools-thwart/

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Northwestern Law Administrators Confess Their Racism in Online Diversity Session – Chrissy Clark (DIERSEN: Sooner or later, Democrats will demand that all old White heterosexual males confess that they are White supremacists, Nazis, KKK members, haters, racists, sexists, bigots, and even worse things who should be gotten rid of once and for all. Are you an old White heterosexual male? How are you going to respond? Democrats hint that they might let you live if you help them get rid of other old White heterosexual males.)
https://freebeacon.com/campus/northwestern-law-administrators-confess-their-racism-in-online-diversity-session/

FOX NEWS
— Anti-Trump group calling for nationwide protests gathers in Chicago – Adam Shaw
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/anti-trump-fascism-nationwide-protests-in-23-cities

BREITBART
— BLM Attacks Conservative Group in Texas – BOB PRICE
https://www.breitbart.com/border/2020/09/05/videos-blm-attacks-conservative-group-in-texas/

DAILY WIRE
— Black Lives Matter Riot In Manhattan Causes Estimated $100,000 In Damages – Tim Pearce
https://www.dailywire.com/news/report-black-lives-matter-riot-in-manhattan-causes-estimated-100000-in-damages

TOWNHALL
— Trump Bans Hateful Neo-Marxist Ideology That Taxpayers Have Funded for Years – Bronson Stocking
https://townhall.com/tipsheet/bronsonstocking/2020/09/05/trump-bans-disgusting-marxist-ideology-that-taxpayers-have-funded-for-years-n2575717
— Democrats Have Created ‘Two Americas’ – Derek Hunter
https://townhall.com/columnists/derekhunter/2020/09/06/democrats-have-created-two-americas-n2575731

PJ MEDIA
— White Professor Who Tried to Pass as Black Suspended From George Washington University – RICK MORAN
https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/rick-moran/2020/09/06/white-professor-who-tried-to-pass-as-black-suspended-from-george-washington-university-n896324

AMERICAN GREATNESS
— The Racist Left Feels Entitled to Riot Right now, America could use a pooper scooper for Biden’s verbal manure. – Thaddeus G. McCotter
https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/04/the-racist-left-feels-entitled-to-riot/
— Christians, Beware (Marxist) Wolves in Sheep’s Clothing It’s very disturbing that a rival faith has taken up residence in my Church and that my priests willingly and even eagerly pray the prayers of this false religion. – Deion A. Kathawa
https://amgreatness.com/2020/09/05/christians-beware-marxist-wolves-in-sheeps-clothing/

BLAZE
— Pro-life activists converge on Baltimore Planned Parenthood, paint ‘Black Preborn Lives Matter’ on street outside – Sarah Taylor
https://www.theblaze.com/news/pro-life-activists-converge-on-baltimore-planned-parenthood-paint-black-preborn-lives-matter-on-street-outside

DAILY WIRE
— ‘Angry Salon Customers’ Protest At Pelosi’s Home; Hang Blow Dryers And Curlers On Pelosi’s Tree – Ryan Saavedra
https://www.dailywire.com/news/angry-salon-customers-protest-at-pelosis-home-hang-blow-dryers-and-curlers-on-pelosis-tree

FEDERALIST
— Trump Administration Bans Critical Race Theory Trainings At Federal Agencies – Tristan Justice
https://thefederalist.com/2020/09/05/trump-administration-bans-critical-race-theory-trainings-at-federal-agencies/

LEGAL INSURRECTION
— Amherst College Students Want Free Speech Policy Revised to Address ‘Hate Speech’ – Mike LaChance (DIERSEN: Democrats want hate speech to be defined as being any speech that does not promote the Democrat Party platform.)
https://legalinsurrection.com/2020/09/amherst-college-students-want-free-speech-policy-revised-to-address-hate-speech/

EPOCH TIMES
— How Beijing Wields Chinese Student Groups to Suppress Free Speech on US Campuses – CATHY HE
https://www.theepochtimes.com/how-beijing-wields-chinese-student-groups-to-suppress-free-speech-on-us-campuses_3484306.html

CNN
— Kamala Harris: ‘We do have two systems of justice in America’ – Ryan Struyk (DIERSEN: Harris would agree with the court’s decision in Diersen v. GAO that the federal government should give preference to its employees who are Democrat, minority and/or female, and especially to those who are younger, that is, that the federal government should discriminate against its employees who are Republican, White, and/or male, and especially against those who are older and/or non-veteran.)
https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/06/politics/kamala-harris-two-justice-systems-cnntv/index.html

ASSOCIATED PRESS
— Unions threaten work stoppages amid calls for racial justice – AARON MORRISON (DIERSEN: I was a union member for almost 12 years while I worked for the federal government 1966-1969 and 1971-1980. I should write a book about my present/past critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who are/were filled with hatred against unions, against former union members, against current union members, and against future union members. They include my Democrat superiors in the federal government.)
https://www.startribune.com/unions-threaten-work-stoppages-amid-calls-for-racial-justice/572328292/

REUTERS
— Rival groups square off at Kentucky Derby, Rochester police use tear gas – Jim Urquhart, Brendan McDermid
https://www.reuters.com/article/us-global-race-usa-protests/rival-groups-square-off-at-kentucky-derby-as-summer-of-protests-grinds-on-idUSKBN25W0H4

NEW YORK TIMES
— Inflation Is Higher Than the Numbers Say While government statistics say inflation is low, the reality is that the cost of living has risen during the pandemic, especially for poorer Americans. – Justin Wolfers
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/business/inflation-worse-pandemic-coronavirus.html
— As Some New Yorkers Flee, Others Move Closer to the Office For workers who are required to be on-site, fear of public transportation has spurred a wave of demand for homes within walking distance of their jobs. – Joyce Cohen (DIERSEN: In 1974, when I was 25 years old, a) because IRS promoted me to a GS-12 (currently $85,084/year) job in its Loop office and b) because I was taking graduate business courses at Loyola, I bought studio condo in the Outer Drive East building and walked to/from work and classes. In 1976, when IRS was paying me $90,758/year in today’s dollars, I traded it in to the building’s developer for a one bedroom condo, continued to walk to/from work, and started to walk to/from graduate accounting classes at DePaul.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/realestate/nyc-office-move-closer.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, those who claim to speak for Latinos demand more and more and more preference for Latinos.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/04/opinion/latinos-elections-trump-biden.html
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/opinion/sunday/latinos-trump-election.html
— Disdain for the Less Educated Is the Last Acceptable Prejudice It’s having a corrosive effect on American life — and hurting the Democratic Party. – Michael J. Sandel (DIERSEN: What did you do to qualify yourself for better paying jobs? I earned a) a job-related bachelor’s degree when I was 21 in 1970 and job-related master’s degrees when I was 27, 31, and 48, b) job-related professional certifications when I was 30, 32, 41, 45, 47, and 48, and c) a job-related professional license when I was 32.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/02/opinion/education-prejudice.html
— You Should Be Paying More in Taxes – Kitty Richards and Joseph E. Stiglitz (DIERSEN: My critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes have always hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I should pay higher taxes. They stress the new cars and collector cars that I bought, my avoiding the draft, the college expenses that I paid, my federal salary, the condos that I bought, my wife’s income, the home that my wife and I bought, the vacations that we went on, the home that we had built, the fact that we have no children, our federal health, dental, and vision insurance subsidy, our retirement savings, my federal pension, etc.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/03/opinion/sunday/progressive-policies-taxes.html
— FRONT PAGE: Parents Got More Time Off. Then the Backlash Started. – Daisuke Wakabayashi and Sheera Frenkel (DIERSEN: I should write a book about my critics/opponents, their operatives, and their dupes who have demonized me, denigrated me, and condemned me for my not having dependents. They hint/imply/argue/shout that my not having dependents has given a gross unfair advantage.)
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/05/technology/parents-time-off-backlash.html

WASHINGTON POST
— Tension rises in Louisville, while violence breaks out in Rochester, Portland Right- and left-wing groups clash at racial justice demonstrations near Kentucky Derby as protesters in Rochester, N.Y., and Portland, Ore., clash with police – Chuck Culpepper, Samantha Schmidt, Jessica Wolfrom and Juliet Eilperin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/05/tension-rises-louisville-right-wing-left-wing-groups-clash-racial-justice-demonstrations/
— After 100 days of demonstrations, unusual protest tactics are likely to remain – Marissa J. Lang
https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/protest-tactics-dc/2020/09/04/81a82cfa-ee74-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html

NEW YORK POST
— Black Lives Matter protesters smash NYC Starbucks window in stunning video – Larry Celona, Sam Raskin and Sara Dorn
https://nypost.com/2020/09/05/blm-protesters-smash-nyc-starbucks-window-in-stunning-video/
— Trump bans ‘divisive, anti-American’ diversity training in federal government – Jon Levine
https://nypost.com/2020/09/05/trump-bans-fed-divisive-anti-american-diversity-training/
— Wealthy NYC woman busted in BLM rampage – Melissa Klein, Larry Celona and Dean Balsamini
https://nypost.com/2020/09/05/wealthy-nyc-woman-busted-in-blm-rampage/

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— Eight arrested for smashing Manhattan store windows, spraying graffiti amid protests
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-vandals-arrested-manhattan-daniel-prude-protest-20200905-mgpg2hfbpja3fl5cigg5sdffgy-story.html

LOS ANGELES TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “New Trump ads stoke racial bias among white people in Minnesota and Wisconsin.”
https://news.yahoo.com/trump-ads-stoke-racial-bias-140054396.html

USA TODAY
— Republicans are waffling on LGBTQ+ issues. Will it matter? – Kate Sosin (DIERSEN: Those who promote LGBTQ focus on destroying those who do not promote LGBTQ.)
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2020/09/06/republicans-waffling-lgbtq-issues-matter/5685869002/

US NEWS & WORLD REPORT
— Unruly Portland Protests Not Abating After 100 Straight Days Hundreds of people gathered for Black Lives Matter rallies and marches Saturday night in Portland, Oregon, as often violent nightly demonstrations that have happened for 100 days showed no signs of ceasing. – AP
https://www.usnews.com/news/us/articles/2020-09-06/portland-protests-not-abating-after-100-straight-days

READING EAGLE
— Trump foes all too eager to find fault with him – Neil Kemmerer, Muhlenberg Township (DIERSEN: Who finds fault with you? My critics/opponents focus on finding fault with me. They focus on finding fault with what I am doing as the GOPUSA Illinois Editor and as a Republican Precinct Committeeman. Previously, they focused on finding fault with what I did as a TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois chairman, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce Government Affairs Committee member, Milton Township Republican Organization webmaster, Illinois Center Right Coalition Steering Committee member, American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter board member, GAO employee, IRS employee, Post Office Employee, etc. I should write a book about my critics/opponents.)
https://www.readingeagle.com/opinion/letters-to-editor/letter-trump-foes-all-to-eager-to-find-fault-with-him/article_79025420-eead-11ea-a7c6-33ddacc5e1c9.html

SACRAMENTO BEE
— Black Lives Matter protesters clash with Trump supporters at defund police rally – JASON PIERCE
https://www.sacbee.com/news/local/article245524505.html

KCTV5
— OUTSTANDING: ‘Back the Blue’ rally held in Overland Park
https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/back-the-blue-rally-held-in-overland-park/video_aad83c4e-76f3-553a-b602-c86d9447693b.html
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Black Lives Matter murals painted around Kansas City – Greg Payne, Zoe Brown
https://www.kctv5.com/news/local_news/black-lives-matter-murals-painted-around-kansas-city/article_5d9de31c-efce-11ea-ace1-6f2b18ade10e.html

RECORD NET
— Trump supporters confront Black Lives Matter group during march to defund Lodi police
https://www.recordnet.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/09/05/black-lives-matter-and-trump-supporters-protest-lodi-pds-future/5731294002/

FORBES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Democrats use racism training to get rid of Republicans, and especially to get rid of Republicans who are Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/ifeomaajunwa/2020/09/05/10-reasons-why-anti-racism-training-is-not-the-problem/#29dd1cae6298

September 5 Evening Edition

ABC7
— IL billionaires Gov. Pritzker, Ken Griffin fight over state’s proposed graduated tax amendment
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/il-billionaires-fight-over-proposed-graduated-income-tax/6410313/
— Rally demands justice for Miguel Vega, man killed in Pilsen shootout with police
https://abc7chicago.com/rally-demands-justice-for-man-killed-in-pilsen-shootout-with-police/6410576/

NBC5
— Illinois Reports 2,806 New COVID-19 Cases and 23 New Deaths
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/illinois-reports-2806-new-covid-19-cases-and-23-new-deaths/2334685/

CBS2
— Police Seek To Identify Looting Suspects Caught On Camera At Ulta Beauty On Michigan Avenue, Mr. Submarine On Wells Street
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/09/05/police-seek-to-identify-looting-suspects-caught-on-camera-at-ulta-beauty-on-michigan-avenue-mr-submarine-on-wells-street/

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago stores hit by looting are warily reopening. That doesn’t mean all the plywood is coming down. – LAUREN ZUMBACH
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-chicago-stores-looting-reopening-20200904-juedjbn5xvgkna5jbicvu3yakm-story.html
— 27 arrested as Portland protests reach 100 consecutive days – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/nation-world/ct-nw-portland-protests-100-days-27-arrested-20200905-kgafji3lcrg75jkcqocu5srqdq-story.html
— Trump now faces election fallout after reports he insulted dead American soldiers — which he strongly denies – JENNIFER JACOBS, JOSH WINGROVE AND SALEHA MOHSIN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-trump-insults-soldiers-20200905-2zxi4uq4gjaypb5zxhswkgbhmm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Mark C. Curran Jr., U.S. Senate Republican nominee profile He believes the economy needs to open up “completely except in locations with a high level of hospitalizations and/ or deaths” from COVID-19.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21062391/mark-curran-jr-senate-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election-profile-illinois
— Jim Oberweis, 14th Congressional District Republican nominee profile “The best thing the federal government can do to help the economy” is keep moving ahead with its reopening, he says.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21075186/jim-oberweis-congress-14th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-2020-election-house-rep
— Rick Laib, 11th Congressional District Republican nominee profile “We can reform the police, just as we can reform any professional discipline, simply by defending religious freedom,” he says.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21063178/rick-laib-congress-11th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election-house-rep-illinois
— Valerie Ramirez Mukherjee, 10th Congressional District Republican nominee profile She wants to expand loan and funding programs for new businesses and “further reduce or eliminate taxes” to stimulate the economy.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/5/21365727/valerie-ramirez-mukherjee-10th-district-congress-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election-house
— Sargis Sangari, 9th Congressional District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include health care, public safety and business growth.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/5/21399735/sargis-sangari-congress-9th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election-house-rep-illinois
— Craig Cameron, 7th Congressional District Republican nominee profile
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/5/21422202/craig-cameron-7th-congress-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-2020-election-house-rep
— Tommy Hanson, 5th Congressional District Republican nominee profile His top priorities include state and local corruption, removal of pension systems at local levels and school vouchers.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21062959/tommy-hanson-congress-house-rep-5th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-election-illinois
— Jesus Solorio, 4th Congressional District Republican nominee profile He says the Justice in Policing Act “is too broad and will ultimately handicap the ability of cops to do their job.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/5/21365108/jesus-solorio-congress-4th-district-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-house-rep-2020-election
— Mike Fricilone, 3rd Congressional District Republican nominee profile He wants additional federal, state and local funding for police training and their mental health care.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/1/22/21063016/mike-fricilone-congress-house-rep-3rd-district-republican-nominee-candidate-2020-general-election
— Theresa J. Raborn, 2nd Congressional District Republican nominee profile
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/9/5/21422135/theresa-raborn-2nd-congress-district-house-rep-republican-nominee-candidate-profile-2020-election
— Congressional Budget Office warns of largest budget deficit since 1945 Next year, the federal debt is forecast to exceed the size of the entire American economy for the first time since 1946. Within a few years, it’s on track to set a new high. – AP
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/9/5/21424049/congressional-budget-office-warns-largest-budget-deficit-since-1945
— Illinois reports another massive daily tally COVID-19 caseload: 2,806
https://chicago.suntimes.com/coronavirus/2020/9/5/21423956/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020

DAILY HERALD
— Batavia businesses seek city help with problem-plagued lot off Route 3 – Kevin Schmit
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200904/batavia-businesses-seek-city-help-with-problem-plagued-lot-off-route-31
(FROM THE ARTICLE: “Our parking lot is the actual Wild West,” she told the city council. “Guns have been pulled on people in the parking lot. We have found constant broken bottles and glass, needles, bags of trash, blood, vomit and worse bodily fluids, actual teeth, and more and worse that I won’t recount in this setting.” Anderson said graffiti has been a continual issue and workers and customers have been subjected to vile comments from people in the parking lot. “It’s bad enough in the daytime, but it gets exponentially worse once the sun goes down,” she said.)

SUBURBAN CHICAGOLAND
— How criminals become heroes in today’s screwed-up world – Ray Hanania
https://suburbanchicagoland.com/2020/09/05/how-criminals-become-heroes-in-todays-screwed-up-world/

JACKSONVILLE JOURNAL COURIER
— Democrats plan open house at new headquarters
https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/Democrats-plan-open-house-at-new-headquarters-15545043.php

MILWAUKEE JOURNAL SENTINEL
— ‘The whole country’s watching now’: After 100 days marching, Milwaukee protesters want to live up to the past and change the future – Sophie Carson and Evan Casey
https://www.jsonline.com/story/news/local/2020/09/05/milwaukee-wauwatosa-protesters-hit-100-days-marching-look-future/5707624002/

CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Pro-Trump boaters fill Illinois River, central Illinois Saturday – Austin Schick
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/local-news/pro-trump-boaters-fill-illinois-river-central-illinois-saturday/

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Tells Agencies To End Trainings On ‘White Privilege’ And ‘Critical Race Theory’ – MATTHEW S. SCHWARTZ
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-tells-agencies-end-trainings-white-privilege-and-critical-race-theory#stream/0

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Skillicorn Seems to Have Entered the Fray
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/05/skillicorn-seems-to-have-entered-the-fray/
— Trump Zone in Algonquin
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/05/trump-zone-in-algonquin/
— Crystal Lake Grade School District’s Message to Parents about Lundahl Middle School Zoom Hack
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/04/crystal-lake-grade-school-districts-message-to-parents-about-lundahl-middle-school-zoom-hack/
— Damon Hill & Lynn Gray Running for County Board in District 5, But Northwest Herald Doesn’t Know It
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/04/damon-hill-lynn-gray-running-for-county-board-in-district-5-but-northwest-herald-doesnt-know-it/
— Jack Franks – Unmasked
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/04/jack-franks-unmasked-2/
— IL 14 – Commenter Analyzes First Debate Between Underwood and Oberweis
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/04/commenter-analyzes-first-debate-between-underwood-and-oberweis/
— Democrats Buying Guns
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/04/democrats-buying-guns/
— Opponents of Township Government Bet on the Come, Proponent Livid about Revote
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/04/opponents-of-township-government-bet-on-the-come/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— GOP’s Kinzinger defends Fox News reporter after Trump calls for her firing – Andrew Blake
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/5/adam-kinzinger-congressman-defends-fox-griffin-/

TOWNHALL
— Phyllis Schlafly Shaped the Republican Party Platform – Rebekah Gantner
https://townhall.com/columnists/rebekahgantner/2020/09/05/phyllis-schlafly-shaped-the-republican-party-platform-n2575672

HOT AIR
— Rochester BLM Supporters Set Fires, Harass People Eating Dinner And Injure 3 Police Officers – JOHN SEXTON
https://hotair.com/archives/john-s-2/2020/09/05/rochester-blm-supporters-set-fires-harass-people-eating-dinner/

DEMOCRAT AND CHRONICLE
— Protesters march through Rochester for fourth straight night
https://www.democratandchronicle.com/picture-gallery/news/2020/09/06/daniel-prude-protests-rochester-new-york-largest-crowd/5732071002/

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— Street confrontations during summer of protest raise political tensions Some see the clashes as a symptom of a growing tribalism in American politics that has brought social tensions to new heights. – Torey Van Oot and Liz Navratil
https://www.startribune.com/street-confrontations-raise-political-tensions/572330722/

POST MILLENNIAL
— BLM mob violently attacks Trump supporters in Dallas – Ian Miles Cheong
https://thepostmillennial.com/breaking-blm-radical-attacks-stage-at-pro-trump-walkaway-rally-security-guard-who-stopped-him-detained-by-police

WTSP
— Officers hurt, protesters charged with rioting during Daniel Prude rally in Rochester, NY Authorities say fireworks were thrown at law enforcement.
https://www.wtsp.com/article/news/nation-world/rochester-daniel-prude-death-protests/67-fd7b3482-7518-436e-8279-7e1beba751d4

September 1 Evening Edition

WHITE HOUSE
— President Trump visits Kenosha, Wisconsin
https://www.whitehouse.gov/1600daily/

ABC7
— Trump supporters, Black Lives Matter protests draw hundreds to downtown Kenosha during visit – Liz Nagy
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trumps-kenosha-visit-draws-hundreds-of-demonstrators-downtown/6399728/
— Kenosha visit by President Trump comes after Jacob Blake shooting sparks protests Trump visit also follows fatal shooting during protests; Kyle Rittenouse, 17, in custody in Illinois – Craig Wall and Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/trump-visits-kenosha-in-wake-of-police-shooting-protests/6398310/
— Illinois COVID-19: IL reports 1,492 new coronavirus cases, 39 deaths
https://abc7chicago.com/health/il-reports-1492-new-covid-19-cases/6399006/

NBC5
— Trump Wades Into Racial Tensions With Visit to Kenosha Trump aides believe that tough-on-crime stance will help him with voters and that the more the national discourse is about anything other than the coronavirus, the better it is for the president – Zeke Miller, Alexandra Jaffe and Will Weissert
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/president-trump/trump-wades-into-racial-tensions-with-visit-to-kenosha-wis/2332123/
— Protesters Gather, March in Kenosha During and After Trump’s Visit
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/protesters-gather-march-in-kenosha-during-and-after-trump-visit/2332466/
— Trump Declines to Condemn Teen’s Fatal Shooting of Protesters in Kenosha After Deriding ‘Left-Wing Violence’
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/trump-declines-to-condemn-teens-fatal-shooting-of-protesters-in-kenosha-after-deriding-left-wing-violence/2332454/
— Black Lives Matter, Jacob Blake Signs Vandalized at Wheaton Church  Church members at Hope Presbyterian Church said they plan to replace the damaged signs as a message to the Wheaton community. – Chris Coffey (DIERSEN: Whoever did this had to know that it would be used against those who support Trump.)
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/black-lives-matter-jacob-blake-signs-vandalized-at-wheaton-church/2332640/

CBS2
— President Trump Meets With Kenosha Business Owners, Announces $4 Million In Federal Aid To Rebuild – Chris Tye
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/09/01/president-trump-meets-with-kenosha-business-owners-announces-4-million-in-federal-aid-to-rebuild/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— In Kenosha, President Trump calls violence ‘domestic terror,’ ‘anti-American’ – Jason Calvi
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/in-kenosha-president-trump-calls-violence-domestic-terror-anti-american

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— In Kenosha, Trump says law enforcement isn’t systemically racist, and the needed structural change is safety – BILL RUTHHART and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-president-donald-trump-kenosha-visit-jacob-blake-20200901-yz2l5fhykfdepalkynd6lzno2q-story.html
— NFL reveals more in-game social and racial justice plans, including slogans inscribed in end zones – AP (DIERSEN: Promoting social and racial justice is Democrat code for getting rid of individuals, organizations, companies, and governments that are law enforcement, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Christian, Italian American, German American, draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-nfl-racial-justice-measures-20200831-ljjqaqfaxfandcla4d3fuqxm6q-story.html
— After decades of unmet diversity goals, some major employers turn to hard racial quotas – MARIN WOLF and KIM BHASIN (DIERSEN: I should write a book about race, gender, and age quotas, goals, and targets that Democrat politicians gave my superiors in the federal government. To meet those quotas, goals, and targets, they got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, and/or non-veteran, who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/business/ct-biz-black-jobs-racial-hiring-quotas-20200901-4c3jlnc5mzb4bflnm7egljvm7e-story.html
— All aboard! Freeloaders on Metra damage agency’s bottom line – Editorial
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/editorials/ct-editorial-metra-no-conductors-free-rides-20200901-lrgqq3yrmrbzpptxnamj2niwn4-story.html
— The path to Illinois pension reform – MARK GLENNON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-commentary-illinois-pension-crisis-wirepoint-20200901-uyefp4ugs5awti4rfhnhcrffhm-story.html
— Democrats, don’t let the far left hijack your party – JONAH GOLDBERG
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-democrats-far-left-jonah-goldberg-20200901-l2zupdvygfab7a3zwo4mwzssom-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Tempers, tension and taunts in Kenosha — but also efforts to heal: ‘Trying to turn something good out of all this’ Neighbors, activists and relatives of Jacob Blake took part in the community block party that made the neighborhood feel more like a Labor Day weekend than the epicenter of the nation’s latest reckoning with police violence and racism. – Mitchell Armentrout and Manny Ramos
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/9/1/21417658/president-donald-trump-trip-kenosha-visit-wisconsin-jacob-blake
— President Trump in Kenosha, vowing ‘to get it fixed up’ — but Jacob Blake’s uncle says, stay ‘away from our family’ “We’re not going to let anyone smudge my nephew’s name,” said Justin Blake. “We don’t have any words for the orange man in the White House.” – Rachel Hinton, Manny Ramos, and Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/news/2020/9/1/21411351/trump-kenosha-jacob-blake-looting-protests-police
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: A hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-hater says “Trump pops into Kenosha to fan the flames. Ignoring pleas from local officials, Trump shows up to toe the rubble of rioting.”
https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2020/9/1/21417241/trump-kenosha-visit-protests-presidential-election-steinberg

DAILY HERALD
— Trump tours Kenosha, blames rioting on Democrats; Blake’s uncle says keep away – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200901/trump-tours-kenosha-blames-rioting-on-democrats-blakes-uncle-says-keep-away
— The problems with wide-scale mail-in voting – Bob Stozek, Wheaton
https://www.dailyherald.com/discuss/20200830/the-problems-with-wide-scale-mail-in-voting
— Police in Kane County now can ticket businesses not complying with COVID-19 precautions – James Fuller
https://www.dailyherald.com/business/20200901/police-in-kane-county-now-can-ticket-businesses-not-complying-with-covid-19-precautions
— Oberweis, Underwood spar in online candidate forum – Russell Lissau
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200901/oberweis-underwood-spar-in-online-candidate-forum
— DuPage County election judges to receive double pay, online training
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200901/dupage-county-election-judges-to-receive-double-pay-online-training

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— Protesters march in Kenosha after Trump visit – Morry Gash
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/state-and-regional/illinois/the-latest-protesters-march-in-kenosha-after-trump-visit/image_15474a6e-4887-5d43-a6db-a3f5d78fc4f7.html

HERALD & REVIEW
— No reports of violence as Trump visits Kenosha
https://herald-review.com/news/state-and-regional/the-latest-no-reports-of-violence-as-trump-visits-kenosha/article_3ef40627-f11a-582d-9e0d-07f5958fb150.html

BELOIT DAILY NEWS
— Kenosha unrest causes $2M in damage to city-owned property – NOREEN NASIR and MICHAEL TARM (DIERSEN: How much damage to city-owned property do the Democrats plan on making in your city?)
https://www.beloitdailynews.com/news/illinois-news/kenosha-unrest-causes-2m-in-damage-to-city-owned-property/article_8aac0d3c-4425-5d83-aa9e-fec2a2fe3d95.html

NPR ILLINOIS
— Trump Praises Law Enforcement In Visit To Kenosha – BRIAN NAYLOR
https://www.nprillinois.org/post/trump-visits-kenosha-against-local-officials-wishes#stream/0

GRAYS LAKE PATCH
— Christian Site Raises $315K For Rittenhouse Lawyers The site GiveSendGo is taking donations to help fund defense of the IL teen accused of killing two during last week’s shooting in Kenosha. – Amie Schaenzer
https://patch.com/illinois/grayslake/christian-site-raises-315k-rittenhouse-lawyers

WHEATON PATCH
— DuPage County To Double Pay For Election Judges Amid Pandemic The announcement comes amid a nationwide shortage in election workers, according to the DuPage County Clerk’s Office. – Lisa Marie Farver
https://patch.com/illinois/wheaton/dupage-county-double-pay-election-judges-amid-pandemic

ELMHURST PATCH
— DuPage County, College Of DuPage Launch Anti-Racism Initiative Activities will examine societal racism and “reflect on the ways COD and the surrounding community are working to create a better world.” (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats call Republicans racists and even worse things. Democrats especially call Republicans racists and even worse things who are law enforcement officers, Trump supporters, conservative, patriotic, Republican, American, White, male, older, heterosexual, married, non-poor, gun owners, Protestant, Italian American, German American, and/or those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://patch.com/illinois/elmhurst/dupage-county-college-dupage-launch-anti-racism-initiative

MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— So Far, Steve Reick Opponent, Democrat Brian Sager, Running Self-Financed Campaign
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/so-far-brian-sager-running-self-finance-campaign/
— Steve Reick Pulling in Significant Campaign Money
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/steve-reick-pulling-in-significant-campaign-money/
— Steve Reick Advertising on WLS Radio
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/steve-reick-advertising-on-wls-radio/
— IL-14: Lauren Underwood / Jim Oberweis St. Charles Debate Thread
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/il-14-lauren-underwood-jim-oberweis-st-charles-debate-thread/
— Tom Weber Sponsoring Drug Drop-Off at Courthouse Wednesday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/tom-weber-sponsoring-drug-drop-off-at-courthouse-wednesday/
— Senators Wilcox & McConchie Schedule Shrimp Boil September 12th on Tallest Hill in Southeastern McHenry County
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/senators-wilcox-mcconchie-schedule-shrimp-boil-september-12th-on-tallest-hill-in-southeastern-mchenry-county/
— Oberweis Calls for Link’s Resignation from State Senate
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/oberweis-calls-for-links-resignation-from-state-senate/
— Another Crooked Cook County Democrat Goes Down
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/09/01/another-crooked-cook-county-democrat-goes-down/
— Kyle Rittenhouse Attorney Releases Initial Statement
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/31/rittenhouse2/
— Tribune Writes about DuPage County Highway Commissioner Using Campaign Funds to Hire Attorney, But Not about Jack Franks Spending Eight Almost Times as Much for the Same Purpose
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/31/tribune-writes-about-dupage-county-highway-commissioner-using-campaign-funds-to-hire-attorney-but-not-about-jack-franks-spending-almost-times-as-much-for-the-same-purpose/
— IL-14: Jim Oberweis Bests Lauren Underwood as She Plays Politics with Kenosha Shootings as Kyle Rittenhouse Awaits Extradition to Face Charges
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/31/rittenhouse/
— Oberweis and Curran in McHenry Wednesday
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/31/oberweis-and-curran-in-mchenry-wednesday/
— Judge David Gervais Sets Fundraiser
http://mchenrycountyblog.com/2020/08/31/judge-david-gervais-sets-fundraiser/

ILLINOIS RISING ACTION
— Pritzker and the Democrats’ Hollow Calls for Ethics Reforms
https://ilrisingaction.org/pritzker-and-the-democrats-hollow-calls-for-ethics-reforms/

ILLINOIS NEWSROOM
— To Curb COVID-19 Spread, Vote-By-Mail To Play A Bigger Role In Illinois Voting – Jim Meadows
https://illinoisnewsroom.org/to-curb-covid-19-spread-vote-by-mail-to-play-a-bigger-role-in-illinois-voting/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Trump brings more money to police, prosecutors in Wisconsin after rioting – Dave Boyer
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/1/trump-brings-more-money-police-prosecutors-kenosha/
— D.C. Mayor Muriel Bowser fears U.S. ‘descending into a race war’ – Jessica Chasmar (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, it is clear that the Democrat Party has declared a Second Civil War on America. Consequently, Americans are buying more and more and more firearms and ammunition for their self-defense. America will defeat the Democrats and win the Second Civil War. The soldiers in the Democrat Party’s army are citizens of foreign countries, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs who are anti-law enforcement, anti-Trump, anti-conservative, anti-patriotic, anti-Republican, anti-American, anti-White, anti-male, anti-older people, anti-heterosexual people, anti-married people, anti-non-poor people, anti-gun owners, anti-Christians, anti-Italian Americans, anti-German Americans, anti-draft avoiders (except Joe Biden and Bill Clinton), and/or anti-those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/1/muriel-bowser-dc-mayor-fears-us-descending-into-a-/
— Biden won’t visit Kenosha, wants to prevent upsetting ‘peaceful nature’ of protests, adviser says – Ryan Lovelace
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/sep/1/joe-biden-not-visit-kenosha-avoid-upset-peaceful-p/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Trump slams NBA for lowest ratings in five years, demands they stand ‘tall’ for country and flag – Carly Ortiz-Lytle
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-slams-nba-for-lowest-ratings-in-five-years-demands-they-stand-tall-for-country-and-flag
— Trump ignores warnings and tours Kenosha destruction – Rob Crilly
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-ignores-warnings-and-tours-kenosha-destruction
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: In major shift, US Chamber of Commerce backs Democratic lawmakers for reelection – Joseph Simonson
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/in-major-shift-u-s-chamber-of-commerce-backs-democratic-lawmakers-for-reelection
— DISGUSTING, OUTRAGEOUS: ‘Trump’s America’: New Biden TV ad blames president for riots – David M. Drucker
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/trumps-america-new-biden-tv-ad-blames-president-for-riots

FOX NEWS
— Kenosha protesters throw water at Trump supporters, video shows The protesters and counter-protesters were in a verbal altercation first – Morgan Phillips, Garrett Tenney
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/kenosha-protesters-water-trump-supporters-video
— Sen. Tom Cotton: Kenosha, Minneapolis carnage will spread until politicians restore order, deter criminals Kenosha and Minneapolis were the unlucky cities last week. Next week, it could be your town – Sen. Tom Cotton (DIERSEN: Which buildings do the Democrats want to burn down in your town?)
https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/tom-cotton-kenosha-minneapolis-carnage-spread-order-criminals

RUSH LIMBAUGH
— D.C. Mayor Bowser Says She Fears a Race War While Fomenting a Race War
https://www.rushlimbaugh.com/daily/2020/09/01/d-c-mayor-says-she-fears-a-race-war-while-fomenting-a-race-war/

BREITBART
— Google Refuses to Show Negative Search Suggestions About Black Lives Matter – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/09/01/google-refuses-to-show-negative-search-suggestions-about-black-lives-matter/
— Skidmore College Students Demand Termination of Profs That Attended Pro-Police Rally – TOM CICCOTTA (DIERSEN: I attended a July 4, 1996 Bob Dole rally in Wheaton and that made my Democrat GAO superiors, supervisors, coworkers, and subordinates furious. SEE: https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/politics/1996/07/05/dole-takes-pulse-of-the-heartland/913b56e4-dd07-4491-9bb3-7de45ad54d5f/ )
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/31/skidmore-college-students-demand-termination-of-profs-that-attended-pro-police-rally/
— Democrats, Journalists, Celebs Push Talking Point About Fearing ‘Race War’ – JOSHUA CAPLAN (DIERSEN: What are hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters threatening to do if Trump is reelected?)
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/09/01/democrats-journalists-celebs-push-talking-point-about-fearing-race-war/

BLAZE
— More than 36 street gangs in Chicago reportedly vow to shoot on sight any cop who has a weapon drawn in public – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/chicago-street-gangs-vow-shoot-cops
— President Trump calls for ‘patriotic education’ in schools: ‘Left’s war on police, faith, history, and American values is tearing our country apart’ Because the U.S. is ‘an exceptional, free and just nation, worth defending, preserving, and protecting’ – SARAH TAYLOR
https://www.theblaze.com/news/trump-demands-patriotic-education-schools

CONSERVATIVE HQ
— No such thing as truth to Joe Biden and Democrat culture benders – Jeffrey A. Rendall
http://www.conservativehq.com/article/33197-assault-america-day-608-no-such-thing-truth-joe-biden-and-democrat-culture-benders

CNS NEWS
— Did California Lawmakers Read the Constitution Before Passing Corporate Racial Quotas? – Hans Bader
https://cnsnews.com/commentary/hans-bader/did-california-lawmakers-read-constitution-passing-corporate-racial-quotas

NATIONAL REVIEW
— The Democrats Are Whitewashing Leftist Violence – DAVID HARSANYI
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/09/the-democrats-are-whitewashing-leftist-violence/

LIFE SITE NEWS
— Whistleblower busts major nuclear research lab forcing ‘blatantly anti-white’ training seminars Executives at Sandia Labs appear to be committed to forcing critical race theory on their trapped employees. – Peter Barry Chowka (DIERSEN: I was a trapped employee at IRS 1971-1980 and at GAO 1980-1997.)
https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/whistleblower-busts-major-nuclear-research-lab-forcing-blatantly-anti-white-training-seminars

THE HILL
— The coming blue-city exodus – MERRILL MATTHEWS
https://thehill.com/opinion/criminal-justice/514541-the-coming-blue-city-exodus

CNBC
— Google recruiting group warns minority turnover will continue without clearer diversity goals – Jennifer Elias (DIERSEN: I should write a book about race, gender, and age quotas, goals, and targets that Democrat politicians gave my superiors in the federal government. To meet those quotas, goals, and targets, they got rid of their employees who were Republican, White, and/or non-veteran, who they had not promoted to GS-13 (currently $101,176) by age 25, GS-14 (currently $119,559) by age 30, GS-15 (currently $140,634) by age 35, and Senior Executive Service (currently $170,800) by age 40. Extremely few federal employees make the aforesaid promotion deadlines.)
https://www.cnbc.com/2020/09/01/leaked-letter-google-recruiting-group-wants-clearer-diversity-goals.html

NEW YORK TIMES
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Political parties exist to help elect candidates who can and will defend and advance their platform. The more planks in the Republican Party platform that you support, the more that Democrats and Democrat plants, Libertarians and Libertarian plants, Greens and Green plants, Independents and Independent plants, and RINOs hint/imply/argue/shout that you are an extremist. I should write a book about present/past Democrat plants, Libertarian plants, Green plants, Independent plants, and RINOs in the Milton Township Republican Organization, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, Illinois Republican Party, Wheaton Chamber of Commerce, TAPROOT Republicans of Illinois, Illinois Center Right Coalition, and American Association of Political Consultants Midwest Chapter who have hinted/implied/argued/shouted that I am an extremist.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/us/politics/trump-homeland-security-extremism.html
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/08/31/us/trump-vs-biden#president-trump-calls-his-supporters-peaceful-and-defends-a-17-year-old-who-shot-three-people-in-wisconsin
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/01/us/elections/trumps-claim-that-thugs-in-black-uniforms-were-planning-attack-echoes-far-right-social-media-posts.html
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/08/31/us/trump-vs-biden#harry-belafonte-denounces-a-trump-aides-doctored-clip-of-him-please-vote-them-out
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/01/us/trump-vs-biden#in-kenosha-trump-focuses-on-unrest-not-racism-or-police-violence
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/01/us/trump-vs-biden#fact-check-president-trump-took-undue-credit-for-the-relative-calm-that-has-settled-in-kenosha
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/01/us/trump-vs-biden#in-a-rebuke-of-trumps-kenosha-visit-hundreds-gather-at-the-corner-where-jacob-blake-was-shot
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/01/us/trump-vs-biden#trump-compares-officers-who-shoot-people-to-golfers-who-choke-and-floats-baseless-dark-shadows-theory-about-biden
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2020/09/01/us/trump-vs-biden#a-poll-finds-people-who-consume-conservative-media-are-less-likely-to-wear-masks

WASHINGTON POST
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters promote hatred against Trump.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/31/cornered-trump-tries-foment-race-war/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/troops-tell-us-what-they-think-trump/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/trump-is-too-loony-even-laura-ingraham/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/trump-has-narrowest-base-ever-biden-broadest/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2020/09/01/thats-why-trump-gives-more-interviews-fox-news-than-anyone-else/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/trump-goes-all-defends-white-violence/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/biden-calls-trump-a-toxic-presence-who-is-encouraging-violence-in-america/2020/08/31/2f85e2e4-eb97-11ea-99a1-71343d03bc29_story.html
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/09/01/these-old-quotes-trump-make-his-attacks-biden-look-even-more-pathetic/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2020/09/01/trump-laura-ingraham-conspiracy-theory/
https://www.washingtonpost.com/outlook/2020/09/01/trump-racism-corruption/

NEW YORK POST
— Elvis Presley’s Graceland vandalized with ‘Black Lives Matter’ graffiti – Tamar Lapin
https://nypost.com/2020/09/01/elvis-presleys-graceland-vandalized-with-blm-graffiti/

CONGRESSWOMAN ELEANOR HOLMES NORTON (D-DC)
— Norton Introduces Bill to Strengthen Workplace Protections for Legislative Branch Employees (DIERSEN: GAO is part of the Legislative Branch.)
https://thedcline.org/2020/09/01/press-release-norton-introduces-bill-to-strengthen-workplace-protections-for-legislative-branch-employees/

August 26 Evening Edition

ABC7
— RNC 2020: Expect Mike Pence, Kellyanne Conway and protest pushback on night 3 of Republican convention Vice President Mike Pence will deliver the marquee speech Wednesday night at the Republican convention. Karen Pence will also speak. – AP
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/rnc-night-3-expect-pence-conway-and-protest-pushback/6390180/
— Jacob Blake Shooting: Wisconsin officials name Kenosha officer who shot Blake Antioch teen Kyle Rittenhouse in custody after 3 shot, 2 fatally at protest after Blake’s shooting – Diane Pathieu, Cate Cauguiran and Chuck Goudie
https://abc7chicago.com/wisconsin-officials-name-officer-who-shot-jacob-blake/6389441/
— ‘No coordinated national voter fraud effort during a major election’: FBI – LUKE BARR (DIERSEN: According to the DuPage County Election Division, of the 112,037 requests for mail-in ballots that it has received so far: 55,670 (50%) were received from registered Democrats; 35,513 (31%) from Independents; and 20,854 (19%) from registered Republicans.)
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/no-coordinated-national-voter-fraud-effort-during-a-major-election-fbi/6390193/

NBC5
— RNC Night 3: Pences, Conway to Speak
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/politics/rnc-night-3-live-coverage/2329193/
— Wisconsin DOJ Reveals New Details Surrounding Jacob Blake’s Shooting by Kenosha Police The details are some of the first to be released on the moments leading up to the police shooting of Jacob Blake in Kenosha, which has become the center of demonstrations and sparked nationwide calls for justice.
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/wisconsin-doj-reveals-new-details-surrounding-jacob-blakes-shooting-by-kenosha-police/2329213/

WTTW
— State Sen. Bill Brady on Unrest, COVID-19, Mail-in Voting and RNC – Marissa Nelson
https://news.wttw.com/2020/08/26/state-sen-bill-brady-unrest-covid-19-mail-voting-and-rnc

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Chicago FOP president says he’s heading to White House for President Trump’s GOP nomination acceptance speech – LISA DONOVAN
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-fop-president-catanzara-to-attend-trump-speech-white-house-20200826-ci6kylykj5g5xaifbnddc7ihcq-story.html
— ‘I’ve never had to think about my own safety in this way before’: Shaken by summer looting in affluent neighborhoods, some Chicagoans are moving away. – CHRISTEN A. JOHNSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/real-estate/ct-re-moving-looting-riots-protests-0826-20200826-ps432obfcbg3jhcinoyn4izbwq-story.html
— NBA, WNBA and MLB games called off as players boycott in response to Kenosha police shooting of Jacob Blake – AP
https://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/breaking/ct-milwaukee-bucks-protest-jacob-blake-20200826-gsgim3ogujcapnttgmyztknpny-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 2,157 new known COVID-19 cases and 37 additional deaths reported, the highest number of fatalities in the state since the beginning of July
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200826-ituwpezeqvdlxkd37tbsruylsu-story.html
— ‘There’s been an awful lot of partying’: Northwestern University asks Evanston residents to report students who ignore COVID-19 precautions in off-campus gatherings – ELYSSA CHERNEY
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-illinois-northwestern-university-evanston-campus-20200826-2melgcdbzjcfroazs7qzo4cu6a-story.html
— Chaos in Kenosha: Will our civil war ever end? – ROBERT C. KOEHLER (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats shout at Blacks a) that Republicans have caused all the problems that Blacks have had, b) that Republicans are causing all the problems that Blacks are having, and c) that Republicans will forever cause all the problems that Blacks will have.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/opinion/commentary/ct-opinion-kenosha-wisconsin-unrest-violence-shooting-20200826-m3e7zcqg7faxxou2xhqywmsobe-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Watch the 2020 Republican National Convention live The GOP convention is a crucial moment for Trump, who aims to recast the story of his presidency and present the election as a choice between his vision for America’s future and the one presented by Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/8/24/21399574/watch-live-2020-republican-national-convention
— Antioch teen arrested in fatal shooting during protests in Kenosha Three people were shot, two fatally, during a third night of civil unrest after police shot Jacob Blake. – Mitch Dudek and Tom Schuba
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/26/21402877/kyle-rittenhouse-kenosha-shooting-arrest-antioch-jacob-blake
— How Illinois finances fell apart — and how we can set them right Politicians promised to deliver on perks that were too good to be true. And they promised that skimming more tax revenue from the people of Illinois could make the numbers work. It has not worked. – Adam Schuster
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/26/21402853/illinois-public-finances-debt-speaker-madigan-pension-debt-illinois-policy-institute
— CPS board votes to keep police in schools Chicago Police officers will remain in 55 Chicago Public Schools despite fierce protests from students and activists. – Nader Issa
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/26/21402246/school-police-officers-cps-public-schools-cops
— Right to bare faces? No matter what Trump and supporters do, Illinois Republicans say masks are ‘right thing to do’ Whether President Trump speaks to a sea of masks — or bare faces — on Thursday, Illinois GOP leaders expect facial coverings to remain a top campaign issue. – Rachel Hinton
https://chicago.suntimes.com/2020/8/26/21403343/mask-face-covering-trump-speech-illinois-republicans-campaign-republican-national-convention

DAILY HERALD
— LaPlante appointed to challenge Elliott for DuPage board seat – Katlyn Smith
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200826/laplante-appointed-to-challenge-elliott-for-dupage-board-seat
— DuPage program to help schools with remote learning
https://www.dailyherald.com/news/20200826/dupage-program-to-help-schools-with-remote-learning

WBBM
— Republican Oberweis: Voters Will Vote For Or Against Trump, Biden Irrelevant – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/republican-oberweis-voters-will-vote-for-or-against-trump

BADGER HERALD
— Madison: Elected officials join Black Lives Matter protest on third night since shooting of Jacob Blake Youth-led protest demands institutional change, community control – MARY MAGNUSON
https://badgerherald.com/news/2020/08/26/elected-officials-join-black-lives-matter-protest-on-third-night-since-shooting-of-jacob-blake/

QUAD CITIES ONLINE
— Floyd’s death sparks new activism among communities of color – Gregory Bull
https://qconline.com/news/national/floyd-s-death-sparks-new-activism-among-communities-of-color/image_51dd2016-7368-5661-a740-073e514b0d14.html
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Frank Xu stands for a portrait Friday, Aug. 21, 2020, in San Diego. Xu is working to defeat an affirmative action measure on the California ballot that supporters say is essential to dismantling decades of systemic racism. Xu sees affirmative action as an attack on their children, a policy allowing competitive schools to reject high-testing Asian students in favor of African Americans and Latinos.)

THE X RADIO
— Effingham: Local Republicans to Gather on Final Night of GOP Convention – Greg Sapp
http://www.thexradio.com/news/78-local-news/46118-local-republicans-to-gather-on-final-night-of-gop-convention

KANE COUNTY CONNECTS
— 4 REFERENDUMS SO FAR ON NOV. 3 BALLOT — INCLUDING STATEWIDE GRADUATED INCOME TAX AMENDMENT
https://kanecountyconnects.com/2020/08/4-referendums-so-far-on-nov-3-ballot-including-statewide-graduated-income-tax-amendment/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— ANTIOCH, ILLINOIS POLICE DEALING WITH VIOLENCE THREATS AFTER 17 YEAR OLD ACCUSED KILLER IS ARRESTED
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/antioch-illinois-police-dealing-with-violence-threats-after-17-year-old-accused-killer-is-arrested-.html
— BLACK REPUBLICANS DISCUSS HOW TO ATTRACT MORE FROM THEIR COMMUNITY TO THE GOP
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/black-republicans-discuss-how-to-attract-more-from-their-community-to-the-gop.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Ives complains that Casten’s remarks have “received little to no media scrutiny”
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/26/ives-complains-that-castens-remarks-have-received-little-to-no-media-scrutiny/
— Republicans may hold own hearings on COVID-19 response
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/26/republicans-may-hold-own-hearings-on-covid-19-response/
— AG’s office is currently dealing with 25 COVID-related lawsuits
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/26/ags-office-is-currently-dealing-with-25-covid-related-lawsuits/
— 2,157 new cases, 37 additional deaths, 1,573 people in the hospital, 4.0 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/26/2157-new-cases-37-additional-deaths-1573-people-in-the-hospital-40-percent-positivity-rate/
— Republicans launch new African-American “working group” during convention week
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/26/republicans-launch-new-african-american-working-group-during-convention-week/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Republicans will benefit from the Left’s evil ‘cancel culture’ – Quin Hillyer
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/republicans-will-benefit-from-the-lefts-evil-cancel-culture
— Trump calls for drug tests before Biden debate – Byron York
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-calls-for-drug-tests-before-biden-debate

BREITBART
— Ending the Cultural Revolution Must Be a GOP Priority – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/26/bokhari-ending-the-cultural-revolution-must-be-a-gop-priority/
— Kamala Harris Has Yet to Condemn Deadly Kenosha Riots Personally – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/26/night-3-joe-biden-kamala-harris-have-yet-to-condemn-deadly-kenosha-riots-personally/
— Investor: Safety Driving Hundreds of Thousands of People from U.S. Cities to Suburbs – PENNY STARR
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/26/investor-safety-driving-hundreds-of-thousands-of-people-from-u-s-cities-to-suburbs/
— Bette Midler Gets Hammered After Calling Melania Trump an ‘Illegal Alien’ Who ‘Can’t Speak English’ – KRISTINA WONG
https://www.breitbart.com/entertainment/2020/08/26/bette-midler-gets-hammered-after-calling-melania-trump-an-illegal-alien-who-cant-speak-english/

DAILY CALLER
— Democratic Rep Sean Casten Claims Gun Ownership Is Linked To ‘Having Small Genitals’ – PETER HASSON
https://dailycaller.com/2020/08/26/sean-casten-illinois-gun-ownership-genital-size/

DAILY SIGNAL
— Black Lives Matter Suppresses the Truth About Poverty – Star Parker
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/26/black-lives-matter-suppresses-the-truth-about-poverty/

NEWS BUSTERS
— New York Times Smears Nicholas Sandmann, Trump With Racist Canards – Clay Waters
https://www.newsbusters.org/blogs/nb/clay-waters/2020/08/26/new-york-times-smears-nicholas-sandmann-trump-racist-canards

EPOCH TIMES
— To End Kenosha, Democrats Must Stop Infantilizing Black People – ROGER L. SIMON
https://www.theepochtimes.com/to-end-kenosha-democrats-must-stop-infantilizing-black-people_3477036.html

THE HILL
— Trump says he’s sending federal assistance to address Wisconsin protests – BRETT SAMUELS
https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/513777-trump-says-hes-sending-federal-assistance-to-address-wisconsin

UPI
— Veterans more likely to leave federal jobs over lack of satisfaction – Ed Adamczyk (DIERSEN: GAO hired me in 1980 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, younger person, or veteran who would take the job. IRS hired me in 1971 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job. The Post Office hired me in 1966 because it could not find a qualified Democrat, minority, female, or veteran who would take the job.)
https://www.upi.com/Defense-News/2020/08/26/Report-Veterans-more-likely-to-leave-federal-jobs-over-lack-of-satisfaction/7411598460414/

NEW YORK TIMES
— How Chaos in Kenosha Is Already Swaying Some Voters in Wisconsin As residents see fires and looting, some worry that local Democratic leaders are failing to keep control of the situation. – Sabrina Tavernise and Ellen Almer Durston
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/26/us/kenosha-wisconsin-trump.html

WASHINGTON POST
— NBA playoffs come to halt: Games postponed as players protest social injustice – Ben Golliver
https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/2020/08/26/bucks-boycott-nba-playoff-game/

NPR
— There’s No Evidence Supporting Trump’s Mail Ballot Warnings, FBI Says – MILES PARKS (DIERSEN: According to the DuPage County Election Division, of the 112,037 requests for mail-in ballots that it has received so far: 55,670 (50%) were received from registered Democrats; 35,513 (31%) from Independents; and 20,854 (19%) from registered Republicans.)
https://www.npr.org/2020/08/26/906262573/theres-no-evidence-supporting-trump-s-mail-ballot-warnings-fbi-says

FED WEEK
— EEOC Explains National Origin Discrimination Policies in Federal Workforce
https://www.fedweek.com/issue-briefs/eeoc-explains-national-origin-discrimination-policies-in-federal-workforce/

AXIOS
— Republican convention speakers target the media – Sara Fischer
https://www.axios.com/republican-convention-speakers-target-media-82e3dfbb-a3de-42d4-945b-6c46f5880f2b.html

August 17 Evening Edition

ABC7
— DNC kickoff: Illinois Democrats rally behind Joe Biden, Kamala Harris as virtual convention begins – Craig Wall
https://abc7chicago.com/politics/dnc-kickoff-illinois-democrats-rally-behind-biden-harris/6374865/
— Chicago police defend response to weekend protest clash downtown as protesters demand apology CPD, protesters release video of clash – Alexis McAdams
https://abc7chicago.com/cpd-defends-response-to-weekend-protest/6373822/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-8/17/2020
— Jussie Smollett update: Special prosecutor releases findings on Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx’s handling o ‘Empire’ actor’s case
https://abc7chicago.com/special-prosecutor-releases-findings-on-handling-of-jussie-smollett-case/6374093/
— Illinois COVID-19: IL reports 1,773 new coronavirus cases, 12 deaths Gov. Pritzker, IDPH announce new COVID-19 mitigation efforts beginning Tuesday
https://abc7chicago.com/health/illinois-covid-19-il-reports-1773-new-coronavirus-cases-12-deaths/6374262/?cmp=emc-wls-news-headlines-8/17/2020
— Chicago fire academy closed due to COVID-19 outbreak, CFD says – Eric Horng
https://abc7chicago.com/health/covid-19-outbreak-shuts-down-chicago-fire-academy/6374812/
— Chicago looting arrests: 7 face charges in connection to stolen merchandise, CPD says Latrell Allen due in court on charges for attempted murder of two Chicago police officers
https://abc7chicago.com/7-charged-in-connection-to-recent-chicago-looting-cpd/6374205/
— Democrats claim ‘big tent’ for first convention in pandemic (DIERSEN: Far too many Republican organizations, including the Illinois Republican Party, DuPage County Republican Central Committee, and Milton Township Republican Organization, allow people to hold leadership positions who reject many, if not most, of the planks in the Republican Party platform, most commonly, the traditional family, right to life, immigration, illegal drugs, Second Amendment, and equal opportunity (no race or gender based preference giving) planks. The aforesaid leaders focus on driving conservatives out of the Republican Party, that is, they focus on driving the base of the Republican Party out of the Republican Party. Further, they focus on driving those who have the following demographics out of the Republican Party: Trump supporter, White, male, older, and those whose ancestors have been in America for a long time.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/election-2020/ct-nw-democratic-national-convention-updates-20200817-wthdvi7lqze7zb456gvgrctamq-story.html

NBC5
— How Republicans Plan to Counter Democrats’ Big Week The Trump campaign has been struggling to land a punch on Biden
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/national-international/how-republicans-plan-to-counter-democrats-big-week/2323995/
— Will County Contact Tracers Met With ‘Disturbing Mixed Bag of Attitudes’: Health Dept. Will County joined 13 others in reaching a coronavirus “warning level” Friday
https://www.nbcchicago.com/news/local/will-county-contact-tracers-met-with-disturbing-mixed-bag-of-attitudes/2323830/

CBS2
— Unrest In Chicago Not Without Precedent, But May Continue According To Social Media Posts – Dana Kozlov
https://chicago.cbslocal.com/2020/08/17/unrest-in-chicago-not-without-precedent-but-may-continue-according-to-social-media-posts/

FOX NEWS CHICAGO
— Police announce a half dozen looting charges
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/police-announce-a-half-dozen-looting-charges
— 64 shot, 6 fatally, across Chicago this weekend
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/64-shot-6-fatally-across-chicago-this-weekend

CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— At virtual Democratic convention, Mayor Lori Lightfoot says Trump is mounting a ‘full-out assault’ on Postal Service, election and democracy – BILL RUTHHART and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-lori-lightfoot-vote-by-mail-postal-service-20200817-2gde2llarfdo5nkq37wnos4sie-story.html
— Postal Service warns last-minute Illinois ballot requests may not be turned around fast enough to be counted – RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-postal-service-voting-illinois-20200817-g6vat5fosfcjtimeoacb35b55e-story.html
— Coronavirus in Illinois updates: 1,773 new known COVID-19 cases and 12 more deaths reported as state orders stricter rules for bars in area outside St. Louis
https://www.chicagotribune.com/coronavirus/ct-covid-19-pandemic-chicago-illinois-news-20200817-6tvkhjnw6jfztohkojlksnt7d4-story.html
— ‘Nobody to toast to victory with’: Illinois Democratic National Convention delegation will cheer Joe Biden over President Trump from home – BILL RUTHHART and RICK PEARSON
https://www.chicagotribune.com/politics/ct-democratic-national-convention-illinois-delegates-milwaukee-20200817-p4xejd44afc3npuyuw5kmnbfre-story.html
— How Kamala Harris’ family in India helped shape her values – JEFFREY GETTLEMAN AND SUHASINI RAJ (DIERSEN: Who shaped your values? My outstanding parents and grandparents shaped my values. My parents had me baptized, raised me, and had me confirmed as a Missouri Synod Lutheran (MSL). They sent me to Trinity Lutheran Grade School in Crete 1953-1961 and then to Hope Lutheran Grade School in Park Forest 1961-1962 to stay with the MSL.)
https://www.chicagotribune.com/featured/sns-nyt-kamala-harris-family-india-shaped-values-20200817-g456uskzsbd3piqfc27aaaatfm-story.html

CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— ‘Trumpocrat’ Blagojevich to stump for GOP state Senate hopeful Tom McCullagh next week — and, yes, Republican leaders call it ‘a bad idea’ The self-declared “Trumpocrat” will headline an Aug. 27 fundraiser in St. Charles, six months after Blagojevich was freed with a commutation from his former reality television boss. – Mitchell Armentrout
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/17/21372825/blagojevich-fundraiser-republican-trump-gop-tom-mccullagh-republican-convention
— Mayor Lori Lightfoot in spotlight with Joe Biden at Democratic convention Monday Lightfoot’s panel with Biden on racial and social justice will be televised at about 8:30 p.m. CT. – Lynn Sweet
https://chicago.suntimes.com/elections/2020/8/17/21371262/mayor-lori-lightfoot-spotlight-joe-biden-democratic-national-convention-monday
— CTA, Metra and Pace are trying to get nervous riders back on board Get the latest news on how COVID-19 is impacting Chicago and Illinois. Follow here for live updates.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/essential-coronavirus-news/2020/8/17/21371891/latest-coronavirus-news-live-updates-chicago-illinois-2020
— Chicago cops are retiring at ‘unheard of’ twice the usual rate Michael Lappe, vice president of the police pension fund, says 59 officers are retiring in August and 51 next month — ‘double the average number of retirees each month.’ – Frank Main and Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/17/21372795/chicago-police-department-retirements-policemens-annuity-benefit-fund-michael-lappe
— Lightfoot accuses Trump of starving Postal Service to drive down mail-in votes “Because of the failure of this administration to keep Americans safe from COVID-19, we are wisely encouraging people to vote by mail,” the mayor said, adding that “we cannot allow this administration to undermine the postal service.” – Fran Spielman
https://chicago.suntimes.com/politics/2020/8/17/21372739/election-mail-in-ballots-voting-postal-service-trump-lightfoot-democratic-convention

DAILY HERALD
— Trump on the road as Biden prepares for convention show – AP
https://www.dailyherald.com/article/20200817/news/308179911/

CRAIN’S CHICAGO BUSINESS
— Madigan says it one more time: He ain’t quitting The House speaker and state party chair releases a statement rejecting calls from fellow Democrats to resign. – GREG HINZ
https://www.chicagobusiness.com/greg-hinz-politics/madigan-says-it-one-more-time-he-aint-quitting

WBBM
— Illinois Gov. Pritzker Calls Trump ‘Utterly Incompetent’ At Pre-Convention Rally “Over 168,000 Americans are dead because of his failure to lead…” – CRAIG DELLIMORE
https://wbbm780.radio.com/articles/illinois-delegates-hold-rally-ahead-of-virtual-dnc

BLOOMINGTON PANTAGRAPH
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Replace Columbus Day with Indigenous Peoples Day? Bloomington council to consider it – Analisa Trofimuk (DIERSEN: How soon, if not already, will Bloomington consider officially replacing its residents who are Republican, conservative, White, male, older, non-poor, Christian, Italian American, and/or citizens of America with residents who are Democrat, Libertarian, Green, Independent, RINO, moderate, liberal, minority, female, younger, poor, non-Christian, non-Italian American, and/or citizens of foreign countries?)
https://www.pantagraph.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/replace-columbus-day-with-indigenous-peoples-day-bloomington-council-to-consider-it/article_15ae2d93-2d9e-5bba-8782-0cb029fcdef0.html

SOUTHERN
— Redistricting reformers seek to change to mapping process in Illinois – REBECCA ANZEL
https://thesouthern.com/news/local/govt-and-politics/redistricting-reformers-seek-to-change-to-mapping-process-in-illinois/article_844e2ad1-4534-56c5-974a-220e00ee5055.html

CENTER SQUARE
— Could outbreaks in county clerk’s offices hamper November election? – Cole Lauterbach
https://www.thecentersquare.com/illinois/could-outbreaks-in-county-clerk-s-offices-hamper-november-election/article_f96a2ae8-e0b1-11ea-88c6-d3bd4a6308f0.html

FOX ILLINOIS
— Trump counters Biden with law-and-order message in Midwest – AP
https://foxillinois.com/news/nation-world/trump-heads-to-midwest-as-dems-open-convention

THE FIRST WARD
— KANE COUNTY: SAME AS IT EVER WAS! – Jeff Ward
https://thefirstward.net/2020/08/10/the-first-ward-report-same-as-it-ever-was/
— KANE COUNTY: SAME AS IT EVER WAS – PART 2! – Jeff Ward
https://thefirstward.net/2020/08/12/the-first-ward-report-same-as-it-ever-was-part-2/
— KANE COUNTY: THE PROCESS OF GOVERNMENT SAUSAGE MAKING – PART 3! – Jeff Ward
https://thefirstward.net/2020/08/14/the-first-ward-report-the-process-of-government-sausage-making-part-3/

ILLINOIS REVIEW
— “PUBLIC OFFICIAL A” MADIGAN HAS NO INTENTION OF RESIGNING
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2020/08/public-official-a-madigan-has-no-intention-of-resigning.html

CAPITOL FAX
— Republican legislative candidate Tom McCullagh denounced as “shameful” by opponent for touting Blagojevich appearance
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/17/republican-legislative-candidate-denounced-as-shameful-by-opponent-for-touting-blagojevich-appearance/
— 1,773 new cases, 12 additional deaths, 1,544 people in the hospital, 4.2 percent positivity rate
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/17/1773-new-cases-12-additional-deaths-1544-people-in-the-hospital-42-percent-positivity-rate/
— Republicans blast Pritzker for trying to lift Shakman decree (DIERSEN: My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors knew full-well a) that my wife had helped elect Thompson and b) that Thompson promoted patronage and political affiliation discrimination. (SEE: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rutan_v._Republican_Party_of_Illinois and http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/13/us/seeking-return-to-ways-of-patronage-in-politics.html ) Because of the Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois decision, my U.S. Senators and their staff members and my U.S. Representatives and their staff members made it very clear that they did NOT want to hear my complaints about political affiliation discrimination, reverse discrimination, age discrimination, and retaliation in the federal government. All my critics/opponents, all their operatives and all their dupes promote patronage and political affiliation discrimination and reject the decision in Rutan v. Republican Party of Illinois. My Democrat IRS and GAO superiors treated me like I was part of a plot to stop them from hiring, retaining, and promoting young Democrat minorities and young Democrat females. They were fully aware of the arguments that Thompson, Jim Edgar, and Lee Daniels made in Rutan that government employers should be allowed to engage in patronage and political affiliation discrimination.)
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/17/republicans-blast-pritzker-for-trying-to-lift-shakman-decrees/
(FROM THE ARTICLE: Eleni Demertzis with the House Republicans…While Shakman and Rutan are two separate cases, they are intertwined in that both cases involve political influence in employment decisions. One involved seeking donations for keeping their jobs or avoiding disciplinary while the other dealt with hiring and firings due to political affiliation. In both instances, politics come into play when deciding what course of action to take. To remove one protection against political influence in state employment decisions at a time when a state-regulated company admitted in an official federal court document to hiring associates of an extremely high level legislative official in return for legislative action that has an estimated value of at least $150 million, is extremely short-sighted and ignores the unethical actions of Democratic state officials. It is naïve to think that just because ComEd was a private entity hiring associates of a state official, that it does not or would not happen with a governmental entity. If the Governor wants to call for the special session on ethics that we have been calling for, we can work together in a bipartisan nature to clean up the state and restore faith in our government. Otherwise, removing a protection from political influence in state employment decision-making will just further re-enforce to our constituents that it’s business as usual in spite of all the federal indictments.)
— Weekend protest roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2020/08/17/weekend-protest-roundup/

WASHINGTON TIMES
— Biden-Harris administration would turn DOJ into Department of Social Justice – Ian Prior
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2020/aug/17/biden-harris-administration-would-turn-doj-into-de/

WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Cuomo blames Trump for New York crime after rejecting federal assistance – Tiana Lowe
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/cuomo-blames-trump-for-new-york-crime-after-rejecting-federal-assistance
— Hopes to capture ‘silent Biden voters’: Three more Republicans to speak at Democratic convention – Naomi Lim
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/hopes-to-capture-silent-biden-voters-three-more-republicans-to-speak-at-democratic-convention
— Trump nearly tied with Biden in 15-state battleground poll – Emily Larsen
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/trump-nearly-tied-with-biden-in-15-state-battleground-poll

WASHINGTON FREE BEACON
— Biden Approaches 500 Days Without a Boat Parade as MAGA Boaters Smash World Record for Trump – Andrew Stiles
https://freebeacon.com/parody/joe-biden-boater-enthusiasm/

FOX NEWS
— Seattle police officer tells Black Lives Matter protester he’s resigning: ‘You guys won’ On Sunday, people threw bottles, rocks and fireworks toward Seattle police officers – Stephanie Pagones
https://www.foxnews.com/us/seattle-police-black-lives-matter-resign

GOPUSA
— 3 Officers Injured, 18 Arrests In Seattle Riot
https://www.gopusa.com/?p=93532

BREITBART
— Obama-Biden Removed At Least 14,000 Mailboxes – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2020/08/17/fact-check-obama-biden-removed-at-least-14000-mailboxes/
— Republican Susan Molinari, ‘Google’s Washington Insider,’ to Endorse Joe Biden – JOEL B. POLLAK
https://www.breitbart.com/2020-election/2020/08/17/republican-susan-molinari-google-washington-insider-to-endorse-joe-biden/
— Twitter Allows Misinformation About ‘Locked’ Mailboxes to Go Viral – ALLUM BOKHARI
https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2020/08/17/twitter-allows-misinformation-about-locked-mailboxes-to-go-viral/

CCN
— Ellen Degeneres Is No Victim of a ‘Political Takedown’ – Bernadette Giacomazzo
https://www.ccn.com/ellen-degeneres-is-just-mean/

DAILY SIGNAL
— How the United Nations Promotes an Anti-Family Agenda – Virginia Allen
https://www.dailysignal.com/2020/08/17/how-the-united-nations-promotes-an-anti-family-agenda/

NEWSMAX
— Silent Majority Must Speak Out About Assaults on America – Larry Bell (DIERSEN: How and how often do you speak out on government and/or political issues? I speak out on government and/or political issues each and every time that I send out a GOPUSA ILLINOIS email. I have sent out GOPUSA ILLINOIS emails since 2000. Since 2004, those emails have gone out each and every morning. Since 2015, they have gone out each and every evening too. Since 2004, they have included links to more than 376,400 articles and information on many upcoming events. How and how often do the following speak out on government and/or political issues: a) the leaders of your Republican township/ward/county party organizations and b) the leaders of the Illinois Republican Party?)
https://www.newsmax.com/larrybell/cancelculture-statues/2020/08/17/id/982473/

TOWNHALL
— Politicians, Pundits Deliver Postal Misinformation – Ross Marchand
https://townhall.com/columnists/rossmarchand/2020/08/17/politicians-pundits-deliver-postal-misinformation-n2574507

NATIONAL REVIEW
— Biden-Harris and the LGBTQ+ Wedge – MADELEINE KEARNS (DIERSEN: Ever-increasingly, Democrats, Libertarians, Greens, Independents, and RINOs viciously destroy individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ+. I should write a book about those in Wheaton’s West District, Wheaton, Milton Township, DuPage County’s 4th District, DuPage County, and Illinois who focus on destroying individuals, organizations, companies, governments, and countries that do not promote LGBTQ+.)
https://www.nationalreview.com/2020/08/joe-biden-campaign-uses-lgbtq-issues-entrench-division/

THE HILL
— The prospect of a Kamala Harris presidency gives me pause – NOLAN RAPPAPORT
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/512266-the-prospect-of-a-kamala-harris-presidency-gives-me-pause

NEW YORK TIMES
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: All the Republicans Who Have Decided Not to Support Trump Numerous top G.O.P. officials have said publicly or privately that they will not be backing the president’s re-election. Here’s a look at where they stand. – Isabella Grullón Paz and Jonathan Martin (DIERSEN: To not support Trump is to support Biden.)
https://www.nytimes.com/article/republicans-voting-for-biden-not-trump.html
— Trump, in Minneapolis, claims Biden and Harris would bring ‘left-wing war on cops’ to the White House. – Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/us/elections/trump-in-minneapolis-claims-biden-and-harris-would-bring-left-wing-war-on-cops-to-the-white-house.html
— Trump Questions Biden’s Mental Abilities and Calls Harris Biden’s ‘Boss’ The president made three campaign rally-like appearances at airports in Minnesota and Wisconsin in an attempt to counterprogram the first night of the Democratic National Convention. – Kay Nolan and Michael D. Shear
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/17/us/politics/trump-campaign-biden-harris.html

NEW YORK DAILY NEWS
— NYC journalists, media orgs, and politicians demand changes to NYPD supervision of press credentials – MICHAEL GARTLAND (DIERSEN: Of course, my critics/opponents do not want me to have any kind of press credentials. I should write a book about my critics/opponents. Better yet, I should sue them. I would focus on my critics/opponents who falsely paint themselves as being religious, conservative, and/or Republican.)
https://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/ny-press-credentials-press-pass-siegel-nigro-stringer-brewer-20200817-lnmwvdrd7jg4pdydxyjx4niryi-story.html

WASHINGTON POST
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Familiar Republicans join team Biden – Jennifer Rubin
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2020/08/17/familiar-republicans-join-team-biden/

FORBES
— Mail-In Voters Sue Trump, DeJoy Over Postal Service Changes Ahead Of Election – Alison Durkee
https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2020/08/17/mail-in-voters-sue-trump-dejoy-over-postal-service-changes-ahead-of-election/

NEWSWEEK
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Ever-increasingly, since the Civil War, Democrats blame Republicans for the problems that Blacks have.
https://www.newsweek.com/achieve-racial-equity-we-must-address-economic-segregation-opinion-1525590

MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “Most Minneapolis residents support Black Lives Matter, believe George Floyd’s death part of a bigger problem.”
https://www.startribune.com/poll-most-minneapolis-voters-say-floyd-killing-part-of-bigger-problem/572132032/

WBIR
— DIERSEN HEADLINE: Hate-filled Trump-hating Trump-haters say “New Nashville mural honors Dolly Parton’s support of Black Lives Matter.”
https://www.wbir.com/article/life/people/dolly-parton/new-nashville-mural-honors-dolly-partons-support-of-black-lives-matter/51-a0f9fb74-2591-42dc-9aad-c36f684f1594

AMERICAN INDEPENDENT
— ‘Anti-corruption’ GOP candidate Thomas McCullagh hosts event with governor imprisoned for corruption – Josh Israel
https://americanindependent.com/rod-blagojevich-illinois-gop-thomas-mccullagh-fundraiser-donald-trump-corruption/

DAILY MAIL
— DISGUSTING, TRAGIC: Self-checkout hits a new high! Weed vending machines that can hold up to 2,000 products are being rolled out in Colorado and Massachusetts – MARLENE LENTHANG
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8636585/Weed-vending-machines-debut-Colorado-roll-Massachusetts-fall.html
— ‘Joe Biden stole Jill from me’: Her first husband tells how she CHEATED with Democrat candidate he once considered a friend and that they have LIED about how they started dating for years – MARTIN GOULD
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-8635281/Jill-Biden-cheated-husband-Joe-ex-claims.html